Toss in a middle-aged woman learning how to love herself and it's perfect for Lifetime. Can she find the inner strength to overcome her stressful job, frigid husband and the occasional major terrorist attack? A new pair of shoes, an attentive male yoga instructor and an all Celine Dion soundtrack says she can.

I'll take a few love taps, if you tell me I'm pretty afterwards.

The gubbermint did 9/11

Keith Phipps and Nathan Rabin are a pair of midwestern slackers with a dream.
Dan Savage is the wacky next-door neighbour.
Tasha Robinson is the woman that believes in them.

Personally I think getting to cook for some of the leaders of America's amoral paramilitary assassins should be viewed as nothing less than an honour. Hopefully the excellent lunch these men and women recieved gave them the energy they needed to spend the afternoon funneling money to terrorist groups or ordering…

Fuck that is an ugly cover
Dude looks like he wants to tell me about Renfaire.

I'm guessing it was staged, but who knows? How far back are these filmed? We should check and see if any houses blew up or dirty wars began that day. The Middle East is a good bet, but I'm going to be old school and say South America.

I dinna cry when me own father was hung for stealing a pig, but I'll cry now.

Think of how much they're missing!

What about Sasha Grey as that princess chick in Star Wars?

Oh, you just can't stand up to the modern urban crime environment.

On the one hand, she can't cook. On the other hand, she looks pretty good in the morning…

Does this mean he'll be back next episode to get eliminated all over again?

I was shocked to see Kenny go down, because he was the ALPHA MALE. And everyone else in the kitchen was like whoa, look at this guy, he's an ALPHA MALE. We'd better watch out for him, because he's the ALPHA MALE.

I guess we'll have to check and see if there's a Downfall clip about it.

I really like hearing that they're going to split the four chapters between four directors and turn the movie into an anthology. Sounds like they're setting up to do this thing right.

"That was the most eloquent speech I've heard since William Shatner explained why he couldn't pay me back."

My faith is restored
Unlike last week's episode, tonight's Futurama delivered for me. My fickle fandom is restored, at least until next Thursday, when I reserve the right for my opinion to veer wildly in the opposite direction.

Yeah, the clownitis bit struck me as pretty pointless. Too long for a throwaway, not long enough to be part of the plot. It felt like the writers just threw it in there to see if it would stick.

Why couldn't she be the other kind of mermaid, with the fish part on the top and the lady part on the bottom?