I thoroughly enjoyed the judge buying into his bullshit. It's been so long since anybody fell for that that I felt like Canning was probably doing little back flips of joy inside that someone was indulging him for a change.

I absolutely thought it was a money grab on the part of the firm but I also bought into the idea that Alicia was the only one being asked at the moment because she was the one that best fit their needs. I immediately thought that it would be yet another wedge between Alicia and Cary. I guess it kind of is, but for…

I sort of took David Lee's casual mention of Cary's offer as his way of getting that information to Alicia. I have no idea what his motivations were (I rarely fully understand David Lee's motivations) but I just saw that as him making sure she was aware of it.

Seriously.

Oh, good. I didn't feel like actually forwarding through that again to make sure I wasn't crazy but I was pretty sure that wasn't a taped bit. And I'm not sure what would make anyone think it was. Isn't that the one Levine broke during? A pretaped sketch isn't going to leave in a goof. And a pretaped sketch probably…

I really enjoy the *idea* of the lame band throw down far more than I enjoyed actually watching it. It's a funny idea, but it was just too much of a mess. Levine's not a very good actor, but he is funny enough in general so I can't hold him entirely responsible for that. I'm not letting him off the hook, but I think…

Gross as the joke might have been (and I'm disappointed in myself for not being that bothered by the darkness of it until it was actually said out loud) I think it's pretty in character for JVB to contemplate something and then, when he's done, it's over. He realized it, he thought about it, he dealt with it…

Poor Clark. Cary doesn't want to smack you around, dude, but he has to stay loyal to his firm. You're the enemy. You can't be friends with Cary no matter how much you like him and how much he seems to like you.

It was the same wife. David clearly forgot she existed, but I didn't get any idea that the writers had forgotten. I knew who she was when she first approached Alicia and thought that they had written it where we knew something that Alicia didn't. It didn't seem weird. The only thing I couldn't remember at first was if…

I was very disappointed with myself for not assuming, once it became clear that LG was going to win again, that Louis was their new creditor. He's never shown up without throwing in a swerve at the last second, so of *course* he's going to screw with them. I'm an idiot.

Zombie Wendy is probably the most tiresome character they have, mostly because I don't think that they're going to let her win so there's no tension. It's such a ridiculous conflict of interest and how anyone could take her at all seriously as she goes after LG *again* is beyond me. And I agree with David: it's a…

The Carter that other people talk about is far more interesting and entertaining than the Carter that was usually on my television.

The Carter that other people talk about is far more interesting and entertaining than the Carter that was usually on my television.

As someone who declared that we should never speak of RC again, I feel a little bad about this, but…I'm listening to Rob C's podcast from last night and man they don't like her. "They" being Malcolm and whoever Malcolm was hanging out with last night. He's BFFs with Pete and Carter. He likes Lisa and Denise. He likes…

As someone who declared that we should never speak of RC again, I feel a little bad about this, but…I'm listening to Rob C's podcast from last night and man they don't like her. "They" being Malcolm and whoever Malcolm was hanging out with last night. He's BFFs with Pete and Carter. He likes Lisa and Denise. He likes…

@JudgeReinhold:disqus  That's totally fair. I just didn't like it because it felt gross. I expect more of Penner in spite of the fact that I shouldn't. And this is absolutely *not* Penner's problem or fault at all, but this morning I saw a couple of people posting on his facebook wall about how great it was that he…

@JudgeReinhold:disqus  That's totally fair. I just didn't like it because it felt gross. I expect more of Penner in spite of the fact that I shouldn't. And this is absolutely *not* Penner's problem or fault at all, but this morning I saw a couple of people posting on his facebook wall about how great it was that he…

How 'bout we just agree that they're both awful and never speak of them again?

How 'bout we just agree that they're both awful and never speak of them again?

I always cut the final jury member a little extra slack as far as pointless bitterness goes. I shouldn't, but I do. Even the players I don't care for. So, Malcolm's hypocrisy didn't bug me as much as Penner's petty bullshit or Jeff Kent's smugness did. If Malcolm had gone out much sooner then I'd be disappointed in…