Amongst everything, those effects — I was especially struck by the jittery demons in the graveyard (bandname) — and makeup were really good for tv. Gabby Hayes good.

Every time Washington comes up all I can think of is that dream Lisa Simpson had. "'I still want to help you, George Washington.' Even your dreams are square."

Jerking around the jewelry store guy? Clive Clemmons says that is INAPPROPRIATE!

This was probably commented on already, but it was nice to see the writers use the normal make up of Neal's lady of the season and twist it. Rebecca seemingly matched the profile. Gorgeous, intelligent, successful in her chosen field — and therefore vulnerable to threats of losing what she had gained — and incredibly…

49rs, and any Boston area teams. The former, because it's just what good folks do. The latter for two reasons. 1) It is possible to understand and appreciate all the wonders of sports without being filtered through a Boston experience (part of what ruined the attempt to tell the Bartman story in that 30 for 30), and…

Those games, from Lysistrata on to this, have always seemed exaggerated. Not like a guy can't at least move it to overtime by relieving the pressure a few times. Then again that avatar of mine over to the left is really me, so, it's not that guy has experienced many lady problems.

I never watched Alias, but I keep catching her in things that she's always quite good in. She might start qualifying for the "this thing might be good just because she appears in it" school co-founded by Stephen Root and Gary Cole.

Terry's wife was on Better Off Ted, right? She was one of the cat people, the (de facto) leader of that one guy who worked to death's cult, and the one who accused Ted and Linda of sexual harassment. God bless a slow December binge watch of that show.

Well, as Parson Weems told us, Washington cannot tell a lie. And that includes post-dating mystery messages meant for demon hunters in the future.

Considered me sizzled!

For the first half of the episode it kept bugging me: why would kidnappers kidnap someone, tie them up and gag them, yet still let them keep on their glasses?

"I'm lovable!!!!"

It was a racoon d'etat!

So, was the "we are in Detroit" palette established by Out of Sight (acknowledging the E. Leonard connection) or before that? Either way, is that now a requirement of the responsible guilds? I could ask more questions, but I need to be bumblingly handsome in a caper in a bit.

Plus the casualness of the fact Bob just dropped a bomb and their reactions that let us know they've been there before, but if there was a scale, that one would have been towards the top.

When I was in high school, my mom used to have some epic battles with a possum she named Opie. His weapons were his tail and his light reflecting eyes (along with his love of our trash); Mom's weapons were a broom and her insistent demands that "Opie! Go away!"

I have to admit, I had probably unreasonable expectations for this episode, but it was still very amusing. It did end up essentially wasting time trying to pin the heart on it, but it still had enough good stuff.

That was the Halloween episode, right? The one where they actually went for the blackface reference? I don't bring that up as a negative (in my opinion it was the most innocently way possible to do such a joke). It seems like the writers are determined to drop in at least one line crossing and one lash out against…

That's been the thing I noticed most this season. It's really become their show now for better or worse, and, in my opinion, just enough to the worst.

Whether I heard it correctly or not, for some reason the phrase, "She's built like a Slim Jim!" broke me up pretty hard.