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1000 rubles = $15 US

Seems like the one smart decision she's made is not to involve them. I hope this is true and we never see them.

Yah, but at least Fernanda uses a tissue. Maybe she'll meet Rachel Bear somewhere and let her in on the innovation.

Maybe she hopes her family will bribe her to come home.

He is a fictional guy who uses USAA insurance and loves it. You see him sometimes in between 90 Day, along with the lady who doesn't know what's in Princess Toast.

But of all things, a breastfeeding privacy cloth. We can leave aside whether that's useful/important, and just discuss whether that'd be one of things you'd bring if you had a small list (and whether it's necessary where she is)? A blanket works just fine if you have to have something like that, and has other uses.

"I don't know how much it costs to raise an entire baby." Fractional babies are so much cheaper, I know that.

Of course there were underwear in there. They're drawers. So you keep your drawers in them. Or your friends. Indefinitely.

Colt has so much contempt for Larissa. Whether it's earned or not, why are we even here? Ugh. I bet she's used to pushing for things (trips, flowers, visa stuff, tickets) and he just has no capability of stopping this train, but neither can he pretend to want to go where it's going.

Reading Terminal market with that few people at those tables - this is not a prime cheesesteak appetite time.

It can. Provolone ("provie") is another valid option.

No Subway (or any other chain) at Reading Terminal Market. It's pretty awesome and well-curated. But it's also not really where you'd go for a Canonical Tourist Cheesesteak either - you'd go to Pat's or Geno's. Not that the ones at RTM aren't genuine, but if you're not there to eat because you're hungry but just to give everyone a taste of Phila. (hence the four way split) you'd go down to South Philly and grab one (or both) at Pat's or Geno's.

Not sure she would have been happy with that (or that producers wouldn’t have urged her to be unhappy with it.)

Went and rewatched and I'm pretty sure that is "knee of camera person/grip who is trying to hide behind furniture." Or, actually, since the seat next to Leida where Aless was is now empty in that scene, it's one of the kids shoes, he's hanging on the couch. (It's clearly a couch in other shots, not a cord.) (1:23:10 on the TLC online version, for anyone else who wants to go Zapruder on this.)

I am sad that you don't know the Rock. Here he is, saying "Samoa" several times in the first minute. He seems to do a bit of the elongated first syllable "a" and also to pronounce the "o" with a little bit of the "w" beforehand as @morgalisa says. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvWdfNPdlqE [Amusingly, I heard it more when he says "Western Samoa" than when he says "American Samoa" (which he says first).]

I was thinking of giving odds that that house was an AirB&B also just for the soulless anonymity of the furnishings. Also noticed a big decoration in the foyer was a basket with a bag of chips and a package of goldfish crackers. Which I found weird, but kept thinking must just be a hostess gift / chip in from one of the guests. (Also: Jon and Fernanda - bring a hostess gift.)

Hated him for the first introduction with his giving Leida advice on how to be a firmer parent (or sleep training or something) from several countries away in a super-patronizing way. ("Well, I told you, you have to ...") At least when he's on video chat you can just hang up. In the cabin you can go to the other bedroom, I guess, but in MN, the other bedroom has a sullen roommate/daughter.

IIRC there was more to it - like "the first woman I've been with who I've been so happy with" or something.

Yeah, I looked on line and saw a few answers to this including some with native speakers saying it in a way I would spell as "Sa'amoa." I kind of was boggled at people here thinking "why doesn't everyone say it the way I pronounce that Girl Scout cookie?" - French people also say "Paris" wrong, then, and it took English-speakers a long time to acknowledge "Bombay" was totally wrong. I don't think they're being pretentious by using a more-correct version of the name of a place?

Wow. Respect.

Yep. Voiced by Kirk Douglas, even! https://comb.io/DjREXs

One assumes that a lot of things are production driven. It's not like they were having a private conversation that was later provided to TLC. They were performing, and near the start of their TLC taping time, they're probably not pushing back a lot on what they're being asked to do. I assume that they were asked to do a "show me how great your life is there" bit on a video chat and so they did it.

Me too. Family mocks me for listening to podcasts about it. (Scottish guys' podcast is the best.) Also was thrilled when Extra Hot Great put one in the canon. Spent so long looking at Peter Falk to try to figure out which eye is fake. Maybe that's why I noticed immediately that I was trying to figure out which of Jonathan's eyes are. (Not that either of them are.) More obvious is what on Fernanda is fake. [SFX: Jonathan pre-adolescent giggle.] Hat tip to @hawkhd who commented on it in the live thread as well. Random capture from promo video to prove I am not crazy about this eye thing.

Pretty sure on my rewatch I heard him say he just pays for one kid at this point.

Ok, had it on again while I did some chores. I know I chimed in before but here are my further observations: Jonathan still looks like a low-rent Peter Falk. Peeped Ash's spine tattoo in the "this season on" (that's fair game, right? @Drogo if not let me know I will edit). Was going to snark on her quote, which is the title of a Bukowski book, and say "I wonder if she's even opened it or just read the title?" but I don't know if she even knows where it comes from, because it's not even a direct quote. When quoting from a poet, man, words matter. Quote is "What matters most is how well you walk through the fire," but the visible part of hers starts "What matters the most..." I hate Jonathan even more because I think he tried to gaslight Fernanda twice within seconds of that panty drawer opening - his first reaction was to say "they're yours" which ICK and then at some point he circles around to "you have men's clothes in your house and you SAY they're your fathers, but how do I really know?" Gross. I take back the Peter Falk thing. Kalani says "I have a really hard time trusting Oliver with Asuelu." I think you can totally trust Oliver. He's a baby, I don't think he'll hurt Asuelu. (P.S. Yes, the guy who is surprised at hamburger meat will not know not to take a baby out of a car seat. I think wanting to comfort a crying baby is actually a nice thing, even if he did it wrong?) Larissa keeps reminding me a lot of Ximena (from Before the 90 Days) - anyone else?