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You guys, I really enjoy the holidays. They are so fun! Why not? LIGHTEN UP! I’m also a very big fan of televised Christmas specials. Last night’s episodes of TV were NO EXCEPTION. In much the same way that The Simpsons has cornered the market on Halloween specials, I really think The Office does some of its best work on these shows. It’s the perfect combination of that show’s silliness and earnestness. Although, watching last night’s Rainn Wilson-directed, Mindy Kaling written show, I am starting to wonder how on Earth Michael Scott has not been fired yet? There are laws against exposing an HR representatives romantic and sexual history in front of the entire office before petulantly slamming the door, right? And when he threw all the food in the trash it made me very upset somehow. 30 Rock was great, no duh, and it was an episode that also made you THINK, mostly about why you don’t see more WOMEN IN BLACKFACE. Also, Elaine Stritch, you guys. If I was Elaine Stritch I would mount a one-woman show called “Betty White Can Suck My Dick.” I suppose the winner of the night was Community, and make no mistake, their animated Christmas special was a real treat, although I almost felt bullied into loving it. There was so much HYPE and TALK about it before it aired. If NBC really wanted to celebrate the true meaning of the season they would have SURPRISED US. This kid knows what I’m talking about. Oh well. I enjoyed it. I enjoy everything these days! Don’t worry, January 1 and it’s all frowns and shouting I’m sure.
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Wow! I actually did it. I – I’ve finally become a man.
By the way, did anyone catch the Tim and Eric Chrimbus Special? That was pretty bangin’.
And in celebration of the Chrimbus season, here’s Dr. Steve Brule kicking some vampires.
For your health.
Now silverpimp, it’s not all about firstness.
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Aww man, I just be playin’. That does sound like a dick comment does’t it? Videogum, I humbly bow and beg forgiveness.
Everyone please get me this for Chrismukkah
please let this become a real book, “Sterling’s Gold” style.
No, actually. At least not like that book. I received Sterling’s Gold a couple days ago, courtesy of Videogum. It’s really, really terrible. It’s one of those books that each page is like two sentences blown up to 64-point font? Where 85 percent of each page is blank? It’s like they had six pages of actual material and had to pack in as much filler as they possibly could.
also heard it was just quotes from the show – which led me to cancel the order for our library. thought it was actually gonna have something new and insightful and amazing and derb.
I work in advertising and let me tell you, every time I change agencies I get handed a book (usually self-published but not always) that is essentially “The Wisdom of Our Founder.” It is always placed in my hands with reverence as if it is the Torah and I am religious. It is always described in hushed tones: Read this, it changed my life; keep it on your desk. And then it is always 64-pt font with shoddy art direction, and the wisdom is always stuff like:
Always be honest. If you lie, people will know.
Never lose your sense of humor! If you can laugh, you’ll be welcome wherever you go!
We are here to sell for our clients. Never forget that simple truth.
Imagination + Interaction = Image(TM<)
What sets us apart? Deep Synergy.(TM)
Wow, you had that on call. Well done.
This book is ridiculous. Everyone knows that witches can’t raise children like a good moral werewolves.
That’s not a witch. That’s you.
I’m just gonna post this down here, because it seems that posts on my self indulgent thread above are receiving some serious downvotage.
SO, in summary, I understand that the preceding posts were obnoxious and deserving of hate. Apologies fellow monsters, no offense meant, and none taken. I will take my lumps with my head held high.
I liked the part where you became a man.
(twss?)
Wait a minute, are we doing “Sterling’s Gold” for Bookgum? We absolutely should…
on a related note, could someone buy me this?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/56899057@N05/5250445169/
funky butt lovin’ let’s try this again
community’s christmas special was my favorite thing on tv all year.
Troy and Abed in stop-motion!
thank you so much for this.
seriously, though. a gif reply from concert addict? today i feel like a true monster.
I am so sad b/c my local NBC affiliate bumped Community and 30 Rock for some stupid press conference! UGH!!!!!!!!!!! So I have to watch them on Hulu tonight.
However, I saw the Office and I thought it was a really good episode. Concert Addict, can I get a gif of Jim beating up the snowmen?!
Can we all get this, please? Cause it was the best.
Do you live in New Orleans? Because the same thing happened to me. Living in New Orleans was so hard last night!
