Community: Digital Exploration of Interior Design

What Happened, Yo!:

-It's the grand opening of the new Subway at Greendale and Shirley, Pierce and Britta are unhappy about it, since Shirley and Pierce had been hoping to open a Sandwich shop of their own. Pierce finds a bylaw that says that 51% of any business on Greendale must be owned by a student, but Subway has brought in a student named Subway, who has sacrificed his birth identity in order to become the human embodiment of a corporation and all their values, becoming a corpo-humanoid. Pierce and Shirley try to get Britta to seduce Subway (Corpo-humanoids aren't allowed to have any romantic relationships), and though she doesn't want to do it at first, Subway takes an interest in her and she begins going along with it. She soon realizes that she's falling for Subway though and decides not to spy on him any longer, destroying a spy pen Pierce wanted her to give him. But Pierce has planted another bug in Britta's backpack and records the two of them having sex. The tape is shown to the representative from Subway, but he accepts it and decides the two of them can be involved as long as it's healthy. Seconds later though, the tape reveals that the relationship has become incredibly unhealthy and Subway is taken away, much to Britta's sadness. Later, she runs into a new Subway in the hall, who pretends that he's the same guy.

-Meanwhile, Jeff is surprised to discover that he has had a locker for the past two and a half years. When he checks it out, he finds a lot of flyers for dances, but also a hate note from someone named Kim, who calls him a self-centered jerk. Alarmed that someone he can't remember thinks he's a dick, Jeff and Annie track down the locker of the only Kim Jeff ever had a class with, only to be informed by some guy that Kim had died two weeks ago. Jeff is shocked that Kim has died before he got the chance to change her mind about him, but Annie tells him an apology doesn't work like that and gets him to apologize to her locker. Jeff offers a heartfelt apology, but is surprised to learn afterwards that the guy who told him that Kim was dead was actually Kim, and had been mad at Jeff because Jeff kept forgetting about him because of his unusual name. Jeff apologizes to him, but Annie is upset, because she thought she was doing this for a woman. She later apologizes to Jeff, but Jeff has already forgotten about Kim.

-Finally, Troy and Abed are planning to build a pillow fort (harder to make than a blanket fort) to stay in while their apartment is being exhumed, when the Dean informs them that they might have a shot at the world record for longest blanket/pillow fort. Troy wonders if they should build a blanket fort instead, since that'd be easier to reach the record with, but Abed shoots his idea down. Troy later runs into Vice Dean Laybourne, who asks if Troy has reconsidered his offer to join the air conditioning repair school. When Troy refuses again, the Vice Dean tells Troy how much Troy and Abed remind him of Inspector Spacetime and Reggie, and also how the Inspector never lets Reggie do anything for his own, implying the Inspector (or Abed) is a self-centered nerd and that Reggie (or Troy) is just a lapdog. This causes Troy to decide to break away from Abed's fort and build his own blanket fort so he can set a world record. Soon however, Troy runs out of space with 2000 square feet left to go, which is in use by Abed's pillow fort. Abed won't merge the forts, so Troy and the Dean ask Abed to tear it down. Abed decides to tear it down, but he has his own encounter with the Vice Dean, who laments how the Inspector Spacetimes of the world are always having to compromise to the Reggie's, and suggests that Abed stop trying to fit into a world run by the unremarkable. Abed refuses to tear down the fort, starting a big disagreement in the study room between the denizen's of both forts. Troy and Abed have a big fight. The Dean tries to take Abed's fort down by force, but Starburns tosses a pillow at him, which hits the blanket fort, collapsing part of it. This causes a massive pillow fight to break out between the two camps, with Troy and Abed caught in the middle. As they look at each other, both sides retreat and Abed declares the situation "To Be Continued."

-With war between Troy and Abed imminent, Vice Dean Laybourne tells an underling that Troy will soon embrace his destiny and join the air conditioning repair school.

I Like This: During my months of waiting for the return of Community, I held onto every bit of information I could find about future episodes to keep me excited, and nothing excited me more than the prospect of the Blanket Fort Civil War two-parter I had heard was happening. Now it's here, and while last night's Community only offered a prelude to the main attraction, it was a great prelude. Actually, the Pillow/Blanket fort dispute was in the background for much of the episode, with more focus on the other two stories (which I'll talk about in a minute, but I enjoyed them both.). This was effective, because we got to see this start off as a small C-plot, then watched as the forts creeped into both of the other stories in some shape or form, before it suddenly took precedence for the last couple minutes as Troy and Abed finally had their falling-out. I liked the use of Vice Dean Laybourne here, as he slowly pulled the strings to make this happen, getting Troy and Abed to realize things that were both true in a way. John Goodman has been great as the villain this season, and I hope to see more of him soon.

As for the main story though, Britta falling in love with Subway was an excellent story, really giving Gillian Jacobs a great showcase and making great use of guest star, Travis Schuldt (Keith from Scrubs!). Pierce and Shirley also had good moments throughout the story, as they went further and further to try to make their sandwich shop happen. But it'll take more than a torrid affair to take down Subway, which is good because Community was ingenious with their use of product placement, making fun of Subway, while praising it simultaneously. The idea of Corpo-humanoids is a fantastic one and I can't wait for more of this in the future. Jeff and Annie also had a good story this week, and even though it was pretty obvious that Kim would turn out to be a guy, it was still quite funny, especially when Jeff wound up forgetting him minutes after he apologized.

But...: Jeff dealing with his self-centeredness was thematically repetitive to him dealing with his narcissism last week. I'll just chalk that up to the scheduling change though.

The Bottom Line: A great episode, with lots of laughs, clever use of product placement, and some great set-up for even more awesomeness right on the horizon.

Grade: 84% (Great)

Memorable Moments

-The Dean's giant scissors breaking as he calls the new Subway Greendale's first step into the realm of the legitimate was a great gag.

-Troy: "All difficult things are better, like carrying in a disease or holding in a fart right now."

-Pierce: "Dean, I assume you are familiar with Greendale's bylaws." Dean: "I am not." Pierce: "Shirley, you do the honors. My brain starts getting weird this time of night." Jeff: "It's 10 AM." Pierce: "You're welcome." Jeff: "Uh oh."

-Jeff looks at all the flyers in his locker: "Halloween Dance, Post-Halloween Dance, Dance Contest, Contest Dance? Oh come on. What's this? Save Garrett? What's wrong with Garrett?" Annie: "Nothing now. We saved him. (Cut to Garrett having trouble with the water fountain) Jeff: "Wait, that's saved Garrett?" Garrett got plenty of screentime this week, which I also enjoyed. 

-Britta: "I am not a whore! And, not that I've done the math, but if I were, I'd be the super classy kind that gets flown to Dubai to stay in an underwater hotel."

-Kim: "Sorry to drop this on you and run, but, there's a rally for Garrett." Annie: "But, we saved him." Kim: "Did we?"

-Subway: "You should try Subway's Veggie Delite." Britta: "You should try reading George Orwell's 1984." Subway: "I have. It's a great book. It really awakened me in high school. I think kids should be forced to read it." Britta: "Me too."

-Pierce: "Top notch whoresmanship, Britta." Shirley: "Pierce!" Pierce: "Sorry, whoreswomanship. Forgot it was the nineties." Shirley: "Uh oh."

-Jeff: "Leonard, what are you doing?" Leonard: "Abed's fort needs pillows." Jeff: "But I was gonna lie there." Leonard: "And I was going to invest in IBM in 1952. But life is full of disappointments."

-Britta: "Who do you think I am? I lived in New York!" Pierce: "You never lived anywhere. You're a weapon designed for sex. You only think you lived in New York, because I implanted your memories!"

-Pierce drinking pen ink may be the sight gag of the night.

-Britta: "Subway, I love you!"

-Garrett: "There is a situation developing in the study room! I would elaborate but I am out of breath because I walked her very briskly!"

-On an unrelated note, this blog now has an official Facebook Fanpage, so I encourage you to check it out at www.facebook.com/kennysagetalkstvyo

We Have a Fanpage, Yo!

When I started this blog back in September, I didn't really have a plan for where it was going. I wasn't even sure if people would ever read it. Now several months later, the blog's been running mostly smoothly (Though I still don't have the type of regular computer access needed for maximum efficiency.) and I've noticed a huge spike (relatively speaking) in our week-to-week and month-to-month readership. So to capitalize on this and to try to build on the blog, I've launched an official Facebook fanpage, which you can see and like by visiting HERE!!!!!

I know what many of you are probably thinking: What does this Fanpage do that the blog doesn't do? Well, for starters, it allows a more informal, intimate way for me to get information across. Besides letting me post links to the latest opinions, it allows me to easily say what I'm currently working on for the blog, or if neccessary, what regular opinions are being skipped this week due to time constraints. It also allows me to give quick impressions/favorite moments on every show I get the chance to watch, including shows I want to cover on the blog, but never have the time to pull off (and there's a bunch), or shows I watch irregularly. In addition, the Fanpage gives all you regular readers a good chance to comment on things you like (and don't like) about the blog, and offer suggestions on ways to improve things, so I make it the best blog it can be.

So that's the basics on what I hope to achieve with the Fanpage. Ultimately, I'm hoping it'll provide regular readers (and possible fans) of the blog with an enhanced, more interactive, blog experience and make this blog even better? Will things work out this way? Only time will tell. So if you feel so inclined, click the above link and become a fan of Kenny Sage Talks TV, Yo! You probably won't regret it.

Memorable Moments: Bob's Burgers: Synchronized Swimming

Quicky Opinion: Synchronized Swimming was a funny episode of Bob's Burgers that told an interesting story about Linda letting the kids take advantage of her, added in lots of funny moments and brought the other story about Bob being overwhelmed by the new ice cream machine into it in a clever way, along with the Prenatal Yoga from the beginning. All in all, it was another good episode of this wonderful show. Quicky Grade: 80% (Great)

Memorable Moments

-Business of the Week: Pooka Pagodah Pooka Shell Warehouse

-Gene: "Hey mom, when you're done polishing your pelvic floor, will you check my math homework for me?" (Linda looks at it.) Linda: "There's nothing on here but a drawing of a robot." Gene: "Who's better at math than a robot? They're made of math!"

-Bob: "What about you, Tina? If your mother "helping you" do your homework?" Tina: "No.." Linda: "See?" Tina: "..But mom's been logging her dreams in my dream journal for english class." Bob: "Great, you're dreaming for her." Linda: "Oh! (Starts writing in journal) Last night I dreamed that I was breast feeding Gene again and he had a long white beard like Santa Claus. It was freaky." Gene: "That could be our next Christmas card!" Bob: "No." Gene: "Pleease?" Bob: "Noo."

-Louise: "You guys, when I'm in P.E class, I feel like I'm not living up to society's warped image of fitness. I feel like a loser." Tina: "I feel like I'm not being valued as a woman." Gene: "Me neither! I need guidance and counseling." Mr. Frond: "I'm a guidance counsellor! Come in, come in."

-The flashback to Linda making the kids do Synchronized Teeth Brushing was great.

