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I don't understand why there isn't more anger at the show's doctor. I am no fan of Peter, but I don't see how he could be expected to jump in and treat players when the doctor who works for the show didn't jump in and start treating people. Peter had been digging in the hot sand on a hot day for 45+ minutes and was likely dehydrated and certainly underfed, while the show's doctor has probably been eating 3 meals a day and has access to all the cool water he wants (even if he abstains during the challange, he is still better hydrated than the players are).

T-shirt guy confused me with the numbers - I thought he said that he has 22,000 SKUs because each size has its own SKU and the sizes range from XS to XXXL. That means 7 sizes per design. That is still over 3,000 designs. If each design also comes in sweatshirts and pajamas, all of varying sizes, and hats and backpacks, then maybe he is down to "only" 700-800 designs. Still way too many. And, unless you are really into pepperoni pizza or like to joke with your friends about unicorns barfing rainbows, the designs are not good. Did pet guy say that they applied for a patent on the chicken coop door? A door that more than one chicken can come out of at the same time is patent-worthy? I don't drink beer - I hate the taste. I have tasted flavored beers, and, to me, they still taste horrible. I have no idea who was right - beer guy or Kevin, but based on my knowledge of Kevin, I am taking beer guy's side. Speaking of Kevin, he often throws in these "facts" and stories connected to the product. I doubt he knows that much information about such a large variety of things (I heard about his Jeopardy appearance). My question is - does he know what products will be on and researches them ahead of time or are the presentations so long that he has time to sit there and google facts on his phone. All good points. My master toilet is in a room with the shower, with the sink on the other side of the door/wall, and there is no windows nor electrical outlets in the shower/toilet room. I have seen many model homes where the toilet has a room to itself, also without windows or outlets. There is no place to plug in a nightlight. I solved this issue by getting a $5 battery operated light. I can see how this toilet light could be a cool way to provide lighting - until you sit down and you block all the light. Perhaps it is only useful as a man's "number 1" light. The idea of projecting an image into the bowl might be fun for parties (a shamrock for St. Patrick's day, A snowman for Christmas, etc. But would it work if there is already light in the room (from the light in the hallway or from a window in the daytime) or if someone turns on the light?

I am not a fan of gratuitous "shocking moments. However, at least I can see a reason for the prison masturbation scene - it explains how Lucas was able to befriend his cell mate and and get the information. I suppose there would be other ways to do this, or that it didn't really need to be done at, he could just be talking to his cellmate. On the other hand, it could have been worse - as in Lucas letting the cellmate use him sexually. However, I do think that far too many shows try far too hard to be shocking instead of smart. Shocking is easier, I suppose.

I wonder what they would have done if the weather would have been bad the day they were there. Would they let everyone take a break for hours/days until the weather was good? Seems that staying too long in one place would mess up the future legs. Did they have back-up tasks in case they couldn't do these ones? I don't think it is right that they are letting new teams join the race on the third or fourth leg, when other teams have already had to put up with lack up sleep and jet leg. The new teams have an unfair advantage. Wait, you mean they are not new teams, but they have been around since the start? Really? Well then, I guess I must be getting old too. No, that can't be right, they must be new teams Not only do I have a hard time matching names to people, I have a hard time matching people to people. When I saw the two women who were out this week I thought "Weren't they out last week? Was the last leg an NEL?" The same can be said about having them take taxis. There is probably a higher chance of getting taxi driver who doesn't know where to go than a paraglider that has trouble with the controls, but, in both cases, the navigating is done by a professional and it lessens the chance of switching up the race order.

That is different from what was posted earlier in this thread about her trashing the two guys on Twitter or wherever. I can never understand the motivation of these people sometimes. I suspect that she thinks she is sticking up for herself by arguing back and insulting those who insult her. In this case, she sticks up for herself by trashing them on twitter. They trash her, she trashes them. We saw it on the show - she didn't go off by herself and complain that no one gave her any respect and they were mean to her, instead, she kept yelling at them for what they did. Neither approach would keep her in the game. I saw a number go from 104 to 105 and my initial reaction was that it was his temperature. Then I realized that they wouldn't put a temperature in whole number, they would at least show the nearest tenth. We don't say that a normal temperature is 99, we say 98.6, If the 104 that I say was a temperature and it was climbing, then I would have seen it go to 104.1 to 104.2 to 104.3 to 104.4 and so on.

