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I feel so sorry for the actress playing Grace. She must hate being stuck every week playing the whiny, naggy wife. "How dare you run around saving the world when you were supposed to be at my BBQ! Why weren't you there for meeeeeee!?" She must know a lot of us FF her scenes to avoid rage ulcers.
The factory scene cracked me up. I love scenes where people are running through strategically placed raging infernos that never quite spread to the actors. If only real fires were that considerate.
I also cracked up at the peacock. I heard N. B. C. chiming in my head.
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I finally saw John's Ponderosa. What a multi-layered guy. Very likeable and not at all what you would expect from someone called "The Mayor of Slamtown". Actually, he was pretty low key and personable for the whole of his Survivor experience.
I realize he's in good shape but I was gobsmacked by his handstand on the picnic table. Holy schnikies.
Elizabeth seemed sweet, friendly and low key as well. I don't know why but I didn't realize she was married with children, or did I mishear.. the sound was very muffled on my PC.
I agree with the poster above. This season has a very interesting mix of people, and so far most of them are people you feel like you'd enjoy meeting in real life.
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II finally saw Elizabeth's Ponderosa video on YouTube. She seemed so different! And very emotional. It's easy for us to underestimate the impact this game has on the players, watching from the comfort of our couches. It was nice to see she really appreciated the lessons she learned, and that she didn't seem at all bitter.
I was surprised she didn't lose more weight. Maybe they were getting more calories than I realized.
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America did so well making Amy real, that it's actually difficult if not impossible to see her and Jonah as a couple right now. It doesn't feel realistic. How do you "date" someone who literally just had someone else's baby? Am I the only one who finds this all sort of weird?
On 2018-11-11 at 1:18 PM, malaluna said:my HR rep was quick to correct me stating this company had no maternity leave, I used "vacation days". It's despicable, Amy made it funny.
Years ago as a struggling working single mother, I was visited by a good friend from Holland. She was utterly horrified when I told her that I was "allowed" 5 unpaid vacation days per year. In Europe, most men and women expect to get at least 5 paid WEEKS off per year. That's just considered civilized. And way, way more if you or your partner just had a baby. I remember being sooooo jealous.
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Exciting! I love her in the Good Place, and I love Veronica Mars. What a combo!
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I couldn't stand it when not just her hair but her teeth fell out. It gave me the wiggins. (My nightmares come to life.)
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Thanks for the link, SailorGirl! I haven't seen that in ages. Still love it.
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America was incredibly good in this episode. Not only did she allow herself to look absolutely and realistically awful, but you could feel the pain and exhaustion and anger just radiating off of her. Unfortunately, she was so realistic that it took me out of the show. I ended up feeling angry and upset that many low income women have to go through this, nowadays more and more often without partners.
I ended up angry with her boss, who gets to enjoy his new baby without any of the anguish Amy is dealing with, and with her ex-husband (while wondering how he can just show up on a moment's notice to look after the baby. Doesn't he work too?) That said, I don't know what else any of the men could have done to help. It seems like they were doing their best in an impossible situation. It's more of a society issue.
I enjoy shows like Superstore for the escapism. Tonight's show for me was the opposite of that. Too much realism! But this is not a criticism, just an observation. I'm sure many women truly appreciated seeing their struggle portrayed so realistically.
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He's so funny without saying a single word. Just his facial expressions and body language crack me up. Of course, in season 1 he barely spoke. We had no idea back then what a wonderful character he'd turn out to be. I find myself rewinding at least twice in every episode, just to enjoy his reading of a single line. He's a gem.
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Thanks for posting that link! It never occurred to me that that wasn't planned. It was my favorite part of the episode! But we all know how great Kristen is with animals, after seeing her sloth video. I'll bet she loved filming this episode.
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I cannot wait to find out who in rural Canada is going to be their ideal human (speaking as someone who lives in rural Canada.) This should be good.
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What a fantastic episode - complex and funny and unpredictable. I enjoyed it so much more than the last one.
I'm trying to decide which I liked better - Eleanor chatting with a large lizard on her head, or Eleanor's "blame hose". And there's a sentence I never expected to type. No wonder I love this show.
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19 minutes ago, JudyObscure said:
All my favorite shows reflect this interest, Dateline, Survivor, Hoarders.
My favourites as well! Plus BB. Oh, and for a while I was also watching My 600 lb Life for the same reason, an absolute fascination with people and how they think and live, although I lost interest in that one eventually. I believe my natural interest in people was magnified by growing up in a family with some very dysfunctional people, some with personality disorders. It's like I've spent my life trying to figure them out, and trying to understand why they did what they did with no apparent remorse. (Thankfully, I'm not talking murder here.)
The more I read and post here, the more I'm understanding my fascination with Dateline and other shows that some people might view as exploitive.
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Well said! It's nice to remind myself that there are actually legitimate and valid reasons to watch these shows. Several of them.
