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What stood out most to me was how incredibly different Timothee looked with a tan and that thick, straight hair. Like, unrecognizable compared to the pale, delicate, curly-haired waif he usually appears to be. He had that hair and makeup for 2 sketches and I was just floored at the difference.

It's possible, but also possible that they're just boring people. Neither of them have much to say even when they are on camera and I get the sense that if they were less attractive, they'd just be wallpaper going largely unnoticed. Reticence is only allowed when the person is attractive, they are then "mysterious" or some such. Ugly quiet people just get ignored. Kylee pets her extensions and coyly accepts compliments and spouts instagram sayings, but she doesn't seem to be bringing much to the table conversationally. And Aven seems to be 95% smile, again without a whole lot beyond that. I'm sure they'll do the televised engagement thing just so Kylee can have the full instagram experience, but whether they'd actually follow through on it is another story. Unless she's playing the long game and realizes that being a success story from the show is a clout-booster. But as for legitimate feelings...I'm not sure. I'm 100% sure Aaron has taken a course on women-getting or perhaps subscribes to some sort of "how to win her over" podcast. Nothing he does seems genuine, he's so focused on filling that girlfriend slot that it doesn't seem to matter much who it is. But he thinks he's covering that with memorizing Eliza's specific breakfast order, which frankly, isn't all that rare. Ooh, bacon, eggs and toast...what an unusual palette! Jess' big fear seems to be showing that she likes someone without them falling all over her first, so it makes sense that she wouldn't profess love too soon. They have to follow her around spewing compliments before she might possibly maybe suggest that perhaps she might like them as well.

My theory is that John Henry is low-hanging fruit. He's a cute guy, but his shyness and awkwardness make him less of a catch, he's not life of the party. So he seemed like a safe choice, esp for someone like Olivia who isn't getting much attention from the other guys and who seems comfortable doing the lion's share of the talking. JH was also low-hanging fruit for Kat to do a rose grab, she did the math and realized that JH is too naive to see through her paper-thin machinations and that Olivia wouldn't be too much of an obstacle. And like a lamb to the slaughter, JH falls hook, line, and sinker for it because it's new to him that someone as pretty as Kat is (seemingly) so into him. I laughed and felt sorry for him in equal measure when he said something about seeing a future with Kat outside of this show. The minute those cameras are off, that girl is gone (assuming she doesn't jump on the next guy who walks onto the beach.) Davia seemed too invested in appearing to be this IT girl for me to believe that she really is one. I can't explain it, but there are some people who should be in high demand, but for some reason, they are not. And other people have terrible qualities and yet seem to draw all the attention. My jaw was on the ground when Jess was professing her love of Blake's attention and very notably, not Blake himself. I miss you complimenting me, I miss putting on cute outfits so you could look at me, etc...does she not hear all the me, me, me in those words? She seems like an empty vessel. Not a fan of Katie Thurston, but the drama looks pretty interesting.

Susan is definitely not the type that will draw adoring suitors, so I don't see her getting tapped as Bachelorette (if there is one) but I'd watch the hell out of a reality show with her and a bunch of friends. She was clearly a blast to hang out with and seemed so empathetic to everyone as well. I also don't see Faith drawing a crowd. She's very reserved and that crying jag was tough to watch. I was thinking it would be Ellen, who got quite a lot of attention and such specific "we want you to find love" storyline. The other one would be Joan since her story was cut short. I think he'l end up choosing Theresa purely because she's needy and it makes him feel big. Leslie is probably fun for him, but his preference seems to be someone who makes him the center of their world, and I don't see Leslie doing that. The bloopers and the chatting among the ladies was the best part of the show overall, I could have watched multiple episodes just of that and been completely entertained.

I feel like the show missed an amusing opportunity by wrapping up the vote out before showing Sifu the parchment with Seafou on it, I would have liked to see his reaction to that particular butchering. As for Sifu over Bruce, while I suspect that Bruce's idol might have played a role in the decision, I also think Sifu may have gotten a softer edit than Bruce due to his mid-game ouster and lack of apparent effect on the game. I don't know how far Bruce is going to go, but based on the amount of airtime he's gotten, I assume he goes deep or has some significant impact on the game. But Sifu's personality may well have been equally over-the-top as Bruce's, but the editors didn't show as much of it. Sorry to see Kaleb go, but the split tribals and no immunity, it was kind of inevitable.

