"I'll bet that makes his putter stand up!"

Moi aussi.  I thought, "Jesus, cut her BREASTS??!!" and then "Oh.  This is Mad Men.  OK then."

And George, too.

Thanks for this!!  I did remember something about a john giving a prostitute some French fries, or I guess hash browns, and thinking "Wow, what a swell guy!!"…but wasn't sure why I remembered it.  I guess I need to shake off my extreme dislike of the 2nd half of season 1 and all of season 2, and knuckle down and…

Thanks so much for asking these questions. Even though I AM really liking this season, there's something about how horrible Season 2 was that has me already expecting major disappointment…and I can't muster the interest to rewind to find out what I missed.

"I like Joe"…

Man, the shot of Joe quivering and dripping and frothing as he stood over the table of dishes waiting to be transported to the firefighters was…stunningly disgusting.  I couldn't decide whether the gobs of liquid he flung from his face were gobs of sweat, or spittle, or, god forbid…both?

"the most inhumane thing I've seen in a reality show" - wow, this is the best straight line I've ever seen in an AV Club thread.  The mind boggles - where are the hilarious rejoinders???

I think the bumper slogan of the week goes to Gordon when he screams, to the firefighters, through a LOUDSPEAKER:

OK, I'll take your word for it.  Wonder why I have the feeling that this is one of those links that will give me nightmares every night for the rest of my life?

@avclub-9fad6725914cafe948673da493a02c5b:disqus - I so agree about not liking white guys who are trying to be black.  And then I met Holder.  I will watch this guy try to be anything.  ANNNYYYYYY…thing.  Maybe it's a girl thing.

I've always felt that Sally truly DID like Megan…and Megan's impatience and curtness with the kids in this episode were surprising.  I've definitely felt, for this season at least, that Sally certainly preferred  Megan to her mother.

Agreed. Must give acting props as well to Moss and, in particular, Kartheiser during the drunken restaurant scene.  She's fighting back tears as she tells him (at pitch-perfect level of inebriation, which is tough for so many actors) that she DOES really know him…and then his precisely-timed beat followed by his…

Liked a LOT for your 3rd paragraph, esp. "dreck".  Couldn't have said it better myself.  I find Holder incredibly compelling, Linden a bit less so…but the horribleness of Mitch and the trips to the airport and the…everything else from Seasons 1 and 2…far outweighs their appeal.  I'm loving Holder even more this time…

I think you should NOT go back and start watching from the pilot.  Although the first 3-4 episodes of Season 1 are pretty terrific, that's about it…and the spectacularness of its downhill slide is legendary (as you may have read about somewhere on the internet).  On the other hand, if you're confused by references to…

They're still just about my favorite thing; or maybe I should say they're the only things I look forward to anymore.  Jesus, this is some dark-ass shit.

No.

A watched pot never boils and all that.

This is one of my very fave things about the AV Club - finding yet more TV to DVR!!!  Hoping I can locate this British version, since the American one sounds appalling (didn't watch; came here to see if I should; I won't).

You might be a redneck has-been if you find yourself hosting the worst TV cooking competition since the beginning of time and you're sporting floppy gray hair and a freckled paunch.