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Open to Probst in boxers, rubbing himself. ”Fuck! This is tonight?!?”

Tom King has done so much for the Batman mythos . . . but I reckon the one bit that will resonate most is turning Kite Man from a joke character . . . to a joke character. He really does work in the context of this show, especially working in the "Hell yeah!" stuff. Fun to see most of the action taking place at a bar mitzvah for Penguin's nephew. Also fun that Ivy almost got a bunch of horny twerps killed, and that she had to kiss them in order to turn them back to normal. Hey, it beats the BTAS story where she turns Alfred and his would-be girlfriend into trees. Gotta love the one kid grabbing a few branches and trying for that second kiss. Aside from maybe Young Justice, will there ever be a Bane that doesn't sound like South American Dr. Evil?

SyFy kept the cursing! Yay!!! I'm five episodes in right now. I did see this one free on YouTube, but I forgot most of it. I don't think the adult content and language makes everything funnier but it does help. Also amusing to put Kaley Cuoco's Harley in parallel with Margot Robbie. One isn't a knockoff od the other. If anything, the animated Harley seems inspired by the Jimmy Palmiotti/Amanda Conner run on her comic book. And we got Diedrich Bader voicing Batman again! Only now, he's surrounded by potty-mouths . . . including Jim Gordon. You know, this haggard version works on me. I knew it, because he doesn't sound far from Jim's work on Mike Tyson Mysteries. If you've never seen that series, he voices the Marques de Queensbury, the man who set the modern rules of boxing. Also, he's really 19th Century gay. ETA: Oh, and everyone calls him "Marcus" because "Marques" would probably go over everyone's heads.

Ah. I thought there was a pun I was missing. I'm pretty sure Dick Grayson went to Hudson. Gotta love Astra trying to go with the direct route and the Molotov Cocktail. If it works in Hell . . .

This week: the lady Legends form a sorority in a scheme to wrest the Chalice of Dionysus from "Dion" himself, who is basically Hudson U's Van Wilder. Weird, but weird apparently keeps me more invested in this show than anything else in the Arrowverse. Gideon, can you explain this? Unknown. The best theory I have is that the "Crisis" that rewrote history made Nate into a "normal" person. Wait . . .how can a retcon eliminate hemophilia? Barry Allen meddled in his own history, and suddenly John and Lyla's daughter was replaced by a boy. Then after Crisis, they wound up with twins. So you're saying I should- Lean into the insanity? That would be the most advisable course of action. That aside, the stereotypical Greek-themed episode allowed Nate to bro out, and that was before Dion put the whammy on him. Once again: I get how Nate can grate with viewers, but he's strangely endearing, even when he's cheating while taking a paddling no one really wanted to give him. Nice idea with the instant sorority plot, and it gave a spotlight to the girls that lost out on pledging because Astra and Charlie had to snipe. And yeah, those two made up . . . but it didn't feel forced. The Legends won through the power of friendship and sisterhood. Also, because Sara somehow "Dead Zoned" Dion and trashed him at Beer Pong. But let's be honest . . . she probably didn't need that ability to beat him. Dion would have able to nail a few cups, but he still would have lost. I'm not getting the joke. ETA: Beebo GIF! I like that the show still slip him in from time to time, but it doesn't feel like flogging at all. You might not even have wondered how Zardashian got Beebo doing the "Come Get Some" gesture.

Lesson learned: the president can just say Obama's name, put a "gate" after it, and openly allege there's a scandal that we all know about. If this was someone else -- anyone else -- I'd be impressed by the chutzpah. And I can see why some would think Desi's "interview" with "distant relative" Jeannine Pirro was stupid and/or extraneous . . . but come on, Pirro brings it all on herself. Honestly, you could kidnap her and replace her on the show with SNL's Cecily Strong, and few people would know the difference.

Why do I feel like Cisco's trip to Atlantis is going to be like Rick and Morty's trip to Atlantis? That is, we don't see it, and their story is way more fun than what's on screen. Honestly, we'll get Cisco in a wet suit, yelling about how he got "mermaid puss." I was writing this on tonight's episode thread, but I feel it's better suited here.

"Well, Eva is on top, and she's reminding us that she can step on our throats at any time. Iris and two others are lost, and Sue's been framed for murder. But we got Joe back. So we're ready to strike back!" I know, I'm being mean. I've been suggesting that the pandemic has made me more disinterested in The Flash. I forgot that I usually get to this forum after watching Legends of Tomorrow, and they always get me intrigued. Hey, Grant can do Calm Rage! Good for him. Really hoping that when the show comes back, Barry gets a couple of W's right away. He's the Paragon of Putz, but he's our Paragon of Putz. Also not taken in that far by Frost's journey. I keep thinking of Danielle's pregnancy. I don't really notice it because I'm dense. But this is all I can think of: "Is it a boy or a girl?" "It's . . . it's . . . it's an Olaf." ETA: Teleporting smoke bomb. I wouldn't want Nash to use that all the time, but it was awesome. Make a ninja escape without being a ninja!

ESPN will be running Game 4 of the 2001 World Series; SNY is airing Game 2 of the 1986 NLCS.

Watching SNY. Keith Jackson welcomes viewers to the 1976 NLCS. That was a bit alarming. Tim McCarver figures teams wouldn’t score more than five runs in a game. As much as we ride him, he wasn’t far off.

Funny115: Lisa/Blair on religion and Survivor

ESPN ranks great catches. “If we put Willie at number one, maybe people will forget that the other plays start at 1989.”

