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I think there IS a long-term plan, but they're going at a very deliberate pace. This week focused in one very specific way on Pam's impending delivery. They basically accomplished something that could have been done in one act. Meanwhile, we saw more of what's it like to have Robert California as CEO and, again, it was just a long elaboration on one aspect of that. I think, ultimately, there will be a more eventful point to the long-term plan and it will largely have to do with Robert. Of course, I'm only guessing. On a completely different note . . . .

Wow, no comments yet? It was hard as hell to follow up on what was perhaps the block's best week so far in the season, but some good stuff last night. I know it's the easy reference, but the Kiss From a Rose montage in Community was just fucking tops, especially paired with the following Winger freakout in front of the backdrop. Parks and Rec was solid and seeing Ben and Leslie's childishness about their relationship get played out through a world conflict just kept making me giggle. The Office was definitely outshone, but I enjoy episodes that feature Pam and Dwight teaming up. Also: "Where'd this triangle come from?"

You should be tested in a laboratory setting.

TROOOOOOOOOOOLL!

Oh god, Big Fish, yes.

Just a killer, killer night. I have no complaints. Also, I gotta watch the webseries with Andy and April.

I don't recall.

I just started watching Below the Belt. It's a 1980's movie about women's wrestling. So 10 minutes in, I know this much: a) it's likely far less goofy than Bodyslam, b) yet it somehow features voices from The Firesign Theatre, and c) it does treat wrestling as a legitimate sport. I don't know my female wrestlers very well, but I have heard Mae Young and The Fabulous Moolah name-dropped. Not sure if any wrestlers are actually in it. I get the sense Millie Burke was a real life wrestler. She's in this. So far, my favorite thing is that this movie is unyieldingly out of 1980. EDIT 1: Nevermind what I said about it treating wrestling as legit. Also? It's taken a fairly dramatic turn. Definitely far from the same category as Bodyslam, No Holds Barred, etc. EDIT 2: Just finished. There were some very brief appearances from Lou Albano, Grand Wizard, Bruno Sammartino, and others. The soundtrack is so wonderfully 1980 and so . . . literal. It comes just shy of describing the action, shot for shot. Overall, if you really dig the aesthetic of a seedy 1980 movie or wrestling movies of all description then this is worth a watch. You might not care for more than just one watch, though.

Kevin so should have won. Not a tear-jerker, but an ire-raiser.

Is this the one where Mike Voltaggio won? If so, that finale just angered me.

The way he broke down Kelly early in the episode nearly had me in simultaneous laughter and tears.

Finally got to finish these tonight (my DVR mysteriously only recorded the first minute of The Office.) I feel like all 3 shows are suffering from comparison in this thread. Not just the comparisons to each other, but comparisons of their own material. None of their episodes this week were their top-notch best, but all 3 were still very good. And I simply cannot get enough of Robert California.

Oh, RIGHT. Yes, that too. And, yes, Up's an automatic. And frankly, there's a shit ton of Simpsons episodes that'll do it to me. Virtually anything featuring a Homer and Lisa story, plus a bunch of others.

House. Several episodes.

Needs more PPVs named "Open the _____ Gate."

Body Slam Technically, it's still playing right now, but I can already tell you it's the Greatest Film In The History of History. Dirk Benedict (Face from The A-Team!) Captain Lou! Roddy Piper (as Quick Rick Roberts from "America's Heartland", Evanston, Illinois!) The Tonga Kid! The Wild Samoans! The Barbarian! Billy Barty! John Astin! Charles Nelson Reilly! Also, I'm pretty sure there have been TWO songs on the wonderfully 80's soundtrack that are called "Body Slam." EDIT: Ric Flair! Freddie Blassie! Sheik Adnan! BRUNO SAMMARTINO.

That only makes me wonder why the hell there's a remake.

Another Community guest star has been announced. Spoiler'd for the obvious reason AND because some episode details are revealed.

Yeah, I'm diggin' House too. In related news, the sun came up again today.

Poltergeist. More movies should star Coach.

Fucking adore that movie. The cinematography really stuck with me.

Straight's got nothing to do with it. EVERYONE is a Goslisexual.