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I haven't ready the entire thread yet, so I apologize if some of these things were brought up already... Why would Eugene go to all the trouble of making a SINGLE bullet for Rosita? Shouldn't he have cranked out as many as he could? Why were the speed bump zombies intact and Michonne hadn't beheaded them (as usual) like we saw her do with the one in the opening scene? They actually looked comparatively "fresh" by zombie standards. I'm still confused about Spencer finding that hunter out in the woods with the crossbow. Did he somehow get bitten while he was up there in the tree or did he die of starvation and "turn" without being bitten? I was disappointed Olivia hadn't poisoned Negan's lemonade and brought him a single glass. She didn't realize at that point that he was holding Judith, although I could imagine him giving the baby a sip. There were so many missed opportunities to take him out!

Kyle and Sara moving from Colorado to London: Two nights in a row that a house hunter insisted on a second bedroom for potential visitors from the US and this time the sensible British rental agent tried to talk them out of paying so much per month to have an extra room "languishing" empty for most of the time. He even suggested the money they were saving could go towards putting guests up in a nice hotel. This time they went over budget to get the second bedroom, but conveniently Sara found a job to help pay for it AND they had already hosted family there.

Finally! Duwando's friend in the Melbourne episode was the voice of reason and said what I have been screaming at my TV every time people insist they need a larger place just for when family and friends come to visit...something like "Do you really want to go $300 a month over budget because people may come and visit? I've been here for two years and my family came ONCE!" Duwando had said that if someone came all the way from the US, he felt he should provide a place for them to stay. I'm willing to bet there are plenty of Air BnB rooms in the neighborhood that he could book for the occasional guest.

Yes, I saw it, too and even re-wound to watch it again. But I didn't think it was a child, I thought it was a petite woman with really nice blonde highlights which was in sharp contrast to all the sand covered walkers. Maybe it's someone who helped Heath escape, you might be on to something.

Maybe Negan killed off all the men and boys of the Oceanside group early in his reign of terror, then decided that wasn't a good solution and it would be better to have the men working for him instead? Sorry, but I totally forgot about Tara and Heath going on their scavenger hunt when IRL Alanna Masterson's pregnancy got too far along to hide her behind strategically placed objects. That was only TWO WEEKS AGO? Wow, a lot has happened! I also think that part of my forgetting about Tara's storyline is that I still get Tara and Rosita mixed up! Am I the only one? Speaking of my being mixed up, just how many separate groups are we expected to keep track of now? Alexandria, The Saviors, Hilltop, the Kingdom, the WOLVES (remember them?) and now Oceanside?

Jamie's claims that her kids and their moms are "sassy" and "classy" comes across instead as "nasty" and "trashy." JMO

They MUST have some kind of phonetic cheat sheet for the announcer, how else could they figure out how to pronounce these (ridiculous, IMO) creative names with even more creative spellings? You can bet these moms would go ballistic if anyone mispronounced their special snowflakes' monikers! Edited to add: For example, if I was the announcer and they handed me a paper that said "Selyse" I probably would have tried "Ummm...Suh-LIE-zuh?????"

Regarding the Utah to Houston family of 10, the show was first aired this past May and there was a big discussion of their pickiness beginning on page 52 of this forum.

My gaydar was pinging at the San Diego former baseball player, too. (not that there's anything wrong with that!) But I was surprised at the end that there was no marriage proposal since they seemed to chose the house without much discussion of pros and cons of each and I thought the episode might have been edited to leave time for him producing a ring at the end.

Okay, now I'm confused. I thought they went with Option #2, the windowless gut job in the city center and not the move in ready place near Montmartre? Anyway, those metal city scape silhouettes looked like they should have been in the Moulin Rouge!

The delightful Adrian Leeds is back in Paris episodes!

I think I saw the painting in Gregory's library in a lawyer's office somewhere. I didn't realize it was priceless artwork!

I just don't get the big deal about kneeling before Negan's sidekick Simon this week or Daryl's refusal to say "I am Negan" at the Sanctuary. Just DO it, LIE already, it doesn't really mean anything. You can still hate him all you want at the same time lulling Negan into a false sense of security about your loyalty while you plot his demise.

Apparently a well-bred Southern Zombie never forgets his manners!

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?