My Cage-and-bloody-tank-top enthusiasm began with Con Air.

Good point.

I don't like immunity on this show. And I don't like how it is doled out. Usually it is just a visiting chef or celebrity picking a favorite in a ten minute challenge. I certainly don't like immunity in connection with team challenges, and more so when the teams are only three member. This was a structural…

I doubt Nicholas thought about the possibility of putting a teammate in danger. I doubt I would have thought it out that far. When you win immunity, it is a huge opportunity to try to win a challenge by taking a big swing. It's the nature of the game. It worked out badly from a fan perspective. But I don't blame…

I liked Stephanie best, and I was pulling for her. But I don't see her as the best chef or one of the top few. Caveat: Obviously, I'm not tasting anyone's food. So I'm just going on judging. But it seems to me Nina, Shirley, and probably Louis are the top chefs in this competition.

That's exactly right regarding "swinging for the fences." If he didn't have immunity, he probably makes a different dish for elimination. We'll never know what would have happened.

I don't think Nicholas dishonored the game. By winning immunity he earned the right to take a big swing on a dish without risk. The thing that bugs me about the criticism of Nick is the idea that he would have gone home if not for immunity. It isn't necessarily true. Without immunity, he certainly doesn't take…

I agree. I hate immunity this late. I hate immunity on the show, at least in terms of how it is earned. But I don't blame Nick at all here. If not for immunity, he likely wouldn't have taken such a risk. We simply can't say he would have gone home if not for immunity. I was pulling for Stephanie, fwiw.

Psych tends to falter when it tries to go big. This was a classic example of trying too hard. The joy of Psych is the character interactions. Give me a small mystery in Santa Barbara that integrates the regular cast.

Yeah. That wouldn't be creepy.

I didn't get the sense that Thomas had any instinct about the nanny. He just tried to sabotage her, and it turned out there was something foul about her. It was just a plot device to get Thomas into Cora's good graces without him actually doing anything worthwhile to earn it.

I literally fell asleep in the waning moments of the first hour. My wife had to nudge me to wake me. As bad as the show can be, it rarely bores me. This opening salvo was beyond boring.

If Lydia gets framed, she probably has to disappear or die. Lydia knows too much about the Grayson's crimes.

Oh, . . I just assumed she was part of the Takeda Revenge School.

If true, . . good. Don't care how boring it is. It is necessary to the story, in my opinion.

Eh, . . maybe a few. I wouldn't say a lot. Overall, Community is about as far from a high concept sitcom as you'll see on network television.

I've been a fan of this show since seeing an advanced screening of the pilot years ago. But it just doesn't work for me anymore. I think I've just grown tired of it. It hasn't grown in any way that keeps my interest. Which is sad. Used to be an old reliable. Now it's just something I watch out of habit.

I think it has been a pretty lousy show so far. But I'll throw in with you on this episode. I enjoyed it.

Maybe I was just in a good mood because of Community, but I enjoyed this episode more than any other that's aired. It had it's problems, as usual. But more aspects worked for me than I'm used to for this show.

Season 3 wasn't anywhere near the mess season 4 was. Season three was good, suffering mostly by comparison to a superior season 2. Season 4 was frequently bad. The AV Club comment that it seemed like dedicated fan fiction nails season 4 for me.