To be fair, Liz did ask Ray if he was an expert (in pleasing women), so perhaps she was treating it more like going to a specialist of some kind — doctor, lawyer, mechanic, that kind of thing. If you have a problem with your taxes, go to a tax accountant; if you have a sex problem, go to a sex professional.

Californivacation
I found the contrast in the settings of New York and California to be very interesting this time around. I particularly noticed how differently the women dressed and did their hair; back in NY, the women are tightly packed into girdles with every hair glued down with hairspray or Dippity 'Do or…

Given that the frame was constructed in, like, the last 30 seconds of the challenge, maybe it looked really, REALLY crappy in person, and you couldn't tell on TV — I mean, crappy enough that it would distract from the work itself, which I, like others, found to be one of the best we've seen so far, at least from Abdi…

Personally, the direction really distracted me. Normally, I don't mind a little show-offy stuff, but there were so many gratuitously weird angles and bad shot/re-shots that it really got on my nerves. People talking? Let's throw in a low, upward tilting two-shot for no good reason, then a profile of one of the…

Sally sounded and acted *exactly* like Betty when she answered that "a boy" was on the phone. I thought the young actress did an absolutely uncanny impression of JJ in that moment.

DawnSmith — I thought the *exact* same thing, that Glenn was doing something kind of noble and romantic, to his mind. He obviously had a precocious idea of romance from his crush on Betty. Perhaps he also wanted a little revenge on Betty.

Aw, just don't do Bowler, because that would only remind me of Lord Bowler, a favorite character from Brisco County, Jr. every time I read the comments. Hatboy or Oddjob ain't nearly so much fun to watch…

Norse God, is that really what China Chow is up to with those godawful getups? This week's really took the cake. I could have been watching a rerun of Dynasty or something…

I consider myself a fan of the show — at least, I really look forward to it each week. Why hasn't it achieved a larger following? Maybe the usual things… like poor or unfocused marketing or poor scheduling? Maybe it's just that it's summertime on a network? Maybe it's because I watch it, and I seem to have the same…

Agreed about son eerily sounding like/adopting mannerisms of father. I found it especially acute when Colin was kind of yelling with frustration… put me in mind of Tom in Bosom Buddies.

Starting the episode with the spoken question, "Who is Don Draper?" to me sounded like a voiceover for a documentary — for a moment I thought they were going to show some sort of newsreel-style doc about DD sort of like in Citizen Kane.

I love that scene, too, xfanatic — that one, like the Pre-Natal Beauty Pageant, really showcases beautiful comedy acting and character realization. Plus I happen to have seen Unzipped, the documentary they're parodying, so perhaps I like it a bit more than viewers who don't know that reference (not that you need it to…

I find myself saying "they've got twooo uuuuses" in the sing-songy way of the Bad News Breakers little girls fairly often.

Puncturedjesus, I just have to say it: you are very, very wrong. Or rather, I disagree, but I'm no expert. As I mentioned above, actually PFT in that sketch is a favorite Mr. Show moment of mine — top five for me. Maybe I just got no taste!

Jorge, say it ain't so! He is such a brilliant comic and comic acTOR…

Is anyone else seeing some growth and change in the characters? Most obviously, this episode shows Jack grabbing a little of Dan's gusto, but all along there have been hints that Dan's a little more self-aware than it might seem. They've been almost throw-away comments, actually; he says things to Jack like, "you'll…

I'd watch the first one.

Yee Yee, if that happened, how many characters would be left on television? Very few, I'd guess…

I love both the review and the commentary of this show. Make-a-Wish, heh. Googly eyes, heh. Ya'll make the intolerable tolerable, sort of like Joel McHale.

Yomama, thanks for posting that link. It was an interesting interview. Here's a part that struck me, for those who don't feel like reading the whole thing: