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Just a quick question and I apologize if this has already been publicized, but are they intentionally going to stay in the Western Hemisphere for the duration of the race? It's starting to feel a little unfair to those teams without a Spanish speaker.

Jessica may be superficially hotter than Chelsea, but her looks are very superficial looking. Chelsea looks more natural.

I finally got to watch this episode, and my assessment echoes pretty much everyone else. However, I do have mixed feelings on one topic that has not been broached. I'm not fully onboard with Ruby being a companion. I think she is a great character and will be an excellent companion, but the events of this episode show how important and integral she is to her family and the family dynamic. I probably would have felt better with an additional scene with her mother and grandmother encouraging her go have her adventure rather than she just leaving them without a word.

In my mind, there is no "Team Diana" or "Team Charles". They are both essentially good people with flaws who were not suited for each other. They recognized the good in each other, but both knew that they weren't good for each other. Charles could be proud of Diana's work with landmines. They both respected and appreciated each other as co-parents. So to me it seems quite justifiable that Charles was emotional that his ex-wife had tragically died.

I'm not sure if this is an ignorant question or one that hasn't been answered yet. Does anyone know what the temporal loom does anyway? Does it create a sacred timeline from many multiverses? What was the essence of time and the multiverses before the loom? What is so horrible about its destruction outside of those in the TVA?

After hearing Brandon complain about scoliosis, my first question was how did he ever pass the medical bar for this show? Personally I'm wondering if Caleb is making Emily his number 2 now to bring as a goat in the end game....

Normally I don't get these whodunnits before the reveal, but I did catch the "roadworks" clue in episode 5. Didn't get the motive, but I got the killer. (Patting myself on the back.)

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As a mother of three daughters all younger than Kate was, this scene hit me hard. I couldn't imagine being a parent and leaving my daughter in that situation alone for so long. Not knowing the comics, I assumed both parents had been killed by the strike that blew a hole in the side of the apartment until Eleanor reappeared.

To be fair to Maryanne, she was feeling very comfortable in the kumbaya environment of the Taku tribe. Now she can sense that she is more vulnerable and probably more willing to keep her cards closer to her chest. If she starts feeling comfortable again, all bets are off.

Well they certainly didn't waste any time. Diana was introduced before the credits rolled. I do think they did an excellent job at casting someone who did look like a shy teenager. I don't buy the actor playing Charles as a 30 year old though. He barely looks out of his teen years himself. This is kind of undercutting the dramatic age gap between the two.

I was surprised that Anderson wasn't more sure of his Florida answer to the two time zone question. I knew it since it came up in the 2000 election controversy over Florida. Networks had called Florida for Gore at 8 pm Eastern even though the polls hadn't closed in the more conservative panhandle since they were in the Central time zone. You'd think someone who worked in the news industry that got blamed for that guffaw would be aware of that bit of trivia.

I've been trying to do some watching of seasons that I missed on Hulu, but some of the episodes are missing within seasons. It's a bit jarring and I feel like it's a ploy to get you to purchase CBS All Access. Anyone else with similar problems.

Parvati and I are nothing alike, but I totally got the bonding over kids conversations thing. Before kids you had to find something else in common, after kids anyone can relate. I figured that Amber had to go. One of them had to go. You can't have two people who obviously will never separate in the game (or hopefully ever). I get that people do form bonds with strangers within the game, but part of the game is hoping that they have your back and gaining that trust. Rob and Amber don't have to worry about each other. As Rob said, it was pretty hypocritical of him to vote out one half of a pair. I don't think the players yet know how the voted out players can affect the game which does add another layer of strategy to the game. I'm still not convinced playing with the rules is a good or bad thing. After all, they're all winners, why not mix it up?

I almost think that Michael's demonic version looked more ideal, as it was presented. Different activities (flying, pet day) for the neighborhood were cycled in. Residents were encouraged to fulfill their dreams, such as opening a restaurant. Chidi wanted to continue working on his book. Maybe Eleanor and Tahani could find some other self-actualizing hobby. Just because one reaches paradise doesn't mean that creativity dies. As Eleanor stated, a vacation is only special if it ends. So what these people really need to do is get to work.

I anticipate there is a problem, but I don't think Michael is aware of it at this point. I took his look as one of reticence, letting go of the life he has known it to move onto the next chapter.

I know that. I just meant it tied things up nicely as if it was a series ending...everyone goes off in a balloon to the Good Place and their next adventure.

Well that tied things up nicely enough for a series ending, although it was a bit quick. More importantly, the magic panda returned!

I liked the second tweet, and I'll confess to having thought of the first tweet before that. However coming from James, that seemed like a cheap shot.

Maybe I missed something but wasn't there another underlying issue...the massively large point total needed to gain admission into the Good Place. Even Doug with his large point total wasn't going to make it by this standard. The episode only focused on the fact that humans could get better, but could anyone still attain the ridiculous number of points necessary without being a human rights lawyer who freed innocent people from death row?

I agree. The whole episode felt very abrupt in finding the solution so quickly. I guess they at least stopped the judge from rebooting humanity so immediate crisis resolved.

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I haven't really watched recently until this season so my reasoning may be off. However, I was just thinking about the complaints of the gender disparity. All the women who were voted off later in the game were considered too threatening to be sitting in the final three with. Hence we ended up with a mediocre winner over two goats. I don't know if this applies to other seasons, but it seems like the women were too good in this season to be kept around.

Rocky and his cohorts were exactly the people I had in mind when I talked about contestants being downright mean especially against Anthony. My favorite part of that season was how karma came a calling on them, and we ended up with one of my favorite blindsides ever against Eduardo. That season seemed very much about team good against evil with the triumph of good.

I guess what I meant to say is that while sexual harassment is pretty clear, it would be harder to prove someone voted a certain way because of prejudices. A lot of people may have racist tendencies and still not make it clear. You could make harassment in general against the rules, but then there are so many incidents in the past where players have bullied others who were not in the majority alliance on a tribe. They weren't racist. They were just mean.