-Special Burger of the Day #1: Shake Your Honeymaker Burger (Comes With Honey Mustard."

-Linda: "Don't you make noises at me, you Judgaroo. Go play your Judgeridoo."

-Andy: "Louise, why aren't you in P.E? Do you have lice?" Ollie: "I do! I do."

-I enjoyed the montage of the kids doing "Independent Study." The best part was probably how the kids playing in the fire hydrant made the Firemen run out of water for the big fire they were fighting.

-Linda: "Whatup, my knitter?"

-Mr. Frond: "I still have the '96 Olympics on VHS: the miracle on melted ice." Linda: "Ooh, I have Dynasty on VHS".

-Linda: "Hello kids. I had a very interesting encounter with Mr. Frond today." Louise: "You did?" Tina: "Yeah, he's a very interesting guy." Linda: "Yeah, he is very interesting Tina. He's so interesting, that he told me about your independent study." Gene: "Uhhhh, I gotta go! I- I have forgot everything outside!"

-Louise: "Tina, this is the woman who chewed your food for you when you had your tonsils out. We're not going to have to lift a finger." Linda: "Okay you two, lift your fingers!"

-Louise: "Why is Gene wearing a girl's suit?" Linda: "Because otherwise, we wouldn't look synchronized."

-Louise: "Looking good, mom! I'm learning a lot from looking!"

-Girl: "Excuse me, can I get a sample of the chocolate?" Bob: "Why would you need a sample? You don't need a sample." Girl: "But how will I know what it tastes like?" Bob: "It's chocolate. It tastes like chocolate tastes."

-Special Burger of the Day #2: "The One Yam Band Burger (Comes with Yams)

-Tina: "Marco!" Gene: "Wahlberg!"

-Ollie: "Louise said this class was a joke." Andy: "Yeah, say something funny!" Linda: "Louise, Tina, Gene, get over here now!" Andy: "Aaahh, good one."

-Gene: "Looks like someone's ready to coach independent drama."

-Louise: "The whole point of doing Independent Study was so we wouldn't have to be judged." Mr. Frond: "You're judged from the day you're born to the day you die!"

-Bob: "Summer school?" Louise: "Yeah, what's next? Summer church? Summer dentist?" Gene: "Summer visit Grandma?" Tina: "Summer camp? Wait, I go there."

-Linda: "You kids made your bed, and now you have to swim in it."

-Mr. Frond: "One upon a time, there was no such thing as math, until one brave teacher said: 'hey, what about math? I think Independent Study Synchronized Swimming will be the next.. math."

-Andy: "We're all gonna die!" Ollie: "Let's die like we were born: two minutes apart!"

-Gene: "Anthrax smells like babies!"

-Bob: "Lin, what are you doing here?" Linda: "A little cup of coffee told me to come." Bob: "I don't know what that means, but we're glad to see you."

-Gene: "Next time I do this, I'm getting an epidural!"

-Gene: "You saved our asses!" Tina: "And toned our keegals."

-Bob: "Are we just going to ignore the fact that Louise pooped in the pool?" Louise: "Ignore it? I named it. Jezebel." Linda: "Aww, my little Grand Doody."

Community: Contemporary Impressionists

What Happened, Yo!:

-Over the winter break (This episode aired out of order), Abed has developed an obsession with hiring celebrity impersonators so he can act out scenes from movies.He gets in trouble though, when Vinnie, a former French Stewart impersonator who now runs an impersonator business comes to collect the $3000 dollars Abed owes him. Abed doesn't have the money, so Vinnie says that if the study group shows up as impersonators at a Bar Mitzvah he needs people for, then the debt will be cancelled. Annie isn't sure about it, because she thinks Abed needs to face reality and it'll hurt him if the group keeps bailing him out, but Troy argues that Abed doesn't need to grow up and that he betters the group's lives by offering an alternative to reality. So they all agree to do it, but Troy becomes nervous when Vinnie tells him that if the gig doesn't go well, Abed will get his legs broken. At the Bar Mitzvah, Troy is panicked, trying to make sure everything goes smooth, but Abed would rather hang out with the other impersonators, not getting what's at staked. Somehow, everything goes well and Abed's debt is clear. but Troy gets angry when he finds out that Abed has hired more impersonators. He and Abed talk and Troy gets Abed to agree that he should trust that Troy might know best for time to time, but Abed is still not that happy and goes to the Dreamatorium by himself, where an apparition of Evil Abed appears and tells Abed that there are benefits to being alone.

-Meanwhile, Jeff has been seeing a new shrink who has prescribed anti-anxiety pills to him, but this concerns Britta, due to Jeff not having much anxiety and she warns him that he might be experiencing dangerous levels of Narcissism and that he needs to stay away from flattering situations. But, when he has to be Ryan Seacrest at the Bar Mitzvah, all the ladies go nuts over him and only make his ego worse. After a fake award show, where the Bar Mitzvah boy wins all the awards, Jeff freaks out and goes on a mini rampage of sorts, ending with him getting tranquilized by Chang and passing out on the side of the highway. The Bar Mitzvah Boy doesn't mind Jeff's episode, thinking his dad hired the Hulk. Britta picks up Jeff and he thanks her for trying to help him.

-Also meanwhile, Dean Pelton gives Chang permission to hire security interns for credit, but Chang can't find any volunteers. While he's being security at the Bar Mitzvah though, he finds that the young boys seem interested in his weaponry, so he hires them all as security interns. He also meets a Moby impersonator who resembles the Dean and considers using him to replace the Dean and make Chang even more powerful.

I Like This: Oh, Evil Abed. Contemporary Impressionists gave us something we hoped we'd never have to see, but was probably coming eventually: a crack in the relationship between Troy and Abed. And the way we got to this crack was great, with Troy trying his hardest to keep Abed from getting his legs broken, while Abed doesn't seem to get the seriousness of his situation at all. The scene where Troy has to confront Abed after he learns that Abed is still hiring impersonators has funny moments in it (Like the reference to episode 5, Advanced Criminal Law), but is mainly a dramatic scene, which is well-acted and well-presented. Never changing may be a key component of Abed's character, but it can't last forever and he and Troy both know it. Abed isn't ready to accept it yet though, which leads to his encounter with Evil Abed, who I'm willing to accept as a personification of Abed's darker side, rather than the actual Evil Abed from the darkest timeline (Although I'd probably accept that too.). The final scene with him tempting Abed into breaking off from Troy is funny, but also very intriguing, and I'm excited to see how this plays out.

The rest of the episode wasn't as dark or thought provoking as the Troy/Abed stuff, but it was still great. Jeff becoming dangerously narcissistic was funny and I enjoyed it getting worse and worse until he basically hulked out and wound up hitchhiking on the side of the road as The Lonely Man played. Britta was also good in this story, and I was glad to see the return of her Therapist ambitions, which is a good road for the character. And Pierce's slight subplot was also funny, and I enjoyed the payoff with him getting mistaken for Fat Burt Reynolds.

But...: On the fence about Chang's story at the moment, but I do think a team of children being security at Greendale is an inherently funny idea, so I'm assuming this'll just get better.

The Bottom Line: Contemporary Impressionists was another great episode of Community, which took Troy and Abed's friendship into an interesting direction and gave Joel McHale the chance for some great comedy. Man, I love this show.

Grade: 82% (Great)

Memorable Moments


-Due to the lateness of this entry, not many memorable moments that I can remember this week, but I can stil come up with a few.

-Dean Pelton: "I don't know who told you that pouting was an option with me, but all you're making me feel is a hatred for Renee Zellweger".

-The Dean's over-the-top reaction to seeing a super confident Jeff was superb. "Even his shadow!"

-Britta as white Michael Jackson was funny. Troy: "If you have anything else do say, say it in a high-pitched voice while walking backwards". Britta (In a high voice while walking backwards): "Jeff is in grave danger. Hey-eh!"

-Evil Abed: "Hi, Abed." Abed: "Hi." Evil Abed: "Where's Troy?" Abed: "In the other room." Evil Abed: "That's Okay. There are many advantages to traveling by yourself. You can drive faster, change the direction, and the only pee breaks are yours." Abed: "Are you real?" Evil Abed: "Are you?" Abed: "This is really crazy and inaccessible and maybe too dark." Evil Abed: "Maybe to them, but not to us." Abed: "Cool. Coolcoolcool." Evil Abed: "Hot. Hothothot."

Cougar Town: Something Big

(Note: Due to a time crunch, I am omitting the recap for this week. But don't worry recap lovers, it'll be back next time.)

I Like This: In a way, Something Big is a sequel to last season's two-part Hawaii episode, Something Good Coming. While the Cul De Sac crew is back home this time around, two of the major elements of Something Good Coming (Jules and Grayson dealing with Jules not wanting more kids and Laurie using her relationship with Travis to get him to come back home) return tonight in Something Big, a swell episode that brings a intriguing new element to the show in the form of Tampa, Graysons daughter. This creates an interesting conflict between Jules and Grayson, which drives the episode in an interesting way. I'm glad that the writers didn't forget about Grayson's sleeping with younger women, which was a big part of his character for much of season 1. Mom Holly is an interesting character and it's funny that she's friends with Laurie. Of course she is. And I liked the conclusion with Jules accepting the presence of Tampa, which was sweet. Also sweet was the Travis and Laurie plot. I liked Travis' speech about not being able to let himself get that flirtatious with her again and him ultimately taking part in the big step dance at the end to show that he'll never stop trying to make Laurie smile, even if things have changed was very funny and sweet. There were plenty of laughs to be had this week too, which is always nice.

But: Ellie and Bobby's story was the weakest of the night (Though still funny), and wasn't quite as interesting as the other two stories.

The Bottom Line: Something Big is another great episode of Cougar Town that introduces an interesting (and promising) complication into Jules and Grayson's relationship and brings up the fascinating possibility of a Laurie/Travis pairing once again.

Grade: 88% (Great)

Memorable Moments

-You know what would be cooler than this title card bit? A new title. Cougar Town


-Travis: "So, what brings you to the Phallus Palace?" Laurie: "That would be such a good name for a gay bar." Travis: "Then we shall find a new house name."

-Travis: "I think I'm going to ride out my last week of humiliation here in the Nut Hut." Laurie: "Nope." Travis: "Yeah, that's worse."

-Grayson: "Ohh, she wrote down Narcissist but doesn't say which one of us she means." Both: "I'm sure it's me."

-Grayson: "Thanks for using your influence at the hospital to get us these so fast." Tom: "The head nurse would only give them to me if I could beat her at arm wrestling so I had to steal it."

-Ellie: "You promised Graymond you'd have a kid but you don't want to." Jules: "You don't know that. Maybe I do." Ellie: "Then have a kid." Jules: "I don't want to."

-Grayson: "Holly let you take her?" Jules: "She yelled from the shower it was fine. I'm not even sure she knew it was me."

-Enjoyed Grayson's song about Bobby and Ellie enjoying surfing at the end.

