I think “redemption arc” for Brenner is a misread of what happens. El and Brenner have their fighting words, and she clearly rejects him and his counsel because it means abandoning her friends. His dying wish is that she just say she understands his point of view, and she refuses. He’s not a monster, but he’s deeply…

Steve is two days away from retirement and ready to sail on the SS Live Forever with his six nugget family. I’m sure he’ll be fine

The Americans used music better.

“whisper kitchen frasier shit” is a very funny line

I read that Irish Times article and I’ve never had so many questions about a movie I will never watch.

Question: How much should the ending of a serialized show impact your decision to ever rewatch the earlier seasons that you loved?

I’m fascinated (and a bit delighted) by how many people came to the AV Club today to defend the record and reputation of Peter III. There is certainly nothing wrong with passionately debating the merits of a long-dead Russian monarch, but I just wasn’t expecting to run into it here.

Good recap. A couple of things. Bella really did say that Schlafly was the most liberated woman in America. For a “housewife,” she spent remarkably little time at home. And did no housework. What’s her name’s comment, “you have to know how to hate” is a perfect moment encapsulating what the Right-wing’s next stratagem…

Regarding the incest joke, it’s a callback to the season premiere when Summer was mocking Rick and Morty about sucking each other off. Just another thing that pulls the joke back onto the “okay I guess I can laugh at this”-side of the line, because Summer is telling the story and is clearly making that part up (which…

We all had a vote and decided we weren’t going to tell you

Morty is getting a little too confident talking about his masturbation routines, although hey, at least he’s standing up for himself.

He was probably bummed and burned out by watching that shitty Westworld episode that he also had to review at the same time as this.

The friends I was watching this with actually thought the dragon-killing scene was a dream sequence at first, because it just seemed so surreal and implausible.

The “Save Me” music cue when they arrived in Smallville was everything I never knew I wanted.

“I look at your face and think, you could be literally anyone. Are you a federal judge, a Russian spy, a proud Southern matriarch?”

Well, nobody is ever going to see this because it’s a new comment so it’s going to become buried under 500 “Load more comments” clicks since Kinja is the worst commenting system on the Internet, but RIP The AV Club.

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