I DO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I smell a meet up!
Yes!! And our avatars would look so fun hanging out together!
So I realize that I am largely a lurking monster, but every time it turns out monsters live in New Orleans, I am so thrilled! Because I also live there! And while I’m sure that supreme court hearing about NOPD was very important, I cannot explain how upset I was that Community and most of 30 Rock were bumped for it. GET BACK TO CHRISTMAS YOU GUYS.
UGH, my local affiliate bumped it for some stupid holiday special, where they show how to make snow flakes out of coffee filters for the thousandth time since we were five.
Get it together local affiliates!
Community is basically the Newsradio of this decade, and I mean that as the highest of compliments.
Perfection.
Truly. My eyes welled up, too, teacherman.
Also, Joel McHale as claymation: scary or extremely scary?
Joel’s stop-motion eyes were creeping me out and I don’t know why.
He looks like a young Jack Nicholson with a fauxhawk
He kinda looks like Bill Hader!
Stop-Motion Jeff could have been Sheldon Cooper, and no one would notice.
Aloof, detached, distant, Bjork
Staying with the Winona Ryder segment….there was a celebrity jeopardy on snl where she played Bjork. OMG, never LOL-ed so hard in my life.
“Somtimes, I throw quarters, in the washing machine, and it makes MUSIC! Bing bang boom! Crash bang zoom!”
Winona Ryder has yet to top that performance.
I know it’s a pain to hunt down that symbol over the o in Björk, so I’m not judging or demanding impossibly inconvenient typography protocol, but I just wanted to point out that when it’s not there I involuntarily read it as Buh-JORK in my head, and I can’t stop getting a kick out of this. Buh-JORK!
That’s typically how I say it when I’m refering to her, and I’ve found it gets some people realllly mad.
Shirley can SING
god I know! I felt they created a singing plotline just to give her the chance to bel it out
Yes! She was incredible. They should take advantage of that more.
Community episode was absurdly good. Teacherfriday house, 8:27 last night: 30 year old man crying into his adult beverage because of clay puppets. I ain’t even care.
Oh my god. The search for the perfect gif is over.
It’s pretty fantastic.
Where has this gif been all my life???
I L-O-V-E-D Community, it had a special resonance for me this year since one of my parents (and one of my grandparents) will not be spending Christmas with me for the very first time in my life. However, I regret that I watched the heart-warming Community before the dream-crushing Bones. Don’t get me wrong–Bones was good, but holy Lord, it made me SO SAD. Britney gets it:
It gets better, Britney. Oh, wait…
I’m sorry, but every time I glance at this page and see this I think you’re talking to me. DAMN YOU SPEARS AND YOUR IDENTICAL SPELLING!
We monsters call you Bree-ah-drew anyway.
I just watched it this morning. SO SAD. Why!? Blonde lady may not be Booth’s consolation prize, but her existence is really bumming me out.
Just think about how good it’s going to be though whenever Booth and Bones finally do it!!! Er, I mean, begin a long, fulfilling relationship with each other. No, wait. I had it right the first time.
I cried. I cried like a baby.
What is wrong with Booth this season? I feel like he’s just an ass. Asking Sweets to talk to Brennan instead of going himself? Total douche move.
Agreed. And I thought the “do you want me to call someone for you” line was also douche-tastic. Dude, no, she doesn’t. She wants to talk to and be with YOU. I mean, I get that it was supposed to be gentlemanly, but still.
His relationship with the blonde is just making him a jerk. I’d almost be okay with the blonde lady/Booth thing if he wasn’t turning into such an ass about it.
He has been such an ass about it! Every week he gets worse.
I joined videogum just to post this gif. (Dear gif, please work.)
Also, discman? I was convinced for most of the episode that it was all a dream, and I rested my case because discman. Wake up Bones! You don’t own a discman. I was pretty certain about this. But in the end it wasn’t a dream. Just actual discman. My brain will take three days to adjust.
I actually teared up at the end of Community. Then my husband teased me about it. True story.
I actually for real teared up at the O Holy Night Montage in 30 Rock
(full disclosure: Lynn Swan killed my Dad)
I actually sang along with the O Holy Night Montage in 30 Rock then said: Wow, black face; I’m not even mad.
