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Cydney's facial expressions are the best this show has ever seen since Eliza Orlins.

Yeah, that was kind of icky...a kiss on the cheek, the neck, the shoulder...I was both disgusted and awestruck, wondering what Tai was going to kiss next.

Joe briefly freaked me out after the maze challenge - he sat down and looked like he was shaking, and I thought OMG NO MORE EVACS. But then he said "stupid ball" and I laughed. He looks pretty darn good for his age, and for the conditions they've been living in for a month. I'd love to see what he looked like in his FBI days.

THIS! And the way he sits, ramrod-straight, all Scowly McGlowerPants, like he's going to intimidate anyone still in the game with his eyes. Shove over, Scot, and make room for your Bestie on the bench. LOLOL. oops, still getting used to this new format...never mind. Seriously, SHUT. UP. PROBST. He's been doing this show forever. He knows that come-from-behind victories happen and no one should be discounted during a challenge. His announcement of Cydney having no shot was ridiculous, but I thought I saw her shoot him a brief-but-glorious side-eye, in only the way she can. And her skin looks like highly polished and very expensive cherry wood. She is gorgeous. I can't believe her muscle tone remains so amazing after a month. Tai must've not gotten the Debbie memo - when you refuse to listen to anyone else's opinions and become unswayable, you won't get your way. I am hoping for a Final 3 of Cyd, Michelle, and Aubry. Each played a very different game, and I could see the votes going pretty evenly to all three of them. I love a Survivor final vote that's not a completely boring blow-out. What number do I call to vote for Mark as Fan Favorite?

NOW I am finally starting to look forward to this show!

Anyone know why Khloe wasn't at the Met gala with her family?

I stopped at my local library yesterday and found a book called "Kardashian Dynasty: The Controversial Rise of America's Royal Family." I couldn't grab it fast enough, and I concealed it under a couple of other books, checked it out while looking over my shoulder, and slunk out to my car with a guilty smile on my face. Two chapters in so far, and wow - I did not realize the Kris was such a flagrant ho. It makes her tearful proclamations of what a wonderful man Robert Sr. was seem like, well, complete BS. I knew she cheated on Robert, but I didn't realize she did so while gleefully bringing along her 4 children. I am already starting to see why her offspring are the way they are.

I guess I shouldn't be worried about them going to Cuba after all, since all they usually do on vacation is stare at their phones.

What's always been strange to me in their treatment of Rob is that he is the only son of the father the K sisters supposedly all revered and adored. How do they justify treating Rob like they do - do they think their father, if alive, would've condoned that treatment? If they loved Robert Sr. like they claim, they don't show it at all in how they treat their brother, who not only strongly resembles his dad, but has his name. You'd think they'd throw a little more love Rob's way, or at least be somewhat sympathetic to his struggles as the only son of a very successful man. Instead, he's become the family scapegoat. And Kris is no help - she waffles on how she reacts to how her girls treat him - sometimes she defends Rob, but a lot of times she's laughing right along with everyone. To me, as a mom, that is reprehensible behavior. They can all see he is struggling to find his way, but they seem to delight in this - the harder he falls, the more ammunition they have to make fun of him. Maybe Rob has been lazy, or maybe he just can't find his niche. But considering that Kim & Co. pretty much owe their success to PMK capitalizing on Kim's hoorish ways, they really don't have a lot of room to define who is or is not "successful."

If Americans have to be approved to travel to Cuba for vacation, it begs the question - who approved them, and what, pray tell, is the humanitarian work they plan to do while there? Given their collective behavior on other vacations, I'm not sure this is a smart idea.

Except that Kris's frozen smile is reaching Joker-like proportions, and Scott seemed to not know where he was or what he was saying most of the time.

After seeing the lyrics Tyga posted in his song supposedly about Kylie, I don't know why the K sisters, along with Kris and Caitlyn, weren't standing in line to punch Tyga in the throat. I am beyond weirded out that somehow, in some realm of Kris Jenner's brain, she is okay with the coupling of Tyga and Kylie. Hitching her daughter to the next big thing's star? Yeah, not so much. Especially given that this guy not only likes to not pay his bills, has an ex who has been known to stir up trouble in the lives of the Kardashian sisters, and has a small child. If Tyga and BC manage to weave themselves into this family and stir up all kinds of extra drama, I will sit back and watch it unfold with glee. And in the previews for the upcoming season, we were shown a snippet of Kylie apparently romancing Tyga with flower petals on a bed...I mean, I know she is technically an adult but that's just all kinds of icky to me. I do not need to see a disheveled, post-interlude Kylie and Tyga on my television screen, but I doubt PMK has a problem with it...because ratings.

shudder................

