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The review never refers to "Monday June" being pulled. It refers to how THIS episode was originally slated as one of the earliest, then puzzles why it was pulled from that intended earlier date. Hence the reviewer considering investigating whether there was some kind of incident in April 2012 to explain why it was

Hell, evidently they can't even show the Season 2 episodes in order. We've seen the first five, and now the next up on Tuesday is…#8. #7 was the one originally scheduled for Sunday which was bumped for "Mean Girls…" (and hasn't been rescheduled) and who knows when they'll show episode 6.

Technically the remaining episode is Season 1, Episode 9—it's production code 08, but since the numbering started after the pilot ("Daddy's Girl…" is the second episode, but coded 01), it's the ninth episode.

What's especially perplexing is that, for all the talk of how the holdovers must be weak since ABC decided to skip them, now that we've seen them, the first seven episodes produced (as opposed to those aired) would have made a solid first season:
1 - Pilot
2 - Daddy's Girl…
3 - Mean Girls…
4 - Making Rent…
5 - The Wedding…
6

It's really depressing that the show's writers obviously put some actual care and consideration into developing the characters' growing relationships over the intended first season of the show, only to have ABC shit it all away by throwing the episodes out at random. "Let's take the 3rd episode (2nd post pilot)

it’s a gimmick episode that, in retrospect, is pretty obviously going gimmick to hide the fact that the actual story isn’t all that compelling.

I knew he was trying to take advantage of the experiments as a way of sending Peter back, but for some reason I thought he'd started them before (because they'd had Peter for 6 months, which doesn't seem like a lot of time to come up with the idea, start pumping kids full of drugs and having them develop paranormal

I'm trying to remember "Subject 13"…wasn't Walter already experimenting on Olivia when the Peter crossover took place? So whether or not it did, he still would have been shooting her up with cortexiphan, and most likely she would still have the ability to cross over to the other world, right? So even if Peter stayed

But if The Observers don’t exist, then September/Donald doesn’t exist, which means September never saves Peter, which means there is no Etta, right?

I didn't see the pilot, but if it had even more of Skip than this episode, then I'm glad I missed it. Just as I will be missing the rest of the show. The scene pictured above was simply excruciating. Nobody can possibly be that stupid and annoying and inadvertently cruel, can they? Well, if they can, I certainly don't

After watching it a second time, and liking it even more on the rewatch, I'm wondering if maybe the morning after pill joke scared off the network? It's the only reason I could possibly think for why they would have held this episode for so long. As mentioned below, it was easily the best of the holdovers so far, yet

Agreed. A nice palate cleanser after Sunday's terrible episode.

Thank. You. I've kept my mouth shut during the histrionic bitching about the holdovers the past several weeks, 'cause I was pretty sure I was the only one who didn't think they were the WORST THING IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD! But for all the talk about how the Season 2 episodes are sooooooooooooooooooooooo much

Different strokes. The leftover Season 1 episodes may have been subpar compared to what the show at its best, but I would take all of them over this steaming pile, which may have been the worst episode of this show I've ever seen (and yes, I've seen all of them). Not enough Chloe, not enough James, certainly not

I get that NBC wants to use "The Voice" to try to boost it, but you'd think they would have learned their lesson after pulling the same thing with "Perfect Couples" two years ago—premiering it in late December a month before they officially debuted it on Thursday night. Because that turned out SO well for them.

I get that NBC wants to use "The Voice" to try to boost it, but you'd think they would have learned their lesson after pulling the same thing with "Perfect Couples" two years ago—premiering it in late December a month before they officially debuted it on Thursday night. Because that turned out SO well for them.

Agreed. This piece was exquisite. I don't watch this show, but articles like this are why I read coverage of shows I'm unfamiliar with, knowing if I'm fortunate the writing of the piece will be insightful, clever, or even beautiful.

Agreed. This piece was exquisite. I don't watch this show, but articles like this are why I read coverage of shows I'm unfamiliar with, knowing if I'm fortunate the writing of the piece will be insightful, clever, or even beautiful.

I didn't see any plot progress last week, only wrapping up the complications they introduced a few weeks earlier specifically to drag out the plot (not to mention Mason agreeing to go to prison was utterly ridiculous). Really, what was the point of the Kara nonsense? And bringing Mason back? It was all just pointless

I didn't see any plot progress last week, only wrapping up the complications they introduced a few weeks earlier specifically to drag out the plot (not to mention Mason agreeing to go to prison was utterly ridiculous). Really, what was the point of the Kara nonsense? And bringing Mason back? It was all just pointless