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Is it wrong I’m still hoping Joe Pesci drops in to play Uncle Ben? I’m not praying for that, but it’s in my head. “Remember . . . with great power comes great responsibility. You’re a wonderful ute, Peter.” “Thanks. What’s an ‘ute’?”

One: Apologies for the typos. Two: Who's Pamela? Forgot about Rudy cross-dressing in skits. Brrrrrrrrrrr. And I gotta agree with John: "Cocaine Mitch" makes Sen. McConnell sounds so cool.

Looks like the DEO got a huge victory. Except Sam is still Reign. And she's going to get the powers of her fallen sisters. And Ruby's in danger. And James lied to the team about searching Lena's vault. And Lena has managed to synthesize Kryptonite to get past the "Superman disposed of all of it" thing. So . . . yay?? I can't hate Lena. She's screwed in nature and nurture. She wants to do the right thing, but she will do it in ways that the true "white hats" won't approve. And I like Lena the way she is. Naturally, if she survives this season, she'll wind up being the Big Bad for next season. Also bald. I think Brainy fits in with the DEO. I'm also okay if Mon stays, though I feel I might be in the minority on that. Watching Sam and Julia in the Upside Down/Sunken Place was rough. Losing memories has to be a nightmare. Only thing worse if they started stammering, "Are you my mummy?" #AskAWhovian

Awwwwww, Brynn wasn't too bad. And Arissa was okay after her Challenge and the Reunion season. I get the Coral hate. It was halfway through RW10 where she started showing a bit of heart. She's a doubled-edged sword . . . she can be an unreprendant bitch, but she cares for some people deeply. Remember when Nicole wanted to bag Bobby, and Coral guided her through, even though Nicole threw up a few times? Coral and Mike might've been annoying at times, but they had for good TV . . . . hence their Challenge "careers." The other five housemates have two seasons between them (Lori in BOTS1, Rachel in Gauntlet). ETA: Dang, I said the same damn thing about Coral two posts ago. Granted, that was from over six months ago, but I hate being a broken record.

Can money be raised to have John’s mouth sewn shut? Headline in my mind: “Struggling Mets Limp To Cincinnati.” Underneath: “Calloway to call Indians, ask if there’s a spot for him.”

I’m always getting up early and watching stuff off DVR so I can delete it to make space that will be filled immediately. I’m saving this episode. Classic. If not for that day, Rudy Giuliani would’ve gone down as a prick. I think most New Yorkers knew of what John brought up. Well, maybe not the thing about being second cousins with his first wife. Cue John making obvious jokes . . . but it’s Rudy, so fuck him. Kentucky Derby salute for the win, “Help, I’m Trapped In A Horse Suit And This Guy Keeps Whipping Me” made me laugh really hard. Also: “Cocaine Mitch.”

Pick an epitaph. "Iron Blood Orphans: They raised their flag . . . and it got lowered, shredded and shat upon." "Iron Blood Orphans: They couldn't get a bigger memorial for Tekkadan?" "Iron Blood Orphans: Well, Iok went out like a total punk. That counts as 'good,' right?"

No dialogue spoof from me this week, because the action was just too damn funny to parody. Basically, Jotaro gets inside D'Arby's head, and the expert gambler turns into a gibbering wreck of a man. I think he even aged 30-40 years in the process . . . and unlike Baron Zeppelli, he didn't have to get cut in half to make that happen. Seriously, what's not to love? Jotaro puts his soul on the line . . . and Avdol's . . . and Kakioyin's . . . and his ailing mother's . . . without even looking at his cards. And it worked. You gotta dig Jotaro. In situations where Star Platinum can't just knock out the problem, Jotaro's nerves and stone face work just as well. And the Stand did some work in snaring a cigarette and drink for Jotaro, as D'Arby kept waiting for Jotaro to reveal his big move . . . which turned out to be "Making D'Arby look like he mistook a golden cup for the Holy Grail." Love to Avdol as well . . . Jotaro puts up Kakioyin's soul, Avdol yells at him for being uncouth. Afterward, upon seeing Jotaro's shitty hand (D'Arby had four kings, which was pretty tough to beat in a "normal" situation), Avdol almost fainted. And the kid/ringer dealer probably shit his pants as well.

