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Before I start this week’s Amish Mafia review, I want to wish former Amish Mafia star Esther Freeman Schmucker a speedy recovery; I understand she had a tumor removed from her bladder.  Unfortunately, I suspect she still has that other tumor named MirKat still attached to her body. What, too soon? As always, the Amish…

So I’m wondering, before I start this week’s snark-packed Amish Mafia episode review…  could the title of this episode be a mondegreen? A “mondegreen” is another name for a misheard lyric.  You know, as in that Creedence Clearwater Revival song about a bathroom on the right.  Perhaps the title “False Prophets” was misheard as “False…

So before we start today’s action-packed review of Amish Mafia, let’s do a quick analysis of the title of this episode.  “Merlin’s Judas.”  Are we saying that: Someone who Merlin Miller (no relation) has in his inner circle will turn traitor on him and side with Levi or, perish the thought, the black-bumper Mennonites? Merlin…

Part of the fun of reviewing Amish Mafia episodes is the way the show tries to portray what goes on in their fictionalized “real world,” while still trying to deal with how the real world affects their “fictionalized” world.  You know, every time they have a plotline with Alan Beiler, something happens and he gets…

I hereby propose a brand new drinking game while watching Amish Mafia.  A drinking game, as you know, takes place so that whenever a character does something on TV, you take a drink of some beverage.  Example – any time Jack Bauer says “There’s not enough time!” on 24, take a drink.  Whenever that girl…