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In case you missed the ending . . . Barbara: (pointing her gun at Oswald) Penguin. Dead. NOW! Harvey: Don't tell me you two bonded! Oswald: Look, I know I started this entire affair. But me and my good friend Jim hashed things out, killed the bad guys- Jim: That you brought here. Oswald: (exaggerated eyeroll) Guilty as charged! The point is, I'm going home with my faithful dog and a tentative peace with this wonderful community of wretches. And they chanted my name, so I get to go to bed happy!! Barbara: Wow. I am so not caring! Jim: (stepping in front of Oswald) Barbara, I know he killed Tabitha. I know he probably deserves to die in a horrible and humiliating fashion . .. Oswald: Standing right here, Jim. Jim: . . . but we can work out who kills who tomorr- (Haven blows up) Jim: Fuuuuuuuuucccck. Harvey: (sidling up to Jim) Hey . . . not like you bonded with a little kid and made him a deputy, right? (the waif's body plummets to the ground, killing Edward the Bulldog instantly) Oswald: (soft, sad whimpering noises) Jim: Why do I stay here?!? Okay, I made up the final bits . . . but since this is Gotham, it could still totally happen. I mean, Ed's dealing with blackouts, Selina is hopped up on super root juice, and Jeremiah has set up a religion, complete with initiates that dress like folks that would bug you on the streets. RIP Mr. Penn. May you no longer have to grovel in the next life. Also, if you pass on the diapers after two years, that would also be good. Nice that Jeremiah's insanity can be felt without him even needing to show up. And his neighborhood is full of lost causes. Mutants. They had Mutants! And Selina beat the ever-loving shit out of the biggest one! I don't think Morena's name is in the credits. Maybe she'll drop by for closure?

I feel this needs to be shared, even on a solo thread. So wrong. So wrong. Curious . . . anyone watching Golden Wind? I've seen bits and pieces.

Wilmer Flores signs one-year deal with Diamondbacks. I hope they treat him well. Also, I hope he doesn't suffer heatstroke in Phoenix. Eventually, he would have to leave the comfy stadium.

In case you didn't see the brief teaser, here are two people battling in what appears to be an endgame. They're competing on top of a speeding truck rolling through the desert. I know it will turn to shit like most things Challenge-related, but I can't help being impressed. Look at this shit! This is some Mad Max stuff right here! I know the season isn't set in Australia, but if Teege can get dressed like an extra from Fury Road, I might have to recommend this series. Also, he'd have to spray his mouth.

The cold open, in brief: Boruto: You know who's behind the Ghost stuff? Mitsuki: Indeed. It is . . . the class rep. Boruto: I KNEW IT WAS YO- . . . wait, what? Mitsuki: She was present in most of the cases of outbursts. She may have feigned injury to throw any suspicion off of her. Boruto: But . . . she's the class rep! She couldn't possible be the cause! She makes my mother at her age look like my mother as she is today! Mitsuki: I'm going to ask you: how well do you know her? What is her name? Boruto: It's . . . it's . . . .oh, shit . . . Mitsuki: [waiting patiently] Boruto: Class . . . Rep . . . Mitsuki: [facepalm] Boruto: [sweatdrop] Kun. Class Rep-Kun. Mitsuki: Right. You're lucky you're the protagonist, and that me and Sarada will be put on the same squad as you to make sure you don't act like your father did at your age. Boruto: Wait, why would we be teamed up? Mitsuki: Boruto, do you even watch the opening credits? Why do you think we are grouped together. Boruto: Huh. Now that you mention it, it would've made more sense to have us kids fooling around in general, especially since Sarada hasn't had much screentime. Mitsuki: Mysteries do abound. Another mystery: how can you tell how much older ex-Hokage Kakashi has gotten with the same hair and mask? It's also funny that he has the mask etched on his portrait on Hokage Rock. Downside: Naruto getting into his Flaming Orange God Mode, only for Kakashi to wave that off. With all the filler over on Naruto, it'll be ages before we naturally progress to that. @Sandman87 . . . is it too nitpicky if I try to have the title changed to "Boruto: Naruto Next Generations"?

