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Well, we all know the rules of this kind of show..if we didn't see Mack's dead body..he isn't dead. So, where can I get one of those umbrellas? I can think of several good uses for it. Very cool episode, even if I had to keep rewinding it because I was falling asleep (Not the show's fault..I'm usually in bed by 9, but this show made me stay up to watch it live!) That's why I always read the recaps to make sure I didn't miss anything important. I think Fitz and Simmons had regained a bit of their "finish each other's sentences" mojo by the end, there. I hope they can find their way back to friendship. I like Simmons with Trip..maybe somebody will come along for Fitz. Unless, of course, Simmons is being controlled or something..which, I really hope not!

My husband actually wrote a letter of complaint to CBS. My issue with choosing a detour, is that passive options like the massage are dangerous because the racers are not in control of how long the task will take. The crab task would have been the smarter option because the racers are in control..if they are competent, they can get done quickly and get out. I kept yelling at the cyclists to choose the crab, but they didn't listen to me.

My husband was totally outraged by the massage detour. He seemed to think that it was some abuse deliberately dreamed up by TAR producers and wouldn't believe me when I told him it was common practice. I not only have read about this and seen it on Discovery type channels, but I underwent a foot massage in Beijing that was the most painful thing I have ever been through, excepting childbirth. I do have a hard time buying into the benefits however. i never believe all of the conspiracy theories about this or that challenge being tailored for specific teams. First of all, the producers have no way of knowing how long any particular team is going to last. By leg 8, the surfers could have been long gone, eliminated by bad taxi luck, or any other thing that eliminates otherwise strong teams. There are a wide variety of challenges. Some of them are going to seem advantageous for certain teams, like the bicycling task a few legs back, or the armor polishing task that was perfect for the dentists. On the other hand, one could argue that tasks like repelling would be impossible for a one armed person, and the producers were trying to get her eliminated. Of course, Bethany aced those tasks as well, but how would the producers have known all that in advance? I was sorry to see the cyclists go. They were such a strong team, but a bad gamble did them in. The wrestlers really put themselves in a very poor light this leg, lying to the candy girls and not u-turning the cyclists after making such a big deal about it. Yes, it's all fair, i suppose, but it's equally fair for me not to root for them and to hope for their elimination.

I've come to the conclusion that Portland is a regular Sunnydale, CA. Is there a Wesen version of the Hellmouth somewhere under the town attracting them? Or maybe there are full page ads in the underground Wesen newspaper. "Come to scenic Portland! The population is very accepting and our only Grimm is a good guy!" Though this may need to be revised. Was I the only one who, when the promoter opened the door, thought OMG they got James Earl Jones as a guest star? I soon saw I was mistaken, but it gave me a chuckle. That guy could play JEJ's brother, though. I guess only a Hexenbeist would pick up some stray green crystal from a cauldron..and eat it! Loved that it turned her briefly into Juliette..aha so that's how she did it, everybody! Reynard looks so vulnerable, and cute in that hospital bed.

I think Julie bailed before tribal because she didn't want to be called out about the trail mix. I'm not a fan of food hoarding, but on the other hand, as my hubby pointed out, this is survivor and the everyday rules are off the table. If lying and backstabbing are acceptable, why not hoarding? But of course, if you do something like that, you have to be prepared to take the consequences, and she wasn't. That's what bothers me more than the actual hoarding. If she had owned up to it and said..hey, this is Survivor, suckers, now that we've merged, it's every one for him or herself...she might have actually won some respect. Instead she slunk away like a dog caught eating the Christmas roast. I hate quitters with a passion. I guess she's not on the jury, since Jeff didn't say she was. Plus, that wouldn't have accomplished what she wanted..to get back to her precious John..instead she would have been stuck at Ponderosa for the duration. I'm sure Jeff would have explained that to her. Jeff seems a lot more tolerant of quitters these days than he used to be. I guess he's gotten used to it..there's at least one every season, it seems. Not sure who i am rooting for at this point. There's nobody that really appeals to me, or who is despicable enough for me to root against. All of the big personalities were voted off early.

