TV is a more collaborative medium than you are giving it credit for.  Harmon's might have been the dominant voice, but there are a lot of other people making the show what it is.  I actually think that TV actors have become somewhat undervalued in just how much they bring to the table in shaping their characters.  7…

TV is a more collaborative medium than you are giving it credit for.  Harmon's might have been the dominant voice, but there are a lot of other people making the show what it is.  I actually think that TV actors have become somewhat undervalued in just how much they bring to the table in shaping their characters.  7…

In this metaphor, the actors are the instruments that the band plays, and the thought of a talking Abed keytar is kind of freaking me out a little bit.

In this metaphor, the actors are the instruments that the band plays, and the thought of a talking Abed keytar is kind of freaking me out a little bit.

He was pretty weirdly into little kids.  It is natural to have questions.

He was pretty weirdly into little kids.  It is natural to have questions.

Chaplin.

Chaplin.

"The Negro White People" sounds like a 30's era scare film about the dangers of intermarriage.

"The Negro White People" sounds like a 30's era scare film about the dangers of intermarriage.

Shitdick isn't really being taken by anyone, she could get in on the ground floor of that revolution.

Shitdick isn't really being taken by anyone, she could get in on the ground floor of that revolution.

You think things that are wrong, but that's okay, I forgive you.

You think things that are wrong, but that's okay, I forgive you.

God, the relationship between Phil and his wife is a terrifying peek into long-term domestic purgatory.

God, the relationship between Phil and his wife is a terrifying peek into long-term domestic purgatory.

Yeah, doesn't Melfi explicitly draw the connection between Tony's comares and his mother at some point?  Perhaps during the Gloria fiasco?

Yeah, doesn't Melfi explicitly draw the connection between Tony's comares and his mother at some point?  Perhaps during the Gloria fiasco?

I appreciate that The Sopranos can't always (or often, even) be bang-bang action, but "Kaisha" is essentially a season finale and it just lies there, lifeless.  It's a perfect indication of the disdain that Chase had for the audience at this point, giving them an episode that offered no compelling reason to come back…

I appreciate that The Sopranos can't always (or often, even) be bang-bang action, but "Kaisha" is essentially a season finale and it just lies there, lifeless.  It's a perfect indication of the disdain that Chase had for the audience at this point, giving them an episode that offered no compelling reason to come back…