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Sadly, I think Kate is head over heels in love and would do anything Caroline asked, while Caroline seems much less committed.

I didn't catch that Castersugar, but I wouldn't put it past Celia when she's angry. I'm so glad it's back, I love all these crazy people. Gillian never should have told Caroline she slept with John. She said she didn't want to have something "between them," but now they have that between them. What a great scene though! "You're probably thinking I'm a low life trailer trash," "Yes, I am, but that's just because I'm a snotty bitch." I love Gillian even with her poor impulse control. The woman simply cannot keep her knickers on. Anyone notice how Gillian's son gained about four inches and forty pounds overnight? I think Caroline might have lost 15. I'm disappointed we aren't going to get a big wedding with Kate playing "The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba."

Be grateful you don't have Jacosta representing your team. I noticed she had the lecturing finger waving while she was praying. I guess God needed some schooling. These new rules give me wild dream, like maybe Caleb and Pow-pow being nominated next week and going down together in a brain challenge.

All I keep thinking is -- They're all so much nicer than last year! I like Devin and Joey and I'm excited that he likes her, so maybe there will be a showmance I can root for this time. I also like Duck Donnysty and Nicole, may they form a side alliance and keep it quiet.

What's really strange to me is she put's it on when someone is saying how much they love her or how awesome she is. It goes with her "Awww." Just when we might expect a pleased smile and a, "Thank you," we get a reaction that would be more appropriate if he was showing her his infected toe from wearing flip flops through streets paved with pigeon doodle. I know! At first glance I thought those pants were just so much fresh wet spray tan. Then she followed up with another side boob number for the rose ceremony.

I thought the lie detector test was too invasive, too. Maybe if all the questions had been of the, "Are youa here for a righta reason?" sort it would have been okay but now the world knows Dylan doesn't always wash his hands and no future improvement will change that for him. JJ is so meanly competitive, I'm glad he's gone, but I agree he looks handsome when he's sad. Too bad all we saw was corny old man impressions and childish tattle tale behavior. He needs walking lessons ,too. It's a shame how a little thing like holding your elbows too close to your sides can throw off your whole image. Josh interrupts Andi, talks over her and gets angry over nothing. If he's that overbearing with a lawyer think how he would be with the average young woman? I would love to see Andi light into him the way she did Juan Pablo. He needs to learn some conversational manners. Cody was overbearing also, but in a slightly nicer way. He was bringing his Personal Trainer Positive Thinking to dating, as if making someone love him was like making himself bench press 200 pounds. He means well, but it really is all about him. I seriously doubt if Andi was even his type but he hadn't noticed in his campaign to win. Chris was the main man for me last week because he refused to judge Andrew, but this week he was judging JJ for being honest about his feelings of jealousy and judging Nick for jumping in first for the cocktail five minute moment. All of sudden he was just too bossy and superior about everything for my liking. I'm on the fence about Nick but I did think the most interesting line of the night was Andi telling him she liked a man who was well liked by everyone. I've never heard anyone say that and never really considered it in my own list of requirements. If that goes along with, aggressive kisser, good athlete, and gun lover in Andi's list; Nick just isn't going to work in the long run. I can't picture him at her father's backyard BBQ getting along with all the garrulous Georgia men.

I think Molly's moment of triumph came in the penultimate episode when the FBI guys praised her work. Then in the finale it was backed up with her boss admitting she had twice the brains he had and handing his job over to her. I think it's the detective work that Molly is all about. Her satisfaction comes from figuring out who the bad guy is, she doesn't have to be the one to actually point her gun and shoot him. The ending with "scared of spiders," Gus getting a citation for bravery and Molly getting promoted to police chief was perfect for me. Molly is one of the best female characters I've seen in years. I was getting heartily sick of the blood thirsty, vengeful heroines who seemed to be created by writers who thought "strong woman," meant a woman who acted like a man.

I think we might be getting a hint as to why he might have been bullied, too.

