Truth be told, I do get a bit fed up of Zap at times (In-A-Gadda-Da-Leela was one example), but I think that must just be down to misuse rather than overuse, as in some episodes (like this one) he's on fire, and I just want more.

You're a bad person and you should feel bad.

I love this show, but when are you going to review Porridge? It would make an excellent counterpoint to Orange is the New Black (well, no it wouldn't. But it's still awesome and should be remembered.)

Oh, no. Didn't like him when he screamed. Love the dry wit, the romantic, not so much the crazy angry Ross.

Oh, you're right. In that case, NO! Loved him until he screams. He was always me, the one I empathised with… until he screamed.

But only after the first few seasons was that the case. They moved very naturally into and out of a relationship over the course of the first few seasons.

Oh yes, but for the first four seasons it all makes a lot of sense, moves forward at a very natural rate. Then they realised they wanted it to last six more years if they could.

But the thing is, they don't hold off on the resolution to Ross/Rachel for ten years. They resolve his hidden feelings at the end of ONE (unlike Frasier, stringing it out to 6), and they're a couple by mid-season 2. The relationship then progresses at a fairly natural rate up until Ross' wedding at the end of season…

Yes! He starts screaming and loses his appeal. See also Monica from season 7 and Phoebe from season 9.

I like Marcel. As a story device, not as a character. He does just bring out that side of Ross, where he's desperately alone, coping with his failed marriage. And for me, it's much better that he's using his rebound relationship on a monkey rather than Rachel.

My first instinct was an A-. It didn't emotionally connect with me, but it had solid gags right from the start. 'Mine's collapsing!' 'So? Mine's collapsing too.' Original gags too, for the most part. One of the most genuinely funny episodes they've done in a long while.

Crap, you're right. Which spoils my joke, but proves my point.

From the creativity that brought you titles like 'Castle' and 'House' comes a surname that's also something else that gets no further description. Coming soon, 'Baker' (about a teacher), 'Archer' (about a train driver) and 'Duke' (about a space pirate, or a 1960s gangster, they haven't decided yet).

I think we have to agree to disagree. I don't see most of that as real character development, and the fact that they didn't stick to it in season 3 or season 4 (more noticeably in season 4 when her writing was generally much weaker anyway) is frustrating. I know that there's only so much you can do to characters in…

She doesn't actually change to 'save' Abed; she 'saves' him by changing him. Using the Dreamatorium isn't development, and whatever path she elected to choose in that episode hasn't actually been followed up on (and the bulk of her character exploration was around her relationship to Jeff, and that hasn't changed…

Okay, she got some very good stuff in that (although I'd still argue it was an Abed story rather than an Annie story). But she hasn't actually moved forward as a character at all, and although season four showed the worst of that (childish reactions she should have grown out of two years ago, the persistent crush on…

I liked it. The finale, the paintball, everything. But Annie needs some better stories. She hasn't had a decent one since season 2.

It has some highlights, mostly in the back half of the season. I wouldn't quite suggest bingeing (binging? That's more like doing a bing, right?) all the way through, like @ComradeQuestions:disqus  suggests… but it certainly might make the first 5 episodes go down a bit easier.

QUESTION: Are you reviewing the original broadcast episodes or the DVD extended episodes?

I think 'formulaic' is an odd criticism here. It's actually just the set ups for a couple of jokes out of the episode (the cold open and the TV gags), and that's more stylistic than formulaic. It's not like they've set up patterns for the stories, or even the jokes themselves; This is just what the friends do, and…