2) I have a feeling that the extra Chinese footage probably addresses that (in between the product placements).  I think the reason Stark was meeting with that Chinese doctor was because he had a way to remove the shrapnel from his heart… I'm totally guessing though.

He was also the clear instigator of booting Andrea.  There's no misinterpreting that he threw her under the bus with Brenda and Dawn to make that happen, so his power in the game is obvious to everyone now.

That scene with Andrea and Cochran looked to me like the moment she dug her hole.  She was being far too confident about laying out her plan instead of making it seem like one they both came up with.  Cochran is very much at risk of going down that road as well.

@avclub-7e1e22a62ee38a4a0fb3e0daf5be492e:disqus Pledge $10M or more and you will get a barrel of oil, a shout out in the Murdoch press, a personalised piece of legislation written for you by your local congressman, and an exclusive "Koch Is It" T-shirt.

And being on YouTube without geographical restrictions is a major plus.

Agreed.  A double elimination would at the very least get the Reynold/Eddie or Reynold/Sherri boots overwith and get us straight to the alliance eating itself.

@avclub-7d7c6bd4c7fa42d65cdcea5d1015a8d8:disqus Though only if he agrees to intensive elocution lessons.

@JudgeReinhold:disqus The irony is that he was relying on faking people out that he was going to play an idol this week to fragment the vote… which is exactly what would have saved him one last week.

Less interesting visually and no more to keep you interested… and M83 are no Daft Punk.  On balance, I think Tron Legacy was better.

Here the future sucks but it still looks pretty.

He also dropped out first in last week's challenge.

You could remove the watermark in the corner, but why would you?  Nobody bothers removing the network ones now.  Watermarks and product placement are two forms of advertising that already squeeze through the piracy process.

Networks should have a "timeslot of the dead" where they re-run all the series they've cancelled and sell it as a variety hour.

I wonder how much they could get selling the watermark space in the corner.  This could of course go horribly wrong and we'd end up with watermarks all around the edge of the screen with tickers top and bottom… but substituting the network logo for a sponsor's logo wouldn't be disruptive at all.

Somewhere an old man sits by the phone… spinning a plate on a stick.

It's crazy that a TV show can mount an epic battle like that at all, and the emotional rollercoaster that went with it is what made this show so great.  Even knowing how it had to end, they managed to keep you guessing and hoping… unquestionably a Grade A finale.

@JudgeReinhold:disqus Yeah I had to rewind it a couple times to catch it.  They should have just called the episode "Nobody To Fuck Anymore".

He will have to explain to Reynold why he voted for him though.  Lucky he saw that after handing over his idol.

@avclub-f5e9fe6d78bf73228dd1b263395189c4:disqus The most likely time Malcolm came up with that play is the moment Reynold stood up.  It's possible they may have made some idol bro-pact earlier, but I think Malcolm was in the middle of deciding to play his idol and then saw an opportunity.

Or she was just overselling it.