It's a classic. Still sounds great

That's what I see, too. It's not that "money doesn't buy happiness" is a main theme in the show. It's that here were guys who thought money would isolate and protect them from the social changes happening all over, and they eventually come to realize their vision of success has been ripped out from under them. What…

Yeah, I noticed the Betty thing, too; that was subtle. The show is getting more subtle as it winds up. I can understand how that might frustrate some viewers, but I like it best this way.

Um, Liam Neeson's wife died, and after that he started being in all these movies which don't involve a ton of introspective thought from an actor.

"Silver fox" — too great.

That is the one good gag. One's not bad for a minute-long video, though!

No way to save Betty as a character. Compared to the other women on this show, she's horribly feeble. Nice try, Weiner.

The problem isn't that people who want to succeed in media move to Los Angeles. The problem is that living in Los Angeles means that almost all media adopts a Los Angeles, media-artist view of the universe. It's almost like a cult; you buy into the "we're just working folk who happen to live in the Most Fab Place…

I bitched elsewhere about how bored I am with movies now.

Boy, I'm just not a fan of movies anymore. "A Separation" I thought was brilliant, beautiful, compassionate, everything you could ask for. Many of the rest of these I tried watching and either stopped or skipped through to the end. Film seems very navel-gazing right now.

I'm assuming the "every man has three women in his life" line refers to a wife, a mistress, and The One That Got Away. I'm assuming. I do not have a wife nor mistress, and The Ones That Got Away ran away quite sensibly, making me realize I was kinda being a doofus.

That's so spooky!

OMG, thank you Richard Pryor so much for writing that sequence. For the uninitiated, Pryor co-wrote "Blazing Saddles," and almost certainly the best stuff in it. Although you can sense Pryor and Brooks laughing together at coming up with "I Get No Kick From Champagne."

Yeah, there are a lot of similarities, terrific observation. One is a family sitcom of sorts; the other is an office comedy (another form of family sitcom, after Americans started having less of a comfort zone with traditional family platitudes.)

Or use Paul McAnn, hire some good writers unconnected to the franchise, make something delightful and entertaining that draws in first-time audiences while pleasing the old faithful, and has no bearing on the new TV series. Put a longtime "Who" actor in charge of directing.

And all those that come after! There Can Be Only One.

That's great on "possibilities" — you nailed it. Trek without optimism for the future isn't Trek.

Agreed. Maybe the end of TNG is so great specifically because it wasn't intended to wrap everything up in a neat package; it was supposed to lead to the movies (which were, um, I think "subpar" would be kind.) So it didn't end every story, it didn't force every character to a conclusion; it reminded us of what was…

And because it's essentially not an arc-driven show, you can watch single episodes today (say, "Darmok" or "The Inner Light") and be blown away by how wonderful they are. Just so long as you avoid the serious garbage . . . there was a fair share of that.

I dunno about not wasting one's formative years. Rich people get away with that all the time. Some become President.