Based on how often they have used this "joke" this season, I think Alicia's doorman is too busy listening in on conversation through the vent system to actually pay attention to who is walking into the lobby.

The way I see it - the jury members had a feeling that Mike wasn't really a lawyer - they heard a lot of stuff that pointed in that direction, but they didn't get any concrete evidence, Meabwhile, there were a few things on Mike's side, like one witness putting him there, and some explanations (commuting to Harvard from New York, only attending class for the tests) that were very improbable, but technically possible. Mike didn't have to prove he was a lawyer, Gibbs had to prove that he wasn't and she didn't provide enough proof. The real question is why she couldn't prove it (and the answer to that is that if makes a better story if Mike takes the plea when he would have been able to walk, than if he took the plea and thereby shaved 5 years off his jail time).

Your post got me thinking... Joey = Penny ---- good looking but not bright Ross = Sheldon ---- the nerdiest of the bunch Chandler = Howard ---- the one always cracking jokes Monica = Bernie --- the bossiest Rachel = maybe Raj? They are both pampered Pheobe = Maybe Amy? More the original Amy Gunther from the coffee shop = Stuart ??? = Leonard

While none of them looked like genies to me, I did think that most of them did a pretty good job of sculpting, application, and painting. Perhaps it is because none of them had light brown hair? I was worried that Mel would be worst and the judges would use their save and we would be stuck with Robert and Mel for another week. I doubt the judges would use their save on Robert, since he is usually near the bottom, but Mel has done well some weeks (despite what she may think).

Darn! I don't read the titles unless I don't know someone's name. Anybody keeping a list of the titles they used for Debbie?

I was surprised with how fast Debbie got better. I would have thought it would take at least an hour before she would be "normal" (yeah, "normal" is in quotes because some would argue that she never was, never will be) And Tai must be on the Beauty Tribe because he finds beauty in all creatures. Which means that one of the Brains must be on the Brains because of some different interpretation of "brains" like maybe Neil has an abnormally large skull or something. But they would still want everyone to be in bathing suits and skimpy clothing, so we would just be trading heat stroke for hypothermia

There wasn't even a real attempt at a Big Catastrophe this week. The closest we got was "Oh, I didn't make enough batter and have to make more and now I overcooked the cakes and have to make the batter again" and the typical "I hope our cake doesn't fall when we move it" The cakes weren't too bad - they did a pretty good job on the Sesame Street characters, for the most part. I can't understand why everyone used fondant for Cookie Monster in the first round. I would think his fur would be so much easier to do with buttercream and any one of several decorating tips (star, the one they use for grass, etc...)

I used to love this show, then, as it got more ridiculous, I stopped loving it and just watched with the hope that it would go back to its former self, then, as it kept being ridiculous, I watched so that I could make fun of it. But now, since I know it is on its final legs and that the people in charge knew this would be the end, I am sort of enjoying the show again. I have given up hope that the story lines will make sense or that there will be continuity or that the characters will behave consistently. I get the feeling that they have pulled out all the stops and are intent on making this as wacky as the can. And I am enjoying seeing just how wacky it will get. It has reached the point that it is so ridiculous that I find it entertaining. It is like one of the Airplane movies, but set in a law firm, with a side order of politics. My family got our first answering machine in 1987. Before that, if the phone rang, you answered it. You didn't know who it was until you answered it and there was no "do not call list" so the caller was often a telemarketer. You even answered the phone if you favorite tv show was on - and we didn't have a way to record the show back then - which means that you missed some of your favorite program because of some guy wanting to sell you a magazine subscription. Time were tough. Then people started getting answering machines and "screening your calls" was born. Society soon went the completely opposite direction and it seemed no one answered their phone until the knew who it was. Caller ID was further incentive not to answer your phone. People realized that if they didn't answer, they didn't miss anything - whoever was calling would leave a message. Somehow, when people started carrying phones with them everywhere, things changed again. Maybe it was because people figured out that you can't say your weren't there for the call if the phone was in your pocket. And callers would feel slighted if you didn't answer. If you made them leave a message, then you better give them a reason when you call them back to explain why you didn't answer. The weird part is that people who most likely stood next to their answering machine and listened to the message, but didn't pick up the phone, are the same people who now get mad if you don't answer your cell phone or text back immediately. Hey, I was just happy he had something on - I think he was shirtless the entire episode until he answered the door. I really hope he had underwear on when he was sitting on Alicia's bedroom floor. In her defense, JM had less botox when Will was on the show, so chemistry was easier to show. They could have easily had us hear 20-30 seconds of what Eli was hearing then just have him periodically come out of the bathroom to tell someone what he thought he heard. That way, they wouldn't have to tell us any real details (as they would have if they let us hear the courtroom scenes in a normal tone) and they wouldn't frustrate the few viewers they have left. The Good Wife pays homage to Three's Company.

