Are we supposed to take Mindy as a 'conventionally attractive lead'? Because back when I watched, one of the things I found redundant was her protestation at any implication she wasn't super attractive. This was usually played for laughs. That in itself seemed to be a knowing nod that, while certainly not what I'd…

Are we supposed to give it bonus points because she's Indian or because she's not a size 2? Just make me laugh. That's all. And I really dislike this notion that the only reason the show isn't a hit is because she doesn't look like your typical leading lady. Roseanne was a top 5 show for 6 seasons and it didn't…

Grantland had a piece up last year about how Kevin Reilly has this grand plan of making Fox Tuesday's the new NBC Thursdays. (Obviously not the current batch, but The Office/30 Rock era.) It also posits a personal investment in Brooklyn Nine Nine because Fox outbid NBC for the show. And after NBC chose to pass on…

I've not seen the last handful of episodes, but I hear he's starting to get better. But yeah, the awesomeness of Andre Braugher and the immense likability of Terry Crews has made his catch up time completely fine.

It really depends on the show I suppose. For a show like New Girl, the L+7 bump is usually in the top ten of all shows on TV, and I think boosts the total demo viewership to the top 30 or so shows overall despite the poor L numbers. While the L demo has suffered for the show, the same is true literally across the…

The parade stuff largely missed for me, but there were enough genuine laughs along the way to still make it one of the most purely fun half hours of the week.

I'm guessing Kevin Bacon's going to be happy with the Mediterranean vacation home he's about to purchase.

I saw promise at the end of season 1, but it didn't live up to it for me. I find the humor very telegraphed and the barrage of pop culture references doesn't make up for a lead I could care less about and a group of rather forgettable background characters. It'd be one thing if I actually found it to be as clever as…

Look, I think its pretty sad when folks come to a comments sections and slam other shows simply because they don't feel the show they love so, so hard is getting the respect it deserves. I've seen it before, and its usually a small fan base that thinks their typically average show is somehow just too brilliant for…

Just fantastic.

Well, he's not Jess, so he's got to wait his turn as far as A plots go. Again, I love what Morris has been doing, but the A plots he has been a part of (Bells, Bathtub jump to mind) were amongst the weakest, IMO. I feel like we've spent more on his career (or lack thereof) than anybody other than Jess. Not saying…

I felt like they tried a lot in season 1. The babysitting with the kid, the job with the sports shock jock, the longest lasting girlfriend on the show (til now, I guess). None of it memorable. I'm not entirely convinced Winston just purely being a vessel for laughs isn't his best way to contribute to the show.

I did like the way they handled the things that we knew were going to happen. I was worried Jess' competitiveness with Abby was going to be the focus of the episode, but it quickly gave way to the bigger issue. But what I liked most was the end. We knew Abby was leaving, of course, but in doing so, she's disrupted…

It really is. Been in a relationship 5 years, and it still occasionally feel a bit weird about it. When you're disrobing for action, it's one thing. When you're changing, it's almost like hygienic. It's stupid, I know.

I actually think that is the issue. There is so much of Wayans in Brad. On one hand, you have to have a different character, but on the other, you're putting the clamps on the kind of antics Wayans is great at.

There were actually some interesting things broached in this episode. I actually don't care one way or the other about Schmidt being in the loft. It's not like he was really absent while he lived down the hall. But I feel like they've (again) given themselves a nice, believable point to just let Schmidt and Cece be…

Maybe they're gunshy after wasting all that story Shelby. Was that her name? That chick spanned like a season and I remember almost nothing about her.

I sort of got the feeling she didn't want Abby to meet anyone, but Nick really wanted to meet her. Never saw it as a Nick thing. And Sister II she pulled him into her scheme, but it was never about him. I think this is the first Nick/Jess episode since Exes (Feb 4). But I'm not particularly sensitive to the pair.

Funny. Thought Winston on the rings was easily the worst part of the episode and was actually relieved that they cut out another scene of it.

I feel pretty safe in saying Damon Wayans wasn't so much going pseudo-Brad as he was going Damon Wayans.