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16 hours ago, possibilities said:
That is an interesting question! It could be just that the whole property is not well-maintained and lots of things are falling apart... or it could be Chekov's Fence.
We haven't seen it in awhile, maybe not since they opened the B&B. But there used to be an establishing shot of the Woodstone exterior that showed the front gates to the driveway, and one of them was off its hinges and hanging askew. So yes, I do not thing the property has been well managed over the years.
16 hours ago, PaulE said:Airplane walls, yeah . . . Could you imagine falling through and then hurtling down 30,000 feet, maybe into the middle of the ocean? Shudder! Though being weightless he might actually float down, but still . . . That really is a potentially serious issue when you think about it.
He would definitely fall at a normal rate, because Thor threw himself off the roof last season and just fell to the ground normally. However, he wasn't hurt. They're ghosts, so they can't be killed, obviously. But yeah, if he fell into the ocean, I'm not sure if he'd float or sink.
RE: the gag where Jay was calling for Pete to follow him like a dog - they're not unlike pets, actually. Jay managed to lure Pete back into the kitchen with the aroma of a toasted marshmallow, and first all we see is Pete's nose sticking through the door. Like a dog's.
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4 hours ago, chaifan said:
The street signs... I got the impression that it wasn't that Pete didn't know who Manning & Obama were, it's just that the sign was meaningless because the streets were renamed and he couldn't get his bearings.
No, he actually said "Who the heck are they?" or words to that effect.
2 hours ago, PaulE said:Speaking of Jay and Pete, it was hilarious when he was trying to entice Pete to follow him by jingling his keys, and Sass snapped, "We're not pets!"
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.
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9 hours ago, andidante said:
I don't like her either and they focus too much on her. I would rather see anyone else at this point. I honestly hope this is the last season! LOL
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.
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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.
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6 hours ago, SnapHappy said:
I'm done. Literally NOBODY I can stand. And I'm furious at Hunter.
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.
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8 hours ago, Uncle JUICE said:
NO ONE WITH MONEY ACTS LIKE THIS.
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.
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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.
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52 minutes ago, laurakaye said:
When Bhanu left, I thought - good, now maybe I can finally settle in and try to enjoy this season minus the insane theatrics until Q said "here, hold my Q Skirt."
At least Bhanu was gone week 4. We've had 10 solid weeks of Q. And that's more than I can stand.
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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.
11 hours ago, shapeshifter said:Tristen J. Winger (Lyle) did a believable yet hilarious post-up high.
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.
10 hours ago, twoods said:Loved all the one liners, especially with Todd commenting on her roots and how her neck looks nice but the rest of her is gross.
I think the actress looks terrible with the bleach blonde hair. It just looks so unnatural on her.
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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.
14 hours ago, Keywestclubkid said:I really really like this show but it made absolutely no sense for Pete to go into town with Jay ..
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.
13 hours ago, SoMuchTV said:I do question that Pete had never heard of the guys on the street signs (Barack Obama and a sports person I’m drawing a blank on, sorry!) - surely during all their tv watching, someone would have opted for news, and sports. But I’ll give them a pass since it was otherwise a fun episode.
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.
1 hour ago, shura said:Flower is so sweet and understanding and compassionate. But I have to say, I agree with someone who said last week that they are not feeling the Flower-Thor romance. They are just saying lines to each other, I am not seeing any chemistry there.
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.
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35 minutes ago, Janie430 said:
I'm getting really sick of the food service storyline in general. First, the idea that a food service place even at a community college has no structure is ridiculous, but also, community colleges do have grievance structures - in real life, she'd have been in HR with a complaint about her manager in two seconds for pulling the "I'm firing you for bothering me".
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.
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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?
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9 hours ago, Duke Silver said:
Venus and Liz think every move is their move
4 hours ago, GenerationX said:People crying about credit for moves need only remember: it's not the actual moves that matter at final tribal. It's how well you plausibly reverse-engineer what your "plan all along" was to fit what actually happened.
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.
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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.
Just now, bioprof said:Just noticed with the long shot at the pit stop the kite surfers in the water. Looks like FUN! That could have been a roadblock 😁
Yeah but the water looks filthy.
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OMG Yvonne and Melissa cannot sing at all.
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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.
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Amber and Vinny seem totally over each other in their interview segments. I can't see that relationship lasting much longer after the race is over.
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Well that's too bad, but I could tell Hunter wasn't going to go far. We just weren't seeing enough of him, especially with Q sucking all the oxygen out of the room. Editing made it pretty clear he was destined to be an also-ran. Plus he was an idiot not to play his idol. You could see it coming all through tribal with his constant polling for reassurance.
I might be done with this season. I just cannot stand one more week of The Q Show. I can't remember the last time I was this sick of a single player.
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Hunter and Tiff are the obvious targets and both have idols. If neither goes home with an idol in their pocket this is going to be one boring vote.
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Wow I'll be damned. But Hunter has an idol so . . .
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Just now, Lady Calypso said:
I mean, Hunter and Maria have both won one immunity challenge each so I'd say they all have a shot.
I doubt Charlie or Maria have practiced this at home as much as Hunter.
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Just now, LadyChatts said:
I like Venus but I wish she'd take it down a little. But like with Q, she makes things interesting. I feel like without those two everyone's pretty bland.
I'm fine with bland if it means the end of The Q Show every damn week.
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Wow what a shock, Hunter's team won. Now, I wonder which one of the three left will win. Hmmm. Such a puzzle. I can't figure it out.
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Hunter, Maria and Charlie are objectively the strongest team.
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S46 Ep 9 "Spicy Jeff"
in Survivor
I remember now why I soured on Maria, it was the very first episode where she went on the "journey" with Tevin and Jelinsky, and she got all shirty about Jelinsky lying to her. And it was like, lady, you all read the same piece of paper, they're are supposed to by lying, it says they both have to convince you they have the right card or whatever the hell it was. She was just acting so holier than thou about the whole thing and so condescending it rubbed me the wrong way.
She's like all the rest of them, she acts so indignant if anyone else plays the game for themselves.