Every time an ad for Empire has come on I've scrambled for my remote to change it to ANY other channel before I have to hear Taraji spit, "I want half my company back!" It's the same reaction I have when a Charter commercial comes on.

I experienced physical discomfort just waiting for it to end, not knowing whether it would be by Elliot wrapping it the fuck up already or Alex cutting him off.

I had been watching a multi-episode stretch of Parks & Rec right before this match and had dozed off, finally waking to the FJ music (the holiday magic of snacks and the parental sofa, amirite?). Thanks for the recap Jay!

Uh…

"They taste like her hugs" melted my cold, black heart just a teeny bit.

That's what I came up with too, when trying to imagine literary monsters prowling around a peat bog. Also, for some reason I always recall it as, "The Hounds of the Baskervilles" (plural) which threw me when trying to come up with a singular monster. I think as a kid I thought the story was about a roaming pack of…

Thank God, I read that and thought, "Fucking Malarkey is back????"

Hence the "You're right" portion of my response.

You're right, a trip wire of any sort is still a trip wire I suppose. That it was a laser is what threw me.

How the hell did Crane know a trip wire on sight?

I choose to believe that scheduling Kids Week at this time of year is for the sole purpose of allowing me to get some holiday shopping done rather than racing home from work (the show airs at 4:30 pm here).

The race is planned and challenges are finalized long before the casting directors (who are not the same people as the those who plan the race legs) finish casting each season. They do not just create or alter challenges on the fly during the race. Furthermore, there is no way the producers could have known the…

Yeah, he had a very negligible accent.

Another one here who thought "Oasis", even as I was sure I was wrong.

NUDE RUDE DUDE! Best question (answer) ever.

Agreed. Same with the crack about Chu having gained weight, or this contestant has a funny accent/lisp, or that one looks like a garbage person. It's completely inappropriate and rude. Can we please stick to their gameplay?

Yes.

"Host Drew Carey from the CBS daytime series The Price Is Right." Ohhhh, THAT Drew Carey.

Gee, no, no one noticed that. No one but you.

That was glorious.