Or how about radios in general? The sound wouldn't just slow down before stopping - the volume might quickly lower but you would not hear a sound like a record player slowly dropping from 45 to zero.

That was the one thing I didn't like about tonight - they fell back into "let's throw a bunch of spaghetti" mode again with five or six subplots. There was plenty that did stick (the Haley/Andy and Jay/Phil endings) but there was way, way too much going on (especially relegating Maisie's return to near the bottom of…

At least Phil's an adult (well, maybe…) and can make his own decisions - it wasn't a good idea to bring Luke along though (even if he did warn Luke not to use a metal shovel).

OK, I'm ready to jump aboard the "Cam and Mitch are bad parents" bandwagon - what in the world were they thinking allowing Lily and her guests to jump into the swimming pool in the middle of an electrical storm?

I just wish Phil had thought of that last week when deciding Chickie's fate.

Yes, that's very possible, or, in a similar vein, she could get deeper into singing (being in college could help her pursue that option as a side career).

I don't really buy the theory that Ariel has given up on the show just yet, but I wouldn't blame her if it happens soon. Unless the show is willing to more deeply explore Alex's life at CalTech (and keep the family interaction to a minimum, which is almost certainly not going to happen) there really is little left…

There have been far worse episodes of this show, but other than Gloria's likeness bobbing up and down in the water this was probably the most "whatever" episode in its run. And I'm not totally sure what I mean by that.

My original post was about Alex's brief rebound fling with Reuben, but she and Sanjay probably did some thing(s) during their time together over the summer (exactly what I have no idea nor do I want to - definitely TMI).

"Clean Out Your Junk Drawer" (Episode 8)

Well, it's been over 16 years so maybe not. Oddly enough, I was on a (commercial) plane that afternoon on the east coast.

She did make a hand motion around her chest area when discussing Reuben with Haley a few weeks ago, implying…

I'd go even further - except for a couple of shining moments she's been stuck since September 23, 2009.

R.I.P. Chickie - you deserved a better fate.

Alex's line about the professor teaching a chimpanzee to play the sax, but they weren't sure how good he was because he only played jazz was even funnier IMO.

What you said about Alex is why I was hoping against hope they'd spin her character off into her own show once she graduated high school and went to college. There is just so much potential in her story that unfortunately is untapped simply because there's so many characters in the show and, to make matters worse,…

It is probably Maisie's - she's into Sci-Fi (she speaks Wookie) and Alex really isn't.

Easily the best Alex/Phil story ever, not for lack of quality in the others (they were good, too), but because we've hardly ever seen them together for a long part of an episode (only "The Last Walt" and "The Wedding, Part 1" AFAIK, and this one had much more emotion to go along with that hysterical first scene in the…

Alex has referenced Notting Hill and Love, Actually (both back when she was interested in Jeremy), so she seems more into romantic movies (which does seem strange in a way for her character).

Probably because of the gambling blood in me, but I like Casino better. Goodfellas is still a good movie, though.