I'm going to go ahead and vote for "Rabbit Boy" in "Gummo."

Disappointed by the absence of Georgia Hubley in this conversation.

Yo La Tengo was one of the other headliners at Wilco's "Solid Sound" festival last summer; absolutely epic weekend. One of the highlights of the weekend was YLT joining Wilco onstage for a cover of "Tom Courtney".

I never made it all the way through Season 4, and I've watched each of the first three seasons about a dozen times each. It just didn't work, and I know they say that it builds up… but it was just dragging on and on. It didn't seem nearly as tight. I think if it was done as a movie - with the inherent restriction…

I did like the movies (maybe that puts me in the minority), but the show kind of faded away for me in the last few seasons. Not as tight, not as sharp. Glad that it came back, but no desire to see it return again.

… or you can go to Target, Wal-Mart, or any of about eight million other retailers that sell them.

"This is what happens, Larry! This is what happens when you FIGHT a STRANGER in the ALPS!"

See, I don't think there was THAT much of the typical squabbling this season. I had mostly stopped watching Top Chef until this season, but got back into it this season and mostly enjoyed it. There's still plenty to mock, but I appreciated that, by and large, the chefs seemed to get along, and there seemed to be a…

… seems like a lot of comments and a lot of strong opinions for a show AV Club has decided no one cares about any more. Perhaps they should reconsider their decision to drop coverage?

I mean, if Nick really was a "villain" or a dink… wouldn't it have seemed that the other contestants didn't like him? Even with the show being edited for maximum drama, everyone seemed to get along extremely well except maybe Nick and Carlos.

I really don't think you can run a high-end kitchen without being demanding and a control freak.

… because Top Chef is only "Top Restaurant" for one week each season.

… which would be relevant if this was Restaurant Wars.

… and Nina's swordfish was worse, from the perspective of four of the five judges, Even Emeril's reaction to it was just… "Well, I ate it."

Awesome response; I'd upvote it a half-dozen times if I could. The outrage over the finale is ridiculous, I'll grant that it appeared Nina's food was better over the course of the season, but the show has made is clear from day 1 that each challenge is judged (as well they can; any judge is going to have SOME bias)…

On a tangentially related note, I'd love to get an explanation of the "Hot. Cool. Yours" slogan for this year's Olympics. Because I really thought it meant they were bringing back the "McD.L.T."

The PSH movie that I've heard nary a peep about this week? The movie that I believe is criminally underrated? One of my favorite movies of the past decade, and I think my absolute favorite PSH performance?

If the other judges had it at a tie, but Tom had it clearly for Nick… then Nick wins. You don't ding the chefs for front-of-house issues when it's not Restaurant Wars.

I never quite understood why the Black Album got so much grief from Metallica fans. There isn't a single thing they did after this album that was worth a damn (and I can't stand how Hetfield sings the old stuff now), but I love this album. It's still a heavy, dark, intense album, just not "thrashy" enough for some…

If I'm remembering correctly, though, they seemed to love Nick's scallop dish just as much. Tom certainly loved it.