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Oh man - I think I was a senior in high school when 90210 started, and I legitimately loved it, which is a little horrifying to think of now. And even though it means reliving my shame on a weekly basis, I am very excited for this podcast.

Is Michaela McManus really old enough to have a 16 year-old daughter?

At one point during the episode I even thought "Wow, she's just hallucinating the snack devil? That's kind of not a lot," and STILL I was surprised by both the Johnny Frost and Major revelations! I am dumb sometimes, it seems. Liv realizing that she hadn't told Major about being a zombie, that things weren't okay again, was just so sad. Also, Major's crazed idea that he should go to war against the zombies make me fear he won't make it to the end of the season alive. Clive laying on the couch with his legs up in the air was hilarious. I'm only sorry we didn't get to see the conversation where Liv convinces him to actually re-enact her vision. I feel like a lot of the menace of Blaine comes from the other characters reacting to him; in and of himself, he doesn't seem to scary, but since the rest of the characters are believably afraid of him, I buy that he's a seriously bad dude.

I'm sure this is wrong, but is the new PTDP "Boar's head ham"?

Oh, man, Jaime Camil would be awesome on SNL! I would love to see him opposite one of Maya Rudolph's over the top characters. Although it might make more sense to get Maya Rudolph on JtV. Ahem, before going too off-topic, these are some very good suggestions. Although I'm picturing Andre Braugher in character as Captain Holt through the entire episode which is probably not how it would go down. Alas.

I really hope someone writes a thesis someday on why this joke is perfect.

Although I don't really see a lot of chemistry between Jake and Amy, I thought this was a great episode. Andre Braugher's robot impression was the best moment of any season finale I've seen so far this year, and I actually got a little choked up by his departure speech. I will miss that man all summer. Also, I loved that Gina's fake flirtation with the file clerk led her to start using bird-based insults for Wuntch, that grackle. As for the new captain, it better not turn out to be Robert California. #NeverForget

You obviously don't watch Hannibal. :-) Although Huck is not fit to be Hannibal's canape. I fear that not seeing Quinn shoot Huck means that he'll survive, and a major plot of next season will be devoted to his rehabilitation. I am not interested in that. I agree with all the comments regarding Fitz's totally unwarranted high-handedness with Mellie, but what struck me as incredibly gross was his saying "You think I would let you be President?" Excuse me? This lame-duck douche bag whose popularity, we just learned 2 episodes ago, has never been lower, who only was elected in the first place because of vote tampering (and whose reaction to discovering that was hurt feelings that no one believed in him, and then murdering a woman with his bare hands), and was primarily re-elected on a wave of voter sympathy, somehow thinks he has the ability, never mind the authority, to have that kind of influence over anything? Fitz has never been anything other than an empty vessel puppet president, and that he doesn't know that would be a little bit sad if it didn't fill me with a caps-lock-level RAGE. While I've always thought it preposterous that Fitz would be the head of any country, it occurred to me recently how much he has in common with King Henry VIII. Maybe it's the influence of Wolf Hall, but he's basically a petulant child whose obsession with a woman other than his wife renders him unable to exercise any sort of reasonable judgement, and who is irrational to the point of scorching the earth for any perceived slight. The only difference is that no one ever thinks Henry VIII is a good romantic prospect. Also, when Olivia wasn't home when Fitz came over I was so excited for her to pull a Kelly Taylor and choose herself! But no.I can't even express how disappointed I am that she went to the White House instead. As for the resolution of the B613 debacle, I like the idea that OPA could take down Eli where they failed to take down Command (and what a bunch of dumb shits for not realizing that sooner), the execution, as it were, really didn't make any sense. Was there any indication that Rowan planned to dismantle B613? And, while I understand that Command is supposed to be all-powerful, was it really so easy that he could take it apart all in one night? On an unrelated note, does the death of B613 and the freeing of Mama Pope (which, as a viewer,I am excited about it, but as a thinking person can only ask: what? Why was that at all necessary?) mean that Tom will be freed from whatever hole he's in? I really liked him. And most importantly: will Jake be back next season?

Oh well; my day is still the better for having heard it.

Is it "Alex Trebek, smug bastard"?

