And stop calling Princeton a "clown college"

"A week? But I'm mad now!"

"Compadres, we must crush the freedom fighters before the start of the rainy season. And remember, a shiny new donkey for whoever brings me the head of Colonel Montoya."

"Mob Justice" reminded me of my favorite Simpsons newspaper headlines "Angry Mob Mulls Options"

Especially when it tells him not to do something and he does: "That's it, I'm out of here." followed by footsteps and a door slamming.

You can't keep me in prison. Someday a Democrat will be president and I'll be FREE, and all my criminal pals.

"To alcohol, the cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems."

During the mayoral debate in which the Republicans (including the moderator) want Sideshow Bob to win, the mayor is asked "Sir, you're known to be soft on crime, but what if it was YOUR family tied up in the basement, SOCKS stuffed in your mouths to stifle your screams. You TRY to escape but there's too much blood on…

It's the end of the world

Crime solving epiphanies go way back. the last detective to actually think through a puzzle was Sherlock Holmes. Perry Mason once solved a murder when his secretary, Della Street, brought coffee while hold a pencil clenched in her teeth.

She had a 10 lb baby boy - game over.

He's realistic. In "Piano Man" one guy is a "real estate novelist" and one's in the Navy and "probably will be for life." He doesn't sugar coat people's lives.

Screw those guys! What about Eddie and his unnamed girlfriend in "Into The Great Wide Open" by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers? He waited until he finished high school, went to Hollywood and got a tattoo. He met a girl who had a tattoo too. They found an apartment they both could afford and he got a job at a club…

And Bob's horror at sexy role playing

"I’d be remiss if I didn’t point out that John le Carre is one of my
favorite authors, and that I discovered his work mainly through the
excellent Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy adaptation from a few years back."

I loved the part where Tootie said she wanted to say in St. Louis "… even if I have to live with the orphalins in the orphalin home."

The product placement is not as bad as other dying shows, like Bones. "There's been a murder - to the Toyota T-150. Its large trunk space will allow us to carry our equipment and even steal the corpse, while its integrated GPS will guide us effortlessly to the crime scene!"

The one part of this episode I agreed with is when Phil is talking and Jay threatens to drive them into a brick wall. I feel that way every time Phil talks.

"Unfortunately, neither Bobby Moynihan’s returning Anthony Crispino nor
another confessional piece from Lesley Jones carried enough water to
enliven things this time."

Ed McBain's detective novels take place in a city called Isola (Italian for "island") which is bordered by two rivers. Across one river is another part of the city and across the other is another state. As in, Manhattan Island, bordered by the East River (with Brooklyn, NY on the other side) and the Hudson River…