Mami!
Did I miss when white girls doing Latino/a accents became the funniest thing ever? I'm so not on that train.

Totally agree re: explaining the concept of the tailgate party to Susur. Not only did no one explain it, several seemed derisive toward him for not knowing about it in the first place. Not everyone is American, people!

Holy shit, get over it, guys. If a male character cheated on his wife, would you so harshly judge everything he ever felt or said or did after? I suppose you all hate Don Draper, Jimmy McNulty, and for a particularly apt parallel, Sheriff Bullock, too, right?

Yeah. Just like Betty Draper. Bitches, every last one of us.

Agreed that the scheme was a little much. I didn't buy that Brandon could pull off the acting necessary - we've never seen him as slick or intelligent, so I'm not sure where the talent came from. Then the other guy seemed totally obvious, and although that seemed more in character, I was surprised it didn't raise any…

Yes, I was also surprised. He thanked Gus for sparing his own life, and made nothing of the fact that Gus tried to have his brother -in-law killed. Maybe we're supposed to see how self-absorbed Walt's become?

"And later, Eastern, conquered Greeks spoke Latin, but only if they were fancy and educated, which seems unlikely for some random pregnant girl…"

I assumed "going home" meant returning to the temple. The temple dwellers seem to have had it heavily fortified against Smokey for a long time.

Thank you!

Abed's Muslim dish
Can anyone help me out remembering Shirley's comment after sniffing it? Something like, "I guess I won't be able to taste that because I'm a woman. Oh well…"

Whew, and ouch.
Okay, I'll be the one since I'm here early. It's Shane Sparks, not Shane Smith. With that out of the way: Kathryn totally deserved to get into the finale. And I'm SO relieved that Ellenore didn't get cut. I was actually pulling for Mollee for the first time after last night's performances, and was sad…

I agree about the diminishing returns. However, last night's waltz didn't necessarily have innovative moves so much as moves strung together in an innovative way and danced beautifully. The more I see, the more it takes to leave an impression, but that's not necessarily accomplished by new tricks so much as the…

Yeah, it was cheesy. For group numbers, Wade Robson is the best by far.

I have to join in the What Up With That love. It got to me both times. Mindy Kaling obviously has mad keeping-a-straight-face skills. And yes, it's stuck in my head too, and it's making me laugh in public seemingly at nothing.

@Delirium: That's just it though. It's weird for me to suggest that she looks "old" when I'm older than she is, and truly not an ageist. But it's really not her age that's off-putting to me - it's something harder to quantify, that artificial, worked-over quality about her, that may not have to do with her age, but…

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I also really liked the blackbird routine, including the music, and was disappointed to hear my favorite judge criticize that interesting choice. I agreed with the judges, though, that it was the first time Channing seemed like a contender. And I almost never like Tasty Oreo's contributions so that was a…

Re: Robbing the grave: The professor said it first on Futurama. And the nerd award goes to … me.

Favorite quote of the episode.
"No, I'm perplexed by YOUR incredulity! Nerd."

Was it "Diva of the Pan Flute"?

@Kerouac9: Of course you're getting a crush on me - I keep agreeing with you! Guys like that. We'll see just see if it can withstand the whole "is Betty Draper a sympathetic character" debate over in the Mad Men comments.