The fact that Doug got no narrative made me think he was a goner. I don't think they brought up him being a comeback or being from Portland alongside Gregory until the very end. Whereas Mei and Gregory both had clear-cut narratives (woman, disappointed parents; dark past). I agree with you that Mei's talk could have…

I think it's going to be an anthology-by-season show, like American Horror Story or True Detective.

I do wonder if web series are a closer analogue to independent film than the system here. There must be some way, perhaps through a channel similar to Hulu or Netflix but built for independent content, to monetize and spread word of smaller programming. I think it is unfortunate that this homogeneity exists on the TV…

This is by no means a huge complaint, because I'm digging the TV Review section, but just a thought: is there some way, either at the top or bottom of the article, to indicate what season is being reviewed? Like I said, it's not a big deal, because it's not difficult to figure out you're looking at the third season,…

I also loved how the name of this episode mirrored "First Time in New York". That episode was about the city and sex as new experiences; this one about the fears of saying goodbye to both.

It's interesting that "Puhoy" seems to foreshadowing, or at least adds texture to the question of whether Finn can mature. That episode seems to be an assurance, after "Jake the Dad" and "All the Little People" and before all the rest of this exploration of adolescence, that there is a future where Finn grows up. That…

The sense of dread that's been building all season (all show, really, but this season especially) through either direct talk of the events of the year or Rosemary's Baby shout-outs everywhere, or something as simple as Megan asking Don to come to bed and him not acknowledging her in the slightest — I feel like there…

I don't think I've seen another show call its main character a bitch as many times as this one has, especially considering it's not a curse-heavy show. I got when the Liber8rs did it (but still a little overboard), but Alec? C'mon, Alec!

Joaquin Phoenix on Letterman

"Nevermind" from the first season of Friday Night Lights; Saracen's dad as the interloper, as sad as that is.

Just finished catching up with Parenthood, and exceedingly glad Monica Potter got a tremendously well-deserved nod. Hope she takes the award.

Good news! Now both of those phrases have a single google result!

Also, not that this will brighten you up too much, but it'd actually be a little longer than 56 (since it will include the wedding itself as well, I assume). I think there will be plenty going on, and I think it's cool for a show this late in the game to try something new (assuming that is what they're doing, which…

Sorry that I missed the post directly below mine, like an idiot.

My guess for next season (largely based on the fact that the creators said that it would be different from all previous seasons): it will take place entirely in the 56 hours leading up to Robin and Barney's wedding, and during the wedding itself. The series finale will culminate in the scene we saw at the beginning of…

I genuinely hate to be "that guy", but I think you mean "last" instead of "first" when referring to murder and time.

The man of iron surveyed all that he had won, and after laying his eyes upon Gwyneth Paltrow, wept his body to rust.

Always glad to have music critic I respect defend an album I get mercilessly mocked for liking. Especially that title track, genuinely one of my favorite songs of the year so far.

Just finished The Dinner by Herman Koch. I fell between those that loved and hated the book; it did great things with the narrator, and the reader's shifting opinion of him. But it didn't say much on a satirical front that hasn't been said before, and better.

Man, did those last few paragraphs help me at the exact time I needed to read those exact words. Jesus Christ. Thank you A.V. Club for posting this today of all days.