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No, he actually said "Who the heck are they?" or words to that effect. OMG that was one of my favorite bits. Didn't he whistle for him, too? He definitely sounded like he was calling for a dog to follow him. I also got a big kick out of the ghost whose power is to make people forget why they walked down that aisle. One of the great mysteries of life has finally been solved. I think I have one of those in my house.

I think once Roseanne left the show it was retooled to make Darlene the new Roseanne. The show definitely revolves around her. But the show has really run out of ideas and is running on fumes. The writers don't really seem to have a grasp on what made the original "Roseanne" show work. They are playing everything for laughs at the expense of the characters' integrity and don't seem realize it or care. And they don't even put in a modicum of effort to make it realistic. Like Ben's puny little hardware store is going to compete with Home Depot if he stays open an hour later? Please.

I wondered about the tomato juice thing too. Also, the sight of Patel in the garbage bin full of tomato juice was gross. I have to imagine just his clothing was sprayed, so wouldn't that be the only thing affected? Whatever. The CGI for the flying swan was REALLY bad.

I can stand Ben, and I can stand Charlie. That's about it. I soured on Maria early on (although I frankly cannot remember why). Problem is, we've heard next to nothing from either Ben or Charlie. So, much like Hunter, I suspect they are bound for the jury, because the show is spending a LOT of time on Q and, to a lesser extent, Tiffany, Liz and Kenzie. I know it's shallow, but I can't get past that bull ring through Tiffany's nose. Not only does it look painful and unhygienic to me, but now it's off-kilter, which triggers my OCD like crazy.

Uh, I don't think these people actually have "luxury yacht" money. I think most of the guests have to be recruited. There has been a noticeable drop in the quality of the guests since the earliest seasons. I suspect people who could actually afford to charter a yacht would a.) want it for more than 2 days and b.) wouldn't want to be on a tacky Bravo reality show. That said, the entire point of this series is to show us how a yacht crew deals with demanding guests and their ridiculous requests. They either hack it, or they don't. So whether the guests come up with the idea on their own or they don't, they're just doing their job. And the show actually gets its ideas for these requests from stories about the ridiculous things yacht guests have asked for in real life. I do think the primary and her husband actually came up with this "red carpet" shit. I'd expect no less from anyone coming aboard asking to be called King and Queen.

I dunno, I've always found there to be something vaguely creepy about Thomas Lennon. I get Kevin Spacey vibes from him. I have no idea what Drew's long joke was about, but I wish the comics would refrain from doing stuff that's going to get entirely bleeped out. The occasional swear word is fine, we can figure it out from context, but a whole "bit" that is bleeped so much you have no idea what the joke is goes too far.

At least Bhanu was gone week 4. We've had 10 solid weeks of Q. And that's more than I can stand.

I loved the comedy of errors at the office with everyone talking to the wrong person. It's the sort of thing this show does so well. Also loved Todd's Scottish accent and that he learned it by watching too much Shrek. A common sitcom trope, but in reality, there is no lingering affect from nitrous oxide. You come down the instant they take the face mask off. They should have said he was high on pain pills, that would have made more sense. I think the actress looks terrible with the bleach blonde hair. It just looks so unnatural on her.

I mostly enjoyed this episode, but it felt a little off. First of all, the scary big box store ghosts. This is the first time in three seasons we've actually seen scary ghosts. It was downright creepy and didn't feel at all in the spirit of the show (no pun intended). Even the basement ghosts are played for laughs. Second, I felt like we missed a huge part of Pete's story: how he found his way home. It seems like it would have been a long, long walk from wherever Jay took him back to Woodstone. I think the B-plot with Thor and Flower necessitated abbreviating Pete's story and they had to just sort of yada yada that part but it felt very anticlimactic. I don't know how long a maternity leave Sheila Carrasco took but she sure lost the baby weight quickly. That costume doesn't hide much. I thought it did. Jay was going into town anyway, why not take Pete along? They really like each other, as far as they are able to. I just don't think it occurred to anyone to warn Pete to stick close by Jay's side. And I loved Jay trying to explain things to his invisible friend while other store customers gave him the side eye. Remember, before Sam and Jay moved in, they had never seen TV before. Biden was already president when they moved in. And I don't get the impression the ghosts watch a lot of news. They mostly seem obsessed with reality TV, LOL. I think she's just too dippy/spacey to be believable in a romance subplot. Half the time she doesn't even know what's going on. Last week she didn't even remember who Pete was! She's kind of a one-joke character. I really didn't miss her while she was gone, frankly.

It's not a community college. It's supposed to be a regular state college or university (which makes it even dumber, I know). If you recall, back when Darlene was scrambling for a way to pay for Mark's college, we were all yelling about how he could just go to community college for a couple of years and get some required courses out of the way while living at home. But no, Darlene insisted community college wasn't good enough for Mark and he simply had to have to full benefit of the real college experience. Including living in the dorms.

I'm starting to warm to Rod and Leticia a little bit. Maybe it's just because Amber and Vinny are so awful, but Rod and Leticia seem to work well together and he treats her with respect. I don't think I've ever heard him yell at her or criticize her. I think I finally figured out which one is Yvonne and which one is Melissa, and which one is Sunny and which one is Bizzy. But, if someone is willing to go back and check - Sunny did the welding Roadblock but wasn't she wearing Bizzy's helmet? Still not a lot of placement shakeups. This has been a chronic problem all season. Ricky and Cesar always coming in first or second (first this week); Rod and Leticia came in third again, Amber and Vinny came in fourth again, Yvonne and Melissa moved up from sixth to fifth and Sunny and Bizzy once again came in seventh. The only real jumps were Juan and Shane (from first to sixth) and Angie and Danny (from fifth to second). Is everyone really this consistent? Or is the race just way too structured?

This show is so old and familiar to everyone, at least they understand it's not enough to make it to the final three. I don't blame Liz for wanting to be able to take credits for votes. She knows she's the type of person nobody will vote for at the end if she can't prove she made big moves. She's seen this show before. Unless, of course, like Gabler, you manage to stumble-fuck your way to the F3 then make the jury laugh while sitting next to two people the jury is more bitter about. What they haven't seemed to realize, maybe, is that the show doesn't care about who wins. They care about who's the best "character." So you can be someone like Carolyn who dominates the narrative from Day 1, makes the final three and then doesn't get a single vote, but the editors think you're the most interesting one. Which brings us to Q. The editors' obsession with him is ruining the season for me. Every time they cut to one of his THs he just sounds dumb. He's always saying dumb, delusional things. Apparently the show thinks it's hilarious that he's so dumb. So the season is being narrative by a dummy. And when it's someone else talking, they're talking about the dummy. I don't think I can stomach - how many more weeks? - of Q narrating the show. I will probably keep it on series record, then FF to the end to see who is voted off. If it's not Q, it gets deleted instantly without me watching another second of it.

Finally, some real placement shake-ups. Well, except for Ricky and Cesar. One good thing about this season is all the self-navigating. It's proving to be as important as the challenges. Yeah but the water looks filthy.

OMG Yvonne and Melissa cannot sing at all.

I think Amber and Vinny might be toast. They look completely defeated in their talking heads. I would have to do the singing. I have zero rhythm.