I think that's part of why it's so disappointing. You could imagine if Adam McKay, especially with his current more political focus, was the director it would be a far more focused satire on the cost of education.

I love Amy Poehler, but I think she's conciously choosing roles that take her away from being compared to Leslie Knope, which I think sucks. There's 100 actors who can do what Amy is doing in these movies, but there's no one better than Amy at being characters who are warmhearted, intelligent & kind people who are…

It's not a binary. Improv is just another film making tool. Lord and Miller's movies are great because they know how to use it as a tool (along with many other tools) to improve their movies.

Ever since I saw that youtube video about how great Edgar Wright it at putting jokes into every part of his movie, I can't get lost in one of his movies because I'm not just looking at the movie, but the construction of it.

Alec Berg is one of the show runners, alongside Judge and now Tarver;

He's clearly hinting at issues between the two.

Probably not a good idea to insult the showrunner and the star on the way out.

I agree. It's really hard to see Tammé talk about wanting to be a good role model for her son, and what happens to Arthie in the finale is hard to watch. But hopefully the last twist indicates they truly want to start subverting the stereotypes next season.

So TJ Miller made sure to set the bridge on fire on his way out;

I know in wrestling there are heels and faces, but it might be a good idea to get out of figuring out who are the villains and who are the heroes of this story. No one in this story is a villain, not even the tv studio or Bash's mother who may have been the more typical villain in a different telling of this story.…

Sydelle Noel is great in this but I don't think there's a weak link in this chain.

It's weird, but this show understands Marc's strengths better in one episode than Maron understood in 4 seasons.

You could substitute wrestling with any weird-o, "lets put on a show" subculture and it would practically be the same show. A group of misfits finding family and strength in something a little wacky and out there.

Love this episode. Best of the season. Nailed that kind of "signal valueing feminism" that seems to be de jour over more grass roots/radical forms. Only fault was that sexual consent form joke which has been played to death and wasn't even clever/perceptive when it was first done.

Really, because it's always their mothers who do the talking for them when they're caught raping someone.

Who?

This is the announcement I was waiting for. I feel like 5 seasons is a great run for a sitcom and I was afeared B99 might not get there. Obviously as a fan I want it to run forever (or 10 seasons), but 5 is my minimum for when it wraps up/gets cancelled for me to go "well it had a great run, I guess I can't complain".

I saw this in New York and it was one of the best shows I've seen.

The problem is not the type of comedy, it's when any comedy becomes du jour, so many less talented comedians start doing it, which means there's a lot more bad examples of the form.

And then not long after that, 501, when they'll break off a new hundo.