I didn't actually go with the Gretchen theory… at first. I thought Forrest was handed a likely truthful scenario– that Grant was manipulating everything– and then in usual Forrest fashion (and conspiracist fashion too), pursued it too far until it was no longer credible.

"Was I…cropped out of this photo?"

AJ is some kind of God/Goddess. Didn't you see her award 6 Stars without batting an eyelash? She can do anything. She doesn't need Forrest's job. ;)

I don't know that that endgame is possible. However, props to the show for giving her the perfect distillation of the insanity of the idea of a show like REVIEW in one line in tonight's episode. Forrest is given this Perfect Truth, and in standard fashion, walks away from it.

Steve's take is the most similar to my own on AJ: She is sort of a "mischievous angel" or Puck figure– generally on the side of Good, but prone to personal distractions and shortcomings.

Such incredible attention I didn't even notice it. At least the car was not totalled by the end of the episode, as I expected.

I think the writers have proven they are clever enough to write a season around a "reformed" Forrest (and Grant) and still make it entertaining. Perhaps they put so many safety restrictions in place that the show becomes laughable for different reasons.

Then again, if I go into Conspiracist mode, I could argue that the paintballs were shot by a crew member offscreen while the assassin wielded a real weapon, or that it was dually equipped with both paintballs AND bullets, or… well, you see where I'm going with this…

That's a great, befuddling film! You're right, Grant and O'Toole's characters are cut from the same cloth.

Shit, you're right. Can't believe I missed it. That was about 0.6 seconds of screen time, but it's there.

I was actually more leaning the other way– Forrest was definitely going over the edge. Grant was 50/50.

Golly is a great little devil, but somehow it's funnier to me if Gil stays obliterated for all time. (I know anything could happen, but I prefer that he was just used by the dummy for years and eventually killed off.)

Did they give us a good look? Maybe I missed it.

How they approached "Being Hunted" was just perfect. Just after Forrest's been talked down from his conspiracy theory of the show personnel being out to kill him, EVERY SINGLE DETAIL of the next assignment, down to his staff's reactions, plays into his recently rejected theory– the extremely suspicious name and…

Same here. It's hard to sell people on REVIEW by just describing it, because it just sounds like an intellectual variation on JACKASS. And when I've painted it as (stealing from a reviewer's analogy) the BREAKING BAD of dark comedy, that doesn't sway anyone either. Sigh.

"It's a paintball gun!" Grant screams, and the first time I believed him.

As I said above, even if she suspects his odd behavior is show-related, she doesn't care anymore. Much of what he's done is unforgivable, and she doesn't want to deal with a man whose sense of judgment is so skewed.

I admit I like some of the Jesus parallels. I won't deny that they're there and make for some nice headscratching analysis of the show. But there are just as many, if not more, dissimilarities.

I disagree with the other respondents who say the show has no basis in reality. If it truly didn't, it wouldn't work. (One reason I don't care as much for the Australian Myles Barlow original, which was far less grounded in reality as far as the repercussions of his reviews on his life.)

Which raises the question, Can Forrest even afford his usual lawyer anymore? (Who wasn't very good to begin with.) Or will he have to make do with a public defender?