gesundheit
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Just checking in. How's everyone holding up? Are we fortified and hydrated?
I almost feel like staying up to watch it in real time but I am way too old to stay up till midnight on a Thursday.
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Reed voted for Jaclyn because he thought she deserved 2nd place more than someone he hated. People vote "against" someone they hate in Survivor pretty much in every FTC of every single season. I had no more problem with Missy than I did with Reed, but all's fair in voting on a reality show. I definitely don't think choices people make on competitive reality shows should have to reflect on what kind of human being they are in real life. Their show personas were both pretty annoying but it's just weird to me to make a jump from that to what kind of human beings they are.
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So who are the all-stars from this season (if any)?
Given how much airtime Reed got at the reunion show he seems likely. I'd also say the self professed genius Jeremy. That's about it.
Keith, maybe?
Jaclyn's was, "I deserve to win because I did jackshit in the beginning and got saved at the merge because my boyfriend was still in it. Also, I have no uterus."
Well, I've lost a good bit of the iced tea I was drinking. Thank you!
I get that players are lulled into thinking that their 15 minutes actually mean something to us, the little people, but their "inspirational" stories are always so lame. Like the letter Reed got from the gay Christian who said that he and his father didn't talk until his father watched Survivor and realized that there could be gay Christians. You would think that the father would have been tipped off to that fact by virtue of his son rather than by two strangers on a reality show, so that story is less heartwarming than intended, I think.
Well, it's depressing that that's the reality, but it's not that unusual. It's why visibility matters a LOT.
And Jaclyn's tearful confessional about how she wanted to win the title of Sole Survivor so she could be an inspiration to other women with her condition was a big WTF; what's the takeaway for these women? "Well, I have an incomplete reproductive system but Jaclyn was the Sole Survivor so I can ... something."
Just think of all the barren girls out there who, had she won, would have realized that they, too, could go on a reality show and win a million dollars so they could afford to buy a really expensive baby!!!
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Yeah, I think Keith may have been at a loss in the strategy department, but he was definitely suited to the other aspects of Survivor -- he had no trouble living outdoors and working hard; people pretty universally liked him; and he dominated in many challenges, far beyond what people expected of him.
Others have won Survivor for less. I'm talking to you, Fabio...
I totally agree. There are many ways to advance in this game and you go with your strengths. His wasn't strategy, it was challenges and being super-helpful around camp and generally being Mr Congeniality. And considering how little he knew going in? Good for him.
I do think that Reed and Josh are superfans and Reed wanted to do something that would be remembered. His game play was mediocre so he went for the over the top speech.
Totally. That wasn't some impassioned accident. Just as he was criticizing the legacy of her Survivor "character," he was creating the legacy of his own. He's thrilled today that everyone's talking about it and thinking it was overkill. I'd bet money that even before the game started he planned to make a dramatic FTC speech if he wasn't going to be in the hot seat. Who knows, he might've had a future "villains" season in his head.
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What a great ending to a lackluster season. I can't wait for White Collar/ Blue Collar/ People Who Think They're Too Special For Employment!
I loved Reed's rant at FTC. He's a showman, he was cast to be a showman, and he did not disappoint. That was great television. He must have stayed up all night writing that, he looked so excited to be saying all of it. Highly entertaining.
I too thought it was rude of them to define Missy by "three times divorced". Why didn't we ever hear that she actually has a career- a cheerleading gym? Or that Baylor sings? I think Reed/Josh picked their 'edit': gay Christians. Why didn't Missy and Baylor get to pick theirs?
Reed and Josh didn't get to select their edit any more than Missy and Baylor did, but as the former are both entertainers in real life I imagine they were far more strategic about it in terms of what the editors could work with. Missy and Baylor talked plenty about Missy's divorces.
Reed's speech kind of pissed me off. I felt like he was going for his big Sue Hawk moment. For two guys that said they were connoisseurs of the game, how did they both end up voting for Jacqueline? Nat far and away was the best player left.
They didn't both vote for Jaclyn.
I call BS on Josh's "We didn't set out to be role models!" I don't think they are role models, except in their own minds. I don't think 'gay Christians' is any more rare than any other combo of major world religion and sexual orientation. By even suggesting it is they themselves seem to be implying there's something 'heathen' or anti-spiritual about gayness, or even sinful.
