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  1. I was thinking that too and then I remembered the helicopter exploding. I understand that the douchey jerks who died were awful people, but didn't she basically execute them? For 'breaking the rules'? Caveat - I might be getting this wrong, but I really don't want to slog through this mess of a show again to confirm
  2. I understand that it's, well, hard to understand. I do speak from experience, though, and I can tell you that there is a reason that therapist, doctors, teachers are trained to ALWAYS take any talk of suicide seriously. It often starts with thoughts only, even thoughts that the individual dismisses quickly. Then it can escalate. The thoughts can become intrusive, popping into your head without warning. They start to poison all your thoughts and your judgment. Then you start thinking seriously that it's a good option, maybe the only one. Then you start make a plan in your head - how will I do this, how can I make it look like an accident, etc. That's the most dangerous time, IMHO. Once you start thinking about it in terms of HOW, things can tip in one of two directions. You either follow through with the plan or someone/something intervenes to help you back off the edge. I agree with Lisa, always always take it seriously when someone says they're having 'dark thoughts' or mention suicide in any way. It's not an over-reaction. You never really know what is going on in someone's head, not really, not even if that person is a narcissistic douchebag like Sandoval. I've lost 2 people. I've been suicidal myself and was very, very lucky that I had people in my life who took it seriously - I'm still here. And right now, the most narcissistic man in my life (ex-husband) has been in intensive treatment for weeks after a year-long slide into depression which devolved into 'dark thoughts'. Bottom line, I get looking at someone like Sandoval and wondering if he's being serious or just blustering or just having a random thought he didn't really mean, that isn't really dangerous. But the reality is DON'T ASSUME, take it seriously and if possible get a professional involved, because like Lisa said, if you don't you may find that suddenly, it's too late.
  3. Holy crap that is a very good line. Very very accurate.
  4. This is frustrating. The premise is interesting, it's a good cast, but four episodes in and it's just... not coming together. The dialogue is a big problem, so stilted and cliche-ridden, and each plot 'twist' seems forced and stale. I like the *idea* of this series enough that I'll probably watch the whole thing anyway but so far I'm pretty disappointed.
  5. This is really petty of me, but the pizzas looked like they were made with cheddar cheese. Which is just wrong. Yes, I just criticized pizza made by children. Told you I was petty. Anyway I blame the chef, where the hell is his mozzarella?
  6. THANK YOU. And at the end of the last scene where he sees Alex & Paul kissing (which btw is laughingly unbelievable, that these two extraordinarily high-profile people would be making out in an office whose walls are MADE OF GLASS, after hours or not) - the shot of Chip's reaction is straight out of a Hitchcock film where the background speeds away and the subject stares in abject horror - horror I tell you! Oh the humanity! Oh please. Chip should be pissed off and maybe feel somewhat professionally betrayed - again - by Alex's subterfuge and manipulation. But this whole "Chip's heart has been ripped to shreds once more" stuff is getting old, and doesn't serve his character or the narrative.
  7. If you're stupid then so am I - What exactly happened here? Do I need to watch the whole thing over, maybe pausing each scene to see what I missed? Is there going to be another season? Did I forget to watch an episode that makes sense of the ending? What is my name again? How did I get here? In all seriousness though, I am so confused. There's so much genuinely intriguing stuff going on here, along with great acting and many allusions to all kinds of ancient mythology and urban mythology but I just can't make sense of the plot. Help, someone, please.
  8. I'm loving the extraordinary cinematography and enjoying the storytelling, but I am *WINCING* at all the Dylan/Alice relationship stuff. The last ten minutes alone contained red flags galore: - Dylan stomping off and leaving Alice alone in the middle of nowhere because she asked if he ever brought Lulu there - Alice feeling the need to apologize over and over WHEN DYLAN SHOULD BE THE ONE APOLOGIZING - instead he just asks if there's any food left. - Dylan: "I never felt this way about anyone before" as explanation for his shitty behavior? - Dylan: "It's just us now because we found each other... we're the same..." RED FLAGS EVERYWHERE. The only thing he said that was actually appropriate was that she was just a kid when the fire happened and that it's not her fault (and also am I wrong or she misremembering it anyway - didn't the fire actually start by accident when she knocked over the lamp?) In any case it's heartbreakingly accurate that her reactions to his crap behavior are to apologize and try to please him and get his forgiveness, instead of calling him out on it and dumping his manipulative ass. Children who come from abusive homes often have that kind of maladaptive instinct kick in when they encounter an abusive partner as adults.
