From its opening number, Muppets Most Wanted directs audience attention back to the 2011 award-winning movie, The Muppets. Having demonstrated with the latter they’re a “viable franchise,” Kermit, Miss Piggy, and the rest of the gang sing to the world, “We’re doing a sequel … now all we need is a half-decent plot!”

Yesterday, Phil Robertson of the Duck Dynasty clan became the latest media figure shot down over his stance against homosexuality. Duck Dynasty—which chronicles the life of the Robertsons, a Louisiana family who has made it big selling duck calls—recently finished its fourth season on A&E with record-setting audience numbers. More than 11.8 million viewers tuned in to the season opener alone, the highest ratings ever for a cable nonfiction show.

A black screen wakes up to white letters:

“In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him. —A.E. Wiggin”