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I watch the first half(maybe less than half) where they make their pitch to the adults then stop. The kids judges are what adults who have never been around kids think other people believe is cute. Those of us who have actually spent a few minutes of our lives with a child understand that sort of behavior is obnoxious. I have only seen Eric Stonestreet on Modern Family, so perhaps this is his true personality, but, to me, he seems to fluctuate between being really bored and being the lonely guy trying desperately to make friends. "Butterfly Book" lady was a piece of work. I watched her segment more than once and made my husband watch it too. It was the proverbial car wreck I couldn't look away from. Did she say that she was giving up on the book (should have years ago) and teach flight instruction? Didn't she start off by saying she was a SAHM/Housewife? Flight Instructor was out of left field. I have always thought Pinatas were a strange thing. Let's beat a cute little animal with a stick until its guts spill out. And the poor kid who actually whacks it open usually doesn't get his blindfold off in time to get any candy. According to the inventors on this show, the safe alternative to having blindfolded kids wave a stick around is to shoot candy at them with a cannon or let them chase after a grown up wearing a candy filled backpack. The backpack seems like a safe approach, until you realize that when the candy starts falling out the kids will drop to the ground to gather it and they will get trampled by (or trip) the kids behind them.

The episode had its moments, but, overall, it was too contrived and ridiculous. They all live in the same area, they are all going to the same place for the same event - it was weird that they were all on different flights leaving at different times. It was also weird that, after Jen and Greg's flight had to make an emergency landing because of the guy in anaphylactic shock, then ended up in the same airport as Matt and Colleen. Then you would get beaten up and get an undisclosed amount as a settlement.

The bowl is an answer to problems that already have answers. He put all the answers in one product that is more difficult to store that the individual answers. I had to laugh at him going through the long list of ways he defied the odds starting with his birth and then Laurie immediately asks "What is your story?" My mother has a little bag of saffron stashed away. My brother and I refer to it is our inheritance. If the t-shirt stops sweat from leaking through, it would probably stop air flow too, which would make your armpits really hot. The ones they gave out to the sharks were decorated for each shark. I thought they were going to say that you can personalize them, but they never mentioned it.

I thought the acting was great this episode and I love that Reid is out and the whole storyline seems to be on track to end this season. I did have one "huh?" moment - Prentiss is listing to Reid the possible reasons why the unsub used her father's gun, then Prentiss says (paraphrasing) "but it doesn't matter why." For 12 seasons they have been catching criminals because they figured out the reasons why the unsub did something.

The whole time Joey was on I kept wondering who she was - it just seemed like some plot written specifically for a special guest star (like she was a famous nascar driver), perhaps because I found that storyline to be ridiculous/heavy-handed

Everyone voted for someone in their alliance from last tribal (the 4 person alliance voted for Tai, the 6 person alliance voted for Zeke), except the two targets, who both voted for Sierra. Zeke is the one one who didn't vote for someone in his alliance from last week.

Thanks for setting me straight. I was thinking that, early on, Allison was the "smart one" and Stevie was the "flighty one" but I think that had more to do with the series of unfortunate decisions by Stevie (one can be smart and make poor choices) and and how in most TV shows the it is usually the younger, brown haired daughter who is the "smart one."

Watching this I got the feeling that they switched the daughters' personalities over the course of the series. I was surprised that Noodle said that Stevie was the smart one. I was also surprised that Stevie had been in college long enough to be applying to law school. I expected that the phone call was part of the plan to get what they wanted from the arms dealer and then was disappointed when it wasn't.

After having recently flown, all I could think of when looking at the muscle guy was how much I would hate to sit next to him on a plane - and how difficult it must be for him to buy any shirt with sleeves.

Everybody loved the rescue device, thought it was a necessary product, thought the guy was great and no one offered a deal. That was unusual. I don't drink wine. Whatever you spend on a bottle or on the glass to drink it from is too expensive to me. The Loctote bag - I can see people using to carry their wallet and passport, but your phone has to be more accessible. Regarding the butt lady - I think Daymond understands that there are a lot of people who don't buy clothes based on how they look in them, they buy them based on how they think they look in them. There are a lot of women that will buy the pants because they think their butts will look just like hers when you put on the pants. The big butts conversation got me thinking about the woman last season (?) that wanted the Shraks to invest in her mirror that builds self-esteem by making you look smaller than you really are. She have to change it so parts of your waist looks smaller, but you butt looks bigger and then really short people (my waist looks huge and my chest looks small!) and really tall people (my thighs look huge and my butt looks small) would never be happy.

My hypothesis - The rules were that all the fish had to be on the pole before you could move the pole, and it took two people to move the pole. The fish were supposed to be tied to the net in the water and, therefore, there wasn't a need for a rule about all the fish had to be in the net when you brought it to the beach, just that you had to have all the fish on the beach before they could start untying the fish from the net. My qualm is that they shouldn't have had the balance a block on your head challenge because Ozzy had won it both times that it had been played in the past. I understand that they plan these challenges before the season starts, and that they can't know who would still be around by the time they get to the challenge, but they shouldn't pick a challenge that favors one player so much. I am okay if they won once before, but twice and won it every time it has been played - which also means most (all?) of the other players never played it. I was rooting for Tai, just because I thought it was unfair to have that challenge in the first place.

I was surprised that Debbie got mad at Varner, but I wasn't sure why that surprised me - she doesn't seem intolerant and she has no trouble speaking her mind. Then I realized that it was surprising because I would have expected Debbie to try to "one-up' the moment - "Zeke's transgender? Big deal - I was born female, then I became a male then I went back to being female and I performed all of the surgeries myself, without anesthesia!" Among the many reasons I am glad Varner got his torch snuffed is that too many posters refer to him as Jeff (because it is his name) and I keep thinking they are talking about Jeff Probst - "Probst got fired? What?!? - Oh, not that Jeff."

