The 66th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards: The Good, The Tweets, and Holy Makeout, Julia Louis-Dreyfuss!

by B Condon 9:32 PM

Seth Meyer started out the night with "We had comedies that made you laugh and comedies that made you cry because they were dramas submitted as comedies." So true and like a hodge podge of mismatched submissions, the Emmy's had a little of everything great or horrible. But then that is rather subjective..

The "Hell Yes"'es

I don't believe in hate speech and the whole spammerish "GO KILL YOURSELVES. WE DON'T CARE. EMMYS SUCK" bullshit so I intend on just sticking to the stuff that made me nerd out the hardest. And on the nerd-off scale at the very top, I must name all of the Sherlock wins tonight from Benedict-gorgeous-Cumberbatch winning the Outstanding Lead Actor for Sherlock: His Last Vow to Martin Freeman winning Outstanding Supporting Actor to STEVEN-FUCKING-MOFFAT for Outstanding Writing. I literally squealed like Zooey Deschanel upon discovering Louie C.K. won for Outstanding Comedy Writing...

Steven Moffatt winning for Oustanding Writing for a Mini-Series or Movie, Sherlock: His Last Vow

And when Kathy Bates and Jessica Lange won for American Horror Story: Coven? Yeah, loud happiness occurred because horror/fantasy is not typically a win-able genre at the Emmy's. It also seems really strange that while Kathy Bates deserved the win, the people who actually watched the show know her portrayal of Marie Laveau is a racist bigot who basically ends up as chopped limbs at the end of the show. Oops. Spoilers. But it was extraordinarily bittersweet watching Lange, who has been a consistent AHS alum since season 1, knowing that after this next season she will be retiring from acting.

Also, no one told me that Cary Joji Fukunaga was doing True Detective so when he ran up to the stage, my jaw literally fell on the floor. His resume is extremely solid from an underrated adaptation of Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre and from the direction of that, I do not blame the academy at all for letting him win with the multiple talents this man has. He directs! He produces! He writes! He understands cinematography and how cameras work! He does have an amazing ability of creating an ominous ambience. OK, I'm foreseeing a True Detective marathon in my near future, next to re-watching Grimm, finishing Community and Gilmore Girls for the umpteenth time but that's besides the point....

As for the comedy portion of the night, it was all the usual suspects that I was well-pleased probably a little more than the average Orange is the New Black fan, but I was so happy that Modern Family has remained intact with the Academy as well as Ty Burrell's win for best supporting actor. While some people could be annoyed by this, Modern Family is not the typical formulaic sitcom so of course it's going to be ushered in every year. If there would be an ensemble category, then, I think we could sift out the actor categories so others have a fair chance. And let's not get started how disappointed I am that Amy Poehler is leaving television without a single won Emmy... But as for Jim Parsons winning, what, the fourth year in a row? Because science, folks. Because. Science.

Steven Colbert. There is no other explanation as to why I'm so happy about this. Because Steven Colbert ... and the fact that this is his last year with the show before going to The Late Show, it was well deserved.

The Best Tweets

@glamourmag Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson are tonight's Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels. #Emmys

@glamourmag Julia Louis-Dreyfus + Bryan Cranston = the new Adrien Brody and Halle Berry #Emmys

@AnnaKendrick47 I wish I was Bryan Cranston right now

@glamourmag I could watch @billyeichner yell at people about Maggie Smith for the rest of the night. Is that an option? #Emmys

@mrbateslegal Lived in the Keys for 4 years and never came across a conch shell full of weed. Think there's an untapped market here... #Emmys2014

@BdeCaunteton Waiting for that one tweet where @glamourmag and @hellogiggles nerd out over Zooey Deschanel's squealing #emmys

@glamourmag YES! Amy Poehler IS the Beyonce of Pawnee. #Emmys

The Best One-Liners/Moments

"TV will always be the booty call of entertainment." - Seth Meyers

Everything that was between Jimmy Kimmel and Matthew McConaughey. "Matthew McConaughey doesn't even own a television. I happen to know for a fact he traded his television for a conch shell full of weed." "You won an Oscar six months ago. No offense, but how many of those speeches of yours are we supposed to sit through?Should we give you the BET award for best male hip-hop artist while we're at it? Look at that face. That's not a TV face. That's a movie-star face right there. Where's Ricky [Gervais]? Now that is a television face. Not even really a television face. It's a Netflix face." "Take your brother Rico and your bongo drums and get the hell out! And take Julia Roberts with you." "You beautiful son of a bitch."

"True or false, Maggie Smith doesn't give a shit about award shows." - Billy Eichner

[Singing] "Jon Hamm's liver won the Emmy because he's Jon-freaking-Hamm." - Weird Al Yankovic

"Despite any differences we may have, we must strive to remember that... there's one common truth that binds us all together; None of us will ever make as much money as Kim Kardashian did for her iPhone game." - Jimmy Fallon

"The Golden Globes have alcohol... Here everyone sits quietly in one place and waits for the pills to kick in. Tonight we are all Crazy Eyes." - Seth Meyers

"OK, hello. I am honored to announce the first award of the evening: best on-screen orgasm in a Civil War reenactment." - Amy Poehler

Drunk Andy Sandberg dressed as a character from Game of Thrones and talking to Lena Headey

[Coming up with introductions for Ed Harris and Matthew McConaughey] Poehler: "Please welcome two gentlemen who seem like they'd be chatty in the sack." Meyer: "That sounds accurate."

Chris Hardwicke schooling twitter users on the use of your/you're

Stephen Colbert whispers his acceptance speech into Jimmy Fallon's ear and Fallon dictating.

"We're all molecules and we are all shooting through space right now." - Sarah Silverman

"Hold on there, Clark Gable." - Julia Louis-Dreyfuss to Bryan Cranston with a pencil mustache (and apparently I was the only one who understood this reference)

Zooey Deschanel squealing out that Louis C.K. won for best writing in a comedy series

[Singing] "Inigo Montoya grew a beard." - Weird Al Yankovic

Everything about comedian and Silicon Valley actor T.J. Miller describing director nominee Mike Judge from the cigarette to the weird woman dancing in the background and all the mocking pretentiousness.

"Robin Williams, what a concept." - Billy Crystal When Amy Poehler and Seth Meyers high-fived. I need a .gif of that like yesterday! "I love you and I loved the scenes in bed." - Bryan Cranston to Anna Gunn, winning Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series