LOLOL...perfect!! Janelle's would be..."Damn, 12 hours until I get to leave for work again."

Funny thing is, and I cannot even believe I am saying this - I am looking forward to this season of SW just to watch them dance around the whole catfish subject, even though I already know how it will play out...Meri will cry lots and lots of orange-streaked tears, stumbling repeatedly over her words as she tries to explain all of her "fillings...so many different fillings." Robyn will wipe sympathetic eye-boogers in her typical pathetic attempt to seem empathetic, but as soon as the cameras call "CUT," she'll dance around the cuddle-sac, celebrating Meri's fall from grace. Janelle will sit on the couch, unblinking, like a stone statue, unable to figure out what all the fuss is about. Christine will wonder, using her little-girl whisper-voice, how catfishers can be such bastards, Kody will glare at the camera with his beady black eyes and become stupendously befuddled when the conversation comes around to how he could possibly be at fault regarding any of Meri's online shenanigans. Lather, rinse, repeat for the next 10 episodes. Yet, I kinda can't wait.

If Meri left, followed by Christine and Janelle, I wonder how long Robyn would stick around with just the Kodester for company? I think Robyn is savoring every single second in her position as Exalted Wifey #1 and lording it over the other wives. If they all bailed, and she woke up one morning with only a balding, beady-eyed, lazy-assed, surfer-wanna-be for all eternity, I don't think she'd be overly excited. I believe her plans from Day One were to finagle her way into being the legal wife and cashing all the checks. LOL. Great job, Robyn.

I cannot imagine the turmoil they must be going through. For Kris, I wonder if she really knew all along and just hoped it would never get to the point of her husband actually transitioning...even if I don't care for Kris, it did seem as though she and Bruce were quite in love early on. Kendall and Kylie no longer have an involved, grounded parent - Caitlyn's attitude towards her family is pretty dismissive, at least what we've been shown. Rob no longer has a father figure, not to mention Brody, Brandon and Burt. It really struck me watching the phone conversation between Kris and Caitlyn...Kris was clearly crying on the phone, and Caitlyn's "BYE!" was extremely dismissive and cold as ice. Maybe Kris put Caitlyn through hell for years, or vice-versa, who knows - but Caitlyn doesn't even seem to be trying anymore when it comes to their kids. Interesting, because Bruce was always all about the family.

There was a time several years ago when the TV Guide channel (I think it's called PopTV now) aired back episodes of Survivor. I was always really excited to catch an episode, but I remember that they were shown out of order. I'm wondering why a CBS affiliate has never run a Survivor marathon for viewing?

Kanye is creepy, and Kim is plastic. Where was Khloe during the Met Gala? Not invited? Too busy looking for the perfect throw pillows for Lamar's spare bedroom?

Great post, and all true. Even my husband, a casual viewer of this show (meaning he'll watch it with me if I happen to have it on) has commented that the show is dull without the men. I agree 100%, but at the same time, it's truly bad planning to put Scott, Rob and Lamar on the show if they are neither mentally nor physically healthy. It makes me wonder - how much is Kris paying them, or what is she holding over their heads, or what guilt-trip is she serving up to make all three of them appear on this season? I mean, I'm sure the answer is money, but doesn't anyone within this family see that having these men appear on the show might be a really bad idea in the long run? I suppose Rob and Scott don't have another good source of income except for appearances, but what about the cash they've made being on this show for the past 7 years? Is it somehow all controlled by Kris? I don't understand the power this show holds over Scott, Rob and Lamar, when it's crystal clear that all three should avoid it like the plague if they ever want to get healthy. We haven't seen Rob or Lamar yet, but as for Scott, he looks very fragile. As for that last scene that you were talking about, HumblePi, I noticed that, too. They were talking about going to dinner at Scott's, but 30 seconds later they were shown shoving food into their mouths. Clearly they were getting ready to leave, because Khloe asked Kourtney why she'd changed her clothes...if they were getting ready for a dinner, what was up with the food that suddenly appeared at the table? Not that I care that much, this show is quickly going off the rails. But at least in this episode, the editing was extremely sloppy, the storylines were ridiculous even for this group (eyelash plucking? Kris reading a menu out loud? Kim and cabbage? Lame iPad re-gifting calls?), and even the camera work wasn't consistent - the scene with Kris on the phone with Caitlyn seemed to have been filmed on a cellphone. Just altogether boring and messy. Another point (sorry, I rewatched the episode this morning, and no, I don't know why I did)...what is Corey's purpose in this family? When the K sisters were all ganging up on Kris, he just sat there with a stupid grin on his face. Perhaps he could pipe in with something along the lines of "hey, girls, it's not appropriate for you to talk this way to your mom." He is completely useless. One question, though...why is Khloe funding Lamar's house and everything in it? Lamar was a professional basketball player. Is he bankrupt? Is this just a way for Khloe to keep her hooks in Lamar? I don't get it. Lamar's house has become a party house? Is he back to his old ways on Khloe's dime? Ooh, do tell!

