This was hands-down my favorite bit of acting Vera Farmiga did in this episode. It takes a special kind of talent to make that both hysterical and sad.

Well this is a discussion board so…

I try to engage you and this is your response? My bad for feeding the troll.

Well Chung is the governor of Minnesota.

That's like your opinion man. I personally preferred Archer Vice to the previous season of that show. Not all the episodes worked, but the new status gave the show a renewed sense of purpose that the show was sorely lacking. Now, you might say that a show like Archer or Veep is not supposed to have a sense of purpose,…

I meant that in the idiomatic sense, but he was an accomplice in last night's murder and got away with it. Regardless, after what happened last night I find Alicia's continued involvement with Sweeney, as a client, a bit nonsensical.

Sorry if it came off like that, but that's how I read the scene. I don't particularly care about the intent of it, I'm just expressing my thoughts on how it read to me.

It's actually Los Angeles, but shot by a Frenchman so it works out to about the same.

I don't know about ham-fisted. Let's not make it seem like telling people of color apart it's some impossible thing that only super aware people are able to do. Under the circumstances it's reasonable for her to be confused. That doesn't mean the scene is not about race.

I agree she had reason to be irritated with him and Don deserves the treatment he's getting from mostly everyone. I was just caught off guard by how much their dynamic has changed. It's definitely an interesting development to explore.

The movie was Jacques Demy's Model Shop.

I also initially thought Vertigo but the music wasn't right and the timeline doesn't quite work.

I was actually taken aback by Joan's reaction to Don's return. It makes sense from a business point of view and I'm glad Joan is being judicious when it comes to her work given how much she's had to sacrifice to get to where she is. That said, Don and Joan's relationship has always been one of understanding and it was…

I maybe shouldn't have said whining, but I was trying to add a signpost for the scene in question. I agree that Cutler's his own brand of asshole but that line was funny.

See, I think we only got see the ending stages of Don's desperation (given that this season starts well after his leave of absence). His scenes with Dawn in the past couple of episodes, and even in this one, read as kind of desperate to me. But I think that closing moment was the transition from desperation to a more…

Personally, I find myself on Team Selena whether they are being awful or not and I think the show encourages us to be on their side (though not always). It helps that the show is the type of satire that is so removed from reality that it doesn't really matter at the end of the day. It's not an inquiry into what we as…

It's a testament to how much Don has changed since last season that he accepted the terms so calmly. Don's resignation to a deal so undesirable really sold the fact that this was inevitable and Hamm's performance in that last moment really allowed us to accept his decision as a natural progression of the character.…

I quite liked Cutler's response to Harry's whining. I think it was something like:
"Are you aware your self-pity is distasteful?"

No one cares for Betty, except maybe Henry.

This write-up is actually from a new reviewer for the show, so it's only the first time she's mentioned the terribleness of the characters. But I get what you are saying and I agree with most of your statement. However, I disagree that the creators didn't set out to make some of the characters unlikeable. I think the…