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Woah. Noah butchered that song.. and no high note? After Josh West slayed that song last season, Noah really shouldn’t have even attempted it. I’m surprised no one here has referenced Josh’s version because it was still fresh in my mind.

Agree, plus Maci should have pointed put that Mac knew about the drugs because she asked Rhine in the car if he took a Xanax again. I’d like to see her weasel out of that inconvenient fact.

Haha. That's exactly why I don't have ebates among all sorts of other alleged "free money" benefits! Yes, the internet has our info, but I don't have to keep signing up for stuff until my identity gets stolen or my mailbox gets spammed unnecessarily. The end is near, but I'm not going to contribute to my demise. Also, I'm a cash person for the most part, but retailers still get mad at me when I won't give my email address/name/info after paying in cash. It's really gotten out of hand. Oh, and I don't need a smartphone because my landline works just fine. As for Bentley's privacy, I noticed younger people don't seem to get too ashamed of anything these days. Shame and dignity seem to be going out of style. I hope self-respect sticks around for a little while longer. Too bad independence faded a while ago (remember being proud to earn your own money and not need anything from your parents). Oh yeah, "Get Off my Lawn!"

Spent all weekend catching up on past episodes... Geez, Farrah is the metaphorical sex on a stick, but she is one damaged popsicle. She’s right to cut her mom out of her life, but her maturity level is scary low. She has walls of steel, and will never allow herself to be vilnerable to feel anything -despite what she says about always moving forward -that’s a crock, you are your past -if you don’t deal with it, you can’t move forward. She wears her childhood damage like kevlar. I agree about the Simon Farrah thing being like a villain act of sorts. I know she is capable of being pleasant, unfortunately she doesn’t want to be that way for the majority of her scenes. Is the joke on us and she really has her shit together? I doubt it because she has to recognize the confusion Sophia must have between what’s real and what’s for tv. We got a glimpse of that when she tried to kick her renters out. Sophia isn’t in on the joke - and that is emotional espionage. Xanax. From the green bottle? The dog Rx? Also, turn on the subtitles... Rhine said “take” a haircut. He was out of his mind bonkers, and I’ve never seen him move that fast before...carrying his backpack to get a fix for the parking lot wedding. I laughed out loud when he interrupted Mac to say do I have to be there? I thought he meant do I have to go to the ceremony? Not do I have to pick up the license? Hey, it’s Rhine -you never know. Then she jumps in the car with Rhine, and the scene that followed gave me a clearer picture of how Tiger Woods must have damaged his car. Also, I hang out on the tennis message boards, and someone posted this - referenced as the creepiest post on the entire site- for anyone who wonders how Matt can get tail. For shame. “Man,,, NO need to wait til next life, You can get HOT girls like that NOW. http://www.gentlementalk.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/FREE-REPORT-Why-Some-Women-Can-NOT-Resist-Certain-Men-EOEF1.pdf This stuff really does work. I have gotten some major hot girls in their 20's or early 30's using this method. Ok OK,, they weren't fashion models but they were real cute hotties just out of college. Their method really works,,,, it is about knowing how Girl's brain is wired and what triggers their desire to with you.... and it isn't great looks or loads of money......” ETA: Mac is one thirsty bitch.

Preach. Remember on Ask the Moms when she said that marriage is the most important decision ever, that it was such a big deal and doesn't want to take it lightly? Newsflash: the most important decision in life is bringing a child into the world. Mind boggling!

Yeah, Amber got her wings clipped.

I feel the same way, but frankly, by the time they grow up, there will be no privacy for anybody period. We’ll all probably be microchipped by then. I covet my privacy, but younger people these days don’t recognize its value.

There was a big disconnect for me with Brandon’s “never having designed for women” on the first episode, and then thinking he was going to win and acting all distraught in the last episode. Sure, he developed more confidence in his abilities during the course of the show and showed that he is really talented, but it was infuriating that he made that statement in the beginning. It made it seem like he didn’t respect the difficulty of the competition.

How can someone be worried about being undocumented, yet announce that they are of illegal status on national tv? Clearly, she isn’t too worried about it. Forget it, just saw the last sponsor part!

I Focusing on the clothes, not the bodies makes sense, right? The thing is... I’ve never heard a designer say this is the reason when defending the use of skinny models. They always end up saying something about it being easier to create the designs for smaller, uniform, consistent sizes or some such jazz - which makes me think they just don’t want to deal with curves, period.

I always thought the models were stick thin because the designers want the focus on the clothes, not the model. The best way to achieve that is to have a walking plank with no breasts wearing the clothes. Even if you are thin, the clothes likely wouldn’t look the same on you as the models anyway because of the models’ height. Consistent with this theory, you never see charismatic expressions from the models on the runway- it’s like zombieland. Again, it’s to keep the focus on the clothes. (Of course there are exceptions)

The cell phones.... I don’t use my cell phone. It’s for emergency only, but when my husband talks to his kids on it, it’s only via texting. I need to hear the voice. You can tell usually within 10 seconds by the sound of someone’s voice if something is wrong. Not so with texting. How do people do this? It’s so much slower,and it’s so easy to be misinterpreted. We have a sophisticated vocabulary available to us, yet the chosen method of communication is symbols and pictures, like the egyptians in the caves. Utterly baffling. Anyway, yeah, Holly should have known that somewhere she is on someone’s cellphone the minute she steps outside. Sadly, that’s the world we live in now. Trick is to use it to your advantage. I haven’t embraced it, but if I were still working full time outside of the home, I would find a way - like social darwinism.