So glad Vivian won. I thought Sef's two pieces were okay, I thought Vivian's two pieces were great. However, I didn't think that Vivian's table and chandelier went together very well, the chandelier was too large for the table (but I didn't think Sef's went together well either). I made a comment last week about how Sef seems to really like putting storage behind his furniture (the shelf behind his green room couch, the shelf behind the child's desk) and speculated that he had cabinets behind his headboard at home. I wasn't exactly right but I had to laugh when I saw the shelf behind the backrest. I should have realized that he only likes putting shelves behind furniture. All his shelves would be no fun to dust (not that dusting is fun when it is more accessible, but this would be even less fun). And, because it is a sentiment worth repeating - I am so glad Vivian won.

I don't know if it has always been this way, but I noticed it a few weeks ago and now I can't not notice it - Whenever Rachel has to show any emotion (sadness, anger, any sexual feelings, etc) she whispers. She whispers loudly enough that she can be understood, but it is still a whisper. It's like some of the male actors (ex. the redheaded guy on CSI Miami) whose voices get raspy anytime they need to sound serious. When Mike told Rachel's mother (paraphrasing) "Sure, I committed fraud, but Rachel trusts me because I could have gotten off it I sent my friends to prison and I wouldn't do that" it reminded me a something that happened to a co-worker a few years ago -- The co-worker, who was in his early 30's at the time got a knock on his door one Saturday. It was one of his neighbors - a college aged guy. They had this conversation -- College guy: "We were playing catch in the parking lot and I accidentally broke your car window." Co-coworker: "Okay. I will get it fixed and you can pay me back. Do you have a repair shop you'd like me to use?" College guy: "Pay for it? I am not going to pay for it. You are lucky I told you about it. I didn't have to tell, but I wanted to do the responsible thing." Mike not taking a deal that would let him go free and send others to prison doesn't make Mike honorable. He still committed fraud. Not sending his friends to prison just means he wasn't as dishonorable as he could possibly be. It is like murdering someone and claiming that you are still a nice guy because you killed them instantly and the victim wasn't in pain. Good post, but too long to quote the whole thing. Perhaps the "void if a crime was committed" was added in after and because of the Hartman embezzlement. As for everyone jumping ship, I am guessing that we are supposed to believe that Zane's firm has just gotten much, much larger. Speaking of Zane...was there ever any suggestion that Zane and Jessica were so close that she should feel obligated to tell him his daughter was dating/marrying a fraud and/or so close that she could be sure that he wouldn't use that info against her and her firm? At first I thought that they probably did approach her and she turned them down, but Donna would have told Harvey about it. Now I am going with the theory that everyone who knows how good Donna is would also know that she would never leave Harvey. Rachel's whining always irritates me - she is the classic, stereotypical, over-reacting, immature female. I, unfortunately, actually know a few women like this and being around them is very draining. "Mike stole two years of my life!" - yeah, well, now she can actually concentrate on law school without having to work herself into a tizzy that that hours she is spending studying are hurting their relationship or feeling bad that Mike isn't emotionally supporting her law school duties. What got me even more was that she had to "take a day" because Mike took the plea when he told he he wouldn't. The jury was in, he needed to make a decision right then he didn't have time to find her and hold her hand while she whispered about how she has faith in him. He didn't even have time to call and discuss it. Would it have been any better if he would have called her and said "I have decided to take the plea anyway. Gotta go. Talk to you later."? Now, if there was a chance that she would break up with him over this, I could see her telling him to leave her alone to sort this out, but she seemed confident that she was staying with him, she was just hurt that he changed his mind (and ruined her life! whine). She has two years alone to work out her feelings, don't waste 1/3 of the time you have left. I get how it could be difficult to "let it go" and try to enjoy your last three days together when you feel betrayed, but Rachel's immaturity annoys me, so I am not cutting her any slack. In hindsight, I would be happy if the secret would have gone to wherever Richie Cunningham's older brother or the youngest daughter on Family Matters went. They would just stop mentioning it and the show would go on as though Mike was never a fraud. Every once in a while someone would post "I was watching one of the earliest episodes and I forgot that Mike wasn't actually a lawyer" and some posters would make comments on how it is sloppy writing, while others would say they are glad the secret was dropped because eventually the show would have to focus on it and it would ruin the show we love. All the men in the office are in long sleeved shirts buttoned all the way up, jackets, long pants and closed toe shoes. Jessica should feel a little chilly and Donna should be freezing.

