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I would love to see Scott as a judge. Gordon can yell at them for raw chicken and Scott can have a cow over raw onion.

The Cleveland chef’s story about hunger made me sad and angry at the same time. No one in this country (or any other) should ever have to be hungry, especially when there is more than enough for everyone. Show comment: is it me, or has the background music gotten worse and worse? Half the time I can’t even hear them talking because the music drowns them out.

I am going to try very, very hard to work “a ploosh of baazel” into every one of my conversations.

Exactly! It’s 1916 (per a close-up of the postmark on the box for Lucas that Fiona was curious about). There is sooooooo much story potential if they would just acknowledge the freaking war! Even the so-sappy, sweet Anne of Green Gables books end up with the war as a factor!

I don’t see Elizabeth flirting with Lucas or Mountie Whatsisname, exactly. I see some glimmerings of interest, maybe, but not flirting. A year after her husband’s death it doesn’t seem that weird for men to be noticing an attractive young widow. True, If we were going to be strict about the time period, she should still be in black and certainly not attending dances. My beef isn’t the apparent accelerated mourning. It’s that there’s a freaking giant war going on that no one is acknowledging.

They go straight through to the live rounds without having to compete for a spot.

Line of the night went to Gabrielle’s “I got touched a lot?” which made me laugh too much. I agree that tonight’s Predictable Golden Buzzer was mediocre even for this show. That was a complete background noise performance for me while I watched videos of David Blaine messing with celebrities.

I’ve only ever seen him in one of my all-time favorite Bollywood movies (Lagaan, which everyone should watch), in which he plays the villain. It was nice to see him in something so different. I do appreciate that he’s using his natural accent, though - it gets weird when non-American actors always have to pretend to be American-born and bred because, like, no one in this country actually comes from anywhere else.

Every time someone says “potato tots” I have a minor seizure.

Oooh, Keith Urban would be a great choice. He really knows music across genres, and we would never have to hear that “I don’t know that song” nonsense from him. I feel like he’d actually know what to do with any singer on his team and not just the country ones.

...But Gwen is coming back. Boo.

I appreciated that we didn’t really have a Big Bad this season: I felt like it allowed the characters space to figure themselves out.

Netflix will have to give us at least 3 more seasons of Lucifer for me to even consider forgiving them for Daredevil. Provided those 3 additional apology seasons are as good as what we just had.

Jeff Buckley’s will always be the definitive version of “Hallelujah” for me, but Maelyn really did a beautiful job.

I am all in for a season 5. This was such a huge improvement over season 3, I can’t believe I was watching the same show. Every episode there were scenes that I watched over and over (that dance number killed me), and I’ll probably re-watch the entire season. I loved Eve and hope we see her again, and count me in with the people who missed Trixie. A 10-episode season can do wonders for a show’s storytelling. More, please! Edited to give huge props to the person/people responsible for selecting the songs for this show. My music collection is richer thanks to them.

I thought it was poison. Anyway, Chloe called Father Kinley out on that when she told him she wouldn’t help. She accused him of using her specifically because they knew she makes Lucifer vulnerable to the poison/drug. It couldn’t have been anyone else.

When that song first came out I was fresh out of life as an Army kid (dad retired after 24 years) and it definitely stirred my patriotic heartstrings. I still consider myself a patriot, but the kind who acknowledges our faults as a country and wants us to do better. I really, really hate when contestants sing this song on competition shows: it’s desperate pandering. Also: people who call others out as “un-American” for disliking the performance or the song choice aren’t patriots - that’s jingoism disguised as patriotism. That said, I pretty much fast-forwarded the whole show.

Only halfway? You’re far more generous than I am. I’d like to see: Adam and Blake gone. Only 1 season per year. Coaches’ names removed from voting: list the contestants in performance order or alphabetically. People will still vote by coach but maybe that will encourage a little bit more voting for the contestants rather than for the coach. Ditch the cross-battles and the Comeback Stage. Ditch the saves and steals. Start the voting earlier but with shallower cuts. 2 a week seems like it would give us time to get to know the singers without a weekly bloodbath. Raise the age limit to 16 at least. I’d prefer 18, actually. While I’m on a wish list, I’d like to add a sound engineer who can actually mix the sound so tv viewers can hear the singers’ voices over the band, and ban all hand-waving from audience members. JHC that is beyond annoying.

Carson completely overstepped in making that call. Yet another Hallmark Man Who Knows What His Woman Needs Even When She Says Otherwise. Yay?

I can’t tell any of the scruffy-bearded country guys apart. Including Kelly’s guy (Rod?) who didn’t sing a country song but I still couldn’t tell him from the others. I literally kept asking myself if the contestants were doing more than one song.

Elizabeth has become a total background character in what used to be her show. I hope the writers figure out something to do with her or else she might as well travel back east to care for a sick relative. On the plus side: sorry Lori Loughlin screwed the kid actor over too, but no Cody!

I got through two of Legend’s performers and realized I still can’t name any of these people. In spite of my having watched all the episodes this season, my Team Kelly viewing experience was dominated by “Wait, there’s a Pressley/Abby/That Guy?” Followed by “Ugh, Jacob and That Other Guy are so bland.” I love Kelly and John, but even they can’t make me sit through another hour of this. Deleting the rest of the mostly-unwatched episode was surprisingly freeing.

I also don’t like the by-coach grouping for voting purposes, and think it should be head-to-head voting to mirror the contest. I just noticed that the audience is set back farther from the stage, and I loved loved loved not having to watch all that stupid, off-rhythm waving the people in the front always do. Can we keep them far away? Pretty pretty please?

Wade always sounds to me as if he’s got a mouth full of water. I keep trying to hear what people love about him, but it only takes a couple of notes for me to frantically hit the ff button. I loved that Laine sang “Oo-De-Lally.” Partly because it was one of the few songs I recognized but mostly because he sounded good on it (and I’m not necessarily a fan). Uche has been very hit-or-miss for me so I’m not surprised he got voted off. I liked Dimitrius and am sorry to see him leave, but I agree with the earlier comment about his outfit. I was so distracted by the...leash?...that I couldn’t really pay attention to his song.

As much as I dislike Cody, they could always kill Abigail off and have him go live with the Coulters. Boom! Family!