How I Met Your Mother: The Broath

What Happened, Yo!:

-After flying under the radar for a couple weeks, Barney summons Ted to his apartment, where he tells Ted he really likes Quinn and wants to introduce everyone to her, but worrying that they'll judge her, he makes Ted take a "broath" that he won't tell the gang what Quinn does for a living. Ted soon quickly tells the gang everything, including how she initially swindled Barney and the gang becomes concerned. After meeting Quinn, they become more concerned as Quinn seems rather controlling, Lily finds evidence that Barney is planning to take her on a lavish trip to Hawaii, and Barney and Quinn announce that they're going to move in together. The gang decides they need to break the pair up, so they hold an intervention (Or Quinntervention). Barney is upset that Ted broke the broath and won't listen to them. Quinn shows up, and after Barney explains everything, she gets mad at him for not telling his friends about who she is and what she does and breaks up with him. The gang feels bad and goes to apologize to Barney, who makes them all take a broath and swear never to meddle in his relationships again. After he makes Ted and Marshall kiss though, Quinn appears and the two reveal that the whole thing has been a ruse they've been pulling to teach the gang a lesson. This makes the gang realize that Quinn is perfect for Barney, so no one objects when they reveal they actually are going to be moving in together. Later, Barney asks Quinn what it would hypothetically take to get her to stop stripping and she replies that she'd probably have to get married.

-Meanwhile, as part of the ruse, Quinn tells Ted and Robin that she will be subletting her apartment, causing the two of them to start clashing to attempt to get the apartment, as Robin is living with Patrice, who she can't stand, and Ted is living in University Housing. They both try to get Quinn to give one of them the apartment. Later, Ted asks Robin why she couldn't just back off when things haven't been going so well for him, but Robin points out that things haven't been going well for her either and that she's pretty sure she's getting fired at the end of the week. Robin wants things to go back to normal, but Ted doesn't think he can do that. Later, when Quinn tells them that the apartment actually is up for grabs they both decline on it. Robin learns that she's not being fired at all, but instead has been promoted to Sandy Rivers Co-Anchor and it comes with a massive raise, which she uses to buy a fancy new apartment. This leaves Ted free to have Quinn's. Ted and Robin agree to go back to normal, but it's still awkward and Future Ted reveals that it was a while before he saw Robin again.

-Also meanwhile, Lily points out to Marshall that he can't tell sex stories about "some girl he was once with", because she's the only girl he's ever been with. Marshall starts passive-aggressively telling more sex stories so Lily starts fighting back. Things get awkward though when Marshall tells a story about getting to second base during a school production of Peter Pan and Lily realizes that that was a different girl. She gets upset, but Marshall later reveals that he exaggerated the details of his story and only wanted to have one cool sex story that wasn't about Lily. Lily understands and they make up.

I Like This: The Broath was a fine episode of How I Met Your Mother with plenty to like about it. I enjoy a good con episode, and it was presented well here, actually fooling me into thinking that Barney and Quinn had broken up before the big reveal. Quinn once again proves to be an interesting character and a good match for Barney, and it's always nice to see the gang throw an intervention. (Or, rather, a Quinntervention. That joke never got old for me at least.). I also enjoyed that the episode addressed Ted and Robin's current living situations and that the show is still taking the fallout from No Pressure quite seriously. And Ted being annoyed by three familiar-looking college students named Ned, Martin, and Millie was probably the best joke of the night, though the photo of a tall, teenage, Marshall falling out of his Peter Pan flying harness and preparing to land on one of the girls on-stage was pretty great. There was also some good gags this week, like Barney apparently having a monk guy.

But...: I'm not sure presenting Quinn as a bad person for most of the episode was a good move. Even though it was all a trick,  it still doesn't help us view Quinn as someone we'd like to see Barney end up with, especially since the ending sets up that this is a very real possibility. Accelerating their relationship to having them move in together on her third episode on the show is fine and probably necessary, but I hope the writers don't forget Quinn should be a sympathetic character, if they want the fans to care about her and her storyline. Also, Robin's worrying about being fired was a failed attempt to add some drama to that story, as it was already revealed that she'd be getting promoted at some point.

The Bottom Line: The Broath was a fairly solid episode of HIMYM, which moves the seasons story along further once more. Let's just hope that they remember to make Quinn likeable at some point.

Grade: 75% (Good)

Memorable Moments

-The runner about Lily being attracted to Robin still continues to be funny, as Lily first tells a story about Marshall not wanting to consider a three-way with her best friend, and later gets into it when Barney makes her and Robin kiss.

-Lily: "Marshall, you can’t tell sex stories about this chick because everyone knows it’s me. I’m the only woman you’ve ever been with". Marshall: "It’s not fair. The guys are always telling their stories, and I can top every one of them. Baby, you’re like 20 slutty chicks all rolled into one". Lily: "Sweet talk is not going to change my mind."

-Barney: "Fine, I'll fill her in and I am so angry, I am not even going to make a joke about filling her in, which I did three times last night. Self five!"

-The second Broath: "I, one of Barney’s best friends, promise never to interfere with his personal life again unless its an issue of health, national security, or he’s about to get up on a fatty."

-Ted: "And then we agreed to go back to normal. I'm starting to wonder if we can ever really just be friends. Anyway, that's the story of me and Robin, 2005 to the present. What do you think?" Martin: "I think your stories are wayy to long." Ned: "I feel bad for his future kids, dude." Ted: "Hey, my kids are going to love my stories. They're going- they're going to love my stories."

Memorable Moments: The Simpsons: Them, Robot

Quicky Opinion: Them, Robot was a funny episode of Simpsons, which offered some (Though not enough for my tastes) good satire about the state of the economy and had a pretty good story about Homer trying to work with robots, only to inevitably reprogram them to try to kill them after they won't let him drink beer because of their prime directive. Many of the jokes were good here and the story worked well enough. All in all, a pretty solid week for The Simpsons. Quicky Grade: 78% (Good)

Memorable Moments

-I enjoyed the cold open, which shows how much the economy has changed since 1989. And the various allusions to things that happened to The Simpsons in those various years (Michael Jackson, Stampy, and the return of Plopper among other things) was good too.

-Homer: "Thank God it's TGIF!"

-Enjoyed the live band Burns has Smithers conduct to kick off afternoon announcements and Homer's Super D'oh, which results in the desturction of the newly rebuilt Washington Monument, the Museum of Sight Gags and Gil, apparently. His dominoes are fine though. Train Conductor: "I told them to make these tracks D'oh proof."

-Homer: "A weekend without drinking is no big deal. I did it when I was in that alcohol induced coma!"

-Lisa: "You promised to help me write a Haiku." Homer: "Why did I do that? It sounds so dull and boring. What was I thinking?" (Cut to Lisa who's written all this down as her haiku.) Lisa: "Thank you."

-Employee Drug Testing Today. Tomorrow: Tequila Tuesday.

-Homer: "Oh Lord, I have once again besodded my liver with thy fermented gifts. If you can weasal me out of this physical, I will blow your mind by doing something incredibly holy. At some point. Amen. Now to mumble in a religious fashion."

-Mr. Burns: "This Trap Door App works like a charm." Other apps on Mr. Burns Ipad include Am I Alive?, Ukulele Hero, Google Naps, Captain Billy's Whiz-Bang and Angry Burns.

-Mr. Burns: "This is the last time I pay the price for the irritating mortality of the human worker. Smithers, it's time to restaff with the super intelligent Kangaroo's we've been breeding." Smithers: "I'm sorry sir, but they just filled their pouches with office supplies and hopped away." Mr. Burns: "Even the Joeys?" Smithers: "You know sir, there is a more high-tech solution." Mr. Burns: "More high-tech than Kangaroos?"

-Homer's reaction to the robots: "Aah! Comic-Con nerds!"

-Mr. Burns: "I give you permission to shake your fists in anger twice. (They all do that) I didn't say Monty Says. Now I have cause to terminate."

-Mr. Burns: "Now get out!" Carl: "You didn't say Monty says." Mr. Burns: "This is no game!"

-Homer: "Mr. Burns, before I leave, I've got a few things to get off my chest! One! I like the new microwave in the break room. Just push popcorn, you don't have to know how long. Two! Replacing us with robots is heartless and dispicable! Three! How about a farewell party with a caricature artist? You know, it's something both kids and adults can enjoy. So to sum up: Nicely done, we hate you, and food for thought."

-Mr. Burns: "As it turns out, there is one job available, but be forewarned: it promises naught, but soul-crushing boredom." Homer: "Does the chair lean back like this? (He leans far back)" Mr. Burns: "Yes." Homer: "Woohoo!"

-Moe: "Homer, show a little more sensitivity around these jobless washouts, eh?"

-Homer: "I'm miserable there. I'm all alone and when there's some problem due to human error, guess who gets blamed." Lenny: "Homer? You know what I'm playing for ya? The world's smallest violin. And now I gotta sell it, just to make rent!"

-The Android's Dungeon: Androids Not Welcome.

-First Church of Springfield: We've Run Out of Consoling Phrases

-The flashback to the arrival of Mr. Burns and the origin of Moe becoming ugly on the outside was pretty funny.

-Smithers: "Fine. We will not be reading Death in Venice today." Clas: "Ooooooh." Kearney: "Someone's in a mood!"

-Homer: "What happened to you guys? You used to be cool." Robot: "We are the same temperature we have always been."

-Robot: "We cannot take the inferior one." Milhouse: "My heart makes up for my shortcomings. Like Rudy!" Robot: "Rudy was only put in at the end of a meaningless game." Different Robot: "We will notify you if this game becomes meaningless."

-Homer: "That could've been MY motherboard lying in the street."

-Robot: "Alcohol is harmful to humans." Homer: "Yeah, yeah, save your breath." Robot: "We have no breath. Different Robot: "We do vent Nitrogen once a year". Robot: "You do not want to be around for that."

-Flanders: "Uh, Homer, I'm afraid this is the part of God's perfect plan where you are murdered by robots." Homer: Flanders, I don't judge a robot by the colour of their eyes. I look at their hands, which have turned into buzzsaws.

-Robots: "Eliminate impediment. Eliminate-" Homer: "Just say 'kill me' jerks!" Robots: "Kill him. Kill him."

-Lisa: "Dad! They can only go three miles an hour!" Homer: I'm doomed! Can they climb stairs?" Lisa: "With great difficulty." Homer: "I'm doomed!!"

-Mr. Burns: "There's one thing man has that machines can never match: hounds!"

-Mr. Burns: "Ahh, the Solarium. We'll be safely cornered in this glass room with one door."

-Homer: "Before we die, can you tell me how old you really are?" Mr. Burns: "Well, it has 4 digits..."

-Lenny: "Unemplyed Springfielders to the rescue!" Carl: "And underemployed!"

-Smithers: "To Servos with love!"

-Homer: "Guys, thank you! The words 'prime directive' get thrown around a lot these days, but I'm glad yours was saving me. The saddest part is none of this had to happen if Mr. Burns had simply trusted the human worker. Or, if someone, anyone, had told me that robots were incapable of human feelings." Robot: "I told you precisely that fact, 1582 ti- (Bart takes his head off)"

-Mr. Burns: "You're all hired back- as temps!"

