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My guess is she has female pattern baldness. Notice how far back her hairline is. And a perm is a classic technique for making thin hair look fuller (Disclosure: Baldness runs heavy in my mother's side of the family. My mother had constant perms from her late 40s until she died, my uncle had a light combover in high school and was completely bald before he hit 30, and my grandmother wore wigs for the last 50 years of her life). She probably goes through a bottle of conditioner every week. Ari initially comes off as witty and a little sassy, and probably puts out on the first or second date. That's a powerful combination to reel guys in. She likely has a string of short-term relationships that ended when the guys realized what a demanding, controlling hag she is.

I thought Sumit said his parents had his passport. In any case, it should be easy to get a replacement, and the fact he hasn't bothered to do so means he's not interested in actually leaving the country. I think they're enticed by the idea of an "exotic" foreigner, without realizing that banality is universal. A schlub is a schlub regardless of where they live or what language they natively speak. I grew up in Eugene, and you'd see Mormon missionaries constantly. They're not hard to spot: two late-teen/early twentysomething males wearing white dress shirts, black dress pants and bicycle helmets while riding together down the street. You'd see them and think "Oh. Mormons." Jenny is in her 60s, is dumber than a box of hair, flies off the handle the minute things don't go her way (it's not hard to see why her previous relationships didn't work out), is not conventionally attractive, is almost penniless (no assets, no job skills that we've seen, and only a permanently-reduced Social Security check for income), and has a thing for younger men. No thirtysomething or fortysomething man in the US would give her the time of day: even if she found one who was into older women, there are other cougars with much more to offer. Sumit is the best she could do. As for Sumit, he may well get some social cache by virtue of bagging an "American TV star," which is no doubt how he describes Jenny to everyone. I'm on the Autism spectrum myself and IMMEDIATELY recognized Steven's behaviors as such. When you have mild Autism, you don't recognize social cues and aren't always sure what's appropriate. Steven probably did the "I have to leave to go fart" thing once, got a big laugh, and now does it because it gets chuckles. Since you don't recognize social cues (and I am terrible at it), you tend to repeat behaviors that get positive results from people. Nobody has ever sat him down and said "People aren't chuckling because they think it's cute or funny. People are chuckling because that behavior makes them feel awkward and pretending to laugh is the least awkward way of dealing with it." Thanks to American movies and TV shows, where even working-class stiffs live in large, palatial homes, the rest of the world thinks everyone in America lives like royalty: think of Carrie Bradshaw or Frasier Crane living in huge condominiums that would normally be way beyond the means of either a freelance writer or local radio host.

I've only been watching for a few seasons, but I don't recall a previous alliance where every single member went outside the alliance to make bogus Final Twos with someone to keep them mollified.

Claire is too stupid to live. When the Cookout axes her in the next week or two, it'll be the funniest thing all season. She's turning into Christie Murphy without the hypocrisy but with the really stupid gameplay. I think Derek F threw the comp so he could truthfully tell the rest of the Cookout that he'd at least played it. And just like Camp Director, Will Kirby as "the new neighbor" and the "Whacktivity" comps, yet another much-hyped BB twist amounts to jack.

Ugh. We're stuck with the odious Tiffany for another two weeks minimum. Maybe now that she's in charge, she'll dial down the bitchiness just a little. Xavier looked positively...groovy. Derek X once again shows why "saving immunity until later" is usually a terrible strategy. Saved immunity is worthless if you're not around to spend it. Speaking of Derek X: Hopefully there's at least one or two pillows in the jury house that Britini hasn't soaked through with tears. At this point, I'm pro-Derek F, Azah, Xavier or Alyssa, anti-Tiffany, and meh on everyone else. And at the risk of reiterating what others have said: Yes, the producers worked very hard to ensure we wouldn't have a douchebro alliance picking everyone else off, but that does no good if it's just replaced by a different alliance picking everyone else off.

