We all get the jokes. Those people just didn't realize they are knowable enough to be lampooned.

This book seems to be the rake he took three purposeful steps towards in order to step on it.

I like Ozzy in the sense that, as Jeff said during the first Ozzy season, he's the first player to seem like he could actually live and thrive in the show's environment. But while he may be unsurpassed in the aspects that the producers love, he's never adapted to what the contestants have made the game into. And so…

They handled it OK, I thought. No breathless advanced advertising of the incident.

It may be bullshit, but fragile it ain't.

Right, I don't mean some overt display. What offends is that even the most significant life dilemmas are reduced to mere lifestyle choices. It's okay to have characters who are dilettantes, but the show reinforces this shallow life attitude to the point where they're all just loathsome, and in a peculiarly American…

Fetishized American consumerism. For all of Carrie's voiceover internal musings, it is an arrogantly anti-spiritual piece of media.

I walked out of it. I'm not a reader of graphic novels, but I promise I have no axe to grind in that regard — I'm perfectly willing to be entertained by genre offerings. And I can't deny that it was expertly made. It looks great and has a defined mood, and those attributes alone might (should?) disqualify it from a…

Looks fun to type, but is not true. Who would sign up to write a 39-day script with 20 speaking parts, knowing 1/10 of one percent ends up on the screen? And who pays?

Tribal Council goes on for a while, and stuff gets edited out all the time. That said, if the tribe vote hinges on a revelation at TC, they have to show it. And if Zeke revealed being trans during the course of the show, he risks it being revealed ON the show — part of the conceit of Survivor is that if you're on…

I don't find weekly reviews of Archer to be particularly illuminating. The fact that it's animated takes away some of the performance-based criticisms, and the gaps are filled with weekly hand-wringing about the direction of the show. Stray observations highlighting some of the best lines and explaining some of the…

Gotta hand it to Brad for sticking next to Debbie throughout the meltdown(s). Never walked away, never fed the monster, just hung in there in the hopes she'd punch herself out. I…like Brad Culpepper?

Debbie is verging on uncomfortable watching. She seems legitimately off-kilter (choosing to avoid diagnostic language).

Hantz isn't even in the discussion. Sandra's goat.

OK, I love this show and I liked this episode a lot. But that scene with Stan and his partner was some of the worst coffee acting I've ever witnessed.

He evinces a puerile enthusiasm that never fails to remind me I have many other choices.

It covers its bases, though. Respect.

Step-by-step guide for when you find yourself playing Survivor against Sandra — Q:Am I at Tribal Council? If yes, is Sandra also here? If yes, f***ing vote for Sandra for chrissakes!

…two things……

Look, sorting through unappealing options is just what Martha does. Of course she's fine!