I like that post. It's reasonable and sounds like they know what they're talking about. It's dispiriting how many commenters I saw taking extreme positions while conflating Sony and NBC (not even presuming collusion, just not distinguishing between the two relationships to the show).

I know that's a mistake I was making, conflating the two. And sorting that out made everything make a lot more sense. That post is very clear and agrees with a lot of the conclusions I've been coming to, and I always like that.

I'm very pleased that Megan Ganz seems to be sticking around, she wrote some great episodes - Lupine Urology and at least one other standout, I think.

Really, I'm still sad that Harmon won't get a chance to surprise me by making an even better 4th season (and by better I mean more satisfying and rewarding to me personally) than 3rd season, but I have to recognize that it would have been a surprise just because this 3rd season was so damn good.

Lupine Urology and at least one other standout, I think.

Cooperative Calligraphy, or the Bottle Episode where Annie loses her pen, which is probably on my top-five episode list. I really like Ganz's work and am slightly reassured that she's staying on, although overall remaining apprehensive.

I haven't gone into interweb to seek out reactions from the fan base because I haven't the energy. Overall, I think I'm happy we'll get 13 more eps, even if that's Harmon-less?

The reactions from the fanbase are generally OMGFREAKOUT.

Yup.

And I've seen a lot of "St. Dan Harmon" too, which...

I dunno. It's not Pruitt-gate or anything, but it's also not clean hands on all sides.

(shrug). Harmon is probably an asshole, but I have very little enthusiasm for the new season.

very little. I think there is a solid reason to be worried.

Yeah, I've exhausted all my OMGFREAKOUT capacity with the cancellation of Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles a couple of years back. Nowadays, most I can summon up for non-great stuff that's media-related is a temporary sadface and a philosophical shrug.

The man has certainly apologized for a number of things. And good for him for apologizing, but he does the stuff that needs to be apologized for and that's got to get old pretty fast for bosses and co-workers.

I think there is a solid reason to be worried.

I don't feel I have any clear grasp on the relative strengths of who's left to have any proactive feels. Megan might be great at this. I'll know more by October. Whoever's left.

I certainly don't get the foolproof impression that he's fired because no one likes the current product. And I don't know if he was uniquely able to produce that.

Glee: how are Tina and Artie NOT graduating when they were in the glee club the first year? If this show has covered 3 years, is this supposed to be a 4-year high-school?