How about no. Reminder, this show's off next week. Impressions: This was a profoundly tiresome episode that continued the show's downward trend, and it started from a place more of pity and wry nostalgia than it did any appreciation of its actual merits. How long exactly are we going to be throwing a tantrum […]
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