One of the few moments of Jake having agency was him missing Tamara having a problem with re-using something he was going to have with Jenna. "It's what I wanted my first time to be like" is a pretty amazing thing to have a guy say in a sitcom, teen or not.

Cool story, bro. The thing about shows is that if you can deal with the conventions, having one well-written show to stake out isn't half that bad. It doesn't occupy my 9PM slot, but it does on my DVR.

Of the Deadspin Toboggans?

Jon Stewart doesn't really have convictions. In spite of a William and Mary education, he seems to believe that "Guys, if we really just work together, we can bang something out." It isn't that difficult to find nuts on any side of the issue and make light of it. If you can find me any real tough policy that Steward…

How did you get 12 likes? Someone who is dismissive at least offered two alternatives they enjoyed. You made a snide binary comment and people thought that was relevant? Sweet.

Haha, except no. http://www.infoplease.com/i…

Haha, except no. http://www.infoplease.com/i…

That would probably be because H. Jon Benjamin is the voice of both characters and has basically the same verbal tics in all cartoons.

That would probably be because H. Jon Benjamin is the voice of both characters and has basically the same verbal tics in all cartoons.

I don't know what I find more hilarious: AV commenters who bitch about a staff that is basically in thrall with the Behrs-Dennings dynamic, or those who want to comment on a once-in-ten-tries decent show. You get seven likes. Which is awkward, because you had to have watched the show. At one season in, what does that…

I don't know what I find more hilarious: AV commenters who bitch about a staff that is basically in thrall with the Behrs-Dennings dynamic, or those who want to comment on a once-in-ten-tries decent show. You get seven likes. Which is awkward, because you had to have watched the show. At one season in, what does that…

Yeah, I mean I can't reply to Whovian down-thread, but an alternative would be sending him to prison for aiding and abetting child pedophilia. I don't think that would be a particularly compassionate end for the man.

Yeah, I mean I can't reply to Whovian down-thread, but an alternative would be sending him to prison for aiding and abetting child pedophilia. I don't think that would be a particularly compassionate end for the man.

It wouldn't hurt as a start.

It wouldn't hurt as a start.

The fact that you picked the year she turned 18 is creepy. Like step away from the computer creepy.

The fact that you picked the year she turned 18 is creepy. Like step away from the computer creepy.

James Otis is disappoint.

James Otis is disappoint.

@avclub-1df8797177fc3b52be6784aacca7358c:disqus The joys of selective memory: http://www.grantland.com/st…