Just Carol

In the main photo, Dean has a crutch. I wonder what happened to his leg. Also, what is with all the crap he put Caelynn through?

The LL Stars format was capricious because almost any of the queens could have won stars with almost any of their performances. Shea, Monet, Raja, Viv, Jaida were all IMO "robbed" of stars for various challenges. The biggest f¥ckery was announcing that the finale would be a "lip sync smackdown for the crown." Monet slayed while Jinkx gave a weaker performance. So when Ru said, "Based on all the challenges" I rolled my eyes.

Commenting on the Josh episode. I liked him. If I were a rancher and lived in a trailer over the feed barn I might not shower either. I liked that he was straight forward with Tan about the clothes Tan wanted him to wear. I thought the button-down shirts that Tan gave him looked too tight across the chest and underarms, and maybe too scratchy. Clearly, Tan did not like Josh — as evidenced when Tan told Josh that he/his look (Tan’s) was “chic as f…” One thing that I miss about the OG QE is that sometimes they would snark on their makeoverees during the video. This crew missed an opportunity this episode when Josh wore that kitchen towel on his shoulder for practically the entire evening. Another thing that stood out to me is that the ex, Kayla (?) was driven to the ranch. She did not drive herself. I wonder if Production gave her a ride so that she could drink (and not have to drive home under the influence of alcohol.) But then is Production waiting around to give her a ride back home? But what if she and Josh rekindled those old flames and she wanted to spend more hours?

Ten thumbs up for this show!! Andy and Maya are hilarious. The improv, canned lines, and different "song stylings" made it a hit for me. Their chitchat with sister-bakers was forced and uncomfortable, but I blame the sisters (esp. the older one) for being unapproachable. Iinteractions with all the other bakers were fine. If the Grannie were the Golden Girls, Grandma Anne would be Bea Arthur. Re the eliminations, I would have kept the Mexican siblings and their delicious carrot cake + caramel corn and eliminated the dry spice cake + skittles, despite the messy presentation of the former. But the latter bakers had so many sob stories to reveal, I wonder if it was a producer decision to keep them. All their bakes were disappointing and it was painful to watch them struggle. I also wish they had not eliminated the talented woman who had previously owned a bakery-- although this was supposed to be a contest for "home bakers" so maybe she shouldn't have been there in the first place. Breakout stars were Gerard and Shaun, not for baking, but for everything else. **Chairs are rocking, Grannies are talking.... a-bout youuuuu.**

Also loved this show for reasons others have stated. Loved there were no eliminations, and was aweed by Chef Aubre creations. Two problems, though. First, the show and course were called "school of chocolate" so why all of the emphasis on pastry? Did not seem fair that Daniel lost ground due to his pastry flavors, because the emphasis of the show was purportedly on chocolate, a medium at which Daniel excelled. Good of him to make a personal vow to improve in that area, though. Second, when the four prizes all went to Juan, I sort of expected him to give one toMellisa. I think that one of the prizes was five hundred pounds of chocolate? It would have been ice for Juan to give that to Mellisa, since she wanted to open a shop and I am pretty sure that Juan did not. He is working at Four Seasons according to the Internet. what happens to all that chocolate? I cannot imagine anyone eating a chocolate showpiece.

Right, yes. Thanks.

With regard to the Ivan/Chelsea who-pulled-whom situation, I can see from Ivan’s perspective that he thought Chelsea pulled him. He was at the bar. Chelsea came up and said “Hi.” Ivan said, “Do you want to go talk?” Chelsea said “Yes.” (Or did she say “Sure” —- it makes a difference.) And then Ivan said, “Good, I wanted to talk to you.” It could be that Ivan misinterpreted her “Hi” as something more than casual. The main linguistic confusion is with his question, “Do you want to go talk.” This utterance is commonly interpreted as an invitation by him. But secondarily and more importantly in this context, it could be that he was asking, confirming with her if it was her intention to ask HIM to go talk. The key would be whether she responded “Yes” or “Sure.” If she responded “Yes,” then I can absolutely see that he thought that she pulled him. Particularly, his later reply, “Good, I wanted to talk to you” indicates that he did not feel in control of the invitation conversation.

It looks like Ed used Smile Direct. Those aligners close gaps by squishing your teeth towards each other, and thus inward, so the overall effect is that his teeth are too small for his mouth. I mean, he does have very small teeth, but he looked better with the gaps. Come to think of it, Natasha has the same kind of teeth, plus the gaps as Ed used to have. I wonder if there was anyone in particular that Natasha was hoping would come to the beach.

Chelsea wiped her mouth after each of Aaron’s kisses, but not Ivan’s.

Natasha's date with Dr. Joe was very uncomfortable even before the Brendan-part of the conversation. Those stupid huge margarita vessels did not help. Dr. Joe seemed overly formal and stilted. He definitely was not feeling any connection with Natasha. It was cringey when Tammy asked Thomas, "What can I do to get you back" or whatever, but I loved his reply is that she is basically unstable.

So, I do not understand what is wrong with having semi-established Bachelor Nation couples come on BiP. BN loves love-story successes- they are victories for the franchise. Also, the canoodling and the drama is why we watch. Sure, it sucks for Natasha and she handled it like a boss, but yeah, as Pieper said, it is a game. Here on this forum it is categorized as a game show. As others have pointed out, the franchise is so incestuous. (See, e.g., Blake H.)

“Smoke stack” was used (correctly) on the show “Last Man on Earth.”

So boring. Everyone talking about how Paradise is going to blow up or whatever. Yak yak yak. My main take-always: Riley eats cake!! And does not remember the word “marshmallow.” Also, it bugs me that Chase misuses the idiom “smoke show” when he means “smoke stack” as in “smoking hot.” “Smoke show” means an illusion, like smoke-and-mirrors.

Nope.

Omg,@ljenkins782, yes. Imagine Tahz on that date with the strange food.