I'm surprised you were able to write so legibly on your own butt.

"Park your keister, Meister."

And what about the whole bean-picking sequence with Homer and Lisa?!

Who wants to fly to the Windy City?

Ok, Erik Adams and I must have opposite senses of humor, since "Fear of Flying" is one of my favorite episodes (you would rather think about Grandpa and seeee-ex?).

It seemed like an homage to the basket auction scene in the musical "Oklahoma." And there it's very clear that basket=sexual rights to the woman.

Wasn't it Henry's daughter, not Sally, that Betty said was "polite to everyone but me"?

The show does not care about Winston (prove me wrong, show, prove me wrong!).

Poor Winston. Was this yet another clever "meta-commentary" on how disinvested the show is in his character?

Apparently nothing is off limits for this show except abortion. Abetting terrorism, fine. Abortion, nah. That's unforgivable.

Betty did not seem "interested" in Roger; she was just being polite, and Don shamed her for it as is his wont.

Except that Robb immediately put a cloak on, and Talisa remained naked for the entire scene.

If Karen gets that Tony, and Ivy gives up Broadway to raise Derek's spawn, I will throw something.

I don't think the gender politics on the show are a "serious" problem, or that the writers are misogynist. I just see a general trend that's a little off-putting.

You're right—I thought they might have interviewed a female director, but I couldn't remember. Obviously she wasn't too significant.

True (SPOILER): Anna is fired, for aiding and abetting Geoffrey and Charles. She then decides (offscreen) to go to Bolivia.

I love "Slings and Arrows," but I think you should ask about its treatment of female characters. By and large, if they're ambitious they're represented as selfish, self-centered, and blind to Geoffrey's transcendent artistic vision. If not, they're Anna, the "good woman" who takes everyone's crap, does not take a…

Maybe "Los Perdidos" is a reference to Perdita in "Winter's Tale."

I completely agree. I feel like the show wants us to side with Geoffrey and deride Barbara's selfish careerism, but even though Geoffrey's motivation is noble, he's basically sacrificing all of his actors for the sake of one.

For all the jokes about his physique, Max was really working that suit in the tennis episode.