I really enjoyed the Augustin/Eddie plot, and thought it was the best part of the episode. The sex scene was very natural and really well done.

Yep, this was welcome after the Cucumber episode, yet so great it would have been wonderful at any time. Both of these were episodes of television I wished I could share with everyone I knew (but that would require them to access them through less than legal means. Not that I'm doing that or anything…**ahem**). The…

I haven't really been sure about my feelings about Cucumber up to this point, but this particular episode was simply superb, easily one of the best episodes of television I've seen in the past year. Days later, I'm still thinking about it. That scene with Hazel on the street—just haunting in multiple ways. Lance's…

The Producer's Cut is now up on NBC.com and Hulu. It's 10 minutes longer! Loved seeing a few of the future scenes for other characters that were cut (especially Shauna's, which I never saw coming, but was perfect.)

They did! It's in the extended Producer's Cut (10 minutes longer!) that's now up on NBC.com and hulu. Shauna gets a happy ending!

I don't get the appeal or the point of the new doctor at all. And yes, every person who's been hired there—Morgan, Peter and now this guy—has been hired the exact same way: they come in, seem completely inappropriate, then prove they have skills completely incongruous with their previous behavior and are hired (and…

Agreed that what hit me hardest was Ron, not just his story (which was perfect), but seeing the way they subtly aged him. In the scene at Very Good, I thought, he isn't looking, well, very good. It took me a second to realize he was just looking older. And yeah, that hit me hard. Because damn it, Ron Swanson's not…

Perhaps an unpopular opinion, but I'm going to say it: I liked Mark Brendanowicz. I rewatched Season 2 over the last few days, and I was reminded how I liked the character and Paul Schneider's particular energy, and his final scene with Leslie was lovely—and the fact that they crapped all over it by completely…

John Cho makes everything better.

Out of all the highs this season has delivered, I'm not sure anything was as purely, deliriously wonderful to me as the moment of Ben offering Garry the position—Garry's shocked gasp juxtaposed with April's screech of horror. Just an exquisite combination of joy, giddiness, hilarity and sweetness packed into a single…

This show makes me so happy, but "Pie-Mary" in particular was brilliant from start ("PONCHO!") to finish (Leslie getting passed over for Woman of the Year to a man AGAIN), with Garry and Donna bonding and Ron's excited face at the puzzle in between.

It never really hit me how good she's been until this episode, but I think Rhea Perlman deserves serious consideration for a Guest Actress Emmy nomination for this episode alone. She was killing it, hit so many different notes, and her scene with Mindy on the street was really sweet and well-played.

ER didn't debut after the Super Bowl. It premiered in the fall, on a Monday night before moving to its regular Thursday slot later that week.

I really enjoyed that. Characters I like just talking to each other and having real, relevant, interesting conversations without the need for wacky hijinks or high concepts or assholery. (I know that's not a word. I'm making it one.)

I know Ruth Wilson gets most of the acclaim for this show, but really, Maura Tierney needs all the Emmys. But that's been true for years, and she still doesn't have any so I'm not holding my breath.

Sepinwall's review has an interesting comment from the creator about the divergences in the characters' memories and what they're intended to show:
http://www.hitfix.com/whats…

To give credit where it's due, Gimme a Break for one got there earlier (though another show may have beaten them too) with the n-word (I suppose it's debatable whether it's really a family sitcom, though I'd say it is), in the episode where Samantha tricked Joey into performing in blackface in front of Nell's church…

"Don't you want to have a horny autumn?"

That was going to be my comment as well—SportsNight was definitely always in the same timeslot and aired pretty consistently. The only thing I could think of that the writer might be referring to is the fact that ABC pulled it with 2 episodes left in that second season and replaced it with another sitcom (looked it…

I love that Leonard had his and Penny's prom photo on his nightstand. Just a cute little detail, and nice nod to continuity.