This time around on Studio 60 was basically a direct continuation of last week's, even more than normal: the show picked up about 2 minutes after the last one ended, and revolved around an in-studio weekly wrap party.

A few plotlines floated in and out, and in true Aaron Sorkin fashion, we learned a few Very Special Lessons about the history of comedy, blacklisting in the '50s, and the plights of black comedians. Luckily we also got to see the studio execs played by Steven Weber and Amanda Peet get really drunk.

Plenty of Nate Corddry this time around as we got to see his character Tom Jeter take around his parents on a personal tour of the studio. They're good old middle-America folks, which in Sorkin's fantasy world means they've never heard of the Who's On First routine. Still, it was kind of a nice reveal that Tom's younger brother is off fighting in Afganistan while Tom is raking in money on the show, and Corddry actually proved that he was a solid actor here (i.e., he didn't spend the episode wandering around in a lobster costume like a few weeks ago).

And while Matthew Perry's Matt was off with Simon scoping out stand-up comedians in Simon's hopes that they'll actually hire an African-American on the writing staff, Timothy Busfield's Cal got some nice screen time as he dealt with a seemingly senile old man played by the always-excellent Eli Wallach. In the end he finally reveals he was a WWII veteran who became a comedy writer in the very same studio (tying nicely into some of the history Tom explained to his parents about) until his career was cut short almost before it began when he was blacklisted. All in all, some very solid writing and plenty of good moments.

Then, of course, they had to relate it all back to Matt and Harriet's non-romance with a few syrupy-yearning glances between the two. Ugh. Well, you can't have everything.