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I must have missed something because I couldn't figure out why the unsub wanted to kill the cop's wife. I know the wife called a drug hotline run by the unsub, which prompted the unsub to decide to kill her. But why? Was there any Behavioral Analysis in this episode? Seems like everything the BAU did could have been done by any non-specialized FBI agent.

Ooops! I guess my post was a good way to show I am a lousy proofreader.

I have only seen the first two products - the step-climber stroller and the Frywall. The Frywall - seems like a good idea, but how do you fit it in your dishwasher? And the sides seemed so high they would get in the way when you cook. The Stroller - The sharks were right - it is too heavy and bulky to transport. Plus, it is no help when the weather is bad. Besides, the world doesn't need a way to get exercise pushing a stroller, pushing a stroller is already exercise. It would be better to attach exercise equipment to a baby swing, so that the swing only moves when someone is exercising (it can have an option to be battery operated) Yes, he should have. He admitted the valuation wasn't accurate but he wanted $500k for what he wanted to do. Not a good way to show the sharks that you are a lousy businessman.

I don't doubt you, but I still don't understand why Chrissy and Ryan didn't defend themselves on this at the FTC. Perhaps it was the editing, but they just basically shrugged when they were asked why they didn't keep an eye on Ben? And, if it was the editing, why would the producers not want us to know that others were looking and only Ben was able to find them? - knowing this would feed write into the Ben is awesome story they are trying to tell. And, if Mike got to the raft 15 minutes after Ben, didn't Mike see the clue on the raft or did Ben cover it up? And, if he saw the clue then why did he still assume that Ben didn't have an idol. Note: I don't expect you to be able to answer these questions, I am just venting. The difference is that on the other shows have judges and people advance based on how good they are. On Survivor, the other contestants vote people out and being a good player or a worthy winner actually increases your chances of being sent home. The only thing I can come up with is that these new round of players will be faced with the same twists/advantages that have haunted players in the past. Giving the shell away will always haunt Lauren, so they will do that advantage again next season and see if the new person plays it better. I think it would make a lot more sense to use returning players, but didn't they already do a redemption season? Frankly, I think they are just grasping at any way they can to name each season. I couldn't tell by gameplay who was a Healer, a Hero or a Hustler. Arguably, the biggest Hustler out there was Ben and he was a Hero. Same with Jeff trying to make the Outwit, Outplay, Outlast catchphrase mean something specific (what does outlasting have to do with picking the right people for the jury? - outlasting just means that you got to the end by outwitting/outplaying - or by being a goat)

This "nobody else was looking for idols" discussion comes up every season and there is always the response that everyone is looking for idols but they don't show it because it because they only show the times people find idols. Watching a bunch of people wandering around and digging in the dirt would be rather boring and most would rather watch players strategizing than idol-hunting. However, this season was different. The players, except Ben, pretty much admitted (in the final few days) that they didn't look for idols and weren't all that concerned with Ben looking because they were so sure that there weren't any more idols to be found. Why they would be so sure of that, I don't know. Idols get re-hidden after they are played. Plus, there were four people, they could have taken turns keeping an eye on Ben - or just keeping an eye open, since it is becoming more and more common that the idols are hidden at camp.

I am always amazed at the ones, and there are ones every season, who have no chance of winning but think that they do. Ryan calls himself a superfan and actually thought he had a chance of winning? And Mike thought he could win if he had only made it to the end? Yeah, sure, keep telling yourself that, because there are just so many examples of people winning because they never knew what was going on and were dragged to the end by the players who did. So true. However, technically, her advantage wasn't getting to pick someone to sit by her at the final - Her advantage was getting to know what the twist would be before the Final Tribal. Basically, "now that you won, we are letting you know that you will get to pick someone and the other will make fire so you can think about it ahead of time and/or tell whomever makes fire to practice, practice, practice." If her advantage would have been - "You get to pick someone to sit next to you and have the others make fire for the 3rd spot, she would have said "hmm, I don't think I will use this advantage." I think they threw in this twist because the wanted the finale to not be a blowout. Normally, you get down to the final four and there are 2 who who don't have a good chance of winning (aka 2 losers), and two who would win if they sat with the two losers but might not win if they sat with each other. Then one of the two possible winners is sent to the jury and the other one gets most of the votes. Still, Chrissy got screwed. This cannot be said often enough. There have been a lot of terrible reunion shows. Yet, this one was far worse than any prior one. It was basically - Ben wins. Ryan is skinny. Ben has military friends. Lauren regrets giving away the shell. Survivor is awesome because they have helped everyone with PTSD.

