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Did some thinking about this over night and just a few additional thoughts come to mind. I'm still done with this season. Not interested in watching any more of these people, even though Charlie, Maria and Ben could have been watchable, and I think I've narrowed down the source of my annoyance. Jeff, last night, highlighted what I don't like about this group of people, with his cushion and popcorn. If I wanted to watch Jerry Springer, I'd watch Jerry Springer. If I wanted to watch chaos, conspiracy theories, and egotistical 'ME, ME, ME' people, I'd watch Jerry Springer. I used to watch Survivor for the challenges, the strategy playing and because the editing was such that I let myself become involved in these peoples' journeys. Maybe I wasn't paying attention, but it seems to me that in previous seasons, people played their game, and THEN pitched their game to the jury. Now it seems as if people have their pitch to the jury pre-planned and then twist themselves into knots trying to fit their game play to the narrative. People aren't playing the game. I can't help wondering what today's casting choices would do if they were made to play old school style Survivor. No idols, no advantages, no SITD, the only immunity is the necklace/statue.

I’m out. If it was just one unlikeable personality I’d hang in there but with the exception of Charlie and Ben every remaining player grates on my nerves.

Okay, I’m tapping out. This season is too ego/stupid driven and the remaining players are too unlikable to keep watching. Fingers crossed that 47 is more palatable.

Whatever season MaryAnne was in I didn’t watch 🤷‍♀️

Some season a person is going to have an idol and KEEP THEIR MOUTH SHUT But this is not that season 🤦🏼‍♀️

Shut Up Liz 🙄

It isn’t a conspiracy exactly, but it does read as scripted when a baker who hasn’t put a bake wrong and who is obviously talented suddenly makes absolutely amateur mistakes in back to back bakes in a near penultimate episode.

LOL!! I love Charlie Venus can leave sooner rather than later

In what universe does that purple monstrosity top the decorating efforts of any of the other five cakes? Says it's the best tasting all you want but I didn't see a "flower" anywhere in that purple mess.

Is this the first time someone has won the pre-heat and gotten no advantage? I watch all the baking championships (Halloween, Holiday, Spring, etc) and I honestly can’t remember a contestant winning the pre-heat and no advantage. All I can think is maybe since they’ve scaled back the stupid “twists” that they ditched the “you won’t have to do the twist” advantage and that’s why Alec didn’t get an advantage.

Random, but I like how supportive the producer and the dancers are being.

The numbers that will be the most telling will be the numbers for the second and third episodes. IF there is any drop off of viewership and if so, how much. Some audience members aren't going to care and will be happy to keep watching. Some audience members -myself included- aren't going to appreciate being preached at, which is what drove a lot of us away from 13's run, and we'll drop this and spend our money elsewhere. People were really excited for the return of RTD, Tennant and Tate. The marketing has been brilliant and as a huge Donna Noble fan, I was definitely looking forward to seeing how her story got resolved. I was holding off picking up Disney + until all 3 episodes dropped, just because I like to binge watch, but I was really excited to give Doctor Who a second chance. As a viewer I definitely agree that Doctor Who has always been liberal leaning. That said, I don't enjoy being preached at in my entertainment. I was all on board to watch, until I saw the clips of the "something a male presenting Time Lord will never understand" came out. That sealed the deal for me. I'll keep my money in my pocket, and House of Mouse has one less subscriber.

I've been thinking about the editing choices in this episode, especially in light of the previews for next week. Over all I think this episode, if this was scripted television, would fall under the category of 'filler'. It was pretty predictable and played out in a by the numbers fashion, BUT it's real purpose was to set up the next couple of episodes. In my opinion, the editors (and I may be giving them too much credit) did a good job of show some fractures developing in the Reba core 4. To me, it seemed like Julie was pretty pissed at Dee calling the shot on Kendra and I think the edit may have been designed to expose that Julie is starting to realize that if she goes to final 4 with Reba, unless she wins immunity, she is getting no higher than 4th place. Emily is also shown, by the edits, to have a clue that if she stays lockstep with Drew/Austin, she is at best number 4, but probably number 5 below Dee and Julie. I actually really like Emily. I like that we saw her mess up in the beginning, then course correct and SURVIVE this far. Especially on a train wreck of a team like Lulu. I think that if she had tried to make a move earlier, she'd have shot herself in the foot, but I think NOW is the time for her to make a move. If she can get to Julie (if she knows enough to get to Julie) and lay out a strategy that takes her and Julie to final two, then she may be able to get Julie to flip on the Reba 4 and knock out Dee

Voting off Sifu was a bad long term strategic play. They spent the whole episode (okay the editors spent the whole episode) hammering away at the point of how vindictive Bruce is, how he holds a grudge and it makes working with him in game play hard. They had 1 shot to vote him off before the jury!! Now whoever ends up in the final three is going to have to face him and his vindictiveness on the jury. At this point, if I was Kellie, as much as it seems like working with Bruce is akin to working with a root canal, the best play would be to take him all the way to final three and hope his skill at having pissed off everybody on the jury makes him a nice fat goat to sacrifice.