Sir RaiderDuck OMS

Mrs. RaiderDuck and I think part of Yash's pissiness is pure jealousy: He probably wanted that upstairs apartment for himself or at least as an extra living space for everyone, but TJ instead appropriates it for this American girl who doesn't even appreciate how much better she's living than the rest of the family (who either share beds with blood relations or literally sleep on the floor). This is one of those arguments where neither party comes off well. Methinks Kenny was hoping the IVF procedure would be so expensive and/or time-consuming that it would make their decision for them, and was a little disappointed that it might be affordable and feasible. Now he has to have the tough conversation he wanted to avoid. Seeing Mary's grandfather literally wading in crap, then Wayne's entire middle-class neighborhood playing peek-a-boo with the power every day, made me appreciate how good we have it in the USA. RUN, Kirsten. Julio is a gaslighting jerk who will never change. You could walk into any singles bar in the US and have your pick of eligible men. No reason to waste any more time with a guy who has to use his friends to break bad news.

The laser thing made me embarrassed to be a fan of this show, and it totally sucked the energy out of the contestants. Some were actively cringing and others just looked bored. Did the last half-hour have more commercials than actual show? The house definitely looks colorful this season. Don't have a real good feel for any of the contestants yet.

I suspect (and could be totally wrong) that Statler is playing things up for the camera. A lifetime of hard living in squalid conditions with little or no medical care will do that to you. Most of us Americans don't appreciate how good we have it. Causality would be VERY hard to prove when it comes to rickety handmade stairs in a crumbling home at least partially exposed to the elements. But yes, I suspect TLC forked over some $$$ to smooth everything over and upgrade the place (not in time to save Sheila's mom, unfortunately). In fact, that could be the real reason Sheila came to live with David in the hotel whilst her child went to live with relatives: maybe they're having a bunch of work done on the home (or having it torn down and rebuilt).

Is there anything more pathetic than paying a TOUR GUIDE to come in and have a drink and a cigar with you? He and Violet are both awful people. And as others have mentioned, they will probably get back together half-heartedly. Mrs. RaiderDuck pointed out that when they were lying on the bed, Christian had his left leg tucked under his right so he was literally facing away from her. Remember a few seasons ago when Stephanie M. on The Other Way thought she was in love with Erica but when the moment of truth arrived, didn't want to be intimate with another woman? We're seeing a similar dynamic here. Christian obviously is having second thoughts about being intimate with a trans person, but he should have thought of that before leading her on like this. The Statler/Dempsey storyline is coming off like a bunch of invented BS from a couple that's probably happily married already. At least they got TLC to pay for the travel and necessary visas. When we visited Cuba the first time, one of our stops in Havana was a cemetery. They explained that people are only buried in coffins for two years, after which they are exhumed and their remains buried with with other people's remains elsewhere in mass graves. This could have been something similar: Most of the coffins are only there temporarily before the remains are moved elsewhere. Only the very rich (by Filipino standards) get permanent spots.

The Mayans' Santo Padre chapter literally no longer exists. Everyone's dead. Presumably, the property will sit there unoccupied until the county seizes and auctions it off to recoup unpaid property taxes. He was sitting at the table across from Nestor when the ATF came in, so he's probably dead as well. I assumed killing EZ's girlfriend was to eliminate the only person who might go to the police. EZ's friends were all MC members, and the rest of EZ's family is dead except Angel who literally made the first stab, so you know he's not going to the cops. If anyone came around asking for EZ, they could say "He just took off one day. Don't know where he went," and there would be nobody who'd say otherwise.

That was the only realistic part of the episode. So the Mayans attack ONE Sons get-together and the war is immediately over??? And what about that gang they owed as part of the fetanyl deal? As soon as EZ's girlfriend planned to tell him about her pregnancy later that night, it was obvious he was a dead man. Seriously: We're talking Lazy Screenwriting 101 here. Nice to see EZ's many sins catch up with him, and it was a clever touch having Bishop wear the President's patch with EZ's blood still on it. Were Nestor and Glasses Dude even Mayans for 10 minutes? Sounds like nobody came out of the clubhouse alive. And on to the next series.

It's the same reason they're still introducing couples halfway through the season. Most of these matches were busts that didn't last past the first in-person meeting, but TLC still has 15 (give or take) episodes to fill.

