[S05.E10: A Simmons by Any Other Name]

Brandi finally lost me forever with that sanctimonious religion garbage. She was teetering before but it’s over now. Ugh.

ETA: I’m really mad at Brandi making me side with De’Andra and the pseudo shaman. Because yeah... I’d be choking back laughter myself. But the dude wasn’t opening the gates of hell for cripes sake. 

[S05.E09: The Doctor is Out]

I am not a strong swimmer so jumping in a lake of unknown depth at night is not something I would consider fun. I would have a panic attack. And I would hope that real friends would understand that. I feel for Tiffany because she is such a people pleaser that she didn’t feel like she could say no. 

[S25.E10: Week 10]

The edit on this episode was gross. We spent two fricking hours on Rachael’s feelings. Other than Matt’s conversation with his father this whole episode was from Rachael’s perspective. Barf. 

[S08.E04: Unemployment]

3 hours ago, paigow said:

I forgot the accompanying adjective, but Boat Shoe is the appropos Oliver descriptor for Carlson...

I believe it was human boat shoe. It’s my favorite Tucker insult thus far although they are all quite good. 

[S19.E07: Joe Scarborough, Frank Bruni, Charlamagne Tha God]

Well it sounds like I don’t need to watch this one. Damn I used to really enjoy this show. 

[S36.E12: Tinker, Tailer, Bunny, Spy]

2 hours ago, AntFTW said:

Picking Darrell, in hindsight, wasn't a good move but this elimination was the most evenly split elimination for Devin. It wasn't direct contact or strength related. If there was ever an elimination where Devin could challenge someone like Darrell and have a decent chance of winning, it's this elimination.

Whether Darrell won that elimination or not, I think calling Darrell down was a favor because it was starting to look like Darrell wasn't gonna have a chance to go in.

I can't help but think now, he should chosen Fessy and burn the house down on his way out, if Devin had lost.

Devin's commentary was the best of the season, like Aneesa's was on Total Madness. If their interviews were posted online, I would binge watch them all.

 

I also thought he should have picked Fessy.  It was the kind of challenge where Devin actually had a shot against just about anyone. Why not go for the male head of the BB alliance. 

[S19.E06: Megyn Kelly; Sen. John Tester; Ezra Klein]

Megyn remains a complete asshole. IF what she says is true about the curriculum at the schools any points she could have made were lost in her smugness. Watching two rich white people talk about how racism isn’t as bad now as in the past just doesn’t sit well with me.  People do need to be able to discuss these things, but Megyn and Bill sailed right by the point. 

Bill also sailed right by the point in his Chris Harrison rant. The problem with Harrison wasn’t that he wouldn’t throw the old south party girl under the bus. It’s the way Harrison spoke to the interviewer, a black woman, and his refusal to acknowledge for a second the importance of the effect of such things as old south parties on people of color. He was completely consumed with the white girl’s feelings while completely disregarding the impact of these kinds of parties. The interview is quite something when watched in its entirety. But predictably Bill sees a rich white guy suffer some consequences so he immediately takes his side. 

 

 

 

 

[S36.E11: An Inconvenient Goof]

I think LoLo is full of shit. 

[S36.E10: A Clockwork Amber]

13 hours ago, BK1978 said:

Actually I am wrong, because I thought for sure TJ told them.  I would love to chalk it up to me getting the seasons confused or something like that, but I was flat out wrong.😄  By what you just said and by what Joanne says in the next quoted post below. 

 

The only time I was ever team Josh was when he was on Big Brother.  And that was only during the first and last episodes of the season he won.  I was team Josh during the first episode as he was targeted for early elimination and I thought he was slow (I am not trying to be mean here or not PC, I just cannot think of a better term to call him without being an asshole).  I wanted to see him get a chance.  Then I over the course of the season I came to realize what an asshole he was.  During the final episode I was team Josh because he was, if you can believe this, in a final three with two people who were even more odious than him. 

One was a woman with mental problems who tried to/actually did (?) try to run someone over with a car.  The other person was a hateful troll.  So yeah Josh was the best out of the worst.

As @aghst said, Hall Brawl is often mismatched which makes me not want to see it.  I watch MMA and I would not bat an eye at the violence that happens in a fight, but there are weight classes there and they are trained athletes.  On this show you have people like shorter Amber going in against Amber B. and Amber B. saying, "Yeah I play rugby."  I thought it was a mismatch before that talking head, but once I heard that I was like, "Good god short Amber is going to be destroyed."  That to me is not interesting to watch.  

Just like if they were to put Devin against CT.  I would not want to see that happen.

Yes... after reading all the comments I realize why I was confused. Once the first elimination was female, then there appeared to be an order to things you could count on as far as alternating male and female eliminations. Then all of the unexpected departures threw a wrench into things and it’s all a bit more uncertain since they aren’t straight up alternating. Thanks all for setting me straight. 

