iMonrey
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At least we're getting to hear the others say what an idiot Q is. I'm sorry but I never thought he was very bright. He's had an over-inflated sense of self-worth and self-importance since Day 1.
And I fear we're stuck with him until the bitter end. The editors seems to love him, anyway.
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22 hours ago, Ilovepie said:
I think it's dumb that all of the ghosts have paired off since the show started - I mean, some of them have been living together for centuries, and most for decades at the least and NOW everyone decides to get a partner?
I mostly agree, and I think it's peculiar to American sitcoms that there has to be romantic pairings. You can look at just about any ensemble sitcom in America and find the same thing. I guess networks and/or American sitcom writers think American audiences expect and demand it.
But if I were to rationalize, I'd point out that through most of the history we know about, Jay and Sam are the first romantic couple to own Woodstone. Previous owners were single or in unhappy marriages. So having a young couple actually in love might have given the ghosts ideas - especially since they are able to communicate with a living for the first time in their ghostly existence.
I also like to think that their newfound ability to communicate with a living has given the ghosts a sort of "awakening." The kind that will eventually lead to them finding out what they need in order to be sucked off. That has to be the end game for a show like this.
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15 hours ago, Netfoot said:
No, I am for the most part OK with the race as it stands. I think if you looking for someone who spent 23 years / 36 seasons waiting for Jeff to replace Phil and really hoping they introduce Hidden Immunity Idols, you need to look elsewhere.
Huh? I never expressed interest in seeing either of those things happen. Or, are you implying that anyone who thinks collaboration or alliances on the Race wants it to be more like Survivor? I think scorning Race fans who think alliances are OK is rather uncalled for. Anyone who wasn't especially bothered by Amber's action isn't a lesser or inferior fan of the show.
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13 hours ago, ams1001 said:
Aw, I was rooting for Michael.
Yeah, it was sad when he choked up about being homeless. But he's apparently too young to know what Samsonite Luggage is! Young whipper-snapper. Anyone from my generation would know that from any given prize on any given game show!
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23 minutes ago, realitytvfan1017 said:
You can’t fault someone for not getting something if it’s not available. The provisioner said Turkey bacon is not available either.
Yeah, I get that, but then don't just go ahead and try serving regular (pork) bacon anyway when the primary specified she doesn't eat pork! That's what's so frustrating, it's a pretty straight-forward request.
24 minutes ago, realitytvfan1017 said:But Fraser could have brought it up too before Anthony brought out the food. Did Anthony have enough help from the deck crew? Only the editors know . Either way I feel bad for him .
Fraser did in fact go over every single dish with Anthony. We saw him asking "what about this person, what about this person, what about this person?" For anyone complaining Fraser should have been helping more, or helping to plan meals, he definitely stood there and tried to make sure everyone's preferences were being met when they were going over what Anthony was going to make. What more was he supposed to do, help cook the food too?
Of course I feel bad for Anthony, he's a sweetie, and when he broke down and cried after being fired it broke my heart. But his failures are his own.
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19 hours ago, caitmcg said:
Does anyone remember what his position was before he took over seeing to his father's properties in Poplar?
Wasn't he an attorney?
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I really like Pete Holmes. I'm not the biggest fan of his stand-up but his last special was actually pretty good, and he's good on this show. I also liked the AI game. I'd like to see them settle on some games that really work and stick to those, as I posted earlier.
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For some reason my DVR will not record the Monday shows with Jon Stewart. It's odd. I have it set for series record and when I try to manually schedule the Monday show to record it says it's already scheduled to record but then it doesn't record it. It records all the rest of the week's shows. Just not Monday's.
There must be some special designation with the Monday shows the DVR sees as not being part of the regular show. I don't know, I don't get it.
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6 hours ago, Netfoot said:
A strategy which you yourself reminded us has been going on for the last 36 seasons - a strategy which has been near-universally panned throughout that entire time.
"Near universally panned?" I'd call that a pretty wild exaggeration. Yes, some fans don't like it when teams help each other. Some fans don't care, some fans see the wisdom in the strategy and sometimes the strategy backfires. It's all part of the race. The issue specific to this episode seems to be that Amber virtually did Angie's puzzle for her, which is about as far as one can go in terms of helping another team. I can't think of another instance where that's happened before to that degree, but again, if it's not against the rules it's not against the rules.
