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Goodbye, TK! You took Nike's "Just Do It" a bit too seriously. Maybe take some of that "winning energy" of yours and teach a CrossFit class where people pay to be treated like that. Okay, well last week I posted that I couldn't understand why everyone on the red team didn't want Rome around and were complaining about him searching for idols. I get it now. He is a LOT. However, the ultimate worst player continues to be Unhinged Andy. Again, you got rid of Jon for a person gets his fee-fees hurt if you don't tell him he's the bestest boy at coconut cracking. Also, DO NOT save him. Andy telling you one thing does not mean he's suddenly trustworthy. Damn, Peachy. Let a girl pocket some rice. Don't blow her spot like that.

Oh, good another season of Peachy massaging his god complex rather than being like every other guy going through a midlife crisis and buying a sports car in an obnoxious shade of neon. If you want to be a therapist so badly, go get a degree but I guess he can't "save" the world by giving us speeches about "communities" from a camera-free office in Beverly Hills. Speaking of people in desperate need of therapy (and a chill pill), Andy is our unhinged new island buddy. I can't be the only one who wanted to crack a coconut over his head when he asked for APPLAUSE for cracking a coconut. I empathize with people with anxieties -- we all have them to varying degrees -- but don't go on a reality show to work them out! I know someone like him who is constantly going around to people, "No one likes me" etc. And guess what, saying stuff like that becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy because now they don't. Good job (queue undeserved applause). I CANNOT believe anyone would keep Andy around over Jon. You know someone smart, funny, and unlikely to have a psychotic break over coconuts. Also, I don't know why the red team was having such an issue with Rome. Oh no, not someone trying to play a game called Survivor, I thought we were on a show called Peachy's Community. Not Rome trying to win an advantage. Vote him out!!! SMDH.

Wow, drugs not only fry brains, but they also fry hair. This season of Survivor is brought to you by 9-1-1. Are they going to have to change the tagline to "Outwit. Outplay. Outlast Outlive?" If contestants keep dropping like this that medic may have to tag in and play the game. Glad to know that the Shot in the Dark isn't a complete scam (still dumb). It took how many seasons for it to matter?

YES. Boo hoo, you lost. It's. A. GAME. This reunion left a really bad taste in my mouth (and no, it wasn't Andy Cohen's grating presence). Andie and Quentin can take all the seats. I could understand if this was the year 2000, and reality TV was a new phenomenon but you can't tell me you don't understand how these shows work. If you want to play happy campers then don't compete in a show called THE TRAITORS! Cirie played the role that she was given masterfully and now looks like she's ready for a Mai Tai on her very chic lanai. She won. Stop acting like she held your puppy hostage at gunpoint. Maybe it's because I played competitive sports growing up, but I don't get the bitter act. You play the game. Sometimes you win, and sometimes you lose. Deal with it. Perhaps this attitude is why I would for sure get a villain edit if I competed on this show. Shut up, Ari. He's so disingenuous. It's so ridiculous how everyone wrings their hands moralizing about the traitors. Sure, you're the "villain" of the game, but that doesn't make you a bad person. These people are way too in their feelings.

I'm all in on the DeeDee train (Tami Taylor 4eva!). It's funny before this show premiered I read a review and a critic that I quite like said that her performance was way too OTT, and it felt as though she was on another show. I couldn't disagree more with that. DeeDee is a lot, but she's self-aware enough to acknowledge that. Her journey feels very messy. She's dealing with the discovery that her life with her husband was a lie (didn't she say that she'd been with him since she was 17?!?) and is trying to clean up a financial dumpster fire. Frankly, I'm shocked she's only gone to town on the walls of her dining room. What I also like is that while she's very kind to everyone (who doesn't love a sympathy crepe?) she also has boundaries like when the pregnant girl asked her to go to the ultra-sound. It wasn't cruel but there is only so much someone who is also dealing with grief can give. Speaking of boundaries...pregnant girl could use a few. Cornering Edward in a dark kitchen like that was so inappropriate. The kid survived a terrible crash. He's not the second coming of Jesus. Back off. Glad the guy who just seems so supportive but is just "there" at the focus group got a subplot (because we needed yet another character to follow). I will never stop rolling my eyes if he ends up helping DeeDee to come to terms with her husband's secret life. Junkie fiancee can kick rocks. Just because someone apologizes does not mean they are owed forgiveness. That's the risk you take when you burn bridges. Her rage towards the brother is ridiculous. I love Lacey. That is all.