I think this is the first time in Survivor history that a tribe has lost rewards that they have previously won. I can't wait to see the merge when the former Coyopa tribe sees that there are no luxury items and no tarp at the new camp. I wonder if Missy will take any responsibility for this, as it seems to have been caused by her profligate rice cooking. I have to admit that after a fairly strong start, these last two episodes have been pretty boring. I think that the problem with Josh and Reed being so lovey dovey at camp is the same problem with any strong two person alliance that makes itself obvious. They are putting targets on their backs. Nobody wants to be reminded that there are two people who will stick together in any vote. Smart tribes will try to split them up. Whether Honeypoo is smart or not remains to be seen, since we've hardly gotten to know them, though if the rice situation is any indication, they are hardly rocket scientists.

It's kind of a trope in television and movies that politicians are evil. So, it would have been a nice twist if Senator Ward had turned out to be the one telling the truth. I think that Grant's murderous escape is intended to lead us to think that is the case. However, I don't believe it. When I saw those handcuffs, I was shocked. Handcuffs? Agents like Ward and May laugh at handcuffs. They have shown much more sophisticated restraints in previous episodes, haven't they? I think that Ward is being primed for escape, though I'm not sure to what purpose. I got a kick out of Coulson's Grumpy Gat coffee mug. Those are the kind of Whedon-like details which make this show enjoyable for me. Fitz and Simmons..so sad and beautifully played. Terrific episode.

Yeah, i agree. And their cab driver was giving them the stink eye as well. I'm sure he didn't appreciate American tourists mocking his language. This was such a frenetic leg, I could hardly figure out what was going on most of the time. Just glad my surfers were safe. But we really don't need to have every team praise her. Just let her continue to do well. There's no need to beatify her. I also like the cyclists so far. Just good competent racers. The dentists are so caught up in their gleaming perfection that they are making bad, potentially fatal mistakes. It's called hubris, oh dental ones, and one of these episodes, it's going to bite you in the butt with gleaming teeth!

Reynard's dead? I don't believe it. Who was that blonde watching him "die?" Was that Adalind in another form? If so, you can bet she'll manage to bring him back. Kracken head left some seriously hideous marks on that guy's head. I wish that Trubel was played by a better actress. She just seems so listless when she's not actively beheading somebody or precipitating a woge. It was good to have my Grimm back. i just wish I had my Grimm, back! How many episodes will we have to wait for Nick to regain his powers? He seems so diminished, somehow. Oh..Adalind's mother..of course! (it's been a long hiatus) Wait..isn't Adalind's mother dead? Is that Reynard's mother? Do all the hexen women have to be blonde?

C'mon..you mean you've never heard of Orange Julius? :)

Well, despite the fact that they "borrowed" this entire plot line from one of my favorite episodes of the Office (Office Olympics) I thought this was very funny. Once again, Holt steals the show with his deadpan delivery. And the fact that in all these years he has never realized that Wuntch rhymes with lunch. I really like the way they are handling the Peralta/Santiago thing. Rosa confronted him about it like a real friend. I think she truly deserves to head up the task force. The month old Chinese food..arggh! One thing confused me...did Jake actually do anything in the competition? We didn't see him actually eating the Chinese food, or trying to pass himself off in disguise..his skateboarder outfit was hardly a disguise. From what I can tell, he just hung around until everybody else announced they were out! Until the final obstacle course, that is. I guess that's how he designed the competition!

I actually thought that Gates had unknowingly said the trigger word that had been planted in Castle hypnotically during his missing period. Though why he would be programmed to kiss Gates, I have no idea. At least he didn't try to kill her. But Castle had a reason, of sorts, for his action. So post hypnotic suggestion is at least one cliche they didn't hit in this story line. I enjoyed this episode, though when the dog interrupted the kiss, I could almost hear the screams of frustration echoing throughout the viewing public.

I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned the balloon seller yet. What a bizarre looking person! He looks like he came straight out of a comic book. I can't believe he had such a small part. I wonder if he will come back in a later episode as a villain, even though he was innocent in this episode. I'm not familiar enough with all of the batman villains, outside of the most well known ones, is there a character that would suit him?

