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I wonder if Barbara would have felt differently about Nikki Bey crying if she had made her impassioned and tearful speech after other sharks had dropped out. IIRC, She was giving her presentation and Kevin was heckling/bullying her and she started crying. No one else had given opinions on the product, so it could be interpreted as she could handle the stress or wasn't strong enough to deal with someone who was aggressive (aggressive in a way that she would probably have to deal with many times in growing her business) - If one of her suppliers/investors yelled at her, would she start crying? Contrast that with this scenario - she gives her presentation, all the sharks say they are out for whatever reason, and she then tears up and gives her impassioned speech. Would her tears then appear more like the result of seeing the possibility of your life-long dream failing? Would Barbara think this was not so bad as what really happened? He wants to be everyone's first choice, but he almost always waits until everyone else has made an offer or is out before he makes an offer. If you usually wait until the end to make an offer, you are taking the risk that the entrepreneur will take an offer from someone else before you have a chance to give them yours. "Give us two minutes and you will be amazed at the number of questions we won't give you an answer to"

Last week, the Charlie pulls out a gun during a meeting and sets it down on the table. This week, Charlie is telling the boss to get rid of his gun and that having one is not a good idea. I can't decide if these episodes were shown out of order and we were supposed to not know that Charlie had a gun, or if we are supposed to think that something happened in the last week to make Charlie change his mind. Men sit on toilets sometimes too. I never understood why men can't just aim a bit better, the hole in the seat is not a lot smaller than the hole the seat covers.

Trader Joes makes a white bean hummus. Personally, I don't think it tastes as good as real hummus with chickpeas.

Just wait until cycle 30, Laughlin! Stefano should have came back, but whatever. Cycle 25: "I only have one picture in my hand and that person will be the last one to join us on our trip to Burbank!" Cycle 28: "You are the final seven, so pack your bags, we are heading for ...Macy's! You will be be sleeping in the furniture section, because, when I was a young model, I often had to sleep in weird places, like couches and beds. But there are only 3 twin mattresses and three sofas, so you don't want to be the last one in...Go!" Cycle 30: "I hope you have enjoyed this beautiful two bedroom apartment that has been your home for the last 9 weeks. But it is time to pack your bags because you are ...........(overly long dramatic pause)......switching rooms!"

ITA. Halfway through the show, I turned to my daughter and said, "The thing I like best about this season is that there are only three on each team. They get rid of one player from each team each week. So we only have to suffer through two more weeks of this." Then they announced that they have changed things and only one person goes home each week. Four more weeks! I think it will be no more weeks for me.

I wasn't paying as close attention to the episode as I should have - did anyone mention that they were doing the "horizontal tango"?

I would think that the signing of release forms is handled by someone in production after the racers have moved on their merry way -- racers ask for directions/information, they go off down the road, the cameraperson follows them, and someone else (probably someone who speaks the language) shoves a release form at them and asks them to sign it. I hadn't really thought about release forms, except when they blur someone's face (because they didn't sign the release?). I always think of it as two racers and their cameraperson, but there must be other people there too, waiting with release forms. I wonder how big the group is?

The dancers each have 5 jobs and sleep in their cars, but I felt most sorry for the people who played the music for the tango. I hope they had more than one set of musicians. I think a lot of the sob story telling (Mom couldn't accept that I was gay, we work five jobs, etc...) is in response to questions from the production staff. I just wish the production staff would quit asking them the same questions. Have them tell their story once a season and then, if they think it is so important that viewers be constantly reminded of it, make it part of their team name or hashtag it - Team Sleeps in Car, #Momsahomophobe However, I was okay with the dancers telling their sob story at the mat because they thought they were last and seemed devastated. I did find it interesting that so many teams didn't realize where they ranked when they got to the mat. All of the final three thought they were last, and the Texans thought they were racing pink team for first place even though they had to have known that Justin had left the tango before them. I sort of expected her to make some comment about him being a good dancer because he was gay. Then again, I may be stereotyping people who turn their backs on their children for things that have no negative impact on the world (go ahead and disown your child if he is Osama Bin Laden or Adolph Hitler, I am okay with that).