Slightly better? Yeah, I don't know. I mean, mystery heirlooms with a diary written in German might be a draw for some people. Also, more of Lorna wanting out of the Hellfire Club Inner Circle, though we don't really get to see the three dangerous mutants actually do dangerous stuff. And Evangeline is probably alive. No body, right? Getting tired of the Strucker Siblings Hour of Dysfunction. Great that the Sisters are willing to escalate things to sway Lauren. Even with Esme wanting the brakes installed, that ain't gonna end well, and no scenes of the Sisters in prim outfits with the knee-high boots will make the fallout any better. #PleaseDontJudgeMe Still waiting for the Underground to get a win. As it stands, it's probably down to eleven mutants and tin cans with strings. Also, there's the dog, though I'm betting John will probably squeeze her to death. At least we got to see Erg's ability, though his crabby disposition did not fade in the sunlight. "Oh, she's dead. I want to go back to the sewers now to continue playing Master Splinter." And Jamie Clarice Blink decides to join the Morlocks, aided by a sad tale on how her foster sister got killed after she was sent free. I reckon if The Flash had not been so heavy-handed tonight, this would've been another mediocre episode.

Welcome back, show! Now . . . why are you trying to hurt me?!? Seriously, with Nora not believing in redemption, I kinda wanted Iris to look into getting her "tubes tied." I don't think the way to make Nora likable is to make her a bitch so that she can overcome that. Silver Ghost + Tech-infused ARGUSmobile = "Brand New Day"-era Spider-Man bad guy Overdrive? Neat premise. Also interesting that Weather Witch wants redemption, and maybe her Skeletor weather staff influences her. Also, she can convert herself and Silver Ghost into energy for quick getways. Yeah, Cisco thinking of "the cure" seems . . . yeesh. Like we don't have enough of that in play on The Gifted. Of course, Killer Frost would oppose the idea. Of course she/Caitlin and Cisco would be at odds. Of course they'd make up. I kinda that they're a different gender duo where you don't feel like "shipping" them. Well, I don't. No clue about Thrawne. No clue about Sherloque. Also no clue how this Gideon can't differentiate between all the Wellses. Mick got his book published. Good for him. Or maybe that Gideon made up physical copies for friends and family.

When John Rocker was on Survivor (2014, I reckon), someone recognized him, and he tried to claim that he was John Wetteland. Yeah, that's all I got.

Hey, the show got expanded by five minutes! I think you still need the DVR cushion, though. Once again, the president embarrasses. Having Derek Waters (one T? Two?) doing a mini-Drunk History with the president’s incoherent talk of President Lincoln (followed by fawning over Gen. Grant), using the correspondents to play that out was brilliant.

Still. So. Much. Fucking. FILLER. Basically, the latest episode had most of the kids trying to get a break from the impending war. Also Tsunade, who has a conference with the feudal lords, then decides to throw her sobriety out of a window and get shitfaced. Also, we got Hinata getting trained by Neiji during the timeskip, and how she's matured as a fighter. It's weird to see her mousy when she's more open in Boruto. She's not a ballbuster like Chi Chi, but she's more developed there. I wonder if she tells her kids how.many ttrees she hid behind while watching her future husband train. Or eat. Or anything, really. I liked the bit with Tenten and the ship. "CAPSULE CORP NO JUTSU!!!!"

I’m having a crap day. This made me smile . . . Oldjo’s many freakouts. ETA: Anyone else thinking of Mr. Bill from old school SNL?

Thanos dropped by Springfield last night.

After a few weeks of speculation, Johnny . . . is not going to be on Celebrity Big Brother. In the pile of has-beens? Lolo Jones. So if you want a Challenge alumnus to follow . . . CvS counts, right?

