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  1. The way Lala was needing to be squeezed during her panic attack? All I could think was ‘someone get that girl a Thundershirt.’ Billie whining that Lala had been super nasty to her while at Sur and how Lisa didn’t do anything about it? Difference is, Lala was shouting at her co-workers, not Lisa. Lisa will take a whole lot of fights between the staff at her restaurant because it not only creates drama for the show, it’s also dramatic performances for the customers at Sur (many of whom are eating there in hopes of seeing someone shouting at someone else). But no one gets to yell at Lisa at Sur. I was surprised that Brittany wasn’t upset that Scheana ran right to Billie to tell her she wasn’t invited to the engagement party, like right to her.
  2. Oh I'm sure that we'll get some kind of continuing back and forth about Carolyn and her being in the 12. And it may turn out that she's in the 12 but somehow convince Eve that the 12 aren't so bad (like all their dark deeds are really meant to make the world go round in a better way, etc.). While I initially thought Villanelle's killing of Gabrielle was out of some twisted form of empathy - in that she wouldn't want to live like that - I also think that it was always going to happen regardless if she was feeling "bad" for him or not. He knew too much. She'd told him that there were bad people after her, but also told him she was heading to London. I think as soon as she got that far in talking to him, he was always going to be a goner.
  3. I know that this first episode felt like they were re-booting for a repeat of last season, Eve vs. Villanelle cat and mouse. I think some of that will be true. But I think it might also be that it becomes Eve + Villanelle against the 12. Given that the 12 (had to be them, right?) sent a "cleaning" crew to Villanelle's apartment, killed the old lady next door too, must mean that they were ready to remove her permanently. They not only killed the neighbor but cleared out all of Villanelle's belongings - which she saw. So she knows someone was coming to take care of her even before Eve came in and stabbed her. And if she doesn't have Constantine looking out for her, in his way, then she's really on her own. So I'm wondering if at some point she becomes an asset for Eve and perhaps Carolyn too? That's not to say that it wouldn't be a very uneasy alliance, but I could see that an alliance would be formed.
  4. The way I understood it, and I'm not sure I fully understand it, is that they get paid $5000 each for the appearance and if there's no judgement then they both walk away with $5000. But if someone wins an award from JJ then they take the money from the loser's pot. So if I'm a plaintiff and I'm suing for $2000 and I win, then I walk away with my $5000, but the loser only gets $3000. I think that's why they still get angry. If they lose then they may potentially walk away with no money for the appearance. They are still better off than in a real court because the payment to the winner is not coming out of their pocket, but they aren't earning anything either. But back to PR - I agree about Kovid's stories getting old but I also understand how all the producer driven interviews work. They're crafting story after the fact so they can always shape the interviews to get the answers and dialogue they want in order for the storylines to go the way they've written them. I do think Kovid's look was the worst, but if I go by the rules of the challenge (though the judges didn't totally seem to be doing so), his was certainly more of a survival outfit for that climate than Afa's was. So I guess that matters? 🤔
  5. When Axe was talking Dollar Bill out of doing the deed with the chicken he not only talked about the Ice Juice issue as a financial/legal mistake, but also mentioned that you don't want to mess with the food chain. So he was factoring it in to some extent. I too was giving this the side-eye, but in addition to Wags commenting that he does know the math, Wags also made mention the next morning when he came in the office and Axe was still there looking at the formula that he'd pulled an all nighter. So it wasn't like finger-snap quick. Axe spent a good 36 hours studying it before finding the mistake. Still not sure there's been the grounding in storytelling that makes me believe he has this level of math formula skill, but they did at least write it to make it somewhat plausible. Funny thing with last night's episode - I thought lots of characters were acting out of character (as they have all season), Wendy sitting in and actively participating on the plotting to get Taylor, Axe being cool with Dollar Bill's major financial mistake, Rhodes being cool with plotting with Bobby to do all sorts of dirty deeds, etc. - but even given all those inconsistencies I still really liked it. I like when they're all maneuvering and getting away from the Axe vs Rhodes dynamic has given the show new energy to my mind. Sure I wonder why Sacker and Connerty don't seem to have anything to do but take down Chuck, but I like the plots and counter plots. Oh and I loved Taylor and their dad - all of those scenes.