I wonder if they built all those sets just for this one episode or if the house really exists.

Actually, I think the recaps would be funnier if you saw the episode. Although, it might be fun to rec parts of the recap then watch those parts so that you notice all the ridiculousness. However, I should change my previous post from "You need to have seen the episode to fully understand the forum comments" to "You need to have seen the episode to fully appreciate the forum comments." Watching the show doesn't help you understand anything.

Stuart and Amy, Raj and Amy, Professor Proton and Amy, almost anybody and Amy would be better than Sheldon and Amy, In my opinion.

IMO, the only reason to watch those episodes is so you can read the forum after each one. The comments on this forum are much more entertaining than anything on the show (and the forum makes a lot more sense too), but you need to have seen the episode to fully understand the forum comments. .

I find it funny when people say that they need to get rid of someone because they are "playing the game" or are "playing to win." I mean, I understand that they are saying that they worry that person will find a way to outsmart them, so the game player needs to go. But them voting out the game player is their own way of playing the game. And, really, how many people come on Survivor, especially for a second time, and don't want to win. Perhaps many of them thought that, this early in the game, when your tribe has lost all the challenges so far, it was better to keep someone who would be more likely to help you win the next challenge. I got a bit lost in his story (as in I kept thinking "why are we supposed to feel sorry for him? Did she die?"), but I don't recall him saying anything about her other than she was so beautiful. No "she's got the great sense of humor" or "and she is the smartest person I know" or "and she is kind to animals." And, dude, you see the most beautiful woman in the world across the room, haven't spoken a word to her, and it was instant chemistry? I don't think it was more biology than chemistry that you were feeling. I think they split the vote in case Spenser of Shirin had the idol. And I think that Spenser meant that he needed to find a way (voting against his ally and perhaps convincing others that it should be Shirin and not him who goes) so that he could make it another three days, which gives him a chance of finding a way to stick around. If I recall correctly, Spenser lasted as long as he did in his first season because he kept managing to find ways to last three more days. I agree. I thought that Shirin and Spenser's only hope of having both of them stick around for 3 more days would be to go to the others and tell them that Abi spilled the beans and point out that Abi will turn on them at the slightest of perceived slights and they should get rid of her now and can get rid of the two of them later. Abi is delusional. I think she actually believes that she is a warm, friendly person and doesn't get that popping into the middle of other people's conversations with "Hey guys, what are you talking about?" is not a good thing to do. Or that telling everyone that PG stole your bracelet is also talking behind someone back or that trying to make everyone search for your bracelet makes think of you as high maintenance.

Well, "duh" for me for saying GSW when I meant GSR and Gun Shot Residue. And a second "duh" for not knowing it was Gil/Sarah Romance, but that second duh is a smaller duh than I thought I would be giving myself. I haven't seen initials used for relationships on other shows - The Big Bang forum doesn't have LPR or SAR or HBR, so I don't feel like a complete idiot. (Then again, when DB joined and the other characters gave his initials quizzical looks, my mind went to D. B. Cooper - that guy who jumped out of airplane with a bag of cash and was never found, and it took me a while to realize they meant Dead Body - I guess acronyms are not my thing).

I am pretty sure that once I get an answer to this question, I will say "duh!" but I have to ask anyway .... I have seen a few references to "GSW" on this forum, as in and every time I see "GSW" I think "Gun Shot Wound" which is incorrect, obviously - What does "GSW" stand for?

At least the "Penny makes more money than Leonard" angle keeps us from having to watch the "Leonard thinks Penny only married him for his money" storyline.

Well, it seems obvious to me that they didn't care about the plot, they just wanted to give viewers a little "what are they doing now" or "what will they do next" on some of the characters. As many others have pointed out, there were so many plot holes and unanswered questions and ridiculous "science." I nominate Morgan crying at the wire snipping as the single worst bit of acting in this episode. Worst bit of dialogue goes to --- I don't know who wrote it, but I can understand why Marg H said it - This was great dialogue, compared to the crap she said on Under the Dome, I think they tried to make it up to the shafted ones by having them stand with everyone else in various scenes. Like when Lady Heather comes walking down the hall and there are 4-5 of the the CSI crew just standing in the hallway for no reason. Another time, David is just standing next to the other CSIs, even though he has nothing to do with what they were discussing. I get the feeling that Brass originally had a larger part but Paul Guilfolye read the script and said, "Hey guys, why don't you have Brass catch on fire early on and give the rest of my lines to someone else?"

