so it wasn't a Sarah Jane joke? I thought I understood the joke at the time.

um…she relapsed. She still didn't want Jeff…she liked the idea of being called Mrs. Winger.

I like to think that season 4 isn't bad so much as some sort of meta commentary on great shows that have went on too long and become bad. The show is being intentionally written as one of those shows that has went on too long and run out of ideas.

I like Pierce and Shirley.

They should have had her dress as Evil Abed.

No that would be Lena Dunham's show Girls

is Asperger's even real…or is it just something self absorbed people get diagnosed with?

don't you lie about Parks. That Amazon Prime joke was gold!

the fox news of the AV club

I like the teasing of the possibility of it.

yeah I've never been a fan of the Inspector Spacetime jokes…I can't get into Dr. Who either.

I've always thought so…but the cadence of your comment tells me you are being facetious. Interesting…

He will lose his self important hipster street cred

I always hate the sperm donor plotlines on TV shows because it almost always has the mother being a total bitch to the man who just gave her the one thing she's always wanted and throws it in the man's face that he will never be a father to their child. Bitch he literally gave you the miracle of life and now you want…

or hyphenate it as Ben Wyatt-Knope

I'd slit my wrists. I work in a court house though so it would actually be the perfect place.

the amazon prime joke was gold

could anyone out there not connect with that joke? I'm always amazed how similar Pawnee and my own home town are.

you know last season I was kind of wondering what the heck Chris's point was on the show and the long depression arc didn't help. But as this season has progressed it hit me why he works on this show and what his strength is. Chris is the guy who genuinely wants to help people. Between respectfully putting Ron in his…

there was soooo much I liked about both episodes. In fact the one complaint I had about the first episode (no moment between Andy and Ben who last season became pretty close)  was made up for in spades with that hug and the job offer which pairs them together in the second. I can't wait to see more Andy/Ben stuff.