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Renewed.

To be fair, unless she looked up, it looked like an expensive art gallery devoted to antique weaponry more than anything else. She DOES own an art gallery afterall...

Crack.

He said he planned as much to Tyrion when he turned him down for champion. 'Noble ladies break their necks riding all the time. Go figure.'

Quentin knew it too. He saw the script being written out. And his positively contemptual answer to Harry about being "given the opportunity to clear that up for you" was well deserved. They treated him like he was some uppity young punk, and Quentin responded like a grown-ass man with some goddamn self-respect. I sort of fell in love with him a little bit there to be honest.

I'm officially off the Tyanna train. Joey's got another week of not really being present for me to disembark. Clark and Quentin continue to be enjoyable. If there's anyone else left, I'll be damned if I can remember them, which says pretty much all of it.

The buy even says he calculates it at 80%. And he's got to make a profit, dude isn't running a 501©3 :P

What is this retconning of Felicity? Does she have to become unlikeable in order for the fucking endgame with Laurel? I mean, she's oozing more sex and physical desire toward Oliver in the last 2-3 episodes than she ever has, even when she really wanted to be with him. She's also really 'soft' in a completely unbelievable manner, which has nothing to do with Felicity. She's not making good decisions, and she's pretty much the trope of the helpless female victim. Which incidentally, Oliver didn't say 'let's end this,' she did. 'I don't want to be another woman you love Oliver' - after walking out on him angrily. They've taken even that strength away from her. I am very unhappy with this bullshit. Felicity was the best character on the damn show.

The (awesome!) commercial Quentin cribbed from.

This was the worst night of Idol I have ever seen. Clark can stay. The rest of them can GTFO. Even the people I like! The Chanel commercial Quentin cribbed from is 10,000 times better sung. Adam Lambert pretty much sealed Mad World off limits. Not sure I would have tried that Joey. Tyanna? I'm going to pretend it didn't happen.

I don't know where to put this, but I LOATHE the new format. I know they said they were doing the elims this way to handle one night showings, but please, for the love of God, do it at the top of the hour. The suspense dragging out over the course of the show results in declining performance quality as people get closer and closer to thinking they're going home and the entire working methodology of the show has been destroyed. The pimp slot is almost always a snoozer now - the poor person there just had about 15 seconds of safety and is filled with adrenaline in the bad way still. Not feeling this AT ALL.

Joey, Tyanna, Quentin, and Clark can stay. Everyone else can't leave fast enough.

I cannot beLIEVE we almost lost Quentin. That would have been horrible. I'm hopeful that was producer shenanigans. Who WAS that dude in the crowd for him??? Enjoyed him, Joey, Tyanna, and Clark. Everyone else can bugger off and I couldn't care less.

La Christina's presence most likely.

OK. What the hell with that Nick guy? He's been getting a one-man lovefest, bizarre two minute montages in the middle of the show, extra time to talk to the judges and Ryan, etc since Hollywood week. And he was the last announced in the lineup of 'Here's your top 24' I think. IDGI. So I'm calling shenanigans!

I would have swapped Trevor for Daniel, but eh... I loathe Motown week and I grew up in Detroit! :-\

Yanno, I read about this epic fight before I watched the episode. Frankly, having been an executive for going on a decade now, it didn't even seem like a fight to me, just 'OK, how do we work together in this new capacity?' I felt that was just a normal collaborative process between intelligent, driven, caring, and passionate people trying to get shit done. I actually found it endearing and truthfully structural. Even the followup conversation they had about Layla struck me as an adult, hardtruths, necessary, conversation born of great respect and trust. I hope I'm not reading it wrong and that their relationship goes to hell. :-\

I think these shows are always taped, aren't they?

LOVED Quentin! OMG, yay! Amazing voice and not cookie cutter. Super cool song choice too. I'd keep Clark and Riley. I *adore* Trevor, but he HAS to stop being 17, like immediately. Turn it down kiddo. Everyone else can go, and I won't care. Adam E's kind of amusing, but he needs to stop and sing something, fast. Edit: Also, shoutout to the hometown! I about fell over when I saw the Fillmore.

I think Shi is the real-life version of Rachel Berry. Or a good actor. She makes me want to smack her upside the noggin but the girl who said 'I dunno you guys!!' to the judges questions in The Chair, was pretty adorable.

Who IS the other prisoner Ollie mentioned? Felicity's dad? Or Deadeye or something? I guess they gave Slade the mirrakuru cure before penning him, but I didn't recall that.

God, what the fuck was wrong with Ricky, just badgering and badgering and belaboring the point with that kid? I lost a lot of respect for him last night. Also, that whole thing with Jax and her parents was really, really weird. Awkward. Why the hell didn't she just hold their hands or something? And that mohawk girl - man, what a nasty personality when she didn't get what she wanted. Yuck.

I'd be ok with Oliver being gone for 5 more episodes or even until next season if there was no chance of Lauriver as a result of said absence. I *LOATHE* the Laurel character.

Tonight was fucking amazing. And yet, I saw the first glimmerings of the thing that loses me with shows like this. They are setting up the 'episode of the week' fillers until they can move forward with the idea of when, or if, Ms. Shahi will be returning. And the problem with that is that they always, always, truly lose the plot during these types of things. I will be utterly gutted if this show goes the way of so many other JJ Abrams series which started out strong, and then started downhill at season 3. It is in my top 10 TV shows of all time. And I'm both old and a Firefly fan, so there ya go. That's only 9 slots left. :P

I'm honestly hoping that somehow, someway, we find out Neal has been running a long con since the day he walked into June's loft. I do NOT want him to be rehabilitated. He has always seemed miserable and like he's doing things for other people. It's just...bleah.