You're kidding, right? He only apologized after his lie was exposed by the New York Times, and there was conclusive evidence to shatter his story. Like a story about being in one of the Towers on 9/11, "genuine remorse" can be fabricated.

Also, he hates facial hair and only cultivates it because of hipster street cred.

This guy is despicable. The most forgiving explanation is that he is a sociopath. In any case, his Twitter apology felt utterly disingenuous. If lying about 9/11 bothered him so much, why only open up about it once you've been busted? Nope, sorry: this is sick. He basically used 9/11 to advance his career. This is…

Actually, a bit where Neil Patrick Harris poured lighter fluid over an unexpecting Perez Hilton, then asked a random audience member for a match ("Does anyone around here still smoke? Don't make me go all the way over to the cheap seats!"), threw the match in Perez Hilton's lap ("Perez, I always thought you were…

Yeah, "Arthur" was truly terrible (although I don't think Brand is to blame for this - he did the best he could with an awful script and uninspired direction). He also did surprisingly solid voice-work in another bland movie (Hop).

Jane Lynch is actually really, really good anchoring an extremely uninspired game show. She has a gift for being able to simultaneously smooth down the show's rough edges and stay out of the way of the action that I don't think NPH is capable of.

Agreed. It makes no sense that Graham Norton is a hugely popular entertainer who makes millions of pounds. The guy is about as likeable as a week-old corpse.

I just watched the first four minutes of the show (that's all I could stand). The show should be called "Everything But the Kitchen Sink with Neil Patrick Harris!"

It's funny, two British performers I really thought would make it huge in the US were Cheryl Cole and Russell Brand. Turns out I was wrong on both counts.

Genevieve Valentine, I haven't read anything of yours before, but this review was brilliantly written, wonderfully stylish and fun. Kudos! I loved the "Would you love him then!" refrain.

Get Schwifty and the pilot are the show's weakest episodes. The phrase "Get Schwifty," in my mind, has become synonymous with this show's lone moment of true suckage. That said, R&M has very quickly become one of my all-time favorite shows.

"Compotent" = competent + impotent

Summer really did look good in that blue shirt!

This was a lesser episode (although way better than "Get Schwifty"), but, man, this show has some kind of magnificent psychedelic quality. I don't think any show has ever got into my head the way this one does. It is just so wonderful and weird and bright (and dark) and brazen and bizarre. I must have watched "Total…

Thanks for your reply. This episode felt like a mixture of late-period Family Guy (albeit more innovative and irreverent) and a not-great episode of South Park. If I'm being too critical, it is only because R&M is my favorite show right now. One of the things I love about the show is the non-titular family dynamic…

Didn't like this episode at all. Tonally, it felt completely different from anything the show has done, and not in a good way. I felt like I was watching a whole other show, one I don't much like. Maybe Dan Harmon wasn't involved in the writing of this one at all or something. What makes it more disappointing is that…

Not only that, but alcoholism quite obviously runs in that family, so it feels authentic.

The first episode is a tad underwhelming, but still definitely worth watching. After that, season 1 becomes insanely enjoyable and soars to new heights in practically every episode. I envy that you have all those hours of great viewing ahead of you. (And one of the great things about R&M is how rewatchable it is).

This was one of the best episodes of anything I've seen for a very long time.

Yes, it was a masterpiece.