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I have a question: Except for Randall on This is Us, has there ever been a town councilman in a movie or tv show who wasn’t corrupt? Politicians, in general, always get a bad rap, but town councilmen always seem to be the worst. I think maybe the woman in the hospital is the former junkie, who either fried her brains out on heroin, or was injured in sex games with Brooks, who paid the councilman off as part of the stadium deal, but who privately wanted him dead. Della, Della, Della…you are a coward! Not a good look at all. Paul Drake just beat a man up…why are his knuckles not swollen and bloody? True, it was dark when he got home, but he should have had problems even unbuttoning his shirt. And he gave no other indication of pain. That stuff really annoys me. What were those shoes burning in the end credits? Is that a hint for next week?

Trixie says that her wedding cake is going to be soaked in Armagnac. Isn’t she an alcoholic? It’s not like food cooked with wine, which cooks off….cake soaked in liquor is full of alcohol. Did the writers forget? Inflation is a funny thing. When Nancy revealed that she was in debt for almost 100 pounds, I chuckled. But I imagine back then it was quite a sum. Phyllis was shocked! I knew that rape wouldn’t count if it was the husband. Disgusting. It was the same in the US for far longer than it should have been. Poor baby with hemophilia. You rarely hear about that anymore, thanks to genetic counseling and other scientific advances I imagine, though I don’t know for sure. It’s also associated with inbreeding, but I don’t think that’s the cause, just what made it run rampant in some families, like the Hapsburgs.

I was half expecting a race horse’s head to show up on somebody's pillow, so Perry just taking him for a joy ride was a relief. I thought that there was some strategic reason for taking the horse, but I guess Perry was just acting out. Why were there no guards on a valuable race horse? I wish that Della had broken up with Hazel before carrying on with Camilla. I like Della and this kind of tarnishes her character for me. Is the actress that plays Hazel not available this season? She doesn’t need to be present to be a dumper/dumpee. I noticed that in the credits that there was a puppeteer! I know that puppeteers are used a lot in movies and tv, and not for the obvious. It could be the baby, but I can’t imagine what else. Puppet horses?

While I love the idea of pub food, I did get food poisoning in London after eating in one, so I tend to have a slightly soured outlook. It’s funny that the last two winners were both on the bottom this time, on different teams. I think the thing that saved Ali’s team is that their dish was Fish and Chips and they got the Chips right, while May’s team had one item, Scotch Egg, which they biffed. The salad was extra and not part of the brief. Their team never looked happy throughout the whole process. Buddha seems to be back in form, after not distinguishing himself the past two weeks. I’m sorry to see May go, but she could be back, thanks to LCK. I don’t watch that, but am interested in how it turns out.

When Sr Veronica said at one point that in her previous life she had delivered x number of babies, my first thought was, “oh now she’s claiming to have been reincarnated?” Of course, that wasn’t the intention behind what she said, but I don’t trust her to tell the truth about anything.

Nurse Lazy Lungs! I love it! Somehow it seems un nun like to be a pathological liar, but what do I know. I’m glad sister Julianne thought to check up on her story. I hate the PBS cuts and I haven’t found a way in all the years I’ve been watching this show, to see full episodes. So annoying!

I love my rice cooker. I can use it to make pilafs, as well as all kinds of rice. In addition, I use it to make a week’s worth of oatmeal for myself, which I freeze in portions. I want to try to make congee in it as well. One of the chefs did plaintively ask if they could use a rice cooker, but I didn’t hear an answer. I’m not sure why they couldn’t, since they use all sorts of other appliances. But I suppose it wouldn’t work for most of the dishes they were making, especially in those quantities.

How embarrassing for the French chef to be the first one out, and for a cooking 101 mistake too. I got a kick out of the Middle Eastern chef winning with onions. I’m glad Dawn didn’t get eliminated after that accident with the water, since it wasn’t her fault. But that Mexican dish looked awful…the chef was only saved by shrimp poop. Fun to see Buddha again. Hopefully I’ll soon learn the other chef’s names as well as their nationalities.