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13 minutes ago, JudyObscure said:
make that one even sadder, the couple had tried to have children for many years before their daughter was born and she was clearly very sheltered and the light of their lives. I watched it, but I didn't "
Now that you mention it, I remember hearing that too. That's part of why I thought " Nope! Too sad! " and switched it off.
I totally agree with the rest of your post too. Our brains are constantly searching for reasons they deserved it somehow, or that it couldn't happen to us, even while rationally we know that those things aren't true.
I do think my primary reason for watching is my fascination with human psychology. I find people endlessly interesting, unpredictable and surprising. These shows demonstrate that so well.
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I've actually known 2 women who were murdered, in both cases by boyfriends, after leaving their husbands. They were both vibrant, attractive women and mothers and both times I was shocked and stunned by what happened. When I watch a show like Dateline I ask myself how I'd feel if they were doing an episode about someone I actually knew, or worse, someone I was related to. I'd probably hate it. I wonder if the family has the right to say no to these stories, or if they only have the right to agree or disagree to an interview.
And I do totally understand why the friends and family don't want to say anything negative about their lost person, even though at times they seem to take it a bit far.
I admit to being fascinated by these shows for some unknown reason, but if I start empathizing too much with the families, or if the case is too disturbing to me, or involves children, I can't watch. I only watch the episodes that fit my weird criteria. For example, I turned off a Dateline this week as soon as I heard the victim was an only child. I know that makes no logical sense, but imagining the parent's anguish was too much for me.
I think I need to keep some psychological distance from these shows in order to enjoy watching them. And maybe someday I'll understand the weird impulse that's makes me watch in the first place.
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Busy October, this is the first comment on this thread that made me laugh out loud. From now on, I'll probably chuckle and remember your post every time I watch a show about the latest victim of the week who could light up a room with their smile while simultaneously supporting their meth habit through petty theft.
And yes, I feel guilty for making light of murder, but to be honest, I feel guilty for enjoying these shows in the first place. So what's a little more guilt?
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It was an interesting episode. Two things bothered me. One was that not one person in the family or any of her friends appeared to have a problem with the girl deliberately dating a married man with the goal of him leaving his wife. They all described her as being perfectly sweet and innocent. Granted, she did not deserve to be murdered, but I feel like they really whitewashed her, as they often do in these shows.
On a different note, if you freeze the nasty Facebook post from the wife, you see her admission that she'd had a boyfriend for 2 years. I was shocked this wasn't mentioned in the show,if only because it seems like an important detail to leave out.
In the end, it looks very likely they were guilty, but these things remind me that we can't assume these shows tell us the whole story. Probably not even close.
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Randy cracked me up when he said he usually only remembers the first half of each episode because people annoy him and he starts drinking. It's hard to tell how literally to take him, but I love that he says exactly what he thinks. But you're right. He's very perceptive. I wish I could remember more about him on his season other than "cranky".
I also always enjoy Know It Alls and their self-deprecating humour.
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OK, so I googled T Bird. Looked at her picture, read a few notes. Still drawing a total blank. Never mind.
While I was at it, I also googled "Wand-off" which also meant nothing to me, despite being a dedicated RHAP listener. It reminds me of fan fiction... I can see why people might enjoy it, but it's just not for me. I feel like I'm already devoting ridiculous amounts of time and mental energy to a reality show and associated podcasts. I have to say no at some point, before I reach Rob C. levels of obsession. (And unlike for Rob C., this obsession is not making me any money.)
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I'll have to google her. After so many seasons, half of the Survivors have been completely deleted from my memory banks. Entire seasons, even.
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Halfway through his podcast with Randy and I'm really enjoying it, perhaps because he's so unfiltered. I loathe interviews with celebrities, reality stars, politicians, whoever, when you can tell they're following a script, and being careful to always say the right thing. I love an honest interview, even if I totally disagree with what they say.
I was interested in his comment that he was getting a "performance" vibe from Christian, because I was too. He's too smart to be that disingenuous.
Randy REALLY doesn't like Natalie!
He thinks the edit implies the doctor goes to the end.
Someone please remind me... who is T Bird? Katelyn from BB? (Sorry if I spelled that wrong. There are a million ways to spell Katelyn and I'm too lazy to look it up.)
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Christian is such an odd duck. If I didn't know better, I'd swear he was a fairly good looking actor pretending to be a nerd.
Reason #806 I could never be on Survivor : there is literally no way I could sleep on bamboo with a sore back for 16 days, let alone 16 minutes, without complaining once. Oh, and also gather wood and do brutal challenges. I'm such a wimp compared to these people.
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1 hour ago, howiveaddict said:
My husband noted he was reading cue cards. And hubby isn’t that observant.
Oh good. So I wasn't imagining that. I'm used to it on SNL, but I've literally never seen it on a sitcom before. It's like he dashed in, did his bit, then dashed out. Weird.
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S01.E09: Dead Reckoning
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I hate to say it because there are things about this show I enjoy, but Grace is just bad writing.