  9. I am DYING to see the original cut. Because holy fuck was this a total mess. I was willing to give the finale a chance because there's been such a gleeful pile-on in terms of bashing this show - including my own bashing - but what, I mean, WHAT THE FUCK was that?
  10. Considering there was almost zero plot development in this episode, I have no idea how this is supposed to be wrapped up in one more episode. My guess is they're going to kill someone off. Or something. None of this makes any sense even if you buy some of the premises. Such as Jocelyn being completely under the spell of (the most un-enigmatic un-magnetic, uncharismatic) cult leader, and yet she invites her ex over to have sex (almost) right in front of said cult leader. Still I wonder how many people involved in this mess of show might actually have a sense of humor -- Jocelyn's sad sex scene with her ex includes a zebra-striped rug in front of a fire, while wearing red freakin' shoes. That's like three huge cliches of 90's era soft-core Cinemax at Night crap. Red Shoe Diaries and all. Sigh. I'd be laughing if it weren't so boring.
  11. Sandoval is now defending his t-shirt comment. "I've never body-shamed Ariana—ever," he clarified during a paparazzi exchange on June 14. "I don't know if that was taken out of context. I think people added their own context to it." The reality star added the comment had "nothing to do" with Madix's body, but rather how "unenthusiastic" she was toward the end of their relationship. As Sandoval explained, he meant it as "if somebody wanted to have sex with me and I just unzipped my zipper and said, 'Oh, hurry up.'" https://www.eonline.com/news/1377366/vanderpump-rules-tom-sandoval-defends-his-t-shirt-sex-comment-aimed-at-ex-ariana-madix Uhhhh dude, THAT'S NOT MUCH BETTER. It was still an asshole thing to say, full stop. Good grief this idiot can't just shut up and stop trying to justify his shitty behavior.
  12. This is a very confusing show. Either it really was supposed to be a satire at first (which explains the absolutely laughable 'sex' and 'sexy talk') that later devolved into utter silliness when it got re-shot, or it always was just straight-up laughable and vaguely embarrassing. Even the supposedly 'deep' song at the end - the lyrics, "that's my family/we don't like each other very much" - wtf? As for the acting, I think Depp is pretty good considering the hilariously bad material.
  13. I don't disagree. We're all playing armchair therapist here and this is all speculation of course. We're only going on what we see which certainly is highly edited. That said: Raquel's reactions are straight-up strange, and that link contains a lot of stuff that certainly fits the bill. THAT said:
  14. On the previous episode's forum, DrSparkles posted this and it absolutely rings true about Raquel: https://psychcentral.com/relationships/alexithymia-in-relationships
  15. Just rewatched the whole episode. Having already seen the 'big reveal' last night, rewatching Sandoval lie over and over at the reunion about the timeline - and repeatedly insist that BECAUSE they 'only' fucked once and didn't for a long time after is a reasonable excuse for why they said nothing - holy crap he really is a committed liar. Perhaps Kristen really was right all those years ago - he's the best liar ever. Dude. You lied about lying about lying. How is anyone, ever supposed to believe ANYTHING you say? As for Ariana -- I hope she's gotten all her poisonous vitriol out of her system. There comes a point where righteous indignation spills over to just being hateful. She's 100% in the right in terms when it comes to the affair, but please pull back on the "whore" talk and spitting venom. Not even for them - for yourself. Becoming consumed by your hate and bitterness will hurt YOU way more than them at this point. Write 'em off, open that sandwich shop, don't look back. Lastly: I will never grow tired of watching James Kennedy take such delight in slinging grade-school level insults. How many times did he call someone a 'poo-poo head'? If that had been a drinking game we'd all have been wrecked within 20 minutes
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