A Grammy-Winning Player's Performance Is Less Than Legend-ary On Hollywood Game Night

Fastest Evolution From "Nobody" To "Insufferable"

Congratulations to civilian Team Captain Rachel, who came up with this for her cute introductory anecdote?

I also got up at 3:30 this morning so I guess I can't really judge, but that was to do actual work, not just keep it right and tight so my bond trader husband doesn't leave me for his college intern. (I'm speculating on Rachel's backstory, but...like, right?) Anyway: lest you doubt whether my negative first impression was right, here's her lowest moment.

Yes, Rachel. They're trying to get you to name the regal Egyptian queen, Taylor Swift.

Most Annoying Participant Across All Celebrity Game Shows

Joe and I discussed this a couple of months back with regard to Lip Sync Battle, but it's worth asking again: why is Chrissy Teigen? Straight out the gate here, she's about 3% as adorable as she thinks she is.

Does that Clovis "joke" become a runner through the episode? Oh, you know it does. She also starts poorly by getting real defensive about failing to get a question right in the very first game.

Yes, there are more than six "sense"s. THE ARROW WAS POINTING AT THE SIXTH. Accept the L and be ashamed!

Best Celebrity Player

Zachary Quinto, you have my heart right from the first sample Q.

YES, JOHN, WE KNOW IT DOESN'T COUNT. It's called "trying," maybe you should have asked your wife what that is. Zachary goes on to kill it in what is basically a two-person round of Take The Hint as he and Jane Krakowski efficiently jam out Chrissy.

And there can be no question about his commitment to the game once you see his anxious watching faces after he gets knocked out of (new game) Casting Couch.

But wait, there's more!

Best New Game

Welcome to the party, Where Ya Goin'! This game is lucky to have Zachary as its first driver/anchor because he crushes. Watching his round, I said out loud, to my empty office, "No way is the other team going to be able to match that performance." I'm psychic!

The Grease kids didn't go to Ridgemont High, Jesse Tyler Ferguson.

Cruelest Prank

Hey, there's a new twist this season: the loser actually gets a pretty awesome consolation prize!

I say this as someone who kind of hated Rachel: that was mean!

Worst Rule Change

Two celebrities (one from each team) have to give clues, in tandem, in the bonus round?

I really wonder whether this change was made because they were giving too much money away, because I am dubious about whether any two celebrities are ever going to be able to work well enough together to get through this efficiently. Combining actors' natural "look at me"-ness with time pressure and the anxiety of helping a non-famous win cash? Unless the stars somehow figure out on their own that the only way to work this is to take turns as the names switch over, every time it's going to be like this, with each celebrity's path toward an effective clue getting negated by the other's with the receiver player unable to focus on one or the other in order to make a successful guess. COME BACK AND PROVE ME WRONG, YVETTE NICOLE BROWN.

For more on this week's Hollywood Game Night, please enjoy this after-show podcast from me and Joe Reid!