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I like it, just as I like Mark when he is harsh. They are stating their opinions, bluntly, and they rarely seem to be wrong. Kevin clearly is maintaining his ironic "Mr Wonderful" brand. You can see the sly smile on his face when he says something particularly insulting. And honestly, some of these pitches deserve it.

Is it just me, or has GoT suddenly become far more nonsensical, even within the world of fantasy? Look at last night: - Raising people from the dead sure seems easy. A few repeated lines and some hair in the fire? Princess Bride required more effort. Why didn't the show give us the Red Witch having to sacrifice something to make that great an effort (her own sacrifice, preferably, or that of someone else)? - Is The Mountain psychic? How does he know when someone slanders Cersei? A glimpse of a network a la The Spider would have helped. - Tyrion risks all to ... what? Free the dragons, who then ... skulked back into the darkness? Maybe Tyrion should have started with something less personally risky, to gain the dragons' favor? And the dragons, who we are told won't eat since Danny left, they are so upset they ... go take a nap? - So Reek decides to what ... head back and kill a Bolton? What was that about? He had ample opportunity to kill the bastard before. What will be different this time? - And Balon has ... a hallucination? Who was that? Literally a brother, as in younger, dead brother? Or "brother" as in countryman? Did Balon hallucinate and fall, or was someone actually there? And how would his daughter know either way? "We'll get whoever did this?" Did what? As far as she can tell, Balon fell off a rickity bridge in a storm. - Speaking of Boltons, this is a small issue but ... won't the Bolton followers have an issue with a bastard succeeding their leader? Putting aside the lie about poison, there are rules around this kind of thing. We heard that the little prick is "always my firstborn," so I suppose that might suffice ... but it sure would have made it clearer if they show added a line or two about that being meaningful. Or someone else would have heard it. - Hey, mom with the new baby ... at least run for the gate and thrust your baby outside it. Do something. - Arya gets a pass, Her punishment is arbitrarily over. It seems like every plot line is missing a scene that would explain why someone is behaving the way they are, or would make an action seem more sensible. This season I feel like I am saying, "What, now?" more than enjoying the show.

No way do Piper and Brian's dad not text him just to surprise him. That makes no sense. They know how upset he was. Why make him suffer for a surprise? I thought about Piper not wanting to alert the FBI, and that is possible. But she doesn't know Brian is with anyone and she has already shown she can contact him anonymously, so... nah.

This just proves that the more an episode is about Lizzie, the worse it is. Even if she is dead. For now.

The one thing that threw me was, why did neither Piper nor Brian's dad immediately text Brian when she arrived there safely? Brian spends all that time thinking she is dead/gone for no reason. The weird way they underplayed that, and then had the dad seem so nonplussed about it ("Bet you're glad to see Piper - she isn't dead after all! And BTW, now I get it") made me think it was a hallucination. But it wasn't played as one. Everything else I could fan wank. And it did play as a potential "happy ever after" if the series isn't renewed. I hope it comes back. We've really enjoyed it.

I actually thought his name was better than "MyDrinky."It would open up the appeal to a wider age group than kids. I like that he doesn't pull punches. he has valid rationales for his comments.

YMMV I guess, but I would think you would *want* companies to know you would support their diversity initiatives. BTW, our company is now moving to a system that redacts the names from resumes, to eliminate any name prejudice either way. Shaq has found a real second career on this show. And he seems to be getting better at it. I love all the callbacks to that era.

I think she, or anyone on these comedy news shows, when they have a panel has to be. If you're goading them into saying things, then you're being manipulative and that's going to undermine the point. The comedian almost has to get out of the way for it to work. She knows who her viewers are. She didn't goad them because of that, not because of any high-minded approach. If it were a Trump panel, she would have goaded them more. Edited because I didn't see the Trump panel.

This was a better episode than most solely because Lizzie wasn't in it. I can handle all sorts of weak fakery and mental tricks if there is no Liz demanding that everyone pay attention to either her tantrum or her personal desires. It could have been much tighter, though. Very indulgent. And it was clear from the moment the red-haired woman allowed herself to be held by a strange man by the fire that it wasn't real, because who does that? She fell into the water for a minute, she didn't swim to shore after a shipwreck. From that moment on, she was too comfortable with Red for her to be an actual stranger, so it had to be a memory or someone had drugged Red and he was being help captive somewhere, hallucinating.

This Prince tribute show was almost unwatchable. Fallon was rambling and uninteresting (and his story didn't match the video, in which he looked drunk or high). I didn't recognize any of the songs Prince did until that party video. I'm a long-time Prince fan and own most of his DVDs up until about 2002 or so. I generally like The Prince Show, but they should have alternated them with performances.

