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Shanice seems fun, at least! I loved her and Nick eating those chips while everyone else was immersed in the drama. And she had her own moment of (understandable) tears later in the episode, but got over it fast. I'm actually loving this season. I wish more people were watching and talking about it.

I'm guessing she actually had to sell it because she got fired from VPR and her book did terribly, so she didn't have enough income. But it's too bad she couldn't have rented it out. I liked this more than I thought I would, though it's probably telling that the people I'm most interested in so far are the ones without kids (Zack, Kristen, their friend who looks like Janelle Monae).

This season of Miami reminded me of vintage RHONY, and I'm sad this season is over. It's just so absurd and funny. A dance remix of "Ave Maria" and even more shifting alliances all in the last five minutes. I loved it. I hope we get Kiki as a full cast member next season and more bro turmoil.

I think Sutton saw how mean Kyle was to her the previous season, including that horrendous moment when she implied Sutton was lying about her miscarriage, and decided to retaliate a little. And I'm sure glad she did, because Kyle deserved it all. I can't believe the audacity of this woman, who has spent all these years telling her cast mates to be open and honest, now saying no one is allowed to know about her marriage. Get off the show then, Kyle.

Joe Bradley and Maddi seem to have gotten big heads after the first season, but they came off the worst this season, especially at the reunion. I hope they feel a little humbled. I'd kind of thought the Lucia and Bradley thing was all for the show before, and now I definitely think that.

I like this season more than last and the show's getting a reunion, but I feel like no one's really talking about it. I wonder if it'll get another season. Maybe Grace Lilly and her cat should just get a spinoff. I feel like the only cast members I like are her and then Mia and Lucia, who don't even work at Republic anymore. I guess Emmy's okay, but every time she and Will talk about their relationship, I have a hard time keeping my eyes open.

I feel like Mia needs a storyline now that she doesn't work at Republic and she decided this is it, friendships be damned.

Thank you! I was like, "But I have it weirdly memorized that they filmed the reunion on March 23. Why... is Winter House fudging this?" I've noticed Bravo does this kind of thing a lot with old clips, but I would think they'd get it right when a show was just two weeks. Strange.

Didn't it come out that Tom Schwartz was dating his roommate Jo around this time? They went to Big Bear with Tom Sandoval and Raquel two months before this show filmed, so... maybe that's the real reason he's not so into "Floody."

We've seen Rodrigo's long-term boyfriend on the show and he just talked to Craig about their relationship in the last episode. They've been together for, like, seven years. He adds a certain Greek chorus element that I've been enjoying. His face when Craig couldn't open that can of tomato sauce alone makes him a worthwhile addition to me. And I thought his reactions to Shep's completely weird behavior at the dinner this episode was amusing. He's kind of the new Pringle, I guess? A normal guy thrown into this weird incestuous circle.

I am not Somali like Ubah, but I have friends and coworkers who are and they are very close with their extended families/clans. I'm sure they do check in with each other that often.

University is much cheaper in the UK. It's less than 5,000 pounds per year where she went to school. That's certainly not nothing, but many US viewers seem to be thinking her parents paid hundreds of thousands of dollars and that's not the case.

I think it was filmed about a month ago, so they would have seen the reaction, but instead of trying to assess their behavior and what they may have done to make viewers think they were wrong, it's making them madder and causing them to double down. They're all so sure that they're right and if they can simply prove to us that Lindsay is wrong, we'll all get behind them! But nobody likes a gang-up and it's just making them seem mean and petty to many viewers. I don't love Lindsay, but I hate Paige, Ciara, and Mya at this point because they're so miserable, bitchy, and boring. It's reminding me a lot of the Fox Force Five on Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, who also wanted to hide their personal lives from the cameras and make hating LVP their storyline and then would get angry when most of the audience didn't like that. Well, she doesn't know what a lobotomy is, couldn't figure out that drinking orange juice with a September expiration date in August meant it was safe, and thinks Kory and Austen are hot, so I'm not so sure about those smarts.

It was shitty and another case of Mya weirdly acting like she knows more about Carl and his life than she actually does. His mom has always loved Lindsay and we just saw her being supportive of their relationship at their housewarming party. Was Mya even at that party?

I found that LCK Quickfire so frustrating to watch. It seemed way more about time management than making interesting food. And I understand that's an important part of Top Chef, but for something kind of big like the chance to get back into the main competition, I wish it had been more about the ideas behind the food, I guess. Give them another thirty minutes to make all those little tea items! I didn't really love the main segment either. To me a picnic means sitting on a blanket and mostly eating with your hands. And you don't have to have made the food the night before? I don't know. It just seemed like they started with the visual of eating in front of that castle and built a dumb challenge around it.