…Hmm, yep, that about covers it. We got ourselves some horse juice.

HOST SEASON!

Also, the next maze clue leading to the recently-introduced Wyatt indicates one of two things, surely…

The person-to-person interaction was loads better this week than last week. I'm still nervous we have too many disparate threads moving too slowly, but that concern is mostly allayed by the acting being fucking top-quality at every turn. There wasn't a single performance I didn't grin through tonight, and several…

Seams are smaller on a phone on a plane

I thought the first Deadpool squeezed every bit of quality it could out of the material, and ended just before it ran out of gas. That is to say: it was a successful movie, even as the seams began to show. I have a hard time believing the novelty of its shtick can be sustained across a sequel. I think if they avoid…

My favorite moment of this was Daveed Diggs talking about the dilemma we face in lionizing these larger-than-life figures. They aren't any less important or brilliant because they're poisoned or flawed. He mentioned not agreeing with a ton of the rap artists that inspired him, citing the well-known problem of rap…

As far as the surname is concerned, there's also John Ford, the great Western director of Stagecoach and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance - the latter film was quoted in this episode.

Far more boring to me, narratively, if this is the case. Arnold is thus far a name and cryptic exposition. If he somehow becomes a character in his own right, then perhaps it will be more satisfying. Until then, the motivations of characters I have been introduced to prove far more interesting.

Would also explain why he is so strict in emphasizing a delineation between the two, with that seemingly out-of-character moment with the scalpel. Don't want your working hosts cottoning to the possibility too quickly.

"Dicks out!"

Hey, it was his upper arm and mid-to-lower stomach! Truly the stuff of gay fantasy.

Until I see his wife in person instead of a comm screen this is my favorite theory, too. All the juxtaposition of his behavior with that of the hosts (practicing, etc) - though, to be fair, if the point of the show is to ask us where to draw the line of personhood, that'd be a worthwhile way of doing it.

"Who are you, Gali-fucking-leo?"

These comments suck. Where is Meth Lab Shenanigans when you need him/her? Why the fuck does anyone have to qualify their condolences with "but Kanye and/or Kim are awful" when they could just avoid the thread all together? The top comment is a Taken quote ripoff and the rest are lip service and virtue signalling.

Now THAT was the best exchange in the entire episode. The surrealist Sci-Fi elements were so deliciously punched in. That's what I watch South Park for these days. No one does genre parody better.

There are two types of insipid pop songs I can't abide. The vaguely uplifting shit like "Brave" and "Fight Song", and the vaguely take-charge shit like anything ever written by Imagine Dragons. Both are just optimistic enough to pretend they can address your problems, but neither are particularly bothered to open…

Barney Never!

Fuck this, fuck the Dr. Oz charade, fuck Matt Lauer, and fuck SNL for letting him host. Everyone pulls their punches, no one wants to be left out in the cold for future appearances. May ratings reign forever in our festering sty of entertainment and news media networks.

I thank you that you are respectful in your response here, but I respectfully would like to contend that you are too hung up on that symbolism. I understand why it would be hard to let go, given your history and service. But recall that these means are oriented to the end of confronting racial injustice. Kaep is…