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I could be wrong on this, but I think I remember reading something at the time that she left DCC when she did to become a consultant or choreographer or something on the movie “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk.”

Panty liners in the blouse armpits? I’m not sure if they’d stick to the material, but I knew several girls who used that trick with long-sleeved leotards when I used to dance.

I think Maddie is adorable. She’s fun and spunky, she’s a good dancer, and she always has a huge smile. I’ll bet she’s great on appearances and it doesn’t seem like she causes any drama, which I’m sure is a big plus, especially this year.

Keyra looks great. Other than that ... my mother taught me that if I can’t say anything nice, I shouldn’t say anything at all. ?

Agreed 100 percent.

The Ezekiel Elliott situation was complicated. He was not charged by police, who did not find the accuser to be credible, so there will never be a “guilty verdict.” Regardless, neither the NFL nor any other employer is prohibited from disciplining an employee in the absence of a criminal conviction. In this case, in line with NFL policies and the collective bargaining agreement, the NFL conducted an internal investigation, and the investigator did not recommend any discipline. In spite of the finding of the NFL’s own investigator, Roger Goodell decided to impose a suspension, which — at least according to media descriptions of the CBA, as I haven’t read it — he has the power to do. From what I’ve read, Jerry Jones feels like Elliott is innocent but is being used as a scapegoat to show that the NFL takes a hard line against domestic violence after the Ray Rice debacle. Just to be clear — I take no position on any of this; I’m just recounting what happened.

I also thought it was ironic that the collect call that Kai made to Ally from prison was made from Corcoran State Prison, which was where Charles Manson had been housed since 1989, which means that the Manson-hallucinating Kai was building up his prison cult army literally under the nose of the man himself.

Hurricane Irma passed just north of Puerto Rico on September 7. At that time, it was a Category 5 storm and caused extensive damage, knocking out power to over 1 million people.

I’m glad Kentaro won. I loved Ayana’s final dress, but I thought her first three looks were terrible. I found Brandon’s looks boring — it’s the same thing we’ve been seeing all season. As for Margarita’s looks, most of them seemed like things you can buy off the rack at “upscale” boutiques all over south Florida. As much as I enjoy watching the show, I think it’s time to pull the plug. If the best sponsor the show can get is JCPenney, well ... they sell reasonably priced clothing for regular people. There’s nothing wrong with it, but it’s not fashion. I’ll eat my hat if either Heidi Klum or Nina Garcia has stepped foot in a JCPenney store other than in connection with a product-placement challenge on this show, let alone have any JCPenney clothing in their closets.

I agree. When I watched this, I thought of the end of the Hunger Games series, and that we (the audience) are the stand-ins for Katniss as she realizes at the end that President Coin is just as bad — just as dangerous — as President Snow. It’s no better to replace a conservative, murder-happy cult leader with an ostensibly liberal one.

She has to be tall. I’m 5’10”, 155, and I have a similar build. Size 6, usually.

It’s listed on the IMDB page for this episode, but I agree — that didn’t look like her to me, either. The actress did seem really familiar, but it didn’t look or sound like Lily Rabe to me. Update: IMDB page has been changed and now lists Rachel Roberts as Sharon Tate in this episode.

I know Kelli and Judy can really seem to nitpick the little details — and I agree this year’s team seems weaker overall than past squads — but I just saw a feature on Yahoo including a slideshow of NFL cheerleaders in action this week, and the difference is startling. It’s the attention to detail that means you’re unlikely to ever see a photo of the DCC like this:

It was an away game today.