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The trope is "Born Sexy Yesterday" and yes, it needs to die.

The dumb judge is based on Matthew Petersen who, thankfully, withdrew from his nomination since he was so lacking in knowledge.

Fuck you, Sandra! Imagine going off on your boss for being unprofessional and then turning around and starting a secret relationship with a coworker. That was a really good final case. Everyone shined and it was a chance for both sides to work together. Loved it. Loved Roger’s decision. Loved that it ended with Kate getting her due and a promotion (even if it’s unrealistic.) But fuck you, Sandra.

On one hand, I’m so impressed with how the season all tied together but on the other, I was sobbing at the end. Little things from Dina with the cameras, Mateo’s fake promotion, Marcus living in the store and the way the cut hours rolled into the twitter investigation to Sandra wanting to unionize to corporate pushing back. It’s incredibly well-crafted. But also, it’s heartbreaking. Everyone came together. Kelly brought her whole store. Bo meant well. Everyone tried. And it didn’t matter. ICE won. Heartbreaking.

Bearded Kevin is the best! Also, Chedder! And the Gina statue finally had a purpose. That was a perfect episode. I'm thrilled for Terry.

It sounds like a reject from the Trolls 2 soundtrack.

In large part it happens because the celebrities call the paparazzi and arrange for coverage. Photographers aren’t just hanging around in grocery store parking lots, random city blocks and random parks hoping a celebrity will walk by; the celebrity tips them off. Pete and Kate absolutely called the paps a few times most likely because he wanted stories of him moving on from Ariana out there and she wanted stories about being hot and attracting a young guy out there.

How was Maya framed? She only passed her drug test by cheating and she publicly destroyed company property. She kept those drugs for days rather than getting rid of them. Her firing was deserved.

Gonorr-knee-a! That entire plot was amazing! I think they've made Bell too nice, though. Nic's plot is dumb and predictable. I feel like if you've seen TV before you knew the dad was going to be a match, would lie, Nic would find out and there'd be a fight and he'd finally leave for good.

Harry actually got all of Diana’s personal jewelry because William’s wife would eventually have all the royal jewelry. The only thing William got was her Cartier watch.

I thought the uniform on young Kelly was cut just a little slimmer. That, the (very bad) wig and the way Palicki modulated her voice all came together to create a new, yet familiar, character. It was really impressive. Except for the Halloween store wig.

Can Davos be the one that sails them there? Because my GOT uo is that Davos is the best and being a good person and a sturdy character is more than enough. If he makes it to the end, I'm going to be happy.

I can almost guarantee you that the church is full of women wearing similar hats. Everyone there expects them and has figured out how to stagger their seating if they want to see around them.

Agreed and it's not like we're actually close to the finish line. There will be press every week about the show, then awards season press as we ramp up to the Emmys. then the press will start for the prequel and then one day, when I'm an old lady, GRRM will finally finish the fucking books and there will be more press. And I love the show but it's been a lot.

The thing that makes it especially suspect was that Billboard didn't pull it off the charts until it was about to hit #1. It's a clear push to keep Lil Nas X from achieving a number one country hit. If it had been even just a little less successful, I doubt the original would have been removed. I'm supposed to believe that Florida Georgia Line, Sam Hunt and Thomas Rhett make country music but Lil Nas X doesn't. Cruise was a country song but this isn't? Take Your Time is country? Thomas Rhett puts out whole albums that have maybe one actual country song on them but the line is being drawn at Lil Nas X? It's so clear that race is a factor. It's been fine for years for white country artists to pull from black artists in other genres and copy their style or beats but the moment a black artist does something modern in country music he's shut out. That's ridiculous. And just a reminder that country music has racism issues, Ray Charles isn't in the Country Music Hall of Fame despite a long career making country music in addition to the rock, soul and R&B and gospel music people tend to remember. Listen to Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music and tell me his exclusion isn't suspect.