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I don't know if Marian is a poorly written character or if the actress is just kind of blank. But she was absolutely sending mixed signals to Dashiel the whole time. I mean, yes, he shouldn't have sprunk an engagement on her but I bet he thinks she's a "nice girl" and the fact that she blankly smiles when he's around and agreed to accompany his daughter to a mother/daughter tea meant that she wanted to be with him. I mean, girl, why did you stand in for the mother at the tea!? What is wrong with you? That's a huge "I'd like to be this child's mother" signal that he picked up on. I don't think he's evil. I think like another poster said, he wanted a wife and a mother for his daughter. She seemed like she was into him and came from the right background so it all worked out.

I honestly think he's just a sadist and enjoys knowing he can fuck with people. I don't think he likes women at all - or men. I think he just wants to see what he can make people do.

I truly don't understand why Agnes is so sour all the damn time. She appears to get no joy out of life. I know that she had a rough go with her husband but good God lady. She sneers at everyone. Why is Rev. Dead Poets Society so horrendously awful in her opinion? Why does she need to cut Ada down every 10 minutes? The only time I saw anything close to pleasure was when she realized she could send threatening letters out to opera fans. I need to either see a flashback explaining why she is the way that she is or have them show a moment of sweetness because otherwise she drives me crazy.

You are onto something. When they all move in together, I have no doubt now that Jeff will have multiple soulmates. I also suspect that this is when things are going to get sexually dicey in a lot of ways. The gay couples will need children and I suspect that younger females of childbearing age are going to be forced to conceive and carry these babies. It's going to get BAD when they move in together. Keith from NXIVM seemed to want money and power. Jeff seems to want money, power and to fuck with people. There's something that's just an extra level of sadistic with Jeff. He seems to enjoy what he can do to torture people. As for Elle

I just finished the first episode of this last night and if you enjoy the first episode and haven't listened to the Wondery Podcast - listen tot hat as well because I am 90% sure that the woman they interview who was in the car accident and her boyfriend dumped her? I think the boyfriend is featured in the podcast and his version of the story and her version of the story are VERY different. I was listening to her talk on the docuseries and she was like "I just happened to be at the club" and "I was hanging out with his roommate who was a friend" and that is absolutely not the way he tells it on the podcast (ep 3 Honey Badger of Love, Twin Flames podcast). So far, I'm enjoying this series way more than the Prime one. I listened to the podcast first, then found the Prime movie and then a friend told me about this and I didn't even know it existed. My heart also breaks watching the 19 year old in the first ep (I'm terrible with names) but good lord you can see in her body language how scared and miserable she is with her older "twin flame" boyfriend.

In regards to the stalking - I think it's way more likely that Lydia knew he was applying, figured she'd also apply and see what happens. I don't get the feeling that she was madly in love with him but more like realized that they both might be there and still tried anyway. Dating groups are so small even in big cities. I'm in a very large midwestern city and if you're on the apps long enough you see the same 40 people over and over again. I have no doubt that if I was ever on a Love is Blind, there would be at least one guy I've matched with or possibly dated. The dating community being small was apparent when they talked about running into each other at bars.

Sam is a hot mess but I also love that when you see her parents you kind of get how a hot mess like this was created. She's so angry that she wasn't told about the cancer and told about the relationship but she hasn't stopped to consider why two people who love her and are close to her would choose to not tell her something important. She's judgmental and dismissive. It's the vision board all over again. I hope she gets out of her own way. And I agree that I am starting to just really enjoy Tricia. I thought I'd hate her in the first season but I like her. And I honestly would love more insight in the Charity friendship. Her husband just seems like a big dummy so I am not too confused as to why he cheated on Tricia. He seems like an idiot with a mid-life crisis. But Charity is the one that drives me crazy. To cheat and then never apologize and then go around telling others that Tricia is the one who cheated. Girl! I know we all have a Charity in our past to some extent - maybe not this extreme. But what the hell, Charity. Why are you the way that you are?

Here's my assumption on what happened. Maddie had that fight with her mom and she said something about how it broke her spirit when she was retelling it. So I think her spirit was "weak" at that point anyway. When Janet's spirit ran through her body, it knocked Maddie's spirit out of her physical body and replaced it with Janet's. Otherwise, the ghosts could literally possess people all day long if they could just run through someone and take over their body. I think the soul-crushing fight with her mom somehow weakened her spirit/body connection making the possession much easier. So Maddie's spirit is still walking around and that's how she could see the other spirits. Since her body isn't dead, there's some weird stuff going on and that's how her friend would be able to see her.

I knew something wasn't right with that teacher. Who the hell wants to work for their entire afterlife, grading ghost assignments? The Madison reveal was interesting. Early on in the season I assumed she was somewhere barely alive and that's why she was a ghost but also a ghost that could talk to her friend. She wasn't full ghost. I did not predict anything close to the reveal though. Very interesting. Not at all sure how they'll be able to get them to switch back? If possible?

