I'm having the same problem... It started a few hours ago for me as well. Bumped down to 705 and it keeps telling me it can't connect to download "new" episodes.
I'm having the same exact problem on my android phone. Uninstalled, and re-installed (the day before yesterday for the second time) and I am still having the same problem. This has been going on for a couple of weeks now. Very frustrating.
I have the latest updated version of the game loaded to my Android phone. I am having this same problem and it's been happening for the last 2 weeks. I uninstalled & re-installed, and still having the same problem so the update referred to above did not fix this issue in my case.
I'm having the same exact problem. Once in a blue moon it will work and keep going, but 99% of the time it freezes after using the chocolate ball - whether it's the one in the middle of the level, or one I have matched to get elsewhere. Did a whole bunch of maintenance on my comp today, checked my chrome browser plugin,…