Ugh. For the second straight year, we have houseguests giving someone the stinkeye because he went for the guaranteed $$$ in a competition. Ridiculous, especially when none of these people would hesitate for a second to backdoor Derek F. if they thought it in their interests to do so.

Antonio's great-grandparents can tell him who Laurel & Hardy were. Antonio's been on the chopping block four times. Nobody else has been up there more than twice. I would be shocked if Antonio got a black jacket.

My guess is the chefs were trying to get the chicken done fast so they turned the stove heat up. The problem with turning the heat up is you risk having a well-done outside with an underdone inside, which is exactly what happened.

My understanding is the sous chefs (this season, Jason and Christina) DO mess with burner settings, turn ovens off, and even swap sugar for salt occasionally. They do this on Ramsay's orders to see who's paying attention to what they're doing, tasting the food regularly, etc.

What was Antonio supposed to do? Ramsay was visibly angered by Sam's refusal to name names. Can't blame Antonio for reading the room and changing course. IIRC, he was the guy who was whining about being exiled to "The Girls' Team" a few episodes back. I couldn't tell you a single other thing about him. Youth really is wasted on the young. Every generation thinks they're the most awesome, forward-thinking generation ever. Every generation also thinks they invented sex. (Yes, I turn 50 in a few weeks and no, I'm not turning into a cranky old man. Why do you ask?)

I'll place the over/under on the number of times Sumit's mom threatens suicide at... 2 1/2. It's obviously a go-to for her: witness her threat last season and the "Oh, is it Tuesday already?" reaction from her husband. TLC's money, both for the OW show and the Pillow Talks, is probably allowing Kenny & Armando to live quite well in Mexico. Ari & Bini will be good for popcorn breaks unless Ari's mom shows up again.

I think it's 3 and 3, but I'm not sure. Even if Scottie were not a registered sex offender, having sex in front of children is one of the things that will 100% get you declared an Unfit Parent. (Disclosure: I know this because I was in the middle of a nasty custody fight between my parents many years ago. Nothing like this happened to me, BUT since my father was always threatening to get my mother declared Unfit, she and her attorney sat me down and told me exactly what an Unfit Parent was: basically, it was someone who either physically abused their child, had sex in front of them, or gave them street drugs.)

Don't forget about Skyla having to take care of not only her kids, but her sister's. (Skyla's sister Scottie went to prison for having sex with a 16-year-old in front of her kids. I'm not sure if she's out now, but no way would she ever get custody of her children again.)

It means Ramsay really likes Steve and potentially pictures him as the winner. To his credit, Steve seemed to understand that he's lucky to still be on the show. Time will tell if the lesson sunk in. She'd been put up five times in nine eliminations. Sooner or later, the bell will toll for thee. And Ramsay made it a point to compliment her on the way out and give an unusually mild closing comment.

The details of Ron's illness are nobody's business until Ron himself brings it up on national television and tries to guilt his son into moving back home. Then the details become very relevant. She's just like BabyVisa Lisa from a season or two ago: constantly holding the Green Card over her man's head to get him to do what she wants. It's still not a walk in the park. Frank Zappa died from it (although Zappa's two-pack-a-day cigarette habit certainly didn't help). My guess is Dr. Obeng wanted a celebrity (even an obnoxious d-lister reality show participant) at his soiree. Remember that Natalie threw the ring at Mike, then almost immediately asked for it back and whined that he wouldn't give it. And remember Natalie endlessly harping about his diet, his house, his family and everything else? Rarely have I seen a couple so completely unsuited for each other. My guess: Brandon is nebbish beta male who's probably had a number of female friends in his life, all of whom have friendzoned him. Julia may well be the first woman he's ever been intimate with, and that holds a real power over a guy who's never had that before. (I speak from experience on this. I used to be a lot like Brandon, and my first GF was a manipulative ice queen who I followed around like a pathetic puppy dog. I've gotten better since.) Deep down inside, he believes if Julia leaves him, he'll be alone forever. Tiffany and Kalani likely don't consider themselves attractive, which also explains their terrible taste in men. Showing cleavage is one way to get positive attention from guys.

