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I've suffered (and that's the right word, trust me) from debilitating fibromyalgia since 1991. It goes hand-in-hand with depression, and I was diagnosed with clinical depression in 1992. So Kyle could easily have had both. I also have good times when I can go hiking, driving, whatever -- and then I have weeks where I am unable to leave the bed. I also nearly died from a fairly minor surgery in 2005, so I understand Yolanda's fear of her surgery. She needed to have that conversation with her kids and her mother (whom she called Oma, to answer a question from upthread). She did NOT need to have that conversation in front of a camera, even if the kids are accustomed to being filmed. There's a huge difference between being filmed having fun in a kitchen or posing in designer clothing and hearing your mother tell you straight-up that she might die. And to round out my yapping about YoYo, my mother preferred my brother over me to the point that she would sometimes ask me to move so she could sit by him. I felt for Anwar. Oh, one more thing. I don't think Erica is as smart as she (or YoYo) thinks she is. She grates my nerves.

I understand wanting to stand up for young, black men. I genuinely do. That instinct to stand up, however, should not override your self-preservation instinct. That's why I was on-board with asking those guys to leave. Yes, even though there was a camera crew and (obviously) some big guys on the crew to keep really bad things from happening. Phaedra and Sheree need to stop with that line of thought. I do agree with Kenya (look out, Hades is currently experiencing blizzard conditions!) that the disrespectful, possibly dangerous, guys should leave. I'm not sure she handled it as well as she would have if she hadn't been a bit intoxicated as well. And she did instigate some "mess" out on the boat, snapping her fingers at Glen and calling him "young buck" (according to my closed captions). Still, on the whole, I'm mostly on her side this time. (Yep, Hades is experiencing gale force winds with that blizzard.) If I were Kim, I'd have been leaving, too. I have never been a Kim Fields fan, but honestly, she's more like me than any of these other "housewives." I'd have been very uncomfortable, too. That said, she must have known what she signed up for. Even people who don't watch the RH shows know they're all about the DRAMA. Finally, I have no use at all for Tammy, but I've had three concussions. Poor woman looked exactly the way I felt after each of them when she showed up at the door. I had great sympathy for her then. I have no doubt I'll lose it all if she comes back around because she's a horrid person.

I have only one quibble with the Glenn-is-alive scenario: They waited too long to show us. Not in this episode, of course, but in the overall arc of the season. This isn't a writer-chosen thing either. It's a show runner/producer one. Nevertheless, they should have shown us Glenn's fate the next episode or the one after that because stretching things out this long messed with the pacing. One of the most important elements in storytelling is pacing. Fast-fast-slow-fast-fast works well for horror, which is why I don't mind the occasional slower episode. But dropping the Glenn storyline for so long before picking it back up again was a bit of a mistake in my opinion. On the other hand, Glenn's alive. He did what I (and zillions of others) said he'd do: He scooted under the Dumpster. Now, if it were me, I'd be zombie snax. No way could I fit under a danged Dumpster.

I'm one of the minority who enjoyed this episode. Insight into what made our current version of Morgan tick. There were a few things I'd have done differently, of course, and I'm not sure the episode used all 90 of those minutes as well as possible, but I liked the episode on the whole. Yes, Morgan, leaving a half-crazed, dying Wolf in the basement -- with only the outer door locked -- is an excellent idea. Said no one. Ever. This is a decision that's going to come back to bite Morgan in the rump. Not literally, I hope. The actors truly killed their roles. They were brilliant.

I enjoyed this episode. I still like Lady Love (despite her silly name) more than almost anything or anyone else. She has a great medieval face, and she can act. The scenes with Willkin and Maddox's son are always good. They have good chemistry. Maybe the actor who plays Willkin can spend the hiatus (assuming a second season) working on his acting skills. Watching Stephen Moyer chew the scenery as the Chamberlain has been fun.

nc socialworker nailed this perfectly. I cannot agree with this comment too many times. Carol and Dorinda are not exactly towering intellects, but both of them have the emotional wherewithall to understand that the rest of the world doesn't get set in amber when someone you love dies. The world keeps right on keeping on. You have to find your way to do the same. And, for the record, I didn't find the "my mom keyed some guy's classic Harley" story to be funny. Seems that bad-tempered outbursts run in the family.

Oh well. I enjoyed the first seasons of this show. I quit on it last season. This week I got 35 minutes in, checked the time, said, "What? It's only 35 minutes done?" and quit. I love horror. I write horror. I don't care for horror that's nothing but blood and cheap shocks -- and that's what I saw in the first half hour of this episode. I love Kathy Bates, Sarah Paulson, Angela Bassett, and several of the other actors in this revolving troupe of actors. They are not being well-served by the writing and show-running on this series. I'm done.

