Five Drinks Into Reality TV: Survivor Season 27 Episode 11 "The Gloves Come Off"

Tom's Take:

 This was an amazing episode of Survivor. There were moves, counter moves, and I ultimately didn't know who was going to be eliminated when we made our way to the final Tribal Council.

Five Drinks Into TV: How I Met Your Mother Final Season Episode 11 "Bedtime Stories"

Tom's Take:

I ended up kind of liking this episode, but it was fairly mediocre overall. I guess the rhyming shtick was fine? It was cute I guess. Not amazing, but it was cute. And it was nice to get some flashbacks.

Five Drinks Into Reality TV: Survivor Season 27 Episode 10 "The Big Bad Wolf"

Tom's Take:

 So does that make Tyson, Rose Tyler?

What a bizarre episode. Ciera voted out her Mom. Wow. Just wow. It wasn't a good game move, but I can see why she did it. She wants to solidify her role in the final five alliance, and set the stage for her to make it to the end, although I don't think she'll win. I think she'll be there though.

Five Drinks Into TV: How I Met Your Mother Final Season Episode 10 "Mom and Dad"

Tom's Take:

Not a terrible episode, there were two good jokes, but overall I'm not really digging where How I Met Your Mother is right now. I just think we need more momentum for the story to give this season some edge and drive.

Five Drinks Into Reality TV: Survivor Season 27 Episode 9 "My Brother's Keeper"

Tom's Take:

A by the numbers episode, but thankfully the producers combined both eliminations into one episode. And it was a fun one. The alliance stayed strong although it also showed cracks, and it is clear that Monica Culpepper is not a very good player.

Five Drinks Into Reality TV: How I Met Your Mother Final Season Episode 9 "Platonish"

Tom's Review:

Here's our flashback episode just as I predicted. With very little time spent in the present, this one is all about the love triangle of Ted, Robin, and Barney and how Ted missed his chance where he could have hooked up with Robin. Instead he let Barney seize his thunder.

Oh an also we learned that Barney has met the Mother in the past. Which was cool, and I was happy to see. I hope they hang out more in the present, although I no longer thing Barney will be the character who spends the most time with her.

Five Drinks Into Reality TV: Survivor Season 27 Episode 8 "Skin of My Teeth"

Tom's Take:

What a great merge. Even though this Tribal Council's result was completely predictable, I feel like we're in for a great game. There are so many different factions brewing, and in this episode they came together to overthrow the King in Aras and break apart the couple's alliance. Now the question is how this "alliance" will break apart going forward.

Five Drinks Into TV: How I Met Your Mother Final Season Episode 8 "The Lighthouse"

Tom's Take

In what was otherwise a subpar episode, "The Lighthouse" delivered a fastforward that was truly wonderful. We got to see Ted propose to the mother!