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Natalie didn't have much incentive to win aside from getting on the Tribunal. I mean . . . Turbo was an asshole about things, but she went a little too far. Granted, in terms of being a bitch, I'd say she's way in the back of the pack. Maybe only in front of Da'vonne. Seriously, I think Turbo can now be classified as "mythical beast." You can win six times like Johnny, but has he ever tied down a dude freaking out on an airplane? Once TJ heard his name from Georgia, he should have made her choose again. There's Turbo, basically taping Nany down like he does it all the time (and I do NOT want to go there). Cut to Wes being distracted by Georgia's yammering, and he was too focused on not being the guy to tape a girl's mouth shut. No wonder she got out easily. Da'vonne ran like a boss. I don't think it was all Wes. Would Paulie be dumb enough to risk his safety to "lay hands" on a gimpy Kyle? Yes. Yes, he would. He probably won't, and we'll get something boring like Theo beating Kyle or Hunter. But to me, Paulie's mouth writes a lot of checks. One day, his ass won't be able to back it up. And then Cara Maria can move to the next dubious/cringeworthy relationship.

All right. Bad news: teams are still jammed together. Good news: Rupert & Mrs. Rupert Laura are out. Nice that Rupert didn't have an explosion like in his first two stints on Survivor. Just him begging a hungry elephant to move. I'm not joyous, nor do I feel pity. Rupert peaked in 2003. On the bright side, he still has a lot of good moments . . . up to and including fooling Russell Hantz with a rock, making hi think it was a hidden idol. Oh, PS for the producers if they're reading this: DO NOT CAST ANYONE FROM THE HANTZ FAMILY ON YOUR SHOW. Please. Nice Detour options . .. prep meals or learn to speak Lao (Laotian?), with schoolchildren laughing at you when you mess up. Even with the ick factor of raw food, that seemed to be a safer choice. Roadblock was awesome for the patient. Animals work so well on this show, and who doesn't love elephants? Once again, U-Turns suck. Too early in the game, and being able to pull that on someone after it's been done to you still bugs me. And the teams effected are from TAR and relatively nice in Tyler/Korey and Funstoppable. Corrine saying that her Fun-O-Meter would be at zero if she had one. Wow. The hell she says. No friggin' way, you guys. 🙄 I'm guessing TAR is going to keep playing Colin & Christie's "hits" from TAR5. There's a big part of me that hopes they have truly grown since then. But there's a smaller part that wants Colin to rage so hard, blood spurting out of his eyes, screaming "SERENITY NOW!!!! SERENITY NOW!!!!" until he passes out. Also: "HOOTCHIE MAMA!!!!!" ETA: Who had the title quote?

Wardog getting sent to the pound should be cause for celebration . . . but he can get back in the game. Even if there's only one more chance for EoE-bound players to get back in the game, the concept takes the wind out of the sails. I think there should be incentive for making the right turn. Or maybe make it tougher to get to EoE with each passing player. And it's weird . . . how many players had been voted off, returned, and made it to Day 39? The only one I can remember is Lillian Morris . . . . and she wound up getting curbstomped by a bitter, bitter jury. I'm just not caring. CBS bringing back The Amazing Race immediately after Survivor doesn't help. The Survivor alumni there are more interesting . . . even Chris & Bret.

From Reality Blurred: Potential format twist for S39. Like most of those, it sounds nice, but the odds of success are usually long.

Found this in my e-mail from OtakuUSA: Character designer who has worked on DiU talks about the hardships of working in anime.

Mental image: sinister happy face appears . . . then several question marks appear above its head. I think Alluka’s official gender is “eh.” Not unlike Crona from Soul Eater.

"If we make a baby now, could you make sure it's a boy? Save us the headache of Nora?" "Iris, for the last time, I wasn't even trying to turn the Diggles' kid into a boy."

Maybe that will be the entirety of the last episode of 2019 . . . Chiitan and John in a steel cage death match, with John screaming "ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED???!!!?" over and over. I'm still gonna fantasize about a perp walk at the White House. 😡 In the show's defense, the Report was the news of the week . . . big enough that John had to immediately roll that into the episode, as opposed to warming us up with bits from around the world. Is the "painting" online anywhere? The bit with Eric's tongue stuck on a surprisingly frozen flagpole was funny.

Nah. She's fueled on negativity, not rage. Also, I'd rather have Dex-Starr to start. NXS? INXS??? He was with Breacher . . . for some reason. I dunno if that meant Cynthia (that was Gypsy's real name, right?) or her dad. I'm thinking the latter . . . and if powers failure wasn't an issue, I would've liked to have seen that.

Man, Barry can get mad. I think it's more jarring when it comes from him because it's rarer to see than from, say, Oliver. He rolls off the bed, he gets into Man!Pain mode. For Barry, it takes the revelation that his (future) daughter is working with the man that killed his mother and framed his dad for the murder. Yet, he comes off as a jackass. But it does provide a reason for Iris and Ralph to roadtrip to 2049. Also: Nora taps into a really suspect Speed Force. Making questionable decisions? Yep, she's Barry's kid. So . . . basically, what saves Caitlin from getting killed by Icicle . . . was the love of her father. Okay, then. Not that the happy ending lasts, because the writers remember Cicada II (She-cada?) is the Big Bad, and she swipes this week's plot device and kills Pa Snow. Not much else to add. Still vaguely amused that Ralph seems to specialize in impersonating guys with darker skin. And of course Sherloque is now family. Hey, maybe they can chip in with his alimony payments. 🙄

. . . and the hits keep on coming. Like I've said, Part 4 was pretty good. The timing could have been better; creator Monkey Punch (real name: Kazuhiko Katō) passed away last week.

