My only regret is that I have one, lonely star to award you.

I had the same thought ... there was something potentially telling in that line.  I like where your head’s at.

Take a line from Kevin like, “I demand loyalty, our marriage demands it.” Spoken in a sitcom world from a man-child character that we’ve been trained to excuse and laugh at for decades...they come across as rather benign. If Kevin spoke those same words in Allison’s real world, sans laugh track...they would sound…

Yeah I had to stop mid-read and do some research to refresh my recollection as to who Patrick Stewart played, and why his performance or the character (or the fact that he played the character) was somehow “infamous.” Turns out my memory wasn’t betraying me and there wasn’t anything “infamous” at all. So ... huh?

I read the headline as needing to keep an empty bottle of vegetable oil “Under Your Skin” and I was like ooh tell me more, Claire!

“My guess is the show will do something with Nick and Pete.”

Hi Saloni - did I miss something?  Did we actually see (or hear) that the hook-up “implodes” Sam’s marriage?  I think I missed something.

Strong agree.  I’d give it a solid B.  Really enjoyed it.

Can we also talk about St. Vincent’s cover of “Sad But True” on the upcoming Black Album covers project?!  Fucking bad ass

“Secondly they should have actually considered what the New Republic was and actually done something with the fact that the tables were being turned on them and that they were now the ones under assault by rebels of sorts instead of just re-creating the “empire vs rebellion” sides in all but name.”

Olivia Rodrigo album is a goddam pop masterclass. Here are some of my other faves so far this year, if anyone cares:

“bamboozled by DOOM imposters at live shows, thrice.”

I unabashedly love Right Now, Wrong Then. Interested in this.

RIGHT! We don’t need to learn about some “other side” of him to see he’s a piece of shit. He IS a piece of shit in every respect when the laugh track is removed and his actions are viewed through the lens of reality.

“Kevin is horrible in many ways but to most of the world he comes across as a man-child/buffoon which seems (ultimately) harmless.”

STRONG agree with everything you’ve said here. Really loving this show, and Annie Murphy and Mary Hollis Inboden are fucking fantastic.

I think you’re comment is a good one.  Just had to laugh at the “small town” comment.  It certainly plays like that, for sure.  And there are PLENTY of towns in Mass that would fit the bill.  Being from that part of the state, I laugh because Worcester - believe it or not - is actually a decent size city.  185k. …

well said.  Spot on, Soup Cans!

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I’m from that area as well. I agree with you; I think Annie’s accent is pretty solid at times. Sometimes not great, but never bad. The other actors are all over the map. The only authentic-sounding accent I heard in the episode was the mechanic. He nails it. It’s either a genuine accent or he’s really good at it.