This hits a little close to home for me, admittedly, because I do work on a hotline for LGBT youth. But there are tens of thousands of Christian kids sitting around right now terrified that they're going to burn in hell because of their sexual orientation, or afraid that they will have to turn their backs on a faith that matters to them in order to be who they are and wondering if just removing themselves from the earth is the only solution. It's actually a big deal that they were on there showing that you can live as both (and on a show that is based on lying and backstabbing, I'm not going to ask them for perfect squeaky-clean Christian behavior in the context of the game show).
I don't really think Jaclyn/Missy made a mistake by not voting out Natalie. Keith would've beat them too. I was sorry to see Keith feeling so embarrassed on the reunion -- he kicked ass as one of the biggest underdogs on the season!
Why do they even let quitters come to the reunion?
Anyway. Very satisfying results.
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Without Rafael's support, I still don't think she has a case.
Oh no, of course not. That's why I was saying "if" she hadn't basically stolen the sperm for the insemination she'd have a case. But she did. So no case (even without the other false identity, etc, stuff).
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I love that Jon talks to musician guests instead of having them perform (or just having them perform). I also love that Paul McCartney freely admits that he can be bought now. I find it refreshingly honest.
And Ikea jokes? Is that the best you can do? Way to go in reinforcing the idea that Americans are a bunch of idiots whose ability to understand other countries is limited to grasping one stereotype at a time. Apparently Ikea has now replaced sexy blondes or dull Ingmar Bergman movies at the "go to" stereotype for Sweden.
I admit that it didn't land at all comedically (the whole thing really fell flat), but the whole point was exactly that: Klepper playing the ignorant idiot American who can only understand other countries based on one stereotype. (And of course also getting it mixed up with other countries.) The argument of the package was that Sweden's government is superior to the United States.
Maybe I'm misunderstanding the responses, but it just seems like a lot of people are taking offense on Sweden's behalf when in fact the piece was very pro-Sweden and anti-US. But again, maybe I'm misreading the reactions.
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I'm not in love with the teaser that most of the characters have really exotic and exciting/unusual jobs now. Most people with low-level clerical grunt jobs in local government stay that way -- even if they are hilarious and loyal. That's such a big part of the appeal. But of course it could just be a misdirection. So yes, yes, I remain cautiously optimistic.
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But the guests who make the rounds of the late night shows are not just not of interest to me. It remains to be seen whether they will let Stephen bring on the authors, academics, and political figures who regularly appeared on The Report, and with whom I can imagine him doing some great interviews, as his witty, erudite "true" self. That would certainly fly in the face of the prevailing downward trend of late night talk TV over the last 25 years.
Unfortunately I doubt it. He's walking into an established entity as a host, not a producer. I think he'll be a fresher, edgier late night host, but he'll still be a late night host. And he won't have the same awesome team of writers. It's sad. (It's not sad for him, it's a comedian's life long dream come true! Just sad for us.)
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I'm confused. How does what Petra did affect whether or not she has a case?
If she'd been on the level, it affects a lot. That's a pretty egregious piece of medical negligence. She could make a pretty penny.
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Why would Petra and Rafael have discussed the possibility of a surrogate seriously enough to have actually made a contract about it? Their fertility issue was only that Rafael was sterile after the cancer and he only had one sample stored, right? Petra did have a miscarriage but we haven't heard any indication that she didn't think she could carry another pregnancy to term; in fact, she intended to use Raf's sperm to get pregnant herself. If anything, I would have thought they'd have discussed the possibility of a sperm donor, not a surrogate.
Exactly. And had she not been sneaky about it and done the insemination behind Rafael's back, she would certainly have a case regarding a child that is her husband's bio-kid that was meant to be hers. That'd be one hell of a lawsuit. (Regardless of whatever this contract was that she brought up -- who's to say what it really said since we only got about one sentence explaining it.)
And of course we can all do our legal surmising based on the numerous precedents of cases regarding accidental inseminations that were done on the down-low. Countless!
I wonder if this show is going to be as awesome once there's an actual baby. Few shows are. I get nervous, so I'll enjoy it while it lasts.
I miss Luisa again.
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Why would any top lawyer even take Petra's case? She has no case. Jane is not a surrogate. It's JANE's biological child, whatever initial misgivings she had about the pregnancy notwithstanding. Jane is no part of the contract between Rafael and Petra. They should absolutely just laugh at her and invite her to take it to court and have a judge laugh at her. And I'm sure a good lawyer and a detective are cheaper than whatever Rafael thinks it would cost to make Petra go away.
