Joel & Julia:

Fredo Corleone would have wanted to be Peter Criss.

You also need the one seemingly sane character who is the audience surrogate, but who is also wrong about everything, but in a different way than the others.

Julia seems like the type of woman who would get more grating over time, whereas Kristina could be irritating initially but all right later once you learned to tune out the shrill parts.

I've figured that job related stress is a factor in their difficulties. None of the Joel-at-work scenes are particularly pleasant.

I think the differing temperments of the characters have contributed to the decline of the relationship as well with this role reversal.

I'm willing to go with the writers on Julia/Joel. Ever since the infertility, there's never really been a moment where that issue has been over for them.

In addition to being domineering, Leslie was the only one in the entire town who cared about that stupid issue. Leslie, you do not need to care about everything. Also, please never move to my town.

The show has had problems coming up with foils for Leslie. Ron was probably supposed to be more of a foil, but he spends a lot more time praising Leslie than opposing her. Ben is fairly neutered as a romantic partner. Chris was probably supposed to be more of a brake on Leslie too, and it didn't happen too often.

I want to credit the writing for being better right now that it used to be. In the more extended sketches, like the Rahat and the slumber party.

As far as repeating mannerisms, Phil Hartman did that. He had the reputation as being an Ackroyd type, but his characters tended to sound the same a lot.

Anyone in the main cast seems to have unlimited government power this season, so yeah, everything runs through the Parks department. Leslie, an unpopular councilperson being recalled, gets to decide to merge with another city unilaterally.

I tend to like this sort of stuff better when the character is more of an all around loser like Frank Burns, Cliff Clavin, or Toby Flenderson. None of those characters was really going to have an improved life in another setting. You could understand the reactions, and there was usually enough wiggle room for the…

I'm not sure how much closure this show needs. Everyone is in a happy relationship except for Donna and Tom, most of them are happy and content at their jobs… maybe Jerry will retire again?!?

I have to think it was probably a continuity error. Apparently they just forgot about the bit where she's supposed to be working there part time. Or they're out of ideas and are grasping for any story they can tell.

This is the second straight episode of Leslie contemplating her future.

Pretty sure that Velma's playing for the other team. Now Fred you have a chance with.

Other shows weren't necessarily limited to a set group of seven characters the way Gilligan was.

It's About Time only made it about a season and a half, not long enough to really play in syndication five days a week like they did with Gilligan.

The second time they were rescued was when they somehow found the remnants of an airplane on the island that they had never found before. The Professor got it flying, there was some screw-up and they had to land, but they were spotted by the Navy or some such, and some such came to the island and rescued them again.