(full disclosure: black person)
I have to point out that this was the SECOND time they’ve put Jenna in blackface.
I would not be opposed to having Will Forte become a regular. In fact, I want it to happen, if only to see what would happen to Lutz.
I had no idea Endora was black!
LOLIRL
Kevin was killing it on The Office last night.
“That would be impressive if anyone knew what a comptroller was.”
Everyone was killing it on The Office last night. A true reminder of what a great show it can be when it isn’t focusing on Pam and Jim’s offspring.
Though I found the more disheveled Jim got, the hotter he looked. Damn.
I have a wig for every monster on this site.
The beginning with his idea for the Christmas photo and the near-ending part where he lashes out at Holly for eating the maple candy were two of my favorite Kevin lines ever.
They really nailed Joel McHale’s forehead on that clay puppet.
Britta’s eyes were impressive as well.
They were definitely the most emotive, which I assume is hard to do with tiny clay dots.
I believe I get to say this only as someone who’s father always referred to my own as a “five head”…..
No Teach, THIS is the greatest gif.
One of my favorite parts of Community was how all the clay puppets looked similar to their real-life counterparts but with a few exaggerations, except for Chevy Chase who looked EXACTLY THE SAME.
Oh my God, yeah. You’re so right. He was the only one that I went, “Oh. Totes Chevy Chase.”
The Mentaliz won the night for me.
For me it was the Jessup Family Crest. A knight..refusing to talk about his feelings
Aww, Poor Abed, you made me become too emotionally invested in a fictional character. His mother, you guys, stone cold grinch.
I can’t remember the exact phrasing of her christmas card, but that woman was NOT letting Abed down gently.
I actually took that to be an exaggerated form of the letter. Since the whole thing was based in Abed’s imagination, I took it to be the way he interpreted the letter, instead of what it really said.
On the other hand, if his mother is that hardcore uncaring, that could explain why Abed is the way he is.
Also, “wash your dupa” was hilarious for anyone who has some cursory* knowledge of at least one eastern European language.
*pun intended
as a 5th generation polish person, this phrase is one of the only parts of my heritage to make it down the line.
This is one of the three Polish words my Polish grandmother ever taught me. Bless her <3
See, my reading of it is that everything that was spoken happened literally, and that only the stop motion was imagined by Abed.
(or, in my preferred interpretation, Abed was secretly recording the entire conversation, and then later made the stop-motion animation to match the soundtrack)
This was cute. Also, I LOVE gif Fridays!
You can’t spell TGIF without .GIF
Beat me to the punch, Goldeneye 64 guy. I was totally gonna say “TGIGIFF”
this part was so sweet..
The Spirit of Christmas being the Lost season 1 DVD was pretty much the most perfect thing ever.
“Somewhere out there Tim Burton just got a boner”
Wouldn’t it have been great if Lost had done a Christmas episode one season. Like Locke wakes up Christmas morning and…THERE’S A BRAND NEW DHARMA INITIATIVE VIDEO! But who brought it? He stands up to look around and sees nothing, but can only hear the faint jingle of bells and a distant “ho ho hooooooo…Merry Christmas!!!”
I want to see Community do an entire Lost spoof episode now.
LOST could’ve done a Hanukkah episode, but they would’ve needed eight Dr. Marvin Candles.
I could be sitting at the corner table of the Kmart Cafe!
Can we please talk about how much Community has evolved since last season, from a standard (but still hilarious) sitcom into something much more. I can’t remember the last time ANY sitcom has resonated with me on an emotional level, but Community has done that two weeks in a row. Every single thing about that show is done exactly right. The actors are perfect, the writers are perfect, even the set and props departments are above and beyond anything else on television. The ability to develop characters and display emotional depth without sacrificing comedy is something I’ve never seen done successfully on ANY show, much less a half-hour sitcom format.
The episode where Pierce’s mom died and they listen to her recording in the car was insanely well done, and I love how they are able to jump from pretty heartwarming, affecting stuff (that manages to not be cheesy, oddly enough) and then right back into laugh out loud jokes in a matter of seconds.
And of all people, I guess Caitlin Ryan WOULD know a thing or two about good television. Just need better choices in men, that Joey Jeremiah is no good.
completely agree, though i would argue that parks and rec managed to do that last season as well. i watch the last two episodes about once a week.
