Making the drama with the real cowboy a 2 episode arc would have given both stories better breathing room.

I took it more as a statement about getting enmeshed in family drama. Nothing is more tiresome than when familiar patterns of familial disfunction repeat and repeat. Joan's description of perpetually being the family go between who winds up getting the short end on all sides for her efforts is exactly the kind of…

Which happens every couple of episodes. That the petty ridiculous bickering at the table was contrived in order to force a scene where Bernie channels Howard's mom was beyond tortured and the epitome of lazy writing.

I wonder if it would make a difference if they flipped the Girls and Looking time slots.

Her Twitter feed clarifies any question. Sorry Jay, she stuck her foot in her mouth.

No, they are criticizing her saying that women fought for these groups and now it's their turn to fight for women. The problems here are twofold. First, the statement implies that LGBT women and women of color haven't been on the front lines of the fights for women's rights, neither of which is true. Second, it…

I didn't realize that The Middle still was being reviewed until I stumbled upon an entry via a Google search. Definitely a bit confusing.

Are they already so out of stories that we are going back to both relationship wells?

I am presuming they will add it to the e outing practice. Plus, if it's a sublease, she is renting from the tenant, not having to get a loan for a new practice. Given how quickly she said she'd repay the SF clinic loan, I assumed that her issue was not cash, but her brother's default.

I am there with you. It's yet another film where movie people get to reward a mirror (Look! It's a movie about movies and art and stuff!), but it is wooly and more a series of ideas than a strong Best Picture front runner-worthy film.

Yup. It was an A- episode.

Yes yes yes? When did he become all that (and worth tears and drama)?

Alison is serious about being treated well and serious about her book group. How is that incompatable with being footloose and fancy free in her very frequent downtime? The notion that what Peter is looking for a real relationship and Alison is not in the same space was a pretty grounded story.

It's nice to see a show where people are empathetic when someone struggles and nobody says "I'm not here to make friends."

When I first heard about the show, it sounded too ridiculous to bother with. Then I stumbled upon it and saw the error of my ways. It's clever, has heart, and more spinning plates than a daytime soap. The narrator helps to keep someone who, like me, came late to the party, very much up to speed.

Drew was raised by a single mom who is a super at her building to deal with rent and spent a good deal of time living off of his grandparents' largesse. Amber lives in an apartment that weirds her grandfather out. While members of his extended family are upper middle class, he's certainly not.

The parents weren't terrible. Wasn't that Kristina for season after season? "My kid is going through some things" isn't really going to cut it when your kid is being crapped on.

Sorry, Dunham doesn't make me reflect on my own hopes and dreams. Rather, she makes me scratch and shake my head. Her book, like Girls, feels like a second draft being treated as treatise; not even close to fully baked but wildly overpraised and overanalyzed.

Given that Blais's current brand is based, in part, on a string of burger boutiques, he ought to be able to prepare a proper burger practically in his sleep.

I hope the longer look is coming soon.