The Office: Get The Girl

What Happened, Yo!:

-Nellie Bertram shows up in the office, now apparently working there and decides to claim the empty manager's chair. Everyone is confused about her presence, and when they try to point out that they already have a manager, Nellie asks where he is, causing Robert to wonder the same thing.

-Andy has gone to Florida, where he hopes to bring Erin home. He fakes being sick when Robert calls him (Although Robert still insists he come into work immediately) and shows up at the house of Irene, the old woman Erin's been helping, hidden in a package. Erin is happy to see him, but won't return to Scranton with him, particularly when she learns that he hasn't officially broken up with Jessica yet. Andy keeps trying to convince her, but eventually they realize that the timing never worked out with them and it probably never will. Andy leaves, but Irene tells Erin that Andy is a good guy and she made the wrong choice. As Andy drives off, Erin runs after him and the two kiss passionately in the streets, before getting back together and driving home.

-Meanwhile Nellie is still insisting that with an empty manager's desk, she should be the new manager, and Robert seems willing to let this all play out. Dwight and Jim are both opposed to Nellie becoming manager. Nellie tries to do performance reviews, despite not knowing anyone and Jim tells the office they have to protest this. But Nellie starts winning people over by handing out raises. Jim still refuses to take a raise or a performance review, but Nellie gets everyone else (including Robert) to clap for her in an effort to get Jim to collapse to peer pressure. Later on, Nellie brags about how she got a job that she's ill-suited for that belonged to someone else and calls it the American dream.

I Liked This: Get The Girl was essentially a transitional episode for the season, tying up the remaining loose ends from the Florida arc and setting the stage for the rest of the season. Nellie is finally given a chance to be more of a character, than a plot device and the results are entertaining. She is ambitious and won't let something like someone else having the job she wants stop her from getting it. Her wackiness amused me this week and I liked how she essentially bribed everyone into letting her be manager. Of course, Andy should be back soon so the upcoming power struggle between these two should be a lot of fun to watch. The office plot also had some good character moments like Dwight being thwarted in his efforts to take Daryl's office only for Creed to take Dwight's desk and Kevin being heavily invested in the "Nellie is Tinkerbell" idea. As for Andy and Erin finally getting together, it's about time. The show got them together too fast the first time and then spent way too long trying to get us to care if they get back together. But their reunion was sweet and I enjoyed their conversation on the way back to Scranton about Erin's philosophy on toothbrushes.

But...: The drama leading up to Erin and Andy's reunion felt kind of forced. And Robert was pretty wasted as a character this week, only serving as a strange enabler of Nellie.

The Bottom Line: Get The Girl was a good way of wrapping up loose ends and setting the stage for episodes to come. Bring on Andy vs. Nellie

Grade: 80% (Great)

Memorable Moments

-I enjoyed the opening with the fall of the balloon and how it made everyone reflect on the sad states of their lives until they were happy to see it destroyed.

-Andy: "I'm in Florida to get Erin. Soon as I heard she wasn't coming back to Scranton, I jumped straight in my car and drove straight down 'till I hit the ocean. My heart is my map. Turns out Tallahassee is about 200 miles inland so I overshot a good amount. Still, not bad for a heart map, right?"

-Nellie to Kevin: "Wait, I'm very good at intuiting names. Is it... Chumbo?" Jim (In Interview): I think it's a cross between Dumbo and Jumbo with a hint of chubby. It's not a name.

-Dwight: "I wouldn't let [Nellie] manage a celery farm." Dwight (In interview): "Those who can't farm, farm celery."

-Robert: "All life is sex. And all sex is competition. And there are no rules to that game."

-Nellie: "I grew up poor. I had little formal education, no real skills. I don't work especially hard and most of my ideas are either unoriginal or total crap. Yet, I walked right into a job for which I was ill-prepared, ill-suited, and somebody else already had and I got it. If you ask me, that's the American dream, right there. Anything can happen to anyone. It's just random."

Community: Urban Matrimony and The Sandwich Arts

Before I sat down last night to watch the return of Community, I did something important. I curbed my expectations a little. Because ever since Remedial Chaos Theory, my love for the show had been growing and growing very quickly. When the show was taken off the schedule for a couple months, it only grew quicker and greater. I was a full-on crazed fan of the show, and when the show got put back on the schedule I began counting the days to March 15th with crazy anticipation. And so my excitement grew, and grew even wilder when they released that trailer I watched 50 times and spent an entire blog post dissecting. But days before the return, I realized something. My expectations for the first episode back were way too high and if I didn't adjust them, there was a very real chance I could be disappointed. So I sat down, took a breath, and expected a simply great episode of Community. Nothing mindblowing. Not yet anyways. And happily, my expectations were met.

What Happened, Yo!:

-Pierce is trying to be an entrepenuer and find new business ventures to take his company at the same time that Shirley is thinking (with some help from Britta) about opening a sandwich shop in the space where Greendale's coffee shop used to be. They talk about potentially going into business together when Andre enters and proposes (again) to Shirley. Shirley accepts and they plan to marry on their anniversary, which is only a couple days away. Not wanting her to use the wedding as an excuse to avoid following her dreams, Britta says she'll plan the whole wedding if Shirley agrees to work on the Sandwich Shop idea. Shirley is skeptical, but agrees to give Britta a chance. Shirley and Pierce work on their pitch, and Shirley learns that Pierce is so interested in getting a new business venture because he has been fired from Hawthorne Wipes. They propose their idea to the Dean who loves it, but the meeting causes Shirley to be late for the rehearsal, angering Andre who thought the whole point of getting re-married was for things to go back to normal, so Shirley could be a full-time mother again. This causes Shirley and Andre to have a big argument.

-Meanwhile, Jeff is supposed to be working on a speech for the wedding, but is unable to find anything good to say about marriage, which he doesn't believe in. So he starts drinking to try and find something. Britta, on the other hand, is against marriage, which she believes promotes outdated gender stereotypes but turns out to be great at wedding planning. This depresses her, as she begins to think that marriage for her is inevitable and inavoidable. She gets drunk, and when a drunk Jeff declares at the rehearsal that his parents divorce proves that marriage is a lie, she says that she's destined to get married and they decide to marry each other. Shirley and Andre interced and as they explain to Jeff and Britta what it takes to get married, they reconcile, with Andre accepting that Shirley has changed, and they get married right there. Shirley finds out from the Dean however, that while the board loved the sandwich shop idea, they've rented the space out to Subway. Meanwhile a drunk Pierce is seen laughing at his father's grave about his new business.

-Also meanwhile, Troy and Abed get offended when they are asked to be normal for the wedding, but then they decide to do it, spending a full day dewhimsifying themselves in the Dreamatorium. Normal Troy and Abed wind up being more offputting then regular Troy and Abed however. At the wedding, they seem to have resigned themselves to normal behaviour, when Troy sees Annie's Boobs (The monkey), and realizes that being weird is who they are. He convinces Abed to snap back and the two become weird once more.

I Liked This: Urban Matrimony And The Sandwich Arts was probably the most normal episode of Community in a while. Even most of the non-high concept episodes this season had some crazy element like The Air Conditioning School in Advanced Gay or the Anime sequence in Foosball and Nocturnal Vigilantism but this episode had none of that (unless we count Troy and Abed being normal but even that wasn't wackier than anything you'd see in the first part of season 1.). And that's fine. A normal episode draws in viewers and can still be very entertaining. Which this was. Shirley got her most significant story so far in the season, and the idea of her and Pierce trying to open a sandwich shop together is a promising one. Her remarriage to Andre was also something that has been coming for a while and I was glad that the episode let them come to an understanding and get married, instead of having them break up so Shirley could pursue her dreams. And Britta was on fire this week. The irony in having her being good at planning weddings was gold and I loved her lamenting that she'll probably get married someday. Also, the entire exchange that leads to her and Jeff almost getting married (again! Remember Anthropology 101?) was great. And Troy and Abed trying to be normal is one of those plots that's almost impossible to screw up (or 'britta' if you prefer) and proved that these guys can even make trying to be normal the comic highlight of an episode. I also liked how Pierce's dead father's hairpiece and the Kickpuncher costume made appearances at the conclusion of Troy and Abed's "de-weirding" session.

But...: Andre's sudden anger was necessary to create conflict for the third act, but it came out of the blue and felt a little out of place in the episode.

The Bottom Line: Urban Matrimony and The Sandwich Arts probably wasn't what people were expecting the first episode back to be, but it was quite enjoyable and a great return for Community.

Grade: 82% (Great)

Memorable Moments

-Andre: “I’ve loved you since there was a Soviet Union and one Damon Wayans.”

-Abed: “It’s cool that Andre and Shirley are going to get married again. There’s a whole generation of viewers who didn’t get to see the original.” Troy: “Let’s hope it’s more of a Bale than a Kilmer situation.”

-Jeff: “Someone tell Britta what an analogy is.” Britta: "I know what it is! It's a thought.. with another thought's hat on."

-Britta: “My 9th grade English teacher used to say ‘There will always be a reason not to follow your dreams.’ At the time, he meant I was under the age of consent, but his words still apply.”

-Annie: "[Jeff,] You once convinced Troy that turtlenecks were made of turtles’ necks.”

-Britta: "This may surprise you Annie, but I come from a long line of wives and mothers." Annie: "Many do."

-Britta: "I refused to give Santa a Christmas List because I didn't want to depend on a man for anything."

-Annie: "The 'Webster's Dictionary defines' intro is The Jim Belushi of speech openings: it accomplishes nothing, but everyone keeps on using it, and no one knows why."

-Even a normal episode of Community needs at least one meta joke. Troy: “There are a lot of layers to this.”  Abed: “It’s almost too conceptual to follow, but I love it.”

5 Things I Enjoyed About Survivor: One World: A Bunch of Idiots

So just when the whole One World Boys vs. Girl starts to get a wee bit stagnant, One World goes out the window, the tribes are matched and new intrigue arises. This was another solid episode of Survivor, with plenty of things to fill my 5 Things feature. so let's get to it!

1. Mixing, Matching and Plugging Holes: Survivor wastes no time and after seeing some girl reaction to the boys idiocy, we get right to the challenge and the tribal swap. 4 of the main girl alliance (Everyone except Alicia) wind up with the remaining two of Matt's old Alliance (Mike and Jay) plus Troyzan to become the new Salani, while the rest of Colton's misfit alliance gets Alicia, Monica, and Christina. These new tribes should allow for lots of good drama before they get merged back into One World. Then, they had to fight for their camp by trying to pour enough water (from a hole-filled bucket) into a container. This was fun to watch and ended with New Salani keeping the camp, while New Manono was sent into the unknown.

