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This drives me nuts with shows set in NYC too, the worst offender possibly being How I Met Your Mother. I'm sorry, but if Ted & Marshall live on the Upper West Side, and Barney lives on the Upper East Side, there's no way they're hanging out every night.

My guess would be that since Rachel already owes the show money, amongst other things, it's a matter of pride and she's sleeping in the truck so she doesn't have to tell anyone that she doesn't have anywhere to stay. Honestly, that's probably what I would do in that situation.

I'm onboard for now. Unfortunately, due to the TV show setup, there are a LOT of characters. More people to die over the course of the season, but a few too many to keep track of in the pilot. (Although, much closer to my own high school experience than ones where the characters only have five or six friends.) But it's definitely not as gory as the movies, and I'm still hoping for a reference that it's in the same universe, even if it's just a Stab reference or someone reading a copy of the Gail Weathers' book. But wouldn't that make this just the same as Scream 4 then? They already did that with Emma Roberts' character, although granted Sidney was, as ever, the one true Final Girl. I was wondering about that too. Coming off of the Scream movies (and Friday the 13th), my first inclination is that the killer is a relative of Brandon James, possibly the brother or a nephew, pulling a Billy Loomis on Emma. But it sounded, if I'm not mistaken, like the brother was Emma's father? So that may kibosh that theory. I'll tell you one thing, if there's only one killer like that Scream 3 bullshit, I'm going to recruit someone and go on a murdering spree myself. So it had better be A AND Dan Humphrey.

I didn't see her on most of those, but she's pretty great on UnREAL: apparently the show that is rescuing dealbreaker actors left and right.

I totally totally agree. I still think there's more to Rachel's last season blow-up than we've seen or know about yet, and I think Jeremy ties into that in some way, more than oh they had a great weekend, but she refuses to let herself be happy. And clearly he's lying to Lizzie about the extent of his relationship with Rachel-- maybe Rachel found out he was lying to her about the extent of his breakup with Lizzie?

I agree. One problem is we get a highly edited version and don't get a good look at the whole thing (but I was still surprised that guy made it through the round). I thought the shorter Swiss brother did better than the other but he got sent home right then and the other at least got to dance for his life. The editing definitely contributes, but you also have to take into account that they factor in the dancer's previous auditions when making their decisions. There were a number of people who faltered a little in the choreography, but were kept (or made to "dance for their life") on the strength of their previous auditions. Some of which we've seen and some not. I think that ties into the Swiss brothers, as well. The older one might have done a little better in the choreography, but, at least for me, I thought it was clear from their first audition that the younger one was the stronger dancer, and therefore I'm not surprised he's gotten further. (I wasn't paying attention enough to blonde ballroom guy to comment there.) Yeah, I thought usually they say what songs they use now. Back in the day, I used to watch this show with my phone open to Shazam the whole episode.

Well, my answer to this question WOULD have been Shiri Appleby, a woman who ruined even a mediocre Gavin DeGraw music video for me, but then I watched UnREAL, and apparently the years since Roswell have been amazing for her acting skills. Jessica Biel, 100% though. There's a woman who has the wrong job. Should have been a model, not an actress. Marc Blucas will always be Riley Finn to me, and that's a problem for him in anything else.

If he had stopped because he suddenly remembered he had a fiancée and felt guilty, I don't think it would have bothered me that he aborted their encounter. It was the stopping and cutting Rachel down afterward that bugged me. Agreed. It's not the stopping that bothered me. It was one, him pulling that crap in the first place, and then two, basically blaming her for his actions afterwards. She wasn't coming on to him, he's the one who pounced on her. So to then give her shit was ridiculous. And he said nothing about his fiancée, only about Rachel and her crazy. Maybe she thought he was annoyed with her because of their last interaction at the end of Wife? She called him a whore and they didn't part on the greatest of terms. They both seemed to have gotten over that confrontation fairly quickly, but it might have been awkward if that was the first time they had spoke since it happened. Also Adam insinuated that he didn't necessarily trust Rachel to do what was best for Adam over what was best for the show, so he might not trust her that picking Faith was really a win win for him and not just spin from Rachel. Rachel might have thought he'd be in the mood to spite her. I think she actually just pulled the reverse-psychology maneuver, because she knows he doesn't like to follow the rules. And we know that too, he's said it time & again, and proven it as well (note his continuing with Grace's secret blow jobs. I think it's about more than just getting lucky). By telling him to cut Faith, she guarantees he's going to keep her around just to spite her, not for malicious reasons, but because rebelling is just his natural inclination. See, I don't think of Rachel/Adam as a "change the other person" fairy tale story. It's not about trying to change who someone is, it's about finding someone to be your best self with, and I think there's something about those two that makes that happen. And I think this week really showcased that, in the way that they put their manipulations to use for the greater good (the greater good), and both went to bat hard for Faith. I think that on their own, they're kind of shitty people, but together they're less terrible. They both call each other out on their shit, hopefully leading to endgame of making him man up and be more responsible instead of just whining about how no one takes him seriously, and making her lighten up and embrace who she is without succumbing to her mother's manipulations. They're not going to become different people. They're just going to be (slightly) better versions of who they already are.

I thought this season is six MONTHS after season four, not six weeks? No word yet, but I really hope that's where they are. I'm finding Parrish to be far & away the most interesting character on the show these days. Maybe it's just cause he's such a mystery, and I'm shipping him & Lydia hard. This episode seemed just like a lot of set-up though? I'm withholding judgment until part two, tonight.

So agreed! The street girls are so strong this season. I loved Twitch saying it might be a team full of ladies, but I could easily see 5 of them making it. My hopes: Jaja, Yorelis, Jessica Rabone, Standing O, and... hmm, there are a couple that could fit that fifth spot. Gaby the tapper definitely needs to make the Stage top 10. I think tappers have it as hard as ballroom dancers (although at least they're used to being on stage by themselves). I think it's interesting there's that white boy clog-tapper that's on the Street team.

So whose still in the game even? Grace, Maya, Pepper, Faith, Mary. Anna? Shamiqua? Also, having hometown dates this early on strikes me as odd for the setup, but whatever. Never going to care about Jeremy. Also what a shithead. He basically attacks her with his mouth, when he has a fianc, and then pulls away with some crap about how she makes things go badly?? I'm so weirdly hoping that Rachel & Adam are endgame. I really think they're actually good for each other. She helps him be a real person, and he lightens things a bit for her.