Just realized. . . Kale is Universe-6 Broly. Are we going to get to the part where Yamcha finds out Goku never even considered him for the team? Poor bastard."Well, Buu flopped on us. We could go with nine and get a spot-filler for the final slot. Or I could make some deals, go to the Home For Infinite Losers, and give Space Hitler a 24-hour furlough. That couldn't possibly blow up on us, right?"

Why? As for Tigtone? Perhaps we could get a crossover with Apollo Gauntlet.

Did you ever get to watch the rest of the episode? Koichi turns around to see disembodied hands ready to do who-knows-what with him. Rohan saves him . . . but since he's Rohan, he does it in the most dick way possible, using Heaven's Door to take Koichi's eyesight. And then they're free. Free-associating: if the main villain is "Kira," and that was the name Light Yagami went by in Death Note . . . would that mean Light's Stand would be Ryuk? ETA: Tonight's episode: Jotaro & Okuyasu meet Shigekiyo Yangu, a weird-looking kid with the bug-like group Stand known as Harvest (Neil Young reference). Basically, it's a get-rich-quick scheme where the guys wind up fighting. In other news, Koichi finds that Yukako is following him. Well, if she likes short guys, she would friggin' adore Shigekiyo. Well, if she looks past the weird bumps/horns on his bald head. Maybe she'd like those.

Anybody still watching? Last episode was fallout from the attacks, and the younger heroes getting chewed out by the police chief (dog head, why ask?) for doing hero stuff without licenses . . . then praising them for doing what they had to do. Officially, though, the credit for putting down Stain will go to Endeavor. Oh, and Iida's hand is now fucked-up. On the bright side, we get a funny Todoroki moment, as he wonders if people will always get their hands messed up around him, between the fight and his match with Midoriya. Aside from peeks into how the kids are doing on their internships (including Bakugo, looking like he's going to go on a murder spree at any second from being with Best Jeanist), we get Stain's manifesto, which is spreading like wildfire through the villain community. On a semi-related note, I've read the first two volumes of the "Vigilantes" spin-off manga.

Tickets are still available. The show is in two weeks. I'll be commuting to Brooklyn that weekend for a comic show, but I thought you guys (especially in the NYC area) would like to know. Once again: Kenny was a dealbreaker for me.

Before I forget . . . on the map, there was an area marked with "Zsasz." Please tell me he's got his own faction. Figurative shit! I meant figurative shit!!! And what Bulldog isn't cute in its own way?

I like the implication of this final season . .. that all most people need a little time to devolve into anarchy. And Gothamites? They go whole hog with it after three months. I bet the park trespassers have never been to England, yet one of them has a bit of an English accent. "The legends say a witch stalks the forest. It matters not what faction or gang you belong to. You take one step too many, the Witch gobbles you up, she does!" "Earl. Dude. You were a plumber four months ago. Can you at least slow down your slide into Crazytown?" Also, more Warriors-style dress themes! Wait . . . so seemingly getting revived by cats the way Michelle Pfeiffer and Halle Berry did in their movies doesn't turn Selina into Catwoman . . . . but a magic herb from Ivy does? Hey, why not? At least Bruce hesitated before giving it to Selina, even after her "The little Ivy Pepper I know is somewhere deep inside that confused woman whom men would like to bone" speech. Seriously thinking Harvey will up and quit before season's end . .. or I would if I hadn't seen the flash-forward last week. If he were to go to the river and try to swim to the mainland, would anyone blame him? Jim goes into the spooky building and meets a kid. Harvey goes elsewhere and discovers piles of jewelry. And teeth. And fingers. And a totally psycho "Mother" bitch. While I wouldn't call Jim's life "charmed," he does have slightly less mental scarring, and he looked badass shooting the gang leaders. Credit to Barbara and her crew ("Barbaramazons"?) for softening the gangs up. Looks like she'll be working with Jim. Should be interesting. Kid slaves? Overkill. Reminds me of "The Underdwellers," which I consider the worst B:TAS episode. Ed/Riddler drama is still a bit annoying, though not as contrived as Caitlin/Killer Frost over on The Flash. I like the idea that the same burly dude had to get worked over twice by the same guy for information. Ed-as-Riddler posing? Also hilarious.