See, I don’t think Adam is a saint at all. I think he’s just as dismissive as Toby is. He even mentioned in the garage argument that he has been annoyed with Libby for months, but never once does he mention it or try to deal with it? He rolls his eyes a lot and complains a lot and trash talks to her in front of her friends at a party when he made fun of her for complaining so much at Disney World. She may have been neglecting him, but I think he had been neglecting her too for just as long. I think there are a lot of parallels between Libby and Rachel. Rachel is obviously in a more severe mental health crisis. But I think Libby is clearly depressed. And no one in her life sees her or tries to help her. I think honestly that’s why the moment with her and Rachel was so poignant. But I think both Adam and Toby are the same in the sense that the women in their lives are not doing well, and they can only think of how it affects them and how annoying it is for them to have to deal with that. Both Toby and Adam were playing the victim in my opinion. In the garage fight, you can kind of see that Adam still cares for her but even then he’s not seeing what’s going on and he’s very much “you have a nice house and you have kids. Why are you so fucking upset?” Which is missing the point. Libby doesn’t have anybody who really see who she is and what she’s going through - just like Rachel didn’t. Libby feels unfulfilled. Libby feels alone. Libby feels pointless. Libby doesn’t feel like she fits in anywhere, unless she’s with her friends from her past because they actually see her. It’s an older version of her, but it’s still seeing her on some level. She’s pretty much invisible in New Jersey. And her husband is just rolling his eyes and saying that she complains too much and she has no reason to complain.

The only valid reason I can think of for her ghosting her kids is if she's really really really really in a bad spot. Like practically suicidal breakdown stuff where she might mentally think that her kids would be better off not hearing from her. That's the only mindset where I could sympathize with her. And I will say from the view of her at the park, she looked pretty dejected and bad so maybe that's what we'll see?

I'm divorced (been divorced 6 years) and I watched the first episode and HATED this show. I had no desire to watch a man use women as a never-ending supply of sex toys to make him feel less lonely instead of just getting therapy. I see these men all the time on the apps and I had no desire to sympathize with their story. But then I read some reviews and decided to stick with it and I'm really glad I did. They really capture the loneliness of new divorce. The entire episode where he's so lonely that he goes to the pool with Libby but then feels like he doesn't belong there and then goes out drinking with his other friend --- but doesn't belong there either hit home in a major way. The early stages of divorce are very "One of these things is not like the other, one of these things just doesn't belong" The party was also incredible because I've had that conversation with friends where they're being stupid in ways that I know I was stupid at the end of my marriage and I'm like "Hey, don't act like that. Take a step back and just think and maybe get counseling and see if it can be saved?" only for them to be like "Oh I'm supposed to take marriage advice from YOU" Libby and her husband seem beyond repair at this point - there are all of these studies about a sign of divorce and endless criticism of each other is a big one. Libby's husband totally started in on her being a sour ass at Disney World in front of all of her friends. And then he just left and she stayed out all night and both had this air of indifference about how the other might feel about that.

Watching Steve do that interview was too much like real life. I work in PR and if I had a nickel for every c-suite leader who thinks they should do all of the media when they're quite frankly just bad at it, I could retire. Steve is self-loathing and obnoxious and needs to just let Nick be the media darling for the Chippendales. Nick is kind of an asshole as well, like how hard would it truly be to be like "Well, Steve Banerjee started the Chippendales and it was all his brainchild and creation but he wanted to take it to the next level, he hired me on and bam! Here we are today!" But Steve is such a dick to Nick that I can understand why he gives him no credit at all. They're both just poking the bear though and they need to get out of their own way. Steve, let Nick do what Nick does best and sit back to collect the money. Nick, quit being an asshole, it was Steve's idea and you could throw him a little bit of attention to make him happy and the happier he is, the more he's likely to get out of your way. I'm at the point where I truly don't know what Steve's wife sees in him. He's impossible.

Albie was driving me bonkers in this episode. He has this weird sense of ownership over Portia. He did it when she was at the pool with the other guy and and then again with the drinks at the beach club. It would be different if he were like "oh I have competition, game is on" and kind of worked his magic and ramped up his flirting but he essentially just comes over and tries to mark his territory. Like getting up and walking over to her at the beach club? No no no no. She clearly made her choice. You guys aren't in an exclusive relationship or anything and in fact, she barely seems interested in you when you guys are together. Just chill out, dude.

For some reason I expected a big dramatic Jan scene where she cries to the therapist and realizes it was all a sham but I think that would be too Hollywood. Instead I liked that it was a very slow realization that everything she had been told was a lie. I suppose that's the way it goes in real life when you've been manipulated by someone. You notice one thing was a lie and then the house of cards just kind of crumbles. It makes me so angry that he was able to go on and just continue to molest girls and get away with it. One thing I did notice is that the cadence of his voice in court and the way he spoke - the actor really captured that with him throughout the series. Poor Jan.