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If only.

So Jody, the Harvard business student = Emerald the Parisian food blogger? Well at least Adrian secured a Marais rental and got to show two others to more Americans than read her newsletter.

They don't identify buildings by name (didn't name ours & we "won" in a previous Chicago episode) or address. I guess if they ever feature a unit in Trump tower, they'll shoot it without showing the ginormous, hideous Trump sign.

Tonight's "Safety or Style" Pensacola couple were like a greatest hits collection of nonsense. Safety: He's worried about living near the beach in case of a hurricane--dude, when the storm rolls in, doesn't it goes beyond the freakin' beach? She was horrified by the idea of her two daughters sharing a bedroom, much less a bathroom and was ready to remodel every bathroom in one house, as well as instantly replace a new-looking black oven with a stainless steel one. (So you know that's the house they bought.) Not bad enough that these parents are reading from a bad script, the daughter gets dragged in, announcing that a bedroom seemed dark--there were two windows with shades closed tight--plus it looked to be dark out! But that meant someone could say it needed a French door--WTF? Then she calls bullshit on her mother's moaning about the sink being in the kitchen island--so annoying to "wash dishes and have to [turn around to] put them away in the cupboard"--and surprise, mom busts her for never cooking or cleaning. As if mom lives in a house without a dishwasher. Make that, stainless dishwasher. I gotta quit this show.

Oy, damaged Devon and wow-factor Cheyenne, the 24-year-olds in Florida. The producers must have been happy dancing when Devon started in on wanting a log cabin home because it made him feel safe (sad back story about being homeless and staying at somebody's log cabin). The realtor that shook his head in disbelief at them at least got a shout out from Devon for finding them their place--in spite of their obvious efforts to drive him nuts. Cheyenne was the big compromiser agreeing on the log cabin style place because she saw the look in his eye when they found it. Sweet. Also an improvement on the regular crazy eye he kept giving the camera. Hope they're happy--and hope she lives long enough to see him paint any of that wood.

Ha, this show has made an impression on me, alright--I'm going to do some work in the kitchen and am loathe to get granite (it'll be some kind of quartz, thanks) and most likely, no stainless steel appliances. They've become de rigueur to my condo neighbors, but I have no desire to feel like I'm living in HH episode. Also, it's just not that big and there's no window, so making it monochromatic white with some grey accents seems like a good idea to me (I'm not buying friends telling me that stainless is easy to keep clean, either). Based on the popularity of glass shower doors around here, too, I'm guessing it's so everyone can see and appreciate the expensive tile in the shower. Shopping around, I see I won't have to bother with tracks (ugh, have that now) and there's some sort of coating you can get so that the water doesn't spot so much (so they say;-)

A sweet moment that last one, which could not have come quickly enough for me. (The tanking and disappearance thereof.)

Ugh, grateful to not have the entitled one in River North. Hilariously, my building was contacted about being one of the also rans---had to be for this episode. No thanks! (A previous episode ended with a purchase here, don't know if it was the same realtor!)

The producer's notes, no doubt.

House passed their version--both bills are going to some committee that will try to hammer out their differences. We'll see--nobody I read/heard bothered to enlighten me on what those might be. I count on Jon to follow it. As he called Cantor's next gig as a millionaire-to-be lobbyist. Feh.

Off the rails from the start--never disappointing as a game show. Which works nicely with the network, which has more games than cooking shows. The nutritionist bites the dust immediately? Check. Maybe the cowboy can team up with the pioneer woman? (Not a spoiler, just a nauseating late night thought.)

I don't know if they're "hacks" or not, but they did come up with the idea in the first place. I get they didn't like the series, but it's not like I can't understand that from their POV and I agree that Devlin did a good thing with Leverage. I'd be fine if this stuck with the original conceit--cause I'd love it if they could get Spader back. And I didn't care for where the series eventually went, so I'd rather not follow that anywhere.

And it was Charlie taking care of Meryl at the end tonight after she's been lifted up--the nervous look on her face when things got shaky and the calm that came when she saw it was his hand steadying her was priceless.

Yes, amazing. That the show director would allow it. I. am. old. He was annoying as hell, but I'll cut him a wee bit of slack for his own success, as it is. And next to Abby Lee, he will be a sweet memory.

Last time I looked, Charlie and Meryl were in the same skating show, so no, I can't think of a reason they mentioned his schedule and not hers, unless ... could it be? ... her drama was her sulky partner! This show's so heavily scripted they may nominate it for a best drama Emmy (it would lose). Meanwhile, Meryl's dance was pretty great. And something's gotta give with Charlie's choreography if we're going to get a gold medal finish. Maybe I'll take a break for a few weeks--the hyperbole's giving me allergies and Bruno is grosser than usual.

21st century "Father Knows Best?"

Hi, kids. I could not resist sharing today's Neil deGrasse Tyson tweet: Apr13: On this date in 2029 stadium-sized asteroid Apophis buzz-cuts Earth at 45,000 km/hr below our communication satellites.

The only way that Olivia is fixing shit this season is because Shonda's magic script wand makes it so. There is zippity-do-da in the believability department, even for a fantasy fest like this thing.