Oh, that makes sense. I read tone-deaf as being "culturally tone-deaf", but, since it's a song, actual tone-deaf makes a lot more sense. I feel stupid now.

I need someone to explain to me how "I'm So Good at Yoga" is tone-deaf. I promise to be properly offended once I know, but at the moment, I don't understand why I should be offended. Is it because a show written by white people uses a Bollywood number? Or because a Latina does a Bollywood number? Please explain to my…

They're definitely bringing her back from the dead - she's in the spinoff. (And I'm going to punch someone if she dies there.)

I'm terrible at design and judging performance. (And I don't understand the love for Pearl.) But, seriously, Oliver describes this challenge as needing to design something for a client, so I really don't understand why the hell people thought Pearl's was so great? Why wasn't she considered for the bottom two? I…

I guess. But I don't find any of the queens this season to be mean. I haven't watched Untucked, though I've heard Kennedy and Ginj are mean there. Otherwise, though, no one's been particularly mean. There's no designated villain this season, as there have been in the past. So I don't see why lack of meanness by one…

Thank you. That makes sense. I guess I just wished she showed more of the humor outside of performances, the way Katya does. Pearl's Snatch Game performance was funny enough, but I wish we saw more of that. She just seems so laconic. Maybe if she laid off the pot? (I suspect that's not a suggestion AV Clubbers will…

I need someone to explain Pearl's appeal to me. There are so many people on reddit, twitter, and tumblr who just love Pearl. I mean, I don't dislike her, but I don't think she's any better than other unmemorable, middle-of-the-pack queens. I got the impression Ru was keeping her on for a redemption arc, but (1) why…

Much as I'd like to, I can't speak for everyone. Personally, I don't hate her, but I don't like her. I don't know if it's the character or the actress, but she just seems like an unpleasant person. Now that you ask, I can't really justify it; she just rubs me the wrong way. There are just some people you don't like,…

See, I really wanted the body to be Major. It just seemed like such an awesome, brave thing to do. (I don't dislike Major, but he also doesn't seem terribly necessary. Honestly, though, if they're going to kill off a regular, I want them to kill off Peyton.) I mean, shows don't kill off major characters, and it just…

Completely disagree. You have to be either (1) Pearl's mom or (2) someone with a huge crush on boy-Pearl, since that's the only way you can say those things with a straight face.

So did anybody actually think Max/Pearl earned their win? It seemed like Ru just wanted to reward Pearl, because she's decided (who knows why) Pearl has promise. They didn't seem any better than anyone else. I mean, the teams seemed really uneven, so I have no idea why they were judged as pairs; sometimes in previous…

I liked this episode because of all the Felicity, but I think the main reason I liked this episode is that everyone agreed about what an idiot Laurel is, and that always makes me happy.

I'd be more accepting if I felt like Katie Cassidy could act. At all. I've heard she's good in other things, but she just doesn't have the ability to portray a kind, sympathetic person. It completely takes me out of the show when I see her act as if she really cares about people, when it looks like she just wants to…

(This is a really late reply, and I doubt anyone cares, but I've powered through the last season and a half this week, so I'm replying.) I am incapable of knowing whether someone is a bad/not bad actor, so I don't know if my problems with Laurel are because of the actress or the writing or both. I've seen people laud…