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Paul Scheer Bats 1000 In His Hollywood Game Night Debut

The sketch comic's improv talents drive a fun if...somewhat lopsided episode.

Worst First Impression

Oh no. Brian thinks he's a "character."

Worster First Impression

Ginger, way to take some of the stink off Brian with your weird personal story and too-young hairstyle.

This is the sort of off-putting personality that, when you screw up, will...

...get you straight-up laughed at by a game show host.

Best Dressed

I hate jumpsuits and even I am all the way into Constance Wu's flowy number, which clearly allows her a lot of movement.

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My only critique is that this is clearly a garment that could work with a pretty flat sandal that would have added even more to her mobility. Next time!

Most Problematic Clues

Trading Faces continues to be a game that's way too easy when it's not way too hard -- I'm not too full of myself to admit that I did not grok Neil Patrick Harris's name sharer here at all.

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(It's Ed Harris.) But I hope this episode led to some policy changes in the writers' room with regard to pairing up people who are not of the same race

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I guess Photoshop blackface isn't as problematic as the kind with makeup, but still, let's maybe agree that this is an area to avoid.

Most Unfair Advantage?

I can't recall offhand another time where more than two co-stars (or...more than three people in a marriage, hee hee) have been on the same episode, so having three stars of Fresh Off The Boat -- Randall Park, Wu, and Paul Scheer -- feels like a real boon in Block Busters.

You can tell they have a rapport already and don't mind ordering each other around, whereas the strangers on the other team might have been more reticent and polite about it -- to their detriment.

Most Embarrassing Shut-Out

What can one say, really.

Most Welcome Upstager

Song Sung Wrong still feels like a needless showcase Jane Lynch demanded because she was bored, which is why it's nice to get it broken up.

UCB-iest Bonus Round (all-time)

It's pretty clear at the end of I Love A Charade which celebrities distinguished themselves the most.

And thus we have two titans of improv and UCBNY alumni yes-anding one another through an outstanding bonus round.

Next season I demand Lennon Parham and Jessica St. Clair!