That's what bothers me about him too. It's one thing if someone is a bad dancer but can get out there and be a good sport about it. But when someone looks like they're about to cry at the most mild of criticism (because I think the judges have been pretty soft about it) and wants to be good at it without actually seeming to try that hard to be better, it's just uncomfortable. And the whining about people online saying Rylee is dancing around him...has he watched any of his dances back? That's 100% accurate. It was nice to see him open up a little bit in the team dance, that would have been the perfect high point to send his ass home on. Missed opportunity... I'm especially annoyed because I have no idea who he is and can't understand where his fanbase is coming from. He's not particularly charming in the practice footage or the post-dance interviews. She's noticeably losing weight as well, that's a feature of the show that seems to have lessened over the years, there used to be dramatic weight loss among a lot of contestants, but I don't notice it too much anymore. Also, I have literally never heard that Christina Aguilera song or seen that video, so it seemed like an odd choice, but she did a really nice job with it. I'm glad she copped to having practiced that routine for 20 years because I watched it thinking "there's no way this is her first time doing this." She really captured the messy, greasy Britney look and she did have the original choreography memorized to a tee. I had a similar issue with Zendaya, she was a fantastic dancer but the extreme lankiness was always distracting to me, like watching a baby deer dance. I do think pants or long skirts might make the dances look a bit more flow-y and lyrical.

Yeah, the other reason it didn't bother me as much when they circumvented the process was that in the retelling of the story, you knew that the person they arrested was actually guilty and an innocent person wasn't going to be railroaded. I'm generally disinterested in cop shows, this one only got my attention for the flashbacks. I wish they could have kept it going a little longer, but it definitely started to lose its way toward the end.

I find it fascinating when winners bellyache about flak from the public. That million dollar check still cashed, right? Seems like more than enough to me.

Yeah, I can't remember which site came up first, but she definitely was not included. It wasn't that one.

I can 100% believe that story and that's terrible, if true. But based on her performance alone, she should have been fired. She sucked the energy out of the room every time she came on the scene and she was just trying way too hard to be the tough girl. Traci Thoms was much more natural and a better fit as the other female detective. But I really hate the idea that her firing could have been motivated by something so gross. Apparently you're not alone there. I couldn't remember the name of the actress so I went to the Cold Case IMDB page or somewhere that should have listed all the main cast and she's not there. They listed that annoying DA that Scotty was involved with and Frankie, the pathologist or whatever she was that Scotty was involved with and lots of other seemingly minor characters. But Sarah Brown's picture wasn't there and her character wasn't mentioned.

There's a young actress, Xochitl Gomez, on Dancing with the Stars this season and it's been bugging me that I couldn't place who she looked like. It finally dawned on me, it's my least favorite Cold Case character of all time, the short-lived Detective Sutton (Sarah Brown). Rarely do I get so lucky that the entire populace apparently agreed with me on a character and she was jettisoned after just a few episodes, but she was such a casting misfire.

That was driving me nuts, I'm someone who likes to clean up before eating so watching them try to enjoy a meal with sand all over them was hard to watch. It was funny to see the relatively clean Katurah though, especially when they cut from her to Bruce, who was absolutely caked with sand and dirt, lol. It reminded me of Amazon Heidi famously badgering the F2 to name her as something (smart or a threat or whatever), they kept saying other people's names and she was like "okay, but who ELSE??" Probst finally had to dismiss her. If he's playing up the sandwich angle to distract from the advantage part, that's a smart move. Make it seem like you're holding a petty grudge for not getting a sandwich, rather than wanting to vote out a fellow amulet holder to get a stronger advantage. And if it really is mostly about the sandwich, I get that too. These convoluted multi-person advantages have so many variables to them and those sandwiches were right there. A little food in your belly when everyone else is starving can be an advantage unto itself. I think J was just socially awkward and it put her on the outs with the larger group. She definitely did not have her finger on the pulse of the social game, she seemed to think she had a perfectly good alliance with the Reba folks. I felt a little bad for her in this episode, she looked kinda foolish throughout and the editors really milked the montage of her demise at TC. I guessed that Kaleb's SITD was going to work when they included that random clip of her saying she hadn't thought about the SITD. She got progressively more miserable as the unanimous Kaleb votes were read and the camera just zoomed all the way in. She does have killer abs though, I hadn't noticed that until she stood up to get her torch snuffed. Yeah, I agree. Bruce is trying to be the dad/leader while Kaleb is drawing people to him naturally. I have to give Kaleb credit for that conversation at the water well, he played Bruce just right. He looked shocked and shamed and like he was eager to right things with Bruce, but in reality, he wasn't the least bit ruffled by Bruce's lecture. Kaleb is pretty fascinating, for someone who just completely upset the apple cart and thwarted a unanimous vote, there sure were a lot of people excited and happy for him at the same time. He does seem like a lot of fun and if he can go on an immunity run, he's got an excellent shot. But it's so early in the merge to be such a massive target, that's a long way to immunity run to the finish.

