YAY! Also, after seeing Jay Johnston on there (and years of Michael McKean), do we want David to appear on BCS? Discuss. I love the whole gang and deeply adore BCS, but I think Cross might be too much.

What if we just kept the comments thread here going as we made it through the season?

I would guess they’re not getting paid.  Which is, itself, very questionable - I certainly still see ads.

The worst aspect of the dialogue is that it all comes off with the same voice. All of the characters seem to draw on the same (incredibly broad) fount of popculture, history, and scientific knowledge. Even if banter was desirable, it stretches credibility that all of these characters are this engaged with pop culture…

This is a great review of a great movie, but I never ever thought of this as a romance until now. It doesn’t not work, but it’s a creative way of framing it.

In the season finale, Wags and Bobby will become sumo wrestlers and face off against Chuck and Sacker. Then Connerty will check in at the last second with some crucial insight about sumo culture. Meanwhile, Taylor will try and fail to produce an AI simulation of the match. Ben will smile as Mafee flirts with a…

You can imagine trashy, pulp elements living through a good show and maybe empowering it. Mad Men certainly had its wacky elements. It’s a very good (but overrated) show, but it soldiered through its occasionally silliness. Usually those moments (often involving Sterling or Don) underscored things about the…

It’s a very weird show.  They have a very talented cast, great production, and solid direction.  The themes should be big.  But ultimately, I think the network screws it up.  I’m starting to think Showtime shows are ultimately doomed because of strange creative requirements from the channel - they all have to be a…

So... I’m not saying that a reboot of Happy Endings is worth a worldwide pandemic.  But I’m not not saying that either.  If this is what it takes for the Year of Penny... I’m in.

What if we’re IN a simulation?

The movie was so-so but there’s room for improvement. Meg is a great character as is Hades. And Hercules was better than every Superman since Superman I and II (with Reeve).

Given how many actual people I know who are skipping out for their hair and nails in weird secret places, this doesn’t seem any dumber than the rest of it.

I mean yes it’s a stretch. But Carrie has a TON of offbook assets. Her intel at the end might not even source from Russia directly.  It might be from the Turkish or Iranian insiders.

I loved OITNB, but this does describe Weeds perfectly.

I feel this way about Bernie.  Honestly, I don’t know if I’d vote for him after all this.  Who do you like?

I agree with all of that. I grew up an actual fan of Biden (I’m kind of old and they do exist - to be fair to me, so was Leslie Knope) so this is all sort of crushing. But I used to be a fan of Louis CK too, so. Anyway, if I was Biden and I was innocent of this, I’d certainly want an investigation and have a chance to…

This. A second awful thing? The normalization of Trump as a part of politics. There are millions of people, many young and stupid, some older and formerly disenfranchised, who look at Trump as part of the normal scheme of American politics. This is exactly the same as if ice cream stores started selling disease…

Sounds nice. How do you know, though? The saddest lesson of MeToo, for me, is that I just don’t trust other men very easily anymore. I don’t believe this epidemic is localized to the rich and powerful. And I’ve certainly seen “good guys” who turn out to be rapists. I hate to be truculent, but how will we find a…

That’s a much more functional family life than I thought Madsen would end up with!

I love basketball but I can’t believe how excited people are for this doc.  I lived through the Bulls’ 90s.  I don’t need a refresher.  Also, MJ was brilliant and talented but he’s also a major asshole.