Is that really what Jacoby's doing? I think the last thing he would want is his own dictatorship. He's specifically preaching against oligarchic authoritarianism. The golden shovel is a psychological tool. He's not claiming it has any magical properties beyond being a symbol of independence and a tool to symbolically…

I do at first, and then I switch to newest first after I've gotten through as many as I can.

I just looked at screen caps and her husband doesn't have a computer (unless he has one of those fancy Sheriff Truman contraptions).

The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock starts by comparing the evening sky to a patient etherized upon a table (thanks, wikipedia!). Clue?

I haven't but I probably will after this season is over (*sniffle*).

Don't feel misunderstood. :) I'm sorry I got political. I don't really think that Dr. Jacoby/Dr. Amp is similar to Alex Jones in any way apart from the yelling, but even Dr. Amp's yelling is about a zillion degrees less deranged than Alex Jones and his pounds of cocaine. The reason I think he's a lefty is because he's…

I'd rather not get political here, but the "that far on either side" stuff is basically claiming that people who want to eradicate people of color and install dictators are equivalent to people who want healthcare as a human right, an end to slavery & oppression, and so on and so forth. Those are hardly the same…

Dr. Amp is a lefty, man.

Good point. I have no clue, man, I'm just making this shit up as I go along. :)

Oh, I forgot about the rotary phone! I can tell that I am going to be obsessed with this theory. Now I'm excited to rewatch. Hopefully that scene won't be quite so lackluster this time around.

You're absolutely right. The whole line of criticism is just annoying at this point, especially since every knee-jerk reaction to his female characters has been proven wrong so far after the story and characters get fleshed out. Everyone is in such a hurry to be pissed off over nothing. Lynch is unfurling the story…

It would also explain the trapped feeling that sort of pervaded her scene with Charlie. She hardly moved at all, couldn't leave without him helping her, and he refused to help her. The whole thing was very frustrating (to her and to us, the viewers). If Richard is her son, then it also explains why Sheriff Truman…

It kind of feeds into the theory from down below in the comments that Audrey is still in a coma.

omg, her husband totally looks like Chet. You're a genius!

I agree. I've also noticed that almost everyone who's made this Lynch-is-a-misogynist argument is male, for whatever that's worth.

That is a really interesting idea. I love it.

I think I'll enjoy this episode more upon rewatch, and probably a lot more once the series ends and we know who Billy and Tina and all the other randos attached to that particular storyline are, and how they connect to the rest of the story. That being said, as someone down below mentioned, this episode reminded me of…

The Log Lady may be my avatar, but Dr. Jacoby is my spirit animal. *heart eyes* I think he and Nadine are on the verge of a love connection, which will finally free Big Ed to be with Norma (how hilarious would it be if Ed and Norma STILL haven't married each other?).

Thank God we have an impartial genius like you here to put us in our place and tell us how stupid and wrong we are. Constantly. After every comment. It really makes you quite endearing. Or something.

He's also in Serial Mom, the most hilarious film ever. Free pass for life.