Sassenach

Came here to say exactly this. The medical scenarios are crap, the hybrid OR is stupid, and the histronics over every little detail are just boring. Why am I watching this show?

All of these people have had their time in the sun. Are the shows really having that hard of a time finding interesting people to apply?

Maybe the Doc is sick of her, too.

Desiree seems like a strong player, both physically and mentally. I don't understand why she's not getting more visibility. The other players don't really seem to be noticing her either.

To clarify, I think the character on display prior to the suicide video was sufficent to rule him out as a guest judge on the show. Maybe I thought Top Chef was a classier production than it really is; certainly the discussion about an earlier season with Seth indicates that's not the case.

Deconstructed green bean casserole!

I'd never heard of Logan Paul until this episode; and now he's garbaging up my news feed with his exploitation of a suicide. Did Top Chef producers really have no idea of the quality of this guy's character when they recruited him as a guest judge? Are they really getting so desperate that they have to resort to stunt casting such as this?

With the haircut, he looks like Randolph Mantooth in his prime - most famous for playing a paramedic in a 1970's show called "Emergency!". Even his demeanor is the same. We need a reboot of the show -- I'd show up just to watch Devon.

She did seem invested in it, but I took that as reflecting her experience as a teacher and having dealt with all kinds of BS stories to rationalize cheating.

I thought this was supposed to be a show about a fire station. They drag out all these trucks and equipment, present us with a difficult extrication and multi-trauma....and all we get is some saws and a c-collar and then a cut to the patient magically on a stretcher being loaded into the ambulance. That could have been a really interesting and emotionally engaging scene that shows us how that's done. Instead, we get boring alderman blather and union rep weirdness. Same with septic tongue guy. It's like these calls are just annoying interruptions.

Have you ever seen Probst leave anything alone? He'll feel the need to moralize, just in case we didn't figure it out on our own.

Sara looks like she's afraid of him (rightfully so.) The show set this stranger scenario up and it looks like it could backfire badly on her. Are the teams required to share rooms? re scrotum-gate: Many ambulance crews carry an extraction device called a KED that consists of a harness setup to stabilize the spine while in a seated position. In training, we practiced placing it on people of all shapes and sizes. (EMS is not for the shy.) For men and women alike, getting that crotch strap properly placed takes some care. You attach the strap loosely further down the thigh and then use the back of your hand to slide it up into the crotch. The idea is to avoid pinching any scrotal tissue (or the labia, if it's a woman) underneath the strap. Once you lift, the body weight is going to settle on those straps. If you didn't tighten the straps down sufficently before taking weight, they're going to shift -- that may be what happened to him. Doesn't excuse the subsequent behavior, though.

For those of you who were wondering about the phrase used in the opening scene..... affe geschlect translates as monkey sex. That is all.

Shirin may indeed have valuable insights to offer to Tyler. What she fails to realize, however, is that you have to first be in a position of mutual respect and trust in order to deliver such insights effectively. Constant haranguing is not an effective means of building a good relationship with others.

If you can keep your head when all others about you are losing their's.....

Mistakenly posted this in the episode thread, but it's more germane to the discussion here about how Blair is managing to keep his cool: Over the course of watching their interaction in the last few episodes, I've come to the conclusion that Blair aced his psychiatric rotation in medical school. He's handling her in ways very similar to the way you try to manage an agitated patient -- some of the things he says and does are right out of the verbal de-escalation checklist. It doesn't mean he likes her, but it's a way to handle the situation and keep moving towards the goal. Hayley was right about the street sign, but it's hard to catch the important stuff between all the recriminations and complaints, even if it's Einstein when it's mixed up with all the other garbage: "YOU FREAKING IDIOT YOU MAKE ME SICK e=mc squared I'M GOING TO BE SO MAD STOP GOING SO FAST HURRY UP."

Over the course of watching their interaction in the last few episodes, I've come to the conclusion that Blair aced his psychiatric rotation in medical school. He's handling her in ways very similar to the way you try to manage an agitated patient -- some of the things he says and does are right out of the verbal de-escalation checklist. It doesn't mean he likes her, but it's a way to handle the situation and keep moving towards the goal. Hayley was right about the street sign, but it's hard to catch the important stuff between all the recriminations and complaints, even if it's Einstein when it's mixed up with all the other garbage: "YOU FREAKING IDIOT YOU MAKE ME SICK e=mc squared I'M GOING TO BE SO MAD STOP GOING SO FAST HURRY UP."

As human beings, this couple continues to grow on me. They're patient with each other, don't just throw their hands up when they struggle with a challenge, and Rochelle dives into non-traditional female tasks without any griping or excuses. (I'm looking at you, Aly.) They may not win the race, but it looks like they have the makings of a great marriage.

Military personnel earn 2.5 days of leave each month (30 days each year). That seems like a lot, but they get charged leave for days that would ordinarily be considered free time -- for example, if you go on a long weekend trip and take Friday and Monday off, you are charged four days of leave. Nevertheless, one of the things the recruiting brochure fails to mention is that you often won't be able to take time off. You're allowed to bank up to 90 days of leave (it was even bumped up to 120 days for several years after 9/11); after that, you lose the leave without compensation for it. It is permissible to take up to 30 days leave in advance, but more than a few day's worth generally only happens for special reasons such as a family emergency. Most people try to keep 10-15 days on the book for such contingencies. Taking a large chunk of leave requires advance coordination with your command. It helps if they like you, you're a good performer, and have a respectable reason for doing so. Seaman Slacker who wants to go take trapeze lessons is not going to get the same consideration as Lieutenant Commander Competent who agrees to take on extra duty schedules before and after his absence. It still comes down to needs of the Service, and they could have canceled his leave if something else had come up. Depending on timing, the filming may have been scheduled at the same time that he was transferring between units. It's common for servicemembers to take large periods of leave then because you often don't have specific commitments then. (Though that is still constricted by unit schedules. You can't take 30 days of leave if the ship you're going to is sailing in 20 days.) It's also possible, though I don't think likely in this case, that he may have been given permissive leave orders (time away that is not charged to personal leave time) to participate in this show as a public affairs gig for the Navy. If he were running around in a Go Navy t-shirt and giving a lot of interview time about his work, I'd be more inclined to think so.

Another longtime TWOP lurker making the migration. I've never said much, but have deeply appreciated the TWOP Amazing Race community for all of the perspectives they bring to the things that happen on the show. I hope to see more of the same here.