[S36.E10: A Clockwork Amber]

I’m very confused. I feel like in the first few craters they told the people whether it was male or female day. Then they appear to have stopped doing that. But tonight, all the commentary once they were at the crater seemed to indicate the cast knew it was a girls day. I understand Gabby’s decision IF they were unsure whether it was guys or girls day, but there was no discussion at the crater about that reasoning. Just about her being intimidated by hall brawl. Something seems amiss. 

[S19.E05: Adam Kinzinger; Markos Moulitsas; Peter Hamby]

Steve Schmidt is largely a blowhard but he makes some excellent points. My favorite was when Bill was trying to take him down the path that the liberal medi doesn’t allow debate or dissent and Steve shut it down by saying he has no interest in debating tax rates with fascists. There is an existential threat to democracy and that takes precedence over policy debate. 

Also yeah... Bill needs to STFU about the solar shit. It is the most unrelatable thing in the world. 

[S07.E12: Reunion Part 2]

5 minutes ago, Colfrmb said:

I have been watching this show since the beginning so I invited a couple of friends (hopefully to convert them too) to watch this episode and I could elaborate on the various issues being hashed out.  To my embarrassment, they both said it looked like an episode of Maury Povich with all the vile swearing, screaming over each other and jumping up, etc.  they wanted to see highlights from the season with scenes in various parts of Charleston and there was none of that.  I know, Covid, Covid.  
Craig and Shep need to go to rehab and GIVE UP alcohol ASAP.  
Shep has always had an entitled double standard.  Few women are good enough for him so he chooses a working class girl who is nearly young enough to be his daughter.  And he looks the worst I’ve ever seen him.  Just because you hire a trainer and you go to the gym, you’re not necessarily healthy.  He says he’s taking various meds.  The gf says she thinks his boozy bloat is “cute” while she doesn’t have an ounce of fat on her.  Bahahah.  He loves his vocabulary but he looks like... hell and the fast life caught up with him.  You can’t get that youth back.   
Craig’s eyes were rolling back in his head and he also looks like he’s a rough 45 yo, not 30 like he claims.
Austen needs to realize that a successful alcohol line will require a huge amount of dedication - unless he can do like a lot of startups and get a big buyer who offers him $20mil to absorb the concept into their empire.  
Kathryn, Madison and Dani all need to step away from the camera and raise their kids as good parents.  These kids are getting itnto the age of awareness and it just isn’t fair to them.  Come back in 10 years, with another round of “mommy makeover” they will be fine then as well.    
Leva needs to walk her own road.  Kathryn is easy pickin’s regarding anything complicated so it was painful to watch them berate her over and over for something that happened prior to the season.  If bravo felt Kathryn was truly racist, maybe they should have fired her. Did we ever hear Leva’s husband or see him come to any of the events?  Why were the other 2 occasional females not on the reunion?  Did Leva get in because she’s louder and got a quicker comeback?
Madison’s empire must be the used bodies of all the men she has walked over.  That’s her empire.  Ok, now, JLo has an empire - she has multiple empires.  Why would you fraternize with her fiancé?  Obviously she has no code of ethics and any friends must be pretend backup.  You have no backup because nobody trusts you, Madison!  
Maury Povich... so my friends convinced me to change the channel and I recorded the episode so I could watch it alone - Alone with you peeps to rehash the minutiae in graphic detail.  Guilty pleasures.

 

Does Dani have a child I am unaware of? Also I can’t help but notice you left the only male cast member with children off your list of people who need to quit the show and focus on parenting. Was that an oversight or do you only judge women’s parenting skills ? 

[S19.E04: Jimmy Kimmel; Charlotte Alter; Matt Welch]

Another panel discussion that gave me a headache. The only saving grace was Alter pointing out that women have had to think about consequences for their sexual behavior forever and so what if men finally have to. Also her pointing out that old people thought the radio was going to ruin the kids too made me chuckle. Bill has really taken a turn into get off my lawn territory. 

I know he has Libertarian tendencies but if this is just going to become the Libertarian hour I’ll probably be done. Libertarianism - because Americans aren’t already selfish enough. 

I am all for personal freedom but none of our rights exist in a vacuum. 

[S36.E08: A Muddy Matter]

What a disappointing end to an otherwise very compelling episode. 

Shut. Up. Josh. Forever. Ugh. 

I’m concerned for Darrell and CT. I want them both in the final and I just can’t see it happening. People will clearly go after Devin and Josh for the skulls. But to be able to do that you have to get power. 

[S19.E03: Heather Heying, Bret Weinstein, Van Jones, James Pogue]

The show this week was much better than last week. However, in the discussion with the scientists, Bill kept saying that some of the vaccines contain the Coronavirus when the scientists had made it abundantly clear multiple times that none of the vaccines contain actual Coronavirus. 

