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THX for the camera info peoples! PITA indeed and I bet it is a factor in some of these falls.

You guys have me looking for suspicious camera angles, and in this episode when (don't know his name) heard THE SOUND, it quick cut to a farther off side angle that seemed to be above him, then went back to the front angle which seemed to be his camera set up. Hmmm. Other than that, bummer about (don't know his name either). I think the woman does love the camera and seems to already be narrating her own "I'm a badass in the wilderness" show. I hope this is not the only season of Alone we get this year!

I wish this show would have a Bloopers Show, cuz I would love to see how many times Dave says "You do not have what it takes to be Ink Ma... fuck, I mean Master Shop!" Not sure I dig the team thing. Maybe if they broke up the team at some point before the finals like they did Master/Apprentice or whatever it was called. It seems like there are a lot of lop-sided teams and I would hate to see a good artist go, or worse, a goat get drug into the finale.

OMG! You mean it's not really LOCKED IN!!!

Is it locked in? Let's lock it in. Okay well it's locked in, so let's just see what happens! (Like they don't fucking know.) This show. Jesus God. And are we really supposed to believe the dancers get to pick who they dance against, and if so, how is that fair? Why is Jenna giving talking heads about the match ups like she is an expert analyst, please make it stop. PS. I have seen J-Lo's patented "arms flail out to the sides while looking astonished" reaction shot enough times now show, you don't need to cut to it every Goddamn dance.

Just binged this knowing Sandra won but not remembering much else about the season. It's at the top of most of the "best seasons" lists, so I thought it would be a good one. I have to say, I'm with the others here disappointed with the winner. I kept waiting for Sandra to DO something. She did absolutely nothing for the first half of the game except let whomever was running the villain tribe drag her along. She literally just lounged on the beach and sucked at every single challenge. She watched Rob and Tyson get voted out without putting up any kind of fight, then tried a bit to save Courtney, but failed. After the merge she tried to work something with the Heroes, but lamely, by only going to Rupert, and it was also a fail. She did find the last immunity idol and played it, but it wasn't even needed, cuz she was getting drug to the finals by the Villains who figured she would be the goat. ...and I think she should have been! Even that clip they LOVE to show over and over of her saying "I'm against you, Russell" like it was some bold brazen boss move was her being totally stupid at that point in the game and put her in jeopardy. She immediately took it back, and bowed right back down to him. The whole game her big goal was to get Russell out and she failed at that too. Personally, I can't stand Parvati's whole "flirty girl dipping her toe in the sand" personality, but damn, she was robbed.

Thanks @cooksdelight for the recap on Logan last page. I am also now thinking maybe his tap out call, which if not filmed was surely taped, was potentially him in a full on panic attack or something and the producers decided not to air it out of decency. He did look pretty shell shocked, so maybe he just lost it. I was surprised the prize is only 500K this season. At first I thought they meant the million would be split between the two, but this epi made it clear it was 500K to split between the two.

Did they show Logan at all this episode before the tap? If not, can someone refresh me on what trauma he suffered last episode? His tap was probably 1 part dad delusion and 1 part millennial malaise. I feel for the hikers. It is pretty dangerous and slow going to hike when you cannot see the ground. Not sure what this adds except they are hoping for some tear inducing reunions.

I think having a family member with you creates a totally different psychological headspace, eases the burden of decision making, and provides enormous mental support. Sure, it's still tough, and we'll probably get some (for me, unwanted) relationship drama, but I can see that kind of stuff on Amazing Race and some versions of Survivor. I prefer my Alone alone. It was uniquely compelling to see people go deep within themselves and battle their demons and discover what they're made of. Also, they will not be as gut wrenchingly honest with a family member looking on. If we do have to have teams, we should at least get to be a fly on the wall for the reunion moment after one of them taps. That would be very revealing.

Can these people not interact with children without it involving buying junk food treats, going to the vending machine for candy, raiding the kitchen for snacks, or constantly making brownies or waffles, etc. In this episode alone, Laura, Liz, Rachel, Lulu and Dante were all offering up food treats to soothe some kind of uncomfortable situation. Don't they know there is a freaking obesity epidemic! :) PS. Borg 1 versus Borg 2 fight must have taken forfuckingever cuz it started while Sam was at the Metro Court talking to Kevin, but she drove over to the hospital and rushed in with the cops while it was still happening.

I thought I could not hate Scarlet any more than I did last week, but then she was a total dick to Damien too! So see, the show can still surpise me! The Hard Knock Life kids went to the Ponyboy school of acting. I will never be able to quit the men on this show, so I'm in it for the duration.

I can't believe that flew Lord B all the way over here and then didn't do a little interview! I can only imagine it would have been hilarious. Also, he looks more like a Knight who says Ni had sex with Darth Vader!

