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I think a lot of these Housguests need to learn what the word "disrespect" actually means. That's twice we heard that word on Monday's episode, and I can't recall how many times we heard it last night. And I have definitely picked up on the teens and 20-somethings who have used that word, usually against someone else (that thieving slut!!) they have a beef with. But it's not just these Houseguests; multiple people over multiple platforms have claimed they've been, at best, "disrespected," and at worst, "abused and bullied." And you know what it almost always comes down to? "She has a different opinion!" "He wants to argue his opinion!" No, you stupid fools, it's because life does not happen in Instagram-ready shots of murderous Santa Clauses, whose sole purpose is to gain more followers. Jesus Christ! Why do we have to tell people this stuff? Anyway, if I was in the house, I would have played up the whole angle of how Gino was so hurtful by calling me a lying disrespectful houseguest, followed by the tearful angle of Gino playing Jacey-Lynne. I just want Marty to stay in the house!

Truthfully, I feel that way every episode, this season and last. I've noted before how incredibly complicated the challenges were when Jeff took almost 90 seconds just to explain the goddamn rules, but what happened this episode is ridiculous and egregious. Like others have said, what will happen when all these fucking twists completely work against each other that no one is voted out? Unbelievable. Honestly, I don't think you should feel that bad. I think a lot of people, myself included, felt that way (or some type of way) about Jonathan from his pre-game interviews, and also, just based on the men who look like Jonathan who have appeared on Survivor over the years, I think we, as devoted fans, can be given a bit of leeway in our thinking. It is unfair to Jonathan that so many of us thought of him as the screeching douchebag you-will-not-speak-unless-spoken-to alpha-male, but I believe that's more down to who Survivor usually casts in that role. Jonathan is different, at least based on what we've been shown so far. He hasn't screamed and berated his teammates for being useless idiots that he's had to (quite literally in this case) carry through a challenge. As others have pointed out, he has remained calm and collected and has concentrated on getting the job done. (Also... swoon.) It's also wild how perceptions can change one's opinion in a matter of (highly-edited) episodes. I wouldn't mind if Maryanne goes soon and, while I still like her positivity, I don't think I could handle Maryanne making everything All About Maryanne. I felt this way during her ugly-scream-crying when Jackson left in the first episode, but I was still reserving judgment then. But holy shit, David, you got me rooting for players I rooted against in the beginning, due to his terrible game-play, and Hai (who I thought his tribe would get out first if they ever went to Tribal Council) stuck to his backbone and kept Lydia. Good for him! Holy shit, is this a reference to Mr. Brooks? I stumbled on that movie at 2 AM once on some movie channel, and needless to say, I was still awake at 5 when it ended (bloody commercials) in a place I was not expecting it to end! That is a mid-tier movie that you aren't expecting to unfold the way it did.