Scott appeared really checked out throughout the entire show last night, like he was forcing himself to say something, but there was zero emotion in his voice. He seemed numb and robotic. His eyes looked puffy and red at one point, as if he'd been crying right before PMK called, "Action!" And the women seemed like they were performing for the cameras more than they normally do. Not that their typical conversations are scintillating, mind you, but it was as if once the cameras turned on, they were suddenly struggling to make conversation. The part where they were sitting at the table at Kourtney's house (I think) and discussing where Scott had disappeared to seemed to be made up of chopped and pasted together scenes from the cutting room floor. The brief scene of Khloe and Andy Cohen, though, had me rolling. A quick shot of Khloe staring at Andy. A quick shot of Andy staring back, then Khloe, then Andy, and neither of them saying anything. Whoever edits those reaction shots seems to be having fun with it, at least.

I honestly think that Kylie only has room in her brain for one thought at a time, and right now it's preoccupied with what color she should use for her next Lip Kit.

+++++1 to all of this. Don't forget Rob, who has issues upon issues and has had to live his entire life with these women. I alternated between wanting to fall asleep during the episode and wanting to reach through the television and smack every single member of that family. Scott looked like he was either hung over, high, or on the verge of a breakdown in every single shot. His chumming around with Kris is odd, to say the least. The fact that Kourtney partially blames Tyga for dragging Scott back to his old ways, while Kylie listens on in anger, is all kinds of twisted and dysfunctional and strange...and then throw in Blac Chyna and Rob...I will stick out this season for this storyline alone. Watching Tyga and BC infiltrate this family and cause even more drama than they already have is going to be so much fun. Khloe doesn't even look like Khloe anymore. Caitlyn screaming on the phone and shutting Kris down was uncomfortable. Caitlyn's personality has become ugly. Kendall...are you going to make me hate you too, the only member of this extended family that I can currently tolerate? Not sure why Lamar needs a huge house with all new beautiful furnishings for his recovery, but I don't expect to understand 98% of what happens on this show. I'm hooked. Bring on another freaking season.

+1 to everything you said, TrueLoveKiss. The facts are that Khloe doesn't strongly resemble her sisters, there are rumors about who her real father is, that she supposedly went off the rails when Robert Sr. passed away...and then there's the behavior of her unusual, strange, smothering and co-dependent relationship with her brother, who has their father's name and strongly resembles their father. I feel like there's some strong, psychologically strange undercurrents at work with Khloe, but I can't quite figure out what's going on. At times like this, I wish I had paid more attention in my college psychology classes.

Wow, that's a great description of what Aubry's got going on. She is really playing a masterful game. Funny how in the beginning, I thought she was this unhappy, whiny girl, really out of her element. Now I hope she wins the whole thing. Michelle's memorization of the numbers/animals was awesome. I wonder if her bartending job helped her with that - memorizing long orders, etc. Good for her. I like her, wouldn't mind to see her win as well. I love her laid-back way of talking. I wanted to smack Probst, though, for his incessant chatter while the players were trying to memorize the wheel. I know he does it on purpose, and he has to keep up the narrative, but I usually don't want to throw a shoe at my tv in an effort to shut him up. It was like he was trying to string together as many unnecessary words as he possibly could. Scot...was that face from the jury bench supposed to be intimidating? Because it made me laugh so hard I almost fell off the couch. Who does Debbie keep smiling at during the voting? She did it last week, too...it's like there's one person she lovingly follows with her eyes, almost like she doesn't realize that she is no longer playing the game. It's weirdly unsettling. Funny how Bounty suddenly has to hide his rage and anger now that his big ol' bestie is no longer playing the game.