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My kids and their friends were OBSESSED with this movie when they were young. Like it was on constant repeat. ChicksDigScars, I remember going to the video store at the mall YEARS ago and they were playing Grease with the closed captioning in the window. I saw the actual lyrics to "Greased Lightning" at that time and was horrified. Fun fact - gymnastics is an ANAEROBIC sport - meaning it relies on short bursts of energy and not sustained aerobic capacity. I'm still Team Suni - I see her growing each week. It's got to be a challenge to get such a reserved personality to open up like a Laurie Hernandez. For some reason, I really like Iman. He tries SO hard and he has an elegance that's hard to convey in a very tall individual. A pox on you, Len. Sending Mel home was a terrible thing. Of course, Mel will ALWAYS be a Spice Girl but at least she got her notoriety from hard work and talent.

I'm on the Auf-train with y'all. Darren should have been thrown out because Bones made his entire dress. Second, Bones only made Darren's dress because he was trying to save his own a$$ from his team losing. I guarantee Bones won't be making anybody else's dresses again. And I kept thinking Bones had a washcloth on his head like sports players do. IMHO I think for one challenge, everybody should get a plus size model to level the playing field. It would be so interesting to hear the comments from Christian since he's dressed many women of size (Melissa McCarthy, Leslie Jones, etc.) Is anybody else shocked by the shoddy workmanship by the designers? I know they don't have unlimited time, but some of these can't hardly wind a bobbin or thread a machine, much less sew a straight seam. And how did the one girl (don't remember names yet) end up sewing on that $249 grey Singer? Finally, as a plus size woman (legit plus size, not just size 14) I was so excited to actually own a Christian Siriano shirt that I bought at a discount department store. I wore it for about three years until it was threadbare. Somebody probably just slapped his name on it, but I was thrilled.

People can get weirdly sentimental/ traditional at events like weddings. I could see a gal like Louise who pretends to be all progressive turn into a ball of traditional mush at her first (and presumably only) wedding. Of course Louise has absolutely no family or personal friends to stand up with her (unless all their bouffants would be ruined in the rain). I agree with several of the posters above about tornados. It's like the writers are writing what they THINK a tornado should do, not what it exactly does. The original Roseanne tornado was way more authentic with the sky turning all weird when the kids are playing in the yard. I've been to multiple weddings of my own children and their friends and the majority of them have changed into outfits similar to Louise's once the actual reception was over. They would pop in and make an appearance at the hotel in their "fluffy clothes" (as I like to call them) while the rest of us were eating the extra wedding cake and gossiping about who wore what at the wedding or did what at the reception.

I thought that was strange as well. One of the writers came up with "tornado" after reading a synopsis of one of the original recipe Roseanne shows. ("that's the ticket"!) There could have been some bittersweet moment with Jackie and Dan reminiscing about Dan and Roseanne's wedding - something that would give us a lump in our collective throats. Instead, we got a lump of coal - whiney a$$ Darlene with her "it's all about meeeeeeee" attitude. Sure, your father who lost his wife and is finding happiness again is purposely pissing you off by having his boss/friend stand up with him. Your bridesmaid's dress was picked out to show your lack of chestiness. Everything resolves around Darlene (**waves pointer finger in a circle above my head***) I have several young grandkids who have been in multiple weddings. When they were babies, they were wheeled down the aisle in wagons or some kind of cute decorated carriage (in fact, the youngest is 16 months and is in a wedding in three weeks). The more advanced "walkers" walked right down the aisle cutely into the arms of another relative (cue Emilio's aunts"). Why have Becky have a child and it goes down the vortex of "lost Connor children" with baby Jerry and toddler Andy (who did walk/ was carried at Darlene's wedding). Mary's song was great. I really enjoy her sarcasm!

