I see absolutely no evidence for this interpretation, either within the show or in the creator's talking about it. Sometimes things really are just cliched, not attempts at parody.

I can't. I am on a mission to civilise

Uh, I think it was. Girls had a remarkable season. So did The Americans, but I'm not going to begrudge Girls any praise, because it was wonderful this year.

Sepinwall and Fienberg had mostly nice things to say about it, whilst not being sure it could sustain for 13 episodes. One to keep an eye on I think..

Todd liked some of the serial killer stuff though, and I hated all that shit. So i'm mildly optimistic- not that the first season was bad, it was just one half a really good show and one half one I kind of hated.

Or don't, if you like his writing. Just bookmark his profile page there!

Turk Scrubsier was a character made up by Todd VanDerWerff (RIP) on his podcast, TV on the Internet, as an amalgam of all the internet's most annoying opinions and character types that lives inside his head. It was several years ago, so the character was actually born out of the refusal of some people to even try…

I respected this a lot, and will keep watching because it's unusual and interesting. But I'm not sure how much I actually LIKED it. It felt a little bit like eating your vegetables.

Yeah, I mean holy shit, in the US alone this is, to paraphrase We Hate Movies, 2,000 9/11s

I really need to know how this rapture impacted on the Dillon Panthers' chances of reaching State.

The American Revolution, specifically Boston from 1776 to 1789.

You…you can't leave the Frank Fisticuffs saga like that, you bastard! I HATE YOU. ALL PREVIOUS GOOD YOU DID HAS BEEN CANCELLED OUT BY THIS BETRAYAL.

Seen it. Really enjoyed the first four episodes, thought the last four did get too caught up in mythology.

Well, that's where the general clusterfuckiness (academic term, obviously) of society comes into play. People don't invent their own ideologies, they are given to them usually by the culture they inhabit. Usually it's the case that the dominant ideology holds up the established order- so I guess you could say that…

Funnily enough, I'm a history PhD student, and I think about this a fair bit in the work I do- how much is conflict driven by inherent human nature and an assessment of need, and how much by ideology? I personally think the two are pretty much inseparable- need drives ideology, ideology shapes how those needs express…

Well, the explanation would just be 'God did it' anyway, and there's no way for them to explain what that God is without it degenerating into late-BSG bullshit.

It would shake the worldviews of most of the world's population. Considering how much of the world's problems result from even slightly differing perceptions of the world, I think it would be a pretty major deal.

I like the sound of this. I've thought for a while that my ideal TV show would be one where a crazy fantastical event happens and then all the characters sit around and think about what it means, without anything being explained. Edit: and just so there's no confusion, I'm not thinking The Walking Dead; I'm thinking…

Here in Australia, pundits have been desperately grasping at straws to come up with a reason why there's a slight possibility we could get something from the game. Mostly relating to 'well Chile might be under a lot of pressure' and 'Tim Cahill is sort of good.'

This week's episode was amazing. It's harder to call individual episodes classics these days, because at some point the WHM gang became so consistent that they almost never produce a dud, and almost every episode has great bits. But hell, Hamburger, Abraxas and Every Which Way But Loose were all top-tier.