It was. An interesting book to read which discusses this in part (and DOESN'T use the consumptive woman to further a man's hero's journey) is Julia Alvarez's In the Name of Salomé.

Dudes who are assholes because they're virgins and who are virgins because they're assholes: least favorite kind of dude.

Any of those would work. (Are we sure he's gay? I kind of thought he was/wanted him to be since no one else on the show is, but I don't know if that's been stated).

Ben said "we're both almost 40" in the prom episode. A week ago.

Mmm, but we've seen at least some of his home life, and it's very similar to this. Maybe we need to see his softer side? Where does it live? Which kind of conflicts could he have? Right now he's sooooo one-note, I agree. I'm just wondering where the other side of him would live, as it's apparently not in his family.

"My teeth are blue…blueberries are alcoholic…my dog's Jewish…"

I loved that entire final scene. I especially loved that the first piece of big news Leslie told Ben was about Land Ho, not about the pregnancy. Also, something in Poehler's facial expression at the end was very subtly, naturally pretty. I thought it was well-done.

Yeah, I was hoping for that too, since Leslie mentioned kids once or twice, but never as often as, say, Liz Lemon on 30 Rock. She's always been a careerist with a side interest in romance.
I'm really hoping, then, that they never have an April/Andy pregnancy. Those two seem like the ideal Great Couple/Bad Parents…

He missed 2007 .

Oy, yeah. That wasn't an issue for me when I first saw it, but now…wow. If I just stopped taking my anti-anxiety meds I'd be a fucking mess.

To be fair, Natalie Portman's character was the Shins-lover. Braff's character didn't even know they existed.

Which I find highly irritating, in no small part because knowing what will happen almost never diminishes my desire to see something happen, unless it was something I didn't care about anyway.

I think we might know the same person, Mr. Tusks!

Yeah, I know that kind of person. They're also the type to always pontificate about how perfect their current partner is compared to their last one, or take tons of "perfect couple" photos and post them all over Facebook…and then ruin the relationship with their jealousy and/or cheating. And then make up some reason…

Calling Spanish Harlem "Spaniards' Harlem" was a good gag at first…until the show remembered Jeremy could speak Spanish. And their whole method of running the bus seemed majorly shady. If you have a mobile health unit, you don't just show up somewhere. You build partnerships with community organizations—schools,…

Is it really a spoiler, though, to post the title of an episode that hasn't aired anywhere yet and then speculate as to what might happen? For all we know, they don't get back together, but they decide to leave Shulman and Associates to open their own practice. Or Danny's dad might suddenly have some health problem,…

Seattle and Portland, together, are the best cities for finding gluten-free foods in the country. (I live out here, and my fiancé legitimately can't have gluten). That being said, it's still really damn easy to find food WITH gluten, it's just a slightly more even mix, and we gluten-free people still sometimes strike…

So I know I'm coming at this late…and I know this is ultimately a futile comment, since I know how things turn out, but I'm not really a fan of Danny Concannon. He's well-acted, but his characterization weirds me out. I can understand pursuing CJ in the first season and maybe even carrying a torch through the second.…

So I know I'm coming at this late…and I know this is ultimately a futile comment, since I know how things turn out, but I'm not really a fan of Danny Concannon. He's well-acted, but his characterization weirds me out. I can understand pursuing CJ in the first season and maybe even carrying a torch through the second.…

Oh, everyone een Akron talks like zat. Eet ees vrom all zee heels, you see.