Well, and it’s incredibly layered. That episode where Abed’s in the background the whole time delivering a baby? Just spot on, Community, every week. Very rarely does that show miss the mark and really I couldn’t name I time it has.
Just like the one where they were trying to find out who stole the pen. Go back and watch it again after you’ve seen it the first time, there’s all sorts of clues that it was the monkey that don’t shine through the first time. It is deceptively complex.
i believe it was werttrew who posted the gif of annie’s boobs stealing the pen in the open for that episode.
that was the moment i realized community was perfect.
woah woah woah I never saw that. Can someone please post it?
Njoy, don’t get too excited. That’s just the monkey’s name.
Also:
While nothing has reached the heights since I must say….. Simpsons did it.
And I’m not saying I don’t love Community. Did you guys realize from when Abed was Robocop that not only since have we built a blanket fort but it was also TROYS BIRTHDAY, can’t wait for that new Paintball episode…
Did anyone see Betty White on the Barbara Walters’ Special? At one point, Babs is like “Finish this sentence: ‘Betty White is…..’” and Betty responded with “overexposed.” I’ve never been a Betty hater, but I thought Gabe would actually like that. She’s totally aware how stupid this whole hoopla is.
Also SOLID night of NBC comedies but WOOF the new “Perfect Couples” looks BAD.
I want to give it a chance cause of Olivia Munn, but seriously. Olivia Munn?
Olivia Munn is the worst and I hate her. But at least I am relieved to see her (potentially) not doing something that is all “Hey look at me, I am a hot girl, but also I am on a videogame talk show, so that means I’m a nerd, so WORSHIP ME, NERDS.”
I really don’t like her.
Also, my name is Olivia. As a general rule, other Olivias are never a good thing, unless we’re talking about Olivia the Pig, cause she is adorable.
Not even Olivia Benson?
I totally get what you’re talking about. Full disclosure, I was introduced to her as the hot videogame chick. But I know, I KNOW, that she is funnier than people let her be. Even the Daily Show hasn’t been throwing her much stuff, but I’m always satisfied with what she does do on it. So yes, I will defend Olivia Munn until I give up on her, and continuing with my point in my last post, that may be with this stupid looking show. :-/
I’ll stick with my Diet Pepsi.
And by Diet Pepsi, I mean, Thursday nights comprised of watching The Office and TNG DVDs with my boyfriend.
Your boyfriend is a lucky man.
Did you see the episode where another student named Olivia joined her class, and there was chaos because of it? That pretty much sums up what you’re saying here.
P.S. I know the plotlines of episodes of Olivia.
I don’t have cable or anything, the only reason I know of her is from my mother, who buys me, her adult daughter, all sorts of plushies and kids books because Olivia the Pig is so cute.
But that situation happened to me in high school. Eventually the other Olivia went to another school. I won.
‘Happy Holidays’ is what terrorists say.
Is it sad that the only way I can feel like its christmas time is through TV specials?
Community was amazing last night. I wish I could have turned into a claymation character so I could give him a hug, because aww.
P.S. Favorite line in IASIP: “You mean sperm doesn’t eat the egg, grow strong and become a baby?”
That’s exactly how I will explain baby-making to my future children.
Sunny has been really great too. The Gang has really been showing some heart lately, what with Charlie’s fake birthday and ‘Dee’s’ baby. They really come together in a dumb/sweet way. And the Kate Bush (cover) was SUPER sweet. My heart had almost re-frozen after 30rock but it promptly melted again. And then they showed the pic of baby AXEL aww……
It was SO CUTE! Especially because of the extra long shot of Mac looking at Dee as she came out, which couldn’t have been accidental.
And then it back to being It’s Always Sunny.
i gotta say all the episodes were fantastic, i really loved always sunny… especially bringing back all the characters like lil kev
but the highlight of the night for me was the parks and rec previews
andy: “im typing your symptoms on this bar, and its telling me u might have a network connectivity problem” hilarious
andy for president of EVERYTHING.
I laughed harder at that line of Andy’s than anything on The Office last night. ANDY FOREVER!
Alright. I’ll say it. I was underwhelmed by the Community episode. It just wasn’t that funny to me. I really wanted it to be too.
