I thought this was the best episode yet. A good amount of Bonnie being funny and not an asshole, the daughter wasn't a psycho bitch, the main plot was more grounded and human than the first Justin Long episode, and the final bit with the chef producing the pie and Christy hitting Gabriel in the face was one of the…

Sheldon put her on the list for his tree fort! That's a win!

I enjoyed the episode, but I miss the days when the show wasn't doing the same relationship comedy other shows have done for years. After two weeks of "Everybody Loves Raymond" plots (guy manipulates his partner into having sex with him; wife gets mad husband doesn't want to spend time with her), we arrived right at…

Eh, her IMDB page says she's having no trouble landing jobs. I'm assuming that she and Allison Janney are friends since they were in "The Help" together and Spencer either was doing Janney a favor by appearing on the show or just wanted to hang out with her friend for a week for kicks.

Yep, I thought this was a step up too. I recognized that it was kind of plotless and wandering all over the place, but I'll take that over cringe-inducing and actively aggravating. Bonnie was more tolerable (and it probably helped having a character come in and tell her off). The evil daughter was limited to a single,…

Mellie should always be drunk. Always.

I'm kind of embarrassed to admit it, but when I think of scary X-Files episodes, I remember being terrified by "Die Hand Die Verletzt," an episode I seldom see mentioned in this kind of discussion. I know it's kind of a cheesy old-school type of scary episode, but it's so well-made and effective—and scared the crap…

No one may particularly care, but Episodes isn't deceased, as stated in the review. It returns at the beginning of the year:

I think it's sad you're making it about sexism. I'm only speaking as someone who knows what it's like to have an abusive parent. Granted, Leonard's mother probably never chased him around the house with a knife like mine did, among other things, but abuse is abuse. There are very few circumstances I will consider…

Yeah, I think Janney is great, but her character is so awful I'm not sure how much longer I can take this show. Bonnie is a monster and large part of why this show is such a downer. Anna Faris is so likeable, but it's just depressing watching her deal with her horrible mother, her horrible daughter and miserable life.

I loved Liv in the beginning—that scene of her in front of the White House proclaiming how they'd claimed she was having an affair with Fitz just the day before was exactly what I was hoping for—but the rest of the episode was just depressing. I was really hoping Liv would go after Mellie and portray her as mentally…

Agreed (although I don't mind Sheldon's mother). But Leonard's mother is heinous, her behavior—past and present—is disgusting and appalling, and Penny's revenge was so far over the line I was horrified. Taking advantage of Penny's sympathy was sort of gross, but if she was really going to be that dumb, I couldn't get…

Yep. I honestly didn't think she was that bad at all, especially considering what we've seen she's capable of. This was nothing compared to her behavior in the arc where she and Ben broke up to avoid the scandal and she went nuts. Both the model UN episode and "Smallest Park" were more uncomfortable for me than this.

This deserves a million Likes, unlike Donna's comment.

Definitely better than last week, but still not as good as it should be. Faris and Janney are so talented, but only Janney is being given material to work with (which she then proceeds to knock out of the park). That scene between her and Faris as Christy was preparing for the date was my favorite of the episode, and…

Yep, this episode was one of the most purely fun half-hours I've seen on TV in ages. Loved it.

Agreed. "Fear of Flying" isn't perfect, but when it comes on, I have no trouble sitting through it and am solidly entertained. When "Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy" comes on, I just change the channel. Marge > Abe.

And after Crittenden left, Carolyn Omine eventually came on board and has been responsible for several Marge-centric episodes, including "Sweets and Sour Marge" and the godawful "The Strong Arms of the Ma," proving that just because a writer is a woman doesn't mean she's inherently capable of writing a decent Marge…

As much as it's noted that the show went downhill after this episode, one thing that's not mentioned enough IMO, is that Ellen fired most/all the writers from this season (so, the ones who helped her win the Emmy for this) and had an entirely new staff in Season 5. So even beyond the plotting/subject matter issues,…

Yes, I'd find it much more appealing if they titled it Danny Strong's The Butler.