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I FFd BOTW because I have hated it since the day it came out. Still hate it. Don't know why. But I LOVED the first song and the wonderful accompaniment. I'd rewatch it if I hadn't accidentally erased it. I wish SNL had more musical guests like Paul Simon. Not just oldies; I'd like to see more variety of genres.

Yikes. She must be feeling pretty vindicated right now. Wasn't Ariana supposed to be on the show last week but pulled out? Then Pete was barely in this week's show, presumably from devastation. This is both sad and extremely high-schooly. I'm sure there will be plenty of mocking, but hopefully not on SNL

They broke up? I feel ridiculous admitting that that makes me feel bad. I guess because his joy about being with her was so public, and right on the show just last week. That's pretty humiliating and brutal for him.

Maybe it's because I PVRd the episode and watched it this morning, minus commercials, when I was fresh, but I really enjoyed the episode. It wasn't spectacular, but I was entertained. And for once I enjoyed the musical guest. (And I loved Paul's musicians.) I laughed through WU and the Goop girl. I even enjoyed the Bayou Benny skit because it was so completely bonkers, and then I giggled through the final band skit, mainly because of Kenan's singing. I couldn't explain to anyone why I found it so funny, but I guess that's usually true of things that make us laugh. So, an entertaining episode with good music and quite a few laughs that didn't cost me anything to watch while drinking coffee in my pj's. Maybe I just have low standards, but no complaints here.

I just read the article and I love Jeremy's rundown of the various Goliaths. Very insightful. The trouble is that I'll have to do an image search on the various names because other than John and Natalie I don't know who a single one is. Hopefully I'll recognize their faces at least.

Oops, I totally missed that then. But the stuff about how he and Natalie were actually on good terms? I sure didn't get that vibe from what I saw.

I found his thinking pretty confusing and hard to follow, especially all the stuff about Natalie being a "rage and regret" kind of person. He seemed to say that he and Natalie got along pretty well, and Angelina had him voted off to protect her secret romance. This isn't anything like we saw on the show, but who knows? I feel we don't know enough to categorically say he's just being paranoid, but something feels off about all of this. Maybe we'll learn more as the season goes on.

I just love this show. I keep catching myself smiling as I watch, and occasionally laughing out loud. I haven't done that with a show since Parks and Rec ended.

I guess if you mind people seeing you looking bad, or undressed, or in your most private moments, you just don't apply to Survivor or Big Brother. Which is why I'll never apply. (Besides 500 other reasons).

I complain about the models and actors on Survivor as much as anyone, yet if I'm brutally honest, I have to admit that if I need to watch people week after week, dirty and dishevelled and half dressed, I prefer that they look at least a little attractive. (ie, not like me or most of the other “regular" people in my life). Or at least I prefer that they not wander around in their underwear. It's shallow and hypocritical of me, and I'm totally embarrassed by myself, but there you are.

Wow, what a strange episode. First, because half of it took place in the shower. Seriously, that's the wettest episode to date. Second, because of the weird, weird dynamic at tribal,with both of the 2 black Survivors totally at loggerheads. I don't recall ever seeing that before. I definitely didn't enjoy Natalie's smug expression as Jeremy was voted out. I loved the expression on the David's faces when they finally won. Snarky remark : which fashion look is worse... the gray yoga pants, or the Cowgirl with no pants at all? Actually, much of the cast is pretty snarkarific this season, fashion-wise. Then again, I do appreciate the realness, and that this isn't a cast of models. I can only imagine what I would look like after a few days of living in the wild in nonstop rain. I can guarantee no one would want to see that.

I agree there there would have been a health benefit to the mother breast feeding 2 babies at a time. I thought of this too. But maybe it would just be too exhausting for her. Breast feeding burns a lot of calories, and obviously when she's breast feeding 2 babies she can't do anything for the other 4 during the feeding, who may be crying and needing attention. I can see why she may have felt it was just too hard. Interesting. It makes sense, though. The human body wasn't designed for women to have more babies than they could reasonably bear, feed and raise without an army of volunteers. I know several people who grew up in families of 15 or more children (back in the "old days") but obviously they didn't arrive in batches, so the older children were able to help. Somehow they made it work, and some of the families were actually very close and happy.

