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Was anybody else thinking that Frank was going to kill Dunbar in the basement room where Petrov burned his cigarette on the wall?

Joe, Shirin, and Spencer finishing in the same place as they did in their original seasons?

I never thought that I would be clamoring for a second flashback episode from Pennsatucky, but it made complete sense once her scenes with CO Coates were juxtaposed with her flashbacks. Poor Pennsatucky! Who would have guessed that Daya is one of the few characters who actually did something sensible in the episode! Does anybody else think that the actress who plays Maureen looks and even sounds a bit like a baby-faced Crystal Chappell? Is Watson (track star, friends with Cindy) still on the show? She has been given nothing to do.

I remember Piper telling Healy, when she first met him shortly after arriving at Litchfield, that she was sentenced to 15 months.

I think Mr. Hollingsworth is an elected official, as he was referred to as Mayor Hollingsworth at one point in the episode. Sara Waisglass is bringing it, and this is coming from somebody who usually rolls his eyes at an overload of a particular character.

Has the show just forgotten that Jenna and Connor exist?

Not that I don't love Frankie, but how did she escape detention for Degrassi Nudes? Was it because she quit the team before the scandal became exposed and because she only took one photo? Am I the only one annoyed that Mrs. Pill seems to be taking Drew's word at face value about everything (fundraising ideas, the claim that Becky and Jonah made out in the hall)?

Color me shocked that everyone from SJDS made the final five, should that spoiler prove to be true!

Didn't Kayla want Carly to suffer for giving Chloe a paternity test without the permission of the hospital several years ago? How hypocritical of Kayla.

Was there any significance to Frank wanting to shine his own shoes?

Will there be two winners (one with a female veteran and one with a male veteran)? If so, then it looks like we will have a female winner that has never won before!

Is Aleida still on the show? I haven't seen the rest of the season yet, but Daya's mother hasn't been on screen for a couple of episodes.

The bellboy at the hotel where Paul was staying while his mother was still in town. Derrick also spilled the beans to Sonny about Will sleeping with Paul.

I like Jenn but would prefer to see Hali over her in a future season. I found Jaclyn from San Juan Del Sur underrated, thought she had good instincts for the game, and would love to see her play without Jon. I thought that some of the fans from Caramoan were underrated and would love to see Matt, Allie, and especially Michael and Laura return. I would love to see Twila come back. I don't understand Probst's aversion to having anyone return from Guatemala. Even Stephenie on Heroes vs. Villains was billed as being from Palau. I liked Sylvia from Fiji and thought that she was screwed from the get-go.

Amanda Kimmel is getting married this August: http://www.dailyinterlake.com/members/kimmel-cooper/article_4f34dc9e-c857-11e4-9707-fffaafcc3632.html

Does anybody else think that Aleida, Daya's mother, told Cesar to act crazily when Bennett came over so that Bennett would be scared into wanting to give the baby to Pornstache's mother? I can see her thinking of a scheme like that.

I get the impression that Sami and Nicole, for all of the stunts they have pulled, act primarily out of self-preservation and insecurity.. I think that they try do whatever it takes to get what they want, regardless of who they hurt. Abigail, on the other hand, seems to say and do a lot of things primarily to hurt people, regardless of whether it gets her what she wants. I would almost argue that what she wants is to hurt people.

I think Earl would have beaten Yau Man had they both made the finals together. I liked Jacquie from Gabon (though disliked that season as much as most people) and think she should get a second chance to play. I find that Cochran and Natalie White played nearly the exact same game and am still puzzled as to how the former gets much more praise than the latter for it. As great of a social player as Todd was, I don't get the hype over his strategic game or even his jury performance, where he gave mostly vague generalities of his supposed strategy. I liked Sherri from Caramoan, Kass and Danielle DiLorenzo. I would have rather seen one of the beauties from Cagayan (especially Alexis or Morgan) get a second chance to play over Woo or even Tasha.

I loved the shot of Cheng sleeping while standing up.

I think Hali was the closest thing we had to a 'hero.'

Sami confronted Abigail about the affair in Jennifer's home in an episode that aired in July. Jennifer happened to be there and found out about the affair for the first time during that scene. IIRC, Abigail barely said or did anything but cry poorly and stare at nothing in that scene, while Jennifer tried to defend Abigail, kick Sami out of her house, and looked like she aged 5 years every couple of minutes during the scene. I especially liked the pained look on her face when she asked "You thought you were pregnant with EJ Dimera?"

I wish more of a tribute or mention had been made about Rosa, though I do like that Red and Anita miss and respect her. Are we supposed to assume that the crash in the quarry killed her, or that she passed away from cancer? I like how each character at Litchfield got a relatively equal amount of airtime this episode. Was the woman who was panicking during Gloria's ritual the same woman who cried constantly on the phone in Season 1? Caputo mentioned two names that I had never heard of to Healy as he was explaining why Rodgers is at Litchfield. Have we ever seen Callahan or Bailey before?

What ever happened to Mary Beth, Paige's other friend?

I'm a bit surprised that Melanie hasn't interacted with Kate since coming back to Salem six months ago. I recall them being some sort of frenemies around the time she was married to Phillip, with a common goal of taking Parker away from Chloe?

This is a minor point, but why was essentially the whole town pissed at Chad for exposing Rafe's shady cover-ups while he was on the force? Is it because Chad is a Dimera?