She was the first born. Carson says in the first episode of last season that the Crowleys are the only family he has. So, yeah. I completely buy his relationship with her.

I would LOVE for Santino to guest mentor doing the entire show in his spot on Tim Gunn Impression.

@jimmy…I realized that after I had posted. It was late and I'm 8 months pregnant. My brain is not my own. Sorry 'bout that.
But seriously. Vinny needs fluids. Aside from Pauly's. HEY-O!!

Also, I was really looking forward to the inevitable "drink any time someone says 'allstars'" drunken debacle this show could become.

I told my husband last that if the AV Club didn't cover this I wasn't going to bother watching. It's no fun without the Tangerine, the Teutonic Queen, Nina, and Tim. But now no Teti?

One of the symptoms of jet lag is dehydration. And one of the symptoms of dehydration is unexplained anxiety. So….

Yeah, this episode was pretty awful. I kept saying to myself an the screen "Vinny, drink some water. You're dehydrated from traveling."
So…no more recaps?

I think she meant her real age. wasn't she 17 when she did SW?

Given how control freaky he was about the trip the whole time, I was able to accept the convoy thing. He's a control freak in general. I don't get how that was so out of character. And the whole military time thing is just a reinforcement about how serious he is.
Btw…Europeans also use 24 hour time.

Me too. I honestly thought to myself.."ha ha, Parenthood. You didn't make me cry this week!" and then she busts out with that line and I immediately started crying. Sons of bitches.

Make no mistake, I'm no Max fan. However, even I had to pause at the unprompted making of the birthday card for his great grandma. It was one of the only moments the writers have presented that proves an inkling of the whole "Max is a great kid" bullshit they feed us every time that kid flips out. So. That's what I…

Ok, can I make a request? Can the AV club start moving away from Flash? Please?

I'm thinking that mor than the "I love you" being the focus..it was the "you're my baby" that was the real button on that scene.

With young children. And if kristina had tagged along, they would have had to stop a couple of times to feed the baby. You can't nurse in the car, and babies at that age still need burping. So…yeah. Add another 1.5 hours.

I think the fact that Max actually learned a lesson, and that he was showing signs of properly socialized behavior motivated Kristina to ultimately go on the trip. Grudgingly I will say at these kinds of breakthroughs need to be reinforced, if not rewarded.

Where she's sleeping?? TOTALLY. Thank you. That's exactly what I'm talking about.

Matt Smith has one of the best voices in the business. I can't necessarily articulate what I mean, but sometimes his voice during emotional moments is enough to get the waterworks going for me. Ie: "because you know while they're happy now, they'll be sad later." the words aren't that great. It's the way he…

How the hell is A Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss not on anyone's list? Especially after its predecessor was touted one of the best sic-f/fantasy books in a decade by this very site??

Or Eugene burdick and William lederer.

Or, you know, the book.