Talk:Opposite Date/@comment-4559766-20121015205145

I have to tip my metaphorical hat to Dan for this episode. The character developement was insane and the episode itself was hilarious as well as relevant to the entire Tori/Beck/Jade storyline that has been building up for this entire season.

To start with, this episode's funny moments weren't just funny, they were HILARIOUS. Jade's impersonation of Cat was so spot on that I just had to laugh. Serious credit to Liz for that one. And Andre and Robbie's subplot was shown just enough and at just the right times to add more comedy to the episode. The subplot itself was only mildly entertaining but Andre and Robbie's interaction carried the entire thing through. Andre in paticular was brilliant, which I loved because he's been so underused for a while now.

I loved Cat in this episode. For this one episode, it felt like we had Season 1 Cat back. She wasn't ridiculously stupid and childish, she just had dumb moments but still had common sense. That, as well as her interaction with Jade, is what I loved about her this episode.

Jade was also brilliant here. As I mentioned earlier, her impersonation of Cat was fantastic, and her development at the end was very well-written. You can see that over the course of the series, she has matured and she genuinely does care for Beck and all of her friends. You can really see that in her in that last scene. And as always, Liz's amazing acting allowed her to pull the whole thing off without a hitch.

Dan should also be credited for basically confronting the Bori vs Bade fanwar a lot more subtly than he did with iCarly. The last scene where all the people in the waiting room were talking about Beck's feelings and Tori's feelings and Jade's feelings, etc., you can see that Dan was trying to show the conflict in the Victorious fandom between Bori and Bade fans. The scene really gets inside your head and it tested Tori and Beck in a way I didn't think I'd see in Victorious.

So all in all, brilliant episode. Regardless of whether it gets good ratings (which, considering Nick's sucky advertising, it probably won't), this episode is definitely a highlight of Season 3 and also a high point for the entire series. 9.5/10

(It's not 10/10 because of Trina's absence)