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Candice has grown on me too. I think she kind of looks like Leslie Mann (but with darker hair, obvs) and I really like Leslie Mann, so that might have something to do with it. I felt bad when she told Paul that she was embarrassed and I thought he handled that well. I was hoping they would put Val out of her misery, and mine, this week. I'm sure she's a great baker at home, without the limitations of a competition, but for me it's uncomfortable to watch her struggle every week. I'm glad she did well in the technical challenge, though.

This was really fun! Honestly, those 8 minutes were more enjoyable than all of season 7 will be. 8,9, and 10 too. Also, look at how much Dave knows about 90210 now! I mean, it's not useful knowledge at all, but still... I'm going to rip off one of John Mulaney's jokes: I’m a terrible driver, I know nothing about cars. I meant to learn about cars, and then I forgot. Nothing that I know can help you with your car ever. Unless you’re like, uh, “Hey I’ve got a flat tire, does anyone here know a lot about Beverly Hills, 90210?”

While I understand the need to cut the podcast down to once a week, I am a little sad that I will have to wait a week for the next episode, which in my opinion has the most ridiculous St. Donna plot - Donna tries to rescue a fawn, her dumb ass gets trapped, fireman whose life she endangers falls instantly in love with her, and she receives an award (I think). It's cute that Steve thinks that a streaking incident will completely do away with the Greek system when serial rape and pledge deaths hasn't even done that.

I think this was brought up on the TWOP forums every time this episode aired: what about the woman with AIDS who spoke at West Bev? Kelly learned when she was 16 that there's a "disease that kills lovers." And to quote Liz Lemon, "Lovers. That word bums me out. Unless it's between meat and pizza." The Simpsons hallelujah airhorn will never not make me laugh. I get Kelly freaking out about the blood getting on her because I think most people probably would, even if you don't have any open wounds. But my God, have some chill in front of the guy who is actually dying of AIDS. Show some decorum and go privately freak out in the bathroom like I do at least once a week at work.

From now on I would like a Kennedy impression and discussion of regional Canadian restaurant chains on each episode, please. So I probably would not have remembered this, but I was at my high school yesterday because it's closing and they had a reception for the alumnae and being back there for the first time in 17 years brought back a ton of memories. My drama teacher freshman year - we'll call him Chris Suitor :-) - talked about how he was once roommates with the non-Joey Lawrence brother on Blossom and how the guy was really weird. However, my drama teacher was kind of an oddball himself, so, you know, grain of salt. I don't know why Lily felt the need to tell Brandon she's "not promiscuous." 1.) He probably could have guessed that based on you wearing the least sexy underwear imaginable and 2.) Who gives a shit if some guy you will never see again thinks you're a slut? And who especially gives a shit if said guy is Brandon Walsh?

I googled Joe/Joey/Joseph Gian because I love cheesy old soap opera photos and I found this. WTF was even going on in this scene? "Honey, lie still so I can build a house of cards on you." I have to say, I kind of agree with you on Jason Wiles. He wouldn't be on my laminated list, but I was surprised that I found him kind of hot when going through the season 6 visual aids. I definitely did not find him attractive when these episodes first aired.

I remember hating this episode when it aired and I still do. It always seemed unnecessarily and unrealistically melancholy. Why are Steve and Kelly all torn up over something that happened 7 years ago? And how did Claire not know about Steve and Kelly? Wasn't she there in the Unreal World episode when Steve said he would get back together with Kelly in a heartbeat? I don't think that Val necessarily believed Kenny's lies, since she is a lot smarter than that. I think she wanted to believe them because she was lonely and was attracted to him (God only knows why) but she didn't want to straight up have an affair with a married guy. His lies gave her plausible deniability, both for herself and for others

I also think Clare's dress is super cute. And it seems out of character compared to the clothes she normally wears, which usually represent the absolute worst of 90's fashion. Maybe the writers used to work for the Parks department and think that librarians are all punk-ass book jockeys.

I get why Brandon was pissed. He's right to be pissed and I would be too. HOWEVAH, the way he reacted is completely inappropriate. You never get up in someone's face to yell at them, especially not your girlfriend. Considering this scene and how often Susan apologized to him, their relationship seems downright abusive.

I can't believe this (interminable, boring) season has more than 30 episodes. I thought this was the finale episode. I think Val and Kelly's adversarial relationship could have been fun if they had let Val win some and Kelly win some. Instead it was Kelly winning all the time and it's not fun to watch one person lose over and over again. Colin's fake money will work once he gets better at drawing ears.

Sarah gets my eternal love for making a Dan Fielding reference. And if I learned anything from Night Court, it's that flight attendant was the sluttiest profession of the 1980's. I realized when looking at these visual aids that Brandon and Trump have the same air of unearned arrogance with the facial expressions to match. I'd like to know if that's what the writers intended or if that was Jason Priestly's decision.

