I agree that she's being a bitch for understandable reasons, which makes it tolerable and even gains a bit of sympathy from me.  But it makes me respect the character less and less.  She could be the bigger person and realize that Karen's already in a bad position because she didn't get the part and has to be in…

Unfortunately, that aspect rang true to me.  Let me say in advance that I'm not defending the behavior I'm about to describe, I'm just stating that it happens.  I work in theatre.  People have affairs a lot in theatre (and in life in general, I know).  But what makes them extra awful is that often you're way more…

You've hit on the problem exactly, @Bleedforme:disqus .  What's unfortunate is that if the writing and storylines for the non-Marilyn aspects of the show were better, then it wouldn't feel like the show is stalling and the non-Marilyn parts are just filler.  It would just feel like they were creating an expansive…

Oh, I hope not.  I really do enjoy the chemistry between Kalinda and Will, but I think it would be really poor writing if we found ourselves in basically the same position again- basically Kalinda sleeping with Alicia's love interest, echoing the "betrayal" of Kalinda having slept with Peter. (Betrayal in quotation…

I wonder if part of getting Will out of the office for awhile isn't to (temporarily, at least) remove the barrier for him to get into a relationship with someone who'd normally be a subordinate?  Not necessarily Caitlin, but maybe Alicia again or Kalinda (ok, I know they're not going to do that, but a girl can dream,…

I did like the parallel between when she had to share an assistant with Cary and having to share an assistant again now.  I agree that she's overreacting.  But I can see how, with so many things at the firm in flux, her mind could jump to worrying that she'd suddenly been put back into a competitive position similar…

Is anyone else having trouble logging into the actual site?  Sorry if this is just a question that's been repeated in the comments all day, but it's really starting to frustrate me.

Between "black than space!" and the way she said "tubes" last week, I've never loved Busy Phillips more. 

Agree about Jack White.  Although I thought it might be more interesting if he'd had the guys on the first song and the girls on the real rocker.  Just to go against type, gender-wise, a bit more.  Though I understand he was looking for the female vocalist on the first song and the male vocalist on the second, so it…

What in God's name are you on about???  This was a terrible episode.  Granted, there were no train wrecks.  But there was also barely anything funny!  I laughed at the Real Housewives and Weekend Update and absolutely nothing else.  A few things did have some interesting/amusing ideas, but that didn't translate into…

I just read that "cat" link and omg, her name was going to be Kenley Penley?  Seriously?  No wonder she broke up with him.

Between the poorly written, out-of-nowhere "Kevin's off the show for good!" plot line and the introduction of new bosses ("new" implying that we should've been aware that there were old bosses and understood what their roles would be like in relation to Reagan and Ava, who seemed to be running this thing on their own…

Uggggh I hated this SO MUCH.  It just felt like amateur hour to me.  They really couldn't have gotten him back to film a goodbye episode?  I mean, it doesn't even have to happen immediately… I'd rather have some tossed out lines that explain a temporary absence until Jason Lee's available to actually shoot a going…

@avclub-33beffd09a1b020d1187c6b4b264014a:disqus : A bow through the heart should do it. Or maybe stab him in the carotid with the endpin?  Strangle with a string?

There was lots of great stuff in this one, but for me, nothing beats the way Busy Phillips said "tubes" in the hospital scene.

I'm really disappointed about that.  I really like the Mark and Sarah pairing; I think a successful relationship like theirs is certainly possible and would like to see it actually succeed on tv instead of ending poorly.  Often in these reviews and in the comments people talk about how they "have to" break up and it's…

They mentioned that they wanted to take all their "holds" (I think was the word?) off and widen the search.  That implied to me that they had set very specific parameters on who they would be willing to adopt and that was contributing to the wait time.  Once all restrictions were removed, it significantly sped up the…

@avclub-4fb3e700d18d05379e46da32b28ff30a:disqus : In real life, yes.  In HIMYM world, if I recall correctly, there was a super rich man who lived adjacent to them in their building and wanted to double the size of his apartment so he made them a completely outlandish offer on the place.

I've been waiting for Amy Poehler to guest star since the series began.  This would be a pretty fun way to bring her on board.

I think it was supposed to be funny?  Like, Beckett went to the wrong desk because she was so flustered and that was… hilarious?  They were playing "wacky" music in the background, so I got the impression we were supposed to be laughing.