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We went to the taping today. It went quick, and I walked away with an appreciation for Whoppi. She was the only one who interacted with the audience during breaks.

Man, that was awful.

That just... sucked. Incredibly anti climatic and unsatisfying. They had about 4 episodes of material this season stretched over 8. I haven't said this about a slow in a looong time, but I regret wasting my time on it.

I made it through an episode and a half. It's almost good, but just fell short on almost every measure for me. So many missed opportunities.

Watched Friday for the first time in forever. Was Sunny always this insufferable? Jesus. Just let Alyssa finish her fucking sentence and stop jumping down her throat!

Did Brad just inch out of the closet there? He made some comment somewhere about his brain not working as fast as he gets older. That was on display this episode - I fear he is not much longer for this show.

That was fucking awful. Holy Christ.

This episode proved that is really a game of momentum. Victoria lost it during at the end, and just couldn't get it back.

Given the cast, I was hoping for better than the show turned out to be. Not great, not terrible, just kinda there. I hope Rachel's followup is better.

Nothing that hasn't been better covered by other posters. What a fucking mess. I especially hated that you could see the wheels turning. The conversation at the end of episode 6, right after the "one month later," was some of the hackiest writing I've ever seen. Yes, we sold the house! We're so happy! Oh no, a phone call. Who could that be? Like, Jesus!

To be fair, those 1.7 million viewers cost NBC $40 million+ a year. The 950,000 remaining will cost them pennies. Sad reality, but it's also why NBC wants to ditch the 10pm hour. Nobody watches network TV anymore, at least not live.

Two episodes with people at the compete opposite ends of the spectrum, Lauren and Jermaine. The poor woman on the second half. You could tell she was incredibly frustrated with Jermaine. Watch her when she says allegiance after the buzzer. If looks could kill... Pledge of blank! Dude!

I adore Rachel Bloom so I highly enjoyed this one. All of the celebs were great players. When's the last time we had one of those episodes? Its rare that the contestants can't keep up with the celebs, and that's what we got here. It was nice. They really made it broke their own games. I figure they buried the Abbott Elementary stars in the second half because Janelle's gameshow comes on right after. I also have to learn to separate Janelle from her character because I was continually shocked at just how smart she was.

He was in the hot tub that Neil puked in. Blink and you'll miss it.

Both Tuc and one of the Ford brothers are in Uncoupled with Niel Patrick Harris. Tuc is a much more major role, of course, but the Ford bro is still a hottie.