When he was asked how big the industry is and answered with the dollar amount of credit card fraud, I thought, "but you don't know how much of that is from scanning. Also, when he first came out, he said that the red line was the area that a scanner could steal info in, but when he scanned Mark's wallet, he had to put the wallet right next to the scanner. If he really wanted to impress them with how much of a threat this s, he should have scanned it from farther away, except that I don't think he really could do that (maybe if the card was out int he open and not in a wallet). Lastly - Lori offers $200k for 20%, Robert offers the same. The guy asks if they would join together and they ask for a counter offer for two sharks. He counters with $250k for 18%. Obvioulsy, too low and Lori tells him so. Then he offers $200k for 25%. HE sure upped his offer very quickly. I wonder if I missed something (or something was cut out) that would explain why he though he was going to lose the offers unless he jumped so high.

I am glad Pho won, mostly because I tend to root for the underdog (if I have no loyalty to any participants) and Waffle Love had it too easy (dessert is easier to sell, IMO) and had enough success without the show to be an underdog. However, last week, I noticed Sophia's vocal fry and then I couldn't help but notice it - she doesn't seem to do much "valley girl talk," but the throaty/raspy fry was there. Vocal fry annoys me, so I found myself more in the "I don't really care who wins" category instead of the "Go, Pho, go!" category. I think the rules Tyler gave required them to cook Chinese in Chinatown, etc.

Great Episode. It did leave me with one question -- Is it okay for Asians to say THE word?

So, drinking vinegar is good for your health. And my 82 year old father says that the reason his arthritis doesn't bother him is because he takes fish oil supplements every day. Apparently, the health benefit to eating a salad isn't in the vegetables, but in the dressing. I have only seen the first half of the episode, but I am looking forward to Ashton telling Kevin off. Why doesn't Kevin ever take the night off - all the other sharks skip episodes episodes sometimes. If Kevin is such a great businessman, shouldn't he be too busy to do the show occasionally (obviously, he is my least favorite shark). Roller shoe guy didn't seem like much of a businessman. I wouldn't trust his numbers. I think he didn't say how much it costs to manufacture because he didn't know the answer. I can see how the Beebo could be useful, especially if you have twins or you also have a toddler and need a free hand sometimes. They do make pillows that one can use to support he baby so that the parent uses one hand to hold the bottle and the other hand is then free, but you can't walk around that way, so the Beebo would work better. But, as others have pointed out, the Beebo will primarily be used so that parents can still text. If it really catches on, there will someday be public service announcements encouraging parents "Don't text and feed" Most infant products - swings, bouncers, walkers, fancy pillows, etc - have a short life span. And most parents want all this stuff because they feel that if they don't have everything the baby industry offers they are somehow not good parents and/or because they just want a a few moments to themselves. I don't think that many parents will be in the baby store and say "Wow, it is worth $30 to me to be able to text when I feed the baby" but I can see it being a baby shower gift.

As far as I remember, this show has never done fat jokes, despite having two characters who are carrying some extra pounds. I have always appreciated that - fat jokes, bald jokes, or any other jokes based solely on appearance are cheap laughs, IMO, and this show is too good for that sort of thing (although, I do think they go for the "men doing something 'feminine' " joke too often). But the Andy storyline felt on the verge of a fat joke - it wasn't blatant, like having Andy get stuck in a chair, but where was the humor in Andy gaining weight? Haha,look how fat Andy has gotten, haha Besides, it would difficult for Andy to gain that much weight in that short amount of time, unless he only gained it in his face - which apparently he did, based on how the rest of him looked. Why do all fake fat characters on TV look like Jabba the Hut, with such blubbery necks? I will give the make-up people credit for how well Andy's fake face moved compared to other fake fat faces I have seen on other shows, where only the mouth moves, but it was still a fail. A fail as a make-up job, and a fail of a storyline.

