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I thought Emmett faked his death by plane crash, but he is really alive and in hiding - and Joy found a message from him - it had something to do with shoes (not the message, but how she found it) - oh, heck, now it is all sounding like I am telling you about a dream I had last night....and then there were dancing orangutans and Barbara Eden served me a raspberry milkshake.... Isn't there anyone out there in Previously.TV-land that pays enough attention to this show to know whether Emmett is supposed to be dead or alive?

I thought Kelly was rather rude to the woman with vitiligo - when she said she did not have a boyfriend, Kelly asked if she has a lover (I think Kelly may have been the one to ask if she had a boyfriend too). Was Kelly implying that no guy would want her because of her vitiligo? Glad to see Miss J back, if only for the snark potential. When he said he has been spending his time catwalking in Europe, I immediately pictured him walking peoples cats as a way to make money - like a dog walker.

Genius indeed. Maybe their cardboard cutout could get knocked over by a pie in the face?

Maybe, rather than giving PR a theme song, each designer could have his/her own theme song - Amanda - "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top" (from the musical Oklahoma!) - or, for those who really dislike her "The B*tch is Back" Hernan - "I Can't Get No Satisfaction Fade - did Sprockets have a theme song? Can't think of one for Sandhya, can't remember anyone else's name

Took me a while to get around to watching this episode. I thought they all did a pretty good job, considering the time constraints. I am glad they didn't get too upset with Felle for not doing below the knees. He has a point - they weren't in the camara's view so it made sense that they wouldn't be part of the photo. Plus, how is he supposed to know how to paint them from the camera's perspective, if they aren't shown on the camera screen - Perhaps he was supposed to make the model climb the shelves? Although if he would have painted her while she was on the floor, tryng to feel better, he may have only had to paint her head - the rest of her wouldn't be on camera. I am glad that he didn't whine at judging about losing time when the model was sick - I suspect the judges were aware of it and that was part of the reason they so easily forgave the lower legs. He seemed very concerned for his model, more than being upset about losing the time. One (or more) of the other painters expressed concern for Felle's model too. And that one painter (the one that won - it'stoo early in the series for me to remember names) traded places with another one, taking the tougher location. It's a nice group of people, except for Dutch. I am fine with him leaving anytime. His work seems really good, if I try my best to be objective about. Being objective is hard though, there is so much about him that is unlikeable that it influences my feelings about his work. Your 250 lb best friend is curvy or voluptuous, or, at worst, a little on the chubby side, but the 140 lb woman your husband had an affair with is a fat b*tch. So when they show Dutch's work, my first though is "Darn! He's safe again" - I can't bring myself to consider that he might possibly win.

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IMO, what was wrong with his suit was that Sandhya assigned it to him. It didn't matter what suit he got, he would have hated it because Sandhya was the one who decided he should have it. He was so positive that Sandhya would be out to get him and would, therefore, give him the worst suit, that whatever suit he got would have been considered the worst suit, in his opinion.

If Nina starts saying vagina as often as Kors would say crotch, I am going to start calling her Nina Vagina, but mispronounce vagina so they rhyme. When Hernan was saying that Sandhya was different when she wasn't on camera, I was thinking "when isn't she not on camera?" I would think they are being filmed all the time. Perhaps not every second when they are back in the apartments, but Hernan wouldn't share an apartment with Sandhya, and I suppose the camera's stay out of the restroom most of the time, but Hernan shouldn't be in the bathroom with Sandhya either. I suppose we are also supposed to believe that Hernan's whining and complaining and enlarged ego are only for the cameras too. Paying money to have it's name mentioned every week (an opportunity to design a Red Robin accessory) and get an episode to plug its products. I wish they would have had the Red Robin guy be the guest judge. He would have tried to plug Red Robin in all his comments - "that fringe reminds me of the long, thin, crispy fries at Red Robin" "I like the mini dress and do not think it is too short - actually it reminds me of Red Robin's fries, which are also bottomless" My wish list for future sponsors --- Depends (make a high fashion outfit that hides the model's adult diaper) Kragen Auto Parts (unconventional challenge - fringe made from wiper blades) Gatorade (your design must be in one of the Gatorade colors)  

I have had the good fortune of seeing Russell Peters perform live and he was hilarious. Most of the stuff he said then would probably be considered too politically incorrect to be on a broadcast tv. Politically incorrect in that he makes fun of different ethnicities and cultures, but he makes fun of all of them equally, and did it without being degrading, so it was good (I went with a rather diverse group and we all thought it was hilarious) That sums up the problem I have had with Nikki the whole series - About half the time, I know the punch line before she says it, and the other half the time, her punch lines aren't funny to me.