Danny was. He got the role of Cop #4 in a Liam Neeson movie that was shooting in the area. His only line in the movie was supposed to be "That's how we do it in J-Squad," which is why everyone kept saying that. (Which I thought was a nice callback to Seinfield's "These pretzels are making me thirsty," when Kramer gets a role in a Woody Allen film.) I also was expecting Danny to reveal at the end that he had a crush on Candace, to explain why he stayed at the house-thing for so long. I do think Danny and Constance would be gross together, so I"m gad that wasn't the case, but I am a little disappointed in the my predictive-tv-watching powers. For me, this show is the definition of a guilty pleasure - I recognize that it's not good, I know I have better things to do, but I seriously can't stop watching it. And to watch these dudes f**king it up live on a weekly basis? I won't be able to resist that.

I am really glad Michael survived the season! I'm also very in favor of Rogelio and Xiomara being married, even drunkenly, since it will (hopefully) fast-track their reconciliation. I'm a little concerned that the second season will not remain as light and frothy as the first, since the primary plot seems like it will be retrieving a kidnapped baby from a killer. At the same time, I suppose that would allow Michael to continue to play a key role on the show, and I'm apparently team Michael, so yay! I appreciated having Luisa recap all of the crappy things Petra has done over the course of the season, but I feel like having her steal Rafael's remaining sample pushes her over into completely-irredeemable territory. I'm very wary of where that plot will go. Although if Petra being pregnant means she can't wear shorts all the time, it might not be the worst thing ever. On the whole, though, I'd say this was a good way to wind down the first season while setting up some compelling leads for the second. I will definitely be tuning in in the fall! Also, The CW - can we download Rogelio's alarm somewhere? Any day would be a wonderful day to be woken up by Rogelio.

I've always been under the impression that Peter has family money, thus affording private school and a stay-at-home wife. Clearly Jackie has a good amount of money, and she certainly would not withhold from Peter if he needed anything. I enjoyed this episode. I am super glad there's no campaign storyline anywhere - although I did miss Eli and Marissa, so maybe I should be a little more careful in what I wish for. On the other hand, Finn was looking especially handsome last night, even without his glasses; I like that he showed up early and often. I think the relationship between Alicia and Cary is one of the best things about the recent seasons of the show, so, although I was not in love with the court case itself, I did enjoy the reminder of how far those two have come. Also, while I'm sure I'm in the minority about this, I really liked the device with the audio from the cassette tapes playing over the flashbacks. And I know he's been on before, but Kurt Fuller as judge makes 2 in a row that were just regular, you know, non-quirky judges. That's a real hot streak.

I feel a little easy for loving every episode that Pops is in, but really - he just adds so much to the show. Stick around a while, Pops. Maybe it's the cynical old lady in me, but I felt like it was a little obvious that Bow was being set up for a fall with all of her crazy talk about trusting children and being their friends. But I did like to see that, while she is on the whole the more reasonable person in the relationship, there are instances where Dre is in the right. Still, though - my favorite part of the episode is Dre at work. Charlie, Josh, and the boss (whose name I forget, but I still love) are some of the best recurring characters on TV right now.

That's a really great analysis. Since her interactions with the other characters were not explicit good-byes, I think the note from Kalinda was along the lines of 'glad you're back at the firm.' That - the realization that she really doesn't have anything at all right now - would hit her much harder than just a good-bye from an estranged coworker.

There's a behind-the-scenes topic a few threads down, if you want to check that out. I think the title is "Even more dramatic than the show". ETA: Ooops! It looks like photo fox beat me to it!

That actually made me laugh. And it was a welcome light note in a very somber episode. I found Kalinda/Archie's directly addressing the camera to be very affecting. The character and actress have been poorly used over the past few seasons, but I think it was a nice touch to allow her to say good-bye not just to the people in the world of the show, but also to her fans out in the audience. That being said, I'm pretty disappointed at how easy it turned out to be to take down Lemond Bishop. I don't personally know any drug kingpins, but I imagine that, if you're going to be at the top of the Chicago drug trade and constantly under scrutiny by law enforcement, you'd be a little more devious, maybe, in your record keeping? This was basically the equivalent of having a big manila file labeled "Incriminating evidence about my illegal activities," with the business about the stolen flash drive and digital thumbprint making it seem like the plot was more complex than it was. And I imagine, with his arrest, this is the last we'll see of Lemond Bishop? That makes me sad. I'll miss your natty suits and air of menace, sir. On the plus side, bringing back Linda Lavin AND having her call him "Lemon-d Bishop"? Wonderful. ETA: Who was the actor playing the judge in this week's trial? His voice is amazing. In fact, I was so intent on listening to him speak that I didn't realize until this moment that we finally have a judge without a quirk. That's almost unprecedented.

