I'm just shocked it didn't get an F, or a D-, the gentleman's F.

I could totally see how this was originally structured to be the series finale, and it would have served its purpose pretty well. Unfortunately, being the ratings juggernaut that it is, it needs to go on another two seasons. The great thing about owning digital media is that even if more stuff gets made, it doesn't…

Them knowing nothing about their daughter was kind of a fourth wall-break meta joke about now nebulous Lilly's character has become. At first she didn't have any character traits because she was a baby, then as a young kid she became deadpan and snarky, and now she's been in school for a few years which is an area…

Haha, fuck, did I really write Kyle? I definitely meant Paul. What a colossal fuckup on my part.

Living in an affluent part of Ontario, I can truly say that in a lot of cases, wealth will offset both of those things. I've seen model-level girls dating complete assholes because they were impressed by the credit card his parents gave him for his 16th birthday, that he inevitably runs up a massive debt with trying…

Adam Devine was doing tons of stuff before he was on MF. He already had a number of seasons of Workaholics under his belt and was also working on Adam Devine's House Party, both for Comedy Central. The former went on for 7 seasons, while the latter just finished its third. Additionally he was in both the Pitch Perfect…

I think she should move on with her life and they do a story where she moves to Boston to go to MIT. Ariel Winter clearly and obviously does not care for the role if she just lets them use her as a loser nerd trope all the fucking time. If she's so empowered in real life and so proud of her femininity, I feel like she…

Yes. It needed to be a real kick in the lady-balls for Haley to physically see him in a successful position in life because if she had just heard rumors, she could have spent the episode rationalizing how it's either not true or he's not really better off than when he was with her.

Cam is entirely insufferable, I've been done with him for ages. Episode was pretty good overall though. Not too keen on the Manny stuff, but it was pretty meta for him to say he needs to speak to a therapist about being attracted to a woman wearing his mother's clothing (insert rote incest joke here). What happened to…

Bigotry was bigotry then, too. I don't know why you're conflating the fact that Cheeto Benito is in office as some barometer for what's bigoted and what isn't. Modern Family was always bigoted in the same way Archie Bunker was bigoted in All in the Family. It's not like the country's IQ collectively dropped when you…

What subtext was there, really? This episode missed the mark of saying anything remotely meaningful, with the exception of stuff everybody already knows. The funniest part was when Luke dipped out because he realized he wouldn't be able to sleep with the chick he was interested in. There was no plot about women being…

Sure, they're friends, but it doesn't stop them from constantly talking negatively about everyone behind their backs, mostly about how flamboyant they are. They're always making fun of people for random and petty reasons. They're the worst gossips on the show. All of these are super negative stereotypes about gays.

It's most of them for sure. For a show who's claim to fame is that it's progressive, it's decidedly unprogressive to show the gay couple as bickering and petty, and who seem to actively dislike their gay peers for being overly flamboyant.

I love how different in tone the AVC comment section and the Modern Family subreddit discussions are. Everybody on reddit loves Modern Family and you get downvoted for saying it sucks or pointing out weak writing and toxic relationships. Over here, everybody agrees that the show is way passed its prime and thinks that…

They didn't and I'm surprised, frankly. He's a more appropriate age for Alex than Ben is, doing the half-your-age-plus-seven rule. At 21 and 17 they're still in dating range of each other. I guess it's a directing choice where they wanted a more seasoned actor to play the role, but it still enforces the status quo of…

Jesus Christ, this whole comment section is just a colossal mess.

I mean, you're not wrong, but they would no doubt have fighter squadrons ready for that eventuality, circling the other side of the planet to harass them should they attempt such a maneuver.

Tomato, potato. Narrative function with a purpose, I guess.

I absolutely loved Thrawn kicking the shit out of the rebellion. It's great to see what he can do when he's unhinged. I liked that the only reason he lost was because Konstantine did something stupid; it was through no fault of his own that the battle didn't go exactly according to plan. The ground assault seemed like…

Well, presumably the reason for that is because hyperspace routes are only certain directions. Chances are, the route used by the fleet to jump in would be the route you would be trying to use to jump out. There's only so many routes in space that are straight lines between systems without obstructions in the way.