30 Rock totally won in my heart. The Mentalist stuff was so funny. SO funny.
BOOOOOOO!!!! GO BACK TO YOUR CAVE ON MT. CRUMPIT, GRINCH!
I’ll have to watch it again. My boyfriend got sick again so it was a bit of a bummer toward the beginning of the night, so I will try watching again!
Yep.
Gotta agree with you there DSN. Most nights Community usually produces just as many laughs as 30 Rock, but last night’s laugh count leaned heavily on the 30 Rock side (this is how i rate my life experiences, in number of laughs). However, as Gabe often does, you gotta give Community the credit for being so ambitious. I thought it was a really well executed episode, and it played by its own rules of the claymation/group therapy/planet abed (unlike Inception). Also, i appreciated the fact that they didn’t autocorrect the voices when they attempted to sing -it would have resulted in alot of Glee-esque “Oh, brother..”‘s
Also, I should mention DSN, that I absolutely love your avatar. In fact, I made it my cell phone wallpaper a few weeks ago, before I dropped my RAZR into a puddle. on purpose. thank you.
I’m with you DSN.
It wasn’t very good as Community episodes go.
I liked how it was very character driven, and I don’t think you would like it if you didn’t know Abed and the others. And I liked the ending, where christmas has different personal meanings for everyone, which is SO true.
But the gags were kind of lame and it all felt too contrived with the constant repetition of how this is all just in Abed’s head. A lot of people said the live 30 Rock episode took away everything they love about 30 Rock, and I sorta feel that way about this community.
Add me to the Debbie Downer list.
DSN – I am totally there with ya. And I felt that way with last week’s episode as well. It came to a stunningly downer hault from what started off funny as hell.
True Story: Went to see Joel McHale’s stand up a little while back. For one he came out wearing grossly tight pants, work boots and a baggy tee. So immediately I’m like, Ugh. Then for an hour+ he just did his Soup schtick. I watch you every week Joel(twice a week), I don’t need to hear about the Kardashians when I see you in person too. Every since then, I’ve been kinda Eh about Community.
Boo. Sorry to hear that, because I have a huge ol’ TV crush on Joel McHale.
Believe me, so did I. That why I was so distraught.
Notspelledbrain – I always wondered how he had time for all of this. Which crossed my mind when he was just doing the Soup and standup dates. The Soup doesn’t seem to break as often as regular shows, so that’s a hell of a lot of work. THEN to tack on Community?
PS. I also pretty much fell asleep towards the end of his act too.
I have always watched Community in spite of Joel McHale…McKale? See, I don’t even know.
It is one of my absolute favorites. The big draw was actually “Chevy Chase is on TV? I have to see this.” And nowadays I always forget he’s even on it.
I’m Shirley & Abed, all the way.
Well to be fair, he does seem to have a full plate there with Community and the Soup. For one, you don’t see Ryan Seacrest (assuming they’re analogous in # of jobs) doing stand-up -or anything creative in general.
Joel McHale was mean to me in High School, And we didn’t even go to HS at the same time (He was like 25), He visited my school and screwed over my big journalism project.
That said, Avery makes 30 Rock the best, if she is in the episode it rivals Community.
The thor rant from Dennis and the Weekend at Bernie’s scene won the night for me. Great season from It’s Always Sunny.
ETERNAL THUMBS UP FOR YOUR AVATAR.
I think Pierce Bear was my favorite person of Community/the night. I LOVED the episode. It wasn’t missing anything for me, but my lack of knowledge of how TV writing really works makes me have the uninformed and probably wrong opinion that they missed out on some good Inception joke somewhere.
Yea, i felt they had some opportunities there -like how they played way better by their own mind-rules than Inception. thumbsupIncredimarc!
Attention Monsters! Can I pleeeease get a GIF of Dwight whipping his head around in the Meredith wig?
No, we need a GIF MONTAGE of all the wigs. The Stanley wig was the icing on the hilarity cake.
Greatest gif of all time?
Greatest gif of all time!
This. Always this.
Dwight in Pam’s wig looks like Buffalo Bob.
Yes! This one features the crucial hair whip (back and forth). Essential.
i know it’s off topic (sort of of?), but can someone make me a gif of andy from parks and rec trying to jump over the counter on his rollerblades? concert addict?
My heart grew TEN SIZES last night cause The Office was so good!