What is the point of all of this "Behind the Scenes" footage if it's just going to be part of the show? Brandon's parents are super-manipulative. Julia knows that if they lived next door to the parents' farm, she'd be drafted right back into Poop Duty. What in the blue hell would Dr. Obeng, a good-looking, articulate, professional man, see in Cackela? Speaking of the Queen of All That is White Trash, did NO one tell her that outfit was several sizes too small? She looked even more ridiculous than usual.

They had a word scramble "Game Show" that let teams pick which ingredients they would cook with which proteins. Blue team won in a blowout, which meant Trenton had his first reward of the season. NOBODY in America except the Amish churns butter by hand. If you want to make your own butter, just dump the cream into a mixer and let er' rip. The punishments on this show are so stupid.

In Mike's first season, there was a scene with a female hairdresser his age who totally wanted him. He should quit making a fool of himself with younger women and just ask her out. Don't forget Angela's other daughter being both a felon and a sex offender for something that happened in Angela's home. I got the impression that after Natalie flies back home, Juliana wouldn't mind getting a phone call from Mike. The "bathroom" ruse was just an excuse to talk to him for a minute alone.

Mrs. RaiderDuck thinks Katie and Blake will be perfect for each other, as they're both only in this for Instagram Likes and social media cache.

Just watched the Greg/Katie blowout. This is my 100% subjective and opinionated view of what really went down: *While Greg certainly knew Katie and other guys were going on dates, he'd fooled himself into believing that he was the one that Katie really wanted, and the other dates were something Katie did because she had to. Then he sees Katie and Blake, as happy on their date as he and Katie had been on their dates, and realizes "Oh, she's acting this way towards everyone." *Greg unloads his feelings on Katie (and maybe asking her off-camera to forget everyone else and come with him), and basically is told "No, I'm doing the dates and Fantasy Suites with the other guys." *His insecurity grows and he confronts Katie again. He realizes she views this as a game where she picks the winner, but he wants someone 100% focused on him. *Katie, realizing Greg is walking out on her forever, pleads with him to stay but his mind is made up. I agree with the other posters who said Katie may have pegged Greg as "The One," but she still wanted her little fling with Blake. Greg, for his part, is the latest in a long line of Bachelor(ette) contestants who thought they could handle the messed-up dynamics of this show and were proven wrong.

And she basically told two of them they'd be the winner if they just stuck around. Nothing like multiple guys being told that and replying "Yeah, no thanks."

Any American hospital has nurses and orderlies everywhere. They're constantly checking up on patients, delivering medication, etc. Given that Angela had already been the victim of a poisoning attempt, I'd expect multiple cops, both local and federal, on that floor as well. It made no sense. The mere act of lying to an FBI agent can get you years in prison. If you kill a bunch of them, Uncle Sam will make it his personal mission to put everyone in your organization behind bars forever. No gang, in prison or out, would volunteer for that level of heat.

One thing about the subway chase bugged: Wheatley is a hood who likes to portray himself as a regular businessman. After entering the subway, he held two people at gunpoint briefly, then slugged Stabler. Even if nothing else sticks, Wheatley now has two counts of Kidnapping and one count of Assaulting a Police Officer. Those two things alone would put him away for years.

The last two BB seasons have been dominated by an Alpha Bro alliance that picked everyone else off one by one: remember the loathsome Aquaman-looking dude two seasons ago who treated everyone who wasn't a athletic white twentysomething with open contempt? Setting up teams this season and having one white Alpha Bro per team is their way of trying to stem that.

Xavier was worried about pulling a Frenchie and putting up someone from his own alliance. Even if Azah said "Oh, it was my idea," people might still look at him cross-eyed.