Totally agree. I can appreciate 'The Stage Names/The Stand Ins' for what they were as a whole, and individually they had a lot of great songs. But after that, they seemed to trade in the ragged, rough edges for overwrought "dynamics" and it lost a lot of its appeal. Their songs are a lot more engaging when the drama…

I tried really hard to make myself like 'I Am Very Far' but it it kinda soured me so much that I haven't liked anything from Okkervil River since. It's like after a band accumulates a certain number of successful stabs at making music, they don't really know which basket to choose ingredients from and end up…

'Strangers to Ourselves' would be a lot better as a whole if "Pistol (A. Cunanan, Miami, FL. 1996)" did not exist. My god, that song is embarrassing.

I gave Doughty a bit of a longer leash than you but I've definitely checked out on him. 'Haughty Melodic' was about half good for me and 'Golden Delicious' has like 3 really good tracks, but that Soul Coughing "covers" album was just atrocious. He decided that the least appealing part of SC (his "white-boy" schtick)…

It would make sense though for Aida to "program" the LMDs to put an end to S.H.I.E.L.D. since the agency is probably the biggest threat to the Framework. The Mace and Coulson LMDs made reference to "cargo" being placed in the basement, which I assume was all the explosives necessary to take out the base. The plan was…

With the way they treated the Radcliffe LMD, I doubt the team (Fitz especially) would trust him for help. Since Aida is just code (for now), they'd probably more malleable to trusting/utilizing her help.

That's what I was expecting, too. It's still feasible that he did indeed do that and he's keeping that knowledge to himself. The pages could be tucked somewhere inside the labyrinth.

To be fair, he has seen a lot of shit since his introduction.

Bobby Moynihan is one of the three leads on We Bare Bears, along with small parts in Inside Out, Secret Life of Pets and Monsters University.

It's been the most consistent sitcom on tv for like the past 5 years. They somehow temper all of the characters' personally traits to keep them just this side of cartoonish/unbelievable. Frankie is probably the only character they beat into the ground with her shrill/neurotic notes but it's definitely more of an…

I'm the same way. It wasn't really on my radar leading up to its premiere but I genuinely look forward to it every week. Completely out of nowhere great.

Yeah, and they'll have her injury/rehab storyline to kick around if there's a season 2. I wonder if they'd have the courage to make her return and just kinda fizzle out, which is totally realistic in terms of MLB pitchers and injuries. It'd be interesting to see how she'd handle that.

Teams have been known to shut down young pitchers even if they're headed to the playoffs. It's a long-term vs. short-term argument. Frankly, since the Padres' only hope for the postseason was the wild card, there's no reason for them to risk a young pitcher's health just for the chance to play in a one-and-done game.…

I don't have much affection for Amelia so I was glad she went ahead and boarded the plane. While she may have good intentions when it comes to Ginny, she obviously doesn't listen to what her client wants. Early on, the parental role they had her in worked because Ginny was obviously out of her element navigating all…

I feel like it was be design for them to not reveal too much about standings and whatnot. They seem to want have this fictional MLB universe somewhat anchored in reality. That's why you stuff like actual All-Star Game footage shown and random mentions of real MLB players. The moment they have the fake Padres do…

Well I think it was the juxtaposition of her saying she wants to follow her own dream being immediately followed by Blip saying he wants to have another kid, which basically says "Put your dreams on hold for even longer so you can accommodate me and my wants, even though you've been doing that since we've been…

Or heard her in Her?

I'm curious how you think your strategy of harassing the discussion here week after week will contribute to the show "failing." Everybody here already watches the show (with the exception of yoursel) and will likely either continue doing so or stop based on the merits of the show and how they align with their own…

I believe the song was actually just six words long.

Spot on. After hearing it all these years, I recognize its status as THE Old 97's song but that visceral "HOLY SHIT" feeling doesn't happen for me anymore.