  6. I was trying to figure out why Nene didn't attend Porsha's gender reveal party and she said something about how Porsha (more than any of the other wives) doesn't support others' events so that's why she didn't go. But that didn't seem right to me. I'd forgotten about closet-gate. Although even that doesn't quite fit, because they had a make-up discussion at Eva's wedding about the closet situation. Kandi skipping Porsha's party seemed logical given their still strained relationship (going back to Phaedra-rape-gate) and that Porsha has not come to any of Kandi's events. I do give Porsha a bit of a pass, because pregnant, but I also think P has used her pregnancy this season as an excuse to get out of what she didn't want to attend. They're all contracted to appear at each other's events - otherwise no show - but I'm guessing being pregnant is one out the producers would allow for any and every time. Tanya initially struck me as fairly bland, but after her going out of her way to help spread the news about Eva's financial situation and then adding a dig about Eva bringing expensive flowers to Porsha's baby reveal party, she's striking me as far less sunshine-y than originally played.
  7. I think Nene has felt all season like she's lost the power position - she hasn't been able to drive stories as she usually would because she had to pretend to care what was happening with Greg. So she's been off balance all season. Tries to do her usual bits of dominance over the others, but then has to pause things to put in a modicum of effort being the "caretaker" for her husband. It's thrown her off as she is not that great an actress and she's had to expend a lot of energy on showing how much she "cares". If she'd been smarter she would have told the producers she had to sit most of this season out - with ocassional drop-ins so she can play lady-caretaker and get sympathy and strokes from all the others. She could have sat this one mostly out, garnered loads of sympathy for her saint-like choice, and then come roaring back. But she is incapable of making this choice because that would mean less money and attention. If she had cut back drastically this season, she'd be sitting pretty, more popular than ever and able to really lord it over the others when she returned. Instead she decided to do the season, thinking she could still control the narrative about how much she "cares" for and about Greg, but the cracks in that story have now become canyons. She just couldn't do it. She could not take care of Greg for three whole months - or even pretend to - because that meant the focus was not completely on her. So by the time the filming was wrapping up, she had realized just what a mess she'd made and how it was affecting her power position. That's why she's been so angry at these last few events (Eva's wedding, this party for Cynthia). No one is paying her any attention at all - because of course they aren't as the events aren't about her - and she isn't able to fully engage to gain attention in the ways she'd normally do because of Greg's illness and her "role". Kenya appearing at Cynthia's event was just the last straw. One side note: Loved when Nene said she was going to bring Tanya to her sit down with Cynthia instead of Marlo because she (Nene) wanted to talk about how she felt and if Marlo was there she'd try to make it about how Marlo feels. Nene said this with such a stunning lack of self-awareness that I laughed out loud.
  8. I'm okay with Hester winning even though I liked Sebastian's design more. What I appreciated about Hester's was the fun of it, as none of the other prints came anywhere close to being happy or as joyous as print can be. Two camo outfits? black and white? white with beige and gray? just variations on neutral for most of them. There was the one with the gray and pink stripes but the pink was a gray-y pink so still fairly bland as a color. Kovid's print had some color thank goodness, but the rest? Like Tessa was actually MAJORLY stressed that she couldn't use black and gray solids? Sebastian's was beautiful but the print was also a gray on gray, or perhaps black on gray? Lovely for sure but not exactly a wild print. So I'm okay with the Hester win even as annoying as she is. My thought on the models is that I think that for each runway they should all have plus size or all thin. I'm a curvy woman (okay could probably be more accurately described as short and round-ish), but it is just true that clothes will look better on a tall, very thin person, basically a hanger with legs. (not slighting models for the work they do, btw). Yes, some designers can come up with outfits that looks phenomenal on a larger woman, Christian being one, but it does add a level of difficulty and when the contestants are in a challenge it's supposed to be level playing field (other than the person who wins immunity and apparently second placer gets to choose their model?). I would like it if they would switch off every other week. One week lean models, one week curvy, for everyone. Then see where the chips fall. Oh and maybe throw in male models a couple times in the season.
