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Is that what happened? First I've heard of it. Where did you read that?

Whew! That was a nail biter and I was worried about Dylan for most of the episode. Frankly I thought his Showstopper was the least impressive out of the four, but I guess it looked much better in person and they raved about the tastes. I thought Georgie would be a lock for the final so I was shocked when she melted down over the Technical. And Alison was so wonderful talking her off a ledge. That's something I could easily have seen Mel or Sue do for a baker. She really is a great host. Yeah, I don't really care who wins. I'm just glad I get one more week to see them and then I'll be sorry when they're gone.

This got sad. I mean, it was still a wonderful show, but somewhere in the middle around the time Florence died it took a sad turn. I guess I just wasn't expecting it. I'm glad most of the residents came around to forgiving Charles. Although he didn't end up breaking his promise since she never ended up leaving her house. But I get where he feels that way since it was his intention.

I've watched three episodes so far. It's really good - it gets a little funnier after the first episode, which had a lot of set-up to do. I have to say, though, it was a real Uncanny Valley effect with the digital de-aging of Ted Danson for the "video" at his wedding reception. I mean, we all know what Ted Danson looked like when he was young, because Cheers reruns are still airing somewhere. The computer didn't get it quite right. Kind of eerie. This show has a great cast! I had to keep looking up where I knew them from.

This appeared to be the show's attempt to get serious, rubber duckies notwithstanding. Long, long scene of Avery with her gal pals about her pregnancy. I think the show has seriously overestimated my interest in Avery though. Tristan's accent is neither Venezuelan nor Scottish. Nor was his mother's. I have no idea where this guy is actually from. I'm not overly familiar with Joshua Jackson's other work. Dawsons Creek was a bit after my time. I know he's a big draw for a lot of fans though. I'm not sure why. The man has no upper lip whatsoever. Do people think that's sexy? Weird.

I think it's pretty ballsy of this show to do a parody of their own show within their own show, when the show proper is practically a parody all by itself. "Hotshots" is only slightly more unrealistic than 9-1-1. And the commentary about how this or that wouldn't happen "in real life" is a little too meta and self-aware. It's not half as clever as it thinks it is. Hopefully we're done with Brad now. I hate to tell the Cart Cop kid, but he'd probably make a lot more money off his You Tube videos than working as a cart wrangler at a grocery store. They didn't show us how many followers he had though. I'd like to know what the original arrangement was supposed to be, because I don't think the intention was for Christopher to live with his grandparents indefinitely. More of a summer thing, I thought. Why isn't Eddie having conversations with his parents about this? I get he feels bad about the whole situation with the lookalike, but it's time to move on from this state of limbo. Christopher seems to be under the impression he's going to live in El Paso for good, and I don't understand how that came to be or why Eddie or his parents are allowing it.

Can someone refresh my memory on this? Cruz has a younger brother named Leon, right? Was that him who came to the station in this episode? Whatever happened to him? From what I vaguely remember, Leon was in a gang, or in danger of being in a gang. And Cruz deliberately let someone die because they were a threat/danger to Leon, right? And someone knows who just got out of jail and is after Cruz, but how does this guy know Cruz let this guy die? Do I have this right?

I've only seen four episodes of this show and I don't get it. The only criteria for who should be voted out should be who is slowing down the group. Nobody gets any money if they don't make it to the summit. So why do they keep talking about alliances and who's trustworthy and who's loyal and who's lying and voting out the strongest people? It makes zero sense. They seem to think they're on Survivor. What am I missing here? Are they under the impression that there will eventually only be three people left and everyone will vote for a winner, or that there will be a final challenge for the final three and that's why they keep voting out strong people? Because that's not my understanding of how this works. Do they not know how it works? Or don't I? Also, I call shenanigans on a lot of these challenges. There is no way some of these people could really complete them as they are presented to us. I've noticed on at least one occasion that they only show them traversing one specific spot in a challenge area, which makes me think they are only required to complete a part of it to make it. Which would also explain why they are comfortable voting out strong people.

Definitely not a compliment.

I hate to beat the dead horse here but they managed to do it just fine the past two seasons. Did they suddenly just decide it's too hard? Like one less character and two or three fewer lines is that much of a relief to the poor writers? There's an obvious reason we now have a different character missing each episode this season and it's money. I don't understand why people have such a hard time believing that. It's not rocket science.

I know right? It's like their kink is getting mad at each other. She got all hot and bothered after he beat up that guy he was jealous of. They have a really fucked up relationship. Wow, that first call was total ick. I knew he would have to lose the leg. And when they shoved the stretcher into the ambo you could see half his toes were gone too. I can never remember Novak's name. I don't know if that's a bad sign for my memory or a bad sign for the show. Looks like we're going to get some backstory for her, maybe that'll help.

DIY was laughably simple. I knew Virginia wouldn't last that long. She's good, but she's a little too slow. The brain just doesn't work as fast when you get older. Trust me. Puppies was tougher than I thought. It's harder to tell the breed when they're puppies. I also thought the puppy Irish Setter was a Cocker Spaniel because that's what it looked like. Skylines and Female Athletes were both tough. I knew almost none of the latter, and the challenged person lost on their own categories (as did the New York guy). Which speaks to how much of an "expert" these people really are in their categories. I would have failed Alternative Music, I knew none of them. World History wasn't too bad but hard to do fast when you have to read the copy and look at the date. Animal sounds was fun. I can't believe Austin forgot it was his turn. That would be my fear if I went on this show.

But Andy thinks it is. That's why he made it up. Kyle and Teeny are about the only ones left I can stand, and I don't like their odds of making it to the final three. Kyle would have to go on an unprecedented immunity run, the likes of which we haven't seen since Colby in Season 2. And those are far more unlikely now with how well fed they are these days. Editing seems to be telling me Genevieve is headed for the win, or possibly Andy. Those seem like the most likely finalists along with a goat like Caroline.

You won't be back, Gabe. I don't know if you've gotten the memo but you're not exactly a fan favorite.

Genevieve looks like Professor Sybil Trelawney