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It sure was. Listen, I'm not saying I ship them, but I'm not saying I don't lol. I found myself kind of leaning this way too, when I never have before now. And somehow Ormewood is now maybe my favorite character? I never hated him like others did, possibly because I'm predisposed to like the actor in anything, but I wasn't expecting to like him this much. I loved all of the Alias stuff, especially Angie and Ormewoods's excitement. And now I want to do an Alias rewatch.

Juan was sooo skeptical of Karla's supposed opportunity in NY, I was laughing during that whole sequence. It also seems clear to me that she got fired. She's seems fine with it and probably didn't want to be there anymore anyway, but still, that's totally what happened. This is where I'm at. Ikechi clearly looked worse in this episode, but I don't think Emem is all that either.

I'm glad they reversed course, but networks should never move a show to their streaming network midstream. That's just disrespectful to viewers. Debut a new show on a streamer if you want, maybe even if with a "sneak peek" on your channel if you must to try to hook subscribers, but that's it. The only way a show should ever move to streaming in a later season is if it gets cancelled first and then picked up by a totally different streaming entity (I've watched multiple shows this happened to).

Yes, it looks like Nancy possesses Sam and Pete possesses Jay.

This happens with any competition in France. They are just really into "artsy" camera work. 🙄

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.