I think that's the closest anything involving Deadpool will get to an Oscar nomination. Hey, Logan did get one for Best Adapted Screenplay. Anything's possible.

Went on a date It went very well. Lots and lots of overlap. While I'm still expecting the other shoe to drop (because I'm neurotic, you see), I think a second date is possible. Down side is that I heard from the other lady I have been chatting with. Turns out she didn't answer my messages because she was in the hospital. She's been having a lot of maladies, and I feel for her. I could see us being friends . . . though I don't know if that's part of her long-term plan.

I’ve been busy. I did see the Mets are starting to freefall. Also, the News had savage front and back pages when Matt Harvey was cut loose. Yeah, he may have leaked, he can be temperamental, and the Mets missed getting the best trade value . . . but I fear he’ll be snapped up, collect Cy Young trophies and World Series rings, and everybody will snark in the like they did with trading Nolan Ryan to the Angels.

Good stuff. Amy has a high bar to clear next week. Also I'm guessing Pete gets one shot at Staten Island per season. I'm thinking he'll use his for 2018-19 close to Election Day. Short story: it's a shitshow. Both were good. Her character is probably great at anything except dirty talk. She does seem to go decent impressions of Wanda Sykes and Fat Albert, so that's good. Did Kenan coach her on the latter?

@TVbitch . . . yeah, but they turned out nice. Granted, they may have held back on a lot of negativity in order to protect their respective brands. Big Brother people? From what little I’ve seen, they wear nastiness very openly.

Was she still friendly with Sam Wilson near the end? I'd like to think they'd meet up from time to time. Nothing too heavy. I got both Marvel comics on Free Comic Book Day. Nice Spencer looks to bring some of his style from Superior Foes of Spider-Man, while we get a shot at Avengers 1,000,000 BC in the Avengers book. I still like the idea of Prehistoric Ghost Rider. Works slightly better for me than Cosmic Ghost Rider.

@ByaNose . . . I believe Justin and Diana have wed. Seriously, though, I'd take him over your average houseguest. Seriously, though . . . if Phil thought that he has had enough, or if he doesn't like the direction (especially if it's all BB), would you understand if he quit? I know he's got a producer credit these days, but I wouldn't blame him for not wanting to deal with assholes that are barely better than Jonathan Baker.

"Capsicle"? Ben & Jerry's don't (doesn't?) do popsicles. How about vanilla ice cream with tiny super soldiers embedded inside?

Given the talk about timelines, universes, and all the other stuff, maybe AoS has diverged from MCU I'm saying this because I can't see any logical way there could be a sixth season if Infinity War is factored in. If Disney/Marvel/ABC went, "Given what's going on, we're taking a year off. We don't want to hurt the minds of our more dedicated fans," I would completely understand. Give us a series centered in the past. Or maybe spotlight one extraneous Marvel media character in each episode. Except for the Inhumans because there's no way to make them cool. Save for Lockjaw, of course, Lockjaw is Best Dog. I keep bucking for Mack to "end" Thanos with his shotgun axe for some time . . . and now I'm bummed we won't see Talbot face Thanos. "Hey! Purple stuff! The name's Talbot. Glenn Talbot I suggest you turn your ships around, lest you get your grape-flavored ass handed to you by Earth's mightiest hero!" Then Thanos turns to one of his crew. "Is it me, or is that facial hair really annoying? I've seen Stark and Strange, but I didn't wnt to kill either of them as much as I do with this asshole." The main cast? Still angsting, and I'm not really hating any of them Not even Deke, as he piles lemons in Daisy's bunk. And he doesn't know about "high fives," which shows how dire his home time was. Poor bastard.