I had to roll my DVR back to watch their dance again. Daniella has got some core strength right there. But Iman had to be strong enough to lift a 110 pound woman over his head and seem artistic. I was impressed. Glad BAG is gone. He was giving me Unwilling Father of the Bride vibes the night before. I'm Team Suni and I'm so happy to see her loosening up so much. She's got an absolutely fascinating story with her family (I spent a lot of time watching Olympic gymnastics last summer). Jimmie got himself a little confused with his wife's condition, but boy, I'm enjoying his dancing along with Melora - she's elegant and strong at the same time.

Huge Seinfeld fan here. I've tried hard to not see George Constanza and so far, so good, but there was one moment where his voice just slid into George-ness and it blew it for me.

Correct. She wasn't crazy or unhinged in any way in the early seasons. She was family oriented enough to have hung around her sister's house all the time to be part of THEIR family. Now they are pretending that she's this crazy spinster type. Thinking realistically, if you knew a family like the Connors, Jackie would have almost certainly have been married and had a kid (or two).

Sorry, but I was not feeling the Becky/ Mikey storyline at all. It seemed very forced and Becky reminded me of the original show Becky that got drunk and played all the records and made tornadoes. She SOUNDED drunk to me (although she supposedly wasn't). So she needs to be working on her sobriety more than sleeping with some guy from high school (that was never mentioned before this season). I'm SO tired of Darlene and her whiney girl ways. She's having a mid life crisis of sorts. And yet life goes on around her. Harris and Mark seem to be doing okay with an emotionally absentee mother. If I were Ben, I would stay away. He's a catch by Lanford standard so he could do better. THIS. Jackie was one of my favorite TV characters ever. Of course she was messed up from her parents, but she's at least in her early 60s and has no ex-husband? No kids? They need to give Jackie some decent back story so those of us hanging on from the old show can connect with her. Dan had his moment with the death of Ed and Little Ed showing up briefly. Why not tie up some loose ends so we can see WHY Jackie is now the crazy wackadoodle aunt instead of a competent women who is about to run a business.

Bless her heart, JoJo reminds me of a pageant kid that just hasn't emotionally matured. Her skills are fine, but that constant ON personality is exhausting (and I'm an optimistic positive person myself). Plus she's way bigger than Jenna, so she just comes off looking odd to me. Not feeling BAG and Sharna - I love then both individually but not their pairing. Suni's shell is cracking a little bit. She looked like she wasn't about to throw up last night, which was a big improvement. Hopefully she will loosen up personality-wise a little bit more.

I was watching Aerobic gymnastics a few nights ago and was wondering what. . . the. .. heck? Looked like a cross between those crazy 80s aerobics routines and my daughter's all star cheerleading routines. I started watching with the TV muted as I was doing something else, and then once I unmuted it got even funnier. One group from a Soviet state was performing to "Apple Bottom Jeans" which was sped up to nearly double time. They did incorporate a lot of cheer stunts (basket tosses for instance, which my DD did in her squad). I was waiting for the crazy cheer faces to start!

My kids were competitive gymnasts at a gym that had multiple national team members (one that went to the Olympics). There was a toxic culture back then. My younger daughter dislocated her baby toe during conditioning and the female coach made her do conditioning until I was able to get there and take her to the ER to have it relocated. Her toe was sticking out sideways like a taxicab door yet she was doing V-ups.

After the huge dumpster fire involving USAG and the abuse charges and mishandling, she certainly has to look out for herself. A gold medal would translate into more lucrative post Olympic endeavors. Gymnastics, particularly at the elite level, is ridiculously expensive and difficult physically and emotionally.

I think my co-worker has the same problem with her apartment - she tells me she doesn't bake because her oven doesn't work (the stovetop does so she can cook). She doesn't let anybody into her apartment and has to clean for a week before anybody comes. She had a leak in the bathroom ceiling from the upstairs tenant and was visibly panicked because they had to send a plumber to her place. Like I mentioned, my house isn't the neatest but at work, my desk is pristine because I can't concentrate if it's a mess. Meanwhile, co-worker is back and her desk is blown up again - I honestly think she just dumped all kinds of junk all over because it makes her feel better. There's no way she used 500 large paperclips in a few days. I caught part of the vehicle show last night - It was interesting seeing Zaz sitting with an afghan on her lap. Maybe they were trying to social distance and she was freezing.