Sigh. They must be hoping for more drama, but participants like Larry gave fully enough drama just within themselves! Bummed only one woman. I kept waiting for the two woman team to be featured. I will be generous and assume they judged 00on merit. I take exception to the "two family members" concept, cuz there are some people (like me) who do not have any "family" as defined by the show. I think friends and non-marrried partners should have been allowed. I did appreciate them being more transparent about how close help actually is.

Thanks! Will watch South African. Would love to watch Danish and others, but very hard to find them with subtitles. So far, I'm liking NZ better than many of the latest US versions. I appreciate the time given to camp life, and the lack of drama casting.

Glad the show is back! But damn, Leah is getting the Barbara Stanwyck in The Big Valley soft focus camera treatment so hard it's distracting, like she is on a completely different set from everyone else. It's not necessary, girlfriend! You look fine, and this is an important documentary work --you can be vain later!

I'm starting to wonder if this season is mostly a mish mash of duds from previuos season that they didn't air originally because they weren't any good. There are so many tap outs, multiple tap outs and boring ass episodes.

Is there a version of the French Survivor that has sub-titles somewhere? Bear Gryll's "The Island" is also currently running. There's no prize, challenges or camera crews on that one, just participants surviving on an island. Liking NZ so far. Doesn't seem to be a bunch of "casted" beautiful people. It seems most of the cast have seen US seasons, so why is no one searching for an immunity idol?!

I'm bet Melanie was lucid dreaming. Lucid dreams can seem incredibly "real" and you can believe you are awake during them. I have them and until you get "control" of them you can often have freak out experiences of someone grabbing you, pulling you by the feet, assaulting you, etc. Why your mind wants to scare the shit out of you like that I don't know. Maybe it just natural subconscious fears bubbling about. OMG, with the little deer. Funny how the cameras caught the coons by the snare but not any deer. Before that, it seemed like they were eating virtually nothing at all. I mean, put the people where they have a fighting chance at some food for fucks sake! I don't enjoy watching 2 people suffer and starve for 20 days, then be thrown some carcass. I also think production enhanced the "demon" sights and sounds, and probably told them to talk about the creepy "history" of the area. ...yawn...

It was just so weird, cuz they didn't show them together in any of the camera shots. It was one then the other then back. I guess it was an "artistic" choice ...um, if one can use such a word for this show!

Really?! He came over from Amsterdam for that? Well fuck, now I owe him a full on mea culpa! ~Thanks for the info!

Finally got caught up, have to make amends to TG, cuz I had called him out for not showing up for JE after how much she (and the whole cast) supported him in the alcoholism story line and his exit. Although, clearly he filmed his 2 second scene in Amsterdam and it was spliced together. Damn, that was some serious fucking Amsterdam hair Luke was sporting! Thinking now might be a good time to take a break, since, besides Anna, I'm not sure I care about ANY of the story lines or characters. It's hard to let go when you've been watching for 35 years, but they are making it pretty easy for me right now!

I think the pig kill was a re-enactment. When they first showed the dead pig, it already had a swarm of flies around it and looked way more than "just recently deceased." Maybe the camera guy didn't even come on the 7 hour hunt, or didn't get the shot, or something. But there is no way he snipered that pig with such precision that there was no squealing or thrashing or a need for more arrows to finish it off. I don't really want to see all that either, though.

That was some serious "Sherlock Holmes in the drawing room explaining the crime" shit by Ned. Too bad Tracy was rendered stupid and helpless for her exit story line and didn't get to figure anything out for herself. Jesus Wept. ...for Tracy.

What the fuck was that Scrooged nonsense with Tracy! I'm livid. Her big send off scene was populated with Diane, Scotty, Sonny and Nathan?! She doesn't even know half those people! Far cry from TG's intervention or send off. I guess TG didn't feel like catching a flight. That disappoints me (unless he has a valid reason.) A lot of people showed up for him, where is the love and respect here. And the whole point was to turn her from a "bad" person into a "good" person who sees that turning over her $23 million painting to some annoying emo stranger with a Great Lash problem who's situation has not even been vetted yet is the right thing to do?! GAAH! I like to think they will still save it, but it seems FUBAR!! I did enjoy the flashbacks, but for those of us with imperfect memories I would have appreciated more context. Most of the time I couldn't remember who she was talking to or what it was about.

Why would the Q's or Laura possibly suspect Samira, it's not like they have ever conned anyone or been conned, or pretended to be someone else, or known anyone to ever be duplicitous or greedy. Jesus God. It's unbearable. Make it stop. Tracy better go out on top despite this crap story or I will cut a bitch. PS. This has to be the image they based the painting on..