Uggggggggh. Seriously, at the last minute? Can that be confirmed? If Eric & Jeremy had been cast and won, I would've had slightly less problems with that. Danielle and her partner (Danni) finished in eighth in TAR9. That ain't good enough to come back unless you really got boned. And from what I remember, I don't think Eric was into girls, so that made their win even more painful. That night, I would have taken any other team winning. Even Ramber. Oh, and here's a thought about Danielle which I have to spoiler-text because it's a little dirty. Oh, and I believe that Danielle was the first Staten Islander to win on a reality show, and that happened on a season where the other and more beloved Racers from that borough (John Vito & Jill, Drew) went out after the first two episodes.

@green . . . the knock on Rupert — if not merely mine — is that he rides the “unique” thing too hard. Also, he’s a bit of a blowhard, and he’s gotten nasty on Survivor. Like eviscerating Lil on Day 39 and the time he almost murdered Jon Dalton. Once again: had Rupert not been voted out when he was, no way Jon does the “Dead Grandma” thing. I thought Eric & Danielle were cast because they were kindasorta a showmance, even thought Danielle brought little competitive stuff to the table. Put it this way: Amber was more of an “All-Star” than her . . . in Survivor. Racing? She & Rob deserved the call in TAR11.

“. . . and now, facepalm emoticons.” 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ The fucked up thing? Abram recently got engaged, and he’s showing slightly more maturity. I’ll still make jokes about him killing hobos and drifters. Why stop what works? 😜

Hey, MoZ made it on the end of my DVR! And it’s the American Water Ghost being her lovely self! 🙄 Honestly, if you walked into a room and saw her scuttling on the ceiling, would you be shocked? Thinking of @Victor the Crab watching Michael Kosta. The field piece was good, though . . . Switzerland has guns and uses them recreationally, and it’s not cause from alarm. I know Kosta was playing Ugly American, but I’d be jumping from the gunfire as well.

This week: more mediocre drama with zero subtlety or nuance! Sadly, it does look better than the world we live in. Please please please PLEASE tell me Lauren will eat her grandparents' hair. I've been watching My Hero Academia, and inheriting powers through hair digestion was a plot point early in the series. Bonus: it mirrors canon continuity, and it's not nearly as squicky. And Jace continues to sell his morals out one piece at a time. If the series doesn't go past this season, maybe they could end it by having Jace killed, and the Purifiers and mutants having a cotillion over his body . . . because he was that big of a chode to unite them. The anti-mutant talking head is in bed with Reva. I wish that was more of a surprise. And seriously, does the actor (I know he's a "name," but I forgot what it was) just ad-lib those lines? My goodness, he drops so many freakin' anvils, it would be absurd to think someone wrote that dialogue. Some kid died because the Head Purifier "stood his ground." Yeah, that fits. Of course, AMTH turns him into a terrorist hiding in a shelter. Meanwhile, the other kid brings up black grandparents hiding from supremacists . . . does the parallel need to be spelled out? We get it. Mutants = maligned minorities. If that wasn't the original intent of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, then subsequent writers decided to interpret their stories that way. Both Strucker kids are lost causes. #Facts Isn't it dangerous for Lorna and Carlos to get intimate? If they can make a light show from running to second and chugging to third, people would notice. On the plus side, at least they're both feeling the walls close in . . . especially Lorna having to deal with Actual Mutant Terrorists that Reva had zero problems signing up. Arrowverse shows come back next week, right? The Gifted isn't the best substitute, but at least it fed us for a few weeks.