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Especially since it included a blase discussion of their future divorce.

If you pay attention, he relates everything back onto himself and his own awesomeness. The "metoo movement is now somehow something Jamal takes personal pride in? Could my eyes roll back any farther?

I love Sandra and think she has a good handle on the game, even one she's not playing (Rob too). But I also think that TPTB have a vested interest in promoting the whole "idols" concept, and will want to make Rob and Sandra look like geniuses. So I'm convinced that we're selectively seeing comments from both of them that support how the game ends up going. In other words -- I think you're right! Also: Sandra gave a version of the "million dollar quote" about Janet. Others who are possibly getting a good/winner's edit: Kellee, Missy, Elaine.

I think she said "I don't want to go out like a punk."

Jamal: "I work at a girls' school so I know that girls when they get together have some magic juju that destroys us powerless men." Next he'll want to burn the "girls'" alliance at the stake to, you know, save the poor men from their witchcraft. And then later, "I'm beaming with pride that these girls are now able to speak their truth." Ugh, I cannot even find the words to describe how furious he makes me. This would be great. And in her final TC speech, she could thank Jamal for the idea

Thank you for your post. IMO, privilege in this context does not mean that everyone (or even anyone) in the group has a privileged life by our normal definition or ease, wealth, etc. It means that the group has the social privilege of being the default. And everyone else is the "other."

This is the parallel argument that men have starting making that you just shouldn't hire women in the workplace because it's too difficult for men to not sexually harrass them.

There has to be a reason they spent so much time on Dan's inappropriate behavior during the first episode.

Or perhaps it explains why Tommy's Death Stare looked so idiotic. Bad acting.

Would those be whoppita biscuits?

I am charmed by Elaine. She falls in the category of smart Survivor players from the south making damn fools of the others who assume they are dumb. Nick falls into this category and he took it all the way to the million dollars. I don't even care if she's playing it up, since they (Lauren, ahem) are eating it up with a fork and knife. Donathan, alas, does not fall into this category.

While a highly particular work environment, the BD situation seems to mirror a lot of what you would find in any workplace. Bosses without boundaries inappropriately forcing staff into personal interactions: Sandy Passive aggressive leadership: Lee, Sandy, Kate Favoritism: Lee, Sandy, Kate, Hannah, etc., etc. Territoriality: Hannah, Kate, All the Chefs Backstabbing/Ambushing: Kevin, Kate, I'm sure there are others I can't think of etc etc

I didn't read the Wikipedia entry, but I think do-rag originally referred to scarves that women wore to protect their hair-do while doing housework. Since much domestic labor was done by people of color, the word was associated with black women. It was also used to protect the hair-do while sleeping. (White women also used scarves and bonnets to protect their dos while sleeping and working in the hair-do era, but they weren't called do-rags, I don't think. And don't even get me started on snoods.) I think it became associated with black men beginning in the jeri-curl era, which I want to say was the 70s. Like the undershirt, it was basically at-home attire that became street wear. Thus "thug" I guess.

The Tommy Death Stare was one of the funniest moments in this episode.

Since when is it spelled "durag," not do-rag. After, all it's not used to protect your "hairdu"!

Agreed! I didn't mean she'd lose her curls permanently, just until the next shampoo. 🙂

Not defending, but conjecturing as a curly head myself. She might not want to put her hair up because it will pull the curl out, and she clearly likes the way it looks. When she does pull it back, it's loosely, in the "pineapple," top-of-the-head method that curlyheads use to keep their curls from being crushed overnight while they sleep. When my hair was long, if I pulled it back into a pony, and then later let it out, everything that was pulled back would end up straightened, with a giant dent where the elastic was, and the ponytail part curly. Maybe it's kind of like not wanting to wear a hat because of not wanting hat hair? It's still kind of ridiculous since her job is basically manual labor. You'd think she'd've figured out how to manage her hair by now. Also, not sure if this is a curly thing, but when I pull my hair back tight, I always get a splitting headache. That's why my hair is short. 🙂 And for those who say she doesn't comb her hair: you never comb or brush curly hair unless it's wet, and probably shouldn't even then. Curly Hair PSA over and out.

He did the right thing in going to the Captain, but he should have also told Ashton, if not before, then after. He should have told Ashton what he did and that he had already spoken to the Captain and taken responsibility for it. That way, Ashton wouldn't have to hear about it from the Captain, and could be ready with a response (this is how we're going to avoid such things moving forward, etc.) Not the end of the world, and correctable, since Brian's intentions were in the right place (taking responsibility straightaway).

Or she didn't come on the show to find a man.

That Brandy was some piece of work. Drinks herself into a stupor for two weeks, at great inconvenience and worry to the professionals around her. Then, she arises out of her stupor, demands more alcohol, and sits up, yelling and complaining into her phone in the middle of the night. You'd think she'd wake up chastened or at least a bit embarrassed. Where do they get these people? Is this her idea of vacation? Girl needs rehab. Bravo for Courtney for not giving her alcohol. She's becoming my favorite. Good sense, no drama, and nice snark. Interior crew is great this season. Kevin is an idiot. Most catering chefs will prepare a few extra plates just in case -- what if someone wants a second portion? Haven't we seen, in other seasons, the crew eating the extras? He's spent so much time complaining about the conditions and people around him, he forgot to be on top of his own damn job. But Lee was unnecessarily passive aggressive with him, I thought. Unless he was silent because he was trying to contain his rage, which seems a strong possibility. Abbi -- the job requires you to change your clothes. Yes, you have to put your hair up. No, it's not a sailboat. Yes, you have to report to work on time. If you can't handle those basic realities, it's not the job for you.

It should be a rule that every season, one of us has to invoke the cloth of spaghetti, just so I can laugh like a hyena.

Just weighing in to say that the contemplation of what precisely is wrong with Dean's face on this thread has me LOLing.

Shirley probably doesn't exist. She is merely a fiction, so he can humblebrag about teaching underprivileged kids

I think they, probably rightly, surmised that Tom was the one with the closest ties to his original tribe, and, of the three, the most likely to re-align with his old tribemates after the merge. They know Karishma despises her old tribe, and Dean was the collateral damage of an epic blindside, so. But I also agree with Boston Rob that they're going to keep losing challenges.

I think it's just a matter of asymmetry. Like each side of his face is good-looking on its own, but together they seem askew. It has the look of a handsome face that was in the boxing ring too much. HAHA! I think the original poster was referring to Tourette's or Pseudobulbar disorder.