The ratings in season five weren't "higher than they'd ever been". If memory serves, around the episodes detailing Alicia and Cary's defection the ratings were up a bit from season four, but still down from seasons one to three.

I disagree that the family elements were never interesting; strangely enough I found Grace Florrick: Legal Secretary to be one of the best things about season seven, though I suppose it's too little, too late.

So fortunate that Scot's got all of that real world bench-warming experience. That'll come in real handy on the jury.

I don't think that's ever really where they went with Max on Happy Endings, did they? He was certainly an atypical example of a gay character but I don't really remember them ever making that big a deal about it, aside from in the episode where Penny was upset that he wasn't being the gay friend that she wanted him to…

There was a piece somewhere, I forget where exactly (possibly the Guardian?) on portrayals of gay characters in media and criticised Titus for being "the comic relief". In a sitcom.

Ain't nobody EVER losing a lip sync to Kim Chi, I would bet the farm on that.

I loved what an utterly half-hearted cartwheel it was too. She knew she'd lost, and was just filling in time until the inevitable.

I know the Jacqueline storyline is difficult and maybe not worth the trouble it has caused, but the Corn God going "oogy oogy oogy" made me laugh so much I cried.

As I was watching I couldn't help wondering how Jason and Scot would've reacted to Alicia doing any of the things that Jason and Scot did in this episode when she was on the outs with them. I don't think they'd have found it anywhere near as funny.

It can only be more entertaining than a confessional from Michele.

Robbie's wig was already flying off, so she didn't have a lot of say in the matter.

…who, exactly, has been calling Stan Lee's Lucky Man a prestige drama? This is the first I've heard of it.

Yeah, agreed. I think they were still working out what sort of show it was, and that season ended up leaning too heavily on the "surviving in the wilderness" side of things rather than scheming and gameplay, which is what I want to watch.

Scot, Nick and Jason all had terrible poker faces as well. When Cydney was asking them if Nick had been grilling Julia about a women's alliance, their body language was hopeless.

I think Cydney's hat is getting a winner's edit.

I'm watching that one now too, and ohmygod the endgame is tedious beyond belief. Apart from when Colby's mother turns up and takes pictures of him in the shower, but that was more psychologically terrifying than actually interesting.

I don't agree with Oliver at all that Betty's comment about Snatch Game made it easier to see her go - if anything, quite the opposite. I thought there was definitely an element of self-deprecation in her "my Snatch Game performance sucked, but I think Snatch Game sucked", and I really will miss the irreverence that…

I suspect the geeks who got shoved in lockers grew up to be a sizeable chunk of the Survivor audience (no offence, guys), so that did seem like a rather ill-advised comment on Jason's part.

It was pretty great that a former NBA player almost got beaten by an amateur in a basketball challenge though.

Last week my main concern about this season was that it didn't feel like there was anyone on it worth rooting for. Now, so help me, I think I might be rooting for Debbie.