Calamity Jane

True, but she still seemed to have some court people last season when Euron was there. It was striking to see the empty room.

Howland Reed was at the Tower of Joy with Ned and knows that the baby Lyanna gave birth to was raised by Ned as his illegitimate son. That's pretty good proof in a pre-DNA world.

That's half of the proof. Howland Reed can attest to the other half, namely that Ned was at the Tower of Joy just after Lyanna gave birth and that Jon is the baby Lyanna gave birth to.

So, in order to to back up R + L = J thing, is it time for someone to go get Howland Reed to attest to Jon's identity? Bran knows he was there.

My opinion about Theon's decision to jump and save himself has always been that, even though it was probably a panic-based act, it was also a rational one. He is significantly impaired by Ramsay's "games," he wouldn't have stood a ghost of a chance of beating Euron, and the only outcome would have been his death or capture. At least by getting away, he had a chance to fight another day and eventually rescue Yara. What good is it to do the heroic or noble thing if it gets you killed? Is that better for Yara in the long run? Just never understood why we were supposed to think poorly of Theon in that instance.

I was wondering where they were going with the relationship, up until Arya smiled and dropped her eyes, and then turned around as she left and flashed that little grin. That sure looked like smitten to me. But we shall see - one of the things I can't wait to find out.

My take on that was that she needs to act fast if she’s going to make him think her baby is his. If he knew the child was someone else’s, I don’t think it would live long after its first breath.

So thrilled to have the show back! I'm like a teenager in love, can't see a single flaw in my beloved right now. I never, ever watch TV without multitasking, but tonight I never took my eyes off the screen. I'm sure there are things to pick at if you want, but I was enthralled, enchanted, moved, elated, cried at least twice, loved the dragon riding, loved it all. And I must say, one reason I am so happy for the show to be back is to see all the fantastic commentary posted here. I have missed everyone's insightful, funny, snarky analysis. Hugs to everyone!! PS - Arya and Gendry, sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G. Oooh, that look.

I'm an old white lady, so I can't pretend to understand fully, but to me it felt as if Jamal was (and has been) struggling with a perception that people don't think he's immersed enough in his "own" culture because he was in fact not brought up in it. My heart kind of hurt for him when it seemed he felt that from the judges. He did produce a pretty horrible garment, but I was reacting to the human emotion, not his fashion. I hope his path will smooth out, he seems like a pretty good guy, just young.

Had me shrieking at the TV.

Oh, jeez, I just caught on that Ron is THAT Ron "Essential 55" Clark, one of the relentless self-promoters always being held up to us teachers as what we should aspire to be, even though most of them teach only a few years and then make a living selling their "wisdom" at teacher workshops. This guy may have taught a bit longer, and he did in fact take on inner-city education, so I give him that, but over the years I came to see that many if not most of the people we were supposed to emulate were big, fat phonies. Knee-jerk rejection of whatever they say is my response until I see evidence of authenticity, not ego/bankroll building. This guy is not making me think any different of him, sad to say. Meanwhile, I always lose track of contestants because I spend a good deal of my time at my kids' houses, where I can't watch, but this season I'm more bewildered than usual. After this week, though, I think I know who they all are, but I would not place any bets on it. That blindside was one of the most satisfying I can remember, just pure Survivor gold.

I wondered if she had sat there in that waiting room for a long, long time and that's why the doctor came out to check on her, otherwise it seemed odd that he would. This episode hit really hard, although something about Kelly worried me from the very outset. As someone else noticed, her words and tone in the voice-overs were far more upbeat than her face and demeanor. Quite often the camera caught her with a despondent, "1000-yard stare" expression, especially when she was in the hospital and rehab. That made me really wonder about the depths of her depression. She seemed so much better right at the end when she was checking on college classes, although her face still did not match her tone. Someone else mentioned her flat affect, and it was striking. Just overall terribly, wrenchingly sad. I wish we could figure out a way to end abuse of all forms, but most especially childhood sexual abuse. It's so monstrously unfair.

If the designers are seeing a bias against the larger-sized models, I can understand why they may feel unhappy about being assigned one. Nadine certainly did have some attitude during the judging and being sent home, but behind the bluster and angry words, I thought I saw something I relate strongly to - I will do almost anything not to cry in front of other people, and to me she looked near tears and desperate not to give way to them in front of the camera. Could be just projection on my part, of course. Since she had already expressed a desire to be gone, it's good she was the one to go, but she still could have hurt feelings about the judges' tone, which wasn't really any better than what she did to her model. Lack of professionalism on both sides.

I'm a boomer, and talk of lazy millennials just makes me see red. My daughter works five days a week at juvenile hall counseling and dealing with troubled/criminal kids, then works two overnight shifts at the county jail, placing inmates in the proper level of security, managing methed-up or mentally ill inmates, all of whose issues seem to become more acute at night, etc., etc., and still just making enough to get by where she lives after paying on student loans. It's not uncommon in her age group. Every generation seems to look back and think they worked harder than the current group of youngsters, it's just human nature, I guess, but it does chap my hide.

Thank you! I feel much better knowing this!

Burning question I'm afraid to ask - I tried to watch diligently during the Mood scenes, but I never saw Swatch. Has he crossed the rainbow bridge? I think he was born in 2007, same as my choco Lab, so that's getting up there for a dog, but I hope I just missed spotting him.