Something is wrong with this show. It's been there since the beginning and when done well, it's a nice differentiator between this and other superhero shows. But's it's become more maudlin and ridiculous instead of more nuanced. And it seems to be spreading to The Flash, which this week felt like a Supergirl Lite episode. It's the way they write emotions into an action show. Supergirl's unique viewpoint of an outsider alien who integrated with a human family and siblings adds a lot of depth. So does her struggle to adjust and use her super powers as a developing hero. But this fixation over whether the populace loves or hates her (and how much she cares), and the beyond ridiculous moping in this episode because of the assumption that, whenever she got around to doing something to save the world, she would die, is beyond eye rolling. Heroes don't constantly naval gaze. They take action, they make sacrifices and they own it. Supergirl wants to examine it from every angle, and fill in the gaps with angst, before something happens. And I'm not even talking about whether Jimmy loves Kara, or Kara loves Jimmy, or Win loves Kara, or whether Kara is mad at her sister or not ... blah, blah, blah. All the "I'm not good enough" stuff needs to be toned down. The fact Supergirl chooses to help, even if it is imperfect, is enough. She learns from her mistakes, and keeps trying. That's what matters. Moping over whether to try, or whether you are trying enough, or whether you deserves the support of others, is a waste of time in a show like this, and it drags it down every time. Some uncertainty because of her specific past (though honestly, what exactly was alien about her? She looked like everyone else, her only issue was one that many humans have, shyness and being an awkward teen) is OK, and figuring out how to be a "hero" is OK, but enough with the need for approval.

The Bernie ep was the first episode I have seen of this show, and I liked it much more than the current Daily Show (or even JS's last couple of years). Still, I was confused at one point about the law (in Tennessee, I think) where people who bring a sexual harassment charge must foot the bill or pay a penalty if the charge isn't proven? Did I hear that right? SBee immediately attacked it, however, false harassment or sexual attack charges ruin the lives of those accused even if they are never found guilty. So i was wondering if there was room for more thoughtful discussion there. I say that knowing nothing about this law aside from what I thought I heard on this show, so may it is worse than it sounded.

Mine as well. I get that who Jimmy is comes directly from his entwinement with Chuck throughout his life, but at some point you realize you are who you are, and who he is, and you act differently. Jimmy can't seem to do that. I was so sad when he chose to run across the street to the copy shop to help Chuck, when all that happened was Chuck had an episode and got a bump on the head. Let it go. Also, it was clear what Chuck planned as soon as he looked up and headed to the garage with purpose. The only act left to Chuck was to get a confession, and it had to be recorded. His conversation with Jimmy was well done. At first it would have sounded on the recording like Jimmy was humoring a crazy accusation, but Chuck kept it going until so many details came out that it was clear this was a confession. Jimmy practices law on BB, so he apparently gets out of it, but I suppose we need to enjoy the journey.

Caitlyn Jenner was on CHiPs?! In a recurring role? Off to IMDB ...

That's an easy fix. Red could begin a quest for revenge on those who killed Lizzie, with Solomon becoming the arch villain (or, more likely, someone who is pulling Solomon's strings becoming the arch villain). Lizzie could appear now and then in flashbacks to an anguished Red, or even a spirit guide of sorts. That's just one idea. Another? We *think* Red's life has been about Lizzie because that is what we have been told. We can now be told anything. Maybe that wasn't Masha, Maybe Lizzie has a sister who is also important to Red and Red doesn't even know she exists. Maybe Masha's mom is alive and connects with Red to give him purpose. We don't need Lizzie. It would be a better show. Unfortunately, I agree that Lizzie isn't dead. But maybe Tom can keep the disco ball. That was a truly horrid sequence.

And I will find it infinitely more interesting if Lizzie is dead. The show may have revolved around Red and Lizzie's mysterious relationship, but any meaning in that boat sailed a while ago. Now it is just a contrivance to allow Lizzie to periodically pout and yell at Red that "This ends now!" And then come crawling back. Think how much more fascinating this show would be if we watched the rest of the FBI cast forced to interact with Red, and all the bumps along the way and unique relationships between Red and each of the FBI team. He would be a necessary evil to some, an ethical affront to others and a personal friend to a few (to the degree he could be). Dembe would take on the role of middle man generally, with Red coming in and out of contact. I mean, think of the possibilities. And there would be no one pouting or saying "Look at me!" or alternately loving and hating Tom or Red or anyone else. What was with the all-seeing, eye in the sky dude? I kept expecting it to be G Gordon Liddy or Locke from Lost, but he basically was a collection of partial face shots.