Okay, I opened myself up for that one. I would’ve thought maybe Probst’s man-crush on Rob would be gone. But Rob sneaking back into the game and winning $2 million, most of which he wouldn’t have deserved might be the worst case scenario.

Two questions before I go to sleep: Would this season be tainted if someone from EoE winds up winning? Would it be a double-tainted victory for Tyson if he wins after getting voted off twice? I have a theory as to win Natalie bought an idol for Tyson. If she can’t re-enter the game and pull off the win, Tyson winning would basically burn the series to the ground. If she can’t win, she might want to help make the worst finale possible. *sigh* One last question: is there any result that would give Probst a hard-on that would last him the entire hiatus that DOESN’T involve Tony or Ben winning?

Was next week's finale in the original plan? Was there supposed to be twenty episodes? I'll admit that the pandemic and quarantine make me feel less invested in plots these days. At least Batwoman is entertaining. What's that? Modern-day asylums probably don't use shock therapy like a budget electric chair? This is Arkham Asylum, so Mouse can zap geniuses to his heart's content. Alice is still HPIC (Head Psycho In Charge), so she gets to gnaw on more scenery that Mouse and Tommy. And thank you, Lucius Fox, for staying alive long enough to watch Spider-Man: Far From Home and swiping Tony Stark's snazzy secret decoder glasses. Turns out Tommy didn't have to fry Julia's brains in order to "encourage" Luke to figure out his father's code.

I got frustrated over the USPS recently when I felt that something was late getting to me. But I use this rule of thumb: if the current president hates something, it must be doing something good. For instance, I got two sets of packing envelopes from USPS. You know how much they cost? Nothing. If they charged a fee, I'd understand. With that said, the president and his usual friends are myopic about the service. I'm surprised they didn't get into "hostile postman shooting stuff up" jokes. Thank you, John. I should get the stamps, huh? It's not that I wouldn't find a use, but that I'd want to save at least one of each design. I'm hoping that if John does this again, we could vote on what makes the stamp. Granted, changes would have to be made. If we saw a friendly cowboy, we'd all know that he caths, and nobody outside the fandom would be outraged. Or the Dog Supreme Court. At least John (like Sam Bee) is having fun with it.

Interesting episode. Yes, most of them are interesting, but you have to dig a plot where Rick and Morty flee a planet full of parasitic aliens, blow stuff up for laughs, come home, and then realize that they forgot about Summer. And, of course, she becomes Queen of the Face-Huggers by persuading them not to poop out an egg and die in the process. Meanwhile, Jerry "I Am The Jesus Of Christmas!" Smith gets into beekeeping. Amazingly, he doesn't wind up nearly dying. Well, not in this episode. We still have three more to go. Is it me, or is Rick a little less mean to Morty lately? I guess he got a lot out of his system after popping Morty in the face over the snake planet stuff. Fun to see Rick comfort his grandson as they thought they were dying, and he managed to nudge the fourth wall. Turns out they just had to take a shit. Who hasn't been there?

I hate to say this, but I'm not feeling invested. Could be due to COVID and the subsequent fallout, could be blah storytelling. Or maybe I'm not that into Director Skinner being an Earthbender. Poor Lena. I mean, she made mistakes and she will no doubt own those mistakes, but she was clearly into her brother not being a total sociopath. And she was wrong. And watching her sob and lip-quiver, I kept waiting for Kara to hug her. I mean, she has the right to be skeptical of Lena, but that was rough to watch. Ditto Brainy and Nia. I take it next week's finale wasn't planned? Seems about right.

For anyone who's interested, JJ Villard's Fairy Tales premieres tomorrow night, as well as a new season of The Shivering Truth. Honestly, I'm not sure if either show warrants an individual thread.

Just saw the latest episode. I haven't felt too compelled to comment, even if the anime is still delightfully bizarre. Now, I can share the sketch I got at Anime NYC of Trish and her Stand, Spice Girl. Sure, the name gets localized, but the "WANNABE!!!!" cry remains. Also, Trish calls Notorious BIG "bitch-meat." Honestly, that should be a thing. I'm wondering if Toonami viewers new to the current content are shipping Trish with Gentle Criminal over on My Hero Academia. With those two, any house becomes a bouncy house.

Given that Wonder Woman '84 was supposed to be coming out soon, I'm guessing Kirsten would have been a host under normal circumstances. Dude. There's stuff written on ripped-up papers in the writers' room that's funnier than anything those two could think up. Like I said, this is something that would air on Adult Swim at 4 a.m.

I think Mikey might have stumbled onto a 21st Century reboot of Problem Child. Why would Junior wreck birthday parties and baseball games when he can punk his dad and film it? ETA: Should we read into Kyle having a framed poster for Jack, the movie where Robin Williams plays a ten-year-old with an aging disease?

I actually counted the eggs to make sure I didn’t miss the joke. “One, two, seven, fourteen . . . not a dozen! Thank goodness.” Shit, we’re watching one of those “infomercials” from Adult Swim that airs at 4 a.m.!

John Mulaney Master Class for the win. Next best thing to having him on. Let kids drink! Unless you're Pete’s mom, of course.

Another heads-up: the episode that ran next week will be rerun tomorrow night. Here's the Facebook post where I learned about it. Has anyone else been keeping up with the show? The latest episodes were basically Deku in a physical and mental war of ideologies against Gentile Criminal and La Brava. Turns out Gentle's motivations are beyond being a pain in the ass. His origin was sad, especially when contrasted to that of La Brava.