Thoughts on this episode : -Those children are all so adorable. It helps you see how the massive amount of time and work for the 9 children could feel rewarding and worthwhile. I'm in awe at how the parents keep going and keep such good attitudes. -As a Canadian, I feel bad for them to think about how much all this medical care must be costing, unless they have awesome insurance. And if the babies need surgery, yikes. Up here it would all be free. (I'm not political, just stating how much easier it is up here.) —Does the dad seriously feel the need to put 9 children through college? Isn't that, like, half a million dollars? Maybe he needs to look into something a little more reasonable, like trade schools. My 4 children have all found very decent employment, using hard work and ingenuity, without college, and without giant student loans. I only say this because it would be horrible if this father worked himself into an early heart attack trying to make huge amounts of money, when his best gift to his family would just be his presence. He seems like an exceptional father and husband. He can only spread himself so thin before something has to give. -I'm enjoying the show (apart from the way they drag out certain parts and keep replaying the same few-second clips over and over, so I have to keep fast-forwarding) but I get stressed by how exhausted they are. They start on laundry and dishes at midnight? I think they're living on about 4 hours sleep a night. Thinking about it exhausts me. WHY DO I CARE? (Off to take a nap.)

Did we watch the same show? I thought she looked really happy. (And probably relieved the show went so well. Even for seasoned performers, hosting SNL must cause incredible anxiety, and I always assume they're so relieved when it's over and they haven't made any major gaffes in front of literally millions of people. I can't believe people willingly put themselves through this.)

I'm glad I PVRd this episode because I stopped and rewound it so many times, sometimes to read a prop, sometimes to fully catch a joke, and sometimes just because something was so funny I wanted to see it again, like Maya Rudolph's hilarious speech. Love this show. I hope we get a lot more Simone in future episodes. She's delightful and fits in perfectly. After watching this episode, I attempted to watch 2 other sitcoms I had PVRd, and quit both after 10 laugh-free minutes. They couldn't come close to the experience I'd just had with The Good Place. Can't wait to see the next episode.

I agree, Ms Blue Jay, that lots of the winners have been women, and I agree that lots of the challenges are puzzles. At the same time, every season both men and women vote women off early based on the idea that they need strong men for challenges. Could it be that they think that while men can be good at puzzles, it's harder for women to be good at brute force? Whether they're correct in this assumption is something I'd have to be a lot smarter and a lot less tired to answer. I can picture Rob and Stephen hashing this one out on their podcast. They probably already have!

I know what you mean, and yet I can understand why it keeps happening. A lot of the challenges require brute force, especially early in the game, which puts all but the very fittest, strongest women at a disadvantage. I don't know what the solution is, other than to only have challenges where strength isn't a factor. That doesn't seem like a great solution either, though.

It makes me rethink the accuracy of Natalie's comment in the first episode that her employees would take a bullet for her.

You know the weather is terrible when Jeff sends you a tarp and a firekit. I don't know how they all stuck it out. I'm always amazed that none of the medivacs are a result of someone, you know, catching a cold, or from exposure. It's amazing how much a person can endure. I loved the scene of Natalie basically saying, "I'm very self aware. Everyone loves me. Shut up and get lost."

Wow, Chalby, that's amazing that she knew them! I agree, it was a very tragic story but astonishing they were conceived without medical intervention, and all survived the birth. And I agree that when it comes to this show, I love the honesty, and the lack of drama from the parents. I get the feeling they're not attention seekers. They just thought having this show would help offset the massive expenses they were facing, and continue to face

I just watched the Mother's Day episode. It's weird because I never watch baby shows, but this family is growing on me and at times I felt quite emotional about the episode. I felt sort of stressed, too. It's a lovely family, so I hated to see the toll having 6 babies was taking on all of them. You can see the mother getting stretched super thin, totally exhausted, having to be in control and on top of things around the clock, while the rest of the family are struggling to help and be supportive while secretly feeling resentful. You can see how weaker families could be ruined by this kind of situation. I laughed when the oldest son called her ruthless, because he couldn't think of another R word. Question... how is their house so clean? Also, whatever was that outfit she wore to church? Shorts? A dress? Posting this reminds me I wanted to check Wikipedia for an article on the Dionne quintuplets. 5 babies born naturally to a lady in Quebec in the 50s. I grew up hearing about them. My 4 babies are grown up, and didn't arrive all at once so I'm not sure why I'm so fascinated by this show!

I'm going to go out on a big limb here and say that I thought the babies names were quite cute, unusual and interesting. I thought the couple were very nice and had a genuine loving bond, but I felt bad as you could see the huge toll just 2 days with 6 babies took on them. I figure they can start to relax a little once the sextuplets are about 4, but I'm worried what state their relationship will be in by then. I really hope they can hold onto their loving and positive outlooks.

After lurking here forever, I just wanted to pop in as this thread winds down and say thanks to everyone for hours of entertaining reading. I've checked this thread several times a day for weeks. It's going to be hard to stop. Time to head for the Survivor thread I guess. Somehow not the same,though. When does CBB start?