"Daphne Returns" is one of my favourite episodes. 90s sitcoms weren't exactly known for their continuity, so when a show does a deep dive into its own continuity in such a way that strengthens existing character portrayals and (albeit in a minor manner) offers a critique of its own idealized romance, it scratches a…

I'm still kind of iffy on Coach's character, as they leaned very heavily on him being the "real man" who'd explain how the others were failing to be manly enough. Wayans can do (and to be fair, often did) more.
Weirdly, I think Coach's presence forced them to come up with something for Winston beyond "uh… weird black…

I'm in the same boat, LeGuin-wise. I had a lot of trouble making my way through her longer works, and felt the long descriptions and slow-moving plots dragged a bit. It was her short story collections—particularly, the Birthday of the World and Other Stories, and Changing Planes—that really got me to appreciate her…

Cool, thanks. I don't know how I missed that. I'm one of the ones who have been lurking around your Frasier posts for a while, and this seems like a good time to say I really appreciate them. It's bringing back a lot of good TV memories.

Was there an episodes 171-175 post? I couldn't find it yesterday's WOT thread.

Word. My two favorite things about this season is that it finally feels like the writers have figured out Winston's character, and Cece isn't regulated to the role of straight man to everyone else.

Conceptually, though probably not visually, t sounds like a 3D update of the old 80s Archon game.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Chaos Bleeds for the PS2. It's a fairly mediocre action adventure type game, with a plot that's kind of a rehash of the final season, with a "best of" reel of villains. And man, did I hate the Xander levels. But there's just enough of the show's spirit in it, and I'm fairly terrible at…

I think he mentions being knocked out for the trip in the Jersey Shore episode, but it was a quick, one-off line of dialogue, and I'm not sure it's been brought up since. (It certainly wasn't a problem in the Boggs drinking contest episode).

Bob's Burgers? It generally defaults to Bob to the straight man, but that can switch depending on the situation (like the episode where Gene thinks Bob's being ridiculous about the remote control copter.)

Getting drunk in the middle of your big pickpocket caper is so… sloppy. Get it together, pickpocket.

The Mac and Charlie stuff was great. Charlie switching to third person midsentence while agreeing with Mac that his lack of understanding was frustrating was my favorite joke of the episode.

"Kimmy Gimbler's ex-husband admits to sleeping with other women in front of his daughter."
I, uh, admit that I did a double take at that sentence. I think it was the plot of an episode of Nip/Tuck, though.

The end scene of "The Last Time I Saw Maris" is one of my favorites. I love that Fraiser and Martin's slow boiling jokes reach their climax in the same thirty seconds, with Fraiser's "I will not let you treat me like this, Lilith!" and Martin's neutral stance being swept away with a "What are you, nuts?!". They're…

Sure, they hate each other, but the real slow burn joke of the episode is Edgar. He seems to immediately get along with the whole New Girl cast, but he slowly gets irritated a little more at each of them, until at the end, he snaps on Jessica, berating her for being childish, selfish, and hypocritical, and reduces her…

I've watched a lot of British comedy, which is to say I've seen a lot of cringe humor, but man, I dunno if any of it hit me like this episode. Rebecca's double moment of realizing she's the odd one out first when her neighbor arrived and then again when with the addition of the boss… for someone who has trouble making…

I surprised myself by reading a lot more this month already than I thought I would.
Nonfiction-wise, it's just Jussi Parikka's What is Media Archaeology?. It's a reasonably good outline of the major academic approaches to studying media history, though the more you bring to the table already, the smoother the book…

FWIW, Singles Club actually lives up to the "don't have to know music" label. I read it out of order before Rue Britannia, and I found the latter lacking in comparison.
To be honest, I often find Gillen and McKelvie edging towards the "too hip" category, though I usually come around after a second read (I'm looking at…

I think Tarnished Angel is still my favorite multiple issue Astro City story.

This is the first I've heard about Cloonan's Punisher. I have to say, I'm disappointed she's not illustrating the book. But I guess it'll be somewhat nostalgic to have Dillon return to the character.