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They kind of forgot to mention that part. Yes, the property was $40k less than their budget, but I can’t imagine a new house would be less than that.

My vote for the stupidest wish goes to the two women in pink , I don’t know their names, who wished to win this leg of the race. They were far enough behind that people had already checked into the mat. They might not have known that, but they did know that they were towards the back of the pack. At least the people wishing to win the whole race made sense, though I really liked the beard guys and the couple who wished for world peace. Yes, the first team to get to the temple also wished to win this leg, but they were already first so that, at least made sense, even if it was thinking kind of small. I mean, if somebody offers you a wish…go for it!

I think the flint was off limits because that is something that only Jeff can bestow. The tribes have to “earn” it. I don’t understand people thinking that the game has gotten easier just because the people have a change of clothing. Tribes used to get rice! And every tribe got fire, but now they have to earn it. And Jeff takes it back if the tribe loses. The people on Lulu have been living on coconuts and whatever fruit they can find. Which is why I thought the fruit reward was terrible. Yes they were ecstatic over grapes, but fruit isn’t filling and probably gave them all the runs. But they were so starving, even fruit looked good. I did enjoy the episode and thought the tribal was fun and suspenseful.

I have a question. Up in the sky box Julianne asked Val, “Do you have (something that sounds like rice which my closed captions spelled Rhys) and Val said that he did and started limping around comically, and I was totally confused. What did she actually ask him?

Here in the US the brand name is Bird’s instant custard, if I recall.

I had only heard of custard creams via the Harry Potter books, so I was very curious as to what they would look like. Though now that I think of it, in HP they had canary creams, so I must have come upon it somewhere else. I read a lot of British literature. It certainly is a lovely batch of bakers this season. I enjoy the illusion bakes, as long as they aren’t ridiculous. This at least was food masquerading as food, though I do enjoy a well done cookie or gingerbread house.

How does somebody spontaneously become a teacher? I did 4 years of college and a mandatory masters to be able to teach. I didn’t just “decide.”

I love fresh blueberries, but dislike them when cooked. To me the tartness of the fresh berries is lost and the result is too sweet. But I was also confused by Prue’s comment about blueberries having no flavor. I’m so happy the show is back. So funny to see the infamous missing raspberry cake as the technical challenge. In the opening of the American version of the show, which is vastly inferior, a hand supplies the missing berry. Speaking of accents, as an American I once had to do a British accent for a show I was in, so I sat down to watch “Are You Being Served,” and was dismayed to find that every single person in the cast had a different accent! I had thought that there was upper class British and cockney. Obviously I was incorrect. This was many years ago and I have watched many many British television shows since those ignorant days. The animal cakes were a fun showstopper without being too gimmicky. If this season is more back to basics, that will be a good thing.

One of the most painful ordeals I’ve been through, not counting childbirth, was a foot massage I got in Beijing. I’m also not sure if my neck/shoulders would have survived that massage, though the teams all did seem fine afterwards. Those sisters attacking those bugs? Incredible! I was thinking Isle of something, but I could never see the board long enough to figure it out. Did Phil tell the racers that it was their next destination, or just the audience? I ask because a lot of the guesses were not places. A very fun premiere. The deaf guy, Rob(?) and his son are a team to watch, I think, especially if they are underestimated.

So Brandon has been a huge survivor fan since age 11? Did it ever occur to him to, you know, get in shape? There have been plenty of couch potatoes that have been on the show, but none who claim to have wanted to be on the show since childhood. It just frustrates me that people who claim to really want to be on survivor, won’t do the work involved to succeed. Do they really not think it’s going to be hard? Ugh!

The only reason I knew that the song was supposed to be “Roxanne,” was because I watch with closed captions, and I recognized the lyrics. Well, Alyson Hannigan did make it clear, during her “Buffy” days, that singing and dancing are not her thing. She is correct. If I ever voted for this show, I would have voted for her any way, because she was so cute. Thank you, show, for getting rid of the Tyrant. Alfonso and Julianne are okay…a little too over excited, but they’ll calm down. I refused to watch this show on Disney+ so I was so happy to see it pop back up on my DVR.

Well, they did entertain the idea of letting family sleep in the living room, I guess, because they were concerned about overnight guests having to trapse through their bedroom to get to the bathroom. I can understand that that is not a desirable situation and was part of the dealbreaker on that place.

I never understand when a judge disparages an avant garde look as being “costumy.” Um…what else could it possibly be? You can’t wear it on a regular red carpet or to a club…by it’s very nature, it’s supposed to invoke stares, and make people think. Sounds like a costume to me. I was glad that Brittany made it. They keep saying that she is referential, but she designs sportswear! How original can she be, unless she has people wearing shorts on their heads, or whatever? I just felt bad that the cool iridescent fabric she used came off as dull gray on the runway. Rami does seem like an awesome person, but that look was a mess. I thought Laurence should have won, though Bishmi’s was fun. He will have the more interesting collection, that’s for sure. '

I know. It’s not like their kids were toddlers.

