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Yeah, I really enjoyed that. It was purely fun, and I can never get enough of that. I think removing it from "reality" only helped--so many of the recent episodes have been recycling plots they already did the first time around or just been kind of downers in the way they're still acting the way they do at their age. So this neatly sidestepped those issues, and the episode was so much the better for it. Fun!

That was everything. Just masterfully written--to cover so much ground in 21 1/2 minutes without coming across as rushed or frenetic in the least. Continuity reaching back to the original captain from the pilot to as recently as the prison storyline. Jake's Die Hard obsession, plus being allowed to show again that he's a great detective. Amy being high-strung and controlling--and being appreciated for it. Freaky Boyle family weirdness, plus his perfect, utterly sweet reaction to Rosa's revelation, and her completely in character response. Both a lot of clever lines (Jake unveiling his cargo plane plan with Charles's interjections was beautifully done) and bigger, more obvious laughs (the RV was clearly going to explode--and even knowing it was coming I might have laughed harder at that than anything else when it happened). And Jake calling Holt Dad! It was everything you (or at least I) could possibly want from a milestone episode, one that somehow, amazingly captures everything great about the show in a single episode, without straining in the least. It's actually kind of beautiful.

So the bi guess was correct indeed. Congrats to all who called it (and wanted to see it). I'm still curious to see why Jake is the one she asks to help her come out to her family. Even Boyle seems like he would be an obvious choice, since he already knows. But the guess above that it's because Jake has to be involved in the A story is probably the right one. But we're not talking about coming out at work. We're talking about coming out to her family, which is what the description mentions, and that's obviously something Holt must have experience with. It still makes more sense to me for her to ask the person with coming out experience rather than Jake, plus seeing someone as uncomfortable with emotion as Holt in that situation simply seems like it would be more interesting (and potentially funnier), but we'll see.

That seems like a good guess, though wouldn't Holt be the natural person to ask for help with any coming out situation, rather than Jake?

I believe promo blurbs don't count as spoilers, and after reading ahead, I'm dying to know what's going on with Rosa: . They wouldn't go to the pregnancy well again so soon (I hope), so what could it be?

I'm not sure if the show has gotten better or if it's just worn me down, but I think it's won me over. This one was pretty charming and made me laugh out loud a few times. I thought the sassy gay guy was a stereotype I was exhausted with, yet I found the concierge hilarious, both his lines and the delivery. Plus the regular characters weren't annoying. Part of me recognizes this still isn't a great show, but if it stays more like this, it'll remain the kind of show (and characters) I won't mind spending a half hour with. I don't have a lot of shows like that. (It didn't hurt to watch this after the other three CBS sitcoms on the night. It's vastly superior to those, even Superior Donuts, which I enjoyed last year and which seems to have lost something.)

I like how the plot works even if you don't know the backstory with Holt and Kevin's parents, but if you do it adds a bit more weight. It was in last year's Thanksgiving episode--where Mr. Santiago was first introduced--that we learned that Kevin's parents are "huge homophobes who think that (Holt) made Kevin gay with (his) magic genitalia" and they haven't spoken to him since they first met him. So if they're actually having Thanksgiving together, that's huge (which I initially thought was going to be mentioned in the first scene), and of course Kevin would have more reason not to want Holt to turn them off with his terrible pie.

That was, to borrow a word, joyous--from start to finish. My favorite episode in weeks. That little look between Kevin and Holt at the end at the idea of taking a trip with no purpose--I could have swooned. That was hot as hell. I love them so much.

Yep, that's where the episode lost me, and that was in the first three minutes! Initially I thought the mother was the worst character, but lead guy is pretty terrible too. What a manipulative, entitled brat. Last week he insisted on dating the nanny despite his brother and sister-in-law's objections, now this shit. And before that he horned in on his father and brother's event and made it all about him. He's a dick. Then they promised me Walton in a mankini and I was back on board. And then they didn't follow through. Booooooo. But naming the nursing home Shady Pines? They get points for that. Boy, this episode was a roller coaster.

Walton was looking goooood in this one. That's all I've got.

Have to admit, I don't love it. It looks too much like a mishmash of bits of previous Doctors' looks, rather than letting her have a distinct look of her own. But maybe it'll evolve over time.

This show is so bad at continuity. Bonnie and Adam's first date was at a perfectly nice, fancy restaurant, not a burger shack, and was utterly charming. (It's one reason I can't get onboard with the hate for his character--those first episodes of their relationship were great, before they decided to tear him down last season.)

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Normally I think repeat Emmy winners are boring...but Mullally can never be recognized enough for this role. Damn. She is brilliant.

Molly Shannon's the latest to return.

Production on Season 6 has been shut down.

Bombs away! (Last week was 7.2 million total viewers and a 1.4 demo rating.)

"What has one thumb and wants to keep going? THIS not-lady. Eh? Ehhhhh?"

David Walton is smoking hot. As is his ass. That shot of him showing it off was great. The rest was not.

Came across D'arcy Carden's original casting announcement from Deadline and was amused at how it straight-up lied: http://deadline.com/2016/03/good-place-darcy-garden-cast-mike-schur-nbc-series-ucb-1201719813/ "Carden will play Janet Della-Denunzio, a violin salesperson with a checkered past." Boy, they weren't kidding around about keeping the story secret and avoiding spoilers, huh?

Just finished my sixth viewing. Still holds up on rewatching. So good. After the fifth, I had to go back and rewatch the first six of the season because I needed more Janet and the rest (but mostly Janet, and Michael). So, so good. The expressions on her face during and immediately after his "you're my oldest, my truest, my most loyal friend" speech, culminating in another order to kill her... Perfect.

This is easily my favorite episode to date. I've never laughed out loud as much or as hard as I did during this one, and for the first time I immediately wanted to watch the episode again as soon as it was over. D'Arcy Carden is a treasure. This was perfection.

Yep, with Miguel Ferrer (RIP) back in Season 1. And in Season 7 Will had doubts about his corporate law career, which led him to quit to do something else before. After doing the infiltrating-a-conversion-therapy-group plot last week, I can't wait to see what they'll come up with next week. Maybe Grace will try to impress a guy who thinks she has big boobs and decide to get a water bra. The lottery plot didn't do anything for me, but everything in the first Karen-Beverley Leslie scene made me laugh more than everything in last week's episode combined.

Went back and watched Elliot's first appearance, which made me even sadder. Aw, he was so little and cute. Why'd you have to grow up to be a homophobe (or homophobe-adjacent)? (Oh, that's right. Lazy writing.)

Poor Janet :(