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Current Season: 2011 - Total Episodes: 98
Highest Rated: Ep , Season 2008

List of anticipated events in 2012: Summer Olympics. U.S. presidential election. End of the world. The return of Bob's Burgers. (Yes, above Mad Men.)

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"Gorillas In The Mist"/"The Ned-liest Catch"/"Torpedo"/"Episode VI: It's A Trap"

by Rowan Kaiser May 23, 2011 -

I'm not gonna lie. This episode makes me salivate JUST a bit. ALL THOSE KEYS!

C+

"Flirting With Disaster"/"500 Keys"/"Lobsterfest"/"Foreign Affairs"/"Hot Cocoa Bang Bang"

by Rowan Kaiser May 16, 2011 -

Our whole universe was in a hot, dense state...

B-

"Home Wrecker"/"Homer Scissorhands"/"Weekend At Mort's"/"The Big Bang Theory"/"Your Show Of Shows"

by Rowan Kaiser May 9, 2011 -

It's a wonder this episode didn't get yanked for being yet another reality TV parody. America will not let this stand!

"The Real Housewives Of Fat Tony"

by Simon Abrams May 1, 2011 -

Ep. 19, 22, 13, 18, Season 2011
"Gorillas In The Mist"/"The Ned-liest Catch"/"Torpedo"/"Episode VI: It's A Trap"
Ep. 18, 21, 12, 17, 21, Season 2011
"Flirting With Disaster"/"500 Keys"/"Lobsterfest"/"Foreign Affairs"/"Hot Cocoa Bang Bang"
Ep. 17, 20, 11, 16, 20, Season 2011
"Home Wrecker"/"Homer Scissorhands"/"Weekend At Mort's"/"The Big Bang Theory"/"Your Show Of Shows"
Ep. 19, Season 2011
"The Real Housewives Of Fat Tony"