I'm not feeling Freddy either. Besides the fact that I just can't buy that chubby, nerdy child Freddy grew up to be this person, but the actor just lacks charm. It's a testament to Kelsey Grammer that I honestly think he could carry another show as Frasier as long as the writing for him is good, but the attempts to tug the heartstrings with the Freddy/Martin comparisons aren't grabbing me. And I hadn't kept up on the news about the reboot so I'm still shocked that no one else from the original signed on. I don't know how I feel about David yet. He has some potential if they improve the writing for him and figure out who the character is supposed to be.

These two and Grocery Store Joe/Serena were two couples that I was 100% convinced were just beach couples and didn't stand a chance outside of the show bubble. Wrong on both counts, clearly. I can totally picture Shanae with an NFL player, that just makes sense to me for some reason. Good for her for finding someone out there in the world, perhaps some of the current dipshits acting like their last chance at love is on that beach.

Totally. He engineered this relationship as a way to stay in the mix when his Kat relationship imploded and he seems like the kind of guy who would have the same kind of time no matter who he's with. So while he may be bringing out a lighter side of Rachel, he'll have no problem shining his spotlight just as brightly onto someone new that comes down the beach. Rachel will have a tougher time replacing him than he'll have replacing her. It's so over the top that I wonder if she's playing a character sometimes, like her screaming confessionals seem like an attempt to become a much talked about BiP character. Especially since her personality here is so completely different than the ice queen persona she had on her season of the Bachelor. I loved how Sam just shut his transparent BS straight down. You know he was thinking this new girl is "old" and unknown in the US Bachelor world and that she'd fall for his pretend interest. I don't know if this is a shorter time period for BiP or if these people are just especially vacuous (even by Bachelor standards), but the idea of anyone from this group of people even pretending to get engaged at the end of this seems ludicrous. This franchise has a surprisingly high success rate for such a silly, frothy summer show and there's usually at least one couple that gets together right away and just hangs out on vacation the whole time, but there isn't one pairing in this group that seems likely to last even 5 mins beyond the beach.

And the constant hair petting to check that their extensions are still there/laying right, etc, that's my number 1 peeve about the women on the younger show. The ladies obviously take care with their appearance, but it's more subtle and less irritating. I enjoyed the pickle ball date, far less tacky than the strip dodgeball and other crap they do on the regular show. and I thought Kathy must be a regular pickleball player, she just doesn't talk about it like Ellen does, she played very well. But I'm not surprised she went home, Gerry didn't seem to like her much and that was the closest I've seen him get to being angry when he talked to her about Theresa.

I'm not sure about Aven, but that is 100% Kylee's motivation. She's writing her love story in real time and probably planning her Instagram posts most of the day. She's likely to be disappointed to find herself fading into the background since the Will/Olivia/Aven dust up on the first day. She probably expected to be the subject of many envious THs about her and Aven being 'relationship goals' or whatever dumb shit the kids say and so far, Sam's poop baby has gotten more attention to the Kylee/Aven relationship. Yeah, there's something disingenuous about her and it's like she is overly concerned with being judged by the audience. On the other hand, I'd tread lightly with Aaron B, he's got a real clingy vibe. That was by far the most genuine thing that's happened so far. Nothing worse than someone you're not that into telling everyone that he's not that into you, but feels bad that you're so into him. I'm not even sure if that's what Sean was doing, but Brayden very accurately pinpointed what would ignite Rachel's temper and played it just right to get the response he was looking for. And apparently seems to have bought himself another day by stepping into the revenge hookup spot that we all knew Rachel would be looking for, that was some world class BiP gameplay. I was most surprised to hear someone actually talk about themselves as an actual person and not in the context of who they are on that beach. Like, to hear someone talk about their real life was very startling, in contrast to the scintillating conversation about how they're bloated that day and decided on a 1-piece as a result. On the other hand, Olivia needs to cool it with her big love triangle talk. Pete isn't remotely interested in her, that rose was about keeping potential drama on the show and now he's in need of a reciprocal rose. I'd forgotten who Pete was when she pulled him aside to ask his permission to go on the other date. I actually thought she and John Henry were cute together, he's obviously very shy and she did a good job pulling him out of his shell. That is the M.O. this season, the producers apparently sit everyone down and film a TH about how fiery hot X person is and how they're going to set the beach on fire with their hotness. They've always had some of these THs, but they've turned it up to 15 this year.