Scream was also released the same day as Beavis and Butt-Head Do America; I remember a quote from Wes saying that they (the producers) went on Christmas holidays thinking that "Beavis and Butt-Head kicked our butts, and when we came back, Scream was all anyone was talking about." There is also the fact that Titanic and Tomorrow Never Dies were both scheduled for December 12; both movies (including a James Bond movie!) ended up shifting their release dates to one week later to make way for the expected juggernaut that was Scream 2. I do kind of feel sorry for Ehren Kruger for Scream 3, mainly due to the fact that he was brought in from some other movie (not too sure what that was) to flesh out Kevin Williamson's one-page treatment. And then Kruger wasn't even able to finish that, as the Weinsteins pulled him off Scream 3 and placed him on Reindeer Games. So that means two movies released in the same month where Kruger was listed as the sole screenwriter, despite him not writing either particular screenplay (and thus blamed for all the script problems). Also, it is Sidney-with-an-I, and Courteney-with-an-extra-E. I don't know how people can claim to be Scream fans and still NOT know the proper spelling of Sidney Prescott, and still NOT know that Courteney spells her name with another E. I mean, Jesus Christ, that is beyond laziness, and just downright disrespectful at this point. I'm not sure if there's something wrong with me, but I don't know if it was the maniacal grin and the crazy eyes, but he certainly did it for me. I knew there wouldn't be any male nudity, but I was grateful for Dylan Minnette lathering up in the shower. I've thought that boy was incredibly good-looking for awhile now (but not enough to watch 13 Reasons Why; I've lost several family members to suicide, so watching a show based on suicide was just not appealing, no matter how cute the boys on that show were), so him getting the Janet-Leigh-in-Psycho shower scene was worth it. I was never one who thought Dewey was particularly sexy, but damn, David Arquette brought it with his grizzled salt-and-pepper weariness. Beyond that though, his broken relationship with Dewey and Gale was terrifically-played. Who knew Dewey would become so sexy as he aged? I actually didn't mind the girl who played Sam, and it was of course great to see Courteney and (48-year-old) Neve (the lady looks great!) doing their thing. I was glad to see that Mason survived; he would have been that sexy hunk I crushed on in high school (although my Canadian high school was more ice hockey than football). Hoyever, I thought Mindy was rather obnoxious: a mean girl masquerading as a Cool Girl archetype. Did she even like her "friends"? She sure as shit didn't act like she did. But still, irritating characters aside, Scream 5 was still a fun ride.

I was fine with Summer until this episode. (I was gone all weekend and just got around to Thursday's.) But the way she greeted Arisa and just being ON all the time (plus that ridiculous shower cap she wears) would test even my patience. Tone it down, girl! I guess we'll be getting these stupid alliance gang signs every vote now? That seems like something 12-year-olds who are trying desperately to be cool would do, so seeing people in their 20s and 30s doing it is just embarrassing. Well, I guess it's marginally better than: "MOMDADGRAMMAGRAMPATOMMYLEEANNELISASARAHJESSICARACHELRAYFONZIEPOOCHIEROBBIEDALEDENISE ILOVEYOUUUUUUUUUU!!!!" from every Houseguest like last season on BBUS. Christ, that was painful! I stopped watching eviction episodes altogether because it was so obnoxious, especially when they started yelling out Instagram handles. Jesus. I know it sucks to be nominated, but Betty was really putting me off with acting like a child, especially with Kevin in the washroom. And I am not a Kevin fan. Josh is incredibly handsome, even though he has yet to do anything of note. Kyle won HOH... great. So we get to witness gang signs being thrown down every time from that alliance now, I imagine.

So I'm guessing we're won't be having anymore opening credits, huh? That sucks, since it really is helpful in remembering who's who. I can still name all the Houseguests from the first five seasons, but the rest in the seasons since are just a blur. At least with Survivor, there are three tribes, so it's somewhat easier to remember, but here? It's difficult to tell one dark-haired girl from another dark-haired girl. I suppose I should stop bitching about that LOL. If Gino's head-to-toe tattoos wasn't enough for you, well here's a lovely scene with him sitting on the toilet while his alliance meets. Swoon! Wonder if Jaycee-Lynne will still feel the way she does about Gino after seeing him on the toilet? I'd be embarrassed to have that broadcast on TV for all of Canada to see. Yikes! It brought up awful memories of Season 3, when some Houseguests were meeting in the HOH room and the toilet was behind a curtain, and Graig pulled it back and proceeded to have a conversation with everyone, none of whom seemed the least bit bothered by it. That's twice in one show where people don't seem put off having face-to-face conversations with people on toilets. Jay is supremely obnoxious and I hope he leaves tonight. I was glad when Jacey-Lynne won the POV, which I would not have been able to do without throwing pieces like Jay did. That house really is lit up like the sun, isn't it? I like Marty the most so far, but looking at the cast list, there's a Moose? And a Hermon? Is Hermon the one who won the first HOH?