Features Reviews

Season

newest oldest

"He Loves To Fly And He D'ohs" / "Suite Smell Of Excess" / "Blue Harvest"
In the spirit of full disclosure, I must preface this project by acknowledging my biases when it comes to the four shows in FOX's...
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Homer Of Seville / Bobby Rae / Movin' Out (Brian's Song) / The Vacation Goo
It's clear what's going on here. The writers of the shows of FOX's Sunday night lineup obviously traveled back in time somehow,...
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Midnight Towboy / The Powderpuff Boys / Believe It Or Not, Joe's Walking On Air / Meter Made
Uh oh. Looks like the writers of The Simpsons and American Dad need to start comparing notes. Either that or it's...
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"I Don't Wanna Know Why The Caged Bird Sings" / "Four Wave Intersection" / "Dope & Faith"
There may have been no new Family Guy episode this week, but there was no lack of that show's particular style of humor....
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"Treehouse of Horror XVIII"/"Stewie Kills Lois"/"Big Trouble in Little Langley"
Well, now that the Red Sox have won the pennant, we can all get back to the important business of dissecting the minutiae of...
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"Little Orphan Millie" / "Death Picks Cotton" / "Lois Kills Stewie" / "Haylias"
Presumed dead. Really dead. Not really dead. Almost dead. So went tonight's shows, in what I can only assume was FOX's...
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"Husbands And Knives" / "Raise The Steaks" / "Padre De Familia" / "The 42-Year-Old Virgin"
Oh Simpsons, you're such a tease. Here I thought I was in for a geeked-out story pitting Bart against Comic Book Guy, with...
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"Tears Of An Inflatable Clown" / "Funeral For A Fiend" / "Peter's Daughter"
And so continues FOX's Great Sunday Night Shuffle. And there wasn't even a football game to blame this time. I'm not sure what...
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"Surro-gate"
Yeah, I'm still here. Just me and one lousy ol' American Dad episode tonight. The Sunday night animation well is running...
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C-
"The Minh Who Knew Too Much"
How long has it been since we loyal King Of The Hill viewers have been privy to the inner workings to the Arlen Gun Club?...
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B-
"Dreamweaver"/"The Most Adequate Christmas Ever"
Ah, the perils of technology! Due to unforeseen circumstances involving winter weather, a sensitive satellite dish, and my blind...
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"E. Pluribus Wiggum" / "Doggone Crazy" / "Frannie 911"
Regarding tonight's episode of The Simpsons, I think I have to refer to the words of the ever-wise Lenny Leonard:...
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"McStroke" / "Tearjerker"
Okay, so I must confess that I know very little about the logistics of producing the shows I critique each week; I don't know...
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"That 90s Show" / "Oedipal Panties"
As I watched TV tonight, I could practically hear the heads of die-hard, lifelong Simpsons fans exploding across the...
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"Trans-Fascism"
At this point I've pretty much given up trying to figure out what news shows FOX will deliver unto us each Sunday night; I just...
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B
"Love, Springfieldian Style" / "Untitled" / "Back To The Woods" / "Widowmaker"
I have to admit, I did a bit of whining this week when I found out that all four FOX shows were new this week; after nearly three...
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"The Debarted" / "The Accdental Terrorist" / "Play It Again, Brian"
Tonight's local telecast of The Simpsons was delayed by some big Nascar event; as few things in life infuriate me more...
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"Dial 'N' For Nerder" / "Lady And Gentrification"
Every week before I watch these shows, I read the synapses provided by FOX about each new episode, because I take these cartoons...
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"Behind Closed Doors"
King Of The Hill has a tendency toward being formulaic, evidenced by this season in particular, which has rehashed the...
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A-
"Smoke On The Daughter" / "Pour Some Sugar On Kahn"
I think it speaks to my very long tenure as a Simpsons and King Of The Hill fan that I I'm starting to really enjoy new episodes whose plots retread familiar territory. Wait, what? Yes. Bear with me.
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"Six Characters In Search Of A House"
Let's get the good news out of the way first: Though many thought this season (and last season, and the season before that)...
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B
"Papa Don't Leech" / "The Courtship Of Joseph's Father"
Favorite Simpsons episode ever, annnnnnd GO! Okay, it's a pretty impossible question for a die-hard fan, but if I...
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"Apocalypse Cow" / "Strangeness On A Train" / "Former Life Of Brian" / "Red October Sky"
It's been two long months, my little TV Clubbers, but finally we can all once again come togetherSimpsons apologists,...
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"Any Given Sundance" / "Cops And Robert" / "Long John Peter" / "Office Spaceman"
Tonight's lineup got me thinking about the use of guest voices in our FOX programs. Generally there are two big warning signs...
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"Mona Leaves-A" / "It Came From The Garage" / "Stannie Slickers II: The Legend Of Ollie's Gold"
In honor of Mothers' Day and tonight's Simpsons, I have to start out with a little shout-out to Mama Koski (yes, she...
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"All About Lisa" / "Life: A Loser's Manual" / "Spring Breakup"
Look at that picture. Just look at it. My God, I made up my mind to dislike this episode of The Simpsons before I even saw...
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"Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes"/"Dia-Bill-ic Shock"/"Love Blactually"/"1600 Candles"
First off, I want to thank Genevieve for covering this Sunday block last season. I'll be taking things from here, and I'm pretty...
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"Lost Verizon"/"Earthly Girls Are Easy"/"I Dream Of Jesus"/"The One That Got Away"
What a difference a week makes. Last time I was pretty hard on American Dad for hammering its jokes a bit too hard, and felt...
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"Double, Double, Boy In Trouble"/"Square-Footed Monster"/"Road To Germany"/"One Little Word"
Hmmnot the best night of television, eh? After a week off, our beloved Fox Animation Domination has returnedbefore taking...
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"Treehouse of Horror 19"/"Lost in Myspace"/"Baby Not on Board"/"Choosy Wives Choose Stan"
Welcome back, Animation Domination, um, Obama-nations. (TBD.) We had a week off for the World Seriespart of a game at leastand...
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"Dangerous Curves" / "No Bobby Left Behind" / "Man With Two Brians" / "Escape From Pearl Bailey"
Hello Sunday night animation lovers/haters/ambivalenters. Steve is out for the night, so I've returned to the ol' blog for...
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"Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words"/"A Bill Full of Dollars"/"Tales of a Third Grade Nothing"/"Pulling Double Booty"
It's good to be back, people, but catching up on last week's episodes and reading Genevieve's blog bummed me out; wouldn't you know...
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"Mypods And Boomsticks"/"Straight As An Arrow"/"Phantom Telethon"
This fall's Sunday night schedule has been a bit wonky, with random weeks-off cropping up here-and-there. (There were no episodes last...
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"The Burns And The Bees"
Its animated brethren are already slumbering for the winter holidays, but The Simpsons refuses to call it quits just yet. And...
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B

"Judge Me Tender"/"You're the Best Man, Cleveland Brown"/"Something, Something, Something, Dark Side"
Episode 23, 21, 20

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C-
"The Bob Next Door"/"Cleveland's Angels"/"The Splendid Source"/"Great Space Roaster"
Episode 22, 20, 19, 18

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B
"Moe Letter Blues"/"Brown History Month"/"Quagmire's Dad"/"An Incident at Owl Creek"
Episode 21, 19, 18, 17

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B
"To Surveil With Love"/"Brotherly Love"/"Brian & Stewie"
Episode 20, 18, 17

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B
"The Squirt and the Whale"/"Bully for Steve"
Episode 19, 16

