Bad Example

I really can't decide if I think Roberta is horrible or not. I think she's not very bright, and I think she is exceptionally immature for her age. Telling Dannielle about the (can't possibly be all that) sexy times? It's either mean, or it's just more evidence of her immaturity, a short-sightedness that says that if it's "honesty" it must be okay. I don't get the disingenuousness that a lot of you see from Roberta, but I don't really know what I see (and I'm perfectly willing to let this play out more and draw new conclusions). From my POV, again, Roberta's not very smart and she's immature, Dannielle keeps telling her how wonderful it all is and that's something Roberta would *want* to believe, and there's both a language barrier and the fact that they really don't know each other all that well. Garrick ought to be able to see that Dannielle is in misery, but I'm not sure I can expect that from Roberta.

I think this show is just my catharsis to dump all of my hate and stress on. Not that it's not well-deserved, GARRICK. I do think he is the worst of the lot just because there's so much underlying cruelty in his every utterance. Eeeew.... but that is EXACTLY the vibe. Add the "yes, sir" and.... ick ick ick. I'm glad she stood up and was all, "Yes, that's all well and good, but I'm STILL going to work." There's more hope for Kaleh than for Dannielle. I feel like Kaleh could still get out of her situation if it turns violent. As for Dannielle, I'm actively concerned about her reaction to the continual emotional abuse.

Eh, it's the eyeliner. And, Taylor? That wasn't a "tingle" you were getting from Dmitri. That was your bullshit detector making a last valiant effort to warn you off. (Although I agree, she's in this for the screen time.) She won't last long. "We" saw some relationship red flags, says Ashley, to accompany her death stares, while Dmitri drools... But thank God Ashley brought up the alkaline diet in case we forgot about her personal brand of crazy and controlling. "We" are on an alkaline diet, says she.... yes, I'm sure Dmitri is terribly, terribly concerned about that.

SO punchable. That giggling was horrifiying. I can usually keep an emotional distance and just mock all of these people, but the Garrick hate is super strong. And Dannielle "wonders" if Garrick cares more about Roberta's feelings than hers? She WONDERS? I want her to sit down and watch one of these episodes with all of us so we can open her eyes and feed her cake and tequila.

Who would win the Ultimate Douche-off? Sidian was ahead, but Garrick made a strong case for himself this week. Laughing at Danielle not knowing he snuck in a quickie was disgusting. Kaleh honey... just run. Like @sainte-chapelle said, she is beautiful and hardworking and there's no way this ends well for her. Unless she is enjoying the drama of it all (something I cannot entirely discount)? If that's the reason she stays then she deserves the serfdom she's signing on for. FREE THE SNOWDEN CHILDREN from the emotional manipulation. "Mommy won't love you if you don't love on every new woman we parade through here" would not surprise me one bit.

You'd think. But it's probably one of the esoteric gods that only Ashley knows about with her Very Special Spirituality. She wouldn't REALLY name her kid after the God of Vag Steaming.... would she?

She's probably the one who set up those too-bright lights from behind the bar. But the Obsidian Tool needed his spotlight! And Dannielle is not a large wife, but anything to keep her stomped down. It's just so unnecessary. Not only does Dannielle have to put up with this in the first place, she feels like she has to stoke her (ex) husband's ego about just how hot his side piece is. (And they probably paid for Roberta's braces). I call producer shenanigans on the back-to-back hotel rooms. And if your world would be improved by advice from ASHLEY SNOWDEN, it is 100% time to rethink your life.

Holy word salad, batman.

OMG this douche made his name a registered trademark. I love you for posting this, @Auntie Anxiety.

Ashley and Dmitri are so EASY to mock for all of their airs and pretentions (and I do!) but what they are doing to their children is seriously messed up. I can just imagine how primed and pushed those kids are to love on these new people who show up temporarily... and then those people just disappear.

And when she added that "he'd learned that lesson"? GOLD.

That fucker even made HER be the one to petition for divorce? Only if it's in that divorce decree that Dannielle gets EVERYTHING, buddy. After all, if this divorce really doesn't mean anything changes about your relationship, why not? Right? And oh, hey, Royal Clark Family: Nothing says "healthy trio" like mean, whispery conversations between 2 people about the 3rd person.

I've been really patient with this extra set of episodes, but this one.... the one redeeming feature was Jerry. Jerry is the best. We don't deserve Jerry. Every time I say something nice about Jerry I know it just takes him one step closer to an undeserved death. I only wish Carol was trying to trap the rat in order to put it in the soup.

