Yeah - the instant that “Are you an M?” came out of his mouth, I started laughing. That was a great callback, and I didn’t see it coming at all.

And it got me to wondering about that particular sort of humor and what it is and how it works, since the most recent time I laughed that hard was the other day, watching the latest episode of Guild Receptionist, and specifically the moment when Alina is watching a giant boulder slowly settle into the remains of her house.

There’s just something about that anticipatory moment right after one character says or does something to another, and though they don’t know it, we the audience do know that the proverbial shit is just about to hit the proverbial fan.