I don't understand why the red dirt proved that the truck contained the guy they were looking for. The "witness" was a mechanic in that area, he would know that there was red dirt there. If he was making up that that he saw the bad guy, they he could easily make up that there was red dirt on the tires of the truck he was making up. At some point, someone is going to have to notice how many deaths Henry has been associated with. I hope to see a scene in a future episode where Henry gets an intern or an assistant who takes one look at Henry and says "Uh, thanks, but no thanks" You should know by now that Professor Doctor Knight General Toastmaster Admiral is an expert in all things. When Jareth was questioning Stevie about why she doesn't return his calls and how she is always busy and said that he thought she wanted to break up with him, I thought "Of course, she wants to break up with him - he isn't old enough to be her father, he doesn't have a drug addiction - how could she possiblebe attracted to this guy?"

I don't think having so many teams hit the mat at once was due to bad leg design. There was airplane (and Chocolate shop HOO) bunching in the beginning, but, IMO, there needs to be some bunching occasionally or else the outcome of the show becomes too predictable (and the show would be difficult to film if teams end up too far apart). The reason why they ended up so close was due to all the helping. First giving out the answer to the bench sitting mad it possible for the teams to be on the same train. Then the working together on the flags kept the teams close enough to end up on the mat together. With all the helping, the only way for someone to end up behind everyone else is if they got lost, which the models did. Brody has a crush on Blair and it looks like the feeling it mutual - my initial reaction was "Geez, they are going to have some loud children." But then they both ended up quieter than they have been on previous legs - which I was thankful for. A few other things I am thankful for this week --- --- the models apparently didn't realize that the other teams were sharing the answer to the bench seats. --- The model who complained about no one helping her on the flags blamed it on no one wanting to help the last place team, instead of saying "Nobody is helping me because they are all mean awful people" or "Nobody is helping me because they are all jealous because I am prettier then they are." I feel that there have been contestants in the past who would have taken one of the latter two views. I have a friend whose parents were born and raised in the German speaking part of Switzerland and spoke their native tongue when she was growing up. She says that she speaks Swiss, she doesn't say she speaks German. When she has visited Switzerland, she can converse well enough speaking the Swiss dialect she learned as a child, but when she traveled into Germany, no one could understand her - even when she tried to make her speech more German sounding (with what she remembered in her German classes in high school. Oh, that's what she was doing! I missed something and couldn't figure out why she was laying on the floor. I just chalked it up to a really weird flirting style. The first time someone had the "Oh! This is the map!" epiphany, I thought they were just being boned-headed or fatigue had set in early or, in these days of GPS, were unfamiliar with maps, but after others did the same thing, I wondered if it wasn't as obvious as I thought. I believe the viewers saw the flag poles from above and could easily see how the layout resembled the map. Perhaps when standing between the flags, it isn't as simple to see that they are in 4 rows

Me too! I kept thinkng that all that outfit really needs is a horse's feedbag. I think I found an answer ... Maybe they weren't all placebos and supplements I didn't hear her say it, so I can't confirm anything. But I do think that Kini's and Mitchell's ourfits could have benefited from the Power of reduction.