I'm not the type to watch a show for 36 seasons wishing it was a different show, buy hey. To each his (or her) own.
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6 hours ago, aghst said:
Because I'm not gullible?
No, and there's nothing wrong with being cynical. It's a "reality" show, after all. But you seem convinced that every little thing is fake, scripted, b.s., etc. It's all made up, they're all actors, nothing is really happening, everything is pre-determined. So I ask again . . . why do you even bother watching this?
I've done a deep dive, as much as is possible for a show like this, and am reasonably convinced that production does not interfere with the day-to-day goings on to the extent you seem convinced that they do. I've read and watched interviews with crew members like Captain Lee, Captain Glenn, stew Aesha, engineer Colin, and unless they are lying through their teeth - which I hate to think they are - then nothing is made up or "scripted."
There have been countless crew members fired, made to look the fool, look awful, etc., and not once has anyone come forward to claim it was all just an act directed by the producers. And these are people no longer associated with Bravo. If I came across looking half as bad as some of these people, believe me, I'd find a way to get word out there that it wasn't real and I was just being ordered to do something.
Do they hire people they know are incompetent because they want them to cause trouble? Sure. That's what they did with Anthony. They knew there was a good chance, at least, he wouldn't be able to hack it. Same with Cat, probably. Do they suggest theme parties and beach picnics to the charter guests? Sure. They want to simulate what an actual charter with spoiled, rich guests is like for a crew as much as possible. But once they turn them all loose on the boat, everyone is on their own.
6 hours ago, aghst said:Because it's obvious that some of the things on the preference sheets are obviously a big surprise to some of the guests?
The primary on this charter definitely knew what was on his preference sheet, and made it known to Fraser. I'm sure some of the guests forget what they even put down, who knows how long ago they filled the damn things out. That doesn't mean producers are actually filling these things out for the guests and then telling them to pretend they don't like vegetables or are vegan or won't eat fish or are gluten free. None of these people are good enough actors to pull that off.
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16 hours ago, Chit Chat said:
In a previous episode, Thor kept talking about a "land ship" in the driveway. One of the ghosts pointed out to him that he knows what a car is, but he insists on calling it a land ship anyway. So yes, I think he's screwing with us!!
Either that or he's too stubborn to change what he calls things once he's learned them. He wouldn't have known a prior description of Facetime or the latest iOS. But if he started calling cars "land ships" the first time he ever saw one, he might be too stubborn to change.
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17 hours ago, Netfoot said:
If you like contestants playing the social game I suggest the next time you go on a reality show you go on the one called Survivor instead.
Teams deciding to help each other is called strategy. It doesn't transform the race into a social game. It's still a race. The Amazing Race isn't purely long distance running. There's all kinds of strategy involved, including which Detour to choose, or deciding which team member should do the Roadblock. Deciding to work with another team to insure you stay ahead of other teams is simply another one of those strategic choices.
I'm sorry if that ruins the whole show for you but I honestly don't know how this choice was so heinous it garnered this level of grievance. We're talking about one team helping another team.
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6 hours ago, purist said:
I dunno, for me it was a relief for the main topic to not be something that made me want to curl up into a ball and lose all my faith in humanity. The repeated bit with the snake made me laugh.
Agreed. Too often the topics seem somewhat irrelevant when one considers the more pressing issues facing us at the moment - the war in Gaza, the upcoming election, etc., and the main topic is student loans or Medicaid or food apps. None of which affect me, frankly.
If the show is going to do less pressing topics anyway at least this one was of general interest for anyone.
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1 hour ago, snarts said:
Oh, and nice pixelation on his very erect schlong, Bravo :)
Oh, let's talk about this, shall we? I could not believe what I was seeing on my TV. Ordinarily there would be just a circular blur over that general area. Not this time. Bravo wanted to be sure we saw what was happening downstairs. They got out their Photoshop lasso and drew an outline around Kyle's boner and used the blur tool just on that specific area, which left nothing to the imagination. 😲
1 hour ago, snarts said:The drama casting for all BD shows has become insane. Who the hell were these people? Why would one charter a yacht if you've no interest in the water? Duck bacon in Grenada?? hahahaha
This is really the root of the problem. Bravo has seriously diluted the concept because of the expansive franchise. They have to find guests not only for this show, but also for Med, Sailing Yacht, Down Under, etc. And the pandemic only made things worse. They are really scraping the bottom of the barrel and bringing in reality show wannabes and other Bravo-lebrities who think they're supposed to be obnoxious.
