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Plus his hair was different. I genuinely did not even realize that was him at first.

I don't think the arena sound systems have changed. I think the broadcasters are no longer piping the music directly into the broadcast audio and are instead just capturing the in-arena music via their arena mics. I suspect it's all part of the music rights brouhaha.

Me neither, and I've been wondering for a couple weeks. Anyone I can think mayyybe they'd cheat, I can't figure out who they'd cheat with that would also cheat with them. The previews also got me wondering if it actually ends up being more an emotional thing, or just texting, than actually physical.

Did anything interesting/noteworthy happen on the Afterparty? For some reason my DVR recording didn't include it this time (maybe they split out the listings). The coming up scenes for the season gave me anxiety, not knowing what was misleading, what was overblown, what was an actual sign of things to come, etc. Apparently I've become invested in Madison and Allen working out and will be sad if they don't. Doesn't help that there haven't been any spoilers about decision day yet (at least not here; I'm not quite invested enough to go searching elsewhere). I temporarily forgot that Tom was a twin and was really confused for a minute at the beginning of Camille's chat with his friends/groomsmen, thinking somehow she was having that chat with Tom there.

I work in college admissions (I'm at a non-profit that partners with colleges), and it's actually quite possible, and it doesn't even have to be "severe poverty". For high-achieving students it can actually be cheaper for them to attend a top tier school than a local school or a community college or what not. Top tier schools have large grants and many of them cover 100% of demonstrated financial need. I was pleasantly surprised by her reaction to him. I had commented here before this episode that I was worried she wouldn't be attracted to him despite saying all the right things beforehand. But she genuinely seemed to like him, unless she's just a fantastic actress. I do think it was genuine though, and she grew a lot in my estimation thus far.

I like Ilia's backflip way more than Adam's. They have different techniques, but Ilia's looks way more aesthetically pleasing and secure to me. Adam's feels messy and makes me nervous, haha.

I don't think Terry thinks of himself as "tolerating" them. I think they all genuinely get along and enjoy each other's company. But then I also am seemingly the only person who doesn't mind them at all. 🤷‍♀️

So far I like both Camille and Thomas; I hope they work out. Allen also seems nice, but I'm worried Madison is not going to be attracted to him (she's said all the right things about what she'll do if not immediately attracted, but we know how that sometimes goes). I think(?) I'm okay with Madison, but I really don't find her extensions attractive at all when her hair is down (I genuinely don't get this particular trend). I think she'd look much better with just her natural hair. I don't really have a good read on Juan yet, but Karla is just too much to take.

I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure they can still use other music, they just have to secure their own rights. USFS just got blanket clearance for certain songs, so all but the top skaters are probably better if using something that falls under that blanket clearance rather than trying to clear it themselves. I completely agree with this. It would be mostly on a streaming service no matter who had the rights in this day and age. Even major sports are increasingly on streaming. Frankly, NBC may be better equipped than some other companies based on having some non-sports cable channels they can use that don't already have to worry about other sports they have rights to. Disney/ABC/ESPN for example would absolutely put most of it on ESPN+.

I've never understood ordering the medal table by gold only, as if silver/bronze don't matter. It seems more in keeping with the spirit of the Olympics to me to do total medals--it's not just winners and losers. NBC still shows the columns for each color, so it's very easy to see who has the most gold (and any time they show the table they usually mention it specifically). If I was in charge though, I would do some sort of weighted points system. Maybe such a thing exists out there somewhere.

There are requirements for 3x3 (at least the men) that players play on the world tour or whatever. You can't just pull players from the NBA who didn't make the regular team to do 3x3, unless they take time off the NBA for multiple weekend tournaments around the world throughout the year. The current US team was actually ranked 2nd in the world I believe coming in and won a bunch of tournaments over the last 1-2 years in order to qualify for the Olympics. Jimmer was recruited by USA Basketball after his pro career was over (he spent years as a dominant player in China) and had been one of the top players in the world. They didn't play well in the first 2 games, then Jimmer got hurt and with only 4 players on a team, that meant the other 3 had to play the whole time with no subs and without their best shooter.

Canada already has appealed, and there's been no decision on that one that I've seen. This is only the Russian appeals that were dismissed, making gold for the U.S. and silver for Japan now official.

I'm guessing they're movies that Hallmark did not produce themselves and had acquired, and GAF got rights to re-air them.

I feel like falling off the pommel horse is relatively common (as falls go)? I've always looked at pommel as the balance beam of men's apparatuses. Every single pommel horse routine, even for those who are good at it, makes me extremely nervous, like they can fall off at any second with one slightly wrong hand placement or one slightly lagging leg. And it's exactly why Stephen was chosen (and even he makes me nervous!).

Short(ish) version, they were building (rebuilding maybe, don't remember) a bridge between communities to facilitate trade, etc. There were walker herds heading for the Bridge, Rick was trying to divert them as it probably wouldn't hold their weight. Two herds ended up merging, Rick's horse got spooked and he got thrown and impaled on rebar but managed to make his way to the bridge. To prevent the merged herd from potentially crossing the bridge and endangering Alexandria, he intentionally detonated dynamite that was on the bridge as part of the construction and blew it up. Michonne and others saw that part from the river bank but couldn't see what happened to him amid the explosion. Anne/Jadis later found him on the river bank essentially dying and called the CRM to pick him up and save his life. Everybody assumed he was dead although they never found a body. Rick was essentially a conscript with the CRM once he recovered and couldn't return to Alexandria. It's not a bio hazard jacket, just a uniform with the CRM symbol. He's tethered to a handler because he had previously tried to escape. The conscripts are out there to kill walkers. It's part of their "service".