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Of all the stupidity of the show, this was the scene that made me hit pause so I could scream at the TV. When the Dome got all magnetic, Joe's house was literally pulled apart nail by nail because it was so close to the Dome. But Julia didn't even have a loose shingle. Maybe her hair is an anti-magnetic shield. And Barbie can get a fake ID and figure out how to beat a thump print machine (and get his secret Clark Kent glasses so no one recognized him), but he never thought to pre-write some messages to hold up for Julia to read? Or bring some paper along? Luckily he had one of those fancy pens that can write on glass. Whew!

I couldn't understand why she needed it at all. She texted Oz that she had a pad of Hank's that had all his drug prescriptions on it and arranged a drop time. The pad was hidden in a newspaper, so it's not like she needed Oz to see the top page and assume the whole pad was real. She could have used anything (or nothing) inside the newspaper to lure out Oz. I thought Jeremiah and Divya were a little too slow on the uptake with the boat guy. You know that if Hank had been there, he would have figured it all out the second he saw the first model boat! Ugh - Kardashian siting. Is the subplot that a Sears is opening in the Hamptons and Khloe is there to promote the Kardashian Kollection?

I figure at this point the writers have no idea how to answer any questions or end the story, so they just keep killing off some characters and adding new ones until a) something starts to make sense, or (more likely) b) this season ends with a cliffhanger and they convince the network to cancel it before next season.

Especially considering that her actual long-time husband was killed just 17 days ago by the man she now cannot live without. 17 days!!! It takes me longer than that to get over losing an earring I really like.

I just can't even. WTF is the big secret with Barbie? Go to the friggin' National Guard and tell them you got out of the Dome, then hang a sign telling everyone to jump off the cliff. But no...Barbie has to sneak over to tell Julia how much he loves her. And let me guess....when he goes to a certain point outside the Dome, Julia and the Pips will just happen to hanging out as he approaches. And Big Jim, with his supersonic hearing able to hear whispered conversations across a room, will be in the vicinity too. But really? All of this - shootings, fires, near-hangings, giant windmills, red rain, near famine, near suffocation - has happened in just 17 days?? And you mean to tell me that there is no family in town that had food and medicine back-up for 2 weeks? My biggest WTF moment was wondering what idiot is buying the DVD? ETA: Now we have the portal, I'm totally hoping for a Once Upon a Time crossover: Big Jim vs Regina.

Well, in fairness, Viviana was dressed exactly like the Julia Roberts character in the opening scene of Pretty Woman (sans cute cap). And hey, her name was Vivian! *Chandler voice* Could this show get any lazier? /CV My huge WTF moment (and there were many) was when they had to get the guide down the mountain with a broken leg. Wouldn't most groups that included 2 in-shape men just hold him up by the arms and half-carry him as he hopped on his good leg? But no, Hank had to assemble a perfect stretcher with sticks and a bicycle tire. Which had to be more difficult - and heavier - to carry!

Ha! I did the exact same thing the other day. If Rod Man wins and gets a show, I can see lots of new catchphrases coming out of it, a la Seinfeld. Karlous was not funny in the H2H, but his kiss of death was insulting Roseann ('White guys keep leaving you"). Once she glared at him and said "Actually, I leave them" I knew Karlous was toast.

If she knew the 50th state she would have said Hawaii. But I did laugh when she got it with "Sarah Palin". I know Austin just blanked out, but not knowing Paul McCartney??? I loved the clue: "The only Beatle still alive.....well, except for Ringo". I totally thought of More Cowbell as well, especially since the last clue given referenced SNL (Adam Sandler).

Yes, I also thought it was odd that everyone left Alan alone with Ellie (?), but I guess they needed to set up the scene of him finding our Harry was the other Grand Dad. I do feel quite sorry for Gillian. Caroline, while very smart and capable on her own (a PhD! From Oxford!), she seems to have come from a wealthy background and had a wealthy, successful (at one time) husband. Gillian apparently had little help from her parents, lost her husband very young, and is managing to single-handidly keep a working farm up and running. And yet she gets no credit but is made to feel second-best to Caroline (if only in her own mind, but no one is stepping up to dissuade her). I think she's pretty amazing, thought-to-mouth impulse control notwithstanding.