I think it helps that the FO judges have actually done the same work they are judging others on. They know that sometimes molds don't set right or processes take longer than they should. When was the last time any of the Project Runway judges sewn an evening gown (made of materials found at hardware stores) in a day?

I don't have anything against any of last 4 teams, and I am glad the ones I found annoying went home early. I wonder how much fo the Waffle Love hate is because they remind people of the Duggars - very large family, religious, very "clean cut" appearance, ultra polite, they look alike, etc. I got a creepy feeling from the Duggars long before any of the actual creepiness became public, but I don't get one from the Waffle Boys. However, I think their product gives them a big advantage - it is cheaper and quicker to prep and to cook. Plus, they are the only ones who are more of a dessert truck, Most people I know would eat a burger or whatever it is Pho sells (do they actual sell pho or dumplings?) at lunch time or at dinnertime, but a nutella waffle with strawberries is something you could convince yourself was a meal or a snack or a dessert. I want Pho to win, not because I have anything against Waffle , but because it is too easy for Waffle to win and I usually root for the underdog when I have no other loyalties. Poor Tyler, still trying to convince everyone that they should not skip challenges. Sure, Waffle Love won the drive-thru challenge and ended up winning this leg of the race, but they have won all but one leg, even when they didn't fully participate in the challenge. Besides, there wasn't a realistic way for Waffle not to participate in this challenge - they couldn't go somewhere else, so not participating would mean just sitting in their truck and not trying to drum up business, which would be a ridiculous thing to do. I know a lot of people in their twenties and even though they would all prefer to use their phones, all of them can read a map and use a phone book (teenagers may be a different story). The first "Smartphone" was in the mid 1990's, but it wasn't something everyone had and it didn't have internet access. The first iPhone came out in 2007, less than a decade ago, so these contestants were in their early teens at least and it wasn't common for kids to have iPhones back then. They had to have lived a very sheltered life or have bad shortish-term memories for them not to remember phone books and maps. I would base my decision of what to eat solely on what the food item was - what I felt like eating - not on whether they shook my hand. (assuming that all the people and trucks look clean - which they all did). I would passon Pho's item because my tongue is incredibly wimpy and I am afraid it would be too spicy for me. I would pass on Bros' because their sandwich isn't anything unique to me. But Fried Chicken and Waffles is something that I rarely eat, so that is what i would have ordered. I think the Waffle boys are a bit delusional to think they had so many customers because of their winning personalities. Worst example of this I have ever seen .... I was in a Costco and saw a man using one of those motorized carts. He had a couple of small children with him. I assumed he needed the cart, until he got to the checkout, where he got off the cart and let one of his kids play with it. Then, making them more obnoxious, his wife joins him in line with a cart filled to the brim (he only had 4-5 items in his cart, which is why I picked that lane). But it didn't stop there - after everything was rung up, they tried to pay with a non-Costco credit card and had no other way to pay. They went out to the car under the pretense of getting money, but they didn't come back and the checker had to cancel the order. When I went out to my car, they were still int he parking lot. Husband and wife were arguing - he wanted to leave and she refused to get in the car while saying "Can't we buy milk? We need milk."

I am sure it is a bit frustrating for the Tyler and Co. when they come up with challenges and then not everyone participates - "Hey! We made the challenges to add more drama to the show and you are not helping!" But, over the years, Tyler has said many times that to run a successful food truck you need to be able to think quickly on your feet and make the most of every situation - and that is what teams are trying to do when they don't follow a challenge. If I recall correctly, there was a team that came close to winning or maybe even won (they made bahn mi sandwiches, I think) that decide not to do the challenge more than once. Whether they move on to the next city or not depends on how much money they make. The Waffle Boys thought about how their steak item was more time consuming and less profitable than their regular items and decided that they it made more sense (and cents) selling their regular menu than taking a chance that they could win the $500. Heck, maybe they felt that their regular menu is so much more profitable that their profit would be higher sticking with the regular menu than even winning the $500.