UTD was ranked 10th in the week ended August 3. It was the only new scripted show in the top ten - The top 9 was made up of 2 Bachelorettes, 2 America's Got Talent, one Big Brother, a preseason football game, 60 Minutes, and repeats of NCIS and Big Bang Theory. It gotten beaten out by 2 repeats, which should be enough to show the network that it wouldn't do well during the regular season. But it was still in the top ten, so they will probably continue to produce it. So we should get to keep snarking for another summer. However, scripted shows are more costly, but I am thinking that it can't cost must to write UTD - I mean, how much could a high school freshman charge? Or maybe a middle schooler? It wouldn't surprise me to find out this show is (ghost)written by a teenager - the melodrama, the thinking that 2 people would be truly, madly, deeply in love after 2 weeks, the crappy dialogue, the odd emotional responses. Obviously, it wouldn't be a teenager that was good at science.

I am hoping that Barbie just told his dad that he needed to get to the dome to see the woman he loves, but he really wants to tell everyone to go jump off a cliff. But, knowing this show, it is quite likely that when he gets to the dome, he will find a can of red paint lying on the ground, along with a paint brush, and he will write "I love you, Julia!" on the side of the dome, and then go back to Zenith without talking to anyone in charge. However, since Barbie seems like the only one who has an inkling of intelligence, I hope he will be smart enough to write it backwards, so we won't have to sit through an episode of the Scooby gang trying to figure out what the cryptic letters means until Melanie accidentally reads the message when she takes out a mirror to powder her nose. I couldn't figure out if Pauline was a patient who teaches art classes or if she just teaches art classes there, but doesn't live there. I also couldn't figure out how Barbie got those bloody wounds on his neck. They were there when he woke up, so were they there last episode? And if he got wounds on his his neck the day before, and they are still bleeding, shouldn't they have put some sort of bandage on it? I was surprised that they even remembered that they set off a bomb that destroyed a large area outside the dome. That is a tremendous amount of continuity for this show. Electromagnetism is no longer an issue. Same with the dwindling food supply, the methane in the lake, the caterpillars, the dirt fried by the acid rain, the swine flu, the algae bloom .... Last week (yesterday, in show time) Junior said there wasn't a basement under that side of the school. But Joe apparently knew that there was a basement there and that is did not have a tunnel in it. How did Lyle know there was a tunnel?

This is such sad news. I was a fan of his since he first appeared on Happy Days. Mork and Mindy was must see tv for me, and so was The Crazy Ones. There isn't anyone else like him - no one touted as "The Next Robin Williams" no one who could be described as a "Robin Williams type." He is irreplaceable and will be missed. According to the article I read, he had been battling depression recently. His career was doing well (The Crazy Ones was cancelled, but he had plenty of other stuff going on, according to IMdB) and he was financially well off. He was a man who brought so many laughs to so many people, a man who saw the humor in everything. And he was depressed enough to take his own life. It proves that depression can happen to anyone.

I thought that running out of material mattered because they are supposed to be judged on that night's performance, not on how they have done over the course of a season. This would be the logic behind the other comics picking a strong comic to go to the head to head competitions. I watched the first few seasons of LCS and haven't seen the last few, so I don't know if the judges pick the ultimate winner or if an audience does. If it is an audience that picks, being at the bottom of your comedy barrel would probably hurt you, as your performance wouldn't be as good. I do agree that Joe has more good material than anyone else (except possibly Rodman, but he hasn't had to perform as much). Joe performed a more than anyone else and is still funnier than those who performed less, and should still be using some of their top stuff.

Sorry to see Joe go, but perhaps he was nearing the bottom of his comedy stockpile. Still, I was hoping Nikki would go instead. I just don't find Nikki funny. I was surprised she even made it into the top ten. I think making jokes about appearance is too easy, doesn't require much thought, and is not original. These are jokes grade schoolers make to pick on other grade schoolers, except Nikki tells them about herself, instead of picking on someone else. But the worst is that I often see her punchlines coming - happened at least twice this episode. I think what makes Rodman funny is his choice of words. I have heard sagging boobs jokes before, but him saying they lacked confidence made it funny to me. I have heard plenty of ugly baby jokes, but him calling them living room babies made it fresh again. Lachlan isn't anything new, but he does make me laugh occasionally. I don't necessarily agree with him, but it seems to me that Keenan is the only judge that actually gives constructive feedback. Russell seems to just tell the comics they are funny/original - at worst he may say it wasn't their best set, "But I still laughed." Roseanne also calls them funny/original and, about half the time, tells them they are good writers. She has made a few negative/constructive comments, but usually that only happens if Keenan has said something about it first.

