So Mike may have brought down the presidency. I'm not sure I like that, because the stakes are a little too high for a comedy. Also, it opens up the possibility of Mike getting fired, which would suck.

Espresso Tina is like me when I'm drunk. I'm usually quiet, but I get super motor-mouthed after a few beers.

Saying Pam has an inability to take any risks is ridiculous. I'd argue that she takes more emotional ("Beach Games") and professional (the Michael Scott Paper Company arc, art school) risks than anyone else on the show.

To the show's credit, they've always been consistent with Jim being a true friend to Dwight when he really needs it. A good Jim/Dwight story is second only to Pam/Dwight on my list of favorite character pairings on this show. I think the last few seasons they've been having a lot of trouble finding a balance between…

I thought this was an A episode, no question, but it would have been catapulted into all-time great status if Andy had died in a grease fire like 10 episodes ago.

I like this album, but I started losing interest in the second half. Some really awesome bass playing, though.

"Well I hope I don't have a cat, because that fucker is surely dead by now." This season has been a little lacking in great Amy lines, but that made up for it.

Kick-Ass (the movie) was never intended to be realistic, though. Yeah, that's the main character's story in the first, like, half hour, but after that it just becomes a live action cartoon. I don't see how it can come up short in something it wasn't trying in the first place.

Kent reminds me a bit of a less fussy version of Julius Nicholson on The Thick Of It.

Her takedown of Furlong was exquisite.

I think this episode was the funniest of the series so far. I was laughing my ass off through the whole thing. I think Amy has the line of the season to this point with "I wouldn't assume they took turns."

A sign of a good adaptation is that it can make you go "FUCK YEAH!" at the big moments, even if you know what's coming. Dany's First Annual Astapor BBQ was a perfect example of that. Hell, it might be my favorite scene of the series so far. This whole episode was just masterful, one outstanding scene after another.

"This went poorly!" Great delivery by Nick Offerman.

Great episode, but the scenes with Amy visiting her dad in the hospital and then going to Gary's apartment felt out of place. Like they were taken from a different episode.

I'm not 100% sure that was a reference, but it sure felt like one.

They would have more if they'd cut off his left hand instead of his right.

That song was the first thing that popped into my head when I heard about this. Probably because DBT can actually pull off making Southern pride sound awesome instead of racist.

I think at this point we can move past having to talk about the show's budgetary restrictions and character/story balancing act in EVERY review, right? I'm not saying you're wrong in the points you're making, but it seems redundant to bring it up every week. I always feel like I have to skip the first few paragraphs…

Oh wow, I totally didn't get the thing with Cheryl being able to hear the soundtrack. That's brilliant.

"I'm Only Here To Disappoint" is hands-down the best song on the album.