I love that I had a completely different reading of the Brett/Michelle scene. I don't disagree with Gwen's take, I just think this show is subtle and complex enough to accomodate both views.

Really hoping Michael Chabon wrote that.

"perceived sleights that had nothing to do with the quality of the show at all"

Yea. We all actually like this show. We're just making up fake controversies because…?

I see what you're saying, but instead of going back to New York and saying to Charlie/Pruit, "I found her, but I'm going to tell the story the right way, not with a live confrontation," he lies and says he couldn't find her at all, effectively silencing her against her explicit wishes.

Man, I've got a lot of issues with what you're saying. The most obvious of which is that if you think this episode was B-worthy, we have very different opinions on television.

I guarantee you can find a review that covers the structural and screenwriting atrocities of this episode elsewhere. But I imagine when Libby decided to write this review from a socio-political angle, she wasn't worried about how troubled FartfulDodger would be.

I still think Breaking Bad was at it's best when Walt wasn't an "antihero" but The Bad Guy. That's why I was disappointed when the finale didn't see that idea through.

I think that qualifies as a long, long time ago.

Girls deploys its title card better than any other show (maybe on par with early Glee, which used similar tactics). The cut from Adam banging on the dashboard to the title card was the biggest laugh of the night for me.

Maybe not recent enough for you, but the first season of Friday Night Lights. Perhaps my favorite single season of television ever. Most definitely top ten.