Good points about Sam not knowing what's going on for the past 2 weeks. But I'm more concerned about the fact that apparently he's been living in that house in the woods for 9 years (?) and no one seems to know he was there. Just how big is this bloody town? We know it was cut in half by the dome. We know the woods only make up a portion of the town. We know everyone has been running through the woods burying bodies, finding eggs, trying to hide, etc. We know that (presumably) leaves fall off the trees in a Maine (?) winter, making the woods less dense. And yet.....no one has ever come across a large cabin right on the edge of the lake? Another favorite part: Sam: "I'm looking for a girl, 17-years -old, with long dark hair" Angie: "I just saw her!" Yes - it seems there is only one teenage girl with long dark hair in all of Chesters Mill.

I call him Adam NotJunior, since he had a different middle name from Papa Adam. Either way, he sure was smokin' hot!

No, this mline girl was played by Not-Winnie-Cooper (the actress looks very much like Danica McKellar). So another case of Not That Tertiary Milne Girl, The Other One. I've lived my entire life in a Big!Bad!City! and somehow managed to meet fewer blind or deaf people than TV Laura Ingalls met in a few years in 19th century Bum-Fuck, Minnesota. ETA: I believe Pen Pal was before Thylvia. And yes, in a time when most people lived an entire life without having money or occasion to have their photo taken, Albert manages to have an extra pic to send to a stranger. And, Ha! I had to look it up, but the pen pal's name was Leslie. I guess we know who ML's favorite child was.

Leslie Landon was also a victim of the plague (not that one....). She didn't eat the mutton; she ate the cornmeal.

I'm so glad this show is back (although it's somewhat disconcerting to watch Derek Jacobi in 2 completely different roles, an hour apart!). I'm glad Gillian told Caroline, since you just know John would have tried to blackmail her with it. I also love how Gillian takes responsibility and has balls, even if her judgement isn't always the best. I just wish Celia had told her the same story about her father and the stairs that she told Caroline. This way it seems like Celia is just trying to take over and cut Gillian out of her father's life. Celia and Alan looked so happy in the last scene in the car. Too bad it won't last long.

I see they're back to choosing un-real real people. Natalie reminded me so much of Laura Benanti that I kept forgetting she was the civilian.

Actually, most of his casting was pretty damn good. Even MSA was perfect in the looks department. Not ML's fault that she turned into such a bitch. Or that the cute Greenbush twins turned out to share one brain. I do love that we managed to fill 3000 pages of snark over at TWoP. but on the topic of what ML got right? Three replies.

Agree about Charades. The first category was all one-word answers, while the 2nd was long titles. Of course that will take longer to act out. In Timelines, I don't remember Jane explaining the pictures before. If they had just turned over the cards and made the teams identify the cars and the movie kisses and then put them in order, it would have been harder. Once Jane named them all, it was waaaay too easy. Although I couldn't believe they thought Lady and the Tramp was in the 80s. But then again, these are the same people who couldn't remember West Side Story.

From way back on page 1: "Mummy, what...is...neu...ter...ing?" I can't get past wondering why the hell she has an English accent? The mom only says, "Um....", but it doesn't seem as if she has an accent. And it's a U.S. commercial for U.S. television, so I just cannot figure it out. Also, the fact that the dog apparently knows what neutering is, but the kid doesn't, does not speak kindly about the girl.

The winning contestant reminded me a lot of Christine Baranski.

I think JLo was PERFORMING! Because she is the expert at PERFORMING! and she can tell you that PERFORMING! is the most.important.thing and if you are good at PERFORMING! it makes no difference if you can actually sing or pronounce words.

Aw, Caleb. He literally spent nearly 12 minutes in interviews and did not use the word "literally" once. Good boy.

Random thoughts in no particular order: 1. Who was that skanky girl leaping on Caleb when he won? 2. Where was MK? 3. Caleb and Alex's bromance makes me smile 4. Hey, Jen, what's up with the stank face at the end? I mean, we know you were pimping Jena, but at least try and look happy for Caleb 5. SO HAPPY it wasn't Jena. The final winner redeemed the entire season for me.

So, what? They ran out of human causes-of-the-week to lecture us about and are now turning to animal causes? Oh, and of course, old people. The only thing they didn't hit us over the head with was an old gay dog. Because dogs are people too.

Those bubbles seem to be all the rage in Europe: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHqAlJQuz-Y I just think of Violet Beauregard.

I think when you're tall and blond and the judge is a sexy Spaniard, you could basically go up there and bat your eyelashes for 3 minutes and pass. Signed Sincerely, a disgruntled, short brunette.