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Aren’t they contractually obligated to pretend to be in a relationship for a certain amount of time? Plus, I’m sure Clare will base her decision to break up on how much press she gets. She’s probably thinking she can go on every talk show with Dale as a couple, then go on AGAIN after they break up as some strange “empowered victim” motif she has going for herself. If they break up right away that decreases her time in the spotlight.

Love Island is about as close to “fun” that these shows can get (low stakes, pretty peoples, lots of twists to keep people from playing too many games). They just need to cast better people. This season sucked. Joe Millionaire had a great premise, but they screwed it up by thinking anybody actually cared whether the guy found a relationship. We wanted to watch vapid, superficial, gold diggers fight over a guy who they didn’t know wasn’t rich. Instead they had the guy vote those women off.

Really like this show. I’d prefer fewer Rachel-centered shows as they seem the most manufactured and least believeable, but overall this is a fun break to the doom and gloom.

Most people will go through their entire lives only ever capable of seeing themselves as the hero or the victim in their own life story. It takes real maturity and self reflection to think that sometimes you’re a villain, or maybe even just a bystander to someone else’s story. Sadly, Clare lacks both those qualities. It’s unfortunate, too, because life becomes a whole lot easier when you’re not completely self absorbed and able to admit when you’ve done something wrong.

Don’t forget, most of what is known about these people’s lives is what they themselves are telling us, so take it with a grain of salt. I’m sure if you Google these people you can read stories, but I’m guessing these people aren’t as popular and high society as they’d like us to believe. As people have mentioned on the Charleston show, real high society probably doesn’t want to go on reality TV. For all the money and notoriety these people supposedly have, they seem to have pretty well adjusted, upper middle class parents and families. And the cast themselves seem to all live in pretty run down apartments. My guess is the cast is kind of the “runts of the liters” of whatever family name they come from.

If there is a season 4, hopefully this will make it better. Not sure why Davina thinks she’ll still be on the show but hopefully Netflix moves on from her. She brought nothing to the show and is easily replaced. https://evoke.ie/2020/10/08/showbiz/selling-sunset-star-reveals-shes-leaving-the-oppenheim-group

Did he even talk? Or did they just have him on camera and other people talked about him? I wonder if they just hired an actor to play “Dustin” so they could have a season storyline. The whole idea of Rachel having a hard time finding a date seems fake and forced.

Now I’m in Altman’s first season. It’s crazy, knowing who Josh is now makes him seem subdued back then. It’s so jarring. I remember how obnoxious he was, but going back and rewatching he’s actually more normal than he is now. And it’s cute to see him and Heather together, because they do seem genuine. They’re very flirty and from the beginning Josh treated her with respect and really championed her. I’m to the part where Heather wants to become an agent and Madison has turned it into something about him, a stance I always took issue with and thought Madison was just being selfish. It’s even more clear in hindsight. Madison’s stance doesn’t really make sense, unless he just expects Heather to be his assistant forever and never pursue her own goals. This is actually the second time Madison did this. In one of the first seasons his assistant takes a job for more money, she’s a single mom. Madison doesn’t say congratulations or he’ll miss her or even “I’ll pay you more money to stay” he just tells her it puts him in a bind. I remember liking Madison but now he just seems very self centered and selfish.

I never understood the Carrington hate. Of everyone there, he seemed the most honest and upfront about things. Part of why I stopped watching Bachelor in Paradise was because of how dumb it was those people got engaged after knowing each other for two weeks. A bunch of 20-somethings from across the country hanging out for a few weeks should expect more Carringtons and less Johnnys. The girls who were into him couldn’t handle what he was telling them (and maybe he didn’t always express himself the best) but that’s also on them, too. Kierstan, for example, kept up this story that she was doing it all for him, so he kind of needed to be harsh and blunt with her to get the message across. And she still seemed to not get it.

Yeah, it’s a head scratcher. Best I can offer is maybe there’s more to the story than just being a party girl. Carrington genuinely seemed turned off around Kierstan, and according to Lauren the two were fighting a lot before the breakup. I’m guessing, “I don’t want a party girl” became an easy excuse for both of them to use to quickly explain why it didn’t work.

