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It's a tough crowd this time around, but I really feel like Kevin could take the whole thing. I've said for years that most of the food served is avant-garde. It's designed to look nice on a plate but it isn't something that Averge Joe is going to wander into a restaurant and order. It's not supposed to appeal to the plebeians. Kevin is my all-time favorite because I could look at his food and think "Yeah, I'd definitely eat that!" Fancy food is all well and good, but this man had me the first time he had the balls to just whip up pork-chops and roast apples. And I like to think that under all that sophistication, the judges are secretly craving more real food.

You know, I never in a million years expected to find myself fantasizing about Bill "Lonestar" Pullman kissing Matt Bomer but Ambrose and Burns just need to just stop fighting it and get it on at this point. We won't talk about the symbolism of Ambrose eagerly climbing into Burns...um...hole.

The Bad: The Crime of the Week. As soon as they said Aristos had vitiligo I knew the killer was an illegitimate child and that the skin condition would be used to identify them. The "who" wasn't especially difficult since we all knew it wasn't the black sheep and the only other person shown was the lawyer. The Good: I'm not watching for the Crime of the Week anyway. I'm watching for the interplay between father and son, and I wasn't disappointed. I love how Michael Sheen can switch gears in mid-air and go from Goofy Dad to absolutely chilling. Last week The Surgeon could have been anyone's fun, kooky uncle. This week we got to see the mask slip. Definitely think Mom was at the very least in on it, if not masterminding the entire thing. I think she wants Malcolm to stay away from Martin not so much to protect him, but because she's afraid of what Martin may tell him about her involvement. Still wondering what was so different about that particular victim. Martin seems more than happy to give all the gory details about his other crimes. Something about that one was definitely off. Also wondering if this whole thing is going to end with Malcolm finding out that he's adopted or the product of an affair and not related to Martin at all.

If Carol ever says she wants to adopt you and be your mom? Run. Run for your life!

Does this mean that Moira's reunion with her mom was cancelled out, and that Violet still isn't speaking to Tate? I don't give two crow farts about Tate and Violet, but I liked Moira and that makes me sad.

They can't be that attached to Medford. They haven't lived there all that long because George mentioned last year they had to move when he lost his prior coaching job. I really was on his side in this: yes, any move can be upsetting for a family, but families move all the freaking time and eventually adjust. This would have been a huge opportunity for them and there's no reason Connie couldn't go along if she wanted to. And Mary could find another church in Oklahoma. They have a lot of them. I'm wondering if this is the beginning of the end for George and Mary. This may not be something he ever gets over.

I'm a terrible person. All I kept thinking of was the unicorns from the "Charlie the Unicorn" videos. "Chaaaaarlie. Chaaaaarlie. You just got killed, Chaaarlie!"

I just keep expecting Dennis H. to keep trying to sell the customers insurance before they go into Reverie.

Missy's sarcastic "Whoopie." about being pregnant again fit so well with Little Missy on YS. Like Georgie, it's very easy to believe this is the same person, just older. I wish we could have seen more of the Cooper siblings.

Loved the reveal that not only will FutureSheldon have children but that he has relationship contracts with them. I know BBT is probably only going to be on for another season, and that's fine, but this episode makes me want to see Sheldon trying to go over contract terms with a toddler. Or trying to get the toddler to only potty at specifically agreed-upon times. Or, since YS is about an average family with a genius child, a reversal where Sheldon ends up with a child (children) of average intelligence and not a little geniuses. Sheldon raising a mini Georgie would be wonderful.

I've always had a soft spot for Georgie. YS has shown that while he may not be a genius like his brother, what Georgie has in spades is charm and determination. He's pretty tenacious when he wants something, and I can see him having the grit to become a successful salesman and the charisma to keep it going. I thought his comment to Sheldon about "Yes, it was hard for you, but it was hard for the rest of us too" was telling. Georgie got a lot dumped on his plate at a young age. If he made mistakes along the way, he learned from them and became a good man in the end. Also, I'm stealing "I'd rather swallow a pregnant wild cat and crap out a litter of kittens."

Missy and George at Red Lobster made me choke up. As others have said, that is something she will remember the rest of her life. Raegan is one heck of a little actress. The casting department struck solid gold with her. She manages to be sweet and cute and snarky without being obnoxious. I can completely relate little Missy to adult Missy demanding to know if Sheldon was "pimping her out for cheese."

They made it look like the Apex people had taken over and were trying to wipe out the "regular" human beings. I think there's going to be a twist (based on Reece) that it's the regular humans trying to wipe out the Apexers and all the refugees are Apex, giving it even more of a 4400 vibe.

If Reece is Leah's biological mother, then I'm a baked potato.

The only thing that really bugged me is that Milhouse and Bart are supposed to be around the same age, but it when Bart attacked Kirk, there were no signs that I could see of the Van Houtens having a child or of Luann being pregnant with Milhouse. I mean, they could have just left him at home, but it looked like Kirk was innocent in the ways of babies.

I have a feeling GA is going to track down Hannibal and Will Graham and see if they have any interest in her other leg. It's the better option at this point.

I really felt for poor Sheldon in this one. My mother always used needles on splinters (never tweezers) and I would hide splinters from her as long as I could to avoid the sheer terror of having her remove one. *huddles into ball at memory*

I really would have loved a quick scene showing Carl in a hazy afterlife seeing his mother and running toward her. Yes, it's corny. Yes, it's cheesy. I still would have liked to see it. I also like to think Daryl is all "Screw this" and instead of taking Lil Ass-Kicker to the Hilltop, he just absconds with her and makes her his partner. They can ride around together on choppers killing Walkers and dispensing justice. It would have to be a better show than this has become. So long, Carl Poppa.

For some reason, Amen's "I can't have chlamydia! I'm an angel!" line to the doctor cracked me up way too much.

I love Sheldon's relationship with his mother now more than ever. They may not always understand each other, but there's a lot of love there. There's also a lot of indication that Mary's own childhood was somewhat chaotic: it makes sense that she'd want something different for her own kids. I suspect that as a little girl, family dinners where everyone held hands were a dream of hers.

If the stars are right, and their hearts are in the right place, children can hear the TARDIS say "Bye Felicia" as it chucks poor 13 out.

They actually had a whole storyline planned for Lassie before Tim got sick. They even changed filming locations to be closer to his rehab center so he wouldn't be left out entirely. The plan is to build the next movie around the Lassie content they weren't able to use. I follow Tim on Twitter (which I highly recommend, the man is hilarious) and after his stroke his tweets were difficult to read. Now he seems to be having no problems in that regard. But according to his messages, the entire cast and crew really rallied around him, which made me love them even more than I already did. I have the movie DVRd to watch tonight and I can't wait.

I think it's going to come out that Roman's parents are Hook and Emma from "Once Upon a Time" because my goodness he looks like a swarthier Colin O'Donoghue. Down to the guyliner!

Perhaps whatever universe he mailed his mother to, they didn't appreciate it. They've send someone over to deliver their complaint in person.

Jackson just keeps getting cuter. I hope he never loses his giggles: the world needs giggles.