[S36.E07: Die Another Jay]

Sorry to see Jay go. I’ve never like Theresa in past seasons but it’s hard not to root for her because I really dislike Kam on a power trip. 

I just love Devin. For tv purposes only because he would be exhausting to be around in person. Josh and Fessy are so damn dumb that it’s fun to watch Devin wind them up. 

[S05.E04: Whine Connoisseur]

5 hours ago, bichonblitz said:

Captain Brandy? Head on a stick? WTF? D'Andra was always a little bit batshit but I have always liked her relationship with her husband. They seem to enjoy each other and know how to joke.

If Dee's dad had two wills and the brother from another mother was in one of them then I don't see how he could wind up with nothing. Maybe D was the one that was cut out and she hired a lawyer to make sure she got a piece of the pie and that's what the brother is pissed about because he didn't get as much as he thought he was entitled to. Pure speculation but that's my thoughts. 

Kary is an insufferable bitch. She was last year, too, however, LeAnn overshadowed her so we didn't notice it as much. It must be hell being her daughters. We already know how she treats her husband. I would much rather see Tiffany's interaction with her daughters than Kary with hers.  

Difference is Kam isn't always whining about how harrrrdddd she works and how exhausting it is. Kam's talking heads are the best! 

 

 

When there are competing wills, the court has to decide which one is valid and go by that. The court can’t just split the baby, so to speak. 

[S19.E02: Frank Figliuzzi, Kmele Foster and Peter Hamby]

8 hours ago, GHScorpiosRule said:

So Frank Figliuzzi was a dud, too? I’ve seen him on other shows and he knew what he was about. Then again, he’s got a book to plug.

He was actually good, I thought. The panel was just completely infuriating to me so the glow wore off. Haha. 

[S19.E02: Frank Figliuzzi, Kmele Foster and Peter Hamby]

That panel was painful to watch. It legitimately gave me a headache. The Hello Douchebags segment was the only thing worth watching. 

[S19.E01: Kellyanne Conway, Katie Couric and Matt Jones]

KC makes me want to throw bricks. And Bill being so conciliatory towards her is vomit worthy. This is Ms. Alternative Facts here. She is complicit in this whole mess. 

I do actually get where Bill was going with the Ashli Babbitt stuff. I think it’s incredibly sad that she was willing to die over bullshit. Just imagine if someone you cared about went down the Q rabbit hole and died because of their fervent belief in that nonsense. Is their death a direct consequence of their actions. Sure. But it can still be sad. 

[S07.E08: It's My Party and I'll Go If I Want To]

Craig can fuck right off with that men are rational bullshit. That is one old and tired trope. Being general here... yes, women may generally be more comfortable expressing emotion, but that does not equate to irrationality. I generally think men are more prone to irrationality in decision making because they are so ego driven. My two cents based on YEARS of observation as a practicing attorney. 

[S15.E12: The Unmasking of Elizabeth Vargas]

By biggest take away from this episode is that Braunwyn’s instagram feed looks insufferable. The staged pictures of her and her friend/wife.... so overly posed and manufactured. Ugh. Exhausting. I just find Emily and Gina so much more relatable than the rest of the cast. They are snarky and funny and not trying so damn hard to be interesting. 

[S36.E03: Enemy of the State]

I think Jacoby and Simmons know why there aren’t bar scenes and understand that, but were just lamenting the fact. The bar scenes were always good for plotting and hookup drama along with the bus rides home from the bar. 

[S36.E03: Enemy of the State]

Kam rubbed me the wrong way too with her my way speech. But then I stopped myself... the guys on this show always assume they are calling the shots and the women seem to go along with that too easily. So good for Kam for grabbing control. 

[S15.E11: A Submerged Secret]

I could barely focus on the content of the show because I was intent on trying to figure out their mask wearing protocols. There truly seemed to be no rhyme or reason to when they wore them. And frankly I just see red when someone wears one under their nose or as a chin diaper. Wtf??? 

Also, I kept puzzling on the timeline of Shannon’s diagnosis. So she had time for 4 tests between knowing her daughters were positive and her finally getting a positive test. Building in time for results, even being generous, you have testing day plus 2 days on the low end for results. So like a total of 12 days roughly. At that point why is anyone assuming she got it from her daughters? She had been separated from them for about 12 days by then, right? Maybe, just maybe, Shannon got it from her umpteenth trip to the doctor for testing. She was just not going to stop until she got that positive test. I totally understand 2 tests. I work in a community health center and we need 2 negatives and no symptoms before we can come back to work. But 4 tests is excessive. 

So, Elizabeth was in a cult... that actually does track. And I agree with the other poster who said you could see the wheels turning in Brawnie’s head as to how she can top that.