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Ok, so. “Cards on the table” – Britta, I wasn’t able to watch all of the shows last night. I’m sorry! I’m sorry and no one is more sorry than I am. But I did watch Community and Parks and Recreation which, let’s be honest, are the best ones if we refuse to acknowledge the existence of It’s Always Sunny, which we won’t, so they’re two of the three best ones. OK? Ok, so here we are, all on the same confusingly worded page. Community was the best episode of this season so far, in my opinion. It was very much a “second season”-y episode and it was really, really great. Joel McHale was looking VERY good, and when he and Annie made out? Give me a break. Also I guess the jokes were funny. (The jokes were very funny and the separate timeline plot was excellent — glad to see Community back doing what it’s supposed to be doing! Weird stuff!) Parks and Recreation was very good, too. It was NOT the best episode of the season, but not every episode of every TV show can be the best episode of that TV show’s season. ”Feels really good to have a bunch of little boys be super into me” was great. So was when Aziz asked Adam Scott, “Why so serious?” Do you think Adam Scott is going to leave Pawnee and then be in a semi long-distance relationship with Leslie? Would that even work with the logic of the show? Is the way I mix real names with character names kind of confusing? How great was Whitney? GUYS, LET ME KNOW!
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Must be some wild Friday nights.. or Saturday morning… either way.
North Korea?
In North Korea, Friday Nights go out on you.
At first I thought this was a Friday Night Lights joke based on North Korea’s rolling blackouts.
The lights go out on you too
Community: A-. The ship has righted itself. This is the kind of high-concept, wild Community episode that I love. I was also amused that when Jeff Winger leaves the room, everyone has more fun—and when Troy leave the room, everything falls apart. The first good episode of Community this season. PS: “Bathroom Olives.”
The Office: B. The cold open with the billboards and the suggestive phallic graffiti made me laugh harder than anything else last night. Dwight’s screaming and maniacal running down the street were great. But the rest of the episode was about Andy’s sad insecurities, which aren’t nearly as funny as his normal insecurities. They’re just sad.
Parks and Recreation: B. Not the strongest this season. I loved the reveal of Adam Scott as Batman, but the competition between the Pawnee Goddess and the rangers seemed a bit forced. And honestly, shouldn’t Ron have been more glower power and less downy frowny about losing his boys? Ron Swanson shouldn’t pout! I did like the “Swansons” group at the end, but LOL at the idea of so many children (of an appropriate racial/ethnic mix, naturally) in a small town like Pawnee responding to a newspaper ad (?!?) for a kids’ group devoted to brute survival tactics.
Always Sunny: C+. The story of Young Frank and his brother was not great. “ShaDynasty/ShadyNasty” made me laugh. I liked seeing Lance “The Wire‘s Lt. Cedric Daniels” Reddick in a comic role. But it was a surprisingly laugh-less episode from an otherwise strong season thus far.
and I agree about Always Sunny being weird, did laugh at Frank stealing leftovers from the patrons though
werttrew, i politely disagree again on Community. i don’t think it was the funniest episode of the season so far[last week], it was certainly the best in terms of what it achieved. the season so far has been darkly, weirdly silly and i’ve loved every minute of it.
and I am enjoying seeing more of Andy’s humanity, which we are getting more and more involved with. afterall, its essentially what kept Michael Scott from being a jerk of a cartoon character. particularly in later seasons.
but, we can agree on Always Sunny….it just wasn’t funny. and seeing the usually troll-like John Polito look like a giant compared to Danny DeVito was kind of creepy.
Yes wertrew, I LOVE how Jeff, our ostensible hero from season 1, is as kind of turning unlikeable. He has more similarities to Pierce than anyone else, he is incapable of having fun, and the rest of the group would have more fun without his sarcasm and need to be cool.
What a great concept for a network tv comedy!
OFFICE: B-
I’m definitely being proven wrong on James Spader; he’s killing it. The whole basil vs marmalade conversation was just the best. I wish there was more Ellie Kemper, but her few moments were great. I think I would sum up the show as a fading entity with some real bright spots. Amazing cast, weakening premise.
Robert’s why do you think I’m into goats bit was pretty great too, can’t remember it exactly
I got mad that there was no callback at the end with the bird taking Kevin’s toupee and then I was mad at myself for being mad at that.
Anyway, someone hire me to write callbacks.
“…like when I was young and hung out with Emmanuel Lewis and Michael Jackson” is all I could think about when she said that.
this little bit annoyed the hell out of me. it just didn’t make any sense. for the episode, or for britta. just. no. what?
