I’d also say this was what I’d always hoped would happen with Archer, too—there’s always been that potential for growth into something different, and it’s finally happened. And it’s weird and ambiguous and tonally mixed (I wouldn’t characterize it as shifting from tone to tone—they’re all in there together) and I…

I had some really vague recollection of Novak and something involving the Vertigo music and had to look this up—it’s weird that I’ve still not seen The Artist, having missed both the hype and the backlash (which we’re still in, right, or are we in the “actually, The Artist was fine” phase now?) entirely (still kind of…

Also, isn’t “An Ending (Ascent)” from For All Mankind? I would not want to invite comparisons with skillfully-collected Apollo footage (you can’t win that one).

Sorry, they’re still undeniably guilty of playing lacrosse.

With the exception of some of the bunker/trauma stuff I feel like UKS is at its best when it’s “pointless.”

Agreed—it was also a nice break for Parnell playing normal guy sad-sacks, which he’s quite good at but doesn’t really allow him much (I think he’s terribly underused in Rick & Morty, and while he’s good in Archer they don’t really delve into Cyril’s more weirdly damaged side as much as they used to).

Jacoby really seemed to me 2/3 Mike Gravel, 1/3 Alex Jones.

I think part of the pacing issue is that we were spoiled with four episodes all at once, and we want to just gulp down our 18-hour piece of cinema rather than having to wait week after week (with the fact that it seems to have been designed as an 18-hour piece of cinema not helping).

Someone mentioned Doug E.’s previous “episodes” of odd behavior (drug/alcohol related?) as well.

Dennis is much more menacing in that first case.

Like Fey, I am largely here for anarchic joke making and references—too perfect a quote to pass up!

I wonder how much of that was Flanderization, too—it’s striking to go back to seasons one and two episodes and see how messed up Jack is.

I actually haven’t seen that one since it aired…maybe it’s time for a rewatch.

The Jack plot actually changed my life—made me leave the world of real estate to become a scientist. It will always be special for me.

I’m pretty sure 30 Rock always had black writers (I know Donald Glover contributed a lot of the southern jokes for Kenneth, too).

Except this episode really isn’t about philosophy. It’s about how it is and isn’t applied in justified one’s everyday decisions and larger life choices, the benefits and limits of that approach, and the role of experience.

Sanders welcomed Tulsi Gabbard’s support and endorsed Tim Canova, so I really don’t think that there was really any high ground on foreign policy in the Democratic primary.

Except this isn’t human rights, this is how to live your life in a fulfilling way and have healthy relationships. Those are very different things, and really no one’s figured out the latter.

Yeah, I just didn’t see the harshness that others are.

Honestly I think provoking people who write about comedy was the main point of this episode.