Charlie Work gets my vote for best of the series.

David was arguably a bigger mess in his first episode than Cochran ever was. That said, David has already recovered better than Cochran did in his first season - his attitude, demeanor and "level of chill" in episode three of S33 is definitely healthier than Cochran's in episodes 2-7 of S23. I think the Cochran…

Ooh, damn good casting idea.

I dunno, this seems completely tonally off. And I'm not sure why it is so tricky to cast a Dirk Gently who looks anything like Dirk Gently, but we're two for two on that score.

The Poirot call is very much on point. Everybody else ought to pack up and go home.

"Why repeat something that, while it resulted in a fairly enjoyable season, wasn’t really a successful theme narrative at all?"

Or even pre-mergers like Amy and Brian!

Dude, whether you like it or not, Ghost IS a representative of the modern version of the genre. It's a broad, brooooaaad genre. It seems that your argument is that half the metal bands that came out in the 70s and early 80s should have their metal credentials retroactively removed, simply because they're not…

Missing those blast beats? Vocals too intelligible? The genre of "metal" takes all sorts. Anyone who has listened to any metal from before 1985 would understand that Ghost are as metal as the next band that's perplexingly being accused of not being metal.

Panama is amazing - thankfully a lot of people have come around to it now. And Guatemala is maybe the most underrated season of the show.

Oh yeah, agreed. It's not *that* divisive. I mainly meant that it generally seems to end up somewhere in the early teens in rankings and seems to inspire strong feelings one way or the other.

What, 'cause Jeremy skipped around a bit and expressed emotion upon learning one of his most trusted allies voted for him? Darkest moment hugely oversells what seems like a slightly misguided but very minor outburst.

Unfortunately for me and a decent proportion of people, Australia's postmerge is a huge drag. It's certainly a season that divides people nowadays, though of course it was huge at the time.

Yeah, I can't agree - this is a rather absolutist view of the show in my opinion. While some of the more modern seasons have been guilty of dumbing down in some regards - I agree with some of your casting observations - the introduction of the HII has broadened the strategic element of the game and in doing so helped…

It's odd how many massive idol moments are missing from this list. Edgardo's boot, Savage making the jury, JT handing Russell his idol, Parvati's double idol play, Malcolm's double idol play, Natalie's super bad-ass Baylor vote…

Cyberwoman.

This Donna thing is never mentioned enough. Tate's inability to play any degree of subtlety ruins the character completely, and that's before we get into any of that obnoxious Doctor-Donna rubbish.

Ah, see, Schaal isn't actually funny, so…

Malcolm was fun - he was just unfortunate enough to be saddled with all the Robyn interactions. Some of that terribleness was bound to rub off on him. I'm looking forward to seeing him free of those shackles.

I dunno, I reckon there's equal blame to go around.