  9. The thing with Nadine was that she could have changed things up but wouldn’t. You can tell from the moment she realizes who her model is, a larger, curvy woman, that she knows her gaucho pants are probably not the way to go. She started grumbling about her model as soon as she saw her measurements, complaining about why does she have to have a 12/14? She then threw in a comment about how she loves to design for curvy women, but switched right back to how she wasn’t sure her design would work and they flashed to her sketch. So right in that moment she knew. At the very start of the challenge. This is before they’ve even picked fabric. Most other designers would have the realization and then make adjustments, to the design, to what they were thinking about for fabric, etc. But she’s so rigid she could not do it. In the judging Nina asked if she’d ended up with her final product because of last minute adjustments and Nadine insisted this was what she’d sketched. And it was. It was exactly what she started with and never changed an iota. Instead she criticized the model, not just on the runway but in the fitting as well, told her to go home and practice her walk.
  10. I liked the Captain a lot and thought she had great chemistry with Nolan but I could not imagine a single scenario where she and Nolan could have got together. If it’s bad for a female cop to date another cop (as everyone told Chen was the case), then imagine if a female captain got involved with a subordinate? There is just no way it would work. I liked tonight’s ep as once again they mixed up the teams which I always like. It’s such a solid cast and I just enjoy when they switch things up.
  11. I thought so too based on the flashback footage they showed of him with his dad, but I think that Creamsicle drink footage was from a while ago and wasn’t actually the most recent meeting with his dad. Of course in his talking head he made clear that he’d had a drink a couple days before, but talking heads are filmed later so he may not have technically lying to Lisa in that moment. Although creamsicle drink aside I don’t really believe he’s not been drinking. We just don’t have evidence if you go by what he told Lisa.
  12. And then he’s surprised that she rage-texted him during the flight. 🤔
  13. I got why they had Bess off in seclusion so that it gave Jay a chance to do the work and the writers a chance to develop his and other characters in new ways. All for that. But I knew as soon as Bess left her phone on the bed with Dr. Ethical Super Hero Henry staying behind that it'd turn out he was in on meetings and stuff no matter the topic. And sure enough, there's Henry in the meeting with the people from the WHO and CDC in a discussion about a measles epidemic. Because of course he has to be called into all high level meetings in the oval office, many times more than Bess is at this point. Arghhhhh. Other than that I was happy to see some of the other characters have a bit more space to do stuff. Just not Henry. Never Henry!
  14. I thought her sudden ennui and concern about the BDSM was out of left field. In every scene we've seen in the past few seasons where Chuck and Wendy are engaged in this way, they're both engaged. To the point that they've visited others (the woman we saw talk to Wendy) for the lifestyle. We've never seen Wendy question it or look like she was upset that Chuck could only participate in that way. The way it was written in this episode was that Wendy was talking with the other woman investor about wants and desires and expressing (with her facial expressions and some of what she actually said) that she wants something different than what she does have with Chuck. That also came through in their love scene and when she questioned the dom female and with her running at the end of the episode. I don't question that a person could have those questions about their relationship, but with the way it is coming up so suddenly with Wendy when everything we've been shown in the past has been the opposite of this. It just seems part and parcel with so much else they've changed about Wendy's characterization. Makes me wonder if there are brand new writers on board this season? Other than that, I quite enjoyed this. I actually love when they're all maneuvering as they were last night and how previous players and schemers keep coming into the mix. I did think the way in which the female CEO went from being angry with Bobby about his maneuvers to all right, 'I'm in to take Taylor down' was a bit abrupt and I'm hoping that means she will do some scheming down the road to make clear she isn't just going to allow Bobby to run things. I'd love it if she was running a double-blind on him and was going to support Taylor in some way. But of course that could just be because I love Taylor.