They should be read in order because the the characters do grow and change over the years. The books are really good, and I feel like Anne Hillerman has done a respectable job of carrying on for her father, though her books are more Bernie centric than her father’s were. That doesn’t bother me though, since I love Bernie and Chee together. The Blessing Way is the very first book of the series, but you won’t recognize Jim Chee. Lol

I thought the mother was going to get a job at NASA, she was so interested in space! I couldn’t believe how cheap the apartments were!

So scary white guy has now become super annoying white guy. Ugh. A whole episode of him kvetching! So aggravating! And why did Leaphorn empty his gun of all but one bullet? Chee is a total idiot, once again opening his door without looking through the peephole. BTW, In the early books he dated Mary Landon, but here he doesn’t seem to have any connection with her at all. All I could think at the end was, Leaphorn…go to the hospital! We get it…you’re mad, but you dying of sepsis isn’t going to help anything.

I think they should encourage a romance between his father and her mother. That way they can free up a bedroom for the baby as she gets older.

I liked the detail of the kid turning his collar up like Chee’s. It would have taken one second for Chee to have hung up that phone instead of letting it dangle for the killer to find. Scary killer’s cheek scar kept coming and going. I think he covered it with makeup when he put on the brown wig. But I think he’s going to need more than a little pancake to cover the mess he’s got going on now. Being a gourmet chef and all, I couldn’t tell if he really did like the eyeball stew or if he was just BSing the old woman to keep her calm. I assume he killed her before taking her horse.

Did nobody watch this? It was fun. New Zealand is so incredibly gorgeous, and Sam and Graham aren’t bad either. It’s got the same “plot” as last time. Graham is presented as a scholarly gentleman, and Sam an adrenaline junkie, and they do all sorts of scary things together all over NZ this time, instead of Scotland. Graham has been living there since he was in The Hobbit (which I didn’t even know) There was a show a few years ago now called The Bucket List. It only ran for two seasons, but it had 4 older gentlemen (Terry Bradshaw, George Foreman, William Shatner, and Henry Winkler) and some young comedian who I didn’t know, traveling around the world doing things that they’d never done before. The four were hilarious, mocking each other and really enjoying all of the weird food, and strange experiences. This show reminds me of that one, though with way more adrenaline!

I guess they couldn’t really have Jamie spending the rest of the series with only 4 fingers on his right hand…what a pain that would be to film. I was wondering though, right until he held up his hand to show me. Considerate of him. I am in the middle of rereading the books at the moment…I’m about 1/3 of the way through Go Tell the Bees. I was sure this episode was going to end with Roger and Buck getting to Lallybrock, only to find Brian Fraser. I thought that would be a fun cliffhanger to end on, not that I approve of season ending cliffhangers. I know they have to leave out quite a lot from the books, given that the books are massive and dense with detail, but they things they choose to show, they do very faithfully (finger amputation excepted) I’m sad at yet another droughtlander. I noticed that they finally memorialized sinaid O’Conner in the closing credits

A couple of questions: How do these lizard creatures build and fly ships? They act like mindless horror movie monsters, but obviously they have intelligence and come from a culture that is advanced enough for space travel It’s hard for me to reconcile the two things. Also, why is it when a villain is about to do something fatal, such as pulling off Spock’s face mask, they always pause dramatically, just long enough to be foiled? It’s a trope I find irritating. Not that I wanted Spock to be killed, you understand. I hate and despise season ending cliff hangers. Especially now with the writers’ strike seeming to be never ending. It was fun meeting Scotty. I wonder if we are going to end up meeting all of the TOS regulars by the end of the series. They are all alive and active…somewhere. .

What interested me was that guy he seemed to be on a date with. I swear, the guy was his clone! They showed them together in the first segment, and I assumed it was going to be about two brothers, but it was just the one guy. Later, they showed the two climbing some tall building, and I just wondered if he just dates guys who look exactly like himself.

M’benga sang two solo lines. Kind of like Alison Hannigan in OMWF. He sounded fine, but did announce, “I do not sing,” after the opening song.

In my opinion, nothing will ever be as good as the Buffy musical. I still listen to it today. That said, I really enjoyed this. I thought that the songs were enjoyable, though all kind of in the same style, and the voices surprisingly good. I also appreciated the Buffy shout outs, as well as the Hitchhiker’s Guide reference (improbability drive) I laughed out loud at the Klingons sounding like a boy band on helium. I agree that if they had sung opera, they wouldn’t have found that demeaning, but k-pop? That’s war worthy.