Just found this on Facebook . . . random moments from the first two episodes of “Stardust Crusaders.”

Alluka is basically a Death Note: simple premise, but a whole lot of fine print within. Given the death count in the last arc, of course she has the potential to kill tens of thousands of people, including our old friend Rape Jester Hisoka. Anyone else think maybe Kenzai (the tiger Zodiac) and Bakugo from My Hero Academia are distantly related? Same surliness and wild hair.

Possible true measure for love: Ava and Sara have seen themselves as kids, they've seen themselves as old ladies. I'm seriously hope they last . . . and I really hope that doesn't make me sound like Gary. I mean, how can Mona be the worst thing if Gary keeps popping up? After last week, I had thought Hank wasn't really building a Jurassic Mythical Creature Park. Nope . . . he totally was. With an awesome arch and everything. Could there be such a thing as something too messed-up for this series? Demons, time travel, complicated relationships, the occasional reference to a Furby knockoff that saved the day last finale . . . but Nate getting a dragon enclave built? Too much for me. And it looked to be too much for Nate to handle Of course Ava's purgatory would basically be an IKEA. And it's natural for Sara to not think too deep into her future. Considering all she's been through (including being dead for an entire year), I can't blame her Of course the team would nab Neron, and -- of course -- that would backfire. Possessing Ray? Cute twist. On the bright side, I'm happy that he and Nate are bonding again. Why should Nate punching Ray in the face get in the way of that? Zari plot? Meh. I was okay with it, and Mick is good for non-annoying comic relief (lookin' at you, Gary), but I'd like to see him set people on fire. Or at least punch someone. Nate did "Steel" up to stop a wrecking ball, so at least we had that.

Kept forgetting to mention: Gemusetto Machu Picchu will be run in half-hour increments starting tonight at 1 a.m. ETA: Oh, and this is coming back . . .

Wait, so Duncan is dead-dead? Emiko didn't even have to chop his head off? Damn. I'm a bit under the weather, so most of the episode was a blur. I got the finer notes . . . Emiko is still on the dark side (if not outright evil) Felicity has to kill her program so that it couldn't be misused. Oh, and she gets a raging lady boner* hearing the name of Dr. Will Magnus. You know, of all the Arrowverse shows out there, this was the last one I'd expect to see his reference being dropped. (*Note to mods: feel free to erase "lady boner" if that's too offensive) Also the future stuff is still going on for some reason. Also, Conner and John Jr. are different people. Huh.

Dr. Magnus mention. On this show. I would not have bet on that happening here.

I think Chiijohn's inclusion in the second half was basically, "We filmed this a while back, and we need to run it before somebody notices a mascot in Japan with glasses and two ties that vaguely looks like John Oliver." I would have though the Notre Dame fire and terrorism in Sri Lanka would have been mentioned in passing. Nope . . . just the Mueller Report and an unofficial mascot causing trouble. It's like he's begging to get ridiculed. John rushing through and the delay in the audience reaction was funny as well.

Season 3B is coming soon, and Toonami has set up a date for their premiere: . . . and WatchMojo reminds us of plot points to watch watch for:

I"m just drifting towards the finale at this point, occasionally bobbing my head to ask questions. For instance: where did Kara get clothes to change into when Otis was stalking her? In the prison? Right, plot. Supergirl is framed for attack the nation, everybody gets lathered up over it, Brainy gets into a moral dilemma where he picks the absolute worst course of action (didn't Tony Stark upload sensitive information to his brain after Secret Invasion?), James gets powered up, and Otis continues to exist for some reason. Oh, and Lockwood gets the OK to deputize the Agents of Liberty (because what this raging fire needs is napalm), and Kara realizes she's in a situation where the costume doesn't help as much as being herself. Did I miss anything?

That's disappointing. Were the ratings that low? I know they probably couldn't compare to the numbers of anything Walking Dead, but it's still disappointing. *sigh* Who knows how long we'll have to wait for something to be ported from the twisted mind of Garth Ennis. Oh, wait.

More bizarre stuff, with two new guys thrown in: a shmuck estimator who does everything to prevent Rohan from looking at his back, and a Stand User that turns Koichi and Josuke's mother into paper. Also, Josuke and Mikitake (the (maybe) alien) vs. Toyohiro within Super Fly, and Kira continues to get what I'm dubbing "the murder sweats." Also, I'm not getting how a guy's fingernails can grow that quickly. I know, the word "bizarre" is in the anime's title, so I shouldn't get hung up on that.

Here’s the teaser for the next episode. Do they make saddles for elephants? 🤔

Clip from next week's episode: I'm very disappointed by the lack of content on the official TAR YouTube site.

Heavy.com does an article on Wes.