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MTV is airing the reunion for The Challenge, in case you want to see a car wreck with two or three fewer cars involved. I hope he likes niblets, because he’s deep in the cornfield.

*sigh* If only Rob & Sandra could meddle with that vote. Nullify the Nullifier? Why the fuck not?!?

Coming into play next season: the Ultimate Nullifier! Hey, it can't be worse than what we got now. At least Janet cleans up nice

*sigh* The season is now a full-on bust, As much as I like the idea of a Nullifier, it's painful to watch. Janet called Probst "Jeffery." I think there only one person to do that is Courtney Yates. Dean broke Janet. Motherfucker.

"It's a trap!" "I'm sorry, calamari man. Could you repeat that?" Tommy is a teacher? I don't think he mentioned that.

Noura is cackling. Of course she is.

Oh, fuck. I thought the Elaine vote was painful. Janet walking into a trap might be so much worse.

"Here's a scroll. So if you wanna bail out now? We won't blame you. History is being made, and we're sticking with two dummies yapping because some fucker got too touchy."

"I see you as a man today." The Noura Seal of Approval!! Oy vey.

CBS and Fox (Masked Singer) aren't going live to Washington. Even my CW affiliate is reacting. Oddly enough, I can't blame Fox for their choice. But Shii Ann gets a pass, right?

Okay, this is oddly thrilling. And one of the guys won it. Of course. Anyone else thinking Dean would win because his name has "Dan" in it, and it's been that kind of season? ETA: "You picked Noura? Why??? What the fuck is wrong with you?!?"

My issue: wouldn't it occur to ALL of them there might be an idol to find? That's how Ben won . . . everyone else had a thumb up their ass, and he hustled his way to safety.

"'H' for 'Hey, maybe CBS should at least pretend there are fans of The Amazing Race, and make them happy for once." Just . . . just me??

Seriously, if this had happened back in 2000, I wouldn't have blamed CBS for sticking with Survivor. But it's 2019 . . . I'll just grumble and record stuff after the episode's allotted time. "We interrupt this program to announce Congress has voted out Noura. Unanimous, 435-0." Hey, we're playing Da Vinci Code! ETA: And the guy (Dean? Tommy?) is color-blind. It's been that kind of season.

I just find it hilarious that we've been slogging through the season, and another vote would overshadow it.

"We interrupt the historic vote in Washington to present the finale of an absolute wreck of a season of Survivor!" #Priorities

Funny115: Mario goes back to "Obama Took" for seconds.

Tina? Dang. Mixed feelings about her . . . on the one hand, she came on at the wrong time, after for son (IIRC) died, and her tears were enough for the other three women to vote her off. On the other hand, the alternative was Cirie. She survived the first two votes, and she became a legend soon afterward. Female alumni? Ah . . . Operation Public Relations Shield.

Right? This is standard Survivor, putting the man over the woman. And since is Rob, of course he is brought out to be worshipped by the faithful. Aside from almost losing a finger, I felt Sandra was wasted.

Getting ready for Cringeapalooza 2019. I’m thinking at least half the audience will be plants. Honestly, I can’t see Probst dealing with the Reunion without looking like a jackass.

Reality Blurred goes over what “we” know about the next season so far.

Quick question: should excellent hidden idol play be awarded? Like maybe if you play one and negate an ouster, you get $5K? And you get $10K if you negate a unanimous vote. Oh, and maybe there could be new people behind the scenes . . . but that goes without saying. 🙄

*sigh* I meet someone on OKC. We vibe. She says something, and I respond. Then I realize that I might have used the wrong word, so I correct it. Then I point out the correction. About eight minutes ago, while I was getting dressed, she said something along the lines of “it’s not my problem if you don’t believe me.” And then I believe she “unconnected” us, suggesting that I fucked up. Which I did. Yet again. Without even trying. So how are you doing?

WatchMojo picks the top twenty anime of the 2010's. How many did you watch?

Well. Okay, then. I hope there will be a second season, though those nine episodes might as well stand on their own. The fact that "The Watchmen follow-up we never asked for" worked this well is such a miracle in of itself . . . such that Dr. Manhattan wouldn't have expected this at all. Sure, there's the level of bugfuck (squidfuck?) presented by, say, Happy! and Preacher, but it also conveyed a lot of gravitas. That's a feat when you have an aged Adrian Veldt, in his Ozymandias costume, popping out from under the grass to make a run for a spaceship and his freedom. And then he got coated in gold by the daughter he never knew he had. Oh, and he caught a bullet with his hand. That was an awesome "Oh, fuck" moment in the miniseries, and it's a shoutout that didn't feel gratuitous. One takeaway . . . the 7th Kalvary were dumbasses. Total disgraces and dumbasses. On the other hand, we had Senator Secret Supremacist Leader disrobing to reveal underwear modeled after Dr. Manhattan's look from the Sixties. Maybe we came out even. I never would have thought Laurie would be that good an ass-kicker at that age. I liked the reunion with Veidt . . . and how that ended when Looking Glass clocked him from behind. Man, I hope Jon was screwing with Angela with the egg. How funny would it be that one of the last actions of the indestructible man that wound up getting destroyed was to show the love of his life (well, one of them) he had a sense of humor?