Even though it was a foregone conclusion, I'm still really happy that Ricky won. I could watch him dance for days. Also, I watched last week's episode just before the finale and what in the world was that Tasty Oreo Blind Valerie piece? It was just so cloying and such an obvious ~IMPORTANT TOPIC~ that I was…

I feel like the judges and producers were definitely the opposite of subtle throughout the season as far as eliminations. Basically the only one that surprised me was the episode where Nigel said he would be shocked if Zack made it through.

So apparently Exile Island is actually going to work a little differently this season. From what I understand, it looks like family members will be competing for reward, and only those whose family members are still in the game are eligible to compete. One set of family members will be facing off in a duel where the…

Exactly. I think it's partly due to how young the majority of the cast is. It's probably pretty difficult to cast parent/child pairs since you don't want the child to be too young or the parent to be too old. I thought BvW did a way better job with the age spread, but then again they were working with former…

2 Fabio 2 Furious?

How awful would it be if another Fabio wins a Survivor in Nicaragua? Anyway, I'm going with Jon, Josh, Reed, and Val.

Ha! They're pretty great.

I loved that Val and Jeremy were already hoping to take him along as a goat. I fear, though, that he might be the Russell to someone's Parvati.

Oh and I really, really like Val and Jeremy.

On paper I am not really excited about this cast. How did they manage to find Fabio 2.0 and 2.1? Also John Rocker sounds like a real gem of a human being. Another guy compares himself to Ozzy and Russel, so I'm sure he's tons of fun. Looks like I'll be rooting for the Broadway guys?

WHY AM I FASCINATED WITH THE INEVITABLE TRAINWRECK OF THE MYSTERIES OF LAURA? How bad could it be, really?

Wow, Sara Bareilles nailed that.

That was my exact reaction

I mean it wasn't wrong…

IT'S OKAY ALLISON TOLMAN I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU

I hope it at least gets nominated next year because Cagayan was freaking fantastic.

You know, you're probably right. I mean, shit, SYTYCD has been on a decline, but it's MILES better than TAR at this point.

How did TAR win an Emmy? The last two seasons have been especially boring and Survivor has been WAAAAAAAY better.

Yeah, when Nigel made his comment I assumed that it was the end of the road for Zack. The judges have been pretty obvious this season with who is going home at the end of the episode. It really seemed like they were piling it on Zack last night when I thought he did a decent job. They were also way meaner to him…

100% agreed with everything you said. I was not expecting Ricky to be able to go toe-to-toe with Anya because as amazing as Ricky is, he's dancing with ANYA in her style. But he nailed it.