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dixiecricket

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  1. Following soap opera protocol, my assumption was that he 1) knew the canyon roads leading away from the house and 2) cut the brake lines. It's not like Coleman's car would blend in with others so Jeremy would know which car was his. Any basic accident forensic team would see what caused the accident but outsiders wouldn't have any idea as to who, on the 100+person set would have a motive. And shockingly, no one outside of the show's central characters seem to have any idea what really goes on, even though they are there day in/day out for all of it. Suffice it to say, I liked the episode. A little hammy with the two brides who willingly stood there with their complicit families just watching everything go down; but whatevs.
  2. If memory serves, Darius has done nothing this season that would make him villainous. He has been one of the only ones to consistently remember (and point out) that he is trying to rehab his image. You would think that would make him a sympathetic character; but this season's writing has been so chaotic that I've got nothing for him. I had more sympathy for Romeo (even BEFORE he was shot) as the throwaway cousin/manager then I do for Darius.
  3. I thought Chet coordinated the tackle? How can someone, in real life, seamlessly keep up with who is playing who as Rachel seems to do in this episode? RE: Madison - I am starting to like her awfulness
  4. My speculation for the finale is that an inebriated Jeremy learns who Yael is and that she used him for information for her expose and didn't actually care about him and he comes back to set to [fill-in-the-blank] threaten/menace others/kill himself/kill Rachel? And what if Coleman is the "friendly fire" who tries to talk some sense into Jeremy or even take a literal bullet for Rachel and this is the jaw-dropping moment? I still cannot figure where Yael's taking of Jeremy's truck keys comes into play.......what if Jeremy did NOT take his gun when he was fired and Yael finds it when Jeremy is on set wreaking havoc (again, my theory) and she shoots him with his own gun? Or Jeremy could be on-site with his gun (again, drunk and mad at Yael - my theory) and could accidentally shoot anyone - Romeo, Ruby- who came back to proclaim her love for Darius, Darius, Booth??? Thoughts?
  5. I agree there must be something more to the secret. If this IS Rachel's truth, then the writers of 'UnReal' have just told every victim of rape that they are damaged goods, unable to be loved, and unworthy of love----or at least through the eyes of the only "mother" on the show - the same person who also represents a psychiatric opinion on this show. So two areas where you would expect to be warmly supported if such an event were to happen to their child/patient and 'UnReal' has her reaction to be the exact opposite. Strange... I meant to acknowledge your previous post as well but forgot to do so - sorry! However, I had completely forgotten about the time jump until it was brought up in this episode's forum, which is why I thought I may have missed something. Who does such a close time jump without explanation?
  6. I watched the replay on Lifetime so I may have missed a TV notice but did the show ever reveal in the beginning that it was a 2-week jump from last week's show to this one? Or we were supposed to just magically infer that from Quinn's monologue about [in 'Everlasting' world, last week being a clip show] in the first 15 minutes of the show? Given this 2-week time jump, are we expected to believe that 4 competing girls just laid around a fairly empty (except for the alcohol) mansion for 2 weeks with no word from, no sight of, and no mention of Darius---the center of the show that they are on? Is the whole 'UnReal' concept just a social experiment to see who will hang on until the end?
  7. This entire season is really disjointed. If all of this has been done on purpose (I just have to assume that no group of people would be this careless with a sophomore season of an edgy show) then the season finale really must be a wowzer to tie it all together. RE: Adam and Rachel - they can definitely steam up the screen!
  8. In all of the spoiler interviews, everyone seems to remark how they aren't sure how/where you pick up after S2 finale. Is it too farfetched to think that S1 didn't exist either?
  9. If this season turns out to be a figment of Rachel's imagination, I will be blown away; BUT with several episodes left in the season, would they introduce this now? Seems like more of a season-finale reveal. Also, given the manner in which S1 and S2 developed; how would a S3 look? If you start over then you're basically starting where S1 started, which was at the end of a breakdown. If you trail off into Rachel's mental health issues, you lose the crux of what the first 2 seasons have been based on. While intriguing, it doesn't seem possible.
  10. I think this statement read differently than you may have meant it? All I meant is that the majority of these types of shows are like a prolonged spring break and he doesn't come across as anyone who has ever cut loose - he's very stiff for a man with any skin tone.
  11. Thank goodness, I am not alone!
  12. I could do without long-haired Adam but good grief there was always some sizzling chemistry between he and Rachel. RE: Darius character - I am really not feeling his character as a whole. I don't know if it is how the character has been written, how the actor is playing him, or what but he almost seems wooden in EVERYTHING that he does. Maybe it's that his backstory isn't as developed but I don't think Adam's was either (I really can't remember). His character just seems misplaced- there is no way that a show like Everlasting would cast him as he doesn't have the personality that the Suitors typically have.
  13. Agreed. Also, it seems that the only thing that brings national attention is college football. HA! Not as attention-grabbing.
  14. When only Alabama is shown as a racially divided, segregation-wanting state, it is unfair. If Hollywood wants to cast judgement on the South as a whole, then there are many other states to choose from or lump us all together; but it is only Alabama [solely] that continues to be shown this way. No offense taken, seriously. Hell, I would rather Hollywood and the media focus on Alabama being full of corruption (because unfortunately it is). Anything other than presenting the state like we are still the same as we were 50 years ago. And since I wasn't a citizen of the world in those times, then I think I should be able to expect that 50 years later, I can watch a TV show about my state without seeing a bunch of racist rhetoric bandied about.
