Say what you will about the quality of the material and the execution, but this episode had a sketch, the Baby Shower, that had a discernible beginning, middle, and end. It's a low bar to hit, but it's a rare, welcome occurrence.

The album sounds fantastic. The production is pretty incredible, and totally complements Anohni's voice. And yeah, her voice is pretty, let's just say, singular. You either love it or hate it. It's the lyrics that sometimes bring the album down, which can get really grating when almost every song is a screed against…

'Obama' really brings the album to a screeching halt. We get it, he wasn't able to do everything he said he would. But her outrage is based on a central misunderstanding of American democracy that could be solved by a high school civics class: the President doesn't get to do whatever he wants, regardless of the…

My only real problem with Arrow right now is the Oliver/Felicity storyline, which just feels super artificial. The whole breakup was predicated on a revelation that, even though it was a big deal, only served to highlight Oliver's nobility, rather than act as a damning example of how he's duplicitous. He's protecting…

Brian Krakow vs. Jordan Catalano. If only to see Brian finally assert himself.

That's true, Tai was implying pretty hard that his advantage could have been a second idol. But Tai has shown he has a hard time making a stressful decision; he had to check with Aubry last week as to whether or not he should play his idol—I think they could have blindsided him pretty easily. I think Tai felt like…

You're right; I guess what I meant was that I'm a little surprised that the women's alliance wasn't more tempted to use Jason's free agent desperation to mount a blindside against Tai. The more Tai threw his weight around and annoyed Cydney et al, it just seemed like a natural move—give the disliked and doomed guy a…

Tai is super likable (although less and less as the weeks go on) but he has no chance of winning the game unless it's a final two and he somehow ends up against Joe. Based on what we've seen of him at tribal, Tai wouldn't be able to navigate the jury with any sort of grace or provide them with a coherent through line…

Honestly, I can't get that worked up over this. Basically all he's saying is that his wife was afforded, and took advantage of, the opportunities and perks that come along with being married to Woody Allen.

Maybe it's less the concept and more the execution that feels like stalling. Barry spent the entire episode dithering over whether or not he was going to try to get his powers back, the alternative being just sitting out the fight and letting Zoom take over the world. Was there really ever a question? Sure, Wells-2's…

I'm not saying take this current season and just start chopping off episodes; I'm talking about shows and networks planning for fewer episodes at the outset and not having to fill a 22+ episode order.

The past two episodes have basically been televised ads for why more shows should adopt shorter seasons. Barry losing his speed, and being disintegrated by the particle accelerator are just stalling tactics; the standard TV season dictates that you can't have the final confrontation between Barry and Zoom in episode…

It used to be framed in a more amusing way, with the whole "Dinner with Ru" over a Tic Tac thing. But Ru wants more than just a talented, beautiful queen to win—she wants a drag ambassador who can give a good, sometimes emotional, soundbite. It's less about the content of the stories they tell, and more about how the…

Kim's sense of humor isn't very polished, but it's there. She's not going to win any open mics, but she's adorably funny. Whereas Bob is basically a professional comedian; pretty much everything she says is calibrated for maximum humor. Which is why Kim comes off as being really naturally likeable, and spending more…

I want Kim to win, but it's probably going to be Bob. If KIm's not well-rounded, then neither is Bob. Sure, Kim's not funny, and not a natural performer, but Bob doesn't (can't?) take his looks to the next level, and constantly relies on his talent as a comedian to pull him through.

From Olly's perspective I feel like Jon was his savior. Olly trusted him, and Jon kind of became a surrogate father figure. Everything was cool as long as Jon and Olly were on the same side against the wildlings, but when Jon changed his mind, the betrayal Olly felt was compounded by the fact that Jon had been his…

Olly at least has a reason to hate Jon and the Wildlings. Ramsay just likes hurting people.

In the books it was left ambiguous. It was storming, and even though he'd crossed that bridge a thousand times, for some reason that was the night he fell. Pretty sure the way they did it on the show was how GRRM wanted us to think it played out though.

Yeah, we've seen how seriously the Freys take their insults. I doubt Walder is just going to sit there after one of his family has been murdered by the bastard of a dead ally. Ramsay's backed himself into a corner by basically being the hot to Roose's cold; all impulse and no forethought. I doubt he gets out of this…

The opening scene is viscerally thrilling, but as soon as I start thinking about it hard enough, my head starts to hurt. If she's such an inexperienced climber, how did she end up on top of that mountain? I get that Michael Rooker's character is a great climber, but unless he literally carried her up the damn…