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The steps looked absolutely terrifying, I don't think I would have been able to make it up those without my legs turning to jelly from the fear. I would hope that they have the option to say no to parts of the rewards if they're genuinely afraid. I was so glad to see Lulu go, she's never meshed with the blue team since she got there and she's vocal, but not in a helpful/team player way. The door thing was hilarious, I was pretty sure she just didn't realize the doors were manual, but it went on so long that I started to think something was up. That's an embarrassing exit. Ann Marie's number has got to be coming up soon, she's just way too frenetic to be in charge of anything and always seems to be just barely getting by. Although he seems to be fairly competent, I really don't care for Brandon. His confessionals are so snide and he's so full of himself.

If someone genuinely finds her dancing boring, there's no need to be more imaginative in their reasons, that IS the reason. She started out a good dancer, continues to be a good dancer, there's not much chemistry in the partnership with Brandon, hence the forgettableness that some people are experiencing. Disgust is a pretty strong word, while disinterest is just that, disinterest.

I just watched a documentary about Karen Carpenter and Genevieve is starting to bear an unsettling resemblance to Karen in her later years. Her very prominent chin, but especially those giant veneers are giving her the appearance of someone very close to needing medical intervention. Also, I can't recall what she hit the beach wearing, but that really unfortunate jacket ensemble that she's now swimming in looks like it belongs to someone far, far bigger than her. Is she wearing clothes left behind by someone else or is everything she brought really that huge on her now?

Where I come from, it's an insult. Yes, it means two people joined at the hip and one comes with the other, but when used it's also implied that they're both morons. Yeah, I think it's more commonly used in a derogatory way, and it's clear that Andy intended for Sue to take it as insult, which she of course did. I don't think anything related to Kyle could be construed as anything but negative to Sue at this point. But given Andy's self-proclaimed villain status, he definitely put the negative spin on it purposefully and quite possibly made it up entirely. I hadn't been a fan of Gabe's all season, but then I felt a little sorry for him sitting there in the rain tucking his hair behind his ears. I felt a similar pang for Rome, I guess I can guess who's going home each week by who I inexplicably feel sorry for, lol. I do think Genevieve is more dangerous, but at least they are all seeing that now and can go after her next if Kyle continues to win immunities. Also for my crossover reality TV fans, it's been bugging me for weeks who Kyle sounds like, it was pinging the Real World/Road Rules part of my memory bank and I FINALLY pinned it down, it's Dan the man from Road Rules Northern Trail

I never got that impression, her descriptions of him were always calling him larger than life and then it was mostly about her grief at his sudden passing.

Yeah, Teeny's eyes and skin are gorgeous, especially in the firelight at tribal.

Frankie Muniz? Or was there a Frankie Nunez on the show too? I haven't seen all of the seasons. I'm sure there's no shortage of professional dance shows out there to go see live, I don't really think the DWTS tour is the place to go if you're really invested in dance perfection. I'm not even sure this is the show to be watching if you're a dance purist, it sure doesn't seem like it's much fun to watch amateurs dance if all you can see is what they didn't do right and lament the judging for not being harder on them.

I loved this, especially the long footage of the special. Whatever that is that he had really translates through the screen in that footage and he looked amazing.

Yeah, her behavior on the stand was appalling. The pretending not to hear/understand the questions and the flippant tone to her answers did not scream innocence. I definitely had the impression that she was inappropriately involved with her boss on some level and probably did the classic "complain about the spouse" while engaging in whatever behavior on these work trips. The ending part suggested that the killer thought he was doing something that would be good for her and her kids, so I suppose it's possible that she didn't actually participate in the planning or murder, but also did not want to admit whatever she was doing with her boss and face the fact that her involvement with this unstable guy ended up getting her husband killed.

Yeah, I think the odds are stacked against this working out. The distance issue is the biggest one, but the fact that they don't really know each other is the second biggest. The "bubble" atmosphere of the show, plus Chock's overbearing and competitive nature, plus some trauma bonding over lost loved ones and Joan participating in the memorial for Chock's mom. Those kinds of things can give you a false sense of closeness to someone. Maybe it's just me and my aversion to over-talkers, but I think once you get past the love-bombing phase with a person like that, the traits that currently made him appealing to her are going to become obnoxious. As for Guy, the level of tears seemed extreme and I doubt that it was entirely related to Joan breaking up with him. He's divorced and maybe had some residual bad experiences or else it was a Bachelor audition. I wasn't 100% which ones were Joan's kids and which were spouses of her kids, but one of the girls they kept showing in the audience was making some really extreme faces and didn't look happy for any of it. Made me think something must happen by the end because usually the show only focuses on the audience members who are acting according to the producer's instructions.

It's really getting out of control. Every single activity, right down to the bidding at the auction has an element of "lose your vote." When it was a once in awhile thing tied to the Beware advantages and people could choose to leave the advantage, it was okay. But now that every damn thing they do puts their vote at risk, it's overkill. Also, voting for people has been part of the game since Day 1 and taking that power away from some people in every episode changes the game too much.

100%. Wounded bird syndrome has clearly gotten him special treatment in the past and he's sticking with it. And oof, he's 31??? I would have guessed 22 max from the behavior.

Months late on this topic, but the hands down worst part of the opening episode was the cop waking his daughter with the news of the death, but then not telling her who. I know they were going for a mystery opener, but who the hell wakes someone up saying "the wedding's off, someone died..." and then bounces without a word of follow up when the person that you woke up very reasonably asks "who died?" It was just such a poorly constructed setup.

I just finished the book, weeks after watching the show and the book definitely made more sense than the show. I know they changed some of the ending, or at the very least, the motivation for the ending, but they left in so many tiny threads of the original plot that no longer made any sense or had much relevance once the ending changed. And I don't think the show did a great job of showing vs telling on some very key plot points, like Shooter/Amelia, Isabelle [aka Featherleigh, which has to be the dumbest name ever, no wonder they changed it]/younger brother. I mildly enjoyed the show, but enjoyed the book more because things actually made sense with the additional context. Yeah, the character was a cipher on the screen in a way that she wasn't in the book. And I was constantly distracted by how different the actress looked depending on lighting/the angle/her makeup. Sometimes she was stunning and other times much less so, it was a striking difference and I was always curious what was causing it.

They're all young, except for "45" year old Sue. And Andy didn't have a singular bad moment, he's had a string of them.