Yeah. I did not like that at all. That’s not something people do, high or low
I do it because I really enjoy pizza.
Britta is far from normal. When high, doubly so.
I was annoyed with it at first, and then, when you realized she was high, it made more sense. She’s high! She wants pizza! Stoner jokes!
I disagree. I found it to be very true to Britta’s character. I mean, I’ve seen people do similar things before. Heck, I’ve BEEN the one doing things like that. People are weird. Britta is weird. Britta high is probably the MOST weird.
I found it oddly attractive. Maybe I’m the most weird.
I certainly think people are weird. And i’ve done a pizza dance once or twice in my day. It just didn’t feel like she was selling out for the pizza dance. Like a half-committed choice by Gillian Jacobs. It just rubbed me the wrong way. I’ve clearly put a LOT of thought into that pizza dance
No one is going to read this obvs, but! I think it was supposed to be funny because she had just chastised Abed for being crass for inquiring about what Britta was doing in the bathroom and why it smelled funny etc. and then she did a stupid and obnoxious dance because of pizza. Big words.
Love!
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No internal logic.
She’s pretty. Therefore, plenty of logic otherwise.
Without her Chris Traeger would have no name to say literally amazingly
It’s been established MANY times she is Leslie’s best friend & female confidant. Just because she isn’t dating 1 of the other characters doesn’t mean she has no reason to be on the show. I’ve never understood that viewpoint. And if that isn’t enough, she works for the Pawnee gov’t, so there’s that.
Obviously she is Leslie’s friend, so in social situations or the occasional office drop by for lunch, I can understand.
If my friend came to my office to chit chat with me as often as Anne did with Leslie, I would probably be fired.
Yes, now she works for the government, but that seems very forced.
But…I want to believe that one day my best friend will be able to leave her job educating children and come chat with me in the middle of the day..it might be fantasy but it’s my dream.
I watched this troll .gif and listened to Roxanne on my Zune for the better part of the night.
Surprisingly, no nightmares.
I thought last night’s Parks and Recreation was one of the best episodes! Ron’s rulebook for the group he led to Ben getting acupuncture, the DJ introducing Tom into the office…
I had a really shitty day yesterday, and this episode really cheered me up.
Me three. I loved it. So many good quotes. “GOOGLE THOSE RAT TUMORS!” and “Uh-oh. Batman’s crying” made me so happy.
One-Armed Jeff Winger looks like if Hugh Laurie and Abraham Lincoln had a baby.
Good idea to think of that and store it forever, my brain
I hope they keep going back to Earth 3 (or was it 2? i think 3 was Britta)…the Troy Universe…WHATEVER. I hope this keeps popping up. (and i bet that it will!)
Brita was Earth 6. She married the pizza boy.
All we all assuming that the timeline where Abed caught the dice (Earth Prime?) is the one the show will follow? The major deviation it had was that Abed invited Annie to live “there” (share the apartment or just in the building? I was unclear on that pronoun). Several of the other timelines were not drastically different than that one, but I can’t readily recall which.
TREAT YO SELF
I will undoubtedly tell that to myself every time I buy anything, especially tacos.
BEST FACES
I keep thinking I’m going to get tired of Troy and Abed’s routine, but I NEVER DO.
“I guess I never said it out loud before…”
Also great: That Warhol-ian protrait of Troy and Abed, which is such a great touch!
Really? I laughed so much at Parks and Rec. “Do any of you have any dietary restrictions?” [children all shake heads] “That’s the correct answer.”
And I thought this was one of Community’s better episodes, but I was still not that impressed. And I don’t really like the Always Sunny flashback episodes. They never really work for me. (see: The going to the Phillies game a season or two ago.)
So, I’d say Parks and Rec was my #1, The League #2 (“Everyone come in the Jew fort!”), and the rest was just sort of around the bottom somewhere.
Oh! Quick question about The League (which is incredible): what the hell is Jenny doing trading with those guys?? According to the boardShe has Aaron Rodgers, Adrian Peterson, AND Maurice Jones-Drew. I mean, those three alone win her the Shiva/Dre. I expect better from you, Jenny!
This is an accurate statement and an important question!
Oh TV boyfriend….
My favorite thing about Ben’s character is his nerdy personality is never on the forefront. He clearly likes Game of Thrones and has talked about it enough that Donna would make that comment, but we never see that side of him UNTIL another character calls him out on it (see also: Star Trek from last episode).
