During the scene when he startles Martha, and we learn about their "history," she says something like "We DIDN'T break up."  And he replies (not sure of the phrasing now, but to this point): "I can't help being the way I am."

Olympus has fallen!  And it can't get up!  (I hope the President was wearing LifeAlert.)

Um:  Above, I meant "sheathe."  God, this "NO EDIT BUTTON" situation and not being able to fix my posted mistakes sucks.  (I feel like the writer and director of tonight's episode.  Ba-BOOM!)

Average grade B?  Nyet!

…And are those pig silhouettes on the kid's P.J.s?

Does anyone know who the John Candy impersonator was who played "Johnson" at the Trout Farm?

Fuck me!  Now this: "(Edited by author 1 hour ago)" has just appeared on my topmost column-box…when I didn't edit it, because I COULDN'T edit it.  I get the feeling someone at the Club is tweaking me for some unknown reason.

Above, I of course meant POV rather than POW (I was wearing my Freudian slip).  For some reason, the EDIT button vanished on my Comment Post Boxes a few months back; and I've received no help from the AV Club tech staff to help me alleviate this annoyance.  Is it…is it just ME —or is this change/problem system wide? …

I love that this show continues to structure itself in a smart, "classical" way that, thematically and tonally, so often feels more like "literature" (—in the "Mad Men" mold of intercutting between disparate times or locales or characters while maintaining an almost musical referent to one of the story-threads —or by…

"…and it is also that the weird things the weird kids are better than they would learn in school."

What's great is that, when you get to that line on the page, you can ACTUALLY tear the fucking thing apart.

You just made the dear departed Harvey Kurtzman chortle up in Mad Heaven.

Hiya.  I agree with your "shit level attained" assessment…but think this caveat needs to be tossed out regarding Zemeckis's "Beowulf":  At least it has the "saving grace" of being 100% synthetic.  The problem with "Jackoff the CGI Players" is one of "image integration."  Just look at the frame-shot from the movie…

"Jack the CGIant Slayer"

Just to put some words and music to the ol' snake bite trope, there's THIS:

Actually, they're probably more like the American desert uniforms worn on "The Rat Patrol…"

Um…I appreciate that you saved the last piece of American Pie for me…but, um, no, no, I'm, uh, full, thanks.

Every time a taint gets sucked, an angel gets a boner.

It made me think of Jackie Jormp-Jomp giving him a gurp-gorp.(Yeah, yeah: —the "Heaving Can't Wait…")

I even think it was Handel's "Sonata No. 3."