  15. I don’t really think she wants out, not truly. But I think she’s someone who’s always waiting for the other shoe to drop in a relationship, so she pushes to see if this thing is the shoe. For whatever reason she can’t envision a forever relationship so she convinces herself it’s better to cut her losses sooner. That’s my read on her anyway.
  16. I think they did a good job with the Kevin/Zoe developments and discussion. Both actors played it well. The woman playing Zoe did a good job with expressing that she doesn't want to have kids but also with her body language and expressions making it clear that she was a little bit hoping that this would be the thing to force them to break up. You can tell she's sure they're going to break up at some point and she was a little hopeful that this would be the thing. (Even though she loves him and doesn't want to break up). She can feel it coming at some point because that's been her pattern and what she's experienced, so she's kind of bracing for it and pushing for it at the same time. And as for Kevin's reactions - they make sense too. Women have a shorter window in their lifetimes to have children so it's not unusual for them to have thought pretty seriously about the idea of kids. Because the window to have kids is, for all intents and purposes, their entire adult lifetime for guys, it's realistic that the extent of Kevin's thinking about it is 'sure I want kids someday because that's what people in relationships do.'. All of that was nicely done - even if it makes me sad to think of Kevin losing another relationship.
  17. I was convinced after leaving the terrible message that Randall would hear that Beth had been in an accident, so at least we didn’t have that happen and have to see him as the tortured with guilt spouse. As it is his jerkitude is intact.
  18. I did hear that but even so didn’t think it rose to the level of must be there. Her boss had given her public praise at the recital, emphasizing how much she had done in such a short time, so having to be there at a discussion over drinks didn’t feel make or break. I can’t imagine they’d decide the future of the dance studio over drinks. Of course this is not to say that I haven’t pretty much hated Randall all season. He’s been a unmitigated jerk all season, demanding and inflexible.
  19. For a very brief moment I was on Randall’s side. Beth’s last minute “I need to go out for drinks because they’re my new coworkers” just didn’t feel like a make or break for her in her job, at that point. And then...Randall returned to being the jerk he’s been all season. So blip of being on his side quickly passed. The thing with Randall is he throws all in on things and expects everyone else to go along. He did it with his bio dad then with deciding they needed to take on a foster kid, Deja. And now being a councilman. But he is shit at realizing the way his obsessions affect others. I thought the scene at the dance where he was obsessing in the library was a nice demo of that. Oh and once again casting did a stellar job. Kid Rebecca in that brief flash looked like a mini Mandy Moore.
  20. Billie’s Brunch? Like until she thought of it they didn’t have brunch at SUR? I’m sure she came up with this because she didn’t get invited to the first Girls Night or whatever it was. But Billie’s Brunch just sounds like a roadside diner. But this is one with a kickin’ DJ playing some jams. Hard to know who to root for otherwise, between Lala, Billie, Raquel and James?
  21. I think Nene and Greg got back together for business reasons - not sure what those would be but I think that in some way it must have been advantageous for the two of them financially for them to re-up their marriage. I think they both thought this would work better for practical reasons and that's totally fine. The problem for Nene now is that she feels like she wasn't signing up for this - caring for a seriously ill spouse - and she doesn't want to do it. But she also knows she looks like an asshole if she dumps him because he's sick and needing care, so she's putting out there how "mean" he's being and trying to lay the groundwork for his abusing her (emotionally or physically or in some way). If she can prove he's "abusing" her, then it she's totally fine to walk away from him. At least that's what I think she's aiming for. Nene wants it both ways. She wants to use Greg's illness and all that SHE is going through because of it to shut down the other women when they want to call her out on something. But she also wants to somehow show how mean Greg is being so that she can get out of having to care for him.