Seriously. For all the publicity that casino got for this show you’d think they would have rolled out the red carpet and given these people five star meals. Five weeks watching people eat sumptuous meals might have actually enticed viewers to want to stay there. But I’m sure the girls picking over granola will have a similar effect.

I wouldn’t trust Moira on the outside. Maybe they’ll stay together for a bit for Instagram or interviews. Ultimately, Moira settled down because she was running out of new options. Once this is over there will be a ton of guys approaching Moira complementing her smile and eyes and telling her about puppies and ice cream and she’ll get distracted and confused.

Now let’s get more Snoop Donk! And cows, and horses. And if you pay attention, it looks like Terry and Tawny add another dachshund to their couch every episode. Ha!

Gotta admit, kind of like this show. Came for the animals and outdoor scenery and stayed for the good naturedness family. Sometimes it seems a bit staged and rehearsed, but I’m giving up on all the Bravo fighting, yelling, “Drama” and looking for shows where people actually care and are nice to each other.

I think this was the plan all along. CBS just wants storylines, and the best way to do that is to focus on one couple at a time until their story is “done” then move on. I know people think this is somewhat organic, but I still think it’s all rigged. You don’t want to “peak” too early on this show because it’s no fun to watch one couple win wire-to-wire. I don’t think Cely and Johnny ever had a chance, they were just an early distraction. CBS is pushing for Caleb and Justine now that all the drama is done.

Hope things work out for Heather and Tarek. It looks like Tarek’s ex is already done with marriage #2 and she sounds lost and confused. For the kids’ sake I hope all the grownups get their acts together.

It’s also eye opening to see clients gripe about receiving low bids in a falling market on the order of tens of thousands of dollars. It seems like a lot of these mega mansions across the country are selling for tens of MILLIONS of dollars below listing, often for close to 50% of the original list price. Makes you wonder who is making the market and coming up with these insane valuations. Properties like the Castle are never going to sell.

I’m so bored I’m going back and rewatching past seasons of this show. I’m currently at season 3, when they are being hit by the Great Recession. It’s crazy, that was a housing bubble with Southern California being considered ground zero, yet these agents are buying/selling houses actual people live in for $1-10 M. Fast forward to the past few seasons where we’ve seen properties turn into these sterile, museum pieces that nobody lives in selling for $20-100M. I realize the agents and the Show have become more popular so their clients might change, but it still suggests to me there’s another real estate crash on the horizon. The “overpriced mansions” from 2007-2008 seem like peasant shacks compared to the properties we saw this year.

It makes sense that Mackenzie has a team of stuffed animals she keeps with her at all times. Now Connor can just be added to her literal collection of puppets she can control.

I think the frustrating part was this season feels like lost potential whereas last season just had awful people. Other than Mackenzie, this cast was better than last year it just doesn’t seem like anyone wanted to date. I don’t know why CBS has years of data on what works for the UK, Australia, and elsewhere yet still screws it up.

Lol. Maybe that’s what she was referring to by going big then going home.

Missed everything except the recoupling but sounds like I didn’t miss anything. All I could think while hearing Carrington’s speech was, “What girl would be happy with THAT speech?” Apparently, Laurel. I’ll give her the benefit of the doubt and say she probably wasn’t paying attention until she heard her name. Still don’t buy Kierstan’s “she went big”. I think she got over Carrington pretty quickly but then just used it as an excuse to not try. Guess I’m done now. Believe it or not but these shows get even more boring once all the couples are set.

Thanks! Nothing there really sparks my interest.

This interview with Mackenzie is up. I don’t have the energy or stomach to watch so I’m hoping someone on here will watch and summarize for us. Lol.

Connor was the worst, but why is this entire cast awful at talking? How did BSB phrase things last night? “Johnny has some words that he’d like to express to you tonight that I’m going to speak now”? Or something awful like that.