But never Nike or Adidas.

I think it's clear Alston cares deeply about the show, which is why he's not blindly heaping undeserved praised at this season's feet. Grading these episodes on the same plane as, well, literally any episode from season 2 or 3 would be a major insult to the series as a whole.

Of course he is, that's when he put radio on the Internet

Give yourself a break…it's because Kumail went a little bit Pudi's-Abed's-Bale's-Batman for that line.

You may be thinking of when he's running blindly and powerfully through the VR contraption early in season 6