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Honestly, I got the impression early on that Augusta had SOME inkling of what a scoundrel Edward was, which was why she was initially dismissive of him. I think it's entirely in-character for her to believe that she has been able to reform him through her rebuffs. He was quite persistent in "wooing" her into believing that she had changed him - he flattered her ego and she's just inexperienced enough to have fallen for it hook, line and sinker. I give the writers a smidgen of credit for making us all wonder, for the span of one episode, whether or not he was legitimately reformed or not, though this episode had me firmly cracking up and laughing at his obvious, clumsy mustache-twirling villainy, lol. I'm rooting for Lydia and Jolly to hook up, while Georgiana and the Duke stay together, and they can all live happily ever after once they've tossed Mama into the sea. They would all be perfectly happy and jovial together. I don't like Ralph being supremely prejudiced against any and all Sanditon inhabitants, but I get it. He's being very territorial with regard to Charlotte - which, yeah, I mean, she DID commit to him. She needs to either fish or cut bait, so to speak. Speaking of Charlotte, boy does she give incredibly bad advice with only partial facts. I know she's doing her best to avoid any interaction with Colborne, but you'd think she'd at least had enough sense to ask Alexander who the man in question was that Augusta had set her sights on. I mean, really. Can she be that stupid? Wait, don't answer that. Also, Colborne very publicly turned Denham down to courting Augusta (well, in front of a room full of people who all move in a rather small social circle), so one would think Charlotte would have heard about that already and known exactly who Augusta had become enamored with and told her to not be so foolish. Yeesh. Based on last night's episode, I feel like we're going to have the carpet pulled out from under us in rooting for Lady Delacourt and Samuel Colborne, Lady Denham and Rowley Price, and don't even get me started on the married Parkers...

I'd rather see independent Miss Augusta paired off with the gay Duke than that horrid Sir Edward. I think they'd suit each other admirably. And I'd rather see Lady Montrose with Sir Edward. They're both scheming beasts and deserve each other.

I did! I didn't comment on it while writing up my review of the series finale, but I totally thought that might happen as we saw that bus winding along the highway in the moonlight. Well, see, now, that would require a second season, which, thankfully, we're not getting. And competent, creative writers, which this show never had. Heading off to my YT account to reminisce about the good ol' days when Joshua Sasse was on a show with competent, creative writers...

I didn't have a chance to watch this last week - started a new job and then figure skating's Grand Prix Final was far more important to me than this stupid show, so I finally caught up with it tonight and wrote my thoughts as I watched. I'll read everyone's comments after I make this post, lol. LMAO – as if the cops would come to Albie’s farewell concert and arrest him publicly… Oh, soap opera trope #165971648 – Jamie the avenging angel for his dead daddy’s death at the hands of a drunk driver… Ha – okay, I appreciate Luke giving us soap opera trope #165971649 by punching Jamie after his confession to the Romans, lol. Albie’s for sure got some plan, not that I expect it to make any sense because when has anything on this show ever made any sense? The writers just pull whatever they want out of their asses to serve their current plot needs. Haaaaa… And, now, we’re onto soap opera trope #165971450 with Kayla going into labor early and the OB-GYN letting it slip to Gigi that Kayla’s 2 months further along than she thought… Oh, God… Gigi Angry at Nikki scene #2174 in a show that has had exactly 11 episodes. “Get the hell out of my life, you horrible sister who never puts ME first!” I’d ask everyone who rolled their eyes at this scene to raise their hands, but I know it’s all five of us still watching this stupid show. Gay BFF fashion consultant/hanger on and Gigi conversation… Great, now Gigi’s gonna go off and exact more revenge again against the family she resents… Gigi really is an awful, spite-filled narcissist. Albie with Ace & Tatum (I’d forgotten about her and didn’t know who the blonde next to Ace was in the opening scene, lol)… Well, that was nice for that scene to remind me about Nikki’s daughter. Nikki getting the bad news that her tour is being put on pause. And she retaliates by calling off the merger. Heh. You know, Gigi really is a fool. She’s too stupid and short-sighted to recognize that spilling all of the Roman secrets to the Skyfair lady is gonna put an end to the gravy train she’s been riding her entire life. No idea what the point of the Jamie/Nikki scene was. And now, we’ve got Ace & Ana. Oh, boy, Cat just caught them together. And now Ana’s going all rebel girl on mama, lol. Soap opera trope #165971650 check! Awww, Gigi’s crying to Albie. I see how she’s gotten through life, with that sad, pouty face and doe eyes. She is always the wronged party, in any situation. Did it ever occur to her to wonder why her wife cheated on her? Roman kids confrontation in the foyer. Uhm, no, I’m sorry, but there’s no way that this li’l ol’ pissing match would have been resolved by Daddy coming in and reminding them he’s going to jail in 8 hours. Yup, Gigi’s being her usual, stubborn, immature self. If this show gets renewed, can we have her killed off at the start of next season, please? Albie & Jamie… