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I have no trouble seeing what Daryl sees in White Josh. The other way around, though? Very different story. Knowing that WhiJo has a thing for older guys helps a bit. But if he goes for guys who are confident, like he said, then...why is he with Daryl?

It makes so much sense for Whitney to be with someone like Furkat. She gets to horrify her mother, and be with a father figure at the same time. And naturally, she ended up choosing someone just like the actual father she's rejecting - a rancid, pretentious asshole with a thing for younger women. That said, as much as Furkat is disgusting, Whitney is actually doing better than I would have expected. She's doing work that will actually benefit her career, and she seems to have grown up a lot since we last saw her (even though she clearly has a long way to go). If only she had dropped out of school before Helen paid her tuition.

Surely public attitudes about gender roles (and especially names) have changed somewhat in the past sixty years, though. Could someone in Philip's position nowadays be equally macho about these things? Sure. But I wouldn't say that any guy going through this today would be just as frustrated.

I think Philip being a macho dude in the fifties made certain parts of his role a lot harder than they would be for a lot of men today. For instance, I don't think a man today in his position would feel like he was the only person in the UK whose wife didn't take his name.

ChoreMonkey already exists. It's called TaskRabbit.

Didn't it happen twice that he was flaccid when sober?

I would love it if they killed off Noah - one of the most useless characters on television - but I cant imagine we're that lucky. This show has become a parody of itself, with Noah (despite being a convicted killer) landing a job at an elite university where the students are hellbent on discussing whether his sex life has been ethical - and of course meeting another alluring woman who finds him fascinating. However, if we see from another POV that she had no interest in him whatsoever, I'll withdraw that criticism.

Wait, they actually sell pregnancy tests at dollar stores? I'm assuming that in real life, they don't actually cost a dollar.

I remain convinced that James Brolin's character is the weakest part of the show. I'm not afraid of flying, but I have other phobias. And I felt so terrible for that little girl when that jackass took her up in a rickety little plane without her permission. I'm not sure if he's supposed to be a bit senile or just clueless, but either way I'd never let any of the kids near him alone.

My impression was that they'd only been divorced for maybe a year or so when the series began. When she confronted Stan at their daughter's wedding, those wounds didn't seem like they'd had much time to heal.

Except when it comes to Nancy Meyers.

One of my absolute favorites is "The Dinner Party" - where Frasier and Niles spend the entire episode trying to plan a party. It's also probably my favorite "bottle episode" of any series ever. It's such a perfect distillation of Frasier and Niles' friendship/rivalry. And it has this: Niles: "This is absurd! Why don't we just call Allison up and ask her what she thinks is so strange about us? We can both get on an extension." Frasier: "Better yet, why don't we just get on a bicycle built for two, ride over there and ask her what's so strange about us?"

My friends think I'm nuts for feeling this way, but Pimento does very little for me. I don't find Jason Mantzoukas to be all that funny, so I really don't need to see him play yet another revolting character. Plus, I feel like the chemistry of the B99 cast was perfect already, and having him around (especially for such a long time) just throws things off.

Yeah, he chose the title based on Shakespeare in Love. I can understand to a certain extent, because: 1. I really like that movie, and 2. Colin Firth. But on the other hand, that character was a despicable, despicable human being. It's like a king choosing the regnal name of Joffrey because they're a big fan of Game of Thrones.

I have to wonder if Philip himself would regard it as a skewering. He might see it as, "Finally, someone is showing the world how much shit I had to put up with. And how funny my ethnic jokes are!"

If someone told me that their boyfriend routinely got drunk or high before sex, and then he proved to be impotent whenever he tried having sex sober, that would be more than enough to make me say, "Maybe he has a problem." And I'd think people in AA would be even more likely to recognize that as a sign.

With the exception of White Josh and Daryl.

This was a strange episode any way you look at it. I can understand Adam feeling emasculated by Bonnie's crazy, controlling behavior - but seeing her cry fixes that? Ugh. And I'd think the woman in AA would be willing to at least consider the possibility that Adam has an issue with substance abuse. If you're impotent without the use of pot or booze...that's a pretty clear sign that you have a problem.

I'd always assumed Heather lived with her parents. For her to have a place in the same complex as Rebecca's, it was the only explanation that made much sense. (My incorrect assumption was that she was South Asian - it never even occurred to me until this episode that she had black and white ancestry.)

I have to say, the way she's written and portrayed, the Queen Mother here doesn't seem to be showing any steeliness at all. She seems weirdly mousey to me - absolutely nothing like I expected. This was a woman who inspired the British with her indomitable spirit during World War II - and (much later in life) loved The Golden Girls so much that she brought the actresses to England to perform for her. But on this series, neither her strength nor her sense of humor is coming across at all. (Also, on the visual side, I think it shows that she's significantly younger than the character she's playing. They've dowdied her up, but I can see her youthfulness through the makeup.) That said, I liked her storyline in this episode. It was the first time I felt like they really fleshed out her character at all.

Their affection for Nazis tainted their reputations for the rest of their lives. It seems odd to me that this series, which delves so deeply into the resentments felt by the royals over his shortcomings, doesn't mention it.

Paula was miserable at the thought of having another child. Isn't that enough? It's not as though there aren't plenty of married mothers out there who got pregnant later in life, and chose to terminate their pregnancies.

While I agree that it wouldn't make financial sense for Paula to go to law school, the show doesn't seem to be suggesting that it would. Paula choosing law school in her situation doesn't feel nearly as "off" to me with the idea that Paula can decide to go to law school, without any indication that she's taken the LSAT anytime recently (if ever), and need one letter of recommendation within a few days - and then, because her boss knows the dean, she can begin almost immediately. There's also Rebecca making partner at a major New York firm at 26. I know it's just a sitcom, and some viewers don't care about realism at all, but (outside of the dream sequences) this show feels grounded in reality in so many other ways.

Or his father will die, and he'll come back for the funeral. At this point, if his father doesn't have any major health complications for the rest of the series, it will be one of the greatest trope subversions in TV history.

When did they mention that Sophia was 78? I know way too much of this series by heart, but occasionally there will be a line or reference that I just have no memory of.