There are plenty of places in the world where there is nothing wrong with having both trains of thought.

Plus they almost left Vyxsin's passport originally at the Japanese airport. Unless it's a non-elimination leg they pretty much eliminated themselves before getting the first clue. Even if it's a non-elimination leg they could end up eliminating themselves over the potentially lost passports.

Producers
I think the producers mostly, possibly only, worked with the singers on the iTune songs. Which might lead into the same problem of doing an Usher or Rihanna song, what works in a studio environment isn't necessarily what is going work in a live environment.

He hates his stuff and his hate for his stuff can only be proven wrong through the acceptance of others. Not winning simply proves that he's right about his stuff.

I actually started muting the tv during the judging sections. Between the judges being unable to not like stuff and the just overall boring and bad singers I think I'm quitting Idol. I'll just twiddle my thumbs and wait for X Factor.

The legs so far just have seemed really short for me. Maybe it's just me but all the challenges have seem fairly uncomplicated so far. I don't think this season we've had a challenge that really warrants talking about.

I have to disagree about early leg bunching. I always dislike it because you'll have a team that finished hours after the other times but will have those hours thrown out the window because of bunching. I think at the very least when bunching is used it should be in the "early" and "late" formula or "early," late"…

After the whole we're all stars line, I found him getting picked on at school to be completely justified.

After an incredibly annoying season 1, I have completely fallen for Vampire Barbie.

I have to say that I was really hoping that Jaycee would be gone before the top 24. I felt he would quickly be challenged once he was forced to start singing songs that he wasn't familiar with. Though that can be said for a lot of contestants, those contestants don't have that whole "inspirational" and "grandma thinks…

To be perfectly honest I'm tired of Beatles nights on American Idol. Do we really need a Beatles night every season just because they didn't have the rights for the first seasons?

Her father was working on the Intersect and needed Ellie's help with working on it from a medical perspective. Ellie refined the brain working of the Intersect and then the laptop was given to Chuck who used it to reflash the Intersect 2.0 which reactivated it after his mom's mental block.

Oh We Got More Episodes To Make Slump
Honestly I think the show suffers from the fact that the 13th episode could be the last episode of the season. So as a result all the major storylines are usually tied up in that episode leading to a slump till we get a major second part storyline which usually ends things on a…

I'd love if before the season finale they do a recap episode framed around looking at the season like it was a season of The Bachelor. Possibly with our usual Observer hosting it.

Nice to know that I wasn't the only person wondering when Bonnie had found out about Dr. Martin and Luka. Not that you always HAVE to show the scene but I think this was the second episode since they let Stefan out of the tomb but the first episode that Bonnie reacted to this.

I will say that the slumber party kinda killed the look that she gave Tyler when she said that what happened to her would never happen again. It was so very bad ass…then she had a slumber party. That said I too cannot wait for Caroline to tear asunder the werewolf that tortured her.

Side note - currently #84 in Amazon's top #100 with 2 days in the top 100. Authors must love when their books get mentioned on tv shows.

Not the best episode but not the worse episode but a good enough way to come back from the break.

Apparently it's a Charger SRT-8.

The season finale and possible a Youtube recap of Blair and Chuck's season three would pretty much be all that you need. That said the recap before the season premiere was a pretty good compiling the few important moments from last season.