Was I the only one who noticed that one of the third teams to check in (I think it was the candy scientists) had painted on a Charlie Chaplin mustache to go with her bowler and umbrella and did a Charlie Chaplin waddle to the mat? Did I imagine this? Makes me want to keep my eye on them..they might be really fun to watch. I could not get over the way the wrestlers marched..they looked like the ministry of funny walks. So bizarre. It does seem odd to me that the racers have gotten such an easy start. Not in tasks..that punting WAS evil, but in foreignness. Usually the racers are plunged right into deep culture shock..but England? Really? I love the place, don't get me wrong, but it's hardly a cultural challenge. Next week they seem to continue in England..or at least the British Isles, but I hope that they start socking it to the racers pretty soon. I need some me some teeming India or Africa. Hmmm..I wonder..do you think Africa might be off the table because of Ebola? Had that scare started before the race took place?

And says, "hey what is this..some kind of a joke?" I think Val confused the term "big move" with "nonsensical move." Last week at tribal council, I noticed that she did the idol fake out move, reaching down and rooting through her bag after Jeff asked the idol question, then looking up innocently. So i suppose her "logic," is that she found the idol last week and another this week, even though there wouldn't BE another on the same beach unless one was used. So instead of one target on her back, she puts two! I highly recommend everybody read Dalton Ross' recaps of Survivor on the Entertainment Weekly site. He's actually been there and helped tweak this week's reward challenge, and has some pretty funny things to say about the whole thing.

Okay..since they are telegraphing (well if telegraphs are sent with anvils) all of the potential villains, have we previously met the kid that Chester kidnapped? After all, his own mother thinks the whole thing is a JOKE and he is apparently such a scamp that his mother doesn't want him back. There was a standup comedian in Fish's club in episode 1 that people were predicting would be the Joker, but could that have been this kid? I don't have the episode saved, so i can't check and this kid was hard to see. But maybe, since the Penguin can't ransom the kid, and seems intrigued that he isn't a boy scout, he might just induct him into a life of crime. Okay..I did some checking and realized that Chester's hostage is one of the two kids who had been in the car that picked him up hitchhiking. Not the same person as the stand up comedian. But they were definitely Joker material.

It's all fun and games in the 18th century until somebody almost gets raped, and then suddenly 1945 isn't looking too bad, is it Claire? I love the way she was suddenly..Oh yeah I was trying to get home, wasn't I? I pretty sure Claire took care of her rapist before he got full access, so to speak..it did go into slow mo for a bit there, before she stabbed him. I don't mind seeing all the Frank stuff that was previously left to my imagination. I like that he didn't give up but pestered the police continuously. I'm also sure that he recognized the "highlander sighting" as a trap, which is why he came prepared, but he also couldn't take the chance that it wasn't. As fo Claire in BJR's office, she was in a no win situation. All she knew about the Duke of Sandringham was his name. I'm sure she knew that BJR was trying to trip her up, but she didn't know the truth, so any way she answered could have been wrong. A better answer would have been. "I never knew about a wife. I only dealt with the Duke. Maybe he thought his wife would be jealous." But I had all night to come up with that one! She had seconds, so I give her a break. From the look on BJR's face, it seems that the only thing better than finally having Claire Beecham at his mercy, was having Jamie at the window. Is it April yet?

I kept yelling at the designers, "don't waste your time asking the women with the blurry faces..they're going to say no." I have never liked Alexander's use of color. And tonight's was really the worst. I can't agree with Tim, however, that it was the most hideous thing in PR history, or that he is the most talented designer Tim has ever met. Somebody seems to have turned Tim's hyperbole meter up to 11. I would have agreed to be a model in a second, no matter what hideous thing they did to me. But I'm a famewhore. I somehow doubt that they would have chosen me, though, being 63 years old and a size..gasp..6! I haven't minded Korina, but tonight she was just awful. If she were any more full of herself, she would explode! The trouble is that I kind of agreed with most of her assessments. i just wouldn't say that stuff out loud. I did disagree with her and the judges about Kimi's not being an appropriate first date dress. Doesn't it all depend on what the first date happens to be? A cocktail, party, no. Dinner and a movie, why not? A lunch date..even better. And most of all, it was flattering. I think he should have won. This group of designers is pretty depressing, I must say.