If I recall correctly, one the contestants on this season was on a previous season but had to leave due to a family emergency. She gets a second chance and the show is pulled off the air. That is some crappy luck.

Perhaps one of the things that will come out of all this is that there will be something added to all contracts along the lines of "If you commit or have committed any acts that will cause the show to stop airing, you agree to pay the lost ad revenue (or return the income received)" Then the offender would pay for the changes you suggested..

I am guessing that part of the reason they are not airing the rest of the episodes is that advertisers don't want to be connected with the show anymore. I hope they run the rest of the episodes On Demand and/or on the ABC website.

Darn! I really like this show. I haven't been looking at the forum/boards because I don't get to watch it until almost a week after it airs and because (ironically) I didn't want to find out anything about any contestant's personal life that would make me dislike them. I fully support the #metoo movement - too many men have gotten away with too much for too long - and I understand why they are pulling the rest of the season. However, I hope ABC at least puts the remaining episodes online or on demand for the sake of the fans and the contestants. And I hope the show comes back next year, without Johnny, of course. Find another American pastry chef or change the name back to Great Holiday Baking Show and have Mary and Paul as judges (I vote for the latter).

Ah, spellcheck, mixed with chubby fingers on a too small phone keypad, did me in. Probably would have helped if I would have worn my glasses, too.

The permafrost plot confused me - Problem: We need to stop the permafrost from thawing so dormant viruses won't create a pandemic. Solution: Since the snow on top warms the permafrost, work on cloning wholly mammoths and, meanwhile, let other large animals walk on snow to so the cold air can contact the ground. Problem: The Russians want to drill and drilling is easier if the permafrost isn't as frozen. - Why wasn't this an issue the first time the subject was brought up? Solution: Put peat on the ground. First - why wasn't this the original solution before cloning wholly mammoths? Second - The peat will keep it from thawing, so the drilling will still be tougher. This doesn't solve the problem. Revised solution: Put peat where you don't plan to drill. But the permafrost will thaw where there is no peat and the viruses can still be unleashed on the world. And don't forget that he has to handle all the home stuff too, while Elizabeth is traveling or staying late for meetings.

I don't know about Lyft, but Uber is cheaper and they show up faster than a taxi. I would think a good rating has more to do with not causing problems and leaving a nice tip.

At least we got to see him during his days as a TV "repairman." And Bow would have a better understanding of Omar now than Dre would, since she talked to him so often.

Good episode, but I was rolling my eyes a bit with the woman with the burned chest. How did she burn her chest so badly, but her face was unharmed? She was in so much pain but had no trouble moving her head from side to side, which would pull on the burned skin. Also, I have heard that, when you have burns that severe, you are not in much pain initially because the nerves have been so damaged, but once they start healing, the pain is intense. I don't know how true that it, but I burned my foot very badly once and it wasn't a big deal until two days later when it hurt incredibly.

I have used the "how do you spell it" trick so many times that I have become rather adept at coming up with an alternate spelling off the top of my head. In your example, I would have replied, "I used to know someone who spelled it "J-O-A-N-S" so now I always ask.

I think it was a one-time urn conversation and the show was just looking for a way to let the audience know what Toby's thinking. He doesn't have any friends that we know of for him to have lunch with and discuss it. Kevin is the only one they could reasonably show him talking to and it would detract from Kevin's spiraling-downward-due-to-a-drug-addiction storyline.

