Good rom-coms moved to TV - the early seasons of The Mindy Project, New Girl, and You’re the Worst outshine nearly everything movie studios were putting out in the genre at the same time. Brockmire is a more recent example. Even friggin’ Bent, which lasted like five episodes, had more charm.

Speaking as a woman today - that wasn’t my experience. Not in the subtext, anyway. You get told you “can” do anything men do, but when you look around it’s still men holding the big jobs and women in support. And it’s still different than what Goldman was specifically writing about, which was a class of boys raised to…

If I recall correctly, <I>Lord of the Flies</i> isn’t a paean of cynicism about all humanity; it’s about English public school boys specifically - the ones who were supposed to grow up into the cream of the crop, uphold the Empire, etc. It takes place against a wartime background, too - the adults in charge fucking…

I haven't been back over the ep, so I may have heard wrong!

She introduced herself by stating that she's the attorney of the douche company. I guess it depends on how each state law is written, but for that to pass without even a comment not to do it again?

Yes? You can love your kid and support them without supporting every single thing they do. Would you want Paula to support her kid getting suspended?

I also enjoy the in-between songs that were neither unadorned nor on a new set - like when the law firm got redecorated as an enchanted forest for Paula, but was clearly still the law firm. Very theatrical, in a good way. We're watching the set dressing of her imagination.

Rebecca and Paula just talked about their blood coven this season, too. :P

Well Paula has her husband actually supporting her and acting as a friend this year, not to mention the outlet of law school. She doesn't necessarily need Rebecca in the same ways as she did last season.

I love almost everything about Paula's storyline this year, I do, but I might as well say it here: a judge just overlooking Paula practicing law without a license took me a few seconds to push past. I know from the trial storyline last year and the law school/Emory admissions storylines this year that CEG gives not a…

To be ever so slightly fair, its lead-in is hilariously inappropriate. Every time I turn the TV to the CW to start watching the last couple of minutes of The Vampire Diaries are all cheekbony old-school CW actors talking in the dark, and the previews are all fire! blood! Totally tonal whiplash to go into CEG after…

Yeah, I'm going to miss Greg like hell, but using Heather to fill in that extra screen time can only be a good thing. Same goes for Valencia. And Dr. Akopian. And Daryl. And White Josh. What I'm saying is that I'm grateful that the show has developed a bit of a bench to compensate for losing a lead character.

Aw maaan. This isn't "Chris Messina leaving The Mindy Project" levels of disheartening, but it's still…not great. He went out on a hell of a high note, at least.

I'd, y'know…strongly recommend each film have a self-contained story and not just depend on the "certainty" of popular demand for a sequel, or it'll end up looking like all those TV shows that ended on an ill-advised cliffhanger.

Ooh, okay. I was like, surely there can't be college-level NASCAR. Way too expensive and risky. :P

Motorsports…team. That's a college sport? I'm guessing you're talking about a college?

Absolutely! It really depends on what aspect of repeated takes is boring to him. There's a lot less hurry up and wait in a running play, definitely.

If what he hates is doing the same scene over and over, then maybe not.

Yup! It's on Netflix and quite popular among the Masterpiece Theater crowd.

Yes but without those interstitials how would we know the show was set in Miami? The opening narration?!