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I'll admit that Cody is hot, but he has a terrible hairstyle. His personality is the pits as well. I imagine the producers must hate him, as he is charisma-free on the show. How did he get cast?

"You see that? Winnipeg, 18 degrees Celsius." "Okay Karen" She may be a bitch, but Ika's deadpan comic sense of timing is flawless. I was rolling on the floor as much as Dre was!

Heh, kinda pleased that one of the bro-jocks got kicked out first, and by the 53 year old woman! She's got quite a potty mouth too, which I love. I kinda wanted Ika to win the "jump to the future" prize as I figure Neda would be smart enough to get to jury on her own. I am all here for Ika's bitchiness. Love how she said she would be nice to Sindy and then proceeded to lose it.

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Jared won POV. Interesting!

Someone needs to tell Maddy that the centre part hairstyle is not her friend. It really emphasizes how squished together her facial features are.

Maddy is the newest HoH.

And incredibly stupid too. Can't believe he blabbed all to Mitch right after Kelsey and Jared expressly told him not to. Talk about completely lacking in common sense. And then to slap his hands in front of his face and bawl when Jared told him what an idiot he was. Christ he is so annoying!

I can't quite place it, but I can sort of see how others in the house might dislike Loveita. She seems hyper-paranoid and high-maintenance. Maybe just too much drama to handle when everyone else in the house also has their own paranoia to deal with.

I can't stand Raul so I really hope he goes.

All this angst and hand-wringing for a guy who is actually guilty. Not to mention all of his guilty accomplices. He's not even that nice of a guy! So over it.

Thanks Rick for reminding us know that chest shaving is a top priority for you during the ZA.

Everyone's at fault. I hope they all rot in 8x8 cells!

$50K each, which after taxes is like $30K or something like that? I guess he can pay off his student loans.

I don't know why, but Eddie's gift of a VHS of Guarding Tess to Louis just cracked me up. Probably because I worked in a video store in the 90s and remember seeing that tape on the shelves.

Why does Jessica not have her own secretary or two? Although all she seems to do is read letters whole sitting on her couch and ream people out.

That would have made an awesome series finale with Harvey resigning, Mike being called out for his bullshit, and then being carted off to jail at the end. Unfortunately, there are more eps to come.

Ouch. Doesn't this mean that Lena is just nailing it then, if her performance can provoke such passion in you? It's far better to inspire love or hatred than apathy. I really hope Lena wins. She's been incredible as Cersei for five seasons and can't wait to see what she does next season now that she has some of her power restored. You know that Shame Nun is first on her hit list!

When he got that new haircut, which doesn't do him any favours.

Who the hell were all those people at the wedding? Emily has one friend (Nolan) and Jack isn't particularly social either.

I thought Victoria waltzing through the mens' locker room was a shoutout to Madeleine Stowe's character in The General's Daughter where she does the exact same thing!

When they break down the Nielsen demographics, Empire basically gets Super Bowl sized ratings among AA women.

Yes I agree that they should slow it down a bit. They're going to burn themselves out (a la Scandal) if they keep it up at their current pace. I think Fox would like the season split into two mini-seasons, like The Walking Dead. Maybe 8 episodes in the fall and another 8 in the spring? I'm going to need another catfight though!

Yeah, the cast was talking about their shiny new Rolexes at the Emmy Q&A. Very generous of Fox. If this show's pace maintains (or lawd, gets even higher), salary re-negotiations for Terrence and Taraji are going to be sky high!

The actor who played Xharo Xhoan Ducksauce is also in Cinderella as the prince's right hand man.