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Man, I’d forgotten how much I cannot stand the theme song. Like nails on a chalkboard. Glad they’re back for round 2. It’s interesting to see the aftermath. The dude who had Tourette’s (Michael? Mark?) is interesting. I can imagine overcoming something so debilitating has got to make seeing anything beyond the good more difficult, but damn, that was some aggressive manipulation he was pulling with Isabella…gross. Nancy is sort of a tragic figure - she always seemed insecure and cheesy to me. That said, she references the “sex stuff” and implying if not for that… but didn’t she have, like, boxes full of cash stashed away and other shady stuff?

I know they’re just trying something new with an aging show, but I honestly cannot imagine how anyone thought this was a good idea.

Yikes. How is this forum so dead on reunion night? Anyhow, do we know who Sheree is dating? Also. I know Andy’s working hard to redeem Marlo, but I wish they’d reassign her peach - I know she’s had a rough childhood, but she’s just mean and dull - not much fun to watch IMO.

I cringed this entire episode. I may never recover from that last 10 minutes.

Agreed. And I do not understand the screen time this guy gets. It’s wild the producers heard feedback from last year and said “what we really need is more Ralph”. Between him and Marlo, this show is getting to be a chore.

I’d like Marlo to be depeached, please.

Rinna decides to prove she’s not humiliated by further humiliating herself. She’s such a dick.

True, but to use your analogy, it would be like Top Chef saying the finale show is “you can only cook Indian cuisine”, or Project Runway “a collection of only ball gowns”, etc. great for those who specialize in those areas, but thumb on the scale against those who might excel in everything but. In this case - comedy / actor queens, vocalists, fashion queens, etc. I also think a night of all lip syncs - like 3 or 4 collections of ball gowns - makes for boring television, but I realize that’s a personal preference. I wish they would have the final queens perform them but stipulate it’s not the only criteria - it renders everything else they do as unimportant, ultimately. Why reduce winning down to one talent when there are so many? What great season though - unfortunate there’s backlash. Not a good look for queens crowing they were screwed. This show has never been “fair” or objective but it seems most queens go on to great success, which I’d think means more than the prize money anyway.

This cast is whack. Happy to see the ladies from Potomac and Porsha but the rest are either “ugh” or “who?!?”

Right? And one person picks the final member (gee, who will twinner Monet choose?) AND a 3 star challenge - rendering most of the season pointless. I’ve long ago trained myself to watch each season as a variety show instead of a competition because the judging, random changing rules, and producer shenanigans would drive me crazy. I wonder if they sandbagged Shea and, to a lesser extent, Monet to have a underdog to finalist arc. They may have picked the wrong horse though, since I don’t know that Shea is that widely beloved, but that may be just me - not a huge fan, and disappointed not to have Raja and / or Jaida in the top group. Excellent season but this episode was an eye-roller for sure.

Oh my gosh the skit was SO long. Brutal. This season has been interesting in that I’d never warmed up to Trinity or Shea before, but I get the Trinity thing now; Shea less so but still like her more than before. Monet, I’ve lost a little love after being consistently petty. And Viv…haven’t warmed to her at all after her UK season or AS7. it’s interesting that folks keep saying Ru favors Jinkx and will make sure she’s in the top 4. Why do people believe this? I don’t get the sense she prefers Jinkx and even forgot her name at some recent event. Just curious where that belief is coming from. I love Jinkx though and would like to see her win, but I’d be happy to see many of them win. Raja is hella sexy. I didn’t love her goth performance - it was aiight - but still glad to see her in top 2. This season has been great. They shouldn’t ever send girls home again on All Stars seasons - this is way more fun.

Like many of you, I liked this season because of the players but hated that it became the Julie show with her big bag of bullshit. I don’t know why, but I expected the B/M machine to give us a more real edit. These people aren’t 20, nor is the audience, and we’re reality tv savvy. Cut the shit. You’ve got the silly incoming messages and games to prompt discussion / debate. The drunken drag night, love triangle and Julie’s PAY ATTENTION TO ME “sex positivity” were contrived and BORING, and it’s disappointing B/M put that nonsense front and center. Totally agree with @Zizzlezazzle, honor your audience, and I’d respectfully add honor your cast - on screen and off. I imagine neither Jamie nor his wife appreciated the edit monkey shit either - transparent though it was. These people are in their 40s with families ffs. The best parts by far were the candid discussions about their lives then and now. I would’ve much rather had Kelley and Tokyo fully engaged and Julie on the early plane ride. 🤷‍♀️ Julie managed to burn every single bridge with her antics - nice job sis. I also love how she straight up lies to the camera with such ease “….with his shirt off.” Uh huh. I think she came off really bad, ultimately, so I don’t think the generous edit did much to save face for her, but I may nope out of another homecoming season after NOLA’s machinations. Production can’t seem to control themselves from screwing up a good thing. Overall good season - made way more fun reading all of your posts.

I love that you know the album! Yes, my favorite band on the planet and works perfectly in this context to boot. Just don’t bust me for copyright infringement ;)

Can we talk about Tokyo’s headband? We never see him without it- just interesting is all. Julie is an odd duck; she’s also just a garden-variety asshole who has taken up too much oxygen this season. This season has been good though - much better than LA Homecoming for sure.

Barbara’s Tom+Chee comparison took a dark turn - I thought she was bringing them up as a positive contrast, as they’ve shown multiple updates of them talking about their booming success, and then she says they went bankrupt and lost their homes! Had no idea - so very sad. They seemed like nice guys.