Work is something you spend 1/4 of your adult life doing.  A lot of people want it to be something more meaningful than just punching a clock.

Yeah, you didn't get it.

It's a state court judgeship, not federal (state judiciary committee made the call), and those are less competitive.  In NYC there are a bunch of state courts whose jurisdiction is below the general jurisdiction trial court (weirdly named the Supreme Court)—they handle shit like small claims, landlord/tenant,…

*tough, blue collar guy posting on AVClub*

Just looked through this entire thread, and was amazed to see not a single person bring this up: it was Tyrion, not Theon, who got castrated.  Please fix your review.

Yes.  You start to truly appreciate the deep cuts, e. g. "I'm not the one who's staring at me."

Notwithstanding the EDGY AND COOL Will Ferrell hatred that gets tossed around on here, the McKay/Ferrell collaborations (talking strictly about those where McKay was director and/or writer) have been pretty consistently great (not to mention highly rewatchable—I've spent wayyyy too many hours of my life watching Step…

Exactly.  I've been saying it for years, Roose Bolton did the right thing.

Nah man, he couldn't stay as Robb's right hand man.  The only reason he got any respect in Robb's camp was because he is the putative Greyjoy heir.  If he comes home from the iron islands empty-handed, you think dudes like Bolton or Karstark are going to give a shit what he says?  Robb might still like him but he…

I think the point of the Theon mindfucking was getting him to admit to Ramsay that he didn't kill the Stark boys.

That's a fair point—I just rewatched those seasons not long ago, and Pam did seemingly take steps towards becoming more assertive.

Yeah, the whole point of that was that it was totally out of character for her to make that decision.

There is a lot of Aspberger's-like failure to empathize going on in this here comments section. Pam, at her core, has always been a fearful person.  That's why she's so averse to risk or change.  Even if she doesn't have anything great going for her in Scranton and moving to Philly for Athlead could be a huge step…

This is VanDerWerff's M.O.  He sets up a false premise ("Girls is THE cultural touchstone") and then extrapolates on it.  Did the same thing with his ridiculous Zero Dark Thirty/Django Unchained critical race theory article.

I wasn't referring specifically to AVClub with my comment.  I was talking more about the overall level of coverage Girls gets—as you noted, Slate does its weekly roundtable discussion plus additional articles, and sites like the Atlantic, Grantland, Vulture, etc. cover it ad nauseum as well.

Watching Girls makes you smart.

Has there ever been a show where the amount of coverage is so disproportionate to its audience?  Pop culture writers want to act like Girls is this cultural touchstone.  I know maybe two people who watch it regularly.  Writers writing for writers.  Nobody else gives a shit.

The kids are not cute.  They are little turds who have received way too much attention from their stage parents.  The adult actor is good, though.

Not that different in these circumstances—a new creative team adopting an already-established show.

Yeah man.  It's like the Denver Broncos Peyton Manning.