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My guess is that it will be like her memories from fiance/partner/what-his-name. She'll be able to draw a Fauxlivia memory when necessary to advance the plot, but otherwise, not so much.

That Elia slam is out there.

It's totally unfair, and Olivia even admits it. On the other hand, she *did* just spend weeks being tortured by Dr. Bishop* while waiting for Peter to come save *her*, and he didn't because he was boffing her evil twin. It's unfair not to want to sleep in her bed, but it's not implausible.

Speaking to you from the (pretentious) future, having France be the last stronghold might be a reference to Ionesco's "The Rhinocerus", in which the citizens of France succumb to a plague that turns them into rampaging rhinos. It's arguably an early use of most the zombie movie tropes.

As I said last season, Angelo seems made for a Bravo reality show. He's a good looking entrepreneur with a personality disorder and a made to order supporting cast, including a child, ex-wife, mail order bride, and in-laws who apparently hate him.

Awesome writing
"She wasn't me. How could you not see that? Now, she's everywhere; she's in my house, my job, my bed, and I don't want to wear my clothes anymore and I don't want to live in my apartment, and I don't want to be with you. She's taken everything."

Is it just me
or are the producers trying to highlight Padma's chest? When she turned sideways in her Quickfire outfit, it looked like she projected forward about a foot and a half, and during the Elimination tasting, the camera angles made her look basically topless.

I liked this ep a lot
I agree that Liddy wasn't a serious threat to Dexter, but I still liked this episode quite a bit.

Pork Belly
On Top Chef, pork belly has joined salad and panna cotta — if you chose it on Top Chef, you had better get it frickin right or you're out. THREE of the "loser dishes" from last week were pork belly, and this week, Jen crashed on an effort to turn bacon into pork belly.

My 2 cents
1) Some of the chefs aren't great, but they're all middling to great. (Even Spike has his moments). Getting rid of the bottom half makes for a better season.

Onion SportsDome
First up on Onion Sports Dome, we humorously juxtapose the plot and characters of a famous A-Team episode in the context of a sporting event — an event where, may I say, A-Team characters and plot do not belong!

Snoop Dogg has never had a hit that required or displayed any talent. He's like a stoner with a halfway decent Slick Rick impression. Actually, let me adjust that: He IS a stoner with a halfway decent Slick Rick impression.

Eminem used to be a crazy little kid who was hanging around with Dre and let it all hang out. Now he's a rich successful rapper who can't stop rapping about how women treat him badly and how violent he'd like to be. It just doesn't work.

Thank goodness Levi Johnson didn't parlay his notoriety to cash in. Oh, wait - that's EXACTLY WHAT HE DID. (The Wasilla mayor's campaign is a pitch for a reality show).

On the comedy scale, somewhere below scat humor, puns, and farting, there is:

You're right, KHH, that *does* work wonders.

What was Jason Bateman's post-Silver Spoons show where he was an insufferable teen know it all who was smarter than all adults and basically just used it to be a tremendous douche? (I know, I could google it.) As a pre-teen, I thought it was awesome. Also, Ferris Bueller.

Using sexuality
"AVC: Some female comics use sex and their sexuality to get ahead—like Sarah Silverman talking about her vagina. "

The Reverend
1) For a few minutes, I thought that Fringe was actually going to let the Reverend be innocent, and that "I was a doctor" and "Some guy says that he healed his kidneys" were either deliberate red herrings or a hint for a future plotline. Then they did the predictable thing, and it was a little less fun

I love the idea that as part of his infiltration and ultimate destruction of Earth-1, Walternate also lifted a delicious junk food to introduce to Earth-2. If true, it's a nice hint that he's meaner, but he's still Walter.