Welp. I definitely didn't have Uncle Daddy Incest on my show bingo card. I guess this show can surprise me (the bar is so low it's practically on the ground but still). I haven't read the books, so I don't know how things go down there, but you CANNOT tell me the show writers are not massive fans of the 80s cheese-fest Clash of the Titans. Courtland/Perseus getting turned to stone feels like fan service for xennials. More JoJo in season 2, please. I want to see her and Rowan's dynamic evolve now that they both know the truth. The most consistent thing about Rowan (besides her deer-in-headlights reactions to everything) is that she doesn't let no man tell her what to do. Had Daddario had better direction (or possibly an acting coach), I think this moment would have been really awesome. As much as I like, Cip, he always acts on the assumption that Rowan is being controlled by Lasher. I think that there is an element of that, but he's forgetting that Rowan is messy. It's a bit condescending honestly. Rowan, however much we bitch about her on these boards does have control over what she does, and I'd shoot a mind bolt of magic if some dude implied I didn't have agency in my own decisions too. Is Rowan going to turn evil or will good win out? We'll have to see but I'm rooting for anything that gives Rowan a personality in season two.

Yes! I'm so glad I'm not alone in watching another season of bathing suits and red flags (with a bonus bunny boiler thrown in. I'm looking at you, Olivia).

When this first started I worried that I might be bored because the challenges were so similar to the U.S. version. As much as I enjoyed that one, I think the UK show ended up a more entertaining watch. This show was just so messy compared to the U.S. version. Putting reality stars into the other show added a layer of control and artifice that this show just didn't have so it could be raw, full of dramatic, kooky (looking at you, Maddie) and wildly terrible people instincts. Celebrities also tip the scales, because they understand how "reality" works, but when you put regular people into a game like this, it's more exciting to see what happens. Tom the magician losing his ever-loving "rabbit in a hat" mind when his secret girlfriend was targeted. Gold. Maddie as an addle-brained Columbo wannabe who couldn't connect a dot to save her life except when it came to Wilf. Hilarious. It's moments and contestants like this that made this show so incredibly entertaining. The ending was a chef's kiss for me. I LOATHED Wilf throughout the show. He was just so over-the-top and punchable. I could not understand how so few people didn't find him at all suspicious. I sprained a cornea rolling my eyes at Wilf's hyppocritcal justifications for why he had to sell his fellow traitors out. You were ruthless. Own it. It's a game. I hate when people try to be all noble about being a snake. I would not have been unhappy if Kieran had won, but I love that he was able to screw over Wilf in the end. I would 100% drink cocktails and wear killer sweaters with Claudia Winkelman and Alan Cumming. One moment that really rubbed me the wrong way, was the early episode when Aaron had a panic attack at the banishment ceremony. Sure, to some it seemed dramatic, but it struck me that Aaron seemed like he might suffer from anxiety and the voting was too much for him. I really disliked how nasty John was to him later. John seemed to have a chip on his shoulder about the past. No doubt as an older gay man, John has experienced his fair share of discrimination. Telling Imran that the comment about old people hurt his feelings was a moment where you saw that John had no problem standing up for himself, and being honest about his feelings. I loved that John wasn't afraid to call people out, and be honest about how a careless comment made him feel. That's why when John lashed out at Aaron for the panic attack, it felt so ugly. The impatience and lack of empathy was really jarring. In the end, I'm glad Aaron won some money. He seemed like a sweet, kind of awkward, puppy-like kind of guy who just wanted to help out his mum. Next up: Traitors: Australia!

You know, I've been defending Alexandra Daddario's acting because I've seen her be better than whatever this is, but....I think what this series has shown me is that a good director is everything. Girlfriend needs a good director because that scene with Sip was just YIKES. I understand not wanting to be stuck for the rest of your life with Disco Demon, but it's not going to be that easy for Rowan to lose Lasher. Sorry, cousin Tessa! This won't end well for you (as anyone who has watched a TV show could tell you). Now that we know the origin of Lasher and the Claire's President's Day Sale Key Necklace does this mean we're finally finished with these Notlander flashback scenes? I've heard enough of whatever they think Scottish people sounded like back in the day, thank ye very much.

I brought this up last week, but I'd really love to know how SMG and the Super Special Fire Investigations Team knows with absolute certainty that the arsonist was not only a high school student but on that specific bus with Everett and Blake? I know that I'm asking a lot from a sexy teen werewolf show, but throw us a logic bone, show. Also, it's insane that the station wasn't packed with lawyers sent by angry parents whose minor children were rounded up and questioned without a parent or guardian present. All abusive cop was missing was a mustache to twirl and a train track to tie Harlan to. I mean, we all know police corruption is rampant but that was some cartoonish shit. I don't know if it was just me but I got a real sexual aggressive almost rejected vibe from the bad cop. Like, he wanted to hurt Harlan specifically. The whole situation was weird.

