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Nate Archibald had a series of ill-advised relationships, often making questionable choices and getting caught up in complicated dynamics. Several of Nate's girlfriends had ulterior motives or inappropriate relationships, making them unsuitable partners for him. Despite the drama and ups and downs, Blair Waldorf was one of the best girlfriends Nate ever had, as she loved him for who he was.

When audiences were first introduced to Nate Archibald (Chace Crawford) on Gossip Girl, he was far from an ideal boyfriend. Nate was the best friend of Chuck Bass (Ed Westwick), the boyfriend of Blair Waldorf (Leighton Meester), but he also had a relationship with Blair's best friend Serena (Blake Lively). He might have been one of the most popular guys in high school, but he still had a lot to learn about relationships. Even so, he went on to date many characters on the show.

Nate often dove headfirst into ill-advised relationships,...

The seventh episode of The Irrational really tried too hard to fit many plotlines into the mix and acted like the episode was a feature film rather than a 40-minute affair. There is the Mercer and Rose Dinshaw romantic angle at play again, and it seems the behavioral scientist seems to have found his match when it comes to reading clues and solving cases. Then suddenly, there is a heavy emotional subplot between Kylie and Marisa. It became clear the makers wanted to keep these characters on screen for just a little bit, so we don’t get absorbed in the romantic plot and then find the series a little jarring seeing other characters show up in the next episode doing their things. The effect is that we neither get immersed in the case Rose and Mercer solve together, which is so convoluted it makes one’s head spin, nor...

Some things take time, and it is a lesson worth remembering.

When The Irrational Season 1 premiered, its biggest shortcoming was that it did nothing for the characters. They were strangers who happened to be good at solving crimes. We knew nothing about them.

Throughout the season, the show has been trying to fill the gaps in certain aspects of the characters' lives, and The Irrational Season 1 Episode 7 was quite different from other episodes.

For the first time, the show focused on developing relationships between characters, as Mercer went on an atypical date with Rose while Kylie and Marisa tried to rekindle their friendship.

Even if events happened on those two fronts, the art case dominated most of Rose and Mercer's time together. We are not getting a balanced episode with character development and exciting cases.

However, as long as the show delivers good cases, it's Ok.

Mercer decided to conduct...

What Dr. Alec Mercer does is both a science and an art. But this week’s The Irrational concerns itself primarily with the latter.

Well, fake art. Actually, real art but with fake pedigree. You know what? Let’s just let the recap explain everything. Read on for the highlights of “The Real Deal.”

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Graphic: Images: IMDBThe Thing (1982)

A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.

Rating: 8.2/10

Stars: Kurt Russell (MacReady), Wilford Brimley (Dr. Blair), Keith David (Childs), Richard Masur (Clark)

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Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween night 1963, Michael Myers escapes...