Tumi was on WWHL and Andy asked her if producers encourage guests to be obnoxious. She said a lot of them just think they're supposed to be that way because they've seen the show and know they're on TV. When you've got a camera crew following you around you probably feel obligated to perform.
1 hour ago, snarts said:Duck bacon in Grenada?? hahahaha
I understand there are limitations on what provisioners are able to supply locally. That said, the primary specified that she didn't eat pork, and Anthony tried to serve her regular bacon anyway. Just like he tried to serve vegetables to the lady who didn't eat vegetables. This has been a chronic problem with him from the start, he couldn't seem to follow preferences.
I think it was telling that when Kerry brought him up the the wheelhouse, Anthony would only admit to making a few mistakes and downplayed how badly he was doing. Perhaps he was in denial that every meal had been more or less a disaster or maybe he hoped he could fool Kerry into thinking it hadn't.
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12 hours ago, aghst said:
Preference sheets are completely fictions massaged by producers.
And you know this how? Do you know someone who works at Bravo or something?
I'm curious to know why you even bother to watch this show if it's as scripted as you seem to believe it to be.
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4 hours ago, shapeshifter said:
I had forgotten about Hetty's mother being institutionalized
— for "hysteria," right?I can't remember her father's exact line, he said she was involuntarily committed but I don't think he used the word "hysteria" because I would have remembered that.
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On 4/20/2024 at 5:36 AM, Browncoat said:
A quick "look at the colors of the wheels" as you're leaving the challenge is vastly different from, "hey, sit over there and rest while I do your challenge for you."
I honestly don't understand the teeth gnashing and foot stomping over this. If Amber decides to do the puzzle for Angie it's only to Amber's own potential detriment. It's not ruining the entire race for everyone else. I suppose if you were really hoping Angie and Danny would be eliminated this leg you're pissed at Amber for helping them but as others have pointed out, this sort of thing has been going on since the inception of this show. If you don't like teams working together, then next time you go on The Amazing Race, don't work with other teams. {shrugs}
On 4/21/2024 at 9:06 AM, chaifan said:She's had 2 issues with heat.
Correct.
QuoteShe's holding her own.
Incorrect. Lying on the ground in need of medical assistance or having to take a time-out from a Roadblock and suggesting they take the penalty is not "holding her own." She is not cut out for this, period. (And for the record, I don't think it has anything to do with her age. We've seen older contestants do better.)
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On 4/20/2024 at 7:24 PM, psychoticstate said:
Anthony admitted that he was used to working with sous chefs, as are most chefs in restaurants. To expect him to cater to charter guests that ALL seem to have separate and different dietary restrictions/preferences is insane. And those restrictions/preferences are what I would say is producer driven, more than what's going in the galley.
Well, that's sort of my point: being a chef in a restaurant with a sous chef and other staffers is completely different than being a solo chef on a luxury yacht. Which Anthony is apparently unqualified for. The fact that all the guests have different preferences isn't so much "producer driven" as it is a fact of luxury yacht charter guests. Someone who is experienced at being a chef on a chartered yacht would come up with one or two things everyone could eat, not try to do eight different things at once.
This isn't a problem with producers stepping in and making unreasonable demands on behalf of the guests just to stir up trouble. Guests are capable of stirring up trouble all on their own. This is a problem with Anthony because he does not have the yachting experience to do this job. You can be a great cook/chef and still be unqualified for this particular job.
Yeah, people could be helping out more, but that's like saying if the bosun is in over his head people should step in and help him or if one of the stews isn't up to snuff the other staffers should take up the slack.
You can either do the job, or you can't.
In terms of production interference, I guess you could say casting deliberately hired someone who was unqualified, as they have been known to do on the regular, but I think that's about the extent of it.
