You're right, I definitely need to give Dan the benefit of the doubt that he'll do a good job. The responses all around it are actually kind of a fascinating companion piece to the season's "indoctrination" theme.

I was so happy with how it all ended. Incredibly, all the threads stuck together, and had a clear (and very unexpected message)

When I watched Hey Arnold, I always thought it was fantasy and didn't care. I guess if you asked me point blank "when does this take place" I'd have said "a long time ago," but I never thought about it.

AOL was still around and making a surprising amount of money long after they were supposedly irrelevant, which is kind of exactly what I'm saying.

I agree with both of you, actually. Facebook as we currently know it might not exist in ten years, but it's already started the process of separating its popular services into separate apps (Messenger, full integration with Instagram).

When yiu out it that way, it sounds like they're making their own little Channel 101 in-house to keep their talent happy and stimulated. Kinda cool.

In other words, is the guy in the $5000 suit gonna admit he made a mistake? COME ON!

It's almost like she didn't act perfectly logically when faced with the actual opportunity to kill.

I think the point is that he was right, but it doesn't excuse his behavior. Nobody listens to him because he doesn't afford them the same respect unless it's for romantic reasons.

I never said he wasn't very smart. I think he was probably insanely smart to internalize and sell the world's most ridiculous backstory. Maybe not "smart" in the way you think of it, but all that means is that you hold more prejudice than you seem to think.

Did you somehow miss the part where the old bodybuilder lied to America about literally everything in his life for weeks on end, ostensibly to make money? I think you're missing what the mockery is targeting: People's surprising willingness to do basically anything for a chance to be famous and/or successful.

True enough!

I don't know what that video is, but the lack of context and the fake piped-in soundtrack leaves me skeptical as to its origin.

So true, people that somehow think the phrase "Black Lives Matter" is offensive and wrong are just awful.

Ugh, the conversations in this comment section are so frustratingly below The A.V. Club. First of all, I don't think the episode is "about" false empathy anymore than it's about police brutality. Both of these things are just givens; adult pieces of shit doing piece of shit things because they suck. South Park has…

I mean, nobody was expecting any different. But it's still somewhat shortsighted, I think. We all agree that SNL hasn't been at the forefront of comedy for a long time, but it has always been an institution of some sort. At the very least, it's an aspirational destination for young comics. But I can certainly imagine…

It might be, but we can't be sure. Only a Sith deals in absolutes.

Is this some elaborate performance art piece where you disparage Leslie Jones' persona using only the very worst aspects of that persona?

Man, I didn't like the first episode at all. I felt like the acting was stilted and that the characters had no unique voices (they all just sounded like variations on Aziz's interview self). Not to mention some of the dialogue: "You know, guys, those sandwiches look great and all, but I'm gonna have to go with Grant…

Pardon the strength of my reaction, but are you fucking serious? That is the most ridiculously idiotic logic I've seen in a while. Accordong to the comment you replied to, the show stays true to the actual personality of its gay character and the world he inhabits, rather than abandoning what has made him a person for…