I know for a fact that Adam Klein was not on this season, but there were several instances at the beginning of the episode, before the first break, where I glimpsed Zach and thought, "Go Adam!" They look remarkably similar, even having the same wavy hair. Of course, Zach was a helluva skinnier than Adam (and Adam's much better-looking). The blood and mud was stupid and pointless, especially with no follow-up beyond a few instances of "Are you bleeding?" I thought Maryanne would be irritating with her perky over-the-top sunniness, but she quickly won me over with her positivity. Although her scream-crying at Jackson leaving was a bit much. Jonathan has quite the impressive body, but what was even more impressive was there was no tattoo in sight. Usually young men who look like Jonathan have jumped on the tattoo bandwagon, so it was refreshing to see none. (Especially with the currently airing season of Big Brother Canada, where all the hideous tattoos will burn retinas.) Not looking forward to 692 twists, advantages, idols and needlessly complicated challenges. There was an immunity challenge last season where Jeff was explaining the rules of the challenge, and it took him 88 seconds to do so! That didn't include the pre-amble, that was just explaining the rules! I know it was 88 since he was explaining, explaining, still explaining, so I rewound and timed it. Bloody ridiculous. There's no way in hell I would have gotten 51 triangles. 16 at most. So far I'm liking Daniel, Jenny, Hai, Jonathan, Maryanne and Jackson before he left. The others still haven't made much impression yet.

I was thinking the same thing. I thought, "Well, one of them could go by Chris K., and the other – oh shit, never mind."

You know, your guess is as good as mine. I have no bloody clue what exactly that was referring to. Also, that was six whole days ago!

That's exactly it. When Kyland won his second HOH, useless crybaby Azah was there whinging, and Kyland told her to chill out. The thing is, Ky used about 35+ words in one LONG run-on sentence. 35 words in a single sentence, just to tell someone else to chill out. He is one of those people who talk in circles and take for-fuckin'-ever to get to the point. I've seen it mentioned elsewhere that Kyland is so bloody rambling and long-winded, people on the receiving end forget what the conversation was even about. People can take a power-nap or a nice hot bath, and he would still trying to get to his point (likely because he's simply forgotten what his own point was). It's exhausting dealing with this type at work; I could not imagine 53 days listening to Kyland.

Oh my God, what you described is the seventh circle of hell.

Oh man, "Clear" is an all-time terrific episode. Although I think I had bailed by the time Negan got a redemption episode. But wow, Ryan Robbins in the guest stars? Yes, please, anything Ryan Robbins wants, Ryan Robbins gets. That man is not only a Canadian treasure, but he is also a serious hottie. (/shallow)

"Keeping the Cookout together is is one of the toughest jobs I've ever had in my damn life-UH!" Xavier is dead to me now after that. I had to listen to that all bloody season on Big Brother Canada: "This is so messed up-UH!" "Shut up-UH!" "You shut up-UH!" Xavier may be hot, but that doesn't make it any less obnoxious.

What they need to do is start muting the microphones as soon as they're finished voting to evict so-and-so, and more importantly, don't tell the hamsters. They'll continue blathering their shout-outs uselessly, completely unaware that they are mute, a fact they wouldn't know until watching the season afterwards. Hopefully future wannabe-HouseGuests will take note, and maybe by 2024, future casts will have finally learned to stop doing shout-outs during eviction votes. But we can only hope.

I can do you one better! Although I don't think they give out prizes. I went through the pandemic without a single person from my family bothering to check in on me for 20 weeks. I had to sit here, reading very passionate pleas between family members, all over the Internet. No one in my family would have known if I had died from COVID. I would have just been another statistic, another number. No phonecalls, no emails, no texts, nothing. It was like I had simply ceased to exist for them, from just after Mother's Day to (Canadian) Thanksgiving. I can tell you now, that really does a number on your psyche.

I know, right? I find it hard to believe that I'm four years older than him. Then again, I don't feel 38, but I'm still taken aback sometimes by the ages of some people. I just found out during Wimbledon that Roger Federer is a mere 18 months older than me!