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2 hours ago, Sarah 103 said:
I think the best term would be separated. They are still officially and legally married, but they have been living apart for months. He does want to move back. He left for a reason and has no desire to return.
Strange that the show would just leave it up in the air like that without addressing it. Are they leaving the door open in case the actress wants to come back?
32 minutes ago, JudyObscure said:I didn't say it was false or unfair, tattling usually is true. But whether we call it, "tattle," or "spoke the truth," my point was that someone who claims she has never been able to speak up has done a whole lot of speaking up lately.
I agree this seemed to come out of nowhere but we know next to nothing about these student nurses. The way it was presented was that she is the daughter of a headmaster and that seemed to be the reason she feared explaining herself to an authority figure who would be judging her. Might be a bit different than just offering up her opinion on things to co-workers.
That said, it would have been simpler to just say she had a fear of public speaking.
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16 hours ago, PaulE said:
All that, plus the fact that he died so young. I don't remember if his age was ever mentioned but I've always placed him around 20, even though Roman Zaragosa is older.
Yeah, he's 28 in real life, so he'd have been 25 when this show started. That still makes him the youngest ghost in the house (after Stephanie and the now-departed Ralph).
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On 4/20/2024 at 5:08 PM, TVbitch said:
Friday was a new episode but one that should have been an hour. To stretch it they do a bunch of red-herring stuff which always irks. Law enforcement was competent. Josh was looking good!
I thought it could have been an hour too. The problem was that we already knew from the start they narrowed the suspects down to five brothers through DNA research because they showed that in the preview snippets that open the show. So what's the point of including entire segments on investigating the boyfriend, and then, of all things, Anwar Sadat!
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I know they almost never revisit any of the weekly stories, but it seems to me we leave Deidre's story open-ended on several fronts. One, whether or not she'll be able to properly care for her new baby and get her boys back, and two, whether the abusive husband she left comes looking for her. Her troubles are not over.
On 3/25/2024 at 4:18 AM, debraran said:I hope they don't try to hook him up with one of the midwives unless it helps him push a divorce from a wife who doesn't want him anymore. They need a respectable time and Lucille is just not mentioned but it's the pink elephant in the room.
Is Cyril still in a state of limbo with Lucille? The last thing I remember is that she went back home and decided to stay there for an indefinite amount of time. So they never officially divorced? Are they still in touch? Has he considered moving there to be with her?
No Violet or Fred this week. Also, I've noticed they've done precious little with Sister Julienne this season. Maybe a lot of her scenes are getting trimmed by PBS but she hasn't been involved an any significant storyline that I can recall.
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22 hours ago, Lugal said:
By just horse and buggy, I could see it taking two months. By Hetty's time in 1895 there would have been railroads and she probably could have done it in a week or two. They seem to like the running gag of how much slower things were in Hetty's day, although I think they tend to exaggerate it a bit.
Yes, it's like the flashback with her father when she tried to lie about where she'd been. He asked if she wanted to stick to that story because he'd be able to read the news himself in the paper "in just a few weeks' time."
14 hours ago, Driad said:Hetty could have been worse off. At that time it was not unusual for a husband to have his wife put away in a madhouse: for being depressed, for not acting like a doormat, etc.
That's exactly what Hetty's father did to her mother.
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10 hours ago, Sarah 103 said:
If people are not watching a network show at least three-seven days after it airs, then it probably will get canceled. The networks look to see how many people are watching the day the day it airs, or at least three days after.
The networks still rely on Nielsen ratings which is an outmoded measurement in today's era of streaming. People just don't watch TV the same way anymore. And I think a lot of these shows depend on licensing deals with streaming platforms like Netflix and Hulu.
I don't think Paramount is making a lot off their streaming platform so it's unlikely a show like this would wind up there as original programming. Paramount Plus original content seems to be limited to niche shows like the Star Trek franchise.
I just don't understand the decision to pull the plug on a show that's still pulling decent ratings just to make room for something that's new and untested.
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S46 Ep. 9 "Spicy Jeff" LIVE CHAT
in Survivor
See . . . they already see Q as the perfect F3 goat because nobody will give him their vote.
We're stuck with this idiot until the bitter end. I don't know if I can take it.