Plus keeping Russell going into the merge just makes the 3 of them a bigger target.

I thought it was a pretty great episode. Jeff Kent is much better than I expected and Penner is screwed. Abi is insane, Pete is making moves, RC looks like she'll team up with Skupin, everything just looks awesome at Tandang and I hope they got to tribal soon.

I thought it was a pretty great episode. Jeff Kent is much better than I expected and Penner is screwed. Abi is insane, Pete is making moves, RC looks like she'll team up with Skupin, everything just looks awesome at Tandang and I hope they got to tribal soon.

I sort of liked it. I think the show is actually aware of how stupid it is now and is having fun with that. I laughed a lot and while I don't really expect much out of it I can see this show being stupid fun every week.

I sort of liked it. I think the show is actually aware of how stupid it is now and is having fun with that. I laughed a lot and while I don't really expect much out of it I can see this show being stupid fun every week.

The credits sequence reminded me a lot of Queen of Jordan on 30 Rock, but in a bad way.

The credits sequence reminded me a lot of Queen of Jordan on 30 Rock, but in a bad way.

I really enjoyed this, I still have major problems with most of the group outside of Lauren, Anne and Owen. I'm loving everything with Perry though. He really is balancing the sadness with the comedy in the best way possible where I never feel like one is bringing down the other. The scenes with his wife were…

I really enjoyed this, I still have major problems with most of the group outside of Lauren, Anne and Owen. I'm loving everything with Perry though. He really is balancing the sadness with the comedy in the best way possible where I never feel like one is bringing down the other. The scenes with his wife were…

It was exactly 1:23

It was exactly 1:23

Not saying it's right, but as a Pizza Hut driver who's also doing a CompSci degree I do get this a fair bit in real life. I thought it kind of made sense as people who aren't in control of their lives want to believe that the person helping them is in perfect control of their life. They were horrified not because of…

Not saying it's right, but as a Pizza Hut driver who's also doing a CompSci degree I do get this a fair bit in real life. I thought it kind of made sense as people who aren't in control of their lives want to believe that the person helping them is in perfect control of their life. They were horrified not because of…

I'm going to assume that as part of her job search Jess becomes a fluffer on a porn set. Nobody correct me.

I'm going to assume that as part of her job search Jess becomes a fluffer on a porn set. Nobody correct me.

Outside of Bryan Cranston, The Middle's cast is clearly superior to Malcolm's.

Outside of Bryan Cranston, The Middle's cast is clearly superior to Malcolm's.

That's pretty bad. It still amazes me how Hollywood can act like TV is Art on Emmy night and then pull crap like this. It's one or the other, you can't have both.

That's pretty bad. It still amazes me how Hollywood can act like TV is Art on Emmy night and then pull crap like this. It's one or the other, you can't have both.

Also breaking up all 3 relationships would probably help this season's pacing greatly as they'd avoid the now inevitably slow break ups of Ted/Victoria and Nick/Robin which no one cares about and doesn't really need to see.