I really liked A.P. Bio a lot, and its first season had such a brilliant turn of the plot at the end. But it’s one of those shows that the critics seemed to more-or-less ignore after the perfunctory initial review.

New Girl being as high as it was and Happy Endings not being on there at all is astounding. That’s like making a list of best 90s sitcoms and putting Friends at the top while leaving Seinfeld off.

Santa Clarita Diet would make my cut— and season 2 was incredibly well-plotted, to boot— but it’s also one of those shows critics never talked about so I was unsurprised it didn’t get a slot.

Pretty solid on the whole. There were a few shows I didn’t like on here (Girls), or that started off strong but then turned into something I didn’t like (BoJack Horseman, The Good Place) or got sick of (Archer), but the critics haven’t shared my opinion on those shows for years now so I didn’t expect to see anything…

One problem with the buildup is that it relied too much on tricking the audience— presenting us with scenes of Sansa and Arya acting weird around one another like they’re each preparing for the other’s betrayal, when they knew all along what was going on. It’s fine if the audience is tricked because the characters are…

“We’re gonna have to do reshoots on this.”

Finally saw Top Secret! for the first time a few years ago. It is really good and deserved better. Kilmer is indeed astoundingly good in it.

Yeah, exactly. All the points made sense but none of them were really developed or told plausibly. Even Bran becoming king, Tyrion has some bullshit line about stories and how Bran has the best one. That’s highly debatable, but it’s also not a good reason. You know what is a good reason? Having all the goddamn…

I do think it’s funny that the contents of the list and the general lack of standup outside America on it, combined, imply that Hannah Gadsby is the greatest comic Australia has ever produced.

And I think it works because we’ve had hints that God really does look out for the Gemstones and give them nudges when they are trying to do the right thing or are in danger.

I think Peter was absolutely correct when he said God seems to always have the Gemstones’ back, and I think we’ve seen that in moments before when they try to do the right thing. The two that stand out for me last season were Eli coming out of his coma while Kelvin was praying for him, and then Kelvin managing to…

I enjoyed Nanette well enough when I saw it, but it’s really not that funny, and I think there are valid criticisms of it even toward what it’s trying to accomplish. This one is the one that stands out the most to me:

I need to listen to some of his earlier stuff again since it’s been a long time. Annihilation was incredible, but I couldn’t watch that more than once. Tragedy Plus Comedy Equals Time always cracks me up. (In a similar vein for an artist I haven’t seen mentioned, Paul F. Tompkins is probably better known as a comedic…

Between those and Nanette, there’s a certain preference for the “standup special that isn’t that funny but is important!” specials on this list.

Burr’s one of my favorites; Chappelle’s Killing Them Softly definitely deserves to be included; and while I’m not the biggest Ansari fan, I did think Buried Alive was excellent.

Yeah, agreed, that’s the obvious pick for me.

Burr has probably been the best standup working for the last decade or so (or at least my favorite). I’d put I’m Sorry You Feel That Way on this list, myself.

I also just realized that the final scene, and Keefe bringing the custom chairs for himself and Kelvin, was great not just for showing his craftsmanship and his acceptance into the family, but also, now the family knows his name is not Queef or Chief or Quiche or Heath.

I think Eastbound & Down season 1 is still one of the best things they’ve ever done, but the overall run of the show doesn’t hold up as well as Vice Principals or The Righteous Gemstones.

There’s the family apology, in which we see Kelvin and Judy’s forgiveness skills again, and then a solo apology for Jesse on the Go Kart track. I’m not sure we needed both