If it hadn't been for the fact that she arranged for the insemination surreptitiously, she'd still have rights to the child. That said, she'd share rights with Rafael, not with Jane. (In other words, whatever custody arrangement Rafael had with Jane, he'd have to then take that and split it with Petra somehow. But it wouldn't impact Jane's parental rights.)
I agree with those of you above who find smug to be a bad look on Rafael. I'm ambivalent about him to begin with and that component is starting to make my decision a little easier. Which sucks! Because it's a pretty important part of enjoying the show.
I could not love Rogelio more, though.
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I soooo want to see Bow's parents. It really would be hilarious.
My fantasy casting list for them is a mile long. I cannot wait.
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I miss when the cases were about the victims and not the cops with their constant personal crises.
Me too. That was always the strength of the L&O franchise. I don't mind that SVU occasionally drops by the personal lives of the characters, but only if it's endemic to the CoTW. This is getting incredibly tedious. It's not why any of us are watching.
I know this is a random question in the episode, but the little girl's dog that saved her from being kidnapped was okay, right? Right?!
I was very disappointed that we never got to see the hero dog.
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I would have liked to have seen Wendy's reaction to hearing from Nero about everything that happened with Tara/Gemma etc. That would have been interesting...
Don't be silly now! Wendy is a lady-person who never murdered anyone and doesn't live by biker code, why does what she thinks/feels matter at all?
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I'm not sure about that. Someone here posted a link to some of the rules that have been leaked from their contracts and one of them was that you have to participate in the challenges unless you're sitting out because of numbers or it's one of those challenges where you can choose to eat instead of participate. They did make an exception once for Phillip with a water challenge because he said he almost drowned as a child and so had a fear of water. However, I have no idea if that list of rules was accurate or, if it was, if it's even still in force.
What I meant by "nobody has to do a challenge" is that you can just step down if you want to and be all, "Oops, I guess I lost this one." So you don't actually have to do anything even if you technically have to report for duty.
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ETA- Malcolm Jamal-Warner? What the hell! Quickest cameo this season! I guessing he may come back, because why the hell would he just pop up for a few seconds then never to appear again? Weird.
Much fanfare preceded MJM's appearance on this final season of Sons of Anarchy and he ended up having about 2 lines and 18 seconds of screentime. I hope he gets to do more here!
Even though Bette and Dot had two hearts, etc., their spine fused together into one, with probably only one bladder. How could they expect us to believe the twins could be separated?
I think we're meant to know they cannot.
I really liked Sarah's scene with herself. I had no problem thinking I was watching two people, who were facing down who would have to go for the other to have a chance.
She was really phenomenal in that scene. Pretty impressive to think she was having to go so deep emotionally... by herself.
Not to be too graphic, but if whats-his-name's member is sooooo freakishly large, how did fake-doctor go down on him so easily? Seems like it would be quite a feat even if one did not have a gag reflex.
I have to say I was a little uncomfortable with the idea that the nail in the coffin of Jimmy hitting rock-bottom is that he's having sex with an obese woman. Because apparently that's just so awful. And then of course the twins offer to be servile to him forever. Eww. Also uncomfortable. But there's a non-freak blonde chick out there he's into, which is apparently the healthy choice, rather than a fellow "freak." Why can't a freak get the guy?
Speaking of the non-freak blonde chick, not only is she poorly acted, but she's utterly milquetoast. Thankfully the previews seem to remember that she showed up there in the first place to kill someone, so playing Miss Morality is tedious.
Sidibe's tenure was blissfully brief. She was so awful in this episode.
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Color me shocked that we're at the penultimate episode and I'm rooting for Natalie or Keith. I certainly would not have predicted that at the beginning! This finally got fun.
This is going to sound mean but I think if you get so badly injured that you can't compete anymore you should have yo leave the game. It's not fair everyone else has to do the challenges and you just get to sit there.
Nobody has to do a challenge. Any one of them can just sit there and forfeit. They don't, because it puts them at disadvantage in the game. Which is where she stands now: she can't win a reward, she can't win immunity, and she almost certainly cannot win Survivor. I'm fine with her staying.
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Two things that cracked me up: Jax's "good choice!" response to Chibs' VP selection, as if there were any chance it would be someone besides Tig. Please. It's either going to be Tig or one of the glorified extras! Also, Jax's obscenely patronizing "Chibs, this is how to be a leader" nonsense. Jax was basically the club's little brother when this show started!
