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Props to Enid for being the first person in the ZA to use a bicycle! Another award goes to Carl, who with his one eye noticed a backpack by the side of the road containing not one-but two-pairs of roller skates that miraculously were the RIGHT SIZES!

I think what you remember is pretty much all the other couples' reactions they broadcast

Not to be a stickler, but the music they played during the tractor/fire/walkers/Kung fu fighting scene was "Finlandia" by Sibelius, not anyone's 9th symphony. Edited to add: I think a really appropriate piece of music would have been "The Ride of the Valkyries" used in (wait for it) "Apocalypse Now."

I wish this had been a half hour "express episode" that had brought us up-to-date on the couples without recapping the entire season

I think Azan is a currently unemployed "personal trainer" in Morocco. I predict he is going to keep stringing Nicole along about the K1 Visa while at the same time trolling for someone more financially stable who can bring him to America earlier than the two years Nicole can offer.

followed by child-like giggle into her chubby fists. I was expecting her to stretch her arms out "sooooooooo much"

Well, that's two hours of my life (I'm including the fast forwarding) that I'll never get back. Just some random thoughts about the whole evening... The host was almost nonchalant when she said, "Unfortunately, Narkyia and Lowo couldn't be with us tonight..." HUH? I think they owe the viewers more of an explanation than that! Why did they start the season late and also not appear at the reunion? Narkyia's son was adorable but I couldn't help but think his hair looked like a swatch of shag carpet on his head. And for goodness sake, get that boy a "Big Brother." I'm sure nearby Harrisburg has a chapter. Anfisa's white makeup and black dress really did make her look like Morticia Addams. Her white wedding dress made me think she was joining some kind of cult. Thanks to whoever identified those pipes in Jorge's car as grow lights. I'm just naive about these things. I suspect the reasons for their big arguments that Anfisa wouldn't talk about have something to do with his pot growing and or smoking. I call bullshit on her not having rings. We saw Jorge pick out and PAY CASH for the engagement ring and the saleswoman told him it would be ready for pick up "tomorrow." Are we supposed to believe he just left it there and never went back? And I saw them exchange wedding rings at the courthouse. Were they rentals or something? Chantel looked wild eyed! Despite her claims, I don't see one ounce of improvement in Pedro's English. If anything, I thought her Spanish has improved! Nicole talking about maturity? And I loved Robbalee's comments that echoed everything that people have been saying about Nicole all season. I'll bet Azan was relieved when the live video feed went down. Alla was still the most sincere and likable for me all season, even though I think Matt is a doofus. I actually teared up when she explained things to Anfisa in their native language. I know I'll be tossing and turning tonight and thinking of all the things I meant to say here...Back in the morning!

At least we're sure of at least one group on the West Coast, right?

Yes, it was up there back when Jessie and her family were still alive. I'm thinking that Rick and Daryl might have memorized the chart during their spare time (they had more down time at ASZ than at previous hideouts). Here's a POW blinking Morse code, it looks a little like Daryl might've been sending a message....but I could be reading too much into some random blinking. Thanks for the clarification. I could absolutely imagine Rick and Daryl sitting around the kitchen table working out a system to communicate with each other in the event that it was needed sometime in the future. Maybe all of the residents of that house (okay, with the exception of Judith) committed it to memory.

Does anyone remember seeing that Morse Code wall hanging in Rick's house last season?

Did they ever say if Nicole's father is in her life?

Being a boy won't necessarily save him from his mother making him do pageants. We've seen our share of "Little Mister Nacho Grandes" too. When Kim was claiming she was late because "she had to feed the baby", was she referring to Selyse (why does my spell check keep questioning that?) or her unborn kid?

Apparently a Man Cave offers the only escape from Open Concept!

According to this casting website, the participants DON'T get paid to be on the show. http://castingmaster.com/90-day-fiance-casting-guide/ But they don't say whether or not TLC picks up the tabs for flights, hotels, etc. (for example Nicole's trip to Morocco) Does anyone know about that? Do they get paid to be on "Happily Ever After"?

It's all about "the flow." Because it's necessary to be able to walk in the front door and see all the way to the back of the house! Because you need to be interacting with your guests when you're in the kitchen! Because you need to be able to see your children every minute!

I think many of us were confused by what seemed to be a two hour long episode Sunday night. The forum for the first episode "Are You Ready for This" was closed for further comments yesterday and some of the discussions were moved to this forum ("Too Little Too Late") and have been continued here.

I couldn't believe the staged field trip to the "eye doctor's" with Cambrie's Court. Lining them up for that eye test was a joke, and certainly nothing that they hadn't experienced every year in school so I'm doubtful they were able to "catch" a previously undiagnosed vision problem. Then trying on colored contact lenses just for fun? I believe only one child actually did so and maybe she already had experience with them? I think they appear to be looking over the judges because they're busy looking at their moms and coaches, not because they can't see them! Plus, when they're on the big stage, with the lights in their eyes, nobody will be able to see the judges anyway. I think Cambrie could have easily brought a more "facially gifted" girl than Selyse since she claimed the IFF pageant was the most important event of the year. Her dimples didn't make up for her unpredictability. And Mama Kim-NOT-Kardashian's voice was like nails on the chalkboard. Jealous Jamie certainly comes across as a sore loser. edited to add: Michael the pageant director reminded me of the male counterpart to Lori of "Say Yes to the Dress Atlanta"

I hope sensible Lourdes rescues that poor kitten

Did anyone else think Matt kind of leered like a Creepy Old Uncle at Alla's sister at the airport?

How convenient that a basketball coach married a cheer-leading coach!

I think I recall he's an assistant principal, too. And I also think he's Chantel's stepdad, and my guess is that sister Winter (?) is his daughter and a step sister to Chantel and River. Maybe Chantel's "inheritance" comes from her biological father's family.

I Googled it and found they make less than $ 10 an hour, a couple dollars more if they are shift supervisors (which I doubt Nicole is) but I guess they also get tips?

with the emphasis on BAD. It looked like it was from a cheap Vampira Halloween costume.

She was acting the same way at the attorney's office, all hunched over, shuffling her feet, with a child-like expression wearing yet another "cold shoulder" blouse, but at least she didn't throw a tantrum when the attorney told her the facts of the K1 process.

And when the Witch was melted into a puddle, and Dorothy tried to apologize, the soldiers dropped to their knees and broke into cheers of "Hail Dorothy!" I'm just hoping Daryl, Dwight and Sherry, all of whom have reasons to hate Negan, hatch a plan to get rid of him.