As someone on the east coast getting observed at her job in the morning, I extend a hearty thanks to the reviewer for knocking it out so quickly so I can go to bed without fretting over important things like whether everyone else thought this episode was as awesome as I do. :)

Yeah, I feel like she and Ciera are still fucked, but god damn that was a great moment (and I hope I'm wrong).

I'm a little alarmed at how emotionally satisfying that episode was for me.

I only know Tom Hardy from the Batman movie, so I've never quite understood the love (e.g. Scrawler). Now? Oh now I get it.

I'd argue that it's perfectly okay to characterize something as doomed from the start after it's over. Saying something is doomed before witnessing it is prejudging; saying the same thing afterwards is just an assessment. It's like when I said I was going to grade papers yesterday. Now it's today, and I graded nary a…

I'm entering the territory of "Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth." Unless he has a disability or inner ear disorder or something, it is impossible for anyone to be that uncoordinated. And I say this as someone who trips on air all the time and regularly…

I was thinking about this earlier. If someone really were to just never face elimination (e.g., Joe, if he wins every individual immunity here on out, since he never had to go to tribal council before the merge), would that person be a lock for victory, or could the other finalists argue that (s)he never had to…

Yeah, I'm an idiot and meant Savage. I'll just downvote myself now. (Thanks for the correction!)

When he was up there with the other challenge beasts (Tasha, Savage, Jeremy, and [stealth beast] Spencer), part of me wanted him to "accidentally" lose to make it less obvious that while they may be challenge beasts, he's the challenge master. After all, there's no way he's winning 8 or 9 (?) straight challenges to…

He should take lessons from Stephen about how to appear physically incompetent (because, come on, at this point, Stephen has to be exaggerating it, right?), and he in turn can teach Stephen how to appear non-strategic.

Did Ciera vote for Savage because Kass was a lock to go home, and this way she can say (to Kas as a jury member) that she didn't vote her out?

I don't understand what Tasha was supposed to get in trouble for. She lied to Kass and said her alliance wasn't that tight? So? Kass wasn't in her alliance, so lying to her is perfectly acceptable and makes perfect sense. Would the Bayons really take issue with that? It felt like Kass thought she had this great…

Well, yes, Jeremy and Spencer seem to have developed a friendship, but clearly not an alliance, given that Jeremy voted for Spencer last tribal council. . . .

I agree completely!

Hey now, if anyone was an old skank in that scene, it was Ash!

I kind of love that they're just lamp shading the obviousness of strangers — much less friends and colleagues — recognizing Kara as Supergirl. Just hand-wave that shit away, because otherwise the show won't work.

I thought it was . . . random Twilight Dad dude speaking to Astra, but that's a pure guess.

Aw, are they still together? That's awesome! Also awesome: old people sex. Good for them!

Man, I can't even call Melissa Benoist a find, since she was on Glee in a prominent role, but so far this show has saved itself by casting her. She's just charming as all hell.

I guess I'm just confused because your (apparent) defense of GamerGate manifested as an (apparent) attack on feminism. If you really want to have a conversation about the issues at stake in GamerGate that aren't gendered (i.e., ethics in gaming journalism, the only issue that doesn't seem to boil down to "rawr women,…