If nothing else, it highlights how amazing the makeup of "possessed Regan" was in the original film. IMHO, this is still, to this day, one of my top 3 favorite movie makeups.

I think that FBI Deputy Director may be one of the dumbest characters to ever appear on a TV show.

It happens on almost every season, to be fair. Black guys or girls rarely make it to the merge. Which probably says more about average white Americans than about Survivor itself.

I really hope they bring Michaela back in a future season. It's rare to find players that are at the same time smart, strong and entertaining to watch.

To be fair, I'm 39 and, when I was 20, I also used to hear idiots of my generation say the same kind of dumb shit Taylor was spewing tonight.

Not a fan of the theme either but, to be honest, the season's theme rarely matters on Survivor. It's just a hook that they use in promos to give people a reason to watch the new season. After three or four weeks, they always end up shuffling the tribes anyway.

Survivor

I know that it has nothing to do with this show, but what's going on with The AV Club at the moment? They seem to have dropped coverage of plenty of shows they used to recap each week (Modern Family, Black-ish (gone starting next week), Gotham, The Goldbergs, Survivor,…).

Fallon is terrible, and not just because of this. Instead of the well-crafted comedy bits from Conan or Kimmel, all Fallon's writing team is capable of coming up with are stunts.
"Hey Jim, we have Barbra Streisand tonight, what should we do?"
"I don't know…. why not have her sing a few rap songs? It'd be sooooo random."
"…

From his Wikipedia page: "Several of Pearlman's belongings, including his college degrees, were purchased by AV Club journalist and film critic Nathan Rabin during the eBay auction"
WTF?

Oh yeah, it was an 11 Questions, my bad. It's still the gold standard for awkward interviews on the AV Club though.

Ermm… Have you read Victor Garber's?

"I'm giddy."

Stellar episode.
My personal favorite line: "There are so many friendly and diverse faces here. I wish that Mother were alive to see this on her property."

Can we all agree that Joe is amazing? I rarely get misty-eyed but his medevac managed to bring tears to my eyes.

RIP Medallion of Power

Fuck you, The Killing.

My thoughts and prayers go out to the cast and crew who will be forced to share a soundstage for weeks with what is rumored to be one of the most insufferable human beings in Hollywood.

I think the title of most unlikeable Survivor contestant is still hanging on Colton Cumbie's wall and will remain there for the foreseeable future.

She conveniently forgot to mention one crucial detail, which is that most downloads probably come from countries other than the US.
I currently live in Asia and my only option was to download the show illegally if I wanted to watch it. Any attempt to watch it on a legitimate, ad-supported US platform resulted in…