I’ve spent years living in North Brooklyn but I really didn’t know anything about it until I was able to see how it was portrayed by 2 Broke Girls, a hackneyed, LA-filmed sitcom created by the “brain” behind Sex and the City and the “brain” behind Whitney. This column will keep track of all the knowledge dropped and questions answered, like: Why do hipsters wear knit hats? Because of Coldplay…of course (seriously, this was one of the first jokes of the series).

This week I learned…

Don’t get between a hipster and his cheese

Last seen as Zooey Deschanel’s cheating ex-boyfriend on The New Girl—something that must have earned him truckloads of Williamsburg cred—this scraggly, lost-relative of Shaggy (Scooby Doo’s friend not the singer) has a very Brooklyn problem. It seems like this Williamsburg diner doesn’t have the proper fancy cheese (Muenster—of course?) for his fancy hamburger. Been there—right, sister? As we Brooklyners are apparently wont to do, Scraggy throws a hissy fit:

Scraggy: “Seriously, dude? I wanted Muenster.”

Blond Broke Girl: “Sorry. We have cheddar, Swiss, or American.”

Scraggy: “I hate cheddar and Swiss blows.”

Blond Broke Girl: “Well, then, American?”

Scraggy: “American cheese, what am I in grade school?”

Story. Of. My. Life.

This episode also featured a number of bizarre story arcs that were less A-stories and B-stories, as they were ad hoc assortments of vaguely related scenes. One involved the blond broke girl becoming addicted to coupons and another had the Kat Dennings broke girl going on a tampon crusade. Both were supposed to be some sort of metaphor for their parental relationships—real heady stuff.

The best story arc was that for some reason both broke girls seemingly could only speak in puns. Some were good, some were bad, some were good-bad, and a few were bad-good, but it was something. Maybe this is the Sex and the City influence rearing it’s bedazzled head or maybe, just maybe, all my neighbors and I have only been speaking in puns for years without any of us noticing. Have you ever used the term Ke$hame to refer to the shame of listening to Ke$ha or maybe uttered, “While Miranda was on the G going to Downtown Brooklyn, Samantha was going downtown on some dude?”

I’ve spent years living in North Brooklyn but I really didn’t know anything about it until I was able to see how it was portrayed by 2 Broke Girls, a hackneyed, LA-filmed sitcom created by the “brain” behind Sex and the City and the “brain” behind Whitney. This column will keep track of all the knowledge dropped and questions answered, like: Why do hipsters wear knit hats? Because of Coldplay…of course (seriously, this was one of the first jokes of the series).

This week I learned…

If you need a new oven for your cupcake business sell $25,000+ worth of jewelry

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I’ve spent years living in North Brooklyn but I really didn’t know anything about it until I was able to see how it was portrayed by 2 Broke Girls, a hackneyed, LA-filmed sitcom created by the “brain” behind Sex and the City and the “brain” behind Whitney. This column will keep track of all the knowledge dropped and questions answered, like: Why do hipsters wear knit hats? Because of Coldplay…of course (seriously, this was one of the first jokes of the series).

This week I learned…

Everyone here looks/is homeless

Here is real dialogue from last night’s episode:

MAX: Hipster or Homeless Pop Quiz, ready?

HAN: Ready!

M: Hipsters wear?

H: Skinny jeans.

M: Homeless wear?

H: Dirty jeans.

M: Hipsters listen to?

H: Radiohead.

M: Homeless listen to?

H: The voices in their head.

M: Hipsters have?

H: Beard and a blog.

M: Homeless have?

H: Beard and so much sadness.

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c/o Pitchfork

Airing this Sunday at 9/8c on USA, Smith will play the role of Columbia University mythology professor Cleo Alexander. In the episode, based off the now notorious series of injuries from Broadway’s “Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark,” Detective Goren (Vincent D’Onofrio) calls upon Alexander to explain the meaning of the Icarus myth.

Making her on-screen acting debut, Smith told TV Guide, “I knew that it wasn’t going to be simple, but it was a little more daunting than I expected.”

She also said that D’Onofrio, who brought her on the show, helped her prepare for the role. “He’s been taught by the greatest, and he taught me, so I feel like if I had to do it again, I’d be really good,” she says. “He’s such a great actor, such a great director and becoming such a good friend.”

To see an exclusive clip of Smith’s performance head over to TVGuide.com.

In the meantime, we have a different performance by Smith for you to enjoy.