That was bizarre. Four castaways go walking out together, leaving Carolyn alone. She opens the birdcage and gets the idol, failing to cover her tracks adequately. The other four come back, see that the cage has been tampered with and immediately start accusing each other! Uh…you were all together! And then Carolyn who is the absolute worst person to keep a secret and is positively squirming with the effort, somehow manages to avoid suspicion. Nobody seems to think she has it, at least not that we were shown. Also, my closed captions call him “Yam Yam,” but everybody calls him “Jam Jam.” Just makes me laugh. I guess it’s spelled Yam Yam, and pronounced Jam Jam. I guess I’d rather be named after a fruit spread than a sweet potato. I really like Harry Potter…I mean Carson. Literal rocket scientist who recreate survivor puzzles on his 3d printer. I like that he has 2 sides to his personality, so he can appreciate the emotional wild card that is Carolyn.

I guess resort #2 didn’t need a pool because it was already sitting in a lake. Honestly all that mud would be a giant turn off for me, though hopefully I would plan to not be visiting in the rainy season. Sure…I don’t know anything about owning or running a hotel, so let’s buy two!

Damn…Lupe really got in on the ground floor in Cabo. Her grandchildren must be millionaires!

I had been this way and that about David, whether or not he was a good guy. I mean preachers in these type of shows are never good guys, but thus far the show has been good at twisting tropes, and he did seem compassionate. But then he sat down at the table where everybody was eating soup, and was served a big honking plate of meat, and I knew right away he wasn’t a good guy. Then 20 seconds later he slapped the girl and removed all doubt. The problem with fishing is that unless the lake was stocked with giant marlin, or some such, it would take a huge amount of normal sized fish to feed a group that size. And fishing in such cold weather isn’t easy. Hunting provides better buck for the bang. (Sorry) And here I was wondering if the people would turn their noses up at eating horse meat, and then I thought hungry people will eat just about anything. Little did I know…

I don’t know which was more annoying, Nigel and his 5th Avenue whine or the fact that my closed captioning insisted on spelling “quiet,” as “quite.” I know that I’m old, but I do not understand “content” as he describes it. Am I supposed to be tuning in somewhere to see videos of him and his family in Mexico? I have absolutely no interest in that. Are there people who do? And if so, how does he make any money out of it? From what little I saw, (Here we are walking down the street!) he should have stayed with the CDC.

Monica + wood chipper= a match made in heaven! I did enjoy the way nobody at the LAPD bought one single thing she said. But Elijah is still in the picture? Ugh! I refuse to watch the stupid crossover, but is it too much to ask that they could at least get Abril? Daddy and Me traffic school. Is that even a thing? Tim and Lucy are talking about having kids so casually like it’s the next thing on their to do list.

I’m speculating based on, oh I don’t know, every tv show I’ve ever seen, that if we aren’t shown for sure and certain that a character is dead, they probably aren’t. And naturally HBO isn’t going to give away the farm by showing Joel in the previews. That said, his situation is certainly dire. A gut wound is a horrible way to die and infection (no not that kind) is a major risk even if she gets him to help, but this is fiction, after all. I did wish that Joel and Ellie could have stayed in Jackson for at least a couple of days to regroup, but I can see days turning into weeks. And it could turn bad for them if Ellie’s secret got out and anybody saw her bite scars. So getting out quickly was their best bet. Joel has never been inappropriate with Ellie. Ellie, on the other hand, speaks inappropriately to everybody, not just him. At first I found her language off putting, but now it just makes me chuckle, especially when people react to her. I don’t see even the hint of an inappropriate relationship between them.

