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Yes, I think it's just a syntax flip. Can't speak for Danish, but in languages like French you usually say years not age -- "I have 25 years" not "I am 25" or "at 25 years" not "at age 25". With that in mind, we went to Europe the same year makes total sense.

Chuck drinking game: Take a drink every time a character says "spy". Two if they say it within earshot of people who should not know that. Warning: You might die if you try this 😄

Can we get a spinoff for Finlay? Wry, repressed, and a little tortured with a side of air drums and classic rock. And I love his soundtrack! I'd totally watch that show. I'm less sold on more Reacher. He was okay, the show was okay. But I did get tired of him just mowing people down and had the same thought as LadyIrony that the preemptive smashing/killing seemed counterproductive IRL.

I just finished a binge of earlier seasons and was looking for this -- wow, the retcon is even more glaring on rewatch! For wacky plot reasons we'll all just roll with it but it's not even a little plausible that OG Gary was an alien all along. Oh well. This show always does benefit from shakeups.

Kinda slogging through. It came recommended, but... Seeing her play on Alan's daughter issues is the first time I've believed her as someone who could genuinely snow people. Usually she's so unpleasant and charmless! Though I probably underestimate the appeal of bitchy mean girls. People respect that. Val's insight was key -- it's virtually impossible to fake being old money / posh. She pulled that off, and that launches her because once you're in the door, everyone assumes someone else vetted you. They think they can spot the takers and the fakers. Usually the users do gauche shit like overstay their welcome on a yacht. Oh, wait... I assumed her trustee was fake but I assumed a hired person, not a voice changer. Alan's an idiot. I recognized Tracey Pollan's voice before her!

It's usually beef and lamb. I was riffing on what Rockshrimp said 😄

My interpretation on "never had an onion" was that she avoided them her whole life, leaving them out and picking them off and maybe she hasn't actually tried them (or doesn't remember if she was really young). Should you try something before deciding you hate it? Especially something so hard to avoid? Sure. But sometimes people just decide they won't eat something! Besides, onions have a strong smell she may have been averse to from the beginning. I don't mind that they went home before A&N. They've been at the bottom a lot, too, and no one ever said the race was "fair" in that way. I've eaten a lots of Greek food but I have other favs and have never gotten around to souvlaki that I can recall. I prefer the mystery rotisserie meat of a gyro :)

Binge rewatching years later, this is still really annoying! The writers overuse People Don't Communicate for Plot Reasons and it bugs. Nora has to stammer and look guilty, saying "I'm sorry" instead of "I didn't do this". Nate might not have believed here but at least it would have been out there. Sara should know by now when someone is trying to say something, the world might just hang in the balance. (Though that's at least a consistently written trait with her.) Shouldn't they have code words by now?! And the episode where Zari was a cat, there were more than a few moments where "I'm from another timeline where everyone is still alive help me" would have been ideal, but I do get how that makes the show less funny. At any rate, I know I'm just spitting in the wind here. I really do enjoy this show or I wouldn't be rewatching :D

After the maggot cheese I was very wary of that drink! He didn't say what it was, just that it was this dude's specialty or something like that. If I were racing I'd have wanted a little more info first just chugging it.

Yeah, I spot at least two things on that list that would disqualify me. I had to fast forward through the jumping scenes. I don't have any fear of heights, but that stomach-drop feeling falling would end me. Made me nauseated just watching (and listening). While I appreciate the guys' slow-and-steady approach to the stairs, doing the chestnuts in two trips instead of one was a bad idea! They hadn't seen the stairs yet, and might have done it differently if they'd known. The task was done in 3 trips by the others. When Sherri said she'd just done two hard tasks and Akbar responded "Whatever"... 🤬

I think that's a good guess. She's so famous for rapping -- and I expected/hoped to hear her too! -- it's hard to believe no one thought of adding that to the script or soundtrack. Seems like something she'd have made a deliberate decision about.

Mileage varies! Kristina's was the only one up there I'd consider wearing. It was in my top 2. Didn't love it but a weak showing overall so it's up there for me. And 100% think the right person went home -- Aaron's coat couldn't save that jumpsuit. It was bad on an epic scale, in concept, vibe, and execution. Coral didn't do a good job but she didn't make a massive flub like that. I heard a compliment about her jacket being very good (I think from Nina), and the way she said it gave me the impression she would no go home because of it. And Precious said she liked all the pieces separately. Not rotten...I suspect that was a language issue. Leather can have weak spots. It's one of the things that makes it difficult and expensive to work with, you need loads of it to cut around problem areas or you have to pay for very high quality stuff. I really liked hers. My other top 2 pick. I really hated that one! Boobs or no, it looked cheap and poorly made. And I disliked Chasity's too. They'd have been my middle two.

In the SF Bay Area there is a bao vendor (mostly at farmers markets) called BunBao. Which is awfully nondescript for a brand name -- terrible for searching -- in addition to being repetitive! Great southern pork buns, though. I just rewatched that season, and IMO after a stellar season Kim Joy lost it on her showstopper fair and square. The judges didn't like it and I don't think we've ever seen someone win after flat out losing the final showstopper. None of them knocked it out, however. It was a lousy challenge and not a great finale. She was an amazing competitor with incredible imagination and skill and very well could have won it -- and in my memory I actually thought she did win -- but they also called Rahul a genius for his flavors like a half dozen times. You could interpret that as bias, or validation that he was creating very special bakes. Lovely to see much less anxiety in Rahul. He made a couple of nervous/sheepish faces but no longer fears the worst at all times. Good for him! And I deeply appreciate how their teasing him about talking doesn't seem to make him feel bad -- he's just like, oh I do like to talk. As someone who is always trying to be less talkative, I would want to be swallowed by the earth if that happened to me. It's astonishing to me (in a great way) that someone can just accept that about themselves without shame.

