Call me Noob Noob, because this episode had me like, “God... DAMN!!!’

Straight from the very first paragraph of the Wikipedia article on “Millennials:”

Yeah. Funny how Barack Obama has a ton of personality, and everyone loves him. Maybe there’s something there?

Other places, but even Wikipedia says that this is a generation that doesn’t even start until at least 1980, and whose earliest cutoff is in the late 90s.

This is how I’ve often described Clinton’s loss. She thought she could hit demographic pressure points, rather than appealing to EVERYONE. Trump was EVERYWHERE. Never underestimate the power of a brand, which Trump worked to great effect.

That’s way too early. That’s maybe the cutoff for, say, Gen X. But the whole thing is that millennials are coming of age now. The consensus from demographers seems to group millennials from the mid-eighties to early-aughts.

Yeah. If you’re a millennial, you probably have no idea what this is, let alone who Tonya Harding is.

He did a write-in for two school recesses.

I think a reigned-in, heart-first kind of Macfarlane is one I’d hate to write off, but it’s a shame, because this seems like it could, with some more creative talent, be something special. Alas, we’ll probably see this bow out in a couple months, but I’d rather have a show with a hint of promise take some time to…

Punk ≠ Productive.

This is a million times more compelling as a beef than whatever bullshit Taylor Swift and Kanye West have going on.

Boxer is probably the consensus pick for the best record from The National, though I always rank it pretty low, and now I feel kinda bad about that, having read this great piece. To me, Boxer is the least sonically defined, but is saved by its stellar songwriting. Alligator is rugged and rough. High Violet feels thick…

Clinton is being incredibly generous. Bernie did not use his clout the way he could have during the general. He should have put his message first, and he should have put the American people first. In fact, there’s a real chance that Clinton and Sanders would have made for a terrific team, had Sanders gotten his frizzy…

The National is one of my three favorite bands of all time—the other two being Death Cab for Cutie and Sun Kil Moon—but I’m struggling with this one. Maybe it’s because Sleep Well Beast is so sedate, or maybe the rip I’ve got is no good, but who knows? Their albums often take some time for me. While I loved Trouble…

Their visions differ? Yeah. About 99% of people will have a different creative vision from not-so-acclaimed director of The Book of Henry Colin Trevorrow. I mean, I’d love a morally bonkers Star Wars film, but not everyone else will.

Lost has an incredibly fulfilling finale, THANK YOU VERY MUCH—I mean, on a character level, at least.

Did you know that, if you take money from someone who thinks you’re helping people when you’re not, you’ll get AIDS?

It’s a good ending, no doubt. The genius thing is that both of them at least work. The Knives one feels a little more organic, and I love that melancholy of Ramona kind of going off on her own. Though, the more popular one is maybe not as risky or interesting, but is incredibly satisfying.

It also has a richly emotional core, with these characters figuring out how to be honest about their fears, and learning not to put the love of others where their own self-love should be. Also, Scott has a terrific arc, going from kind of a despicable asshole to a genuinely good person by the end.

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is a masterpiece, just for the level of inventive filmmaking on display. Forget all of the pop culture references—which are perfectly timed and utilized—but just in the little beats where lighting, sound, or even a breeze, can make a joke land really hard. It’s shot and edited like a…