…Great. Impressions: And since it's an idol bit, it has to suck. Not just regularly suck. No, we can't have that for idols. It has to EXTRA suck. And so we get an entire goddamned multiple episode arc around… the same goddamned idol thing ever. She's perfection. Everybody is a superfan and wants nothing […]
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