I find it strange. I couldn't stop talking about Interview to my friends. I read the books when I was in junior high, and was unfamiliar with Mayfair Witches book series. Everyone I know that watched Interview was super into it. Must see watching. I truly don't get it. It's possible the changes bothered them, but if it's the gay thing. That was already present. Unless it was making Louis black, and changing the timeline? To me, that made so much sense and I thought was a brilliant update. Maybe, others didn't? This show can be good. It just needs to be in better hands.

Agreed. Carlotta is starring in a low-energy production of Flowers in the Attic, and Courtland is doing Tennessee Williams Dinner Theatre on a cruise ship. I would love to see the script notes given to the actors because the acting is wildly inconsistent. The star of this episode for me was the sick flapper outfit that Lasher styled for Rowan. As a horror movie nerd, this was just disappointing. There was such a missed opportunity to create this incredibly creepy fever dream all while building suspense over the course of the episode that builds to something shocking. Instead this deflated quicker than the Chinese spy balloon. I've been thinking this over a lot. If you compare Interview with the Vampire to Mayfair Witches. You have one adaptation that is dynamic while this show is inert. This obviously has everything to do with the showrunner. Damn, even Interview's after show was really interesting. But I think that was the difference. The Interview team not only understood the book but how to make necessary changes that would honor the original work, but modernize and improve upon it. They also embraced the horror and the camp aspects, which is why Interview was scary, thrilling, funny, and intense. All emotions that Mayfair is missing. I don't know if the producers behind this show are chained to the book series or they just lack the vision to let this show become its own thing. Honestly, it's not just the showrunners, it's the direction. All of these actors can act. I mean, Jack Huston was the tragic heart and soul of Boardwalk Empire. Imagine if they let him go wild the way that Sam Reid has with Lestat. Immediately, this show becomes more interesting (and dangerous). Alexandra Daddario has done good work in past projects, maybe spike her notes with Red Bull and lets see if she can put some energy into Rowan. Someone upthread mentioned Penny Dreadful. If any show needed Eva Green and her brand of fucking crazy, it is this show! I saw that Mayfair was renewed for a second season, and has inexplicably better viewing numbers than Interview (mind boggling). All I can say is, that if that's the case, AMC needs to consider firing the current showrunners and bringing in someone new because this show is like being stuck in Deirdre's magical coma-land week after week.

I think this show has potential. I'm definitely here for Harlan's brand of oh so pretty. Poor Everett's got a mommy dearest on his hands. Lady better watch out. A mean right hand is no match for a wolf claw. The Law + Order: Fire Unit subplot is really dragging. If you're going to have SMG on your show, then actually use her. Is this how the Federal Bureau of Flames operates by aggressively demanding handshakes (I thought we ended those post-pandemic) and trying to intimidate teenagers into narcing? How do they know that one of the kids on the bus was the arsonist? That would mean that they have proof, which means they have at least a suspect or two in mind? Unless someone was getting wild with the matches on the bus, then I'm not sure how anyone is going to be able to I.D. their classmate.

Yes to ALL of this! Everyone one of these things has been running through my head like Lasher in the assassins body but with less murder-y results. I think my biggest issue with the way that Rowan is written, and portrayed --sorry, Alexandra D'Addario, but you are better than whatever b.s. director's notes you were given. I've never read the books so I don't know what book Rowan is supposed to be like, but I'm going to take a wild guess here, and bet that Anne Rice didn't create a heroine that was this passive. Everything Rowan does is in reaction to what's happening to her, but as others here have pointed out, we're being told what Rowan is supposed to be but that's not how she's being portrayed onscreen. Rowan reacts the way that I do when I first wake up in the morning before I have my coffee - not fully functioning, maybe not entirely awake, and definitely slow to react. So Courtland is #TeamLasher (or maybe just #TeamSelfInterest). I don't understand why he didn't immediately try to play Cool Great Uncle with Rowan at the funeral. He's a lot more fun than Crazy Carlotta who will save your soul or burn the house down trying. I definitely have him at the top of my suspect list for Deirdre's murder. AMC, I am begging you. Please stop with these Inside the Episodes. We don't need the Cliff Notes on what we've just seen. It is really not that deep. Also, maybe take a page out of the HBO playbook, and if you're going to discuss the episode, talk with the cast and others involved with the production rather than the showrunner giving us a boring play-by-play rather than any valuable insight.

I mean, Andie and Quentin only have themselves to blame here. Cirie may be a great actress (give her a Daytime Emmy), but I have watched too many mysteries in my life, so if someone is like, "I love you, always remember that" I will immediately be suspicious of their motives. You're just about to get Fredoed, so grab that baggy of red light to throw on the fire. Like, I will never understand people that don't get that at the end of the day this is just a game. This isn't summer camp. This is a reality TV show. Please, spare me the sob story. Life changing amount of money? Not really after taxes. Like why is everyone braiding friendship bracelets?