I get what you're saying, but then that feeds into the whole cultural phenomenon of women not being allowed to admit that they want sex. I stand by the idea that Bill used his status and power to coerce Gini into having sex with him, initially.

aren't amoeba asexual? That's all I could think about when she made that analogy.

I disagree, she acquiesced to his demands. There was definite issues of coercion and rape at the beginning, he was in the power position. He fired her for not sleeping with him, she comes back and sleeps with him, knowing that it was a condition of her employment. She was a single mom without many prospects, having to…

Hahaha, I think a lot of the good moments didn't hit as hard for me since I always had the next episode on deck. After this week though, I love that I have a week to let the story sink in, no matter how badly I want to see the next episode.

The whole coaching thing was so unbelievably cringe-worthy…and then poor Johnny seeing Bill bond with Dennis. God, Bill is just the worst.

I don't know, there was DEFINITELY a power play at the beginning, and Bill used his authority over her to coerce her into the "research". She ends up doing it, I think for her career more than for attraction to Bill.

Exactly, she wasn't just a chip on her shoulder cyber punk grrrl stereotype, she was his sister and acting as such.
I hate when anyone invokes the name of Breaking Bad in new shows, because I have never seen a show as perfect as Breaking Bad, but I can allow this comparison because this show is just so fucking well…

Oh my god, a total classic!
Oh and the Tornado episode
Crystal "How do you like your marshmallows Roseanne?"
Roseanne "Like I like my men, crispy and stuck to the end of a fork."

Roseanne - When she talks to Becky about catching her sneaking out to the driveway to meet up with Johnny Swanko, The Tongue Bandit, and Becky screams "It's none of your business" and Roseanne replies "It IS my business, when you go sneaking out to meet guys I would consider leaving your father for!"

I love when Abbi goes to try to find weed on her own. I FEEL YOU GIRL!!!

That Richard Simmons episode is the funniest thing I've ever seen. His eagerness, I just died. I can't even handle it.

I love when Arthur finally comes around on the Chipmunks Christmas song…"A HULA HOOP HE WANTS!!"
Oh and when he was giving a phone number to doug while he was dialing "Seven….teen"
Oh and when Doug calls him to record something and he says "the button that says REKord?"
Basically anything Jerry Stiller says…

I hate all comedies in that vein, but god damn it Step Brothers is fucking amazing. "Strictly 80's Joel!"

refined good looks and swimmers build.

OH MY GOD THIS!!! "Twins, can you stand back to back? I'm running low on bullets". That whole episode is one of my all time favorites. And when he composes the theme song.

And when he was all cleaned up he definitely looked younger. I think it's ambiguous on purpose. If these writers are this smart and can play us all like such fiddles, they should really just take over the world already. This is all just so goddamned smart!

"laundry-folding shows" is the best phrase I've heard in a while. Sums those shows up perfectly! I always call it "mom watching" when a show doesn't hold my attention and I wander into the kitchen to put dishes away or some other chore.

I like couldn't sleep for 2 hours after watching this! I haven't been in the community discussing this show, as we finally just caught up this week, so I haven't seen the theories, but seriously thought (still think? I dunno) that this is some disassociative shit and Mr. Robot is Elliot. Darlene seemed like such a…

That's why I think it NEEDS to be part of the show. :)

Ok, my bad. I don't know…I feel like we (as a society) more easily forgive the absent ambitious father story line than the absent ambitious mother story line. I'm afraid that all discussion of Virginia's character will have the "but she's an absent mother" asterisk which is really unfair.