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Shippuden will air at 3 a.m. when Toonami returns on January 4. And here's the All Might/Might Guy Death Battle:

On a lighter note, Erik summarizes the finale:

Had to pass on this Reunion because I wanted to see Survivor: Island of the Idols flicker and die. The one for WOTW2? Just as ridiculous as I'd expect. Josh bragging about winning Big Brother . . . sad. So sad. He's a clown . . . a sad, sad clown. The only reason why he won $500K was that the other guy was an asshole's asshole. Watching him and Velvet Jones Paulie argue was just pathetic. And Paulie and Cara Maria seem content in playing heels. For Paulie, that's not a big fall. I don't know how Cara deals with it, though. All that red dye in her hair can't be affecting her brain, right? Johnny still trying to be Johnny. I think I said it here . . . he's got charisma. I've seen him up close. His reality TV persona? It needs humbling. Sadly, BMP and MTV probably still consider hi to be the "face" of the series. It's more sport than reality TV. If it aired on ESPN and had fewer backstories, it wouldn't be nominated for Competitive Reality Emmys. I like Natalie, but I think she should go back to ANW. That's a place where there's minimal friction between competitors. On The Challenge, she's gotten heat from her peers and viewers. If Zach was at the Reunion, the entire two hours would have been just him insulting her. Anyone else want a one-shot Challenge between Jordan and Turbo? Just have them compete in a bunch of missions, one-on-one. While his taped segment had cheese oozing out of the screen, Turbo looked sane. And Jordan can trigger people something bad. I mean, that hat alone . . .

Reality Blurred: Andy covers the finale . . . the bad and the good.

Epic Rap Battles of History: Thanos vs. J. Robert Oppenheimer.

Well, Probst at least projected sincerity. That had to count for something. And while he and Kellee had a meaningful segment, having her in the chair next to her made me cringe. Not her, mind you . . . but shoving her in a spotlight like that, as Probst tries to show that he could do a talk show, and this time do it right. At least the Reunion was blessedly short. Tommy got patted on the head, Elaine and Janet got love from the audience (probably filled with interns, but it should still count), Jamal got to be eloquent, Dan was choking on niblets because he was sent that deep into the proverbial cornfield, and Noura kept trying to signal her home planet that her mission was over and she was ready to come home. Next season? Could be awesome, could be awful . . . more like S38 that IOTI. My early favorites: Yul, Natalie, Sandra. Yul probably made his own life while Ozzy kept coming up short, we can speculate whether Nadiya is playing under her twin sister's name, and Sandra is queen. And if she wins her third title, they may as well end the series right there.

*sigh* Well, this was a bad season. Like, a different kind of bad than last time. Instead of the winner being some putz who was only in the recognized game (for lack of a better term) for one-third of his season, we slogged through flawed people and nice ones getting knocked out of the game in tearjerking fashion. As much as the Nullifier is a nice twist, it just feels too . . . mean? It's one thing when the Mayor of Slamtown got impeached last season . . . but seeing Janet hang onto her idol, play it, and then get it negated? That's sad. She left for the jury, and most of my interest went with her. We managed to get a Final Tribal Council full of yelling, thunder and Noura being Noura . . . but who cares? I don't like Noura. But she presents herself as an outcast overcoming the odds, and I wonder how I'd react if a guy was in her place. I'd say that I'd hate him as well, but I'm not sure . . . and that's troubling. Watching her yammer at Lauren as she held a machete . . . Noura comes from another planet. In the end, the teacher that had to remind us that he was a teacher so that we wouldn't forget he was a teacher defeated a space cadet and a guy with "Dan" in his name. Oh, and we found out one of the guys is color-blind. Has that ever come up in past seasons? Who got the title quote? I'm guessing Noura.

None of this shit would’ve happened with The Amazing Race. I’m just sayin’.

Ben’s got the full beard. Probst probably gets wood imagine that facial hair rubbing against his smooth skin.

Right now, I’m rooting for Sandra, Yul and Natalie Anderson. With the latter, we can speculate if Nadiya is playing in her place.

They walk away from the planet crash about as hurt as Rob was in Redemption Island. Given how gimmicks are repeated, we might see this again. How busy is Cochran nowadays? 🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓

“This portion of the Reunion was brought to you in part by Sexual Harassment Panda.”

I think Probst is trying to be sincere, even as I imagine him using this time to record this for a possible revival of his talk show.

I’m thinking Probst is reading off a teleprompter. Shit, Kellee on the lone seat is awkward as fuck. I’d probably be dry-heaving in that chair.

“I have two more gifts. The handcuffs go on Dan. The bat with the nail jutting through the barrel is for Kellee.”

I think Dean got $100K for second place. I’m surprised Dean didn’t win, since his name has “Dan” in it,

“One catch . . . you gotta spent an hour trapped in a room with the freaky dancers from her videos.”

“The Sia gift” is a thing. I’m hoping this season was her last as a viewer. This season can turn the true diehards off.

Wait, there was a “doo-rag”? I can’t remember. #DanRuinsEverything

Noura: “Whatever! I just came over from another studio! I won The Masked Singer!”

Sandra rocking the tiara. She’s awesome. So is Rob . . . compared to the rest of these dopes.

Rudy tribute? I’m thinking “no.” 🙄

And the interns go wild! “Raaaaaah! Raaaaaaahhh!”

I’m imagining Probst standing in front of a giant lump, which is all the bullshit swept under the rug.

Thinking about it . . . Noura is trying to be the outcast overcoming the odds. If a guy was in her position, would I be as annoyed? I say “yes,” but I’m not sure. And that troubles me.