“Battered women, please be quiet — there’s a man talking.”
Are there any foods that are making you nauseous lately? Please don’t say a half sleeve of oreos!
Did anyone else notice that Jenna’s boyfriend works at “Wang Tuck’s Noodle Shop”? Subtle LOL.
I did not notice that. But I just laughed so hard I spit Diet Coke all over my keyboard. Thank you Funtastik!
The best part of Sunny has been the ongoing buildup of lore behind Charlie and Frank’s lifestyle. What the fuck is Nightcrawlers, for example? Now we learn they go ‘clamming’ for lost jewelry in the sewers. Naked. All of it’s off-camera and all of it is presented in such an offhand way. Brilliant.
“Babies are the most irritating thing in the world.”
Loved this episode – makes me so happy that Dee and Mac have a baby in real life.
Also: Can Bill Hader please guest on 30 Rock sometime as Alan Alda’s other long-lost son? (See: http://kenlevine.blogspot.com/2010/10/amazing-alan-alda-impression.html).
Long-Lost son? or Regular grown-up son named ‘Spiderman.’ That way we we can judge how well he turned out for ourselves.
So what i’m saying is #BillHader4Spiderman
I felt the same way as Gabe going into Community, but luckily it ended up being PERFECT. Until the end when my girlfriend made fun of me for crying
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I am always THE SAD when I have to miss Thursday night TV on Thursday nights, but then I read through this and get all excited to watch it TODAY because the internet is great and I feel all warm and fuzzy again.
The League double episode last night also redeemed itself for last weeks sub-par effort. I really like Jenny a lot, kind of refreshing to see a semi-developed female character in a male dominated show about fantasy football. The scene with Ruxon and Ellie when he was dressed as the elf on the shelf was incredible as well “and while you’re upstairs I’ll call my wolf guy.”
I’m convinced, I got to start watching The League.
30 Rock and the Office were definitely the winners last night. Community was very ambitious and certainly admirable, but ultimately didn’t really do much for me. Despite it being stop motion animation, it was pretty boring. Full disclosure: I love Community and have a picture of it in my wallet, that episode just didn’t do much for me. It was more style over substance.
cutty on always sunny speaking in earnest about his lost denim shorts. he was like “yo spider, let me get a word with you son.”
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why worst? I’m actually sad that Colleen had such a Colleen reaction, y’know? I bet she is secretly super excited for a baby…They held on her smile for awhile and I’m pretending she was MORE excited for the baby than the ensuing argument.
how so?
“Who hasn’t made mistakes? I once french kissed a dog at a party to try to impress what turned out to be a very tall 12-year-old.”
-Donald Trump, The Apprentice finale.
After last night’s episode, I’m ready for Michael not to be on the Office anymore. He’s too much.
Yup. Plus an upvote. So, agreed, plus yes.
pierce with the christmas tommy gun was one of my favorite parts of that episode.
i liked troy’s candy cane nunchucks best
yes times one million
they sure like their guns on this show.
Community was soooo good… but you guys… I’m worried about Abed. He should definitely get some help.
Yes, I am concerned about a fictional character.
his whole storyline is reminiscent of “the curious case of the dog in the nighttime”
2nding protective feelings for Abed. WTF is wrong with his mother? She needs a smack. And when that mean gay threw a drink in his face last week I think I stood up in shock and anger. “You…can’t do that to him…he just likes to talk about Farscape.
“
Gabe it is a good thing you write such good fanfic b/c all of this unnecessary HATIN’ is enough to make a [not actually] television icon cry.
I’ve never noticed how Rob Huebel looks EXACTLY like Andy from Toy Story before.
I know its not a Thursday Night Comedy, but can we please discuss last night’s Fringe? The marionette was perhaps the creepiest most insane sequence I have seen on network TV in a long time. Black Swan eat your heart out!
I thought it was maybe the best Fringe ever. I usually enjoy it, but I tend to find the drama shallow and the mysteries not that much more than freak-show curiosities. But this episode made me sit up and take notice. Olivia’s return had surprising weight to it, the conclusion to which felt organic, fresh and weighty. The mystery portion was terrific; the whole situation was legitimately unsettling and the marionette scene was kind of sublime. It felt like an honest to god Gothic novel.
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