This made the reveal of the Batman costume all the greater, too.
My favorite of the night. The boys reciting the goddess pledge…for the candy
Andy looks ridiculously hot here.
Right?! Babe city.
This seems like a good place to point out that you should all be watching Suburgatory on Wednesday nights! It is very good, and I don’t want it to be overlooked!
I tried to catch up on that last night, but I can’t find it online anywhere. I’ve set my DVR, but I’m at a loss for places to go to watch the first episodes.
Kate Lamar! Do you have a GMail account? If so, I HIGHLY recommend you send me your e-mail address in a message on Twitter, and we can resolve this issue quickly!
I do have one of those! But it won’t let me message you on Twitter because you’re not following me.
It got picked up for a full season!
you just gave me one b/c is that Randy Wagstaff?!
It is Randy Wagstaff!
Jeremy Sisto in mom jeans! (I didn’t watch the whole thing…)
Glad to see Randy made it out of the boys home okay. I hope Carv HELPED HIM NOW!
Happy Endings, too. Let’s not forget about Happy Endings.
Amen! Happy Endings is the BEST
Happy Endings is AH-MAZING. Everybody on that show is fantastic, due to UCB/SNL roots. With that and Suburgatory, ABC is really stepping it up.
I would posit that Suburgatory is kind of the worst, stale, comedy for dullards that ABC is known for. It is painful to watch and paints a picture of suburbia that existed when people imagined what white flight could bring. And what’s even worse is it’s not even the DUMBEST new show (Last Man Standing, Man Up), while pretty dumb. ABC has done well for itself with Modern Family and the incredible Happy Endings. So good. Also, The Middle isn’t terrible. But yes, fuck Suburgatory forever, I spit on your joy.
Man I watched the pilot and I thought it was absolutely vile. Just over-cooked cliches about the suburbs and bullying.
It got better I guess?
Nope. Caricatures of charicatures. The only sorta good characters are the Dad and his daughter, but their story lines are pitifully N/F.
It seems to be in establishment mode, where everyone that isn’t a main character is a stereotype/cariacature. However, anyone with extended interaction with either character does seem to get fleshed out over time. So, as the series progresses, it will probably be a “once you get past the surface” type situation. I’m thinking something like Daria, which started off with broad strokes, but as time went on, it became a bit more nuanced. Then again, maybe I’m just happy to see Jeremy Sisto and Alan Tudyk in a show, and the lead girl sort of reminds me of Emily Stone.
right? and Cheryl Hines started off so….gross and she’s become kind of sweet? I don’t know….I’m going to give it some time. I need SOMETHING to watch between NBC’s Up All Night and Modern Family! HA! y’know? #tvlyfe
The return of Mose made me sooooo happy!
Ooooo I couldn’t remember his name! Thanks Jeb. He’s a great character.
A great night of TV. Superb episodes of Community and Philly. Also I love me some Donna and Tom. TREAT YO SELF 201111111. They actually reminded me of a live action Rigby and Mordecai from Regular Show…. wait you said your brother was dead. Yeah, you said that he got his guts sucked through his asshole through a hot dog drain!
I’m definitely making some “Treat Yo Self” cupcakes in the near future.
I’m a cashmere velvet candy cane!
Community is back, you guys! Let’s treat ourselves to some toilet olives and watch it on repeat all day long.
Was that TREAT YO SELF reference intentional?
I think Troy said it best when he said, “duh-doi”.
You can’t let a chance like that pass you by.
I think the League’s been overshadowing Sunny this season, so far — especially with Jason Mantzoukas coming on board.
I’m never one to request more of my favourite secondary characters – too much of a good thing, et cetera – but Rafi needs a spin off. I would watch the living hell out of a Rafi spinoff.
ben wyatt has shaken up my list of favorite batmans.
Also I NEED a gif of Leslie hearing the Pawnee Ranger’s reasons for wanting to join the Goddess’ and looking confused but slowly nodding. It was my favorite reaction shot of the night.
Also a gif of something along the lines of “Chaos already dominates enough of our lives. The universe is an endless raging sea of randomness. Our job isn’t to fight it, but weather it together. On the raft of life, a raft held together by those few rare beautiful things that we know to be predictable.” Pleeeeeeeeesssuuhhh?
First week Always Sunny was not the greatest, but I decided to Treat My Self, and I re-watched Rum Ham, so its all good.
Needles in the face, pleasure in the base.
What were the things that calm Ben down? Accounting, Trigonometry and…?
“Stamps, probably.”