I'm prefacing this by saying that I'm a reformed hoarder myself. I still have some piles of too-many-things in my house, but sorry, no sail cats and no empty pizza boxes or tons of newspapers, etc. But I had to use my co-worker's desk for a few days while she was out of town. She had information and files saved on her computer that I was only able to access when using her desk. So when I needed that info, I slid my chair over and. . .. I had to clean her entire desktop before doing anything. I was literally GROSSED OUT. She had hundreds of paper clips thrown around - papers, post-its, used Q-tips under the papers, and just piles and piles of random crap. I had to clean her monitor screen because it was filthy (looked like a small child who ate yogurt with his fingers had drawn on it). I organized everything as much as possible, threw a bunch of useless stuff away, and put the rest in a desk drawer. When she returned, she asked "Who cleaned my desk"? I told her I did and she promptly told me that I had put all the paper clips in the wrong container because the big ones went HERE and the small ones went HERE. (I guess instead of thrown all over the desk). I felt like I was in a Hoarders episode when the hoarder acts all ungrateful.

It was SOO hard to watch. After he peeled off the parallel bars and landed backwards on his knees, I got the willies watching everybody else doing any kind of release moves. I wasn't able to watch the remainder of the competition but I know it will be repeated over and over again on the Olympic channel so I will catch it then.

My niece apparently kept all my mother's clothes when she passed. She was in her early 20s and I have no idea why she would be wearing outfits that made her look like Marie on Everybody Loves Raymond. I'm a quilter and I have made several quilts out of the clothing of deceased folks. I actually made some "memory bears" out of shirts worn by a young man who was tragically killed in an auto accident. The bears went to his mom, his fiancée and their two young children.

It took me a while to watch this episode and man, Debbie, reminded me of a lady I know that will argue and talk, talk, talk until I finally have to cut her off. Her family probably just says "FINE." to shut her up. I was particularly upset about all those brand new shoes that could be donated. It's bad enough she keeps the old shoes, but to deprive somebody who is needy of new shoes is really selfish. Debbie was just so resentful of her father. Hey, the guy's dead, give it up for the family you have living now. Sending Joshua healing vibes and positive thoughts.

I like Becky - she's a hot mess and she's all over the place, but I still like her. DJ is fun for random comments and I enjoy Jackie, again because I've watched the original show so much that she feels like a real person. (I have an old friend who is semi-crazy and comes up with the most bizarre stuff, but we have history). But Darlene's supposed to be coming off like she's all sparkly and wonderful but she's elitist and **sorry for my shallowness** not overly appealing physically IMHO. So what does she have going for her? She's mean or thoughtless to those around her (why wasn't she thinking of her kids when she had those Hawaii tickets? Wasn't Mark needing money for something? How about a semester of community college for Harris, since she caused her to lose her job?) She comes off as the same selfish Darlene as she was back in the day.

Darlene is NOT the new Roseanne. She's not as tough as Roseanne or as funny as Roseanne, and sure not as appealing as Roseanne. Dan was and still is peripheral to the women in the show - plus he's still just going through the motions after losing the love of his life after umpteen years. He's just TIRED IMHO. Jackie is still wacky. I'm enjoying Becky's storyline more than Darlene. Perhaps I don't see Darlene as appealing and in particular, she still seems snobbish that she's back in Lanford working at the same place her mom did.

Enjoy! Rollacoaster, you are my hero! I've looked for that skit for years!

