The pacing was so weird. It was like an hour-long "Previously, on…" segment.

It's so close there's no way we're getting the whole first book in season one. I'm guessing this year's finale will…, um…, take place in a casino.

See, that definitely tripped me up. The only deity I could associate with the head was Athena, but then why didn't they say "Goddess," so did they mean Zeus, then I would stare another second, and time would be up, and you would all laugh at me for blowing it.

"… but apparently isn’t quite as offensive to Northeast Ohio bartenders …"

I saw a lot of discussion this week about "What is her accent?" but I never saw what I think is the right answer. It's a genuine or affected Mid-Atlantic accent, known from the '40s as Roosevelt's and Katherine Hepburn's, or from the '80s as Louis Winthorpe's ("Look, it tells time simultaneously in Monte Carlo,…

It gets more plausible for three reasons:

Phantom of the Opera, here.

No, no, I think you're on to something.

Heartbreaker. I was really rooting for Catherine.

And when he starts scratching his back it looks like he's beating people with one hand tied.

I hope Matt's in the middle for the finals. It'll be like a Mumble bread sandwich with Shouty filling.

Of course she does. Matt and Alex could very well cancel each other out at the end.

Wrong. I'm pretty good (was on the original run of Millionaire with Regis) and I would have just stood staring at that question. "Maytag Blue Cheese" might as well be a song title from Wicked, as far as I know.

Not lying—I've only ever heard of "Popular."

NO! KEEP UP THE PRESSURE. They'll change it back any day now.

All I knew was I heard it on a Rick Steves episode about somewhere in northern Europe.

Awful to listen to, but fascinating. Who knew the word "hundred" had a varying number of syllables greater than four?

Well, yeah, but what a cartoon! It's got to be in the top 100 greatest pieces of art in any medium in human history.

It's now been exactly one episode since Simmons said she wants to go back, but the drama is being stretched out and has been "mined." Bobbi is recovering from losing a lung. It's the fourth episode of 23, Oliver—how fast do you want the plot to advance?

I'm beginning to suspect you're referencing Steve Martin deep cuts that I've forgotten or missed, or quoting movie lines that aren't typically quoted. Maybe you have a toad or a small dwarf living in your stomach?