I'm just wondering what possibly could have happened in this episode to make it not feel like stalling?

Of all the valid criticisms for episodes this season, "stalling" is one I can't understand. There are 24 episodes this season. This was episode 11. Ted's not meeting the Mother until episode 24. Robin and Barney are either getting married or calling it off, but probably not until episode 24. I don't know what you're…

It's really, really fun, which is something I never knew I wanted in a music video. Landing on the Pawn Star guy right when he sings "Do you want to make a deal?" made me giddy.

I don't like how some (but not all) TV Club reviews on the homepage only list the episode title, rather than episode title and show title. Current examples on the homepage include the latest episodes of Revenge, The Good Wife, SNL, and Doctor Who.

I figured it meant it was going to prime me for the subject, like you prime a pump. Read up on this and you'll be primed to fully appreciate this thing.

It's especially nonsense when someone says "This shitty blockbuster cost $X million dollars, but they made Primer for $7,000!" Let's see how far Hollywood makes it on the Primer business model.

I always thought the introduction sense (like the AVClub feature) rhymed with "timer," but then I heard Alex Trebek say it like "trimmer" and I felt dumb.

Word.

That's the point though, right? It's too complex to understand. Just like we're patting ourselves on the back for the first two thirds, the characters also think they have a handle on it. Then BAM— it's out of their control because it's too complex.

Who am I going to listen to, some internet commenter or that overwhelming body of evidence linked in my original post?

You guys are clicking the link, right? You realize I'm joking, right?

I don't know, that link is pretty convincing.

Appropriate, because today is the day Marty McFly arives when he travels to the future: http://theadamglass.tumblr….

Every day is Back to the Future day: http://theadamglass.tumblr….

Yeah, this list definitely sent me straight to the iTunes store.

Speaking of early drafts, check out the e-book How To Write Groundhog Day. The screenwriter takes you through the early drafts and explains how it evolved, what ideas were developed and scrapped, who brought what idea to the table, etc. It's really fascinating, and it's basically the reason I bought an e-reader.

LA-based TV writers MUST know that most of the rest of the country doesn't have marijuana dispensaries, right?

Parody: acceptable.

As much as I enjoyed all the Cleveland deep cuts, I was REALLY hoping they would have driven all night and been in at least New Jersey by now. I'm ready for Marshall to re-integrate.

Yeah, those Cleveland reference got increasingly specific and accurate, culminating in Clint wanting to go pick up his smoke at Record Rev'. That's a real place and is exactly where a Clevelander like Clint would go. And he even shortened it from "Record Revolution" like a local would do! I was dying.