Parks basically stomped out all of its melancholy after Leslie won the election (it returned a little bit early in S7, but not for long). By the finale, I was used to it, so I guess I embraced it.

I am kind of disappointed by how much Community was shunned by these lists. I blame Yahoo Screen.

I think her 30 Rock appearances proved she's pretty damn good at comedy.

Darkness is definitely not foreign to cable comedies (I would still say your average episode of Review is darker than this episode). But yeah, Scrubs is a good pick.

"Moffat lite" is pretty kind. Moffat was the best writer of the RTD era and wrote some incredible episodes. Gatiss's episodes are pretty much Doctor Who at its most generic, and are consistently among the worst of the seasons they're in. Like, imagine a Doctor Who season that's full of episodes like "The Idiot's…

Agreed, and I wonder if some of this is classic Who fan/modern Who fan divide. Classic Who was less concerned with Doctor/companion relationship and was focused on his travels and experiences…and with that mindset, Gallifrey should be much more important to him than Clara. But modern Who has been anchored in the…

How is this unique to the Moffat era though? Every companion exit has basically been "well, they're dead, but…." The worst example is probably Rose whose tragic ending was entirely undone and was sent off with a Doctor clone to appease her.

There's actually a rumor that he was planning to leave after this season (hence why River is coming back in the Christmas special) and that he decided not to, but will probably leave after next year.

I do think they left the door open for Clara's return more than any other companions, but that's not saying much considering it's literally impossible for Rose, Donna, and the Ponds to see the Doctor again (though Rose did anyway.)

The last 3 episodes are pretty much tied in their awfulness. It's mostly just personal preference at that point.

I was thinking she could be the River of the Capaldi era, but this last episode kind of felt like a send-off for her. I get the feeling we'll see her again eventually, though.

I think the Moffat era is overall better than the RTD era (though I like both), but I don't know if you could blame RTD for not getting big-time directors, especially since Gainman's first episode was originally pitched for Tennant/Donna.

He's largely abandoned the need for a serialized and complex mystery, which is what sunk S6 & 7. His narrative gymnastics still get annoying sometimes (namely in last season's finale and this season's premiere) but they're way toned down.

Season 5 has a handful of 'eh' episodes (Victory of the Daleks, the Silurian 2-parter) but it all ties together in such a perfect way that it's still #1 for me. This one is close and probably has the biggest collection of great episodes of any season, though.

I feel like this is now the third time we were promised a big Gallifrey story and the show didn't deliver. (First being Day of the Doctor which made me think 12's first season was going to be Gallifrey-focused, second being Death in Heaven, which suggested that the Doctor wanted to return to it). I really loved the…

I'd still rank The Big Bang higher, but this is right after it. Hey, why don't we just rank them all?!

A&P *just* went out of business this month, so that line rang kinda false. At least we know it wasn't sponsored!

CBS gave Colbert the post-Super Bowl slot, so they're still committed. I wouldn't panic just yet.

We haven't really needed a show about twenty-somethings living and working in NYC in like 15 years, but everyone still went crazy over Don't Trust the B in Apartment 23, Broad City, ect, because they're great and manage to distinguish themselves despite seemingly being retreads. I really think the quality of a show…

It's sad that everyone thinks all of NJ smells just because the area around NYC smells. Aside from that I-95 stretch it mostly smells pretty nice here!