The announcer didn't seemed to pronounce No Mo Stache incorrectly. Instead of No and Mo rhyming, a shortened version of "No More" he pronounced it more like No Moo Stache. In my neighborhood, people are surprisingly good about cleaning up after their dogs. Cats are another story. No leash law of poop bag ordinance for cats. Plus, there are quite a few feral cats. People think cats always bury their "stuff" but, apparently, no one explained that to the cats in my area. I can't see many people paying $160 for a pillow without knowing it would work for them. Maybe if you sleep with music already and want something that is more portable or doesn't bother your partner. One of the other sharks (Laurie, I think) said something about how products with cutesy names don't last long (talking about the teas, I think). Skinny Girl is a cutesy name, IMO. And your wax would smell minty fresh :-)

I thought Orbit Wheels and Ninja Darts would make good gifts for some family members so I looked for them online --- Orbit Wheels are sold on Amazon ($70-100), Walmart ($67) , and a few other stores. Ninja Darts are sold on their website, which states "As seen on Shark Tank." I have a vague recollection of Mark Cuban throwing the cards (the memory is really fuzzy though). The version on Toy Box is Ninja Darts II. Not sure which version was on Shark Tank. I guess they didn't get an offer from the Sharks or the deal fell through.

Clothes for new dads is a silly idea, IMO. They don't make similar clothes for new moms for a reason - you don't need them. I missed the introductions, so I asked my husband why Alice in Wonderland was sitting with the sharks. This is one of the great mysteries. I just thought Robert was trying to be a gentleman, but, apparently, Lory needs someone to hand her things. My best guess is that her clothes will move into an unflattering position if she leans forward.

I got into this show late, so I never saw the episode they were flashbacking to. I found this episode to be more suspenseful, in that, for a while, I wasn't sure if the guy who had been locked up was really the killer. But then the other option was ridiculous and there was no profiling about him, so there was no explanation as to why this guy would be willing to kill. They said he was easily suggestible, but there was no trigger and no seeing how the relationship developed. I was quite certain that Morgan's visit was going to be Garcia's hallucination or dream, but no, apparently, Garcia jsut needs to hear Morgan's voice and look into his eyes and she can get over anything. And the lawyer and the doctor were over the top ridiculous.

The shirts seem like a good idea, if there really is a need for them. The transformable life vests must work in they have been approved, but I agree with others that it seems lore like that one would tip over and be bobbing around upside down or at least floating horizontally. I was surprised the high end photo booth guys got a deal. I agree with whichever sharks said that it would do well for a few years then consumers would move on to something else. Same here. I don't know anyone who could use those and was surprised none of the sharks mentioned it. I was also surprised that none of them mentioned that his curtain hangers might not hang the curtains at the right height. And you would need to have curtains that go above the rod too - like the ones he used with the giant grommets. If you have the kind that the rod sits at the top of the curtain, it might look odd.

One thing that is starting to bug me about this show is how strangers (the bus driver, the Super, the patients) don't seem to realize that Shawn is on the spectrum, or at least that he is different from non-spectrum people.

I can't remember anyone's name (common problem for me) I just went with what someone else called him. I was talking about the guy who couldn't vote because he got the disadvantage.

And there was nothing the others could gain from knowing - they couldn't use her advantage to get rid of her or to somehow influence whose vote she blocked. All he did was show them that he was a blabbermouth who shouldn't be trusted (while he was trying to gain their trust). I agree that she should have given it to one of the two former Heroes. She said she wanted to create chaos, and giving it to Devin would create more chaos than giving it a former Hero. They may have been too young to watch it, but they were probably born. the first season aired in the summer of 2000. I think Bugs Bunny was referencing Of Mice and Men. There are two main characters in the book - George, a small guy, and Lenny, a big, slow-witted guy. Lenny likes to pet the rabbits and gets a little rougher than he should. Lenny says, "Can I pet the rabbits, George?" which was a popular quote, when I was younger and dinosaurs still roamed the Earth. I was thinking the same thing when Chrissy was talking about how she felt so "loved" when he passed the clue to her. He doesn't know her, there was no "connection," the only reason he gave it to her was because he saw her as the weakest on her tribe and he wanted to keep her around so her tribe would be weaker. We all thought that Devon got an advantage, but that was partly because we all thought Devin had been on the same tribe as the one who got the advantage.