But the time stamp was "1993" - not the "1996" that Frank inhabits. That's what made it so weird, and almost certainly an error.

That's what they're doing for Rocky Horror (a pre-produced movie musical), but I just find the live element more appealing - mistakes included.

Her value was not proven until Fitz declared war on West Angola. At that point, it was clear that Fitz will do anything to keep her alive.

Really weirdly constructed episode. The "semester two" + Christmas flashbacks all felt like they were meant for a midseason premiere rather than the 2nd winter episode.

I think you still have to put fear in the guy's head to get him to truly walk away. If he doesn't believe you want to kill him, what stops him from charging back at Scotty - or at you?

That's a jetstream of BS.

He wasn't really a maniac in Noah's account, was he? If you saw a man trying to kill your brother - statutory rapist or not - you're going to be willing to kill the man to get him to stop.

I would certainly hope that Whitney finds the other guy more attractive than her father…I don't care if the other guy is Steve Buscemi and her father is Channing Tatum.

But it's not random. Height is a commonly praised element of football (and fantasy football), and it plays a role (albeit not an end-all, be-all one) in the game.

— Are we actually supposed to believe Joe is able to tough-guy Hunter into doing whatever he says?

They seemed to exchange the obvious "we're going to hook up" glance during the dinner scene in the first episode, but I assumed the sexualized dream sequence in episode 2 was the show's way of putting that notion to bed.

She was definitely taller. I also don't buy he's an inch more than 5'6"

I thought JJ Abrams did Cocktails and Joss did Business School?

AND Claire Bowen on Nashville.

Deadline has always been especially friendly to Dan Harmon, but that site's story is basically implying that Harmon isn't especially interested in continuing. So it might not be a case of Netflix saying "no" (I mean - maybe Harmon asked for a trillion dollars and they said no, but I don't get the impression this was…

Yes, NBC said it was the last season in its press release.

NBC's official argument for slotting "Bad Judge" and "A to Z" on Thursdays in the fall is that facing Thursday Night Football is preferable to facing CBS' Thursday comedies.

That's the guy who sucks the life out of every Parks & Recreation scene in which he appears.

The title character that Seth MacFarlane also voices…?

You're ignoring the precise reason the early high-concept episodes worked: they were different, used intelligently and earned as a product of the character dynamic.