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I can't handle the over-the-top energy level, and it grates how her voice goes up several octaves as she enthuses about every little thing and squees over her own genius. Every once in a while she speaks normally to an assistant or in a voiceover, and it's so much better. I think I'm too old to appreciate her design style. Gonna give it a couple more episodes.

It made me wonder if they had asked Tom to do them (or at least half of them) and he claimed to be too busy or something, and was so relieved he hadn't done them once he saw what they put Padma up to.

Her big speech about her realizations that she's been too tough on him and needs to address her own problems was all about her, her, her. Unless I completely missed it, she never apologized for treating him like crap and discussed no plan going forward (like maybe counseling) to help change things. Her whole speech was promising to share even more of her issues with him as long as he hangs around to be educated about why his proper role is being her piñata. She will never have any respect for him until he actually leaves her, and he apparently is never going to do that.

Pretty sure it was the Merrilee Rush version.

Can anyone tell me what episodes covered the commitment ceremonies showing Ines breakup with Bronson and later with Sam? My provider (AT&T) sometimes tapes 2 hours of the show described as different episodes, sometimes tapes 2 hours described as 1 episode, and sometimes tapes 1 hour as 1 episode. When I search for the show it does not know the difference between MAFS and MAFS Australia, adding to the confusion. I'm not sure how I missed the episodes culminating the Ines storyline, but I did.

Two things caught my attention as seeming out of place. 1- one of the men (I've already forgotten who) said to another something like "we could just get a coffee." It just seemed like a modern age-of-Starbucks kind of phrasing to me. 2 - Mrs. Canfield bringing her husband a glass of lemonade with a nice lemon slice adorning the rim. I couldn't help but wonder about the likelihood of finding and affording enough lemons for that at the mercantile in Hope Valley back in its alleged time setting. My theory on Rosemary's plot line is that Hallmark has a bunch of kids from their ditched series "When Hope Calls" still under contract. Rosemary's desire for kids will lead to her starting an orphanage right there in Hope Valley, giving her something meaningful to do, giving Elizabeth more students, and allowing Hallmark to wrap up any open contracts still in effect. Characters I'm ready to see gone include Clara and Jesse, Robert the courier kid, Allie the smart ass kid, Henry Gowan and his alleged son, and Rachel, who showed up because Lee's sister thought Bellingham was not a good place for Rachel to celebrate her birthday (?) but suddenly changed her mind and wants her to come home after all.

I keep hoping they'll have a costume and role playing party set in the year the Chateau was first occupied. Guests could play an original member of the household or staff. I'd volunteer to be an extra, swanning around the grounds in period attire!

I smell something awful on the wind....like a spinoff show.

Pro: A blind taste test! Wish that was the standard practice. Con: Barnacle Blais, now channeling Johnny Weir. Growing annoyances: *bleep* *bloop* *blomp* chef. Questions: Why give the winning Quickfire team members immunity and an advantage in the elimination challenge? Why make such a big deal about having the largest kitchen ever due to safety considerations during the pandemic, but then crowd them into a kitchen at a museum for the elimination challenge?

I figured it would be free food from his Subway franchise. Guess it must have already been closed by then.

My 86 year old Mom said "Well I doubt she's giving him oral because I don't think she could stop talking long enough for that." I am still snickering hours later.

My current pet peeve is the way these young whippersnappers say "you're making me feel some kinda way." Really? What way would that be? Homicidal? Disgusted? In love?

I'm worried about the future generation of Hope Valley. In this week's episode, Elizabeth ran into Nathan coming out of the saloon with a stack of books in his hands. "What's this?" she asks. "Books", he replies, identifying them for the apparently clueless school teacher/author. "For the library."

My Mom and I watch together and between the 2 of us we have correctly identified the Hustler every time. In the last episode we thought it was the attorney until the fact about $1500 Gucci shoes. I don't know if it was a coincidence or not, but the camera shot pulled way out during that discussion for a few seconds, and the Hustler kept shuffling his feet around. We considered that a "tell" like in poker, and honed in on him for good after that. He also did a lousy job at the end trying to talk either regular contestant out of changing their vote.

I wish I had even 5% of the false eyelash and hair extensions business this show generates.

I always hope the wives inform Kodoofus they've resolved their issues by agreeing he's the problem, and he needs to leave for good within 24 hours.

They already replay the same footage within every episode of their shows multiple times before and after every commercial break, not to mention re-airing the whole show and calling it a new episode by inserting a few seconds of "bonus scenes." I figure I'm already paying $5 a month within my DirecTV bill for that -- so no thanks on that D+ offer.

Whether it's Masked Singer or Masked Dancer, I don't know most of them. I call them "owl celebrities" because even when they are revealed I'm left saying "whoooooo?" I don't know Ashley Tisdale other than from this show, but I find her a slight upgrade over Nicole Scherzinger on Masked Singer whose constant comment is "What just happened?!?!" like someone just cured cancer instead of singing a cover song.

It's got to be Rachel Lindsay don't you think?

I can't wait to see the occupations they come up with for the Seniors. Will they just put "retired" in front of medical sales rep, personal trainer, and football player?

I wish Jake would stop being a "character" and just talk to her on a person to person level. Surely he can tell by now she's not "getting" his 80's obsession and dry humor. (If he can't, then that's probably insurmountable in itself). But if he's capable of telling, why not just talk to her about something else or ask her a question? The fact that he doesn't makes me lump him in the same category as Henry from the NOLA season -- probably a likeable guy overall, but impossible for him to relax and just be himself until way too far into this "social experiment" to make it worthwhile for the bride to stick around.

You know the most humorous thing about this show? My DirecTV online guide describes it as a "Medical documentary."

Yeah, I'd like to think it was a sign of growth, but a real sign of growth would be if she'd not thrown the whole hissy fit in the first place. Definitely damage control. Once she got away from her sycophants she caught on to how she was coming across.

"Like, cheers! I'm literally not here to make friends!" Does that get me a villain role?

I was sure they'd roll footage of Tyler and Matt showering off the massage oil afterward. Can't believe they let that opportunity go by.