I've been critical of this show for several things, the gratuitous violence and some style issues, but the finale redeemed everything for me. I loved the surprise of Gus being the one to finish Malvo and Molly stepping back for the same reason that Gus backed away from Malvo the first time. Both Gus and Molly have plenty of courage but their children come first. Molly would not only be taking herself into the line of fire, she would have been forced to face Malvo with her baby as an unwanted shield. I thought the whole story of that little family was really original and well done. I'll be back for the next season if they're still going to be part of it

I feel really sorry for Marquel. I know it hurts to hear yourself described by a race, an age or something else superficial. At least he knew it happened on the first night when JJ was probably the tall guy and Cody the pink haired guy, etc. I feel sort of sorry for Andi in this situation, too. Every year the Bachelor or B' ette gets accused of racism when they cut the ethnic contestants. Even Sean, whose last girlfriend had been African-American and who ultimately chose an Asian woman, had to go through it. Andi simply said that she knew there was no future in the three she cut. She may have known that about Marquel on the first night. I can tell you that I've dated several black men but I would never have gone out with Marquel. He's absolutely adorable but far too much the cute little brother type for me. I'm willing to bet Andi would have been attracted to a more sophisticated black man with a bit of swagger about him. I loved how he unintentionally put Andi in her place when she was saying (paraphrasing) "I know you don't want to tell me because you think it might make me not like you," and Chris said, (paraphrasing again, "No it has nothing to do with you at all. I just don't want to slander someone when I don't have all the information." Chris is the man. I would really like to have him for the next Bachelor even though he's not quite as good looking as Bachelors past. They could try getting some women who were more substance than glamour to go with him. It might make a nice change.

I sincerely hope Marquel had a chance to hang around Marseille a few days before going home. I've heard so many African Americans say that it's like a trip to Heaven to be admired and appreciated by the French people. JJ -- Phony, trouble making creep. I can't stand the way he walks, the attention hogging, or the big pretense that he even likes Andi. He even scares me a little bit, I can imagine a real nasty anger under that bow tied façade. Brian -- Likable and cute, but that silent pouting around in the kitchen was a red flag for me. My husband doesn't cook either, but he would have had fun with it. People who get jerky anytime they don't feel like they're winning at something are hard to live with. Josh -- Guess what buddy? There are people in the world who never heard of a first round pick. There's another big group who knows what it is but don't care. Get a real job and get over yourself. Nick -- Baby faced and greasy but smug about it. Why Andi? Cody -- Don't tell people not to talk! These guys aren't holding up well under close inspection. I have a feeling the farmer is the best man out there but I'm blinded by the beauty of Marcus.

Shapeshifter, I took this to be one of the Malvo is the Devil hints. I really don't want the show to go that way but, more and more, that seems to be the way things are leaning. So, to me, Malvo was using "Cherry pie," in its slang definition of sex with a virgin. Jesus was born of a virgin, etc.

I hope they don't kill Lester. I'd much rather see him go whimpering off to prison where they know how to deal with guys who frame their brothers and use their wives as decoys.

Malvo's fiancée saw him turn the gun toward the man and shoot him in the head, then turn the gun toward the other woman and shoot her in the head, then turn the gun toward her. I think she would have ducked from that gun instinctively, the way we would jump out of the way of a truck, no need to think about the motivations of the person behind the gun or driving the truck.

And all three were head shots where no one had the instinct to duck. That kind of thing and the hints that Malvo is supernatural are minuses for me. I just like a little more realism. What I do like is Molly. Everything about her rings true for a nice, intelligent person. Her straight forward romance with Gus, her relationship with her father and step-daughter, her dumb boss who doesn't respect her -- that's someone I can really root for. I also think Molly is very pretty and would be even more so in color. I'm really tired of the washed out film that all the self-important directors are using now.

I remember Deborah well. Going on and on about how much she loves her children, how they are everything to her, how she lives in a state of constant panic at the thought of them being taken away from her, she would do anything in the world for her children -- except clean up the house. Her excuses were completely lame, too. Her mother hadn't forced her to do housework and she had wanted to spend "every minute" with her baby. Like babies don't sleep about 18 hours a day. That poor little sad boy shouldn't have even known that his father tried to kill himself, much less been made to feel responsible for keeping him from doing it again. Those two adults really had to be two of the most self-centered, childish parents, ever. Jim? I don't even know. So sensitive he can't talk about his uncle helping them out financially without a huge cry face coming on, but he has a house full of guns. He dearly loves his granddaughter, but fills her room with odds and ends so that she can't come over. Something weird there. What am I saying? This is Hoarders. I feel ripped off and lied to when I only get three minutes of "Where they are now." On the other hand, I loved seeing the classic shot of the cat with the jar of pickles. That should be the Hoarder's logo.

