Agree with everything.  Maybe I'm biased because I like Ed, but it irritated me that Tom hammered him so hard about the lack of coconut on his dessert.  He and the other judges said more than once between themselves that the dish was perfect, and the only negative thing they could say about it was that the name was…

If that was a complaint, it was probably because by later in the season we've run through most of the cannon fodder; when there's a team challenge, it's easy for a lesser chef on a winning team to skate through while a better chef on a losing team goes home.  This is why I don't like team challenges in the first…

Rami/Mondo/Austin final three.  Book it.  Done.

I felt the same way about the editing.  I really don't think Ed was out of line, considering the situation, and Sarah's not particularly nice herself.  I don't think she was faking, and heatstroke is no joke, but it's not like she was to the point of passing out; she just needed some rest and fluids.  It seemed a…

Well, that's just it:  the women aren't sure exactly what to believe with what Taylor's told them about Russell because of the way she's behaved.  The little that they've said on camera about Russell abusing her has just been repeating what Taylor told them.

What Camille (and the other ladies) were getting at was that Taylor was crying on their shoulders about how Russell was treating her, yet she wouldn't remove herself and her daughter from the situation.  They didn't understand how Taylor could complain about the abuse one moment and then act all happy with Russell the…

I'm all for goofy, pulpy fun (I watch True Blood, after all), but there are limits to my willing suspension of disbelief.  The writers asked me to believe that cops waited for Dexter - not a commanding officer, not the medical examiner, but the blood spatter guy - to arrive before entering a crime scene.

Interesting.  I always hoped if Deb did find out, she'd find some way to accept it.  I feel like the writers introduced the whole "Deb's in love with Dexter" idea to add another layer to her reaction - like, she has to be okay with it now not just because she loves her brother but because she loves her brother. …

My feelings exactly.  I don't buy it in the first place, and it's a hundred times worse that Deb goes from being angry at the therapist for suggesting it to accepting that it's true to wanting to tell Dexter in the span of ONE EPISODE.

Really?  How does that pan out?  Obviously she doesn't stop him, since there are several other books.

Yeah, Dexter used to be all about not getting caught.  This season he's sending incriminating video messages and setting up kill rooms in active crime scenes.

You won't be disappointed - great insight into the evolution of the industry at that time and chock full of anecdotes.

I'm reading Pictures at a Revolution by Mark Harris, about the making of the 1967 Best Picture nominees (Bonnie and Clyde, Guess Who's Coming To Dinner, Dr. Dolittle, The Graduate, and In the Heat of the Night).  One of my favorite stories so far is about Dr. Dolittle, by all accounts a completely nightmarish…

That's every performance competition reality show ever, though.

The first, short season of The Sing Off was actually pretty great (aside from the presence of Nicole Scherzinger).  I think there was a wider variety of groups and the judging was more on point (again, no thanks to Scherzinger, but Ben Folds more than made up for her shortcomings).  I have to agree, though, that this…

So did I!  I think he actually said "terrible" or "big" but I autocorrected to "huge" in my head.

I would trade Colin Quinn and Nick DiPaolo for Patrice and Greg Geraldo in a hot minute (and throw Gilbert Gottfried in there too).  Why, god, why?

Yup - I could've written this post.  Patrice and Jim Norton made the show.  He was great on Tough Crowd, too.  I'm truly saddened by this news.

Roc Kit is correct on both counts.  Mainly it distinguished the serfs (slaves) who did all the work on the planet from the Citizens.  In the books, there is a tourney once a year in which the serfs compete against each other in The Game, NCAA tournament style, and the winner is granted Citizenship.

The Star Wars comic strip!  Yes.  The only storyline I remember was Grand Moff Tarkin's widow holding Princess Leia captive because she blamed her for Tarkin's death or something.