No, it was a (short-lived) improvement over the depths of season 4.  But it is a mistake to contrive some bullshit reason to pull them apart again.  Come on, stupid show I inexplicably really like, stop being so stupid!

I'm pretty sure an F episode, especially of a series finale, will only have the full F impact if you've been following the show.  Seen in a vacuum, it would probably be merely bland, dull, and baffling; at best, entertainingly incompetent and faintly arbitrary.

See, they found a decent groove last year, a little return to form, and now they're screwing with it already.

Wait, what do you mean it aired here yesterday?  No one told me, dammit.

@JudgeReinhold:disqus

2 of those were 1 person, of course.  And you could argue that Marissa was the third person voted out this time.

I think he was silently praying for her to bail him out.  To be clear, I don't blame him at all, I would have felt exactly the same in his position.

Nice. 

I was sure he would swap, out of the sheer pressure of not wanting to look like a douche. 

Katie was definitely the weakest link in that particular challenge.  Booting John could have been a risky but defensible long-term strategy (ie, target people who have loved ones on RI already).  Ciera is the most adorable player by a wide, wide margin, she can't go yet!

One thing I noticed about Brad is that he can only think one thought at a time.  He came up with his locker room strategy and couldn't think or talk about anything else, until Gervase hurt his feelings, and then he couldn't think or talk about anything but *that*.

That was the best part of the episode.  I'm sure I'll get sick of him soon enough, but for now, The Culpepper is comedy gold.

@avclub-a9f5102dde8ca6e2ef0b18e777e918ed:disqus — it was a ZODIACMOTHERFUCKER bon mot on this page:

re: Irving Berlin, I meant the Top Hat score: http://en.wikipedia.org/wik…

Not an Irving Berlin fan?

Great to see Fred and Ginger featured, but my pick would have been Top Hat.

Can we start a wishlist?  How about They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

Yes and hell yes. 

Holy shit, I think this one: http://www.thesmokinggun.co… was written by Evgeni Malkin.

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