To paraphrase Upton Sinclair: It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his entire self-image depends upon his not understanding it. Tyray does not understand that he was catfished because he does not wish to understand it. Gino and Jasmine have zero chemistry and no longer trust each other (Jasmine never trusted Gino, but now Gino doesn't trust Jasmine either). There's no future here unless, as you said, they're strictly staying together for future TLC $$$. Statler reminds me of Fart Jar Stephanie in another way: Like most people (man or woman) who claim to be alpha sluts, they both have no game and are total prudes in person. As for Riley and Violet: When the wife and I ate at an unofficial El Torito in Tijuana. Mexico years ago, the server was a very nice lady whose English was exceptional as long as you talked about restaurant stuff: food and drinks and whatnot. The minute we asked her a question not related to food (such as places around Tijuana to visit), she gamely tried to follow along but obviously had no idea what we were saying. She'd only learned a little bit of English, but compensated by learning that little bit very well. Violet could be the same way: Fluent in only a narrow range of English topics and grammar. Anything outside that and she falters. Christian was being a total dick, but Cleo relies on her "I have autism!" shtick way too often. I speak from personal experience here, as me, both my parents and my daughter all have it to some degree: It's a legitimate neurological condition, but to use it as a "Get Out of Jail Free" card is gross and inappropriate. My late mother was the same way: Socially awkward her entire life, she was told she had mild autism in her 60s and immediately used that as an excuse for everything going forward. I'd politely tell her that a Marie Callender's at noon on a Saturday is not a good place or time to launch into discussion of the fertilizing properties of steer manure vs. chicken manure, and she'd look at me with a hurt expression and say "But it was the Asperger's!" No mom, it wasn't. I have it too, and could easily tell by the dirty looks from the tables around us that a bunch of total strangers didn't want to hear about this topic while enjoying their pepper steak. Anyway, enough of my ranting. Except for David and Sheila, the couples all look like dumpster fires of varying temperatures.

WENDY!!!! I kept waiting for her to accidentally refer to Jax while talking about her kids, but EZ might not even know who Jax Teller was. Given the timelines of the two series, they almost definitely never met. Emily was being awfully specific about that door cam. Is she looking to frame (literally) Miguel so it looks like he did something nefarious and goes away for it? Meanwhile, Potter and Dana Delany have one last dance. I'm not terribly invested in either character but wouldn't mind if they ended up offing each other. RIP Felipe/Ignacio/Whatever-your-name-is. So the Fentanyl pipeline is burnt to a crisp, the Broken Saints never want to hear the word "Mayans" ever again, much less do business with them (and it looks like the leader who was friendly with EZ may be dead or at least demoted out of leadership), and the club owes a bunch of $$$ to people whose motto is "Oh, something bad happened? Sucks to be you. Now pay up." No way this remotely ends well. Speaking of which: When the Broken Saints are literally fishing bodies out of a burning heap, it is NOT a good time for EZ to start whining about his precious profit margin while showing more concern for leftover drug makings than actual dead people. He's lucky they let him walk out of there.

I'll always think of BDW as Lando Calrissian, which also explains why he was moving like an older man. The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi were over 40 years ago, and Lando was in early middle age in those films. As a straight man who watches the show with his SATC megafan wife, I wondered how that photo was even taken. It was a side view. When I send pics like that to Mrs. RaiderDuck (at her request, I might add), the view is always from my phone camera which is being held by my arms on my upper body. My ex-wife and I tried the "Stay together for the sake of our child even though we can no longer stand each other" thing. When we finally had enough, sat her down and told her we were separating (while emphasizing that she was not in any way at fault and was in fact the best thing to come out of our 20-year marriage), she mentioned that she'd been listening to music constantly to drown out our arguments. Teenage children know when the parents can't stand each other, and staying together "for their sake" accomplishes nothing good. It would be a hilarious plot but totally unrealistic: Harry's friendship with both parties would get him tossed from the case for Conflict of Interest before it even started, no matter which one he represented. If Harry were the least bit ethical, he wouldn't want to represent either side, given that he would have confidential information the other side wouldn't want opposing counsel to know. It's almost like the writers are trying for a Livia Soprano character, forgetting that Livia (who was played by a better actress) was also witty, smart and cunning. Mother Wexler, by contrast, is an annoying insult machine. Why would anyone take her anywhere, particularly a high society dinner where you're trying to impress people? I agree that was one more unrealistic aspect of the entire scene. If the mother was so awful that literally no one wanted to sit within 30 feet of her, why have her there at all??