  22. I really enjoyed this. Chuck with his parking pass getting increasingly bummed that it's clearly not the big prize he thought it was (especially loved when Wendy was giving him the 'oh please' look before she went to talk to the guy about the ski runs). And then the payoff. Finally someone needs his parking pass and it's the person who can actually get him in to see the person he needs to see. Also loved him and the Commish acting out the mob murder and laying on the ground next to the car (though I did have a bit of worry that a car would come along and run over the Commish and Chuck's new power-buddy would be smushed). Loved how Chuck's running around trying to solve one problem was mirrored by Axe's doing same in order to find Wags. When Axe was wondering if they were torturing Wags and mentioning all the terrible things that could be happening, his guy who does dirty deeds for him (can't remember his name) doesn't tell him 'no none of that is happening'. Instead he's like, 'well maybe some of that, but more likely pumping him with truth-telling drugs...". Can't wait to see Connerty run up against Jeffcoat's wants and needs. As much as I feel for Connerty and how Chuck has messed him around multiple times, he knows that Jeffcoat is dirty, dirty, dirty and has willingly taken Chuck's job by plotting with Jeffcoat to get Chuck out, so he's also slipping down that slippery slope pretty quickly. So it will be interesting to see what Jeffcoat is going to want and how that will affect him (and Sacher too). Though Axe going after Taylor so strongly is a bit much, it is in character for him. When he's thwarted or "betrayed" he goes after the person no holds barred. Taylor's dressing as fem was impressive (from a willing to get anything to get what they need perspective, given how uncomfortable the idea was for them) and wow do their eyes still pop no matter what they're wearing. Only thing feeling off last night is how Wendy is behaving. She's done a complete turnaround in terms of morality and ethics. Not that good people (and her being "good" has always been up for question given her job) can't dirty their hands, but she is doing a deep dive into supporting Bobby's revenge on Taylor and that feels off to me. One thing I'm still not clear on. Does Grigor have money with both Axe and Taylor? I somewhat watched the last episode from last season and I think it was left at Grigor put money with Axe, took it out of Axe's fund without telling him, then put it back after they met at his family dinner to talk. And he put money in with Taylor?
  23. Ha! Thanks. Funny thing is I knew that as I was writing the post, then second-guessed myself because of blondes and brunettes. I really had the picture of Ramona hopping up to cruise and Tinsley and Dorinda sitting there barely talking and awkward, but then added Sonja in.
  24. I thought the opposite. I thought the group with Luann seemed to be having a good time and genuinely happy that Lu was doing okay at that point. Whereas with the blondes it just seemed weird and dull. They barely sit down and Ramona hops up to cruise the bar and Sonja, Dorinda and Tinsley are just left there looking uncomfortable. Both Sonja and Tinsley looked like they wanted to be across the street and Dorinda just seems to be oozing angry vibes even when they’re not talking about Luann. Dry drunk indeed.
  25. I didn’t read it as he gave it up for her. I read it as he found out they were going to offer it to her so he got her to ask him if he’d turn it down for their relationship. He said he wouldn’t turn it down then asked her if she’d turn it down. She said no because he’d said it first (though she looked a bit crushed), then he told her she was going to get the call about the job. He made it so that she could accept without major guilt, which I thought was very cool, but I don’t think he was offered it first and turned it down. Though I’m glad Shaun has his job back and isn’t being tormented any more, the sudden turn around by Andrews and the board saying nothing at that point felt a bit too easy. Now if they’d maybe showed some backroom conversations between Andrews and the board or between board members about Han - maybe about being okay with getting rid of him because he blackmailed them - then the boardroom scene would have worked better. Or even if Glassmen or Andrews had brought up a potential lawsuit. Either would have made it a more realistic scenario then Glassmen making a nice speech and Andrews having his turnaround was.
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