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Regarding the most recent Glee episode, 'Pot o' Gold':


( Spoilers for 'Pot o' Gold'. )

Also, have some brief thoughts on episode 7.18 of Waterloo Road:

- Why do I find it so attractive when Michael Byrne furiously shoves teenagers against walls and gets up in their faces? It's a bit worrying.

- Josh actually got a line in the most recent episode! Amazing! I was starting to wonder whether he'd evaporated.

- Does Emily really think of Scout as a sister? Really? Are you sure? Because if so, wow, I seriously misjudged that relationship. I love surrogate sibling dynamics, but having one dropped suddenly on my head is a bit startling when I've spent so much time in the full belief that two characters are leading up to making out. I was honestly expecting Emily to kiss her in that scene.

There's Been A Murder.

Oh, my goodness, Jody is the most adorable person in the world. The entire world! I kept clasping my hands over my heart and making little squeaking noises whilst watching Derren Brown's The Guilt Trip. Bless him!

I think The Guilt Trip is one of my favourite Derren Brown specials ever, not only because the victim was completely adorable (he was completely adorable!) but because it actually bothered to stay with him afterwards and make sure we knew he was all right. Derren Brown's work can sometimes cut off quite suddenly and leave us going 'wait, but - but what about the poor person whose life Derren just ruined?'; I'm glad that wasn't the case here.

Also on a keeping-up-with-the-participants-afterwards note: Derren Tweeted 'I'm sat watching this at my home with Jody. He keeps saying "Oh my God!"' during the broadcast, which made me smile a lot. He performs incredibly sadistic psychological experiments on people, and afterwards he invites them around to his home to watch themselves on television with him. Derren Brown, you lovely evil man.

I was sort of half-hoping that Jody would punch Derren in the face at the end - much though I love Derren, he would certainly have deserved it - but of course he didn't, because he is the nicest man in the world.

Seriously, Jody has completely captured my heart. He seems like such a genuinely good guy. I want to give him a hug and be friends with him and never be part of a massive conspiracy to convince him he's committed murder. Even though it was fascinating as well as heartbreaking to see him spiralling into completely doubting his own memory.

(I was, incidentally, inordinately amused by the fact that everyone in the setup was named after a Cluedo character.)

If you're interested in watching The Guilt Trip, in which bearded hypnotist, illusionist and probable Antichrist Derren Brown tries to see whether he can manipulate someone into confessing to a murder he didn't commit, it is available here on 4oD!