I kept expecting to see him creeping around muttering about his "precioussss." On the other hand, I didn't like his father, Keith, saying that Wes had the intelligence of a rock..though it very well may be true. Not a nice thing to say about your son on national TV. However, one thing I haven't seen mentioned about the "5 letter" scene with John Rocker, was the fact that as they were walking, little, scrunchy Wes was lugging a gigantic pile of fronds almost as big as he was, and big strong John Rocker was just walking along, carrying...nothing. Can't say that I'm sorry to see Twinnie go. Mostly because it will be interesting to see Natalie manage, or not, on her own. I'm not a Twinnie hater, but I wasn't rooting for them, either. It's too soon for me to have a dog in this race, yet. I don't even know if I prefer Honeypoo or Crayola. Only time will tell.

What cracks me up in this book, is the way Claire keeps looking at her gold wedding ring..the way Marty McFly keeps checking the photo of himself and his siblings. Presumably, if Frank's line were to be interrupted, not only would her wedding ring be gone, but so would she..back to whatever life she would have been living had she never met him! She certainly wouldn't be hanging around 18th century Scotland! I did enjoy all the French intrigue and the court at Versailles. I hope we get to see Jamie all tarted up with the wig and beauty spot! I loved Master Raymond and mother Hildegard also, as well as Fergus. Children were so..expendable in those days, in big cities especially. Fergus was very lucky to have found a friend and protector in Jamie.

Something must be wrong with my cable..instead of the beginning of the episode, all I got was a Red Robin commercial! Did you know that they actually make burgers for people who don't eat meat? What a concept! I agree with the above poster who compared Fade to Dmitry. Every week i wait for his design to come out on top, but he is ignored. Hopefully, like Dmitry, Fade's time is coming. I find Fade very appealing, possibly because I just came back from Germany, though none of the elderly relatives i met there were anything like him. We haven't gotten to know him, though, because he is drama free, and always stuck in the middle. I didn't dislike Amanda's but of the three in the top, thought Kini's should have won. I also didn't think it fair that Sandhya's advantage from last week should have stretched so far. She shouldn't have gotten first pick and then picked the next person to choose, and so on schoolyard fashion. these kind of challenges are difficult enough without having the fabric foist upon you. Not that this gave Hernan the right to bitch and moan more than anybody else. Thank goodness they got rid of him. The wonder from Down Under has not impressed me at all so far. His look, right side out, might have been boring, but inside out it was horrid. I just would never were anything that looks like it's about to unravel right before my eyes. He was lucky Hernan went for the Super V.

Did anybody ever explain how Boo got to have a dog? It seems that all the inmates would have pets if they were allowed. Boo's not blind or incapacitated in any way, so it's not a service dog. Did I miss the explanation?

Actually the frozen lake demise of Lester reminded me of a movie that I just love, To Die For, with Nicole Kidman, who comes to a similar, and very haunting, end. At first, I was disappointed that Molly didn't get the "glory," she deserved, neither getting to take down Malvo nor Lester. But at the end , when she was obviously content with the outcome, so was I. I'm pretty sure that Gus' actions weren't legal, given that he is no longer a cop. On the other hand, Malvo has killed, in this series alone, approximately 30 people, so an argument could be made for preemptive self defense. (hey..I made up a legal term!) But I don't know how that works in the real world, so I have to assume that he was somehow cleared of all charges by some legal chicanery or other. Anyway, i'll try not to let it keep me up nights. I really enjoyed this series. I was wondering if the next series could be the mysterious case in Sioux Falls that haunts Lou. Not sure how it would tie back to Fargo, though, unless they use the Fargo branch of the FBI, like they did this season. Gotta keep the name, doncha know.

But they left out Tyrion's best line, when he looks into the privy and says something like,"well it turns out that Lannisters don't shit gold after all." I was waiting for that. But I thought it was a terrific finale anyway. Certainly better than last week's battle in the dark.

It was the hair that bothered me, though in the "making of" segment they did explain that TM has so much hair that it would look stupid crammed into a boy wig, (though Rachel's hair is short and convincing) so they went with a mullet. It didn't look like a mullet to me, though..it just looked like girls' hair which contrasted oddly with the facial hair. She/he kind of grew on me, though.