The only impression I heard was when he said that Lark's potential preschool likes diversity and he talks in an accent. It didn't sound like Forrest Gump to me, but I wasn't sure what it was supposed to be, so I checked and the closed captioning said it was a British accent.

His had weed blocking material everywhere that there weren't seeds. I can see his product appealing to those who want a garden but don't want to garden.

What would have happened if Varner had an idol? I actually came on here to post that everyone should read the Hollywood Reporter article. Very well written, IMO. Varner went from "gamechanger" to lifechanger. I never thought that I would be one to stick up for Russell in anyway, but I am not sure if this comment is all that douchey. Trans people want to be treated as the gender they identify with instead of their birth gender. Zeke wants to be treated as a boy (well, he probably wants to be treated as a man). I read an interview and Zeke says that he hopes Varner is doing well, but he is hoping this from a distance.

How long before they have someone on who needs money so he can franchise his 12 step program for household pets? So, you sit in your fully enclosed pod while your kids is out there in the cold/wind/snow/rain. I thought the seedpod thing was a great idea for those who want to garden but don't have the know-hoe or don't have the space. He should have them for flowers too. But what do your do with it at the end of the season? Can you get replacement pods? You can fold up the paper sleeve and rest your chopsticks on it. It is going to be difficult to go back to teaching entrepreneurship when you failed to get a deal on Shark Tank.

And she took off the glasses in bed before she left the room. The editing makes it look like she walked out the bedroom door, puts on the glasses, goes down the stairs, saying hi to the kids, then takes off the glasses to get the wine. Obviously, the scenes were not filmed continuously. However, whoever edits the show should have noticed that the glasses were on when she cam down the stairs. And I can't decided if I like or dislike that they show "previews" that are different from the actual show. Like the preview where Matt was having trouble saying "I like your work" to Colleen's father. Then, in the actual scene, he has no trouble saying it. On one hand, who needs previews in a half hour sitcom when most people fast forward through commercials? So, it is nice to get a different take on the joke. On the other hand, it kind muddles the actual story and can be confusing.

I am not usually a conspiracy theorist, but I did find myself wondering if production found a way to make sure Debbie was the one being exiled and changed it up so that it was a relaxing day on a yacht because they were concerned about her emotional health. I mean, if anyone needed a "mental health day" it was Debbie.

Prime Minister - the clergyman who blesses the beef at Debbi's local butcher shop.

I am loving the t-shirts with the faces on them. I want to know the background - Does everyone hav one of each of the contestants. Did the show give them the shirts? Is there a shirt printing place nearby? Did George and Cig each make a set for themselves and are letting others borrow them? I thought all the make-ups looked good, except Evan's. No surprise he went home. It was a case of a good artist having a bad day. No offense to Logan, he seems very talented, but I really want a final four of Emily, Cig, George, and Tyler. My final two would be Emily and Tyler, with Cig and George as their assistants.

Did they ever explain why the unsub only took women who looked a certain way? I was also wondering why the unsub would let the girl try to escape, but then I realized that they needed to have her and the unsub away from the entrance, otherwise, how does the team get there unnoticed. ,

I wonder if the choser could ask any questions, because I would have said, "Raise your right hand if you can drive stick and your left hand if you can dance" then pick someone with both hands up. Bickering couples are my least favorite teams. I am hoping that this gimmick helps lessen the bickering and telling because everyone on the show is someone who wanted to be on the show. There are no superfan brings along their mate/friend/parent/sibling who didn't really want to be on the show but agreed to it anyway. And the roundabout probably proceeded counter-clockwise. He wanted her to make a right turn at 135 degrees.I guess he meant that he wanted her to turn right half way between the right-angle right turn and going straight. Would have made a lot more sense if he jsut said "take the second right" or "turn right at the second street" (or third or whatever number). I think there are a lot of reasons (some based on stereotypes) for picking a partner of the opposite sex that don't have to do with finding a love match. Guys might pick a woman because they think is woman would be better at dancing, agility/balance tasks, artistic or detail oriented tasks, selling things due to flirtiness, etc. Women may pick men for their strength.

I was surprised that there was no reaction from sleep-over mom about Tim hanging out in a room of little girls. It didn't need to be a big plot point, but she rolled her eyes at him not taking the daughter home, I expected to at least see her in the background keeping an eye on him. Favorite line of the episode (paraphrasing) "My friend Stiffy told me all about it. That was the night he got his nickname."

I didn't think there was any temper shown. I saw it more like a football player slamming the ball after making a touchdown. Still, it was a dumb thing to do in the beginning of a challenge, don't make your tribemates take extra time to pick up the bag. I agree with others that Michaela isn't as fun to watch this time. I think enjoyed her the first time because of two things that seem to be lacking this time around - (1) she gave funny talking heads, (2) she was amazing at challenges. She is probably still amazing, but she hasn't had as much chance of showing it. Also, the first time around, I didn't realize she had a quick temper until a little way into the game, but now I know about it, so it clouds my interpretation of her comments. I am pretty sure that it was the first bag, because I remember watching to see if she would to it again the second time, and she didn't.

Well, JT owes Stephen whatever he has left of his winnings, because Stephen was the only reason JT won. Sandra won her first season because she convinced everyone that her "I will vote for anyone who isn't me" strategy was the only strategy she could have if she wanted to make it to the end. She won the second time because she was was sitting next to Russel and Parvati - she was the least of three goats, but Sandra. There were more nuances to her wins than that, but I think most of the players see Sandra as someone that no one will give a third million to. I expected Jeff to come walking up the beach, stand behind Debbie, and start massaging her shoulders. Perhaps they were worried she would do something to the blankets and clothes.