Rahul

What gives anybody the right to crap on Jessel? First, Brynn and her cronies Sai and Erin bond over collectively trash talking Jessel and seem to delight in mocking everything about her. Now, it seems shitbag Andy Cohen has jumped onboard with his protracted inquisition of Jessel's cosmetic work. She doesn't really look any different besides the haircut to me (people have pointed out the veneers, I missed that). I haven't seen Andy do the same with other ladies from other franchises, when clearly Kyle Richards has an entirely different face than when she started. I think he needs to retire from hosting duties because he cannot manage to hide his blatant biases anymore.

Not even that. I am enjoying Boze in her talking heads and am pleased she can remain neutral in her interactions but also clock Kyle for the manipulator she is.

It seems like the writers left a lot of the plot advancement for the last two episodes, and even then they held back! We don't know what Lukas was told by the mysterious voice/AI in the sub-level, or what he whispered to Bernard that caused the Mayor to lock himself inside the vault with his suit and gun. I called the Knox and Sally diversion, but perhaps it was fairly obvious to everyone. The actors did a great job with their subtle expressions that let on they had an understanding, even with the camera rolling. Speaking of which, does Bernard have no other official duties to attend to other than constantly surveilling Walker? You'd think he would have a lot to do--especially at a time like this--but every other shot of him was in that surveillance room with his eyes peeled. I can suspend my disbelief for the whole premise of this show, but that kind of crossed a line. Robert Simms annoys me even more than Bernard. He's just a dumb, menacing thug thirsting for more power and abusing whatever power he does have. He doesn't have the brains to run the Silo (but then again, it seems neither did Bernard with his massive miscalculations and misjudgments). Simms is usually two steps behind everyone else and always abusing his authority, and so I found it very satisfying when he was basically told to vacate the vault in favor of his wife, who has always been the brains behind his braun. My running theory was that the silos were part of a vast sociological experiment conducted by a foundation of dubious morality to whatever ends--perhaps to study the human condition, leadership paradigms and the roles of classism in society. However, with the introduction of a seemingly split timeline in seems they are indeed bunkers to protect from radiation fallout?

This episode really annoyed the shit out of me because the producers are no longer meddling just "producing" but rather scripting entire scenes which is an absolute insult to our intelligence. How naive and stupid do they think their audience is? Many of you have already clocked the multitude and glaringly obvious reasons that final dinner sit down was completely staged. Heather's rehearsed and delivered monologue at the onset, going around the table and mentioning each of the women and their perceived slights or issues within the group The time it would take to find a suitable text to read aloud The fact that each participant had selected a different woman at the table and there was no overlap--clearly these were assignments from production The contents of the texts being perfectly curated for this experience in a vacuum. These were not texts to other women in their group or even other people, but rather something written at the behest of producers for this moment The appearance of the texts themselves as a screenshot with no dialogue before or after Brittani's text which was clearly to her producer mentioning she would rather opt to do her upcoming scene at her home with Bronwyn instead of Mary It seems like this was an attempt to capture the "magic" of last year's finale with Heather's dramatic reveal and unmasking of Monica. However, unlike some viewers I never likened season 4's finale to Masterpiece Theatre. To me, it read like a farcical piece of community theater trying to mimic Kabuki and this year was even worse. This was hot garbage, plain and simple.

As soon as Brittani mentioned she hadn't been completely honest with the group, I knew she was going to mention something Jared. Ostensibly, there is nothing else going on in her life and feeble mind other than the state of her vacillating relationship with discount Donny Osmond. As amusing as I find Meredith's impromptu imperatives which has seemingly become her catchphrase over the years, I also view it as classist and condescending. It may offer a glimpse into her privileged life as the daughter of very well to do real estate developer as the genesis may have been her parents yelling this command lesser individuals in their presence they grew tired of, be it house help or an infuriating colleague.

] Season 1 had a multitude of interesting storylines and mysteries that progressed, unraveled and coalesced as the season went on. Season 2, not so much--it's quite bereft when it comes to actual stories. I was thinking that the season 2 premiere script could not have been more than 3-4 pages long because it was so devoid of dialogue and just followed Juliet around Silo #18. I'm glad I waited to binge the entire season at once or I would probably feel equally frustrated. I pretty much wait for all shows to be available and then watch two episodes nightly. I don't think I can go back to any other way of watching, now. I plan on doing the same even with highly anticipated shows like Severance and The Traitors. What bothers me about Simms is his accent and diction, which varies completely from all the other citizens of the Silo we've met. How exactly do the producers of this show justify this? I'm also annoyed with the continuity editors for permitting Juliet to have a completely different hairstyle and color in season 2, which takes place just moments after the events of season 1.

I think that's a very apt observation, @Charlemagne. During this episode, I was thinking of the parallels to American politics and its current state. In the US, leaders of state of the highest order have committed myriad heinous crimes but are impervious to the rule of law because of the safeguards in place and working in tandem with a corrupt two-tiered judicial system. To be honest, I was actually shouting at my TV and my viewing partner more than "thinking" because of how frustrating it can be to be an American citizen in times like these when we're reminded how powerless we can be or feel.

This is why I will never get rid of my Panasonic plasma sets. I could see everything just fine. LCD TVs have terrible black levels. Anyone who had issues with the darkness should look into getting higher end OLEDs as it’s the only technology capable of rendering acceptable black levels now that plasmas are all but defunct. I found this episode to be a bit dull and I was really irked by the obvious change in Rebecca Ferguson’s hair from last season to now. She did not have a blonde bob. Do better, Apple.

Staged and produced, 100%

This show is still so dull. I did a time check and was only 22 minutes in. Even this "new" unfiltered Dorit vs Kyle feud is not holding my attention. Save me.

Well I am. Make no mistake, that man has zero sexual attraction to women. On a heterosexuality scale from 1 to 10, he’s the letter K.

I’ve had vegan dark chocolate truffles made for avocado and they were sublime. You’d never know it was made from avocado.

I have family in Leicester (was just there for several weeks this summer) and Andy doesn’t sound like he has a Leicestershire accent to me at all. He’s so unintelligible I have to rewind and put the subtitles on every time he’s on screen. His accent sounds very Cockney to me.

Good God, this show has gone terribly downhill in quality. This was so tedious to get through it took me over a year. I could care less about the various political factions that want Ciri for their own ends. Also, why is Robbie Amell in this now? His accent is atrocious.

I was not anticipating this level of raunch. I don't mind it, but I don't think I would have sat down and watched it with my mother had I been apprised of just how sex-driven this show is. At times I wonder if it was penned by a sexually frustrated pubescent boy. That being said, the whole premise is very hard to handwave in the era it's set. I'm a NYC born and raised Indian American. I was just in India for 3 months this past April/May. There would not be this degree of culture shock with any family from a major metro in 2024--perhaps if they were from a remote village it would be a different store. This conceit would have worked better in a different era (70s or 80s particularly), but I'll give it a pass. What I cannot accept is the atrociously offensive faux Indian accents--especially by the kid who plays Kamal. It's absolutely atrocious! Couldn't they have hired a better actor, or at least a dialect coach?