I agree. The second half of the series is pretty shitty and Single White Tara is really the only storyline that stands out in a good way. It's all downhill from here. Sad sack Tracy, Donna's hostage situation (and not even an entertaining hostage situation), Steve's friend who OD's on heroin (or maybe coke?), Brandon and Kelly's boring and predictable reunion, fucking angels. I hate making a Family Guy reference, but the storylines in seasons 7-10 got me like:

And he's still your fiancé? j/k...kind of :-) But if I remember Worcester accurately, that makes total sense.

Hahaha, I love you for this! I always think of the Pop Copy sketch from the first (or one of the first) episode of Chapelle's Show. I am the manager! The first half of the series has so many standout episodes (my personal #1 is Donna Martin Graduates), but the second half has so many boring, "who gives a shit?" episodes. I think these Tara Streetchild episodes are the best (i.e. most ridiculous but entertaining) of the second half of the series.

OMG, "Winchester House hair" is going to become a regular part of my vocabulary. I love anything that is both an insult and a reference to the Winchester House. (And for real, if you're ever in or near San Jose, you've got to go there.) Ya know, the bra is like the least offensive part of the ensemble, so I'm not judging.

Haha, I used to use that extension, but then I was looking at skirts online and the extension changed all the pictures of trumpet skirts to pictures of kittens. As annoying as Brandon, Joe, and (to a much lesser extent) Steve can be, that really is a cute gif of them hiding behind the trees. And in this interminable season, it's all about the the little amusements.

Those Canadian girls who couldn't figure out their tent... (#notallcanadians) Colin and his dad - both assholes. Dave gets to help recap not just a single white Tara episode, but also the Strike the Match episode? This is gonna be golden. Can't wait! There was a good episode of Law and Order (I think regular L&O, not SVU) where Mae Whitman played a character like this. I like your theory.

I just can't with Val and Colin's pathetic relationship and their "I love you" shit. No, Val!

Part of me is glad to hear that TAT is really nice in real life. But another part of me is disappointed because if I were as gorgeous as TAT, I wouldn't be nice to anyone. As a super petty person myself, I'm at least smart enough to know that showing my pettiness in public is just going to make me look shitty. Jennie and Tori apparently never learned that lesson.

Val's outfit to visit Colin in jail isn't the most inappropriate I've ever seen.

Is Joe's brother the UPS guy from Legally Blonde? (Yes. I just looked it up myself. Apparently he's on three later episodes of 90210 playing a guy named Carl, who, if I recall correctly, is Val's mom's fiance who Val *spoiler alert* sleeps with.)

Donna's "Are you there, God? It's me, Duffman," prayer had me cracking up. She's so simple, bless her heart. Why throw in that much exposition in the prayer? It's not like anyone who hadn't already seen the show was going to start at season 6 episode 22. Oh Val, why do you have to make such poor decisions? (Insert gif of Tyra's "I was rooting for you! We were all rooting for you!") You torpedo your relationship with David because you don't want the gang to know about your scheme with Ginger, but then you immediately start dating Colin even though the gang - and especially their leader Kelly - will react terribly to it? Why did the writers do this to poor Tiffani Amber Thiessen, who is, in my opinion, the best actor on the show? I loved this week's challenge because I always give people the stink-eye on the bus and I've thought to myself repeatedly, "One day someone is going to catch you giving them the stink-eye and you're going to get your ass kicked." But frankly, those people deserve it for trying to walk to the front of the bus while people are boarding.

I thought I was going to HATE this show based on the trailer (and the fact that I don't much care for the real Sofia Amoruso), but I ended up loving it. The first few episodes are kind of shallow and superficial (but still entertaining) but after that the show really had a lot of heart. I loved Sofia and Annie's friendship and thought their relationship was particularly well-written. And I thought the addition of Norm McDonald's character and the art student and his mom humanized Sofia more. I didn't mind all the music, but I'm a total sucker for a musical montage. The show also inspired me to better organize my clothes and accessories, so thanks for that Girlboss.

I don't know much about sororities, but after Kelly's stint in the cult last year and the coke addiction and rehab stay this year, how is she still in her sorority? Leaving aside the moral judgements about those issues (because I'm certainly not judging anyone with addiction issues), she wouldn't have been actively involved in the sorority for decent chunks of time, so wouldn't they have kicked her out by now? If anyone knows about sororities or was in one, please let me know what might happen in this situation IRL. And then she tries to get back with him at the end of the season, too, and he kind of blows her off again by not giving her a direct answer.

I've been binge-watching Unsolved Mysteries since Amazon started adding the OG seasons. The show originally aired when I was a kid and all I really remembered about it were the stories about murderers and ghosts, but I have to say, watching it as an adult, the episodes are a lot sadder than I remembered. There are a lot of stories about Depression-era families torn apart after one of the parents dies, children who survived the Holocaust and want to thank American soldiers who were kind to them, and immigrants and/or teen girls who were forced to give their babies up for adoption. Rewatching the episodes, I've learned that social services in the first half of the 1900's was monstrous and, on a much lighter note, there was no crime that people in the 1980's wouldn't blame on satanists.