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Sorry to be so basic, but can someone explain why Latrice is extremely popular with fans? I don't follow any of the queens outside the show. From what I've seen, she seems like a pretty standard old school sparkly gown lipsynch performer. Same with Stacy Layne Matthews, to be honest. What makes those two so beloved? Is there a bit of subconscious big girl/fat acceptance overcompensation going on?

I actually stopped fast-forwarding to catch the ads for Bravo's other new design(ish) shows coming on Nov 2 -- Sweet Home and Buying it Blind. I'm always in for people other than me doing remodeling. All done and beautiful in 60 minutes!

Robbie was one of the worst in that regard at the start; really aching from loneliness (abandonment issues, yadda yadda). I'm curious to see how how he'll do if Kenzie has to leave because of illness. From what we've been shown, he seems to have grown quite a bit more self-reliant.

@Mindthinkr, the first red flag was your neighbor inviting two people over for dinner and making it pot luck! Bring a salad, my ass.

After watching this, would any of you hire Jo as a designer? I think I'd end up with ruffled pillow shams and a wall full of text art. I didn't used to have feelings about Etsy one way or the other but now I'm mentally boycotting. They seem to be the major sponsor of the show but that judge and her dumb pronouncements are terrible. I hope she's "too busy" to return next season. Loved Khiem's hanging lamp. He got so embarrassed when Amy teased him about his astronomy/boinking shed. I think he's the obvious winner, but the TV never listens to me when I shout at it.

Episode 1 is available with no sign-in (with ads) on Animal Planet. Cute little dart frogs! I missed it on air, too. (May be available on demand with other providers but isn't for Dish.)

Thanks for the reminder -- I didn't realize it was coming up so soon! Oy, bad blood. I'm looking forward to watching on mute and just looking at the tattoos.

It's so heartening that that had to be spelled out for everyone.

I'm really looking forward to and dreading this at the same time! Could go either way.

Gown packer-upper: I was a little surprised Kevin wasn't more eager, considering his bulging portfolio in the wedding industrial complex ... space. Even though it mostly seems geared to ballgown/train style dresses, I was a little surprised that the inventor had trouble getting it into bridal salons -- those folks love to upsell! Was $29 the wholesale price? I imagine stores would price it around $99. (Now that I think about it, how do brides manage to pee in those tight mermaid style dresses? Take them off entirely?)

Some of those sound fun/intriguing, but I've been fooled by loglines before. The ones I like probably won't go to series, anyway. /sour

I guess the "right reasons" so many contestants have literally cried and shouted about means others are not studying hard enough to pass Fleiss' sociology class.

Anybody know what happened to this? I was enjoying it in a low-key, nostalgic-about-deceased-comedians sort of way. It kept getting bumped for "important" "breaking" "political" "news" and now it looks like it's been pulled entirely until the summer. It was getting fairly good ratings.

It's just a matter of time before Kyle's sleeping-with-the-enemy personality starts coming through. His ex fiancée's warning to Megan that "you'll see" means some kind of undercurrent is lurking. Plus that's the premise of the dratted show!

The flashbacks are another (disliked) similarity to Arrow for me. Against my better judgment, I'm still watching to learn what precipitated Danny's decision to return home and his ultimate goal in doing so, and how he traveled. Surely he wouldn't have been allowed to board a plane in bare feet. Buy some cheap flip flops from a shop at the airport, dude. Right? I can only assume it's romantic attraction on his part. The fucking chase.

Love these two characters but wonder how many instances of the word "lube" I'm going to have to sit through. "Vibrator" I'm good with.

Fantastic!

Is this the fist [sic] time (or first time I've noticed) that Netflix has offered a button to skip the intro? I may watch the credits once for a new series but don't need to see them every episode. So thanks for that; makes it quick and tidy. As for the show itself ... not good when the intro skip is the most exciting thing for me so far.

I agree about Acorn. I signed up and watched everything that interested me in about a month, then cancelled it. There's a new show coming up called Striking Out that I may activate my subscription again to watch. It's a legal series from Ireland. I've been watching the first seasons of ITV dramas The Good Karma Hospital and The Halcyon and enjoying them. Karma is a hospital show set in India, with an evocative setting and a bit of whimsy. The Halcyon is a period piece about a hotel in London during WWII and features the owners, staff, and guests, with an espionage subplot thrown in.

While I've never been exactly giddy about this show, I've always found it interesting enough. This week I listened to Cox prattle on ("Gee, I don't know anything about anything! I hope it's royalty!") for about ten minutes before deleting the episode. I have nothing against her in particular, but basically I just didn't care what they found or where she had to travel. Next week's episode blurb calls out a "nefarious" relative, which probably means more feigned over the top horror and shame for PR reasons. Maybe I've had my fill of this.

Maybe the most unpopular opinion ever, but I'm not interested in animals -- usually dogs -- on TV shows. The adoration of Toto on Emerald City, for example, or the fetishism of Swatch on Project Runway and Dickens on Grantchester. I think 80% of the people who watched Person of Interest would rather the show had just been about Bear The constant dog talk is tiring: Where was X? Why didn't we see X? I want more X? Wah! Boo! I only watch because of X!

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These days, there are more and more categories were I mentally give up after reading the titles!

Hey, me too! 7% of the population, unite!

These have drawn the strongest emotional responses from me over the years: London Spy I reacted very sympathetically to the protagonist as his life disintegrated while he tried to find out who killed his lover. Gut-wrenchingly well acted, with sharply drawn characters. Endeavour Basically a police detective procedural but so clever and atmospheric. I adore Endeavour/Shaun Evans and everyone in his world. Since it's a prequel, knowing Endeavor's ultimate fate adds a poignant twist. Reckless A single-season show set in Charleston about two opposing attorneys. The chemistry between the leads is what drew me in hard. Mary Tyler Moore There are several sitcoms on my favorites list, but Mary, Lou, Murray, Rhoda, etc., hold a special place. Defiance A sci fi western. I was enthralled by the world and all its alien races. The show had one of my favorite characters of all time, Doc Yewll. The Price Is Right/Jeopardy I've been watching them for 25+ years, so there's that. Special Nostalgia Award Bonanza, because of warm family memories. Sunday dinner at grandma's, then adults and kids all watch together. Honorable Mention Roots, Upstairs/Downstairs, Marcella, The Almighty Johnsons, Goliath, Good Behavior