I think next season is definitely going to be…interesting. They've always sort of set themselves up for the next season but there is going to be a lot to cover next year.

It's also been mostly a drama IMO. The only season that I'd say might have had more comedy than drama was S3 and even that had a rape, some upsetting transphobia, and a major character being sent to max. Still, that didn't stop people like Lauren Lapkus and Mike Birbiglia from having arcs.

I guess I should say only interviewing the white dude would be dumb. But since that's not what's happening here, I think it's fine.

To me it wasn't as much "both sides are sympathetic" (I disagree a bit with Alan here) as much as "the system fucks everything up." Poussey may have been technically killed by Bayley but really it was a system of failure that led to the dangerous conditions surrounding her death, and that same system was about to…

Samira Wiley practically did an entire press tour about the episode after the season premiered, so while I would normally be inclined to agree that centering an interview around the "white dude" is dumb, I don't think that Samira's voice has been excluded or anything. Samira/Poussey should be the center, for sure, but…

To be fair, they didn't flesh Healy out until Season 2, and Coates until a season after his debut.

Happy Endings perfected the hangout sitcom in a way no other sitcom really has. It's like the absolute best kind of comfort food and I don't mean that in a bad way. It's low-stakes but still with great, compelling characters and great writing.

It makes sense when you realize that the CO could easily be a stand-in for Bennett.

Maybe the lake/fence thing but I felt the real cliffhanger of last season was the guard walk-out/MCC takeover/doubling up of inmates and that all set the precedent for the entire season.

I feel like they definitely ended up in the right place with the Bennett arc but in S1/S2 there were plenty of moments where their romance was underscored with sappy romcom music and felt genuine. Tonally those scenes are still odd even if the show eventually got to the right place.

Pennsatucky's arc seemed deliberately uncomfortable whereas the Daya/Bennett stuff was tonally really weird because it almost felt like the show wanted you to root for them, although that certainly changed in S3.

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend is now on Netflix. If you haven't seen it yet…you know what to do.

Here's the thing: it's true that the show should have some black writers. (Every show should, ideally, but especially one that has a huge black cast and deals with sensitive issues in the black community.) It's also true that the show was a landmark for representation and that it has more well-developed women of color…

Yeah while I do know a few of these types, I think they're a pretty small percentage and definitely overblown. I read somewhere that there were more Hillary supporters going anti-Obama in '08 than anti-Hillary Bernie supporters now. Not sure if that's true but I bet the percentage is pretty close, and I bet the sane…

The timing is…unfortunate. I don't really mind if the AV Club covers prominent social media brands (though preferably they would choose ones actually worthy of attention and not terrible and lazy shit like White Girl Problems) but moving into that area right as you're slashing the TV focus you've been known for sends…

If it makes you feel any better I'm 22 and think this is total shit. It's not necessarily an age thing. This is just bad. I don't think social media is inherently bad as a creative outlet but these guys basically just co-opted a tired joke from someone else and shamelessly cashed on it.

Wow it sure does sting to see an interview with "the creators of the White Girl Problems Twitter account" the same week a shitload of TV Club reviews got slashed.

The gymnastics over the vote was easily my least favorite part of the season. It just felt super contrived and unrealistic in a way this show typically doesn't. And the ending felt too quick and unsatisfying, although the storyline went on for so long that probably any outcome would've. In retrospect I think spending…

I thought the episode was great but I am a bit confused/concerned as to where the show goes from here. Everyone's saying "there's so much ground they can cover for an ex-president!" but I don't really agree? I could see a few episodes of it but it's hard for me to see it staying interesting for too long.

This was my thought too. Pretty much every sitcom on NBC that's been cancelled recently was garbage anyway. Their development was the problem, and it seems to have gotten a bit better lately (Superstore, Carmichael Show)