The song Bill Hader sang had me laughing hard. And I dug the hints of discord within the band that they started to drop in the back half. But it certainly wasn't one of the strongest episodes of this show. The long detour into Tom Waits territory was confusing. I wasn't sure why all of a sudden we were watching Waits'…

NO. JUST NO FOREVER TO THIS IDEA. (Not to a gender-swapped version though, just the idea of remaking Dirty Rotten Scoundrels in general)

TV: HORACE & PETE
Film: THE LOBSTER
Music: RADIOHEAD/DAVID BOWIE (tie)

I would've made room to mention Zootopia and Deadpool, but otherwise pretty dang solid list

No Horace & Pete??? Are you fucking kidding me???

Mississipi Grind was great

I consider it a comedy. Especially if Punch Drunk Love is.

Not a fan, eh?

At least I didn't say Beerfest, and I forgot about Hot Rod.

It's definitely a comedy, but a softer one than most

Maybe, but Sideways is more obviously a comedy I think, so for these purposes I'd give it to Sideways

Ahem…..

"Selling it seems harder than just keeping it the way it is"

I was thinking the same thing. Hopefully not. Alda is GOLD on this show.

I'm really just saying the Miss Kelly scene would've never happened if they never got married. Like the problems with end all stem from that single storytelling decision. But yes, they could've still married and the writers could've figured out a better way to explore and resolve that conflict.

I'm judging the writers, really, who put her in that predicament in the first place and then robbed her of her own agency at the end by contriving the scene with the old boss.

Fair enough, but it does lead to the scene in question that the article talks about, which was indeed the last straw. That confrontation with her old boss felt so contrived and phony to me. And I kept thinking "This wouldn't have happened if she didn't marry the guy".

I never said she was a monster, by the way. Nor would I imply it.

Oh, by all means, tell the story. In fact, DOUBLE DOWN on those aspects of her personality. Really dig into it. That's not what this movie does. Brooklyn stays skin deep when it comes to really exploring infidelity and internal conflict. I've seen GREAT films about this kind of thing. The first one to pop into my head…

Did she not marry Tony? Did I get that part wrong? Don't you promise to be faithful to each other till death when you get married? Sure, that's kind of a ridiculous promise to make, but maybe most of us shouldn't be making it then? Because we're not capable of honoring it? Not sure which way you "saw it", but I saw a…