@avclub-5c7646b1d39fc0715f330479e4e5f254:disqus Season 3 was really where Abrams started to lose it, though. Shame that no one one read the reviews.

@underscorex:disqus @avclub-a70b90ac4dd557918e5a1c5cb19399ec:disqus I understand why George and Oscar were switching personalities (maca root)—I just don't understand what happens next. George is now a shut-in crazy cross dresser? And that's that? Seems unfinished.

Love this line up (Wonderfalls! More Six Feet Under!) but again I wish the AV Club would cover more British or non-US TV, especially series available on Hulu or Netflix — Skins, Black Books, The IT Crowd, etc. Even just single-article season sum-ups would be welcome.

Yes yes yes!

Alias would be worth examining just as a prelude in the J.J. Abrams spiral into conspiracy-land that resulted in Lost. Plus, any excuse for more Vaughn and intrepid reporter Will Tippin.

Oh, it should! Let's make a rule that a least one Bryan Fuller series is being covered at all times.

Wonderfalls and Arrested Development, together once again. Add The O.C., a soundtrack of R. Kelly's Remix to Ignition, and a few Bacardi Breezers and it's my senior year of high school all over again.

It's shocking. I guess being a hoofer really keeps you young.

It was pills!

Yeah, he's not coming off the ship for this.

Steve Holt!

Gob and Maeby. And DeBrie

@avclub-0ae7484a9f3bbd2a21df420050c032ae:disqus There were lots of plot threads that seems to kinda just fizzle out with no resolution — Lucille Austero and George Senior's cross-dressing being the most befuddling to me.

I think she's attracted to Don in a way she never was, or rarely is, to Henry. Don is something of a conquest, especially now since he's with a younger woman. When Don sleeps with her, she has him for a bit, she's commanded his attention that is so hard to pin down. It's a high, but it only lasts for so long.

This is great. It turns the expectation on its head, but it also adds an element: there's no real suggestion of seduction/sex in this context. I mean, sure, they're probably sleeping together, but though Joan is the more stable one professionally, she seems to be into Bob partly because he actually seems like a stable…

The thing that separates Roger from Pete or the other hateable privileged is self-awareness. Even when he's being shut down by Joan, he understands why she's doing it. I like Roger because I generally think Roger knows what it is people don't like about him.

Totes.

@avclub-cb468a6694bb6107ec377a301fc6a0df:disqus That was so great and real. Teddy was protected from his feelings by Peggy's unavailability. Now she's not only available, but vulnerable, and he has to buildbuildbuild his walls as quickly as possible. Oh Teddy, with your unspellable last name, I understand.

I love Peggy and Stan's relationship—that's the most fun kind of relationship to have! They respect each other in most areas of life, they have great chemistry and flirt a lot, they can push each other's buttons. But they're (or Peggy at least is) also smart enough to realize that it would be a terrible idea for it to…

I think it's less sinister than everyone's suggesting—he lied, a white lie, to make Pete feel more comfortable about the recommendation he was giving him. No, the guy didn't nurse his dad, but it makes Pete think the nurse has credentials. Why does he want Pete to think that? Simply because he wants to help and feels…