I set this up for automatic recording on Comcast and the "scheduled recordings" listing shows that it is repeated many times on GSN. Good news for those who missed it, but annoying for me - I set it up to record only the new episodes, but for some reason, Comcast thinks it is new every time they re-show the same episode (does that with the Chase too - must be a GSN thing), now I have to go through and delete all the extra recordings. I wonder if the models can use the restroom (this, among other things, would keep me from being a model) I probably went easy on her because she looks like a cancer patient, but I thought maybe she has a medical reason (allergies or breathing issues) that make the spray more of a problem for her. However, having a medical reason for the baldness or the respirator would most likely be something the show would use for "drama" so she is probably just a brainless twit.

Love the description of Rebecca - Unfortunately, I don't think that calling her ASBWECFKEEFAI will catch on. The sand storm becomes a teensy bit more believable if you call it a dust storm. Just a teensy bit more. Yeah, I don't think Julia really knows what the dome is saying. And I don't think that ASBWECFKEEFAI really understands science well. And I don't think that Norie and Joe are really in love. But I do think the dog is having a grand time at a dog park in Zenith (no facts to support that one, but it will make me worry less when they eventually have to deal with the Smoke Monster)..

If I were the science teacher or Julia and were trying to think of a way to free Sam and Barbie, I don't think that setting off another explosive would be the first thing that came to mind. I mean, it was an explosive that caused the cave in, so wouldn't setting off another explosion run the risk of just making more rocks fall? My first thought, after realizing that I couldn't move the rocks out of the way, would be to get help - a lot of help. Heck, these townspeople built gallows in an afternoon and constructed a windmill in a few minutes, it wouldn't take them more than an hour or so to clear out the rocks and shore up the tunnel so it doesn't cave in again.

It seems to me that early in the series, Joe determined that the dome was 10 miles across. Barbie and Sam walk a half mile (their own estimation) and are confused that they haven't encountered the dome wall yet. So, the school must be close to the dome wall - either the school was built quite a distance the town center - ridiculous for even this show - or the whole town is near the dome wall. Okay, that seems to contradict other things we know about it location, but contradicting itself is one of the things this show is known for, so we will go with the town being near the wall. Still, assuming that they were only a half mile from the dome wall when they started out, how did they know they were walking toward the wall? They were walking in a tunnel, which curved around, which would make is very difficult to keep track of which direction they were walking. And they were so consumed with the notion that they should have hit the wall by now, that they never considered the thought that maybe, just maybe, the two tunnels connected together again - oh, no, it couldn't be that, Sam must have change tunnels and followed Barbie. Which leads me to - Hey, Barbie, if you are so sure that Sam is up to no good and may want to kill you, then, when you notice the scratch marks on Sam's shoulder, maybe you should wait until you are above ground, in broad daylight, with witnesses, before you let Sam know that you know what he did last Tuesday. Speaking of Sam's scratch marks... they should have completely healed by now, considering how fast every other wound - including life-threatening gunshot wounds to the shoulder - heal on this show. These were scratch marks he got 5-6 days ago, but they look like they are still bleeding. I love how the writers apparently realize that some of this stuff doesn't make sense, so they have some character in the scene say a line that is supposed to explain it all. For instance, Junior and Sam go into the tunnel and realize that they are in the school basement. The writers probably realized that most people would think there would be stairs to a basement, so why the need for a locker tunnel. So they have Junior say "I didn't think the basement was under this part of the school." Note that this line was not said by the science teacher, who know where the plans to everything are, who researches everything, and who has worked at the school for years. Nope, we are supposed to believe that Junior sits around thinking about the exact location of the school's basement. And built it in a dust storm! Good thing the high schoolers had already built the Eiffel Tower replica to hang the windmill from. I like how school has all the bomb making supplies they could need, the survivalist's basement has enough food to feed all the townspeople for the foreseeable future, but they have to use random signs to make the windmill. Hey, wait a second, maybe the bottomless pit is actually the survivalist basement.

