I also thought bringing the director back was really sweet! I think we were all sure that relationship was a mistake when we just saw the bit in the bathroom. Nice to see something working out for Sierra. 

After years of hate-watching this show, I was embarrassed to tear up during the flash mob wedding scene (ok my Dad was a big part of my wedding two years ago and he died this year - the show was pushing some buttons). I actually really enjoyed this season because I tend to like this show’s women (Prof. SexFrench…

Yeah I agree but I kind of loved the campy, over-the-topness of it all. This episode had kind of a 90s action thriller vibe to it and that was fun for me.

Yeah in that panel they also admitted that they didn’t understand the characters or themes and didn’t try. I think they were good at adapting what Martin gave them. But overall, their own answers and attitude in that panel really drive home their whole “trustfund bros who failed upwards” persona.

Ha wow, I was a huge fan of The Gossip like a decade+ ago (AMAZING live shows, also used to be like $5 tix at the Black Cat in DC) and it’s funny to me that Beth Ditto has fans who don’t know about the music. But there also used to be like a really mean meme about her that was popular in the comment section of the old…

I don’t really care if she likes you or not. 

I just want to say that Beth Ditto telling Ernie that she’s got Aunts on both sides who killed their men really brought me back to the good old grimey, sweaty Gossip show days:

My husband is white and really loves west coast gangsta rap. His solution is to sing his name instead of the n-word, so it’s “Run Michael, run Michael, duck Michael...” when he’s just singing along in the car and that cracks me up.

I laughed really hard at “You’re a bitch, Jessie.” Ice cold!

I feel like I didn’t know I was waiting for that moment, but when she grabbed the gun and he started running it just all felt so right! And she looked AMAZING in that dress!

I also thought the interactions between Noah and Whitney were great (super satisfying to see how she’s maturing and trying to be at peace with her family and herself) and I think it’s telling that there’s barely any room to discuss it in the review, which is weighed down by this nonsensical Joanie business. Like, it’s…

At the beginning of the season, I decided to skip each of Joanie’s segments and these reviews are really validating that decision. I skipped the last half of this episode, the last episode entirely and the last five minutes of a bunch of episodes before that - and nothing of value was lost! I’ve been hate-watching…

Yeah 2009 was like the best year. I kind of feel like that’s when mashups peaked. I used to be REALLY into mash-ups, including going to a regular mash-up dance party in LA but that trend has really passed. Something I read about it like last year or the year before pointed out that more mainstream pop music has…

Oh! Thanks for that! Mystery solved. 

My husband and I went to a HarmonQuest taping at Cinefamily years ago and it was SO fun! Patton Oswalt and Paul Scheer were guests and everyone just killed it. We were all dying laughing. Later we watched the next two seasons when they aired and they’ve never shown the episode that we watched live! It’s so weird,…

I do work in K-12 education (and I’m a union rep) so I’ll weigh in here: in my experience larger school districts with stronger unions do not demand that daily lesson plans be submitted to school administration, smaller districts/schools and charters often do. I actually think that requiring teachers to submit daily le…

Good god. This person should not be teaching. I get so frustrated that so many young people of color are left in the care of ignorant ass people like this. This is only one lesson but the lack of respect or understanding for people of color is so clear in this content - I don’t need to see the rest of her lesson plans.…

I see what you’re saying but I actually really liked the Sierra story, I like that they’re opening things up. It does feel fresh to me, after this show feeling like such a slog for so long. Maybe I am just so, so sick of Noah (and I was honestly sick of Allison’s moping and was happy to see her go). Sierra’s story is…

Yeah, I suspected that at first, after Noah and Sasha had that conversation at the diner. Then I thought maybe I was just thinking that thanks to Noah’s arrogance/paranoia. But no, the way he reacted to hearing that Noah slept with the publicist - she definitely made his list in that moment. Since this was Helen’s…

Ok I looked it up, it was “Don’t worry girl. I got you a variety of different syrups.” That very awkward man made me melt in that scene!