I'm finding it hard to get into this season's morality and corruption arc, maybe just because the stakes of it all seem so much less than last season. Maybe I just miss the Cold War. But I do agree that the show is best when the characters are allowed to push things forward rather than shoehorning plot on them. Either…

Wait a minute, Dick Armie, Armie Dick, Dick Sergeant, Sergeant York…

Wait a minute, Dick Armie, Armie Dick, Dick Sergeant, Sergeant York…

Let me offer my first post-mortem on Nazir.

Let me offer my first post-mortem on Nazir.

Extra! Extra! Nebbish internet whites threatened by confident black man! Uncomfortably reminded of extant racial power structures!

Extra! Extra! Nebbish internet whites threatened by confident black man! Uncomfortably reminded of extant racial power structures!

The only time this year I've actually laughed out loud at an SNL episode so they did something right.

The only time this year I've actually laughed out loud at an SNL episode so they did something right.

"Devotion" is the highlight for me, the bridge gets me every time.

"Devotion" is the highlight for me, the bridge gets me every time.

"Yeah, I know Kendrick got to go with David Chang, but doesn't this just feel right?"

"Yeah, I know Kendrick got to go with David Chang, but doesn't this just feel right?"

Carrie is Kim, Nazir is the cougar.

Carrie is Kim, Nazir is the cougar.

I feel like Sean either quit drinking, or took up drinking this week. Either way he should keep it up.

I feel like Sean either quit drinking, or took up drinking this week. Either way he should keep it up.

Holy shit 'The Odyssey.'  That show was straight bananas for what was ostensibly an after-school kids show on CBC.

Holy shit 'The Odyssey.'  That show was straight bananas for what was ostensibly an after-school kids show on CBC.

Guys quit ruining my idea that the CIA uses rendition flights to transport beverages.