2. A Tale of Two Tribes: Now that One World is gone until the merge, we were afforded the chance to see two camps trying to survive separate of each other and man, was there a lovely contrast. Salani (Who Colton refers to as a tribe of Greek Gods) has all their old stuff and quickly catches lots of food to go along with their Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches that they won in the challenge. They all get along and everything's fine. Manono on the other hand is a weaker tribe starting from nothing, and as they try to rebuild, Colton starts scheming with everybody. Colton has reverted back from being a sociopathic asshole last week to more normal levels of hatred. He's still an evil schemer who his tribe should probably get rid of, but I don't hate him with the passion of a thousand burning suns. Anyhow, the new tribe dynamics are great. Best part of this whole part of the episode: Manono catching a chicken which promptly escapes.

3. Kim and Chelsea Take It Up A Notch: In the early stages of the game, I was a fan of Kim, but she didn't really have much screentime to make much of an impression. The new tribe dynamics change that, first with Kim making a potential "keeping her options open" alliance with Troy and Jay, and then with her finding the lost Salani idol. Sharing it with Chelsea (Who I'm also a fan of), this was a good moment as the two of them now have a lot more power in the game. It should be interesting to see how this plays out.

4. Surprise, Surprise, The Super Strong, Super Athletic Tribe... Wins. OK, It Wasn't That Surprising: The Immunity Challenge of full contact water Basketball went pretty much the way you'd expect it to. Sure Monica scored a point for Manono tribe and Leif put up a surprising valiant effort trying to stop Mike from scoring (and almost scoring a goal himself), but at the end of the day, this was the worst possible scenario for the new Manono tribe and they wound up being losers. Can they turn it around before the merge? Maybe but probably not.

5. Monica Is Voted Out For Reasons I Cannot Explinate: So Colton and Alicia would rather vote out the strongest person on their tribe because she could be a threat down the line than vote out their actual weakest link? That's a worse move than when the girls elected to keep in Kat over Nina, because Nina wasn't that big a powerhouse. Manono is in trouble, but at least it's entertaining trouble and we can get more entertainment from Tarzan, who uses fancy words (both real and made up), refuses to answer certain questions because "the game is afoot" and actually has a condition where he can barely remember names (Explaining why he called Jonas by the name of Jason last week.). So Monica goes home, and Manono is left in a worse situation than before. Man, I like this season.

Cougar Town: A One Story Town

What Happened, Yo!:

-Jules is surprised one morning by Ted and his band, who Travis informs her are going to be staying with her for the next week while on their way to audition for Disney World. Jules reluctantly agrees.

-Plenty of Quebecers are in Gulfhaven for the annual Crabfest. Bobby reveals his first meeting with Angie went terribly, as he wasn't good at talking to her, and she got chased off by bees (which she is allergic too.). Jules reveals that Bobby is always a nervous wreck around women he really likes until the first kiss, so she plans a perfect date (Champagne on the golf cart, Penny Can with his best friend and adoring son, a romantic movie, drinks with friends, and a romantic sunset on the beach) where Bobby won't have to do much talking, but will still get the kiss at the end, which will leave him good to go. Meanwhile Jules will run the whole thing from her kitchen with the non-help of Ellie. But things quickly start going wrong with problems popping up at every turn, and despite Jules best attempts to constantly salvage the situation, Angie winds up having burned legs (Bobby accidentally spilled soup on her at the bar because he ordered a bread bowl and tried eating the bread first), and emotional scars (She and Bobby see dead Manatees on the beach, and nothing makes Angie sadder than dead animals. It doesn't help matters that she also loves Manatees). Bobby lets her leave, but Jules is still desperate to save the date, so after convincing Ellie to help by picking up Angie, Jules fetches Ted and his band, and gets both Bobby and Angie to the Crab Festival, where Ted's Band sings the song Kiss the Girl, and Bobby finally gets that first kiss, restoring his confidence.

-In the last scene, Ted is freaked out by how much everyone in town (Ellie, Angie, and Tom in particular) reminds him of people from his old job and really freaks out when Chick wanders in, causing him to hit the screen door, bewildering a pizza guy (Played by Zach Baff) and gaining sympathy (and a high-five) from a pool boy, who may or may not actually be The Todd. Man, Scrubs was great.


I Liked This: And Bam! Two episodes after I was really impressed by Lover's Touch, I get blown away by A One Story Town, a tour de force of everything Cougar Town's good at and a near masterpiece.  With only one real plot for the episode to follow, the writers manage to pull everyone into Jules attempts to get Angie to kiss Bobby on the first date (Which will calm his nerves and allow him to act like himself around her.) with great results. There's tons of set-up, pay-offs and callbacks as almost every joke or piece of information from the first part of the episode (Quebeccers in town for Crabfest, Andy's desire to put a racing stripe on Travis' helmet, Laurie loving hot wings, Angie's love of manatees and sadness at dead animals, etc.) comes into play in the second part at just the wrong time to derail Bobby's date with Angie. And when all seems lost, a few more callbacks (Tom's crowd exploding abilities, Tom Cruise running, The Worthless Peons practicing Disney Songs), come into play to save it. It's masterful and really funny. Even the Scrubs reunion that was promised in the description for the episode doesn't derail the episode, as Ted is brought in smoothly, used sparingly throughout the episode (Though I think he got more screentime then Andy and Travis this week) and then let loose in the last scene (which admittedly was only funny if you had a love and/or working knowledge of Scrubs, but since I had both those things, I didn't care if anyone else got it.). And the emotional core of the episode was really effective, as I bought into Jules attempts to help her ex-husband get a shot at happiness and bought into the central dilemma of Bobby's nervousness. And Sarah Chalke continues to be a good addition to the cast, even if she was mainly a reactionary presense this week. So, stellar job Cougar Town. Keep up the great work!

But...: No real problems this week.

The Bottom Line: A One Story Town was a superb episode of Cougar Town, bringing everyone together in a fantastic way and delivering tons of laughs and an amazing Scrubs reunion of sorts.

Grade: 94% (Almost Perfect)

Memorable Moments

-Ted: "Aww, you said that'd be funny." Ellie: "It is. Look how mad she is."

-Things that make Jules wanna die in ascending order: Books, Snakes, PBS, A capella. Later, Laurie's birth story is added to the list above A capella.

-Jules can't explain why Quebecers are attracted to Gulfhaven's crab festival.: "It's one of those unexplainable things like, you know, magnets, volcanoes." Travis: "Those are actually explainable."

-It was a good episode for this title card gag: Welcome to Cougar Town. No, it's not just Scrubs in Florida with lots of wine.

-Andy: "New rule [for Penny Can]! Miss 10 in a row, and anyone wearing a helmet gets a racing stripe." Travis: "How does it apply to anyone  but me?" Andy: "It don't."

-Bobby: "So.... what's your sign?" Angie: "Um, Capricorn. What's yours?" Bobby: "Don't got one. Where are ya from?" Angie: "France. You?" Bobby: "France." Angie: "Really?" Bobby: "No."

-Jules: "Okay, we have to help Bobby get this girl." Grayson: "He seems to be fine getting girls on his own." Laurie: "Yeah, he was awesome at it when you guys were married."

-Jules: "You know what happened after that kiss?" Laurie: "He put a baby in you?" Jules: "No, that was a couple days later."

-Laurie: "I love spicy food so hard. I think it's because my mom gave birth to me after a night of pounding Bloody Marys at a White Snake after party. I was a jacuzzi baby. Born.. and conceived in one."

-Laurie: "Wait, so part of your fantasy involves bragging to me that it would work?" Jules: "Yeah." Laurie: "But I never said it wouldn't work." Jules: "Who cares?"

-Jules: "Okay, are you wearing your sports coat?" Bobby: "I am." Jules: "Great. Are you also wearing pants?" (Cut to reveal Bobby in a sports coat and shorts.) Bobby: "Turning around."

-Bobby tries complimenting Angie's dress: "Wow, my Grandmother got buried in a dress just like that." Angie: "I can- I can go change." Bobby: "No, she's not dead. I don't even know why I said that."

-Angie: "Nothing makes me sadder than dead animals." Bobby: "For me, it's my dead Grandma. She did die, I just didn't wanna bring you down earlier.

-Angie: "Bobby, I don't understand why you took your shirt off." Bobby: "Well, you can't break up a fight with your shirt on. I mean, haven't you ever seen Roadhouse? I don't wanna call you a dummy or anything, but dammn."

-Jules: "You know, wearing this headset makes me look like Sigourney Weaver in the movie with the alien." Ellie: "It was called Alien." Jules: "Nope, I'm thinking of a different movie." Ellie: "You're not..."

-Jules: "Hi, you must be Angie. I'm Bobby's ex-wife Jules and this is Bobby's friend Grayson, who's also me fiance." Grayson: "Sometimes it sounds weird when you say facts out loud."

-Tom: "Nice gams. Do you play soccer?" Jules: "Um, Tom? Less creepy, more doctory." Tom: "Oh, right."

-Angie has a Chinese tattoo on her thigh. It means Vegas. She's not proud of it.

-Laurie: "Stupid Canadian kids and your holes!"

-Jules: "Fine, if this is going to stop you from being an insecure little baby, then: (sarcastically) you're the kiss master. Happy?" Grayson: ...Yes! Kiss master in the hiz-house. (To Ellie) Burn!"

-Ellie: "To me, people are just bags of skin that slow down my day."

-Angie: "Who are you?" Ellie: "I'm Sarge!"

-Bobby: "You'll never make it." Jules: "Yes I will." Bobby: "How?" Jules: "Tom Cruise run". Great callback gag in an episode full of them.

-The Blanks got all kinds of opportunities to show off their chops in this episode with Disney tunes, which was nice.

-Ted: "This is weird, man. Everyone here looks like someone from my old job. (Looks at Angie) Old you was nice to me. (Looks at Ellie) Old you hated me." Elle: "I kind of feel the same way now." Ted: "That's exactly what old you would say! (Angie blows her bangs out of her eyes. Ted looks at her again.) That's exactly what old you would do!" Chick (Who has just wandered into the room): "Anybody see Junebug?" Ted: "Oh dear God in heaven!!" (He runs into the glass back door. A pizza boy played by Zach Braff enters the room and looks at him.) Z.B: "Hey man, did you order a pizza? (Ted on the floor backs up further against the wall) Why are you so sweaty?" (A pool boy who's possibly The Todd enters and looks at Ted) Pool Boy: "Are you all right five? (They high-five, while Ted still looks shocked) From the big dog." Oh, Scrubs goodness.

Memorable Moments: Bob's Burgers: The Belchies

Bob's Burgers was a pleasant surprise when it debuted last spring. Here was a animated show on Fox that wasn't made by Seth McFarland (who pretty much controls Fox's Sunday line-up, except for The Simpsons) and one that was also really clever, quirky, and most of all, funny. So I was glad that the show got a season 2 pick-up and plan on talking about the show as often as I can. So let's get started.

Quicky Opinion: Last night's season premiere, The Belchies was a good episode for the second season to start out on. It featured plenty of the Belcher children, who are all comic assets to the show, each in their own way and plenty of weirdness, as they looked for treasure beneath a taffy factory and Louise found a wise, inanimate taffy-shaped man. They even had the requisite sweetness with Louise realizing she'd been too hard on her siblings. Bob and Linda's subplot about their sex night was funny too and I liked the pay-off at the end when Taff landed on an "enhanced" Bob. All-in-all, a good start for what should be a great season of Bob's Burgers. Quicky Grade: 80% (Great)

Memorable Moments

-Bob's Burgers has it's own version of the couch gag by having the restaurant be next to a different wacky business every title sequence. This week we get Uncle Marty's Breast Pumps.

