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Does it take place in high school or middle school? Why is this episode centered around middle school when they started the show around high school? I'm confused.

Enjoyable episode. What I couldn't get over is how old Brian Doyle-Murray looked. It took me a second to realize that was him as the health teacher.

The crying Marine Corps veteran gave me major Chopped vibes and total cringe.

Watching this season over again reminded how whiny Luke could be. I remember thinking that how could a deaf guy be whiny, but he was such a whiny baby throughout the race. This season was one of the more enjoyable ones to rewatch. I still love Mike & Mel. Mike seems like a low key Hollywood writer and actor and so happy to be on the race. I just thought that their genuineness shown through.

I just finished this season. I liked most of the teams who were middle of the pack and seemed nice. Brian & Ericka were awful. Not shocking that they divorced. What's with all of the LA starting lines? Since I'm binge watching it, there seems to be about 5 seasons now in a row that have started in LA. I liked the Red Rocks start or the Chicago start. Why can't they pick other cities to start the race in? I also noticed that that typically end on the West Coast too. What about the East Coast or the Midwest? Is it a production thing?

I generally enjoyed this season. There were some memorable tasks they did. I could put up with Rob & Amber just fine. I couldn't stand Uchenna. He came off as so patronizing and condescending that season. His shtick worked well in the season they won, but this season he sounded like a jerk each time he talked. I loved Charla and Mirna. They're just fun to watch in general. They seemed nice when they said that they would have given Danny and Oswald the money when D&O yielded the eventual winners. Yeah, it was a good season to watch.

I'm doing a Hulu rewatch of TAR because apparently I'm crazy. This season is such a chore to watch. I don't care about any of the families whatsoever. It's so boring. I like original recipe TAR better.

I'm rewatching this season now. Once I discovered that Hulu has almost all of the seasons streaming, it's become my go to streaming show. I forgot how much I loved this season when I was in my early 20's. I think this season was when reality tv was beginning to make real strides too. The eating challenges coincide with the gross out reality shows of time like Fear Factor. Once I started watching it, I said to myself, "Oh, I liked Chip and Kim." I love that Charla and Mirna were portrayed as the bad guys, but Colin was an epic jackass. Then, googled and remembered they won. So yeah, this has been my favorite binge rewatch so far.

This bothers me so much about the show. They really addressed postpartum depression poorly. The one mini PSA when the doctor was talking about Juliette's acting out/drinking as part of it did nothing to bring light to it. If they wanted to do it right, they could have shown her going through the mental anguish of it on whether or not you made the right decision to have kids, wondering constantly if you're a good parent to your kids, or imagining hurting yourself. Instead, they just crapped on Hayden, the show, and the viewers. Even worse, they made the spouse totally unsupportive or even suggesting marriage counseling. It was "nope, she's acting out, let's take away the kid and divorce her." Whoever wrote that should attend a PPD help group to see just the mental/emotional side of it. They did those characters dirty as well as women who are suffering from PPD. I'm glad that Hayden's honest about how hard it has been on her and open about seeking treatment.

Is it bad that I'm happy it's cancelled!?! This season has been dragging with the most boring storylines ever. Don't get me wrong, I love my soapy Nashville, but it's been a painful season. It really lacked the energy of the previous seasons. The last couple of episodes have been too acting heavy, not enough songs. The suffered without Hayden while she dealt with real life issues. I hope that they keep emancipated Maddie away from Rayna or have someone finally call her out on her crap big time. I'd love happy endings for most of the characters except for Frankie, Cash, Maddie, and Layla.

This whole episode I was preparing for the bait and switches. Sure enough, they did. With each and every story, they did the bait and switch. Juliette and Avery, nope, Avery and Layla. Same with Maddie/family, and Scarlett and Gunnar. Such a typical tv episode. Maddie is the biggest spoiled brat ever. What she did to Daphne was cruel. I could do without Layla's scheming and screwing. They need to pair her up with someone other than the mains we're rooting for. Give her a roadie or Autumn to get with. I feel bad for Juliette with Avery being a continued douche to her. She's trying to redeem herself and he's not listening or seeing it. I wonder if they're going to do a "one that got away" thing with Juliette and Avery where Juliette meets someone nice and she gets back her life and happiness. Avery deserves that for being awful to Juliette whose been trying so hard since she went to rehab. He's not good at forgiveness and forgetting. It takes a big person to. Avery is not that guy.

She's also fantastic in the Hotwives series on Hulu which is loaded with great comediennes. It was weird hearing her not talk in a fake new money Russian accent for once. I'm excited to see what she's going to do with the role of Viv. She's perfect for this series.

We haven't seen him angry like yelling, screaming mad angry. He seems very level headed like disturbingly so. Has he been injured yet? We haven't seen him with a wound either.

Alicia Witt looked so different. Did she jack up her face? Is her acting rusty? She sounded as bad as Hillary Clinton acting on Broad City a few weeks ago. Hayden's return made the show watchable again. It was so nice not to have the whiny sisters on again. I can't wait for the fallout of the Army decision on Maddie. This show has been so boring lately. Conniving Layla's even boring.

I liked this episode for the ending the best where Desi and Marnie broke up. The other awesome part was the sales clerk exchange totally over Marnie's b.s. This episode reminded me so much of some people I see on Facebook who are closer in age to the characters. One of them just turned 30 and is incredibly smug about her life. Both her and her husband are completely tone deaf on Facebook so much like the Girls characters. The girl on Facebook did an abs selfie and said it was all DNA as it why she's toned. She talks all about having the best husband and his money making job. She's a stay at home mom whose barely worked since getting married around 25 years old if at all. Her husband says equally tone deaf things about his money making job and their new house. From what they show on Facebook, she's as insipid as Marnie and the rest of the Girls. They literally have no self awareness or hardship. I resist the Internet smack down so hard reading her posts. Marnie's adventure with Chris and then breakup with Desi was fascinating. Was Chris meant to be eye opening to avoiding huge red flags in her life? Marnie avoided/denied huge red flags with Desi. There were so many red flags with Chris. I get that she wasn't going to change him, but seeing the grit of life, is that what opened up her up to the crap marriage she's in? I mentioned my best friend before (who got remarried recently). Her ex-husband was a huge red flag. I saw that months before the wedding. She was so much in denial and trudged through a painful few years after he imploded their marriage. Talking to her later, she knew she was marrying the wrong person but having it planned and ready, she felt that she couldn't back out. Why didn't they show Marnie having those huge doubts? They showed Desi having issues on the wedding day, but not her. I want Marnie to hook up and marry Ray. They're perfect in a messed up way together. I was thinking about this too: Why doesn't Girls show any functional marriages? Both Jessa and Marnie have been married and divorced quickly. It's all starter marriages. Can one of these girls have a working, healthy relationship/marriage lasting longer than a few months? ETA: I could totally see Charlie's fall from grace in the tech world. I've seen a lot of hard drinking at software companies. His introduction to drugs there isn't too much of a stretch. His becoming a drug addict as a result is possible, an extreme, but entirely possible from what I've seen. I think that the cocaine and other hard drug use in the tech industry is no different from the 1980's stockbrokers boozing and drugging hard in the professional world.