Bully on Alvarez for finally realizing what a dead end the MC life is and cutting the cord for good. At least I hope that's what he's doing. Since we're down to the final two episodes in The Shield/SoA/Mayans shared universe, I wonder if we'll see anyone else coming back besides Taza. What was the point of Galindo's visit to Felipe other than giving Danny Pino and EJO one last scene together? While it was well-acted by both men, it boiled down to "Hi. I hate you. Bye."

That may have been the highest body count I've ever seen on a single TV episode.

Am I the only one who was reminded of Pinhead from the Hellraiser films?

What exactly is "Diversed Education"? For that matter, is "diversed" even a word???

My wife travels more than half the year on business. She immediately pegged Meisha as someone who doesn't travel much or at all: Business travelers figure out a system that does not involve completely unpacking all their suitcases and strewing stuff everywhere. Not only does that leave you nowhere to sit or put things, there's WAY too much risk of accidentally leaving stuff behind when you leave. When Mrs. RaiderDuck and I travel together (or I have the opportunity to visit her in a market), I always stay the heck out of her way when she's packing up, as she has a specific system she uses to make sure she doesn't forget anything. Cleo bugs me (and it has nothing to do with her being trans -- I couldn't care less about that). Like her, I grew up mildly autistic and had to practice how to act and what kinds of things to say. You imitate people you know or see on TV or in the movies, and gradually learn by trial and error what works and what doesn't. But you should have this crap figured out by the time you're in your 30s. After a point, you're just using it as a crutch. Maybe they attend services at Our Lady of the Jiffy Lube? She entered into an online relationship before her dead husband's body was even cold. She realizes now she went WAY too fast but instead of just admitting it and telling Razvan how she feels, she's trying to nag him into dumping her so she doesn't have to admit how unfair she's been to both him and her kids. Example: He makes it clear he's going to film a video where he kisses a woman, then asks if she wants to be the woman in the video. Rather than saying Yes, she refuses but then acts hurt that he's going to kiss someone else. He literally can't win with her. I'd think a clause like that would be largely unenforceable. If Gino cheats but denies it, how would Jasmine prove anything without hacking his phone or hiring a PI? What he bought her was nice. She could have at least been thankful. And she wouldn't be the first woman (or man) to find out that "Playing hard to get" only occasionally works. More often than not, the other person will eventually tire of the constant hoop-jumping and just go find someone else. My guess (and I do not have or claim any "inside info"): Her school district was already looking to fire her, and the pictures were just a convenient excuse. If what we've seen is any indicator of her true personality, would you want this shrieking harpy teaching your children?

You can't convince someone who doesn't want to be told they're wrong. Someone (might've even been you) once mentioned an episode of MTV's Catfish where a guy was being catfished by a scammer impersonating Katy Perry. MTV introduced the victim to the actual catfisher and played him (the victim) a video message from Katy Perry herself saying "I'm sorry, but you've been scammed. You and I have never spoken even once." Even after all that, the victim was still making excuses for why megastar Perry "had" to falsely deny they were in an intimate online relationship.

Amanda said her now-deceased husband was the only guy she'd ever had sex with. This could literally be a situation where she was living with her parents until moving in with Jason, which means she's never lived in her own, much less while taking care of two young kids. The attentions of a foreign playboy may make her feel wanted and desired, and there's nothing wrong with that, but she needs to be going to counseling and concentrate on her kids who obviously have not fully processed their father's death. For the three weeks she's gone, her toddler children will be without either parent. If she needs companionship/dick, I'm sure one of her or her late husband's single friends would be happy to fill a FWB role that does not require her to abandon her fatherless and grieving children for weeks on end. No doubt an incredibly horrible and unfair situation was inflicted on her, but HER KIDS ARE THE IMPORTANT THING RIGHT NOW. Don't make their suffering even worse by leaving them without any present parent. So Riley owns 20,000 jazz albums? How would you listen to even a fraction of them? What a colossal waste of money, especially in an age where a $10/month streaming service can supply any music you want whenever you want. And whoever referred to Elton John, one of the biggest-selling and most influential popular music artists ever, as "minor" or "obscure" or whatever simply doesn't know what they're talking about. Tayray was well on his way to becoming this season's David (and I mean "Lana" David, not Annie's David or this season's deaf David), but it looks like the producers took pity and stepped in. The sound mix during the deaf David sequences was creepy. I understand they were trying to convey his isolation, but hearing nothing but his breathing was unsettling. Jasmine continues to be awful. If Gino had asked her to pay big $$$ so he could live in the same apartment building as an old girlfriend, her resulting freakout would have probably violated numerous international arms treaties, but since it's the other way, she expects him to be OK with it. She and Gino are both terrible people.

