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Jeff does not like Natalie.

Nobody has said that this is the best season of all time.

It does seem a bit odd for it to be common knowledge that Jason Todd was Robin without anyone putting the rest of the pieces together.

It's pronounced "Baneton!" It rhymes with "plankton."

I was thinking Hugo Strange, but, to be honest, I would much rather see your idea.

Presumably the amnesia is from the chemical. Considering how much LoD tech he had access to, I can shrug that one off. As for the earlier question about why the citizens aren't used to constant Arkham escapes... it could be those escapes have cost a lot of the city's political figures their jobs. Perhaps keeping criminals behind bars was Harvey's biggest campaign promise. I hope we see more of Arkham. The origin flashbacks intrigue me, as does the question of who is running it today.

I suppose the biggest unanswered question is: When did that thing with Commissioner Gordon's chest hair happen?

So did any of the Gotham villains actually become a new person? Maybe Man-Bat, I suppose. But Harvey was always a power-hungry dick; the acid simply took away his charm. Even at her most straight-laced, Harley had a criminal history, was extremely fascinated by murderous supervillains, and considered black lipstick perfectly normal for the first day at a new job. The only one that really confuses me now is Joker. I mean, my gut tells me that he was always a maniacal sadist. And if he ever did have a ferret, I do not ever want to hear what he did to it. But his current persona doesn't match that. Does that mean he was super boring until he changed? Or does that mean that everything interesting about him is so interwoven with his Joker identity that all that was left was... this? Oh, and Dr. Psycho? I laughed at your joke.

There seems to be a big "alternate selves" theme going on this season. Meeting their own ghosts, looking at past events through the lens of one's former human morality, and even creating literal alternate selves. Actually, not just this season. This whole series. If you don't believe me, ask Jebsk. Nadja just embraces it. She doesn't give a damn about whether or not suddenly judging Nandor to be a murderer makes her a hypocrite, she feels what she feels. That's why she can be best friends with her own ghost. It didn't even take much prodding for the old lady next door to get her to admit everything, because compartmentalizing periods of her life is just not her style. Nandor is so old and settled down that he remembers himself as an adult human the same way that I remember being, say, 10 years old. So he remembers his horse fondly, but his actual personality from back then is removed enough from today's that it's hard to guilt trip him much over it. Laszlo settled his biggest personal identity crisis this season by doing one of the things he does best: pleasuring himself. This week he didn't particularly have a bat in the race so he simply did whatever it took to make Nadja happy. Gizmo had already dabbled in this theme last season when he met the other familiars. More recently, he's been dealing with it by interacting with the other slayers. Hell, even the next door neighbor rediscovering himself through amnesia fits into the identity theme. So what did we learn from Colin Robinson and his alts? We learned that he's okay with himself or himselves, but does still require other distinct people for self-actualization. He was actually more upset about his roomies not caring about the promotion than he was about the alts dying.

Previously, on "Survivor:" "Whisper, whisper, whisper, whisper..." "Some people are voted out! Well, okay, not really, though..." Did I forget anything?

Jeff.

You can fucking buy idols now?

Not scrambling is giving up.

Did Michele say "like you need a blue bun down your khakis?" That can't be right. Somebody please correct my hearing.

"Whaddaya mean, ya think I'm too sneaky?" "Wow, that bush sounded just like Tony."

Anybody who came into an all-winners game without learning to make fire is... ridiculous.

Depends how much the gym membership there costs.

Kick his ass, Natalie!

Okay, it is not my fault she said that gangplank thing!

She could get drunk with Sandra.

"Michele had it but couldn't catch it!" Does anyone doubt that Wendell thinks that was a shoutout to him personally?

I just realized something about Denise that I've been trying to put my finger on for some time now. She's what Seamus, the old sailor from "Family Guy," must have looked like before he lost his arms and legs.

One advantage to a female winner would be that hyenas are matriarchal, so it would be a nice FU to Tony the Lion.

Having to talk to Tony is work.

My guess is they'd bleep out a few words, certainly at least three, but they'd do it a shitload of times, the fucking cunts... in other words, nothing hard to fill in over the obligatory sound effect. There would still be some level of duration editing, though. Some things are truly sacred, and a simple "bleep" noise will not fool the advertisers for long.