-Tina and Gene have high hopes for the treasure Gene is digging up. Tina: "Maybe it's some tinfoil and we can recycle it." Gene: "Maybe it's a shovel and I won't have to dig with my hands".

-Teddy: "Bobby, wanna come over and watch the game tonight? I'm making 3-bean salad, but it's bring your own bean. Can I put you down for Garbanzo?"

-Burger of the Week: I Am Mad About Saffron (Made With No Saffron)

-Teddy: "Whoops, there I go again, divulging amazing secrets."

-Bob: "Your Uncle Patty was a maid?" Teddy: "All maids were men back then. Until women joined the workforce and took all the maid jobs away."

-Teddy: "Caffrey didn't make his money from candy though. He was a bootlegger." Gene: "I believe the term is Legwarmer." Teddy: "No it is not, Gene."

-Gene: "China. Stick to noodles, right? Is that racist?" Bob: "Yes." Teddy: "A little bit." Gene: "No."

-Louise: "Kids only meeting, now." Tina: "I'll get Mom." Louise: "No Ti- Tina, kids!"

-Louise: "You guys in? We doing this?" Tina: "I could move some things around." Gene: "Let's find butt treasure!"

-Linda: "I'm gonna sleep like a baby. (leans in close to Bob and whispers) A horny baby."

-Ollie: "I got a funcussion!"

-Gene: "I can taste every flavour from the past 60 years. I can taste the Korean war!" Andy: "I can taste rust!" Ollie: "I taste Andy's spit."

-Bob keeps having problems with the sexy die. "I got lick foot again."

-Tina's Diary: "Dear diary, tonight we're sneaking into the dangerous Taffy Factory. Also, if boys had uteruses, they'd be called dudeureses." Bob: "Heh, duderuses."

-Tina: "Brr, it sure is cold in here. I wish some strong chivalrous man would lend me their coat. Or pants. (Gene throws his pants at her.) Ow." Gene: Wash them before you return them."

-Gene: "Tina, honey, it's pretty obvious that Jimmy Jr. is not into you. And I'm usually not that good at picking up vibes. Did you know Mom and Dad were a thing?"

-Linda: "That thing (Bob's penis) made the kids. Maybe it can find the kids. Where are they? C'mon where are they? Show me girl." Bob: "Wait, why is it a girl?" Linda: "Because it's a pretty brunette, like Catherine Zeta-Jones.

-Louise: "OK, nothing to get freaked about. My arm's not stuck in a crevasse, so I don't need to cut it off, like that impatient idiot."

-Gene: "I just cannot stop banging things down here. The acoustics are great!"

-Louise to Taff: "Just you and me now. A girl and her taffy giant. Classic."

-Gene: "How did you find us?" Bob: "Be- because we're your parents and we know everything." Tina: "Did you read my diary?" Bob: "...Yes."

-Linda: "How's your penis?" Bob: "It's OK." Gene: "Mine's a nightmare, in case anyone's wondering."

-Louise: "Don't look at me with your judgmental hollow eye holes!"

-Ollie: "I just peed Andy's pants." Andy: "Warm, warm, warm, cold."

-Construction Worker: "Hey, so my friend had a 3-Bean Salad party, but it was bring your own bean. Who does that?" Great callback gag.

-Bob: "We're about to die Louise! Do you really want your last words to be sarcastic?" Louise (Sarcastically): "Nooo."

-Zeke: "I got it. Let's all spit in the pit and then she can swim to safety!"

-Tina: "No, it'll work. I saw Jimmy Jr. and Zeke do it at wrestling practice." Zeke: "Hey, those practices are closed!" Tina: "I'm aware of that Zeke. I'm the reason they're closed."

-Bob: "What is that?" Louise: "This is Taff. He's a booby-trap that became much more than that."

-Tina: "Just when I think I'm out, those cheeks pull me right back in."

-Louise: "And Gene, you actually banged us to freedom." Gene: "I can't take all the credit. I'd like to thank this brick and ?uestlove."

-Louise: "I'm sorry I was mean to you guys." Gene: "Eh, I just figured you were having female troubles. (whispered to Tina) What are female troubles?

-Louise: "And Taff, what are the words? I love you. You're gonna live with me now." Linda: "You're not taking that filthy thing home." Louise: "Yeah, you're right." (Throws Taff aside.)

-Modified version of The Goonies 'R' Good Enough: "Teddy was right about the treasure in.. the butt. The next day, you will see Taff is washed up on the beach and- oh my God, is that a gold bar. The wave just washed him out. The.. kids didn't look close enough in the taffy butt. You have a taffy butt. There's treasure in thaat butt. I want that taffy butt. Whyeieiyah! Taffy butt! It's such a taffy butt!  There's gold there in that butt..."

Memorable Moments: The Simpsons: How I Wet Your Mother

Quicky Opinion: I was a bit worried about this episode before watching it, because I heard it was an Inception spoof, and while I loved that movie, I was worried the episode would come across as dated. Luckily though, this didn't turn out to be the case at all, as the episode only used certain elements from Inception (which all worked) and it was all used to tell a well-done, funny, and at the end, very sweet story about Homer still feeling responsible for his mother leaving when he was a kid. The mystery of why he was wetting the bed was a good one and I liked the mislead at the beginning that actually planted the seeds for the real source of Homer's guilt. And Glenn Close is always good as Mona Simpson, so it's good to know they can still come up with ways to use her character, even though she's dead. All in all, another great one from The Simpsons. Quicky Grade: 80% (Great)

Memorable Moments

-Boxes in the Supply Closet include: 'Paba-Free, Sunscreen', 'Pants, Emergency', "Putty, Silly', and 'Putty, Serious.'

-Homer: "Did you guys see that stupid foul call in the game last night?" Lenny: "See it? We followed the Ref home and beat the crap out of him." Carl: "I still think that may have been a kid who worked at Footlocker."

-Homer: "Attention lovers of unguarded office supplies! Come and steal things you can easily afford!"

-Mr. Burns: "Oh Lenny, why would you steal my bear?" Lenny: "I just wanted something to cuddle at night." Mr. Burns: "That's my cuddle bear. I loved him, I shot him. He's mine!"

-Barney: "If you paid us better, we wouldn't have to steal." Mr. Burns: "You don't even work here!" Barney: "Wha?! You mean I've been calling in sick for nothing! I may not be here tomorrow. That's for sure."

-Homer: "Before I do anything, I stop and ask myself: What Would Jesus and Mr. Burns Do?"

-Mr. Burns: "Hush. Now, while Simpson gets the day off, the rest of you will write 30-page essays entitled: Homer Simpson, Moral Lone Star." Lenny: "Question: Can we have fun with it?" Mr. Burns: "No, you may not."

-Homer: "I wet the bed! The one embarassing thing I've never done!"

-Homer: "Marge, from time to time, I've heard you speak of a 'washing machine'. Where could I find this marvelous contraption?"

-Random Girl: "This is the best 'I'm sorry' party Homer's ever thrown." Lenny to Girl: "Who the hell are you?"

-Homer: "One more announcement: make sure you whack Pinata Me and not Real Me."

-Homer's Party Plan: 1. Get Them to Forgive Me. 2. Ask Them to Chip In.

-Homer: "Tomorrow morning, my sheets will be as dry as the surface of Mars, except for the poles."

-Homer: "Ohh, I did the right thing for nothing!"

-Springfield Yellow Pages: The Internet For Old People.

-Shameful Eddie's: The Embarassing Problem Superstore.

-Bart: "What's going on? Is this a joke?" Homer: "Son, I'm afraid the Uralarm Wiz-No-More 9000 is no joke."

-Marge: "We're wetting the bed?!" Homer: "Hey, when you were pregnant, everything was 'we'!"

-Confidence Man Adult Diapers

-Professor Frink: "Yes, I heard about your husbands bedwetting problem." Marge: "How do you know about it?" Professor Frink: "Tweeted by Bart. Retweeted by Krusty."

-Homer: "In my dreams, I'm an intermediate skiier."

-Marge: "It's Death! I recognize him from 40th Birthday cards!"

-Professor Frink: "Because I neglected to install the latest Adobe Acrobat update, if you die in the dream, you die in real life." Marge: "nuh!" Professor Frink: "Incidentally, I've also proven that Hell is real and everybody goes there. Frink out."

-Bart: "Wait, dreams have rules?" Lisa: "Everything has rules, Bart." Bart: "Not me, when I hit the dance floor."

-The dream done in Tracy Ullman style complete with the old Homer voice was quite funny.

-Also funny: Homer's friend Keggy, which is a female talking beer keg with Marge's hair, doughnut ears, and a pizza tongue."

-Dream Apu: "In this fantasy Kwik-E-Mart, you get your change in bacon!"

-Dream Moes: "In this place, Mothers are FOR drunk driving."

-Homer: "Oh, lighten up Marge. I take you to the Disneyland of me and you just wanna go to the lost-and-found".

-Professor Frink: "If I unhook them now, I won't know if this is safe to use on chimps!"

-Homer: "Quick! Gum up the gears with Moes!"

-Homer: "Oh Death, you're a lifesaver!"

-Marge: "Mona, you're alive?!" Mona: "No, but I live on in Homer's dreams." Homer: "Just like my hair." (a head of light brown curlish hair grows on him) Marge: "That's Jennifer Aniston's hair on Friends!" Homer: "Exactly like Chandler. Always criticizing."

-Homer: "There's nothing in this dream world that can't strangle you!"

-Bart: "Pathetic. The kid who can't keep his parents marriage together is no kid at all."

-Homer: "I'm cured! I'll never wet the bed again!" Marge: "And maybe, you'll stop overeating too." Homer: "No can do, baby."

-Mona: "And never forget Homer: the three of us will always be together. In your memory. Right next to the movie trivia."

-Homer: "Woohoo! I'm dry! Come on everybody! Feel daddy's underpants!" Lisa: "We'll take your word for it."

Kenny Sage Breaks Down The New(ish) Community Trailer, Yo!

As I hope all of you reading this right now are aware, we are less than a week away from the return of Community. Unless you're reading this after March 15th, in which case we're in the midst of the return of Community. Unless you're reading this after the season 3 finale, in which case I must ask: why are you reading the break down for something that is no longer relevant? But I digress. Now the other day (As of this post), a trailer for the rest of the season was released. You can watch it (or re-watch it) again and again and again HERE!!!! So anyways, I've been watching this so many times trying to catch every little connection, I thought it would be fun to do a full break down of the trailer and point out everything I see (and how it might connect based on what I know about upcoming episodes). Just to do something different from my regular format of opinions and quotes. So without further ado, here we go with my break down of the new Community trailer.