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B+
"Chief of Hearts"/"Merlot Down Dirty Shame"
Episode 18, 15

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B
"American History X-cellent"/"Gone with the Wind"/"April in Quahog"/"Cops and Roger"
Episode 17, 17, 16, 14

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C+
"The Greatest Story Ever D'ohed"/"The Brown Knight"/"Brian Griffin's House of Payne"
Episode 16, 16, 15

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B-
"Stealing First Base"/"Once Upon a Tyne in New York"/"Peter-assment"
Episode 15, 15, 14

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B-
"Postcards from the Wedge"/"Go, Stewie, Go!"
Episode 14, 13

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B
"The Color Yellow"/"The Curious Case of Jr. Working at the Stool"/"Return of the Bling"
Episode 12, 14, 13

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B-
"Boy Meets Curl"/"Buried Pleasure"/"Extra Large Medium"/"May the Best Stan Win"
Episode 11, 13, 12, 12

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B
"Million Dollar Maybe"/"Our Gang"/"Dial Meg for Murder"/"A Jones for a Smith"
Episode 10, 12, 11, 11

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C
"Thursdays with Abie"/"Field of Streams"/"Big Man on Hippocampus"/"Don't Look a Smith Horse in the Mouth"
Episode 9, 10, 10, 10

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C
"Once Upon a Time in Springfield"/The Simpsons 20th Anniversay Special in 3-D on Ice/"Love Rollercoaster"
Episode 9, 11

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B
"Donnie Fatso"/"The Road To The North Pole"/"For Whom The Sleigh Bell Tolls"
Episode 9, 7, 8

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B-
"The Fight Before Christmas"/"Murray Christmas"/"Beer Walk!"/"The People Vs. Martin Sugar"
Episode 8, 8, 9, 7

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C+
"How Munched Is That Birdie In The Window?"/"Another Bad Thanksgiving"/"There Will Be Bad Blood"
Episode 7, 7, 6

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B
"The Fool Monty"/"Fat And Wet"/"Brian Writes A Bestseller"/"White Rice"
Episode 6, 6, 6, 5

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C+
"Lisa Simpson, This Isn't Your Life"/"Little Man On Campus"/"Baby, You Knock Me Out"/"Stan's Food Restaurant"
Episode 5, 5, 5, 4

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B-
"Treehouse of Horror XXI"/"It's the Great Pancake, Cleveland Brown"/"Halloween on Spooner Street"/"Best Little Horror House in Langley Falls"
Episode 4, 4, 4, 3

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C+
"MoneyBART"/"How Cleveland Got His Groove Back"/"Welcome Back Carter"/"Son of Stan, Pt. 2 of 2"
Episode 3, 3, 3, 2

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B-
"Loan-a-Lisa"/"Cleveland Live!"/"Excellence in Broadcasting"/"100 A.D., Pt 1 of 2"
Episode 2, 2, 2, 1

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C-
"Elementary School Musical"/"Harder, Better, Faster, Browner"/"And Then There Were Fewer"
Episode 1, 1, 1

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B

"The Real Housewives Of Fat Tony"
Episode 19

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C
"Gorillas In The Mist"/"The Ned-liest Catch"/"Torpedo"/"Episode VI: It's A Trap"
Episode 19, 22, 13, 18

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B-
"Flirting With Disaster"/"500 Keys"/"Lobsterfest"/"Foreign Affairs"/"Hot Cocoa Bang Bang"
Episode 18, 21, 12, 17, 21

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C+
"Love Is A Many-Strangled Thing"/"Spaghetti Western And Meatballs"/"I Am The Walrus"
Episode 17, 9, 13

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A-
"Home Wrecker"/"Homer Scissorhands"/"Weekend At Mort's"/"The Big Bang Theory"/"Your Show Of Shows"
Episode 17, 20, 11, 16, 20

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B-
"A Midsummer's Nice Dreams"/"Bed & Breakfast"/"The Way The Cookie Crumbles"
Episode 16, 7, 15

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C
"Jenny Fromdabloc"/"Brothers & Sisters"/"Back To Cool"
Episode 16, 15, 19

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B+
"The Scorpion's Tale"/"Sheesh! Cab, Bob?"/"The Hand That Rocks The Wheelchair"/"The Blue And Gray And Brown"
Episode 15, 6, 12, 14

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B-
"License To Till"/"The Great Simpsina"/"Burger War"/"Tiegs For Two"/"Ship'rect"
Episode 15, 18, 10, 14, 18

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B-
"School Lies"/"The Essence Of Cleveland"
Episode 14, 17

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C+
"You Debt Your Life"/"Angry Dad: The Movie"/"Hamburger Dinner Theater"/"German Guy"/"Terry Unmarried"
Episode 12, 14, 5, 11, 13