*** waves at Valerie*** I have an older brother who was diagnosed with Asperger's as an adult. And when I heard Elon talking, all I could think about was the weird way my brother talked when we grew up (he's ten years old than me). Plus I have an adopted family member with Asperger's who also has the same affect. That said, I thought Elon did a pretty good job, considering he's trying to read lines written by someone else who has the emotional connection to what's written and he doesn't. I thought the monologue was funny, even with his mannerisms. Murder Durder was funny. The Gen Z skit was really hard to understand (I even had the close captioning on). **unpopular opinion*** I was NOT feeling Pauline - her delivery was funny, but I didn't think the lines were. Ooli was actually my favorite skit- somebody had mentioned a skit with Maya Rudolph way back. I remembered one with Natalie Portman and she was trying to introduce her boyfriend JEFF to her parents and she spelled her " Geeehh Eeeee UURRR Effff - Gueeerfff". I'm still trying to find that on you tube because that was hilarious. Mylie always looks like she smells like cigarettes and dirty feet, and she's got the lounge lizard act down pat. Even though she's talented, I struggle to watch her so I just FF her.

So passive aggressive, on top of the narcissism. And dude, please stop buying random junk so you can buy a front tooth. Both he and his wife were therapists, so they had some money at some point in time. Welcome Borealis and AZ Christian, you rock! I also come from a family of origin with such negativity and it's a big SCREW YOU to be able to not only live, but live in such a satisfying manner. Back to Wilhy - anybody figure out why she went Catatonic? She just went stiff and started staring at the wall unresponsively for no reason? Doesn't that happen with some kind of trauma response? And imagine getting blamed because you didn't stop your husband from turning your house into a gigantic dump hole while you're struggling with your own mental illness. Tim is no better than any other sick puppy we've seen on this show.

Lecy and John made last night's show for me - it gave me the feeling of the original show without it feeling maudlin. As for Becky's college fund, I have the feeling Roseanne and Dan might have raided whatever meager amount was in there during the prior year when things were super tight. Also, back in the day, going to "community college" was a step down in a lot of people's eyes. Becky would have been smart enough to get into a four year college with her grades. I think even SHE thought it was a step down. And then. . . . waaaahhh waaaahhh Darlene came in. She is just some special kind of eff-up, isn't she? Trying to help her kid cheat? And then going to the school and tearing up a poster while getting all "After-School Special" on the teacher? Maybe if she wasn't so wrapped up in Ben and her own devices, she would know that her kid was super stressed out earlier and could have traded off something for tutoring (I had a friend who had several very talented gymnasts and she cleaned the gym every night to cover their tuition - another friend held bake sales to pay for their equipment and lessons). How about Darlene trade those tickets for Hawaii in and use the cash to pay for a tutor for her child? (if she could even get the cash back) Are you thinking the state police loaded up that deer in the back of a truck and somebody took it home and made sausage out of it? LOL

Kassa - I had the same thing done after a sudden hearing loss four years ago (the MRI - no tumor here either). But most people don't wander around having brain tumors for no reason (I work at a diagnostic center and they do tons of them for "headaches", just to rule out a brain tumor and yes, we've had a few pop up in younger people). IMHO, if she had a brain tumor bad enough to cause a seizure, she would have known about it ahead of time. It just seemed like one of those "How can we use Molly to make Darlene turn all YOLO? Say, let's give her a brain tumor that kills her off, but leaves a pretty face and body!"

I didn't realize Al was an alcoholic - just Bev. However if I was married to Al the Abuser, I would have been an alcoholic myself. I don't see Darlene with BAG. What would be the future? He's going to make some money and go off surfing with his friends (In land-locked Lanford LMAO) while Darlene is stuck at home with her kids and Boring Ben. Meanwhile what right does Murphy Brown have to tell Dan what to do? Where has she been all this time? Bossing her grown a$$ son around? Explain to me why Ben can't afford even a small apartment on his own right now and has to sleep in the back of the hardware store. I realize they are trying to lighten the show up but Becky's jokes in rehab are IMHO cringeworthy.