Fast forwarded through every Lizzie scene. Then she was dead. Awesome. For a moment, I thought James Spader had heard my prayers. Sadly, I, too, don't think it is permanent. Which is too bad, because I realized I was excited about the possibilities with no Lizzie. So many interesting stories around the other characters.

Naan, which is also a delicious bread, is the superhero embodiment of environmental activists. I love that he wants to take over a planet so he can better protect it. Forget money or power. Save the Earth!

I think Kim's choice echoes that proposed to viewers by the series, i.e. would you rather be the person who is highly educated and technically correct all the time but an ass with issues, or the flim-flam guy who is fun, not perfect and has a heart? I wonder if this assholery plays into why Chuck is no longer married. Not the mental issues, that seems to be an effect that came after a cause. I wonder if his wife left him and then he went wonka. Though he seems to have always resented Jimmy to some degree, even while being right about who Jimmy is.

There definitely were two versions. I'm in a Mountain state and she said glasses, which threw me because how would she know he wore glasses? That could have been a subtle dig, that she could see all of them the whole time, but nothing in the skit until then indicated that so it came out of nowhere.

Crowe has that stiffness that is sort of reminiscent of John Cleese but devoid of any absurdist humor. Every skit with Crowe featured "act-ing!" more than comedy. Matchfinders should have ended with Cecily picking the professor. At least it would have connected the dots. Ninja was sort of funny but went on too long. I pretty much FF through any "New Yawker"-type WU guests, so I didn't see the Bruce bit. I don't think I laughed at anything else. Most other skits were simply exaggerated versions of actual people and their typical actions (Hillary, Sharpton, Oprah). I enjoy WTF humor more.

Are the writers trying to annoy the people who watch this show? Not only was this episode Lizzie-centric (never a good direction), but it was Lizzie at her most Lizzie, stubbornly holding a wedding and inviting her coworkers while they were, oh, trying to stop the theft of a nuclear bomb. Lizzie's acknowledgement of this goofiness, which sounded like she was talking with colleagues with a staff meeting conflict more than a national security issue, just made it worse. I really, really, really want know what James Spader thinks of the show's direction, and how he reacts when he reads a script that features Lizzie. The best episodes have been the ones where Lizzie was in the background, as an object to be moved around, and not driving any actual plot. He has to know that. Doesn't he?

I am not one who does that, and I'm not a frequent watcher of this show, but I read this while lurking and wanted to comment. I think there are times when, for clarity, it makes sense to use Caitlyn's former name. When referring to Caitlyn's life before the change, and things she may have noticed then, using her former name is shorthand for that period. It's a time marker.I get the rule and if I ever post about this again I'll follow it again. Just wanted to note that when some people break it, I don't believe it means anything beyond that. I've tuned in to this show now and then and it prompted me to read one of JB's books (She's Not There), to better understand transgender issues and the challenges transgendered people face. I work with a transgendered person. And I don't get Caitlyn. It's almost as if she likes the trappings of being a woman, without the intent to actually be one. I don't expect wisdom from a reality show. I do wonder, however, how the people around her who clearly are passionate about transgendered issues feel about her at this stage. She is fascinating because she is a conservative who is transgender, so there are some mixed messages there. Maybe it is confusing for everyone? It doesn't help that Caitlyn seems boorish (a la her "can't hear you" with Scott) both now and before. I guess you are who you are in some ways.

I'm surprised at the love for this episode. We could barely pay attention, and commented a couple of times during the episode how disinteresting it seemed. It might be because the show left its arc to feature new developments such as Rebecca on NZT, Sands on his own with whatever organization that was and no real case to solve except Rebecca learning what we already knew. That said, the show deserves to come back. It's great escapist viewing in a fun format. Also, we thought that was the season finale. Good to hear there is more.

Ha! Thanks for that. I literally laughed out loud. Eve is ridiculous, as is how careful everyone else is to remember to call her Eve. Her mannerisms are inconsistent. She will act robotic and brusque one moment, then call Nick and when Adalind answers, ask Adalind how she is doing. Her outfits look like she went to a garage sale at Sydney Bristow's house. Her scary skills are rarely used and never seen. And she (and her gang) live in some kind of guarded barracks, each in one room. None of it makes sense. Monroe and Rosalee continue to be the best part of the show, and the most relatable. And I am all for Adalind in a towel. Though I'll suggest that being in a towel was a reminder of the level of familiarity with Nick and their shared home.