The next sentence of the review was "Alex’s plot represents the melting-pot culture of America, “people of
all cultures coming together to succeed” as the expository voiceover
tells us."

Brian Callen actually went to my high school! But he's 5 years older, so I wasn't there at the same time as him.

Why “screw Alex’s parents for immediately assuming that
Sanjay’s crush on her was a ploy”? I thought
it was, too. That’s a pretty standard sitcom set-up, regardless of the cultural
backgrounds of the characters involved.

I laughed way more than I expected to at a gag involving the
Easter Bunny talking about an IED casualty in Iraq.

I was also incredibly disappointed to not get a clip of Adam’s real-life Princess Bride re-make at the end of the episode. My second choice would have been Adam fencing or Erica singing. Beverly on the phone was a bit of a let-down.

According to Lena Dunham's "Look inside" after the episode, yes, it was the first time we've ever seen a winter scene in Girls.

The episode was actually a commercial for Qantas Airlines. They sponsored the whole thing.

I agree! I was assuming this was going to be a 2-part episode, and then it just ended.