I think she does play with her head, and she expects everyone else to play the same way. She doesn't realise that not being trusted is a liability, because she doesn't trust anyone.

He's on top, now, and not surrounded by established professionals. I wonder if he will become the person some of us feared he would be.

I think the brains tribe is run too much by comity. Whoever makes the biggest impression on the jury, if they are the final three, will probably get the credit and the million dollars. Spencer seems the most confident and outgoing, so I assume it would be him.

I don't think Tony trusts anyone, so I doubt Sarah making the merge enters his plans. He's been playing against everyone, and that puts him at the bottom of any alliance he is in. He is probably trying to set himself up against what he perceives to be weaker challenge competitors.

I think they were exploring the relationship in earlier seasons, and I think there has been useful character growth. It's the settling that makes the relationship dull to watch. A bad relationship should chafe, and the writers are not letting this one. I just disagree that it was a bad idea from the start. The…

I agree that it is an unhealthy relationship, but I think it is, at its best, a believable unhealthy relationship. I think they enjoy each others' company (again, I think their Christmas fantasies were the most fun) but I don't think the respect is there.

I agree that Leonard started the relationship because he wanted a hot girlfriend, but I think Penny just wanted to be in a relationship with someone who cared about her, which she thought Leonard did. As the relationship progressed, they did challenge each other, but they were also similar enough that they didn't push…

I was hoping they would show the kind of havoc Sheldon's unfocussed mind can wreak.

Bernadette is crazy. She would probably just gas the other store.

I think there are different types of chemistry. Leonard and Penny validate each other, which is good for romantic chemistry, while Sheldon and Penny challenge each other, which makes them good platonic life-partners. Both can be fun to watch, though I would rather see Penny and Sheldon at a football game. They are…

I get the impression that Scummy Leonard wants her to fail.

Penny being across the hall was necessary for her to become a part of the other characters' lives, but now she could move to a crummy apartment and still be part of the show.

I think it is more about the "cool gaze." Allowing the "nerds" to be successful in the areas that are valued by the audience while mocking them for their unique passions is not positive for "nerd culture."

It wasn't the "I'm sorry" that bothered me; that is consistent with his asking Penny, "Please don't hurt my friend." I think the questions he asks are too much the right questions, and Parsons delivers them too calmly, too normally. It struck me as odd when I watched it.

Sheldon has had a connection with Leonard since the early episodes, and I like that the writers are bringing that back, but I still feel the scene was too neat. To me, it just didn't feel like Sheldon.

I thought Sheldon's scene with Leonard was out of sync with the rest of the episode. Sheldon's lack of empathy and lack of a sense of humor come from the same place. I find it difficult to believe a character who can spend an entire episode misreading every situation, then knowing exactly what to say for the final,…

The drawing of the rocks occurred after all of the blood had been voted off. Aras's alliance was family pairs, and Tyson's alliance was individuals. Laura only ended up on Tyson's side of things because Ciera did not mind voting her out. Blood vs Water is not the best example, because the bonds that people brought…

I liked that Ciera was willing to make a move, but she reminds me of too many people I am not overly fond of, and I think she got way too comfortable being in the majority alliance. That is the same trap that Cochran fell into in his first season, though, so I would be interested in seeing how she performs in a second…

To paraphrase Eddie Izzard -

It was probably when they started casing "characters".