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No spoilers... Mistakes made so the lead changes during the last leg. Treacherous swollen river adds to the drama. Winners deserved the half million, anything less would have been a big disappointment for them. Hope the other 2 teams got paid something...maybe depending on the number of legs they completed.

I miss the olden days when at least this show wasn't so heavy handedly over produced, overly scripted and everyone sounding like parrots...repeating the same approved things over and over. As odious as all the Johnsons are on camera, if Joose loves them then there must be something redeemable about these hillbillies. He is such an earnest and likable young man. Jonah doesn't fart without asking Trent and Amber first so the guest list was approved by them when the producers staged the Jenga get together. Fake, fake, fake to quote Elaine Benes (Seinfeld reference)

Jonah resents Alex because they had to share a room but likes his brother more now that Alex stop being a crybaby whiner, runs to Mommy less and is the smartest person on the family, low bar, of course. Jonah resents Elizabeth because she is an over achiever, brown noser and sucks up to their parents to curry their favor. Jonah resents Anna, scapegoating and blaming her for his failing out of college because he had to drive her to high school. He actually didn't do the work and flunked out from laziness. However, their relationship is improving as he is now the worst kid in the family instead of Anna. Doing drugs worse than graffiti. Jonah doesn't care about Emma, doesn't even acknowledge her existence. Jonah's favorite parent: Trent Elizabeth's favorites 1.Anna 2.Emma 3.Alex 4.Jonah-the laziest of the family, loser to flunk out of college Liz's favorite parent: Trent Anna's favorites 1. Emma 2. Liz 3. Alex 4. Jonah Anna's favorite parent:Trent Emma's favorites 1. Anna +Alex 3. Liz 4. Jonah Emma's favorite parent:Trent Alex's favorites 1. Emma 2.Anna 3.Liz 4. Jonah Alex's favorite parent: Amber forced the family to accept all of Alex's childhood idiosyncrasies that he is finally leaving behind

Allie's parents drove her 10 hours to Forsyth so she could go to the Homecoming Dance then the morning after another 10 hour road trip back to the farm. Nice of Joshua to acknowledge Alex in such a supportive manner. Got to see that Elizabeth loves Alex too. Amber and Trent bedroom sign off...barf.

Kate's baby was born...Sullivan Cay Congrats to Mom and Baby Boy.

Anna's winning despite Amber's continued dismissive and detached parenting is worth tuning in to the show even after all these years. Topher was the name of Anna's LP bf at convention. Too bad she fell so hard for him but she made her parents happy, temporarily. Brice's hobby is taxidermy...he'll need a window in his hobby room to let the rotting flesh stench waft out. Alex unpacking his shoes from his backpack sans plastic bags after walking around Allie's farm, ewwww Allie is only 15 years old...where is the stink about her being on the young side to be Alex's gf by Sanctimonious Amber who made a big deal of needing to be 16 years old as the rule in her household? Happy the 7LJ commercials don't bombard us with any Duggars or Plaths or Roloffs but we get the odious Fiancés instead

TMZ reports that Captain Lee has had to step away from Below Deck because of an ongoing nerve condition, leaving aspects of his left side numb and with difficulty walking. Very sad for him.

Out of an abundance of caution for her baby, Kate will most likely stop the Botox, lip fillers, and booze. As my baby gift I am sending a $50 gift certificate for her post delivery facial injection refresh or towards her va jay jay rejunivation procedure. Mazel to Momma and bambino.

39 but her 40th is in January. (hate myself for knowing that)

Oh Lawdy....Kate is preggers with a baby. Can hardly wait for Kate and her mini me post twinsie duck lip photos. No baby daddy mentioned.

WOW! a third win for LOTS (US)! Hooray for Dani, James, Abbey, Kaelynn,Steve, Subodh and their families. Human stories that both warm our hearts and break our hearts that we watch smiling through tears don't often win awards.