I confess, my boy is like these sitcom kids. He follows the rules if I say something, but if I don't say anything, he thinks he can do whatever he wants. I have tried to make him understand that he is old enough to know better on his own and I try to give him consequences when he doesn't follow the rules, but I am a sucker for his big brown eyes and forgive him too easily. I guess it is no surprise that he still lives with me, even though he is thirty-five, in dog years. I didn't have this problem with my other dogs - I could let them have free run of the house and I knew that they would get into no trouble while I was gone. This boy is a different story. He thinks rules are only meant to be followed if I mention the rule or command every single time. If we are on walk and he sees something he thinks is food, and I say "leave if" he will not take ti, but if he sees something else three feet farther along, and I don't say anything, he will immediately pick it up and eat it. My human children always followed the rules and were quite good at handling the basics in life (making lunches, etc...) when they were still minors.

DJ always wins

My best guess is that the rules are that you are allowed to use anything in the supply room(s). The drawers were in the room, so they could use them. I am also guessing the editors thought the viewers would be such fans of Sef that they would find using the drawers to be an ingenious move. Otherwise, why bother showing us the drawer stealing at all. He's is not being punished for it, and, after last year, I would think that if someone did something against the rules, there would immediate consequences. I can see it taking a while to figure out that someone copied someone else's design, but TPTB knew about the drawer stealing when it happened - there were camera people and other crew, the other carpenters and designers knew about it, the editors saw the film, etc...It isn't like they didn't notice. I agree with the poster above that they should have made some sort of acknowledgement once they could see that the public didn't think it was fair. At least a written blurb at the end of an episode, but maybe they are afraid of even hinting that there is anything that could remotely be a scandal - maybe if they didn't have the issue last year, they would have been a little more public about drawer-gate. I don't have a problem with Sef. I don't think he is a villian in any way. He is not my favorite, but I don't find him annoying either. And his designs can be interesting, even though they generally are not my style and I don't think they are as functional as they could be. However, I still wish Sef was gone, only because he seems to be judged by a different (more lenient) set of rules than the rest of them. I keep remembering how the judges kept changing their opinions when that one guest judge (the guy with the huge feet or weird shoes or both) was one a few weeks ago. I get the feeling that the judges think they look cooler if they like Sef's work - a furniture version of the emperor's new clothes.

And Morgan shirtless and, as you mentioned, being a badass who can single-handedly take down a bunch of professional killers even after he was tortured. Not much story behind it, and definitely not much profiling, but maybe that comes next week. It is like the writers sat around and had this conversation - "We need to give Morgan a good story, but we have to make sure that he has a chance to show off what a great fighter/killer he is." "But it is also important that we have him shirtless for most of the episode - don't want all the time he spends in the gym to go to waste. " "Well, that is an easy one - let's have him be tortured by a bunch of big burly guys and then he takes them down." "Cool. But why would they be torturing him in the first place?" "So we can have him be shirtless - aren't you paying attention?" "Yes I am, I meant what reason for it for the plot?" "It's torture porn and Morgan shirtless! Who cares about plot? Nobody will notice"

Matt ventured into stalker territory too - how else did he know that DJ wasn't at any of the twelve night dentists.? I jest - this sort of stalking is sitcom "love" - it should make you think twice in real life, but just a basis for a laugh in a show (whether or not this sort of thing give preteen girls the wrong impression is a whole different discussion).

The had a few things they tried to work into catastrophes, in addition to the broken hippo pool and they guy who almost didn't finish. One team had the "Oh no! Our fondant isn't large enough to cover our supposed-to-be-an-African-tree! What will we do? Oh yeah, we will roll out a larger piece" wannabe catastrophe." And another woman had the "My modeling chocolate won't cover my cake! What will I do? Oh yeah, I will use fondant instead" wannabe catastrophe.

Too bad Debbie didn't hear Faux-bama talk about how good looking he and Liz are or she could have cackled "I'll get you, my pretty!" And he is the best bounty hunter in Southeast Michigan. I am guessing there must be a lot of criminals running loose in Southeast Michigan.