WHITNEY: The show picks up moments from where it left off last season. The
only change here was the absence of the friend's fiance who switched teams.
The show did not utilize Jane Kaczmarek as well as it could have, but I hope
she makes more appearances as Whitney's mother.
NEIGHBORS: The Bird-Kersees (love that name) join the humans and the
father's parents for Thanksgiving diner. We find out why crop circles exist
and we find out that 4 guest stars can be added to the show and offer
nothing at all.
MODERN FAMILY: The Dunphy family goes on a school trivia contest outing
with Alex, except for Phil who goes on a first date and Haley who goes
missing. The wall mural was hideous. I would have skipped the kiss at the
end and left the episode with Phil never figuring it out.
SURVIVOR: Good to see the horrible Abi is so unliked that no one even wants
her on their team. Sad to see that that almost certainly means that she
will make it to the final 3 as an easy loser. Meanwhile, Penner wins the
Reward Challenge for his entire team by out thinking the opponents. The
Immunity Challenge was so one sided that I have to believe that multiple
people were not trying at all to win, preferring to stay under the radar. I
was surprised by the boot this episode as he would have been another clear
loser at F3. The deeper into the game they all get with multiple players
carrying not so hidden HIIs, the more difficult it will be to blindside
anyone.
ARROW: No time to fight the right and corrupt this week as they are needed
for charity events. instead, this week the plan is to fight bank
robbers...who rob by day even though they can rob by night? 5 years of
robbing banks in multiple cities and they still don't have enough money to
retire? ...and I am unsure whether or not 2 of the 4 were ever captured so
maybe those two now have enough to retire? Speedy's crush was a lame plot
twist and the Queen mother was tedious all episode long. The matching lip
birthmarks were really bothering me this episode. I wonder what happens
when the search the dead bankrobber and find Oliver Queen's business card in
his pocket?