@RandomWatcher . . no, that would be Justin, the superfan who ran with his fiance Diana in TAR27 and got way too into it

I’ll take Justin. Even if he gets aggro at the thought of (figuratively) beating up Big Brother contestants, at least he’s “family.” And I think he would dial it down a notch. Seriously, if it’s a “TAR vs. BB” format, are there any returning Racers you wouldn’t root for against former housemates? ETA: Looks like Survivor might play a part. I will be annoyed if it’s basically “Survivor vs. Big Brother” with no actual Racers returning.

Last night in review: White House, Lewis Black, David Blaine getting Trevor to help him drive a nail through his hand. Trevor looked really freaked. Even if he and David went over what was going to happen beforehand, those priceless reactions looked authentic.

Actually, CT is okay these days . . . though I acknowledge that his "improvement" partially stems from him hitting rock bottom and going upward from there. Most of the other Challengers suck. They're even importing assholes from Great Britain. I like my fellow TAR fans. If they are unaware of malignancies like Johnny, Zach, Devin, Veronica, Camila, and so on . . . I'd want them to remain ignorant. Even nicer folk like CT, Leroy and Jenna popping in would be problematic for me. If this is a way to cancel the series, this might be the most evil way to do it . . . with the diehard fans like myself contemplating bailing out. If TAR31 does an all-BB cast, maybe Phil should quit. I don't think we should judge him for staying, since he has a stake in the series, but resigning after thirty-plus seasons would send a message that he cares. Or something.

Fuck us all. This might be the greatest cruelty. If we watch, we expose ourselves to about 22 socially-inept assholes whose average IQ tops out around 90. If we pass and/or boycott, Les can threaten to pull the plug, even though he’d probably flood the series with all sorts of assholes were the series to be continued. Like people from The Challenge. If you don’t watch that show . . . I envy you. You wouldn’t want most of those people.

I think "escort" fits Gon better than "gigolo." He just greets older women, takes them around Whale Island, and entertains them with his upbeat attitude. And I like to think Killua was feeling . . . male feelings when he was stalking following Gon and Palm. Palm looked awesome. Only Leorio would be in bigger pain that someone as asexual as Gon is with a woman that hot. Meanwhile, the chimeras are fucking people up. Of course, there are no fair fights, and Meruem is ambitious mofo. It's gonna get boring until the more skilled Hunters step up to the plate, waste the supporting ants . . . then get brutally murdered by the Royal Guard. And perhaps the last thing some of them will hear is "Wow, that must have hurt like a meowtherfucker." The messed-up part? I didn't even notice Meruem had a tail exactly like the first two Cells. Hey, as long as we don't get an easily-manipulated and oddly likable pink goo monster to haunt our heroes, we shouldn't complain. For now, anyway.

Damn, this show is awesome. Just go Mach 2 and don't even think about the walls. Seriously, how funny was it for Riddler to open up the GCPD truck, get information from some putz, then leave him and his prisoner pals behind. Next moment: Penguin does the same thing . . . dragging the dazed bastard out and closing the door. "Aren't you tired of being wrong?" Classic. I got fooled to think that Jeremiah had a chance. Nope . . . he skids into the crazy, turns his girl Friday a psudeo-Harley Quinn, then plays Jerome's hardcore fanbase like a fiddle. And Bruce fell for it. Not that Bruce is dumb . . .he just tried to think of best in people. And now Jeremiah is gonna blow up Gotham City with revolutionary tech. Meanwhile, Ra's is watching, all, "Wow, why was I brought back from the dead? I am totally superfluous. Meanwhile I should give my Magic Light back to Barbara. She's crazy. That's more valuable here than experience." What else . . . .Oswald and Butch hanging out like an old married couple. Ed immediately ordering his crew to a costume shop to infiltrate the "wake." Jim and Harv discretely shocking some asshole in a car trunk. And the unexpected delight that is Edslie. Edlee? Riddlee? Still though, Butch getting ready to shove chicken bones up a guy's nose, with Oswald looking really into the idea.

Is there anything we can do to stop this? Seriously, my biggest fear was that Les would cancel the series because a BB team won. This might be worse. Seriously, has there been anybody on that show who was entertaining and not a colossal trainwreck? Fuck Big Brother. If I wanted to torture myself, I'd watch that.