The DEA and the BATF have created plenty of artificial shortages in the drug market that allow ambitious, violent criminals to rise in power and prosper.

Yeah, Hank's too well characterized to play the standard 'cop on the side of justice' part.  You just knew he was going to be complicit in some form.

Meh. If that speech wanted to be Tarantino-like, throw in a Mott the Hoople reference, compare Star Trek to the socio-political commentary of European sci-fi, and get back to me.

That was definitely the best part of the second segment.  A diabetes joke was clearly coming, but the way they delayed the punchline acknowledged the obviousness of the joke while phrasing it more concisely than one would expect.  Also, the mother pointing out how conscientious it was to investigate the cereal box…

Having J.D. step over the line and sometimes be a douchebag seemed like a perfectly reasonable character decision to me.  He enters the show having just completed his 7 years of college with negligible real-life experience, and his flighty personality aligned him much closer to the "don't want to face real life" grad…

"You're talkin' to my friend all wrong-it's the wrong tone.

I think this episode taps into the "making games out of office supples" well that exists for everyone that's gone to school, not just those who have worked in an office setting.  So his enthusiasm seems a little more familiar, like he's had 15 years of experience in turning paperclips and desktops into games.

If the series ending gave us any closure, it's that the show considered Meredith to be a morally ambiguous mess of a person.  Her accepting attitude and affection for her co-workers and family made her likable enough, but if it was a male character, it would just be a disturbing mix of Todd Packer and Creed that'd…

Other than his crescendo-ing 'Jim wrestling' talking head that ends with Jim (the manager) asking him to keep it down, this is definitely Rainn Wilson's best.

Michael was definitely projecting his ambitions onto Ryan, especially in these early seasons when he was still obsessed with being youthful and cool.

Pete's usually highbrow vocabulary always devolves into phrases like that, where he can barely make sense unless its straight to the point.  It's like he actually curses all the time, but when he's stressed he overcompensates to keep some kind of professional decorum.

I took that comment as one of those things New Yorkers say about other cities. To them, even the second biggest isn't a "big city."

Aww, thanks you guys.  You know that face Jake the Dog makes when someone compliments him? Big stretchy shiny-happy eyes, right here.

I think sinking the Hershey account was out-of-character enough to throw Roger for a loop, but his orphan admission made it clear that Don's lied about his past, if only in bits and pieces when necessary.  Out of everyone in his life, I think Roger would feel THE MOST betrayed by learning of Don's actual past…

I'd agree with that, but it's shown that Ted is a pretty good father and seems willing to sacrifice for them and for his marriage.  His wife has some kind of financial security herself (right? I think I remember her writing a book or something), but if he's actually a good father already, him inciting a divorce would…

"Honestly…I have bigger problems."

As much as I love Peggy and agree that Ted royally fucked her, I can't say he didn't make the right decision.  Of course, if the entire season played out the same, WITHOUT him showing up at her door that night, it would have been much less detestable because, as almost no one is willing to do in this show,

I'd be pissed because Don basically made him pitch for the L.A. job, then decided it was a good idea and took it for himself.  Basically the same as sabotaging Ginsberg & Peggy's works to preserve the status quo for himself, except this was worse, because the idea was an exit strategy that made hiding his shit…

I feel like the show assumes we know what Joan actually does, on a day-to-day basis, and we really don't.  She's shown doing the 'secretary' things when the partners meet with clients, but other than that, I can't really picture what the papers on her desk would be.  She nominally gave Dawn the role of managing the…

-Don is the Lebron, the ultimate talent we've all viewed as the "villain", but when competing against an objectively nicer opponent, we find we're all rooting for him anyway.