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23 days, Phil said before officially declaring D/C the winners. I was all in for the twins, and I'm not embarrassed to admit I cried when they had their moment on the mat. They both seem to be strong, intelligent, accomplished, kind women, and their story is incredible. It truly is amazing to see how alike they are, despite not having been raised together. When I was 26 I met a brother I never knew I had--not a twin, and we were actually half-siblings, but a similar enough experience that I can really identify with Molly & Emily. Though my favorites did not win, this was a fantastic, edge-of-your-seat finale. I'm sure I'm not alone in this crowd "playing along" (what would *I* do with this task...) at home--if my husband or I had been able to get past that bridge task (he's afraid of heights, and I'm clumsy and fall down a lot) I would have wet my pants in delight to find the final task had something to do with the TAR theme! I'm a musician and my husband always knows when I'm watching the show because he hears "BOMP, BOMP, BOMP...BOMP-BOMP-BOMP BOMP, BOMP BOMP!" from the living room :)

Racers have even completely jettisoned their packs to run the final leg unencumbered. I've always wondered whether Production scoops their stuff up and returns it to them, or if it's still in, like, the airport Lost and Found.

Coffee Crisp is my favorite, and alas, it is not readily available in the US! You can sometimes find it in the "imported" section in some stores. Whenever I go to Canada, I always come home with a metric crapton of Coffee Crisp. Maybe next year I need to plan on trick-or-treating in Canada?

Jake (Bell's son) also officiated. Were they on a budget or something? I mean, I know Chastain is in dire financial straits, but I'd have thought Bell and Kit would've been able to scrape up enough money to hire some professionals... ;) When you say Conrad shouldn't sing again, do you mean Hawkins, the character, or Ricamora, the actor playing Jake? The former? Yes, please do not sing again. I thought the latter did a nice job. I also love that guy from HTGAWM and the movie Fire Island.

Can confirm! I was in Seattle a few years ago and there was a storm that was only about a third as severe than the one depicted on the show…it was the lead story on the news for like 3 days. I’m from the east coast, so it was similar to the 4PM storms we have every afternoon in the summer. I could not figure out why everyone in Seattle was losing their shit over a thunderstorm.

I read that as "Did Thorfinn's shipmates POST about it..." My eyeballs almost got whiplash zipping back to double-check what I read :) When Trevor said he planned on leaving The Cutting Edge on repeat, I was like, "I fail to see how this would be a problem. TOEPICK!" Precisely. I had a trainer at the gym who would tell me all about her visits to swingers' clubs, and it was very awkward. I mean, you do you, Boo, but I don't tell you about my bedroom activities, so how 'bout you return the favor, hmm?

Come sit next to me! I never met a custard-filled thing I didn't like, so I'm happy to take your leftovers :) Set custard only, though...I don't really get the idea of a runny custard like creme anglaise unless it's a garnish. Floating islands sound terrible to me: Here's a bowl of custard soup with some squishy stuff in it...enjoy! No thanks.

If I'm taking the time to make homemade meatballs, I'm not going to be drowning them in a jar of grape jelly and a bottle of chili (or barbecue) sauce! I've got nothing against those grape jelly meatballs (they're delicious!)--but if I make them for a party or something I just use a bag of frozen mini meatballs and call it a day.

Aye, he's the wee non-kilted Scot who isn't James ;)

Not only that, but Leela is a RESIDENT, not like, the chief of surgery or anything...and a cardiothoracic/neuro resident, to boot. What the hell was she doing performing obstetric-related surgery ON HER OWN SISTER? She would have been better off sitting down and donating a few pints of blood, you know, to her IDENTICAL TWIN. I totally thought that's the direction they were going to go. This show is ridiculous, I need to break up with it.

Same. I love that Dr. Walsh is being featured more, though. My favorite part of this episode was Max's ever-so-meta line "I found this really great [ASL] teacher on YouTube..." because, well: https://www.instagram.com/p/CjBMW2Ztexc/ Call me crazy, but I'm pretty sure that's Sandra Mae Frank, the actress who plays Wilder.

Well she is lugging around about 15 pounds of mermaid hair…that’ll tire a person out.

Harp is totes Amber Riley. And somewhere Chris Colfer is bowing down to his teevee because so far she's sung two of the songs he did on GLEE and absolutely crushed them.

I was just being ironic with my flip little comment...and I don't think any of us Americans (especially this crowd) are saying that our justice system is anywhere close to what it *should* look like! We were just answering your question as to why, under the system as it exists, someone would be put on home detention and the logistics of how that works (or doesn't work, as there are many cases of people cutting the ankle monitors off and making going on the lam).

We've all somehow made it work these past couple of years... ;)

People who are on home detention usually wear an ankle monitor, sort of like a GPS for people, which alerts authorities if the detainee goes more than, say, 100 yards from their home. Some home detainees are given permission to work or go to school, and their monitors are set to allow them to go to those places during set hours. The New York Times (which I believe owns the Serial podcast now) says there will be a new episode tomorrow.

Right?!?? What IS that, and why does EVERYONE yell it? It sets my teeth on edge.

We call those rumble strips.

Nate. Nick is the Alaskan.

We got these as a wedding gift and use them pretty much every day.

"When I interviewed Anthony Storm last summer, I asked about whether anything had to change to accommodate younger people, or younger bodies. The answer was: not really. The only real change was that those contestants had to have a parent or guardian with them at all times." I have to admit that my brain immediately asked "Because of Drew Drechsel?" I'll show myself out.

And NBC couldn't tell us that (with Najee's permission of course)? Even the "health and safety protocol" hand wave would have gotten the message across. It's odd that people just seem to...disappear. You'd think NBC would be aaaaaall over the "dreams crushed by COVID" drama, too.

Right? I mumbled to myself, "Well, it's not like they take them out back and shoot them..." He did make it to the finals, but he's not on the list of competitors for Stage 1, as either a finisher or non-finisher. It's like he disappeared between semis and finals. Huh. I did notice there were a couple of kids that ran last night were identified as "alternates," so maybe Najee had to drop out for some reason. NBC frequently seems to gloss over these things; they barely mentioned Daniel Gil not competing this year (though I understand that might be a bit of a sensitive situation) and made a vague reference to Joe Morovsky being out due to "health and safety protocols." I of course respect athletes' privacy, but if your mug is going to be on the big screen cheering on other competitors (and both Daniel's and Joe's were), a little more transparency would be appreciated. I don't recall seeing Najee anywhere, so I hope everything is OK with him.

Zach was so excited pointing at the picture, "That's my grandfather!" and the look on his face when Giancarlo (? not sure I've got that right) pointed to HIS grandfather was priceless. You could see the gears turn and the penny drop. I love it when the guests meet distant relatives.

This was…A Lot. So much screaming and carrying on! Betty White would never! By the second episode I got really good at using my “skip 30 seconds” button to move quickly through the nonsense. I didn’t need to hear The Voice say what the Password was (it’s right on the screen, and I can read), and one tap of that button usually put me right at the first clue. MUCH better viewing experience. ETA: I don't remember if they did this in other versions, but I didn't like that they kept putting the Password on the screen (after the initial "The Password is...." reveal). I tried to close my eyes and mute the reveal so I could play along, and then the word popped up on the screen again, womp-womp. Did this bug anyone else? I could just "watch" with my eyes closed, but then I miss facial expressions that are so important to the clue-giving. And MAN, I'm sounding like an ablist asshole here, so I should probably just shut up now...