I found that episode surprisingly enjoyable! I completely agree that Jake's resurrection is a total cop-out, but as I said last week, I like Scott Foley so I can't be too upset that he's sticking around. I do, however, hope that someone important does actually die die by the end of the season. Ideally, Huck. I really like that they found a way to bring back Sally Langston. I love how self-righteous she is, and I even love that, no matter how on point her criticisms are of the happenings, she will always be brought up short when someone reminds her they know she killed Daniel Douglas. It's like she forgets, or pretends to forget, that she killed her own husband; seeing her get the unpleasant reminder that, no matter how much she believes in her cause, she is no better than the rest of them is just delightful. So delightful, in fact, that I actually liked Cyrus for putting the smackdown on her. Maybe the biggest surprise of the episode was how Fitz was totally not the worst! His continued support of Mellie is great character growth, and his incredulity that no one double-checked if it was actually legal for the First Lady to also be a senator was actually funny. It's amazing how much more likeable Fitz is when we're not asked to believe that he's capable of doing any actual Presidenting, and when he's not aggressively mopey about Olivia. It also seemed like Tony Goldwyn was having a really good time with the material he got to play, which made it fun to watch. And, while I agree that killing Rondi Reed and her grandchildren was just despicable of Papa Pope, I liked how truly shocked and rattled Olivia was by their deaths. FINALLY someone on the show has the proper reaction to finding a dead body! Even though I totally agree that the Pope speechifying gets tired, I did still enjoy his lecture to Marcus that Jake must be alive because Rowan hadn't heard from Olivia - it was accurate, effective, and relatively short. I also really like how casual he was about shooting Marcus. On the downside, while I do believe there's room for overt Feminist statements on this show, I totally do not buy Abby as the mouthpiece of those statements. In the very first episode of the series, she is overjoyed to call Amanda Tanner a "slut", and since then, she has not missed an opportunity to revel in tearing another woman down. Maybe the show is attempting to make up for that, but frankly it's too late. Which is too bad, because I think that actress (whose name I do not want to misspell) is actually pretty good. Overall, though, I think this episode had more hits than misses for me. I do not give one tiny little crap about what Foxtail is, but I am actually looking forward to how the rest of the season plays out.

I think my favorite part of the Cheers episode that didn't get clipped for the Canon submission is when Diane is basically crying to Simon about how she & Sam are fighting for their marriage and shouldn't that count for something, and he responds with a perfect, exasperated "No". Also, I totally agree that Ted Danson still manages to pop in those sweaters. I mean, it's a tough fight, but he wins. Also, that was a surprisingly difficult game time! I didn't realize the never-seen character was such a staple of television history.

I liked Jake! I mean, it's a conditional like - I like him better than Fitz, because Fitz is the WORST. And I like Scott Foley, and enjoy having an opportunity to see him weekly on my television. That being said, I do feel like Jake is really no longer useful to the overall plot. That makes me sad. but at the same time, I have to agree with the dude that killed him (or "killed" him) that his capabilities have maybe been oversold. I mean, his relationship with Olivia was also totally engineered by Papa Pope; sure, it started as a meet-cute in a coffeeshop rather than a hook-up in a bar, but still - he should have been suspicious of Olivia's totally random boyfriend/boytoy from day one. That being said, I will be surprised if he's actually dead. When Will Gardner was killed off the Good Wife, the actor was interviewed all the hell over the place; apart from a carefully worded tweet, Scott Foley and Shonda have been silent. That seems suspicious. I do really like the theory espoused by many of you that Marcus is going to be a new A at OPA. Although it's only one of many problems, I think the show has really sufferred since Harrison's departure (which, I fully support not wanting to work with that actor anymore), and I'm glad they're bringing in not just someone new, but somone who's been through a scandal but not, like, major torture. Overall, I'd say this episode was really just a place filler, unless Jake's death turns out to be real. Which, I don't know. I just hope that, when the show gets around to killing Huck, it freakin' sticks.

SO much of this season is just wasted time! I'm sure watching it is worse, but just reading about it is almost infuriating.

Is it weird that I actually felt bad for Jonah? Is Patton Oswald actually worse than Jonah, that I have this sympathy?

I was really hoping that Dave would pick the Cobra song from that G.I. episode he made somebody watch, but the Shatner selection is probably the only song that's better.

I cannot even tell you how profoundly I support this statement. Eames forever. And I'm surprised at the resolution of the D'Onofri-off! I don't usually go in for the superhero shows, but captial-D's involvement in this one really has me intrigued.

I actually feel a little bad bad for Matthew Weiner because he can't possibly have come up with anything as good as Don Draper becoming D.B. Cooper, and he's probably kicking himself for it.