ABC may have picked up No Ordinary Family for a full season, but I am dropping it because I've had enough of the bland, watered down writing. I'm surprised there were so few new episodes airing this week though, a lot of shows missed out on Halloween episodes.
Glee
I guess this episode was kind of fun, because it's the first time New Directions has done a play (in this case Rocky Horror Picture Show for the Halloween episode) instead of just performing songs, and I've always found the process of casting characters as other characters to be interesting. Kurt was a shoo-in for Frank but it was nice to see that he didn't want the part, given that his character is already a stereotype and that would be too obvious. Sue heckling the rehearsal was great, but Meat Loaf and Barry Bostwick (probably the only two Rocky Horror castmembers who weren't doing anything) had pointless cameos.
Survivor: Nicaragua
At first I thought Marty had made a dumb move, because he could have achieved the same end result by playing the idol and then it wouldn't be in the hands of the opposing alliance, but now that I think about it, this was a better choice for him because it's less selfish and therefore could gain him some respect and trust (and also because it looks like they're merging next week and that totally gives him a better chance, but he wouldn't have known that yet). And I have to say that in all the seasons of Survivor I've watched (which is all of them), I don't think I've ever seen anyone have more fun in a challenge than Alina and Benry in the ball ramp tile smashing challenge. But I'm highly disappointed that Jill went home since I was rooting for her.
Community
Bonus points for the Halloween title sequence! I knew right away that Shirley was Glinda the Good Witch, but it was funny that nobody could tell (Annie guessed Miss Piggy.) Didn't know Chang's, but only because I'm not familiar with figure skaters. Pierce's Captain Kirk costume did indeed "reach a new level of authenticity" when he got all sweaty and puffy. And then, for no reason at all, George Takei ends the episode by doing a favour for people named Kevin. Awesome.
The Office
I can't blame anyone for plagiarism because it was probably a coincidence, but it made The Office look bad when they followed Community by using two of the same jokes as them (a man dressed as Lady Gaga, and people assuming that one's race is part of their costume.) But I did appreciate the role-reversing irony of Todd Packer as a nun (albeit a pregnant one) and Angela as a slutty nurse. I could tell Kelly was Snooki (yet I don't even watch Jersey Shore) and I thought Ryan was "The Situation" to complement her, but apparently he was Justin Bieber. Both costumes still made sense for their characters. Andy and Meredith as Bill and Sookie from True Blood is interesting if you think about the story behind that, which I'm guessing is that Meredith heard about Andy's costume plans and planned accordingly in a twisted attempt to get in his pants. In the past I enjoyed Jim's simple yet still somewhat creative costumes, but that was "independent Jim", so it was kind of cute when the Halperts had their family costume moment. Also funny when Oscar won the costume contest due to the number of nutjobs at Dunder Mifflin (Creed's line about it being the best Edward James Olmos costume he'd ever seen nailed it).
Hero of the Week: Jeff Winger from Community. Still cool as a zombie!
Douchebag of the Week: Fabio from Survivor, for peeing in the pool during a challenge, being crappy at blocking the shots, and generally being an airhead.
HALLOWEEN BONUS - Best Costumes: Troy and Abed as Ripley and the Alien on Community, Michael as MacGruber on The Office, and Becky as Sue Sylvester on Glee. And Dean Pelton made a better Lady Gaga than Gabe, because he is weirder.
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