Jason's definitely not making it to the end, Gordon would never choose someone that arrogant. He does have the feel of a plant, rattling off his accomplishments at the start and then the ongoing attitude of superiority, it feels like a set up for a big fall for him. Agreed that bread making wouldn't be the punishment I'd opt out of. It looked sucky to grind that wheat, but the garbage day is always the one that I would not be physically able to stomach.

Andrew Savage is always the one who leaps to mind when I think of lawyers on Survivor. One of my least favorite cast members ever, but also quite an illustration of the premise of creating a society on the island. Andrew brought his classist values from real life to the island and watching his bubble of arrogance and entitlement get pricked were the highlight of both his seasons. The tidbit about getting disqualified from practice is also hilarious.

Yeah, I didn't have a problem with Hannah saying "I don't want to be here and I don't want someone else who does want to be here to go home." I mean, I'd prefer that everyone there actually want to play since it's hard to get there, but she realized her mistake immediately and left. But this feigned epiphany about the very best place on earth being with my husband, I wasn't buying that. And we're how many days in out of a short season where you've already been cold and wet and hungry, wouldn't you like to bring your husband a million dollars upon your return and be happy AND rich after going through all that already? I feel like between losing his spot as one of the top dogs on Lulu and the tribe shuffle where he drew the worst hand, he did the math and thought this would be the least embarrassing way to be voted out. Like, he was the ONLY new person on a pretty strong tribe and short of Boston Rob brokering a deal for your security, that lone person will most likely be an easy vote. And if the girls hadn't had that blindside all set, then it would have just been an easy vote and a meh episode. It does kinda make me wonder if that blindside wasn't all that solid and this was just creative editing to mask a foregone conclusion. (And no, I won't take Jeff's word for it unless someone else backs him up because he certainly has skin in the game when it comes to making the show interesting).

I thought that was so odd too! It was odd the first time, but at least that guy had complimented her bathing suit or something so making reference to the 1-piece at least made a shred of sense, the second time, it was literally the first words out of her mouth and the guy was like "um, what?" How is bloating an attractive topic of conversation with a person you've just met?

Or maybe he just didn't feel a connection whenever he did talk to her (which I assume he did at some point). This isn't a straight up beauty contest, it's not like the prettiest one "deserves" to stay no matter what. My favorite part of that tag was the woman who popped up from the other room to confirm that it was definitely the meatballs, LOL. Kathy is definitely a particular type and this is showing me that those types don't age out of the mean girl behavior. She's not the prettiest or the most popular so she makes sure to talk down everyone else to keep them too busy hating on the others to hate on her. The little group that gave themselves a nickname...oof, that was embarrassing. Leave that nonsense to the goofballs on the original show.

Yeah, after 9 days, I wouldn't think she'd be able to walk. And she does look significantly older than her stated age, she looks a very fit mid 40-something with a good Botox doctor. Will's an emotional wreck and it's uncomfortable to watch. That being said, Tyler choosing Mercedes seemed like a producer choice, he seemed more interested in Jess or even Rachel. Tanner seemed like an overly mannered doofus on that date. Something about him doesn't seem quite genuine. And the trend this season of having everyone, male and female, gush over every person who comes down the path is so awkward. Sean seems most up for it from the male side and the omnipresent Olivia has endless commentary on everyone despite have zero connections with anyone.

If she was a Marie, she'd be a Marie in a different way. I can't see her getting all crazy about cleaning and food. I think she'd be closer to Marie than her own mother, much as she'd hate to admit it. Not about cooking or cleaning, but I can see her being an overbearing force in her kids' lives and being unpopular with her daughter in laws. There's definitely a more controlling side to her than what was shown of her mother's character.

It did seem like he thought wanting to be on the show so badly was enough. He nearly got lucky with Emily's abrasiveness pissing people off so much, but they really did need to chuck him if they have any prayer of staying out of TC. I'm just relieved that I finally figured out who he reminded me of before he left, it's the young Misty from Yellowjackets. That was bugging the hell out of me and I finally put my finger on it just before his torch got snuffed.