Everybody loved him.

We were watching Salam’s Lot and Night of the Living Dead at our youth lock-ins, but then again, my youth pastor actually brought in a doctor to teach us sex ed and how to use contraceptives because the school wouldn’t.  

ADULT VAN!  

You’re right that a lot of this was common knowledge and discussion back then. I’ll argue your point about Xander, though - although a lot of people didn’t care for him, there was a huuuuuuge group of people on the Bronze/Bronze:Beta who felt like he was the constantly kicked upon little puppy who would eventually…

Pregnancy discrimination in the workplace is, in fact, illegal.

There were rumblings of Joss’s bad behavior back in the Buffy days.  And Charisma spoke out about his behavior to con guests in the years following her departure on Angel, so your theory doesn’t exactly hold water.  It’s safe to say that the broader world didn’t much care until after Justice League, but that’s more…

Oh, ewwwww

Consider how he rails against the Buffy movie.  Sure, it’s never going to win an Oscar, but it is a legitimately fun movie full of enjoyable performances.  But nooo, it was all ruined because the director dared not follow all of the screenwriters’ suggestions.  Ugh.

Considering she was under age and worked for him, the answer is yes.  Always yes; you can say no.  Your brain doesn’t actually live in your dick.

Kevin Can F* Himself is specifically playing on that trope, though.

To be fair, I grew up in Houston, so it’s also possible it was a much bigger deal around me than it was for everyone else in the country. :)

Thank you for all of these thoughts.

I’m making my husband watch The Leftovers right now, and we just started S2, and he was all “where do I know that girl from?” And I practically squealed “SHE’S TAISSA!!!!!!”  (Although internally, I was more like “where do I know that girl from” in the first ep of Yellowjackets.  Ah, Evie, you little minx.)

Please God let Ann Dowd show up!

Jeff remains a precious jewel, and Shauna reaming out Randy for his stupidity at the reunion was great.

Were you alive/aware of the world when the Challenger exploded? It was a huge story. HUGE. NASA had done a ton of outreach with public schools all over the nation and I would say it’s an easy estimate that 70% the nation’s school-aged kids were watching it live when it exploded. It was a huge tragedy, not just the…

Well, hell, sitcom tv has been telling shlubby balding guys for years that they can attract hot skinny wives who will put up with all of their bullshit, so I don’t see the problem.

It’s funny - the thing that bugged me most in the pilot is when Kevin mentions that the Challenger exploded “in 2nd grade” and then it’s later revealed to be their 36th birthday.  I’m only a few months younger than The Big Three, as tv time goes, and I clearly remember my first grade class joining up with the other…

I don’t think it’s the actor’s job to check that the blanks are actually blanks, is it? That would be the job of the armorer, the prop supervisor and an AD.

But I have so many questions!