If episode 32 was a departure from crap, episode 33 seems to be settling back down into it. It wasn’t as bad as we have seen lately, but it wasn’t as not-bad as the last episode, either. I just don’t know what to do with Death Note anymore. It’s like my child, in a twisted sort of way - I’m disappointed in it and I want to send it to a home, but once upon a time I made the commitment and now I feel too guilty to put it up for adoption.

The episode opens with Near, so I didn’t expect anything good from it. And I got basically what I expected, including Near being a big cry-baby and refusing to board a plane by himself (while doing the hair-curling thing, naturally). For real, we’re supposed to take this character seriously? We’re supposed to think he can bring down Kira? I remain, as I have ever been, unconvinced.

So Misa has “infiltrated” the TV network and can thus get close to Boobs-san, which they want. Near calls up Light to let him know to let Boobs-san know that they’re setting a trap for Kira. He also tells him that SPK has only four members. Speaking of bait…

Then we get the latest in a long string of stupid metaphors as Light and Near…float up on a building skeleton? Well, I assumed it’s Near, because that would make sense, though he’s entirely too tall. They have a riveting conversation (don’t forget, they’re talking on the phone…try not to get lost in the metaphor, you stupid Death Note viewer):

“I’m in Japan.”
“I’m in Japan, too.”
“We could meet up.”

They go head to head! Oh the suspense! Oh the drama!

Then Near hangs up and goes back to playing with his toys. He has one of those cool little cork guns and he can apparently fire two shots without having to stop and stuff the cork back in the barrel. Whoa, he must be a genius!

After Near is done yapping (he compares himself to L - what a joke!!), Light asks Boobs-san to judge people as Kira. Mikami is a little sad, but he does as he’s told, like a good little minion.

Boobs-san’s Kira Telecast is pretty goofy, but it gets the “I want to suck Kira’s dick” point across. They do a run-down of all of Boobs-san’s bodyguards, which doesn’t seem a bit suspicious.

Near is talks to himself and plays with his toys in an especially grumpy manner. Aww, is the widdle cutie a widdle bit jealous? Then he watches TV and notices Mikami all over the place in the pro-Kira broadcasts. (Umm…Mikami, honey, just taking your glasses off is not much of a disguise.)

Back at the TV station, Misa and Boobs-san run into each other in the hall. CAT FIGHT!

…Oh, no, thwarted. Damn.

Near calls Aizawa and learns that Light and Boobs-san are not watched with cameras when they meet up. Like any minimally intelligent person, he figures out that this is suspicious. Light’s teammates are entirely too thick to have caught on. Are they police department rejects, or what?

Misa and Boobs-san meet up for dinner. CAT FIGHT!

…Oh, no, just Misa getting drunk and being a bitch. Damn.

And when Misa mentions that if Kira is caught, Boobs-san will get her come-uppance (maybe even the death penalty!), she spills her wine. Haven’t we already seen this particular stupid metaphor before?

Hal Ridner reports back to Near about the twisted love triangle. Near cries like a baby, because nobody wants to be his girlfriend, much less two busty women.

SPK Member Who’s Name I Don’t Remember has followed Mikami on the train and gives Near the play-by-play as Mikami writes down a name in a notebook. Then, as he’s getting off the train, SPK Member Who’s Name I Don’t Remember sees the person who’s name Mikami has supposedly written down drop dead. But what’s happening? Wasn’t Mikami ordered by Kira not to use the real Death Note anymore? If he’s using a fake one, how did they guy die? And what was he doing with his cellphone? OMG I JUST CAN’T FIGURE IT OUT!!!!11!!!1

Next time: Somebody dies in a locker room. …Is it Misa?

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