The other piece is how the exploitative upper crust is always shown as an alien force out of New York City or New England sophisticates.

The Smutny family is pretty tightly connected to both the Cannons and Oraetta — they don’t feel like a loose end to me. The addition of Loy’s son and the strong chance of Zelmare returning for revenge means they are likely to be involved in the end game, not to mention whatever Oraetta is up to, possibly including…

I agree that the season is pulling together. It may be fair to argue the direction isn’t right, but I disagree that there isn’t a strong direction for the season.

You have to wonder if he was sent to the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota.

I thought Loy and Deafy’s discussion worked a lot better than most of the monologues this season — Loy’s calling out of Mormon niceness and Deafy’s analysis of criminal codes fit both characters and revealed interesting things about their perspectives.

I think the criticism of the driving goal is fair, although I don’t agree. But it does seem that the lack of a legitimate voice for regular order in the discussion about belonging in America dampens the impact of the season.

I think it was more basic than reputation -- he didn’t want them getting away and coming for revenge. Which I’m sure is coming up now.

Start studying the fundamental case Mr. Bananas v Lancelot Link which established for royalty purposes that Chimpanzees do not qualify for a higher royalty percentage than Spider Monkeys.

What if an organ grinder’s monkey imitates its owner and runs off with the hat into a nearby liquor store, puts a malt liquor bottle on the counter, and dumps a bunch of quuarters and nickles in the counter? Shouldn’t he be able to have that Colt 45?

Schaumberg? I thought that was only in The Onion.

It’s not so much not wanting to let the ratings cash cow go — all kinds of regular entertainment crushes this kind of drip drip coverage, and it is bad for their branding to appear clueless.

I hope they fire whatever exec brought him on board.

The problem with 99% of Trump comedy is that it focuses on the man and not on what he does.

There is an 11 Questions just up where Paul Reiser says he’s never watched Game of Thrones or Star Wars. He doesn’t sneer at them, he says he’s just not into that kind of stuff.

Has anyone seen There’s Johnny? I have never heard of it before, but there are a ton of streaming shows I could never identify.

I’m pretty sure that was Paul Rudd. Paul Reiser is the guy who does Pee Wee.

He had been a member of a pretty reactionary branch of the Southern Baptists but when he was divorced a few years ago he left the church and says his social beliefs are too liberal for him to be a part of organized religion.

I know, when his contract is up, NBC should give Fallon every 10 - 11 PM slot five nights a week. Five hours of primetime Fallon every week. Viewers will love it. Advertisers will go crazy. Local affiliates will love what it does to their ratings as a lead in to their 11 PM news. I’m a business genius!

Planes, Trains and Automobiles with Redford as Neal and Newman as Del.

It’s like Mike Vago’s bio: “He tells people he lives in New York, but he really lives in New Jersey.”