As far as I can tell, the new server Chelsea moved the site to recently cannot handle the flash chat having more than like 10 people. I think this is the root cause of all the site issues recently, because the site is only dysfunctional during a new episode airing.
To try to remedy this, I'd like for everyone to go
here instead for live chat, and this could become permanent down the road. Discord has become a very popular chatting tool - kind of a deluxe IRC service with plenty of options.
The most important thing is to leave flash chat empty right now. I changed the chatroom name to reflect the recommendation to come to the Discord. Thank you!