I enjoyed this episode. But then, I'm a horror writer, so I have somewhat different parameters for violence and blood, etc. Also, perhaps because I'm a writer, I have problems with scenes like the "let's toss folks off a roof -- with their mouths taped -- and have them all fall exactly so they will spell out a word" one in this episode. Oh, and they'll scream, with the sound unmuffled, though those taped-up mouths. Yeah, that'll work. I had to say, "Comic book violence," a few times to stop the eye-rolling. I'll miss Essen. I liked her.

I've tried with this series. I'll give it one more episode because this is my favourite time period -- give or take a couple hundred years -- and I do like Stephen Moyer. The actor who plays the Baroness (I don't like the term actress and don't use it) has a marvelous medieval look, though, despite her costuming being incorrect. I might watch with the sound off.

Bless his heart (as we say here in the South), Travis is gonna hafta change his "Ew, guns are icky" attitude. Or get chomped. You know someone's toast when one character says to the other, "I'll never leave you." I don't know if it's going to be Travis or Madison, but one of them is doomed. On the whole, I enjoyed this episode. The pacing is still a bit uneven, and Madison's non-reaction to events is a little off-putting. I hope we'll get some insight into what makes her makes her so stoic. Stoicism is a valuable quality in a real-life crisis. For dramatic purposes, it's not so useful, Poor dog. As a horror writer who has occasionally incurred the wrath of readers for my own fictional dog-killing, I saw that coming. It still hurt.

Now I've finally slogged through the episode on the website (and CBS does not make it easy to watch on their website -- just sayin'). I will watch Dean Norris in just about anything, folks, and I'm glad this series is nearly over. Mike Vogel continues to be quite pretty, despite the bruises and lacerations. And I want to see if Indy lives. Otherwise, I'm marking time till The End. As a former actor (I don't care for the term actress and never have -- even back in the '60s and '70s when I was one), I know what it is to work with material you simply cannot believe in. These actors are all showing the signs. As a writer now, I see the signs in the dialogue and plotting of writers who weren't given clear outlines and direction. You can't write believable dialogue that actors can speak convincingly if the overall supervision isn't there. (It's different if you're writing on your own. This type of writing is more collaborative.) Those are my opinions anyway. *grin* And you know what they say about opinions and noses. We all have one.

I missed this episode because my local CBS affiliate thought preseason football was more important (and not my team -- which would have been more important -- but the Carolina Panthers who are never important, to me anyway). What a mishmash the ep must have been, to judge by the comments here and the recap. Now I suppose I'll go look at the CBS website and see if the ep's available for watching. The masochism is strong in me.

I know this is quite minor, but rats do not brux to sharpen their teeth. They brux to grind them down. Rats' teeth never stop growing, so they gnaw on hard surfaces and brux -- which is grinding their teeth together. They also do that mostly when they're relaxed and happy, not when they're threatening. Having owned pet rats for years and having been bitten a couple of times (always my own fault -- pet rats seldom bite), I am doubtful that they develop a taste for human blood. My rats got lots of my blood when they bit me, and none of them ever bit me again. As I said, pet rats seldom bite, and I never had one bite me more than once and always when I had done something stupid. It's the little details like these that make or break a script (or novel) for me. This show is failing in the small things, and it's not getting the big ones right enough either. Without my love for Nonso Anozie, I don't think I'd be watching.

Making my first remark on this forum. *is nervous* I hate to agree with Shannon on much of anything because I dislike her, but when she said Bach's Rescue Remedy is calming, I can testify to it. It's good stuff. A little weird and not remotely explainable, but I don't care. It works for me.

It's sort of funny, seeing all the hate directed toward Abraham's hair color. Before mine went grey, it was almost exactly that shade of stab-you-in-the-eye red. And I was born with it. :)

I would be willing to bet that Jaq was asked, "Do you and Chris have any children?" That would explain her answer which leaves out Ashlee. She very likely said that she had a child from a previous relationship and then went on to talk about the two she has with Chris. And then editing happened. That would be my guess anyway, judging from the sorts of responses my friends who have children from multiple relationships give to that question. Jim M. annoys me beyond words. I'd say if you want to know how to be a good person, take everything he says and reverse it. His maundering in the barn and the driveway at the photoshoot made me laugh. My very Italian husband has been told twice by doctors that I would not live till morning. He doesn't get all choked up and sobby when talking about it. He's glad I'm still here and shows it, but he doesn't fall to his knees and fake-cry in some driveway. Theresa G. needs to learn that sometimes you say you're sorry because someone got hurt. You woman up and apologize. You don't act as if the words "I'm sorry. I did not mean to hurt you" are too difficult to say. They are all (except one) one-syllable words. Not a tongue-twister. And those words can pour a lot of healing onto troubled situations. Of course, that doesn't make for drama.

This is my very first posting/reply here (though I've been reading for months), and I don't know how to do that quoting thing. My thought on why Joe Guidice keeps on lying, on television and everywhere else: He can't help himself. He's been lying about everything for so long he doesn't even remember what the truth is 75 percent of the time.