George Orwell is rolling over in his grave right now because he never would have imagined people would beg to be watched 24/7. It’s like Peg Bundy from Married with Children complaining “why am I not getting peeped” when there is a peeping tom problem in the neighborhood. Everyone wants to be watched, no one covets their privacy. It’s bizarro world. I feel like I’m living in the twilight zone every day. (And I will cry the day my landline becomes obsolete)

As soon as DJ did that building tat on the natural disaster episode, I thought this was his to lose. It seemed to me week after week, he was the best - only with this last challenge with the eye so subpar to Christian's, do I now think it might be possible for him to lose. I don't have any tats so I thought maybe I'm missing something because it seems so many here thought it was Christian's or Cleen's to lose. I've seen every episode of every season, and now that we're at the end, I'm reminded how the design it absolutely critical in the final - in fact I think that counts for more than 75%. DJ has the advantage of not having lost before like the others. That bodes well for him I think.

I heard Calvin Harris "My Way" this season which I didn't mind, and of course the baby make you sweat, which we've heard in past seasons (and ESPN used it often during this year's us open). That whistle song was big last season or the year before, and I could not remove it from my brain: AND THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD IS WHISTLING! It really makes a difference when the music meshes with the moves - and sometimes it just doesn't. It's hilarious when Kelly says something about musicality at that moment. How can we tell if they are correctly dancing on the beat when different music is dubbed in after? Good music truly adds to to the show - especially during the solos episode

The twins remind me of the british goofy gophers from Looney Tunes

Brianna looks like a young Jeanne Tripplehorn to me - there's a natural softness to her beauty.

DIstracting the cat with something he likes works, but that's a slippery slope because it reinforces control.... the cat ends up thinking, scratch the couch, owner will play with me... ignoring the negative and rewarding the positive is the way to go. Far easier said than done. For some reason, my cat didn't destroy my furniture, but once in awhile, she will attack the curtains. I then play with her out of fear. I have a bengal that thinks I am a weaker cat and stalks me and beats me up regularly. She jumps on my back and almost took out one of my eyes. I love that she is dangerous for some reason, so I don't mind. I know my station. We all have our dysfunctions..... oh, and I recently purchased an Eek the Cat toy on ebay from a hardees' kids meal from the 80s. Something about nostalgia... also, I remember returning from college and being pissed at my mom (for a minute) for throwing away my sticker book that took me years to cultivate in a giant photo binder. Wouldn't have cared if they threw away my letter jacket though. Parents don't always know what's important. Too often, they decide what they think is important and it's way off base. No hang ups for me though- I had a great childhood.

Trapping is fine, but doesn't Boyd's deal trace back to Chuck? I guess it doesn't matter, but Chuck admitted that Boyd went off book when he tipped off Axe about the arrest, which means he can't control Boyd, and he definitely cannot control Dake. I think it's going to end up being Dake going after Axe and Chuck....Wendy, the dad, Lara... the whole lot of them. Hell, he's already reporting Bach - Dake is obsessive, and he's fully nauseated by all of the characters involved. He'll go full scorched earth. Taylor will have to save everybody - or Just replace Axe permanently. What happens when Taylor finds out what Axe did with the poisoning scheme? Does she care? She might feel it's one reindeer game too many.

Oh yeah... wait til Bach tells Axe about Lara's angling

I thought it was reckless of Chuck to visit Axe in the jail cell. Wasn't that conversation recorded? If not, Dollar Bill told Axe to pay off the guard, and we see a guard at the end of their converstion, so I'm thinking maybe he has that conversation recorded with Chuck admitting that he lost a lot of money and that he definitely "trapped, not entrapped" Axe, but it was all worth it. I would think that half cocked ego move by Chuck will come back to bite him in the ass. And what is the fake back story of why Boyd was released? Doesn't that need an explanation? Boyd's tip to Axe was the catalyst for the entire trap. Why wouldn't Axe want to admit that Boyd gave him that inside info? Axe is on the hook for everything else, so how is Boyd's involvement and release going to be explained by Chuck? I must have missed something... I need to rewatch the last couple episodes.

Yeah, on its face, it's super shady and dishonest for Axe to delete the voicemails, but more significantly, Axe deleted Lara's voicemails because he didn't want to explain his outbursts. That's just straightup cowardice. Taylor is taking Axe's advice to do it all. They can give to charity and live large; the 2 are not mutually exclusive. Yeah, they are spending crazy money on the apartment, but they also have way more money to donate to charity than they otherwise would have had but for working for Axe. Works for me.

Deleting the voicemails is another betrayal - right after they just fought about honesty no less! That should come back to bite him in the ass. It's totally different than recalling emails that were never opened; recalling unopened emails doesn't involve breaking into the recipient's machine to do it. If he could recall/delete voicemails that were never listened to through his own phone, then it would be the same.

Trick question indeed. I thought that if you answered that you'd rather live in the pretty building and look at the ugly building it could mean that you enjoyed looking out at the ugly building from your pretty perch knowing that you're better than those that reside in the ugly building - that you've made it so to speak, like a status symbol. It seemed to me that living in the pretty building was the more shallow response. Besides, chances are the ugly building will be redone to be prettier than the one you live in over time, who knows? The uglier and rundown the building, the more likely it will get overhauled, no? That question was absurd, but what bothered me was their insistence that their answer was the "right" answer. That spoke volumes to me. Argh.

It is telling that Jane didn't search the internet for Saxon herself. It's game over to google someone you know that you are going to stalk and kill.