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This might have been why her whole "I'm so much better than his previous girlfriends who were just yes girls" speech fell quite flat. She's been spectacularly unimpressive over this race, and seems to have a very high opinion of herself.

Normally I can understand Neville's frustration with Jackie's family and financial matters. But Dan was willing to take a DUI for him. It doesn't matter that Dan has made a million stupid financial decisions before this one - Dan could have taken the $500 and set it on fire and Neville never should have said a word. It's much worse that Neville got mad at Dan when he spent the money protecting Crystal, but even if he had just blown it at the track I would have lost a lot of respect for Neville tonight.

After so many stupid, poorly written character changes that made absolutely no sense and didn't enhance the show (Jackie's character assassination was the worst example) it was nice to see the writers give Estelle Parsons a positive character change that actually made sense. A viewer could realistically believe that a person facing their own mortality would evaluate their life and acknowledge their mistakes. I was glad to see Jackie and her mother have at least one happy scene together and that Jackie will have something to hold onto when the inevitable happens. And it is nice that she left a positive legacy for her entire family - helping the Conners successfully run a grift is like other families celebrating Christmas together.

I had also thought Dahmere would win the entire competition due to his strong leadership and cooking skills. I think he was rattled by Carmen constantly ignoring him and was rushing to try to keep up with her since she was sending food to the pass before he was ready. There were other chefs who were much weaker than him overall, so it felt like a very unfair elimination.

you are forgetting f) the watch takes off and Jack becomes rich and successful and winds up supporting everyone, including all the other servants. And of course there's the extra stupid possibility of Ada inheriting a ton of money now, and of the family somehow losing it again, and then Marian marries Larry, who will provide a second infusion of cash to resolve this problem the second time. Possibly really stupid plots for season 3 and 4. The good news is that at least the show is better, even if the plots are still awful (and Jack got his patent!) I also agree with everyone who said that Agnes has too much sense to let Oscar control her money, but I wonder if it was left somehow in a trust she controlled until her son turned 18 and then he gained control of it? This show was much weaker last season, so I don't remember much of it and might have missed where it was stated that Agnes stupidly gave Oscar control over the family money, but that wouldn't really be in character for her (she's quite bright and really likes controlling everyone) but this isn't the most brilliantly written show so its possible she handed over control of her finances for plot purposes.

They should totally give Corey and Anna Mai (the dance instructor) some free vacations, We'd love to watch them travel all over the world together! All of the Riverdance instructors and judge were amazing, and it was really nice seeing how supportive they were to the struggling racers.

It would have been a better use of her energy for Anna Leigh to carry her dad's pack instead of screeching. We went on a Baltic cruise and had one day in Stockholm, where we briefly visited 5 musuems/palaces and traversed the city via train, buses, trams and subways. In Stockholm, like Helsinki, people were incredibly helpful and kind, but couldn't understand my butchering their language. I had a sheet of paper for each city that had key information written on it, and when I pointed to words I couldn't pronounce in Swedish like the name of a train station or museum they happily and clearly gave me directions. I have a higher pitched voice and speak quickly like Anna Leigh, so it is hard for even good nonnative English speakers (which most people in Stockholm are) to understand me. You'd be fine traveling there (and it is a spectacularly beautiful city when you aren't visiting their recycling centers which were super impressive for recycling centers but not as gorgeous as a canal cruise through the archipelago or visit to Vassa), but you should use written directions or your smartphone to ask for help.

This show is really so much better than last season. If they could only stop making the actors use terrible accents I'd be extremely happy. Every time I hear Nathan Lane or Robert Sean Leonard speak it takes me totally out of the show. Someone may have mentioned this before, but Nathan Lane's accent is starting to remind me of Yosemite Sam. I'm so happy for Ada, and it's nice seeing Marion focus her energy on doing useful things instead of whatever she was doing last season.

In Night Court (also not a great revival overall) they made the wise choice of having Dan's character mature and no longer treat women the way he did in the original show (of course in 2023, I don't think you could have a character like the original Dan Fielding - there's a cult favorite called Allo Allo and in discussing the revival they just couldn't keep many of the original characters). I like what they did with Dan's character (he's a strong actor and if they'd done a better job of casting the rest of the show, it could be a really good show). I think Fraiser's character would benefit from some maturity, and it is a shame more of the original characters didn't join the show. Fraiser did a better job of casting than Night court, as I like Eve, Freddy and Allan but the writing isn't strong yet and you really feel the loss of the original characters.

What killed them was that they asked on the ferry how many other teams had been there already, and when they were told none instead of thinking "hmm...we had a hard time finding this - it seems strange we would be in first" they immediately started cheering about being in first. Another team took the wrong ferry, realized it immediately and still finished near the top of the pack. It was not thinking "this might be a problem" when they were told they were the first ones there that killed them. The producers need to decide if they want to allow racers to randomly guess or if they want to assess. a penalty for guessing. In the task from the earlier season where the team quickly sold their fruit at a discount price, they first checked the clue to make sure they wouldn't incur a penalty for doing so and that TAR allowed them to immediately get more fruit baskets until they eventually earned the amount of money required by the clue. It's a producer decision, and they will either tolerate random guessing in the future or assign a penalty/redesign the task in the future if they don't want this to happen again. After being tortured by Luke for two very long seasons, I am very glad to see this team racing. And I was also impressed with his ability to drive while reading handwritten directions from his son.

