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No, Ozzy needed the mutiny and then the merge to even stay in the game. The game didn't screw him - it worked to his advantage. And as for Ozzy not needing Yul, that's absolutely ridiculous. If there wasn't an Aitu four alliance, Ozzy would've been booted the one time he didn't win immunity. Don't get me wrong, it was an amazing run by Ozzy, but you cannot take away from how significant it was to have Aitu staying so tight, and that had a lot to do with Yul (and Becky, really) keeping everybody loyal to one another. And don't think that throwing that early challenge didn't sit in the minds of some of the jury members. I'm surprised noone's mentioned how fucking hilarious the tiebreaker was. Sad and embarassing? Sure, but 90 minutes before winning what others have done in five? And the reactions of everyone else? If you want to point to why Becky didn't get a single vote in the F3, there it is right there. It was strategically the correct game for her to play, but when she had the chance to show something in front of everyone else, she blew it. As did Sundra, for that matter.

Not that this should be surprising at all, but

What, being the HR person isn't enough justification? Hell, I was in shock that Michael managed to avoid saying "All Asians look alike".

I'm thinking that Joe is used to putting down hecklers. Or choking them out.

Worth repeating. It's a big deal to the people who win them. Naturally. Getting any kind of award is grounds for upping your per movie fee despite being a poor actor - see Berry, Halle.

Kelly's my favourite recurring character. Partially because of the effect she seems to have on Ryan, who seems to have no idea whether he wants to stay in the relationship or not. Loved how Jim used his position to trump Dwight. Not to mention the whole CIA thing. I guess there's no question as to who went to Sandals with Michael?

If you've seen the preview, you know that there's another twist in store on Sunday. The twist is

Borat? Wow. I'm just in shock, since that doesn't seem to be the type of movie the award types would gravitate towards...

Credit where credit's due though - during the season he took down guys with relative ease despite being 4 feet tall and moving up a weight class. With that being said GSP is probably more comfortable defending throws/trips rather than slams, so all Serra will be doing is giving Maria Sharapova grunting tips.

Well, how about having RaYo team up on Jonathan? To even things up we can have them whup on Dr. Douchebag too...

Why would you want Ray but not Yolanda? Incredible legs on that woman.

I'm hoping that the cruise I'm on will show PPVs. Otherwise, I'll be partying and/or gambling.

One more win might give me the wild card, but with my divisional record, I probably need two. One more win gives 909 the division, and I think he's got at least a wild card. Props to 909.

If they did, it's not as blatant as Uchenna and Joyce. I can tell you from experience that being way down the standby list (working for an airline, you're always on standby, and always after the paying customers) on a widebody plane means nothing - you still have a reasonable chance of getting on. Having a plane come back to the gate after the jetway is retracted AND the plane is backing up... that's another story entirely.

Probably. Although I suppose they're taking their sweet time with this one, if you consider Troy to be the first movie in this current run of historical epics...

He probably gets the benefit of the doubt, seeing as he pretty much dominated the MWs after winning the UFC title.

Bisping* And he is fighting on the undercard of Tito/Liddell 2. It's nothing to really worry about. Canadian WWE wrestlers used to go through the same issues, and given the recent happenings in the UK, I'm sure the immigration/security types are just a wee bit more cautious...

Team Guido is confirmed

Niki/Jessica met with Linderman's associate there, and then slept with Nathan in a suite. Hiro/Ando gambled there, and were subsequently kicked out, presumably for cheating. Using the Montecito isn't all that surprising, seeing as it's apparently one of the biggest studio sets, ever. NBC's gotta make use of it. What was surprising was that they kept the signage as opposed to making it a generic casino. But then again Tim Kring also created Crossing Jordan. It's doubtful that the shows exist in the same universe though - Sam would've been all over Hiro and Ando. And Sarisvati/Mike would be great as a counterpoint to Danny/Delinda.

One theory is that he doesn't "synch" up with people's powers, rather he stores them like a battery, so a dream power wouldn't be used up all at once. So the question would be - who has he been around long enough to absorb that much dream power. Only one answer that we would know of - Shaft.

But it has to be real. We've seen the Montecito in Crossing Jordan and Heroes. In all seriousness, if anyone asks you where the Montecito is, they deserve at the very least a slap upside the head. Which you'd think he'd have gotten over since Sarasvati was seemingly quite into him last season.

They were more prominent in Unhappily Ever After.

And you say this like it's a bad thing? Let's face it, the UFC needs a shakeup in the HW division. Vera is there because he knew he could plow through the pretenders and have a realistic shot at the belt. It's an easier path to gaining two belts than starting with the LHWs, for sure. Plus, signing Cro Cop gives guys like Silva, Nog and Fedor something to think about when their contracts expire.

They're trying to hard to make him and Mary comic relief since every primary story revolves around Ed, Danny and Delinda. Mike is losing some of his charm from the first two seasons cause they're trying TOO hard to make him funny. Which is a damn shame because his friendship with Danny has a real nice charm to it. It's a dramatic version of Chandler and Joey, really.

Thoisday Cleveland at Pittsburgh (7.5) I hate these Thursday games. Not so much that they're on Thursday, but because Bryant Gumbel has to be one of the worst PBP announcers of all time. Mind you, I'm not saying that he should engage in verbal diarrhea, but currently he's saying less than a football (international version) announcer... All the Other Games (3.5) The Michael Vick Experience at Tampa Bay Baltimore at Kansas City (2.5) Buffalo at N.Y. Jets (4.5) (1.5) Indianapolis at Jacksonville Minnesota at Detroit (2.5) (3.5) New England at Miami New Orleans at Dallas (6.5) N.Y. Giants at Carolina (3.5) Oakland at Cincinnati (10.5) (1.5) Philadelphia at Washington Tennessee at Houston (1.5) Green Bay at San Francisco (5.5) (3.5) Seattle at Arizona Denver at San Diego (7.5) (6.5) Chicago at St. Louis Tampa will probably score 10 points...