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C-
"A Piñata Named Desire"/"The Blue And The Gray"/"Sexy Dance Fighting"/"Friends Of Peter G."/"A Short Story And A Tall Tale"
Episode 11, 13, 4, 10, 12

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B-
"Moms I'd Like To Forget"/"New Kidney In Town"/"Ain't Nothin' But Mutton Bustin'"
Episode 10, 8, 9

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C+
"Stanny Boy And Frantastic"/"Homer The Father"/"Sacred Cow"/"Like A Boss"
Episode 10, 12, 3, 11

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B
"Fart-break Hotel"/"Flaming Moe"/"Crawl Space"/"And I'm Joyce Kinney"/"How Do You Solve A Problem Like Roberta?"
Episode 9, 11, 2, 9, 10

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C+
"Art Crawl"/"Trading Places"/"To Live And Die In VA"
Episode 8, 13, 16

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B+

Best TV of 2011
We pick the best shows of an extremely good year in television.
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“Ah, screw it. Here’s a bunch of shows”: The A.V. Club’s 2011 Fall TV Preview, part one
Our somewhat skeptical guide to the new fall season kicks off with a look at what you might be watching Sundays through Tuesdays.
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Is cable still the best venue for quality television?
As broadcast networks experience a quality upswing, cable programming has reached a crossroads.
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Jon Benjamin
The instantly recognizable voice of Archer and Bob’s Burgers talks about stepping in front of the camera with Jon Benjamin Has A Van.
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Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Breckin Meyer
The co-stars of Franklin And Bash talk about their past roles, from Saved By The Bell to Garfield: A Tail Of Two Kitties.
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Loren Bouchard
What’s the worst burger name ever seen on Bob’s Burgers? The show’s creator reveals that and more in advance of its first-season finale.
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Week of March 17-23
Warning: This week’s installment of The Moth will make you cry.
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H. Jon Benjamin
The prolific comic actor and voiceover artist talks about Archer, Bob’s Burgers, recording in a kitchen and the fine art of voicing a can.
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Kristen Schaal
When Kristen Schaal isn’t providing a voice for Bob’s Burgers, she’s doing stand-up. Or writing a Western comedy. Or something or other.
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TV Club expands agenda for Winter '09, nation cheers

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"Gorillas In The Mist"/"The Ned-liest Catch"/"Torpedo"/"Episode VI: It's A Trap"

"Flirting With Disaster"/"500 Keys"/"Lobsterfest"/"Foreign Affairs"/"Hot Cocoa Bang Bang"

"Home Wrecker"/"Homer Scissorhands"/"Weekend At Mort's"/"The Big Bang Theory"/"Your Show Of Shows"

"The Real Housewives Of Fat Tony"

Ep. 19, 22, 13, 18, Season 2011

Ep. 18, 21, 12, 17, 21, Season 2011

Ep. 17, 20, 11, 16, 20, Season 2011

Ep. 19, Season 2011

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Episode 12, 17

Episode 8, 9, 9, 9

Episode 7, 8, 8, 8

Episode 6, 7, 7, 7

Episode 5, 4, 1, 5, 5

Episode 5, 6, 6, 6

Episode 4, 4, 4

Episode 3, 3, 3, 3

Episode 2, 2, 2, 2

Episode 1, 1, 1, 1

Episode 0

Episode 23, 21, 20

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Episode 21, 19, 18, 17

Episode 20, 18, 17

Episode 19, 16

Episode 18, 15

Episode 17, 17, 16, 14

Episode 16, 16, 15

Episode 15, 15, 14

Episode 14, 13

Episode 12, 14, 13

Episode 11, 13, 12, 12

Episode 10, 12, 11, 11

Episode 9, 10, 10, 10

Episode 9, 11

Episode 9, 7, 8

Episode 8, 8, 9, 7

Episode 7, 7, 6

Episode 6, 6, 6, 5

Episode 5, 5, 5, 4

Episode 4, 4, 4, 3

Episode 3, 3, 3, 2

Episode 2, 2, 2, 1

Episode 1, 1, 1

Episode 19

Episode 19, 22, 13, 18

Episode 18, 21, 12, 17, 21

Episode 17, 9, 13

Episode 17, 20, 11, 16, 20

Episode 16, 7, 15

Episode 16, 15, 19

Episode 15, 6, 12, 14

Episode 15, 18, 10, 14, 18

Episode 14, 17

Episode 12, 14, 5, 11, 13

Episode 11, 13, 4, 10, 12

Episode 10, 8, 9

Episode 10, 12, 3, 11

Episode 9, 11, 2, 9, 10

Episode 8, 13, 16

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