I am now and mostly always have been a Tim Gunn fan, except for Under the Gunn, which I will believe was some weird alternate universe happening and won't hold against Tim. I have always been a Christian Siriano fan, so I can be okay with substituting Christian for Tim, although I'l miss Tim. Not feeling quite as accepting of the not-Heidi, though. I'm old and don't adapt all that well to change anymore! I guess we'll see how it goes. Overall already liking the switch back to Bravo, though. Lifetime or Bunim/Murray or Weinstein or whoever just ran PR into the ground and killed what made it engaging, as witness current PR All Stars season. Awful. And yet I watched it, so....see comment about not adapting to change.

I remember a few years ago reading about a long-term study done on couples, trying to figure out what makes some pairings last and others disintegrate. The common denominator the researchers found that inevitably led to divorce/separation was when one partner expressed, either verbally or with body language, contempt for the other. Other serious issues in the end proved to be conquerable, but never contempt. Randall's words and tone in the "bored housewives" part of the message were pure, dripping, caustic contempt. I would never get over it, and it will be interesting to see what the writers do with Beth's reaction over time. I like Kate's interactions with Baby Jack, and I love her singing to him. It looks as if Toby has fallen in love with him now, too. Awwww.

We moved in across from a sheriff's deputy who would come home and leave his gun on the kitchen table, with two kids aged 4 and 2 in the house. Once I saw that, my daughter was no longer allowed to go over there. Just boggled my mind. I chuckled a little at Athena wanting to clear all the cops out of the kidnapper's house so he wouldn't be suspicious if/when he came back. Ummm, didn't they smash in the front door? Hard to miss that little clue. I do love this show, glad it's back.

Finally finished Part II, and was just knocked off my feet. I spent many years trying to persuade myself that MJ was just a one-of-a-kind, childlike, unintentionally inappropriate guy who had such a weird background he just didn't understand societal norms. My daughter was a dancer and, like most her age, loved dancing to his music. Then I met the friend whose son was invited to Neverland but wouldn't go, and that planted a big seed of doubt. And then I started thinking about it all a bit more critically. Honestly, if he'd never done anything sexual, all the other stuff was out of the norm enough to qualify as abuse (and it's a pretty big stretch to believe he did nothing sexual in that set-up). If anyone else were doing it, people would have been raising an outcry like villagers with torches and pitchforks. I agree with whoever said that if those two men were lying, they're in the wrong profession and should definitely be acting. They fully convinced me. It makes sense to me that they didn't really grasp what was done to them until they had children of their own. And in a funny way, it makes sense that they denied they were abused for so long because it didn't feel like abuse, it felt like love and affection. Not brutal, not violent, but seduction. People, myself included, gave Michael way too much of a pass, and it makes me sick and sad. He was telling us who and what he was, and we listened to his words instead of paying attention to his actions.

A good friend's son was diagnosed with leukemia as a child and was present at some charity event of MJ's, probably in the mid to late eighties. Meeting MJ was a big deal for them. Some of the children, my friend's son included, were invited to Neverland Ranch. It sounded kind of awesome to my friend, but her son absolutely refused to go and said MJ gave him the creeps. She often wondered what might have happened if he hadn't had that very strong, visceral reaction, and because of that she never had any doubt that MJ was molesting kids. I've only watched Part I so far, need to take a pause before Part II, not actually sure I'll be able to finish, really. I know there seem to be some credibility problems, but those two young men seemed very believable to me.

It seemed to me that once Tiffany did begin to cook for herself, the food looked fairly appetizing, more so than what we usually see these folks manage, so perhaps her chef's training did kick in. What caught my attention was how fast she was shoveling it all in her mouth, though - I think most people would gag and choke if they tried to put that many Brussels sprouts down their gullet so fast. I also thought Aaron was looking substantially larger towards the end. The boyfriends/spouses always puzzle me, especially when the girlfriend was already obese from the outset, which is usually the case. Related thought - when I was teaching 4th grade (retired 2015, so fairly recently), many if not most of my students were below 100 pounds at the end of the year when we measured weight and height for their records. When I hear someone say she weighed 100 pounds at age 5 or 6, my jaw drops to the floor. What is the matter with the parents of these kids?? All of these Poundticipants are clearly reading when they narrate, not just speaking, and since the narratives all sound so similar, I think the participants are provided a script with spaces to fill in their own particular details. They sound so similar week to week, if I'm not looking at the screen I forget what this week's subject looks like.

I had a feeling poor Humperdinck wouldn't live long after his arrival, partly because of the way he plopped down on the grass in a new place instead of exploring a little. That read as extreme exhaustion to me, not sadness at all. I hope he got royally spoiled while he was there. Heartbreaker, and as usual upsetting for my cats when I cry out loud.

I was sure from the first few minutes that this woman needed psychotherapy more than anything else. The doctor thinks it's useless before surgery, which I wonder about, but this woman was screaming "help me!" from jump. A neurological or pituitary or other issue seemed likely as well, but her emotional problems were so abundantly evident right at the outset that counseling seemed necessary NOW.

So, when I was teaching middle school, a colleague taught me a response to students who want to shock by calling you a f****** bitch, or something similar: "You say that like you think it's a BAD thing." Stops them cold. Oprah's horrible-sounding pizza with 1/3 of the crust made of cauliflower: my first thought was, "You say that like you think it's a GOOD thing." Ohhh, I don't think that's good.