BlazingBloomers

I agree that we’ll probably see Sunny again. I think it’s interesting that he owns grocery stores. Isn’t that what Emily’s husband did in season 1?

I am liking this show very much. The scenery is gorgeous. I was lucky enough to visit that area a couple of years ago and it is so beautiful there. Was anyone else afraid that the girls running through the desert would stumble on the bodies of the Mormon family?

https://deadline.com/2022/05/surrealestate-previously-canceled-paranormal-drama-series-return-season-2-syfy-1235020384/ So happy to hear this! I loved this show!

They’ve already done “stranded on a desert island” but if they want to stick with Verne and sidestep 20,000 Leagues there’s always Mysterious Island.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/01/11/redwood-forest-owned-by-king-tut-of-hoarders-in-santa-cruz-mountains-begins-new-chapter/ Here is an update on Roy with all the cars. I haven’t seen his episode in quite some time but I thought he was battling cancer that had taken a turn for the worse and that was 10 years ago. Am I confusing him with someone else?

I’d bet that the judges are allowed an up close look at the final products before the contestants are brought in for the on camera presentation. There have been times that a judge has commented on something on the back of the piece that they couldn’t possibly see from the judges table. Either that or they are fed information from the production staff who should be able to recognize potential issues.

I think that Lady Loki stole the reset charges and sent them back to critical points in the Sacred Timeline where even a small deviation would create a rapidly branching new line. This would force the TVA to deploy most, if not all, of their teams very quickly leaving headquarters unprotected. We saw multiple teams heading out almost immediately. The portal she and Loki went through might just take them right into the TVA.

I watched the first episode and couldn’t bring myself to watch more but I have read recaps from several sites and all the episode threads here. My theory for how it ends is that Perry gets Alice on the stand and she loses it. Maybe he asks her about mothers and if she thinks Emily was a good mother. The floodgates open about Birdy and the things she’s put Alice through. Birdy then loses it in response and we get an “after everything I’ve done for you” confession.

Corey nailed it when he said Althia set unreasonable prices on things because deep down she really didn’t want to get rid of anything. I have a friend who has 200 craft/art projects each about 80 percent finished. She goes on and on about how she needs to sell them to make some money but she refuses to finish them. She says she keeps them unfinished because people always want them bigger or smaller or a different shade of whatever color but that’s just an excuse. If she finished one she might actually sell it and that’s the last thing she wants to do. Althia is definitely a hoarder but I also think she’s stuck in her grieving process. She’s furious at Julius for not seeing their dream through and leaving her with the mess. The hoard and the house are constant reminders of that, continually feeding the anger. On some level she doesn’t want to give the anger up because once it’s gone what’s left? For many people it would be acceptance and peace but Althia’s not wired that way.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1994-01-23-9401230385-story,amp.html I’ve never tried to post a link so I hope this works. It’s an article from 1994 that talks about people renting rooms in their homes to attendees of some huge home show near Greensboro and they interview Sandra. They estimated she could bring in $25,000 just renting out bedrooms during the show. I don’t think they showed any pictures of Sandra’s current location. Her brother made it clear in his follow up interview that she was still hoarding but that she had refused to participate in the new show. I think the footage they showed was from the first show. It may have been unaired footage but I don’t think they had anything new of her.

They’re saving the “Slovenly Assholes” title for the hoarder/hemorrhoid sufferer/proctologist show they’re planning for next season. 😈

I only started watching this about six months ago and with repeats and compilation shows I'm not sure how long ago this case happened. There was an elderly man and his German shepherd who were in an accident and the dog went into the windshield or the dashboard so hard he fractured his skull. It was so bad that every time he took a breath his forehead bulged. They had to transfer him to the trauma center at the university I think. Dr. Emily got a call saying he made it there but we never heard anything else. I assume the worst because they usually love to follow up on miraculous recoveries but even in the worst case there's usually a voiceover or comment on the screen when an animal doesn't make it. Does anyone else remember this? I think the dog's name was Rip.

I think my favorite episode is the one where Opie raises the baby birds after accidentally killing their mother. It's not funny at all but I love the ending. I think of it every time I find myself in a "glass half empty" frame of mind. Opie releases the now-grown birds and sadly says that the cage is so empty and Andy says, "yes, but don't the trees look full".

That moment did stand out to me also because the attitude seemed different. We've seen him yell, cry, threaten and plead but not this. When he did the stammering all I could think of was - very bad actor failing miserably at looking guilty and repentant. I do believe he thought it was cute in kind of an endearing way, still a fail. He always has some smart comment to make and this was one of the few times, if not the only one, when he didn't seem to be able to spew words. It's like he was trying out a new type of response and hasn't perfected the act yet.

I won't disagree about Justin having social anxiety issues but I bet he does OK when the interaction is on his terms and concerns something he is really interested in. I have a funny feeling that left on his own he wouldn't have expressed any interest in contacting Dr. Now. Sitting in a small shop that only attracts people that are interested in the things you love might be heaven to him What is the possibly that he was coerced into participating? I can see Steven screaming and crying and guilting his dad into getting Justin to participate. Either because TLC said they wanted a package deal with the two of them or no show or because Steven knew they (he) would get twice as much airtime. If Justin was a reluctant participant to begin with I can see how a horrendous trip halfway across country while everyone caters to the brother he despises would push him over the edge. Then he gets to Houston and a doctor followed by cameras gets in his face and just wants to scare him about his health and make him stay right near his brother. That's not how we see it but look at it from Justin's POV. I think it was just too much for him.