"Whatever letter 'B' is" might be an all-time great B&B line.

AFAIK, the meetup hasn't happened yet but she made it obvious she was going to do it despite Yohan's objections.

And now we know why there's been so little Debbie and Oussama this season: She comes over, they have an argument, they go on a camel ride, they go to a poetry reading, she meets the parents (who are considerably younger than her), and he tells her he's only interested in continuing the relationship if they move back to the US. Can't really get much footage out of that. Methinks Yohan would be thrilled if Daniele just left DR forever. He certainly didn't seem to miss her at the party. His dissing of her was rude, but he's obviously checked out. He warned her of consequences if she met up with her ex-boyfriend, and she didn't take him seriously. (I'm not saying that Yohan's not overreacting, because I think he is. But when your spouse says "I'll be really upset if you do X" and you do X anyway, you can't say you weren't warned.) Mrs. RaiderDuck noticed that the cake shop, unlike Yohan's carniceria, had working refrigeration and didn't have flies landing on the food. Gabe sent all of his transition paperwork to Uncle Sam and never thought to make copies? El Stupido. Jeymi: Kris' failure to keep in touch with you was not because she was power-washing driveways. It was because she was scoring drugs, likely on her back, and being high for days at a time.

Catfish middle-aged American women.

The reason contemporary photos of the Pyramids of Giza all look the same is because there's only one good angle to shoot a picture from. If you try a reverse angle, the houses and apartment buildings a few blocks away from the pyramids will be prominently shown. The Egyptian tourism people would like us to believe the pyramids are far, far away from civilization when that simply is not the case. Has Kris never watched a restaurant renovation show? Restaurants (and a food truck is nothing more than mobile restaurant) are a giant money pit if you don't know what you're doing, which Kris and Jeymi totally don't. Meanwhile: Why would anyone volunteer to have hot oil dripped on their heads? How many hours in the shower and bottles of shampoo will it take to get that crap out? And while I think Rishi is a total player, I cannot STAND "Gotcha!" questions like Jen is asking. If you have something to say, say it. Don't ask leading questions designed to trap him into an answer. This is 90-Day Fiancé, not Perry Mason. Anyone else get the feeling that Nicole would love to open her chakras to Nouran, if you catch my drift? The two of them had way more chemistry than Nicole and Mahmoud have ever shown us. My guess (and I claim no inside information or spoilers -- this is just a guess) is there will be another episode's worth of drama over whether some relative will object, or maybe some dude from Gabriel's previous life will surface, but nothing will come of it and their storyline will end with Gabriel and Isabel getting married, after which we'll start seeing them on Pillow Talk. After ten full episodes, Debbie and Oussama have had an argument, a camel ride and a horrid poetry reading. Their storyline has brought no value to this season. If Yohan wore a flashing neon sign reading I AM ABOUT TO DUMP YOU, he'd be only slightly more obvious about his intentions that he is now. And Daniele, erroneously believing she is an incredible catch, continues to be oblivious to his growing dislike of her.

Daniele: You may rest assured that our dislike of you has nothing to do with your height or age or body shape or career path. You may also rest assured that few, if any, of us are jealous of you. Our dislike stems from you being a judgmental hypocrite who: Seemingly lives to emasculate Yohan while criticizing him for things that are not remotely his fault Lies to him about major things such as your reasons for leaving New York one step ahead of the debt collectors, while yelling at him for the slightest perceived inconsistency Expects Yohan to make American-level wages and treat you to an American-level life in an impoverished country Acts offended and butthurt if he so much as smiles at an ex; meanwhile, you wave your close friendship with an ex in his face Generally behaves like the stereotype of the "Ugly American." Pro Tip: If everyone hates your guts, maybe the problem is with you, not them.

Or he'll dump her at some point when it becomes obvious she's never going back to America. Without the carrot of an American Green Card, Danielle really has nothing to offer: She's twice his age, a demanding harridan, dishonest, and a total loon.

Mahmoud's uncle even said that if Nicole had remained non-Muslim, nobody in Egypt would care what she wore.