Disclaimer: Much of what I add besides a description of the clips is pure speculation, but much of that speculation is drawn from what I know about future episodes of the show, so if you're trying to avoid all spoilers, no matter how mild, maybe don't read this.

-0:01-0:10: We open with Carl Bladt of the Greendale board of directors expelling the study group from Greendale, calling them the Greendale 7 for some unknown reason. I watched an interview today where Allison Brie (Annie) said that the group's actions would start having serious consequences and I can only assume that this is one of the things she was referring to.

-0:14: Feathers rain down the hallways and blanket walls are up. Probably (Scratch that, definitely) from the upcoming two part Blanket Fort civil war episode.

-0:17. The study group seems happy. Returning from the break perhaps? a voice says not a lot of people get a second chance. I'm guessing that voice belongs to Andre from the episode where he re-proposes to Shirley.

-0:21: Troy talks about all difficult things being better. Abed is definitely wearing the same shirt he's wearing when the group gets expelled. Does this mean anything? Guess we'll find out.

-0:26: Abed talks about purging weirdness from his and Troy's systems. Probably from the wedding episode, where I hear Troy and Abed try to act normal.

-0:28: Pierce in a weird get-up with different looking hair. Not sure what this is about.

-0:28/0:29: Abed and Annie in the Dreamatorium. They're both in robes of sorts. Annie is on the floor looking shocked. Paleyfest revealed that Annie and Abed would spend an entire episode in the Dreamatorium, so that's probably from that episode.

-0:31-0:33: Everything you know will Chang. A big banner with Chang's face declaring 'Chang Is' is being draped over a wall of the school. Then Chang and an army of security (Probably children, judging from later comments) swarm into the cafeteria. Assumedly this means Chang's rise to power continues. Does the school become a police state at some point ruled by Chang? That'd be funny.

-0:34-0:37: Someone (Britta?) holds a poster advertising Chang's birthday Par-Tay. Chang is in a general get-up advising his men to be on the look-out for the Greendale Seven and saying he won't have them ruining his 25th (?!) birthday party. I hear there's an Oceans 11 episode in the works, so maybe this relates to that? Assumedly this happens after the expulsion of the group.

-0:38: Back to the scene from earlier at 0:26, Troy remarks he feels more normal already.

-0:42: Annie freaks out because she's only getting a passing grade in Biology. Which means we'll be seeing more of the tough Professor Kane.

-0:47: I think this was a flashback to Pascal's Triangle Revisited from season 1. I'll have to rewatch that episode to be sure though.

-0:48: Britta makes kissy faces near Troy while they both wear lab coats of some kind. Or maybe they're doctor coats.

-0:49-0:51: Britta and Jeff are drunk at the altar talking about babies. I'm assuming this is from the wedding episode again.

-0:52: Chang enters a room full of children. Some salute. OK, this is definitely an army of children he's building.

-0:54-0:58: Chang's army runs through the cafeteria in tiny riot gear. Annie and Shirley think it's cute until someone (Garrett?) gets pepper sprayed, at which point they scream. Scenes from this riot show up a few more times in the trailer (at least I think they're scenes from this riot). I have a bit of a theory on what causes this but I'll talk about that a bit later.

-0:58: Pierce almost sat on his balls. I think that speaks for itself.

-1:00: Troy and Abed have dewhimsified themselves. This, again is likely from the wedding episode where they try to be normal.

-1:01: Dean Pelton in the outfit of a train engineer. I'm not even going to guess why.

-1:02-1:04: Britta as Michael Jackson saying Jeff is in grave danger. I know there's an episode coming up where the group has to be celebrity impersonators at a Bar Mitzvah to help Abed get out of debt, and the press release for that episode states that Jeff will be dealing with extreme narcissism in that one, so I'll assume Britta's comment is related to that.

-1:05-1:11: Dean Pelton goes to pick an outfit as he prepares to give more bad news to Jeff and his study group. This implies that a dark chain of events is coming up for our heroes, even before they get expelled at the beginning of the trailer. It also shows that the Dean intentionally puts on ridiculous outfits before he goes to talk to them.

-1:12-1:13: A messed-up Britta wants to know how long Peyote lasts. Oh boy.

-1:14-1:15: Chang tasers his balls. Assumedly this is something that happens before his rise to apparent absolute power.

-1:15-1:17: Jeff was wondering how long it'd take for things to get back to normal. Assumedly this is from the episode where they get back from Winter Break.

-1:18-1:19: Pierce declares "Let's burn this mother down!" and fists shoot up in the air. I think this is how the riot starts. I'm also fairly certain that this is happening at a funeral, as the podium Pierce is at has a star that says RIP on it (and some sort of lizard thing.) and there's an urn next to a star on the table in front of him. Now I'm aware that someone dies in the back 12 of episodes, and that they're keeping a tight lid on who bites it (as they should), but I'm going to take a guess. I'm guessing that Starburns is the one who dies and that's why the RIP is written on a star with a tiny lizard (Starburns had added a lizard.). Now, this is just a guess and the fatality could be some other supporting character. I guess we'll have to wait to find out for sure.

-1:20: Jeff stares down the hallway at something with sunglasses in the same shirt he was wearing at 1:17.

-1:22: Britta in some apartment (Troy, Abed, and Annie's perhaps?) looking up at someone. I think it's Jeff.

-1::24: Shirley is in the same clothes as she was in 0:54-0:58, which places this clip from the riot. She seems to be making a speech, so she may be talking at the funeral of whoever died.

-1:26: Annie looking shocked into some weird dress that shows up again soon.

-1:27: Troy holding back an army of fighting people. This is probably from the Blanket Fort Civil War epic that's coming up in a few weeks as this same image recurs later on.

-1:29: Evil Abed in the Dreamatorium! But how? Why? Is this just part of some imaginary thing Abed has in the Dreamatorium? Does reality actually break? Does Evil Abed get rid of regular Abed for a time? Only time will tell.

-1:30-1:32: Pierce and Chang seem to be enjoying themselves and are together at a carnival of sorts. They both have cotton candy. I can't even guess what this is, but it looks funny.

-1:34: Dean Pelton is looking at a book in the cafeteria. I noticed part of the Subway logo in part of the screen and green balloons. So Subway comes to Greendale at some point. But since Pierce and Shirley are supposed to start a sandwich shop business together at some point, I'm not sure how long that'll last. Also, could featuring Subway be a nod to Chuck and how Subway sponsored the show for the latter seasons? I hope so.

-1:35: Annie is wearing the same weird dress from 1:26 and is prancing down the hallway with Jeff who is also in a weird episode. Is this some imaginary thing from the Dreamatorium episode? Or is something weirder going on.

-1:36: Abed is holding his hands to his head and looks disturbed. Something is too much for him.

-1:37: Dean Pelton falls to the ground in front of somebody. Everything looks normal so who knows why this happened. He could be dying, but he was shown in what I'm assuming is a funeral scene, so it's probably something else.

-1:38: Leonard and others steal food from the cafeteria section. Looks like the riot is in full force.

-1:39: Chang surprises the Dean by bringing in a duplicate Dean (with higher pants.). Does Chang attempt to replace the Dean as part of his rise to power? Does the duplicate Dean share personality traits with the regular Dean?

-1:39: I'm not sure what this is. A man and woman sit in fancy chairs by the fireplace. It probably makes sense in context.

-1:40: Troy and Abed happily crabwalk together down a hallway. Vice Dean Layborne is talking about tearing Troy and Abed asunder and this mini-speech (which started at 1:39) continues for the next couple seconds.

-1:41: Troy sitting in a brightly coloured room morphs into Abed standing in his robe in the Dreamatorium. This could mean that the conflict that will develop between the two during the blanket fort civil war doesn't completely go away and might even mean that Troy moves out at some point.

-1:42: Vice Dean Layborne finishing his thought. "Soon Troy and Abed will be torn asunder and an unencumbered Troy will turn to his destiny." This implies that the Vice Dean is behind whatever brings conflict between Troy and Abed as part of his plan to lure Troy to the air conditioning repair school.

-1:44: Wind blows a picture of Troy and Abed apart, leaving Abed on his own. This could be something that happens during the civil war, but I could also see it happening as part of the Dreamatorium episode as a more symbolic sign of the split. I'm cool with whatever turns out to be the cause of this, because it's still a chilling image.

-1:45-1:47: Troy and Abed stand at the heads of two opposing armies. Abed's men have pillows on their heads and Troy's men has blankets. This is definitely from the civil war episode and the next clip shows a pillow fight in full force, and a man made of pillows being beaten down.

-1:48-1:50: More pillow fighting. The final image before the words Community show up in the scene is Troy and Abed without the headgear they were wearing earlier trying to hold back a raging pillow fight, while the Dean trembles in fear below. This could be from the end of the two-parter and show Troy and Abed trying to stop everything, or it could be from earlier on, right before everything gets out of hand. I'm glad we won't have to wait long to find out.

-1:58-2:02: Last clip of the trailer. Likely a continuation of 1:05-1:11. Dean Pelton opens his closet, looks at a bunch of weird outfits and wigs and asks "Who wants to dance?"

And we're done. And as I look back over this analysis, it occurs to me that I have way too much time on my hands. Oh well. Community is time well wasted. So I hope you enjoyed this and maybe even got something out of it and I hope you tune in to Community when it returns, because it's more than great. It's phenomenal.

Parks and Recreation: Lucky

Before we start, sorry I missed last weeks post. I really liked the episode, but I got really busy. This happens from time to time. Anyways, let's get started.

What Happened, Yo!:

-Leslie has landed an interview with Buddy Wood, a bigshot Indianopolis journalist who could really help her campaign. She and Ben consider this a lucky break, but a more major story winds up getting her interview cancelled. Sad about this, Leslie, Tom, and Ann go out drinking, despite advice from Ben (Who they've been noticing has been less fun due to campaign stress) advising that they go home and get to sleep. But Buddy's plane gets delayed and the interview is back on, which would be great is Leslie wasn't drunk. Trying to hide this, she, Tom, and Ann all race to Pawnee's poor-quality airport in the hot tub limo, which Tom still has rented out for a few more hours. The interview commences, and Leslie tries to hide her drunkeness, but finds herself frustrated when Buddy keeps bashing the town and insists on painting the picture that Pawnee's best days are behind it. When Buddy insists on talking about her relationship with Ben, Leslie refuses and starts to tell him off when she gives away that she's drunk. Buddy is excited about this, and won't listen to Leslie asking that he not air the tape. To attempt to save the campaign, Leslie, Ben, Ann, and Tom take the hot tub limo to Indianopolis only to find that Buddy doesn't have the tape because the airport 'lost' his bag. Fun Ben returns and he and Leslie agree that they've probably used up the rest of their luck. It's revealed that the airport security staff, who all know Leslie and know how much she's trying to help them out, took the bag on purpose to help out Leslie, although Leslie doesn't know this.