“I’m more of a rare coins guy.”
But he’s more of a coin collector kind of guy.
Thanks!
I want a puppy party.
And you can have one! They really exist! You can bing it.
I can’t possibly explain how funny I found Community last night. But my roommate was a little frightened at one point. And I might have bruises on my legs from slapping my knees.. I’ll see myself out.
Aaaaand I didn’t mean that as a reply.
So sorry..
“IT FEELS FUN!”
I’ll get you a waterpick! A speed boat! Two waterpicks!
There was a lot more Troy/Donald Glover in this episode, which made it even better in my opinion.
Someone mentioned on tumblr that this is the second episode of community this season to feature alternate timelines… am I missing something? I don’t remember the first one.
They might have been referring to Earth 2 in the Model U.N. episode.
twilly will not give up.
SOMEONE has to be watching the all out parade of crazy that is “The Vampire Diaries.” It’s so good people. So much happens in each episode, it’s NEVER boring. There’s romance and fighting and witches and ghosts and vampires and older vampires and high school angst and weird town councils and vampire hunters and werewolves and hybrid vampire/werewolves and bad costume drama flashbacks. It has everything for everyone.
Twilly, I have long respected your tv choices (and your tv boyfriend choices), so maybe I’ll start watching. But rest assured, once Bones is back we can freak out together over it.
It really is! And the show is both actually good, and campy good at the same time! And it’s the CW, so everyone is so pretty!
Probably already too late for gif requests, but drunk Shirley at the end of Community? “Rest in Pierce”? So great.
REQUEST: gif of Troy pulling out his candy cigarette and eating it. probably my favorite moment from last night.
not thursday night tv, but Psych is back! and i laughed a lot. Especially when Shawn and Gus were arguing with the ten year-olds. and Malcolm McDowell!
Malcolm McDowell from Franklin & Bash?! Great show, everyone loves it.
i was thinking Malcolm McDowell from A Clockwork Orange, but I guess they’re the same person.
Oh, you guys, I’m two episodes behind on The Jersey Shore. I know how much you all love my updates in this here Open Thread every week. I always get all of the upvotes because everyone loves it so much, which tells me you guys are upset I haven’t talked about it in two weeks. I’m really sorry.
No one will read this, but that’s ok. I still watch Shore, and I love it.
Odds on whether or not the evil study group will make a return appearance?
Given the way the Student UN episode played out, I’m expecting so.
In the evil universe, Jeff rolled a 1 – Critical Fail!
I actually really enjoyed last night’s Sunny. Was it packed with as many laughs as the other episodes this season? No. The laughs it did have were great though. Also, it was the little things for me. Mac nodding off on the bar stool at the beginning, when Dee and Charlie are arguing, only to wake up and then exclaim “Now this is interesting” when Frank and Gino go at each others throats was a great little moment. The “those were the days,” dialogue exchange also fantastic. And the end when Charlie says “Eeeeeeehheeee, that was a little racist” killed me. All in all, I thought it was a solid episode.
A fantastic episode. If it was Community it would have been the ‘Scorsese’ episode. I seriously loved it. Not the most laughs, but just the best. I was super impressed.
Community already did a ‘Scorsese’ episode; the chicken finger one.
….. 6 seasons and a movie.
Can I get a Millicent Gergich DOTGIF FTW? Jerry may well be the man: tons of money in the bank/pension, smokin’ daughter (who apparently looks just like his as-yet-unseen wife and he’s hung like a mule.
I still wouldn’t want to be Jerry. But MILLICENT EFFING GERGICH!
Uh oh. Batman’s crying.
the … cowl…makes Adam Scott look face fat. I know that’s just his face…but really you shouldn’t call attention to all that jaw by surrounding it in black, y’know?
A common occurrence when wearing Batman basks *cough* christian bale *cough*
Can I get a gif of Anne Perkins hitting herself with the pillow because no one else would? Because that made me so sadhappy.
Also, internet pads.
I found out today I work with someone who got picked to be a Nielsen. I bought her lunch today to put Community on the list!
Had to share.
I Kinda thought that showing Abed tell Jeff about the different timelines and Jeff replying each time got old after the second time.
Just me? just me. I can find the door on my own, thanks
I cannot make gifs, but if someone could make me a gif of Ron Swanson smiling at the very end of that episode I would be eternally grateful.
Yeah easily the best Community episode of the season so far, so glad they’re back to the group I loved! Parks and Recreation was great too, Treat Yourself Day is going to be part of my schedule from now on.