David Labrava was very sweet in the aftershow. He was really proud that Happy was the only long-term character who "never lied" in terms of any of the internal club deception. Oh honey, he never lied because at least Sutter knew not to give you more actual dialogue!
I can't believe after all that's happened, they still act like it's a fun honor to be patched in. Who the hell would want in on that club??!!
So the dead eyes and stilted speech by Abel was nothing more than a mediocre child actor.
That is massive overpraise of that child actor!
Not surprised there was no video tributes featuring Ron, since he wasn't that thrilled with the writing at the end there. However, it also seems like once Tara died, Maggie was cut off too. Was she not invited to do anything?
I noticed that, too. With all the trips down memory lane, we never heard from Siff, Perlman, or Lucking. (Lucking in particular seems to have been erased from memory. Which is a shame, he was fantastic.)
All said, I'm still hoping that snowball in hell will end in an Emmy nomination for Jimmy Smits.
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Tricky show to watch. I'm frequently about to roll my eyes at how overwritten the characters are, but then I remember they aren't real, they're actually overwritten memories. Of course Helen didn't say anything that awful in therapy, of course Alison's mother isn't so heartless, etc., etc. But sometimes it feels like it's an easy way to excuse un-subtle writing. It's hard to tell. I also like to take sides, but I don't know who to judge because I don't know what's real! So it's not quite as fun. I mean I do know a few things: I know that there was an affair. I know that Noah and Alison both confessed to their spouses and were given a second chance by said spouses, and they both completely blew it the first chance they got. So as things currently stand based on the information we actually know, those are the two people I'm rooting against the most.
Ruth Wilson's attempt at an American accent makes me completely insane. I do find it highly distracting. I don't know why West's bothers me less, but I think maybe it's because I'm used to his from other things.
Unless the lifetime achievement award was from some local group, I thought it was odd that the event was held in Montauk and not Manhattan.
It was a local group, they did mention some sort of Hamptons-esque literary society.
Noah has made it clear that he does not like the fact that her parents have paid for their house, the private school, and all the rest of it, but she keeps accepting money from them, and allowing them to fund a lifestyle that's beyond their means. She knows that her father is going to lord it over Noah's head, and yet she keeps accepting it anyway.
Noah resents being beholden to his in-laws for this money, but his lifestyle requires it. On his salary and his wife's, there is zero chance they'd be raising a family in Brooklyn. He's going to have to do a lot more than be annoyed about the money. He hasn't made any efforts to make the massive paradigm shift necessary for no longer taking it.
I'm sad to think of the idea of an English teacher out there teaching America's teenagers that Romeo and Juliet's love was perfect and pure. Yikes.
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I did love that ending. Valerie is awful but she wouldn't be if she were aware of how she is. And I love that she can seriously act and is being given the chance to do so (and it didn't even occur to her until the NY Times writer spelled it right out for her). Maybe being praised for that rawness will pierce through her haze of non-awareness, but then again, this is too cynical a show for that to last in any positive manner.
Dear god that director. How horrible! And hilarious. That was a weirdly emotional episode to watch.
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I'm going to be pretty sad if Luisa doesn't become a more regular character.
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I did not remember that Stephen Collins was her sibling. He seems awfully old to be. They had the same dad?
Wasn't he her father? I'm having terrible memory lapses with this show. I remember he presided over (?) the wedding, but I thought he was her father.
The framing device really confused me. At first I was really excited and thought that they cut off Brandon/Callie's potential-whatever super-quickly. But then realized this was a flashback to when that was blissfully off the table.
But pretty much any episode of this show makes me happy. It can be the worst episode and still the theme song and spending any time in that house makes me feel warm and cozy.
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I was surprised to be saddened by Daniel's death. I'm glad both he and Emily acknowledged at the end that it hadn't all been a lie. Now Victoria just has more reason to hate Emily and she no longer has anyone being a voice of mild reason in her life (or anyone hating her in a way that actually bothers her). So just a lot more of the same, ultimately. I really think this show needs a paradigm shift, like Emily and Victoria needing to work together against a common enemy or something.... a frenemy story.
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S04.E10: Orphans
in American Horror Story
Holy crap, Naomi Grossman was fantastic in this episode.
Great, now Maggie's a "good guy" even though she's totally culpable in Ma Petite's death. Which I'd probably not really mind if Emma Roberts were decent at the acting thing. Now it just means more Maggie. Maggie the "hero." No thanks.