Speaking of illogical, next week seems to be a Valentines Day episode, while last night was literally Valentines Day! Did somebody mess up the episode order? I could have waited a week to see more Elijah, believe me. I know that Nolan’s mother was a criminal con artist type, but heroin? That seems a step up from pyramid schemes and rip off beauty products. I half expected Elijah to show up at her door, if he hadn’t been otherwise occupied of course. I seem to have missed how Nolan’s old girlfriend was involved. He ran into her in the street and the next thing, she was bringing them sandwiches, and was giving them the news of the foreclosure. Was she a realtor, a lawyer? Given Nolan’s taste in women, probably both.

Also, I don’t know how things work in England, but wouldn’t the report that was mailed with no stamp be returned to sender? Though now that I think of it, when I was a kid, in the 1950s, letters would sometimes arrive “postage due,” and the recipient would have to pay to get their letter. Would the ministry pay the postage? I don’t understand that nasty ministry man. Obviously James and Helen had come to prevent an erroneous report from being filed, which is kind of the opposite of covering things up. I can’t stand people who refuse to listen to explanations. So it looks like Tristan is signing up as well. I guess Siegfried is going to have a busy war.

My anachronism was from last week, but it was repeated in the recap, “It is what it is.” I’m pretty sure that’s modern usage. Poor Mrs Hall, haunted for years by her decision to let her son go to prison. At least he finally unbent enough to ask for the shortbread, even if he didn’t end up with it. The deaf lady reading his lips was a nice touch at the end. And poor Tristan, watching Siegfried treat that young student like he always dreamed of being treated himself. But, on the other hand, how many potatoes did he think he and Siegfried were going to eat? Helen and James weren’t even there. I could have used those lip readers tonight. My sound kept going off, and I had to turn my tv off and on repeatedly. It’s not my set. The same thing happened last week while watching this show. Edited to add: “It is what it is” is older than I thought, but still not quite old enough. It dates back to 1949, but I don’t believe it became the ubiquitous creature it is until recently.

Thinking of crypto currency and wondering if they can still afford their rent. I wonder why none of the “realtors” in France episodes are ever French.

I just got a kick out of how tall he was. (6’9”) I used to date a guy who was 6’7” and I recall that he just filled up a doorway when he arrived. He made me at 5’8” feel petite. But they were a lovely couple. I hope their business is successful, but I can only judge by how many episodes there are of HHI how many people are moving to foreign countries. House #3 was amazing, but they made the wise choice despite claustrophobic ceilings for him. It all about location, and price.

I was hospitalized with fungal pneumonia several years ago. And while I did turn into a zombie for a couple of days, (or so it seemed) I’m mostly normal now. There was definitely medication to treat it, but maybe not so in 2003. Im neither a gamer nor a big zombie fan, but so far I’m finding this entertaining. I think Ellie is a hoot.

I liked this couple also, but I was sorry that she had given up nursing. I understand that a lot of nurses and medical professionals got totally burned out during Covid. I can’t blame her at all. I just hope that after a couple of years of leisure she will get back into it. I’m sure they need nurses in Mexico. It’s just such a necessary profession.

I think he meant he would be listening to lectures, not giving them, so he needed a semi private place to do that.

I laughed when the wife complained about the yellowness of the kitchen and thought it must be my tv, because it didn’t look yellow, at which point the husband and realtor both said, “Yellow?” Obviously the wife had been cast as the “dissenter” who didn’t like apartment #2, which was perfect for them. Otherwise, they were a very cute couple, and #2 was really a good choice.

I’m wondering where Dubai girl is planning to wear all those clothes. From what I know, Sidney is very casual, and Cairns even more so. If I were her, I would sell them all on consignment and start fresh with Australia appropriate clothes. But that’s me. I’ve flown Emirates Airlines and recognized her uniform immediately. Dubai is an extremely expensive city to live in, but maybe she started out as a stewardess and worked her way into a better job. She did find a job in finance once in Australia, which is not something that a regular stewardess could do. She is really going to have to loosen up a bit about the wildlife. It’s encouraging to see that she’s made peace, if not friends, with the resident spider. I would have picked up that blue tongued lizard in a heartbeat.