I would honestly believe Eleanor put a hit on Clint simply to separate him from Kate, which would both keep Kate safe and keep them from investigating secrets. There may be more strategic Kingpin-y reasons but I'd buy that as a good enough reason for her. Oh, and when Jack sailed out with a "I've never worked a day in my life" and I'm being framed", my assessment shifted from from co-conspirator to patsy. Uncle Armand warned him away from getting involved. Basically I haven't trusted Eleanor from the first episode so I think the worst of her. I think we shouldn't overlook how much Clint blames himself and how even he could explain it, it wouldn't necessarily convince Yelena. Or himself. He didn't kill Natasha and he couldn't have stopped her, but she did die in his place. In a way, she died because of him. (Which is a lousy lens to look through because it takes away her agency, her choice to make a sacrifice to save him and the world.) That's a hard thing to live with. Not to mention all the actual deaths he has caused.

I hope this gets picked up later. There were far too many seconds of a little girl yelling for mommy/daddy in the midst of destruction with absolutely no response from either parent. It's a huge place but not that huge! There has to be a reason there was such silence.

I'm new too and have binged to this point. I'm sure they're setting up Devi for a redemption arc, where she finally deals with her grief and finds her way back, but right now I would not stay her friend. Agree that she's unusually unlikeable.

She said that in bread week she learned foccaccia should be oily and "So i thought the more oil the better." Whoops! I also heard her say she was setting the oven timer for 15 minutes, which seemed light.

I do not feel the Keeley love, for the actress or the role. I honestly don't see why she's so fucking amazing. And that's ok! If Rebecca and Roy see it, that's what matters. On the other hand, I totally love Sam! I don't care if he's a Mary Sue. He's delightful and I want to hang out with him. How mileage varies on boards fascinates me. And I see loads more chemistry between Roy and the teacher. Roy seems so much more real with her, maybe because he's outside the footballer world. Less grunting, more humaning. When they first met that vibe shocked me, because they would not have Roy stray and it didn't seem like they would write in a breakup either. I thought it was an odd acting/writing choice. Maybe they just needed to set this up so that both Roy and Keeley had a confession and inner conflict that will drive their next stage. Roy and Keeley are at different spots. He's looking to retire and live a quiet life reading at home next to her. She's his focus. She's working all night and ramping up. He's not her focus. That doesn't mean it has to end, but they have some stuff to sort out. It really wouldn't make much sense to me that it's the first time...don't they live together? I took it as a deliberate bookend by the writers, and moment of contrition and connection by Roy. I don't tend to pay much attention to the little details, so I'm eager to rewatch the series and look for these moments. A friend also told me that on rewatch you see lots of foreshadowing, including Rebecca hooking up with a player. And Nate should have seen that by now. Has Ted thrown anyone under the bus -- coach or player -- despite ongoing losses? No.

Because I live in a world without children, I was only barely aware of Baby Shark and grateful I wasn't subjected to it. Who knew that it'd be Ted Lasso that would permanently embed it in my brain?!

1-2-3-butts! This show is my happy place these days. It's just so full of heart. The hair cutting scene was fantastic. Obviously Rebecca getting involved with Sam is a capital N.O. For the reasons she said -- she's the boss and the age difference. The boss being the one that matters. But this is fiction, not real life, so it's a charming onscreen plot for two hot, likeable characters who really need this moment of connection. If we set aside the IRL consequences of scandal and unethical behavior, this is going to be so good for Rebecca! And, hoo boy, Sam takes my breath away he's so open and sweet and beautiful. I hope they can keep this story pain-free, or end it swiftly. For both of their sakes.

WTF Nate? His kicking down is out of control. I trust the writers to be taking his arc somewhere but he's had a little bit of ass showing from the beginning and it's gotten so much worse. Coach Beard got him course corrected but only for a little while. I thought the Wonder Kid shirt was sweet! My cringe-o-meter almost had to fast forward through Ted trying and failing to settle in the therapist's office.

I was surprised that Harry was surprised his ex wasn't going to leave...she was okay with one shady husband, why not two? She has a type!

I realize the answer is "because plot reasons" and/or "because Gary" but why oh why didn't Gary immediately tell Gideon to turn off the meat printer as soon as he realized the tentacle was printing something gigantic and up to no good?!

I loved Gary's video, to me it was the only one that nailed it. I was only half paying attention so I assumed he wrote the poem and it made more sense that his model did! As soon as the words came on about her hair defying gravity, I thought wow it's unexpected that this white guy could write about that perspective. And indeed he didn't! I thought ANNdrea's message about bonding over fashion was cheesy but they had so little time to do all this I don't want to pick too hard. The others...well, let's not. I can see where Gary would struggle to have a profitable studio. From what we've seen of his vision, it relies on complex construction, rare textiles, and hand craft. There's a place for his kind of conceptual, narrative clothing -- at a very high price point -- but it's not easy to scale. And I can see him focusing on the artistic vision first, business second, which really bites you cost-wise. I read an interview with chef Eric Ripert in which he says his business manager deserves all of the credit, that Le Bernardin is only viable because of her ability to control costs and keep the operation running smoothly while allowing him creative freedom. Without that person, a creative genius can have a very hard time being profitable. How is AnDRAYa in the final 3?!

Absolutely. As far as I'm concerned, he's the only one in this competition who is bringing something genuinely new to fashion. His point of view is conceptual and artistic and inventive! I especially love his use of textiles and geometric constructions. Although it's because of that he won't realistically be a "global brand" / sold on Amazon, unfortunately. But I'm rooting for him! I hope he finds his way back professionally.