Both election storylines have gotten really galling at this point. The student council one because it's unbelievable at a character level — we're supposed to suddenly take Brittany seriously after, for example, an entire episode predicated around her belief in Santa Claus. And Finn calling out a grown woman for…

I'd imagine Burt and Sue will both drop out fairly soon. Apparently they didn't realize that politics can be *gasp* NEGATIVE and MEAN.

As someone who has been stoned, it was a still a pretty weak plot, though it made me laugh at times (especially the creepy guitar player).

Yeah, I assumed they were both Israeli for a while.

I thought it was, "It's when old we are."

Leslie made an offhand comment about it, I believe.

It's sad when that explanation would make more sense than what's currently happening onscreen.

Yeah, Dwight's resolution made no sense. If his ultimate goal is to undermine Andy, then why *wouldn't* he send Robert the email with the error report? It's clear that Robert would blame Andy, since he doesn't seem to care much about the other employees. The insulting emails could have been left out.

Hoo boy, total pedant time…

While I thought this episode was hysterical, I do have to nitpick a little in true AV Club fashion…

And it's even better when they meet people somehow even crazier than they are.

House/Glee crossover. LET IT BE SO

Everybody loves bro jobs.

Nah, bra-vah, brah

I think it was a consequence of Trey Parker doing both voices.

I like that they made it more believable by calling back to Marshall's other board game ideas.

I'm of the school of thought that Jim just copy/pasted a standard garden party book with a couple of new parts. Still a lot of work but not as ridiculous.

The thing is, Parks and Rec has all of those things AND deals with government, corruption, and other structural problems. Though Harmon and Schur have both mentioned that they've been studying The Wire so it's not surprising that both shows are influenced by it.

I think you've hit the nail on the head. It's funny that both shows have made ironic literary allusions that are actually fairly apt comparisons: The Wire to Dickens, and Breaking Bad to Kafka.

Little does Ann know that "The Internet" is a new psych-folk proto-shoegaze collective out of Santa Fe. I heard them on NPR.