I have a relative, let's call him Uncle Bob, who cheated on his wife for many years. He hated Bill Clinton because "Bill Clinton was a liar who lied about having an affair with Monica Lewinsky." Uncle Bob is a hypocrite. If Mike refused to work on a case with because the client had cheated on his/her spouse, Mike would be a hypocrite. If Mike refused to eat lunch with a co-worker because that co-worker had cheated on his/her significant other, Mike would be a hypocrite. If Mike thinks that the woman he cheated on had no right to be upset about it, but he can be upset about Rachel's cheating, then Mike would be a hypocrite. IMO, Mike has a right to be mad at Rachel for cheating on him. He thought he could trust her to be faithful and, I am assuming, he was faithful to her and always planned to be. Her cheating hurt him and he can be mad about it. He can especially be upset about her still having feelings for Logan. I don't remember Mike saying that Rachel was morally beneath him, that would make him a hypocrite. She hurt him, he was mad about it. She was unfaithful, and he isn't sure if he can go back to trusting her. To say that he shouldn't be mad at her because it makes him a hypocrite means that he can't ever be upset if she cheats on him because he had cheated on someone else in the past. Imagine that conversation "Rachel, you kissed Logan? Well, I cheated on someone else once. So, no problem. What do you want to have for dinner?" As for being mad that she didn't tell him sooner - I am not so sure he was mad at her for that, but assuming he was --- Yes, he took a long time to tell her about the fraud stuff, but most of that time, they weren't dating. And if she decided to tell someone, Louis, her father, the bar association, the police, Mike could go to jail, Harvey and Jessica could be in a lot of trouble. Mike had to be sure he could trust her. Then he was worried she would leave him. After he told her, they agreed not to keep secrets. As far as we know, he hasn't kept any secrets, except when they were on opposites of a "case," which is understandable. This was apparently the first secret kept by either of them since they agreed not to keep secrets. She kept a secret, so, technically, he could be mad about it. I think he had bigger things to be mad at her for. When it comes to him saying that he is coming back to the firm and she just needs to deal with it - I don't see any hypocrisy in that, but I do think he was wrong to say she had no say in the matter. If they stay together, his getting caught will affect her life too.

The two exceptions I have found are Face Off and Jim Henson's Creature Workshop, where the contestants get along well, help each other when they need it (someone has to get stitches, his competition will do their best to continue his project), and there is extremely little snark in the talking heads (they are more likely to compliment each other's work or show concern that someone else may not be able to finish on time). Sure, it isn't always peaches and cream, but the few "drama" moments comes from people acting like normal people, the same as it would be in any real life workplace (someone cries then gets over it, someone in a team takes charge but if they end up on the bottom he is the one sent home). Most of the "drama comes from whether they will get done on time or be able to get something to work, not from the interactions with the other contestants. Face Off and Jim Henson's Creature Workshop are both like a breath of fresh air. Maybe Patrick deserves his own emoticon :-})

I think an unconventional materials challenge should never be a team challenge. The point of an unconventional materials challenge (UMC) is to see how creative the designers can be. In a team challenge, they always have to make cohesive designs, which really limits their creativity. What you get from an unconventional materials team challenge is to see the creativity of the most forceful person on the team. The only way I would want the UMC to be a team or group thing is if they had each person grab one unconventional material, then put them in groups of three (either on their own or with the velvet bag) - each one had to make a garment using all three of the materials picked, but the garments don't have to be cohesive. The judges would pick a best and worst from each group, and then determine who wins and who is aufed. Less drama, since they are not really working together, but I prefer less drama.

But then they would have to change the name to 12.

They gave viewers a choice between one of the most volatile (aka bat shit crazy) people to ever be on the show, another contestant with "personality," and a "normal" yet rather unmemorable person and the viewers picked the normal, rather unmemorable person. Hmm, this gives me hope that the producers will realize that we want designers, not drama (hey, I see all of you shaking your heads and say "no way" - take that opinion somewhere else and let me have my delusions... if only for today).

Well, now I am wondering what sort of accessories people that work at Red Robin need. Certainly, they already have any accessory that would be useful - so either they will get to re-design something (an apron, or something to hold the order book) or they are designing something unnecessary (like a brooch or a bracelet). But it is interesting that they are designing an accessory, not a uniform - just imagine how that meeting went "Sure, we would love to be part of your prize package. We certainly could use the product placement, although I don't know if people who are interested in high fashion are our target customer. However, we have seen what sort of taste the judges have <cough> Gretchen <cough> and don't think our employees would want to wear a uniform your winner designed. So, let's just go with 'accessory' and give specifics, like it must be under a half inch in diameter, later."

If they would have done a great job, then Sandhya's dress wouldn't have been enough to auf them - just like with Angela's team. Angela's dress was worse than Sandhya's, but her team was safe because of how good the other two designs were. They acted like they had winning designs but Sandhya's was so horrible that one of them had to go home. The reality is that Sandhya's may have been the worse of the three, but theirs weren't much better. And since they had the same opportunity as Sandhya to win last week and have immunity this week, then it is fair. They may consider themselves unlucky to be on a team with someone with immunity, but it was still fair.