Agreed, this was a very strong episode, and a brave one, I think. From the start it's felt like the show has set out to tackle serious subject matter and something real, especially compared to the typical sitcom. I don't think it gets enough credit for that, simply by virtue of being a Chuck Lorre show (and his…

I suspect this may be an unpopular opinion…but I loved this episode. After a somewhat disappointing fall season that had some great moments but was also kind of a mess and lurched all over the place, this was firing on all cylinders right from the start. I loved all the twists—Eli outright says he's going to have Fitz…

At this point it just makes no sense that Leonard and Penny don't move in together. Surely Penny can't still be nervous and noncommital about their relationship. Not to mention, she still apparently has no job, and having him share/pay the rent on her place because he's living there would simply make sense.

Thanks for doing a Spoiler Space on this. After reading the Hitfix review about how the villain's motive was related to 9/11 I was curious for more details. While this doesn't explicitly spell it out, I think I get the gist.

Agreed. I liked the pilot of The Goldbergs and didn't think it was anywhere near as bad as so many seemed to say. Not the first time that's happened—I really love the pilot of Happy Endings—it made me laugh a lot (and still does) and did a good job establishing all the characters from the start. Yet the conventional…

That's not really true anymore though. Community and Parks both launched in 2009, and ever since, no new sitcom launched on NBC has lasted. None. Even Go On—which was probably the best of the bunch, was actually well launched and did well at first—slowly tanked by the end of the season (and they certainly did their…

Wait a minute—they're debuting this at 11pm on a Saturday night? THAT'S the timeslot they consider prime for a launch? Even with the lead-in from the Olympics, it seems crazy to think people are going to want to stay tuned to watch a new sitcom then.

Is there anything David Mamet doesn't hate?

It definitely is, the main difference being that Blanche Dubois is a tragic character who Williams certainly doesn't seem to hate, while Jasmine is someone Allen seems to view with nothing but contempt. And it was hard not to draw Mia Farrow parallels even before all the abuse allegations rose up again. When Jasmine…

I thought Mindy and Danny from "The Mindy Project" had a lock on the hottest TV kiss I'd see this year…but that blew it away. It was less overtly sexy…which is what made it so freaking sexy. Sheldon's lean in and step closer, the slow raising of Amy's arm as though she had that instinct to put her hand on him but…

We're still going to disagree, but to clarify—by contrasting her with the show's handling of Irene Adler, I meant that Moffatt and co had made Mary a stronger character than the original Doyle version. Whereas Doyle's strong, principled Adler who beat Holmes was substantially weakened and turned into that hot mess by…

I've seen a lot of online hate for Mary for shooting Sherlock since the episode originally aired in the UK, but I'm just going to say it—I love her. I think she's awesome, I loved everything that was revealed about her, I loved watching her in action, and I love that she's now as complicated and interesting as the…

I'm shallow, so I'll say it. If this show gives me naked Scott Bakula, I will pretty much be guaranteed to forgive it anything. It would be Quantum-Leap-obsessed 13-year-old me's dream finally coming true. Yes to losing the towel!

An episode built around plots specific to these characters, not overly reminiscent of other sitcoms! Hooray!

April's unintelligible "I love you too" was when I lost it. Out of all the characters, she's the last one I would have expected to move me to tears, which made it all the sweeter that she did (especially with the shockingly vulnerable "Please don't make me say it. Please."). **sniff**

The scariest thing about this episode for me today? Realizing that the baby born in it is/would be turning 19 years old this year.

At this point, I'm just going to feel sorry for people who dismiss this show because it's a multi-cam, because it's their loss. This is a legitimately good show. I'm glad that episode two weeks ago was an aberration.

I have to admit, I can almost never rewatch this one, because the first half is just too depressing for me. Homer and Marge being accused of neglect, the kids being taken away, Marge being so sad…it's too real. I just can't.

The only thing I would disagree with is the comment that this episode is the dividing line between the show being good and bad, with everything after this being bad. I'm sure it's just a generalization, but for me, this is part of the strongest section of the show that would continue through the end of the season at…

Wow—that was easily the best episode to date. It was an A episode, not just of this show, but of television, period. Hilariously funny and devastatingly emotional. Amazing that the same writers that came up with last week's mediocrity came up with this.