A few people now have mentioned the season 2 Jessa storyline as being really well-done, but I kind of hated it—especially the scene you're talking about in "Video Games" where she confronts her father. The writing and the performances there both felt really forced to me.

Meta-commentary aside, my jaw dropped at that exchange. What a dick thing to say.

The wig and the weird role-playing was creepy and off-putting (in an awkwardly funny way), but the weird lingerie cobweb thing with the grey underpants was nuts. So cringe-inducing.

That's how it was with my uncle. He was rendered basically immobile by cancer for a long time until suddenly he was in remission and could come home and start to keep down food and stuff. And then all of a sudden he relapsed and died a few months later.

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Well, she's been maturing a bit this season, and she seems quite a bit healthier now that she's medicated and in a stable relationship/steadily employed. Plus, she doesn't actually seem to be invested at all in any of her familial relationships—she knows if she'll just endure it long enough, eventually she can escape…

I know a lot of people loved Marnie and Ray together, but it just seemed awkward and sad and weird to me, and I knew it wouldn't last long.

My favorite exchange of the episode:

Wow. Pardon me for asking, but is your dad some kind of an asshole?

Best episode of the season, and quite possibly the series. All of Hannah's relatives were expertly written and acted—I could watch a series just about Hannah's mom and aunts.

There are mediocre movies that have won Best Picture (Argo, The Artist), there are bad movies that have won Best Picture (Slumdog Millionaire, Chicago, Braveheart), and then there is Forrest Gump. Forrest Gump is the absolute worst.

I agree with you a million percent. I quite liked Her, but it's a pretty big problem that the themes and the general narrative are far more interesting than the actual, specific characters and romance.

Dear A.A. Dowd,

While this may be the furthest the show has ever leaned into sitcom territory, Todd's right in saying that it doesn't make a terrible sitcom. It's a little dull, but some of the moments are really nice. I actually loved Jessa bored at the children's store.

Well, we know that they met at a party. There's a line referencing it in one of the earliest episodes, while Adam is trying to get Hannah to role play.

Don't beat yourself up too much. It could be worse. You could be pointing out that it's supposed to be "Toon Land".

I never knew that "Sexx Laws" had a music video. It's so weird. Jack Black is in pretty great form at the end of it, though.

It's the first Beck album I bought, and it's still my favorite. "Peaches & Cream", "Nicotine & Gravy", "Milk & Honey", and "Debra" are all incredible songs.

This is how I've felt about him since he took over Late Night. He seems like a really nice, genuine guy. Unfortunately, that's never been enough to make me interested in watching his show for an hour.

I'm with you. My girlfriend and I couldn't even get through the first episode when it came out, but we revisited the show a few months later after everyone insisted we give it a fairer shake. About six episodes later, I think we've given up again. It's a very poorly written interpretation of prison life, and the lead…