-Meanwhile, Andy is preparing for his final exam in his Women's Study course with help from April and Ron. He gets a P (He was taking the course on a Pass/Fail) and is happy (Though he wanted a P Plus, which doesn't exist) and invites his professor out for drinks with him, April, and Ron. The professor agrees. While they're out, April notices Chris sitting by himself and invites him over, hoping to pair him up with the Women's Study professor because of how lonely he's been. They seem to hit it off, but when he asks if he can see her again, she tells him she's just gotten out of a relationship and can't at the moment. Chris leaves and the professor makes an advance on Ron (who's been pretty much ignoring the professor the whole night) who proceeds to sleep with her. April and Andy get Ron to tell Chris what he did before Chris gets hurt again using advice Ron gave to Andy earlier to convince him to do it. Ron tells Chris and Chris is glad that Ron told him (Though he does hug Ron because of how lonely he is).

-Also meanwhile, Jerry gets really into his job of stuffing envelopes and seems so good at it, Donna breaks off her evening plans just to watch him be competent. This is all for naught though, when Jerry realizes he was stuffing the wrong envelopes the whole night, but he takes it in stride and prepares to do the whole thing over again.

I Liked This: Lucky was another strong episode of Parks and Recreation (and one written by Ron Swanson himself, Nick Offerman). The idea of Leslie having to do a major interview while intoxicated is a funny one and it was handled well. Buddy Wood was a fun character and his constant disgust at Pawnee was pretty funny. And even though I knew that the airport people were probably going to take the tape, it was still an effective scene, showing how much some of the people in Pawnee really respect Leslie, which could be a big boost for her in the campaign. I also liked how Tom and Ann were handled here, and playing this relationship for comedy is definitely the right move to take it. We have enough serious relationships on the show and Tom and Ann having a not-so-serious relationship is a refreshing angle. Plus the Hot Tub Limo returned! As for the other stuff, I'm glad that the fact that Andy was taking a Women's Studies course was not forgotten and the whole storyline was funny. This season of Parks has also been building a stealth arc of sorts, where April is becoming more and more caring about the people around her and it was nice to see her help out Chris. I'm also glad that Ron dressing as Tiger Woods whenever he has sex made a return here. And Jerry's story was mainly an extended build-up to a Jerry joke, but the joke was a great one, as was his optimistic attitude, despite having to redo the whole job.

But...: The whole "Fun Ben has disappeared" thing felt tacked on to provide more of an emotional arc than what was there.

The Bottom Line: Parks and Rec is going away for a few weeks to help accommodate the return of Community, but it left us with a very strong episode to keep the momentum going before it returned.

Grade: 85% (Great)

Memorable Moments

-Ben pretending to be Buddy Wood: "Ms. Knope, what is going to be your first major public works project?" Leslie: "Oh, I don't know, but I bet these pants will work for the public."

-Andy: "Usually, tests scare me, but this is an oral exam. Uh…and if there’s one thing I know is…my fantastic.. it’s talk."

-Tom: "Ann and I have the occasional rough patch in our relationship, but right now, we're really in a groove. We're going thirty hours without breaking up. Our personal best is 47 hours. It happened when she was out of town for two days.. and she forgot we were dating."

-Tom: “Ooh, that is great news. And, you know, we might even be able to make it back in time for boring club. Do you know who the president of boring club is?” Ben: “Me?” Tom: “No. You lost the election because your speech was too boring.”

-Andy: "I would say, what I find very cool about Susan B. Anthony is.. how... she was born in.. Adams, Massachusetts.. in 1820. You know, just one man's opinion."

-Andy: “I passed! I got a ‘P!’” April: “Congrats, babe.” Andy: “I was hoping for a P-Plus but that does not exist. Right?” Professor London: "Right." Andy: "Yes, so, basically best grade in the class. Tied for best grade in the class."

-Leslie on dating a serious Ben: “It’s like dealing with a strict mother, who I am confusingly attracted to. Ben’s like a MILF.”

-Leslie: "Hello, Lady Knope- heh, I mean Leslie Knope."

-April: "Is that Chris?" Andy: "That really looks like him. But there's no way to tell for sure. We should jsut ask him tomorrow."

-Chris: "I'm engrossed in this book. It's the true story of a woman born with no arms and no legs who attempted to swim the English Channel". April: "That's impossible". Chris: "Oh, she drowned immediately. It's kind of a sad story."

-Andy on Chris and Professor London: “If they got together, they would make the most beautiful super baby. It would rule us all. But what if super baby became too powerful?” April: "Guess we're just going to have to take that chance."

-Andy: "And Professor, I'm taking your class again next semester and I'm going to lock in that P Plus." Professor London: "It's impossible." Andy: "You and the women taught me that nothing is impossible."

-Ben: "I guess we'll just set fire to the studio or something". Leslie: "Oh that's so sweet, I've never had a boyfriend willing to commit arson for me before". Donna: "It gets old."

-Andy uses Ron's own advice against him: "Uh, you know Ron, someone once told me that this is not how grown-ups deal with tough situations. We face them head-on." Ron: "Ugggh, fine." Andy: "Oh my God, Ron! It was you who told me that. That's crazy."

The Office: Last Day In Florida

What Happened, Yo!:

-Jim, Robert, Nellie, and Dwight are playing a round of golf before Jim leaves town and Dwight and Nellie head off to present their plan to the board. And Dwight is thrilled about this. But Robert confides to Jim that the store won't work because Sabre's product line is cheap and intuitive so he plans to tank it at the meeting, and he implies Dwight will be fired. Jim tries to warn Dwight before it happens, but Dwight won't let Jim say anything, so Jim just leaves. But after talking to Pam, Jim knows he can't let Dwight be fired without trying his hardest. He runs into Dwight right before his meeting and tells him the truth about the Sabre Store, but Dwight writes it off as a prank so Jim has to tackle him. The two start roughing around, while Nellie makes Todd Pakcer the VP because Dwight has yet to show up to the meeting. Dwight battles Jim to the point of exhaustian, before finally making it to the meeting where he witnesses Robert trashing the store, and Nellie pinning the whole thing on VP Packer, who is promptly fired. Dwight sneaks out before he is seen and helps Jim back up.

-Meanwhile, Erin has got a job holding the old lady from last episode and tells Andy in a video call that she won't be coming back to Scranton. Andy is the only one really upset about this, and learns that everyone else knew about it because Ryan told them. When Jim, Dwight and Stanley return to Scranton, he witnesses Pam passionately kiss Jim and decides he's going to Florida to get Erin back. About time, buddy.

-Also meanwhile, Daryl is selling cookies for his daughter in the office, but Toby begins doing that too. Daryl lets Toby sell to everyone except accounting, because Kevin is the only one who matters, but Toby catches on and protests. Kevin agrees to let them try to woo him, but he takes it too far and they both decide it isn't worth it, leaving Kevin to beg and try to get them to sell to him again.

I Liked This: Last Day in Florida was a good way to end this chapter of The Office's eighth season, largely because it had one of the more compelling Jim/Dwight stories in a while. As much as Jim dislikes Dwight, at the end of the day he isn't going to stand by and let him get fired. The moment Jim and Dwight start kind of fighting in the hallway (And after eight seasons, it's surprising that this hasn't happened before) and Todd Packer becomes VP, you know where the rest of the episode is heading, but it doesn't make it any less enjoyable to watch.The entire fight sequence between Jim and Dwight is the comic highlight of the episode (Though the return of normal Stanley was very funny), but it's also really compelling and a good moment for these two characters. When Dwight offers Jim a hand back up at the end, you know they're probably not going to turn into the best of friends, but their relationship could very well go into a more positive direction after this. Also Nellie's willingness to throw Todd Packer under the bus to save her job makes me think that she's finally becoming a character instead of a wacky plot device (Hey being cutthroat counts as a character trait).. And I am not sorry to see Todd Packer go, as I was never a big fan of the character. As for the other stuff, it looks like Erin and Andy's really overdone will they/won't they story is finally coming to an end and I'm glad to see it. Assuming they finally get together in the next episode, the show can finally move on to better storylines.

But...: The story with Toby and Daryl trying to sell cookies to Kevin was pretty weak and the first joke of the episode was just an extended version of that joke way back in season 4 when Michael accidentally implies that Meredith is dead through his poor phrasing.

The Bottom Line: Last Day In Florida ends the Sabre Store story on a high note, as Jim and Dwight's relatinship takes a neat turn and Dwight's hopes at better things come to an end for now. Plus no more Todd Packer (Hopefully.).

Grade: 83% (Great)

Memorable Moments

-The whole opening with Dwight's treasure and a poison (?) dart was pretty cartoonish, but it was funny so I'll let it slide.

-Oscar: "Obviously he wants us to obsess about it. There's nothing in there... which is obviously what he would want us to think, making it the perfect place to hide a treasure! Oh God, I'm Wallace Shaun in The Princess Bride."

-Suggestions for what the treasure could be include: Schrute Bones, Star Wars Stuff, Nudie Mags, Rosebud-Type Scenario, Photo With Our Toothbrushes Up His Butt, Actual Gold, and Trap. One of these things actually turned out to be right.

-Dwight: "Well Mr. Ball, it's been a pleasure. Now, give my regards... TO HELL!!! Gah!"

-Nellie making up fake British cultural references was pretty funny. "I just made you look like the Goat of Dover... and that doesn't exist either."

-Dwight: "You think you're excited, you should feel my nipples."

Daryl: "All I need is Kevin. Dude buys more cookies than everyone combined. And then some. When I first started selling cookies, he was a relatively thin man. Not a thin man, mind you. Relatively thin.

-Kevin: "Oh the spring time thinks that it's the best. And fall time thinks that it's the best. Cold time has kind of a strut and Valentine's thinks that it's the best. But gather round peeps, I'll tell you the truth: nothing beats the cookie season, that's the truth."

-Dwight: "Well, Jim, I just want to say that we haven't always got along, and at times I've even hated your guts, but...... bye-bye. I win."

-Robert: "The Sabre Store would work if we adopted the carnival's model of leaving town once everybody's wise to us."

-So Kathy also stays in Florida as part of the project? Just as well. They pretty much wasted the character. I can only assume she got fired with Packer.

-Jim: "Can I just talk to you for one quick second?" Dwight: "What? Your stylist ran out of messy spray?"

-Dwight: "You wanna do something for my own good? Turn around, walk out that door, do not stop until you get back to Scranton, find my cell phone charger, mail it back to me and then go to hell!"

-Jim: "He's like Super Dwight. It's like he's been bit by a radioactive Dwight or some- Stanley, back me up." Stanley: "Don't talk to me." Jim: "Stanley's very upset that we're leaving Florida but he'd back me up."

-Daryl: "You think people are gonna buy cookies from my... chubby daughter?"

-Daryl covers his tracks: "Baby, if you're watching this: you're not chubby, you're beautiful. Daddy's just gotta sell some cookies.. And we're also gonna excercise more. It's gonna be fun." Way to recognize the format, Office!

-Dwight: "I keep throwing you away, you keep flying back. You're like an Amish return stick."

-Andy: "I'm going to Florida to get Erin!" This was a good moment or urgency, which was almost immediately undercut by Andy racing back to close his e-mail.