  15. This is my point, Alabama is never shown in any other light. This show proved no different with the exception of college football, which (as an Auburn fan) doesn't count) ;)
  16. Every time, Germany is mentioned, we don't immediately play Holocaust tributes. Every time the Jewish people are mentioned, the media doesn't play a Holocaust montage. These images are only used in their historically accurate context. These are all events that happened in more than one state. And, again, happened years ago. I can't fix what happened back then other than to make sure it doesn't happen again. The bottom line is this, Alabama is not the ONLY state to have a marred history. I am exasperated that Hollywood continues to treat this state as being the only state where events happened.
  17. I definitely agree it's not perfect; but it's no different than any other state. And for Hollywood, as a whole, to continue perpetuating this notion that Alabama is the proverbial black sheep of the nation regarding race relations is ridiculous. I, again, go back to where are all of the *alleged* race-based police brutality cases?---not here. Please note that I am saying alleged because no one has yet been charged with a crime.
  18. No. Where this belief comes from is the fact that anytime the South is mentioned it is inferred that we are anxiously awaiting for the next round of the Civil War. As an example, Civil Rights Era in Birmingham, Alabama, definitely not a proud moment for the state. To this day, anytime civil rights and Birmingham are mentioned in the same breath - the "media" start showing grainy black and white video of awful atrocities from 50 years ago. FIFTY. 5-0. Shows like this don't help show that this part of the world isn't like this any more. I am from a small town so I have no issue with it at all; but the vast majority of non-Southerners (in the US and around the world as I have learned) cannot fathom that Alabama/Mississippi have thriving cities. Overall the state is rural; but I was half expecting the General Lee to come flying over their backyard picnic in typical bridge-jump fashion (please tell me I am not the only one who knows what the General Lee is?)
  19. I feel like you and I are saying the same thing. Speaking as someone who, unfortunately, isn't a happy drunk; I think his initial reaction was blind rage, then realized for a second that something was wrong but was unable to process it and then Chet. I am not excusing any of it; I just understood his acting.
  20. His acting in this scene does corroborate his interview. She pushed back him because he was aggressive and he freaked out by flapping his alcohol-fueled wings and hit her. There was a moment of shock/concern on his face and then Chet came in between them. I am not trying to make light of the event but his recounting of the scene to the interviewer matches what I saw last night (and I didn't even read the interview until this morning).
  21. While it was Everlasting doing it, the show that I am watching on TV is UnReal. All I am saying is that Hollywood should be bigger than this type of stereotype pandering.
  22. I think that this "glee" was the first time that the viewers were actually presented with quasi-evidence that Rachel does, indeed, suffer from a bipolar-type condition. She is clearly rattled from the Jeremy-thing and the pressure to sweep everything under the rug - so she goes from despair and trauma to a mania-type high within 24 hours (whereas previously she was always pretty even-keel with her emotions) and appears to want to just throw down with Coleman on the set while all racial hell is breaking loose in the background.
  23. While While I agree with this presumption of her character (based off her previous scripts), the show was CLEAR that they weren't only looking for her family to be racist....Darius talked about being back on the plantation, I am pretty sure that the setting was in the midst of cotton fields. They weren't even in a neighborhood, they were in a rural setting. It was all presented as this is Hollywood's stereotype of Alabama. Listen, when I was in England when I was just out of high school; I met a family from upper NY. Long story short, the kids (ages 16-25) all, individually, expressed their relief that I had shoes. I thought they were joking and laughed, only to be met with serious stares. They then proceeded to grill me on "life in Alabama". Did I ride a horse to school? Were roads paved? Did we have air conditioning? Were people still poor? Were cities/businesses/schools still segregated? Did I have any family in the Klan? ---------------------------------So, yeah, I don't need Hollywood to continue perpetuating this stereotype.
  24. This episode infuriated me for one reason, and one reason only---------hello, Hollywood? Alabama no longer equals racist ideology. I wish I had counted the number of times that the words Alabama and racist were used because, even though Rachel's character eventually commented that the family was a nice post-racial tension example of the South, everything ELSE about the episode was made clear to drive home that everyone in Alabama is a hood-wearing, cross-burning racist. So, as a lifelong resident of Alabama (could anyone have guessed?), I would like for Hollywood, or this show, to address, if we are nothing but a bunch of knuckle-dragging racists, then why is it that all of the recent *alleged* race-based police brutality events happened NOT IN ALABAMA? Seriously, from the first 5 minutes of this show, I forced myself to watch through seething disappointment at this episode. On a lighter note, I love that the show portrays the Everlasting host as completely vapid and devoid of anything other than vanity. His character is a breath of fresh air on such a dark show.
  25. To be fair (and I don't know if there are different types of epidurals given) during childbirth, they just had me hunch over my pregnant belly while having contractions and breathing heavily. It might explain why in 1 pregnancy the epidural worked, and in the other the anesthesiologist said "I guess I missed"--> and, I STILL had to pay her :(
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