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This felt correct, although Michael would have as well. That really was a tough decision for Ru. I felt it might have been some of the things that Ginger said about personal struggle that put her over the top, that bullfight metaphor was brilliant. On a tangent, how lovely is Ginger's partner Ben? An odd couple who really seem to love and appreciate each other, it was really nice to see.

I can't disagree with the ouster of the Girlfriend Experience. In this format anyway, she's one of those queens who can't really do anything other than look good. It's simply not enough anymore. Another one exposed as less than well-rounded in that mini-challenge was Denim. She's cute, but I can't see her winning a competition like this.

There's a YouTuber that I like to watch sometimes (some of you are probably familiar with her), Vera Wylde (channel: Council of Geeks), who is a trans woman and a huge Doctor Who nerd. She reviewed this episode and made some very thoughtful statements making these same points. I'm another who really appreciated the trans /non-binary aspects of the episode while simultaneously scratching my head at how that metacrisis resolution unfolded, and she explained it in a way that I appreciate. It's long so if you're only interested in the metacrisis resolution part that's causing so much controversy, start at 33 minutes. I think it's worth checking out her channel if you're interested in a trans woman who often views genre shows and movies through a queer lens, but is, IMO, quite fair and balanced in her analytical approach. She rarely has a purely emotional response to something without being able to clearly explain it with facts. As an analyst myself, I appreciate her takes, whether or not I always agree.

Of course, we talk like Roy even allows her to have an opinion, let alone voice one.

It really was. And Susan? Ruh roh.

I think that was metaphorical, how some people call elderly women "mother". I think that was a fairly common practice in old Britain.

This comment reminds me of a "did he just say that?" moment I had watching this. When Roy and Gator are discussing the deputy that Munch stabbed to death, I thought I heard Roy say they had to inform his fiancees. Plural. Did anyone else hear that? Is it possible that in Roy's little kingdom, they have polygamy? Could Dot have been his wife at the same time as the other lady? And they both got pregnant at the same time? And this is one of the reasons Dot decided she couldn't stay with this guy? I say "one of" because clearly he has some out-of-the box (see what I did there?) sexual peccadilloes as well.

Liz is shortchanged by Who yet again.

Well that certainly took a little bit of a Lynchian turn.

I've liked everything else I saw her in, so I think it's something specific to this production.

Here's a run-on sentence for you (hey maybe I could have written for this season)! You know what, I'll put in some extra white space to make it easier to read: I've decided that the showrunners (sorry can't recall their names and that doesn't bother me at all), who came on and immediately fired Kim Dickens, are so humiliated by having to eat a mountain of crow shoved down their throats by a significant portion of fans who immediately clamoured for her return, that they decided to go scorched earth on this final season and burn it all to the ground, just to spite us (and her).

I guess this penultimate episode shook out as expected. From the ones left, I would be happy with either Ginger or Michael winning. I like Tomara but I don't think she's quite at the level of the other two right now. ETA: is it wrong of me to wonder if the illness that kept Cara away from tonight's reunion was food poisoning (specifically, sour grapes)?

Yeah that was as inconsistent as everything else. Watching this 2 hour finale, I remember thinking that the story was being told in the same way that a child might try to tell you, in a breathless run-on sentence, everything that happened in the entirety of a 5-season series. Like, this is all very interesting but I don't think all these things happened as close in space/time as you seem to think, junior. These showrunners/writers ruined, or allowed to be ruined, the promise of Madison's return. So disappointing. I had said that I would watch Madison in a spinoff, but if it's the same showrunners/writers I'd have to think twice.

Not to mention that walk. She's not as bold as Jimbo.

It was a fake hand. I'll admit though, that at first I thought it was real and that Madison was having her final death dream. Padre was completely blown up. Well, I said last week that the only thing that could even partially redeem this season would be a Madison-Alicia reunion. It was almost true. To say the execution was lacking would be a massive understatement, this was just crap upon crap almost to the end. But the reunion was touching, if rushed, and I was glad to see it happen. Bit of a dick move on Alicia's part to not let anyone else know she was alive, though. If Madison makes it into a spinoff (with or without Alicia) I'll watch, though it would be nice if they could find a skilled surgeon to fix her lungs, that oxygen nonsense is painful to watch.

Even if that were the case, i.e. a pregnant woman dying in childbirth or whatever, wouldn't the baby go into some CPS equivalent and into the adoption process and out to the next appropriate couple on the waitlist? In what universe does the baby go straight from the womb to the next on the waitlist in an emergency situation, completely bypassing the adoption system processes? Unless they have friends at the agency who made it work. Or the mother who died in the hospital was a friend who wanted to pass the baby on to them. Although none of that was hinted at.

It's hard to compete with the Brazile-Maher flirtathon.

Sorry to see Kate go, but man did she give Didi a run for her money in that lipsync. Michael was really good with Peter, I'm glad they won.

This was pretty good, glad no one went home. Brooke looks as fabulous as ever. Denim reminds me a little of Willow Pill. Maybe that's just because her style is quirky, and she's small lol. I don't have any favourites yet. The valley speak is strong in this one.

Well, there's "birds of a feather flock together" or "great minds think alike" but they're not specific to romantic attraction.

It would be nice if we kept both. I know the new one from "Jann", where she plays a similar deadpan character. But the cast is getting up there in number if they keep both. I was a little confused how they went from no adoption prospects in sight to the husband being in Emergency to coming home with a baby. Can someone explain what happened there?

End of the season, natch :)

An average episode that yielded several observations for me: Tom is the best hologram yet (even better than Ian, it pains me to say) Ben the physicist has tons more chemistry with physicist Hannah than he ever had with soldier Addison -- in this case it's the opposite of "opposites attract" It's obvious that the mysterious person behind this compromised chip that brought QL back online will turn out to be Hannah (or she's at least heavily involved) Hannah knows the formula to kill the world -- how's THAT going to work out?

Yeah I don't get this either. Troy has a lot of legitimate reasons for being mad at Madison, why did they fabricate this BS?

Ever since this theory floated I kept saying "how would that even happen? When was Alicia ever away from everyone else long enough to have a baby with Troy and no one mentions it?" I keep forgetting that between now and the last time we saw Alicia it's been 7-8 years. Because that time jump was just a stupid way to stick Mo in as a series lead for a while, and I've tried to wipe that from my memory. Not that it should have ever been a reasonable theory, but this kid, Tracy is it?, would only be 6-7 years old. An obvious age difference between character and actor that's even more egregious than with Mo. So thank goodness they at least didn't try to go there.