Love on the Spectrum won a Creative Emmy for Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program and another for Outstanding Picture Editing for an Unstructured Reality Program That is 2 wins in their 2 categories......Way to go LOTS (US)! An edited show of this weekend's Creative Emmys will be shown Sept 10, 8pm ET on FXX then stream on Hulu Emmys will be Sept 12

Spoiler alert...oblique references to the last episode Woniya: Wowza! That is some dental bill you paid for after coming home from your first Alone stint. Paid for your dentist's kid college tuition. Use some of your secret weapon for flossing, too. Michelle: Think you landed on Labrador very slim. Can't be too many lbs away from getting pulled for medical, jay bird soup barely a handful of calories. Already disappearing inside your clothes. Amos: Even if you had landed the chop on your leg, doubtful your monotone would have changed one iota. Callie: Hungry, cold, nauseous from cramps...1, 2, 3 get up....grrl's gotta do what a grrl's gotta do...

Notable bored resting b face LA nurse was giving Miami guy as she watched him loudly chomp and chew his food, cleaning his plate like a good boy His SIL, Vanessa's NJ accent is jarring compared to everyone else's low tones Nadia's family can count on her to consistently pick the wrong guy. Aparna is matchmaking? I wouldn't ask her to match my socks.

Lucas of "Two Note Song" infamy

Olivier Martinez aka Mr. Halle Berry He burned up the silver screen as the ooh la la Lover of Diane Lane in Unfaithful. Maya Rudolph and Fred Armisen in Forever an Amazon Prime Comedy drama that only had 1 season. Maya is terrific but if you don't like Fred Armisen the show may be fingernails on a chalk board..

But wait...there's more! Set your DVR for Alone: The Skills Challenge, a 30 minute show after the regular show.

Dave Nessa or Sooty Dave was waving his bucketful of dried trout filets at the producers who pulled him for severe weight loss. Dave lamented that he should have eaten more to maintain his weight instead of rationing his food to keep him in the competition longer.

Halloween Alone version.... Karie Lee, we felt your Muskrat Love. Adam the Grouse was Funny or Die-esque. Jessie realistic spewing reclining statuary from the Trevi Fountain. JP and TJM came as emos. Tom and Jessie were still building their version of Winchester Mystery Houses on Labrador Island as they were getting medically yanked....Tom for his knee injury and Jessie for dehydration/starvation with her stomach beginning to eat itself. They both had the dramatically drawn skin around their mouths giving them each the hollow skeletal look and the glassy look in their eyes with the thousand yard stares....we felt their disappointment but they both needed to be boated out for medical care

Adam, here's an Emmy. His creative use of that grid tarp is craft-tastic. His white boot liner sock as a pouch is reminiscent of a whimsical Christmas stocking. His Elmer Fudd....be very quiet, we're hunting wabbit...classic Looney Tunes-Merrie Melodies. Teimojin's segment on his grandfather was touching. He has a lot of baggage to unpack. Jessie, HP was a shelter to be proud of but it was your undoing.

Noticing the abundance of fat squirrels on my daily constitutionals... Aloners would be eatin' good in the neighborhood...

My duh spelling mistake leads to a new business possibility...but may not be for the ticklish.

Darn it...now I have to rethink my signature dishes: Beaver Tartare, Beaver Burgers, Beaver Tailbeans at my new eatery... The Beaver Lodge Brassiere.

For a hot second thought Terry would burst out in tears over missing his Mama... Terry verbally reminds himself to smile for the camera....pause...creepy grin..... Teimojin's annoying whining about having so much student debt from medical school.....waah waah.. Dude, at least you have the skills to knock down that debt by working your butt off for the next 10 years and stop playing Jeremiah Johnson.

Alone editors love the self fulfilling prophesy clip....and throwing it at the tapper's face as they boat away..... Beji flippantly chattering how ahead of the game he was and saying only illness or injury will take him out.... Welp, it was barfing his stomach out and the squirts that did him in. JP's luck with stanky water has just been jinxed by his saying to the camera that he is not worried about Labrador water. Could his energy be lower? Or is he just droll? Talking sounds painful for him...