I loved the update, too. some of the family members; Constance's sister, Ruth's entire family, Augustine's Susan -- are so inspiring to me. Talk about unconditional love!

I thought Dylan's story was too heavy for The B'Ette, but then I wouldn't be surprised if it's that story that got him selected for the show, with a clear understanding that he would "open up" about it at the first opportunity. I don't think stories like Ashlee's adoption and Emily's dark and stormy morning are disclosed on the show by accident. I think the reason for the low basketball scores might have been because maybe the game only lasted ten minutes. The guys were probably exhausted from already being smoked like salmon. I adored those young women! They took such glee from those flying lay-ups over the guy's heads, and they were so cute talking to Andi about which guys were hot. Andi was so turned on by Brian's play it reminded me that she insists her men be good with a gun. I hope she doesn't put those kinds of skills too high on her list of husband qualities. At the end of the day it doesn't get the lawn mowed. If the show had edited any of Eric's conversation, I wish it would have been what he said about his faith. That's the kind of thing that might really worry his family. I would love to see Marquel as the next Bachelor. So funny last night with the bit about breathing excellence.

Maybe they cut some of the grammar curriculum to work on that special ability to yell at a group of bewildered people until they all look ready to plead guilty without even knowing the charge. I also noticed how she could take the lamest defense, "up late," "exhausted," and put it out there with enough self-righteous emphasis to make any jury take her side. The use of rhetoric questions was pretty awesome, too. If I'm going to commit a crime I want Andi delivering my final plea to the jury: "Was she the last person to see her husband? Was his food poisoned? Did she take out a million dollar life insurance policy the day before he died? SURE SHE DID! But do you have any idea how irritating that man was? Do you know how she had to struggle to get even one turn at the remote control? Go think about that and I don't want to hear you say the word "guilty," just don't even think about saying it!"

We might need to start a list of words Andi won't let us say. So far we have, "okay" and "acting."

I think maybe the "poker face," Eric was seeing was just Andi not turning on the charm with him, as much, after she started to realize she liked some of the other guys better. I don't fault Andi for doing that but I do fault her for getting furious with Eric for picking up on it. Maybe she should have just told him that she "was developing feelings" for someone else. That's twice, counting Juan Pablo, that she's had a huge hissy over a slight criticism and that's twice that she's lectured the entire group like an irate school teacher, because one guy did something she didn't like. Don't frighten my Marcus like that, Andi!

Yes, he does! I like Nick but I think he might be a little over-confident about his special connection with Andi at this point. JJ walks like Tony Perkins. If he say anything about his mother being his best friend we might need to warn Andi.

I've noticed that every time one of the B's pays Andi a compliment she responds with "Awwww," as though he just skinned his knee. Not that I'm faulting her for this because I know it must be hard to know what to say to some guy you've just met saying you're breath taking and he thinks he's falling in love with you. Emily and Des used to say, "That's sweet," which seemed to me, sort of a patronizing thing to say to a grown assed man. What should she say? Maybe we can send her a note.

Marcus does look about twelve, but I thought Jef Holmes looked about eight and Emily chose him. There's no accounting for other women's taste. All through Des's season I kept saying,"But what about the tall handsome one!" meaning Chris, and she just ignored me until that odd, greasy guy dumped her.

My brother is probably Level 2, pushing 3. His basement is packed with what he is sure is the largest vinyl record collection, ever. He might be right, since he bought the bulk of it from a music store that was closing. His upstairs is fairly well stuffed with boxes he never unpacked from his last move ten years ago plus all the new stuff he orders off TV and buys at garage sales. Now things have escalated. His girlfriend has started moving in. Her own large house being too packed with clutter, she spends most of her time with him. A few months ago she inherited almost a million dollars from her mother's estate. She immediately retired and began shopping. Most of her time is spent ordering things on line, big things like grandfather clocks and artificial waterfalls for that bedroom ambiance. All of this is currently unpacked in my brother's dining room. At the rate she's going she will be through the inheritance and unable to walk inside his house within a year. Oh by the way, the plumbing in his house is shot but they won't bother to get it fixed. They could sell their wrecked houses and buy a lovely beach cottage somewhere warm, but, no. They would first have to organize and cull their hoards and that will never, ever happen.