“A butler selling out a fellow butler just because his feathers were a little ruffled over one lunch? Narrative punishment.”

Exactly. And it’s clear by now which butler we, as viewers, are meant to sympathize with and like more.

Agnes barging into the Russell’s home was what we were all waiting for, eh?

Agreed — this is going to go very badly for Church, if only because Fellowes (a) clearly has sympathy for British over American butlering, and (b) loves morality tales where a person gets what’s coming to them for forgetting their duty and station. A butler selling out a fellow butler just because his feathers were a…

I completely agree that Raikes would be more interesting as a villain, though I also wonder if what they’re heading for is another opportunity (after the shoe incident) to show that Marian is kind of self-absorbed and silly. She seems to have a kind of romance novel assumption that he will pine for her indefinitely.…

Oh it was absolutely Church--that seemed way too clear and was even telegraphed.  Turner is too occupied with the long game and would have NO reason to do this anyway.  I agreed with most of this review, but that seems a big oversight (I’m enjoying the show, but subtle it ain’t)

I don’t think it was Turner who sent the note to Agnes. I think it was *Church*.

Yes. For a hot minute there I was willing to watch an entire show built around just Peggy Scott and her journalism. Imagine her narrating! Anyway - “an embarrassment of riches, this show” yada yada. Glad the English v American butlering styles came back around to become plot-relevant. 

I made an account to say I love Peggy Scott’s character...Granted, I’ve lurked on AV Club for a few years now, but I felt it was finally time to step into the chat, especially to say that. I know it was a few episodes ago, but that episode got the tears coming down when her story was accepted into that newspaper on…

...well hopefully the sketches in the actual episode are better than that promo.

The trailer did not fill me with the hope.

I’m thinking they couldn’t get their first choice to play Weird Al, because Alan Ritchson was recently busy.

Patton Oswalt as Dr Demento? That’s the movie I really want.

Brilliant Tom Lehrer quote: “The reason most folk songs are so terrible is because they’re written by the people.”

Yes, it’s really happening, but the sense I get from the project is that it’s going to be a parody of musical biopics, rather than a straightforward one. As Al himself has remarked, he’s had far too boring of a life to make for a good biopic.

Hahaha, take THAT, stupid actors from marginalized communities! If you wanted a job maybe you should’ve been more white, dinguses.

“Working with Dan on ‘WEIRD: The “Weird Al” Yankovic Story’ was ... one of the most harrowing experiences of my professional career. I mean, you can see in the performance it was worth it, and I’m still so honoured to have done this with him, but he went to some ... some dark places.”

It’s literally based on that sketch, and directed by the guy that made it.

Why ScarJo? Weird Al isn't Asian.

Seriously don’t understand why Barsanti gets paid to write such feeble semi-humor. Is it just working cheap and fast? Is it that AV Club chased away all the talent?

The real test will be whether or not Radcliffe can capture Yankovic’s wild energy and whether or not he can actually sing some parody songs