No, not manipulated! They all PRAYED on-- hahahahahaha... sorry, I can't. I'm also struck by how many of these husbands are men who I am surprised that ANY woman married in the first place. Maybe the first wives just figure that with someone else in the picture, that's 50% less time she'll have to deal with him. The Snowdens are just a ridiculous self-aggrandizing sideshow.

The only thing I can think when I see Sidian is "tool". Sidian is a tool. As for Tosha being dumb... she actually stated that after the first wife had the sense to leave, she would come by just to cook and clean for Sidian and the boys. Oh, HONEY. Listen to yourself. I think both the Brazilian woman and the South American woman are good looking and could certainly find other relationships. Maybe they're crazy. Or maybe they're not... and one of the things that makes this show so much fun is that none of these preening, self-deluded polygamists ever stop to think about any of the many, many possible reasons someone would want to join them ON A TV SHOW.

Did Claudia Conway get work done along with coloring her hair? Would there have been time? Or did she just have some serious professional makeup done? I still think her presence is ridiculous, but I have to ask the important questions.

I agree. But I'm concerned because suddenly Billie is friends with Nic and Mina doesn't seem to be in Nic's vicinity. NOT a Billie fan, but I really like Mina, especially when she's in arrogant/driven mode.

I love Dog but he seemed like a hell of a liability to have wandering around far afield from the cabin. Heading back home he'd be like a Pied Piper for Walkers.

I am so here for it, too. Baby daddy drama? You bet! MRI hijinks? Bring it on. There's no ridiculous place these 911 shows won't go and they 100% have my support.

While they're still doing some monumentally stupid things... like @OoohMaggie noted about the shipping container struggle... I've still missed these people. Well, some of these people. The people we had time to get attached to. Pretty much anyone post-Jerry is just "yeah, whoever" to me. I liked the episode, I liked hearing Maggie talk about people from the past, and damn did casting and costuming do their job with making Hershel a total mini-Glenn. Which totally got to me, because I'm a sap. It would have been the best moment of the series if Maggie, upon seeing Negan, had just unleashed her knife again right between his eyes. That could have been the end of that. I look forward to the moment when little Hershel looks around and says, "You people are the plague."

Claudia Conway was nowhere near the level of the others who went through, but Katy needed to make sure we all know how awful she thinks Claudia's parents are. Unfair to Claudia, unfair to everyone. And Claudia makes weird faces. As for crying girl, I didn't love her voice but she really got to me. I hope she's able to have that effect on people when she's not singing something so deeply personal. I loved Country Boy who Luke sang with and the girl in the orange dress (looks up name... Nia... freakin' amazing). As for the last girl, I thought Natural Woman was a much better song for her than the first song she sang, since that first one was just all over the place out-of-control. The advice to the girl with the Navy dad seemed spot-on and I hope she heard it. I liked her a lot but she needs some more polish. I found the cute-boy "I just started singing last year!" to be entirely boring and mediocre. I disagreed with the judges on Jason Warrior and the woman with Tourette's, neither of whom really did much for me.

Eh, they were already talking about their future together, so my only reaction was "you mean you're not already engaged?" Also, it was the same as with the hero music James got after jumping off the bridge. It would have been a lot more effective if I liked them at all.

Yep, that made me hate Will and James even more than I already do. "Stereotype, stereotype, stereotype, Gary & DeAngelo will feel so emasculated HEEHEEHEEE." Gary and DeAngelo: High heels? Okay. Don't give a crap, let's get on with the task. And speaking of G & D, I thought taking the penalty was the strategy that made the most sense. At that point they had no idea how much longer this thing was going to take, all they knew was that the other three were sticking together. It was plausible it could have taken the other teams more than two hours to finish since there was no way of knowing if anyone was actually making any progress. It had to have seemed more likely at that point than the two of them just happening upon the right combination. Although I really like the "stick like glue" idea someone upthread proposed.

Yeah <shrug>, I'm just not hating on Hung. As for the whole 90 seconds thing... yeah, it's abrupt, but it's also brutally pragmatic. Fighting between yourselves is not going to get the race won. I'm saving all of my hate for Will & James. They are so in love with themselves with absolutely no sense of self-awareness. I thought it made sense for the Blondes, for their own race, to use the Yield. They didn't know how far behind Leo & Alanna were. I'd written them off since the beginning, but now I am rooting for them and hoping their luck holds.

I would absolutely pick the brownies you described as my first choice! Same. Box brownies are great, so I go with it. But don't mind me. My go-to brownie decoration is putting M&M minis on in them for a little texture, so I am clearly very fancy. Yum.