To be fair, I blame the producers more for the coin skipping than Robin and Chelsea. They could have picked up the coins at the top of the castle and gotten a pile of 40-50 coins which would have forced them to do the math. Or had a time penalty they'd have to wait out after each wrong guess. It was clear that there were a very limited number of coins, so randomly guessing without needing to wait for another chance to guess wasn't necessarily a much worse strategy than working out the math. India is traditionally a killer fatigue leg, so I can understand just being so tired you might figure it would take longer to try the math than randomly guess. It reminds me of a very early season where they had to sell fruit, and one team figured out if they gave a massive discount on the fruit, they'd sell their bundle quickly and they could keep getting fruit bundles until they reached the required amount of money they had to earn while the other teams struggled to sell their fruit bundle at full price. But I do agree I have no idea why Robin and Chelsea are on this race - maybe it looked easy from their living room? I was tired just watching the leg in Germany.

I am just wondering - do the producers provide maps to the racers? I don't even know if you can buy maps in airports nowadays. When TAR 1 aired, I think you could still buy maps easily but now I don't know if I've seen maps for sale in stores that frequently.

I stopped watching this show for years and just restarted this season, so this may have been addressed: how are the family finances divided? It seems like the TLC money should be enough for everyone, but not if the bulk of it is going to Kody and Robyn. I've liked seeing how happy Christine is without Kody and hope the other wives have the financial freedom to walk away and restart their lives and Robyn keeps Kody all to herself, which is exactly what she deserves.

The best moments on the new Night Court are when John Larroquette gets to perform with strong guest actors since the new main cast is much weaker than he is; Wendy Malick (who also played Martin's widow) was really good in a guest spot on Night Court. Maybe Fraiser and Night Court can try to bring in a lot of strong guest actors to make up for the less strong new main characters? Honestly, many of the best of the original Fraiser episodes involved Lilith or Diane visiting so it wouldn't be a total departure from the original.

To be fair, I'd like to know how much they prop her up when the cameras aren't rolling before I judge them. If they are helping her clean her house when they aren't getting MTV checks then I totally agree they need to cut her off because Amber clearly isn't getting any better and since she has no children actually in her care she might need to hit rock bottom before she fixes her life. Gary and Kristina look like saints compared to most of the utterly dysfunctional people on this show (and in all fairness they actually seem to be good parents and doing fairly well by any reasonable standard). It's possible they show up, "help" Amber long enough for it to fill up an MTV segment, Amber cries and they cash checks that can pay for their kids' college funds. I can totally live with that. But if they do this when the cameras aren't rolling or they actually cleaned that whole house I agree with you 100%. Amber needs to hire a professional cleaning crew if she can't handle her life, and spending all of her time sitting around feeling sorry for herself is the last thing that will help her now.

Oh thanks - that's too bad. I visited the elephants at a reserve in Thailand and I loved that.

Love this show, but never take us to Thailand and have us watch a fake elephant - at least let them pet a real one so we can see the cuteness!

And everyone was correct about her being Dickie's birth mother. The question is - did Dickie actually kill his brother or was he just relieved he was dead?

I would love an update to True Life: I'm getting married (sadly both the gay couple and Charlie and Sabrina got divorced, and Charlie died a few years ago) and the True Life I'm a Staten Island Girl.

"An angry Chad leaves his final date in tears. Harold and Michaela must decide on their future. Michelle meets with Pavol before it's time to head home. Stanika and Noureddine try to make long distance work" first aired August 6, 2023

"Chad's date with Maria ends abruptly. Michelle gets intimate on a first date. Stanika and Noureddine take things to the next level. Mark emotionally opens up to Nina. Harold has a big question for Michaela."

I don't actually care about any of the people on this show, but I finally figured out who I want an update from: Dr Tsao! I always loved watching him take care of Ali, and the patience he had with his parents who really struggled to understand how to take care of her. Who else does everyone miss? How is Barbara doing (I think she was on one of the other Teen mom shows I missed)?

I agree with this. I wrote in last week's forum that although I thought it was a really good thing that Susan was now willing to be more flexible in dating, given her age and the ratio of single men to single women in NYC, I didn't think her chances were great of finding a husband since she's still going to want a man whose at least moderately successful. It's good that she's made this realization but since she didn't make it 15 years ago her chances still aren't great for marriage/long term partnership. But maybe she'll get lucky.

And as I am thinking about this further, dating can be really challenging for people on the spectrum. The additional stress caused by the time constraint that exists when you are trying to find a bride abroad might be too much for Harold to handle. He might be able to be more relaxed and calmer at home in the US if a matchmaker could find a girl who shares his interests. And he definitely needs a more hands on coach who can help explain to him "okay Harold, I'm really glad you found a nice girl. Now please wait 24 hours before you contact her, and wait until she responds to you before you send another message" so he doesn't scare a girl off before she has a chance to get to know him. It seems like Susan might have benefited a lot from her experience on this show and might be able to go home and be a bit more flexible with her dating requirements. Hopefully, if this doesn't work out Harold will at least believe in the possibility that someone could be out there for him and he'll make more of an effort into looking for a girlfriend in the U.S. He seems like a genuinely good man, and would make a wonderful match for the right girl (who might also be on the spectrum or would just have a lot of patience and share his interests)

No one is too busy to respond to a text within 24 hours from the person they really care about. Either she's just not that into him or he's scaring her off a bit with is clinginess. It's too bad - she actually seems like she'd genuinely be a good match for him.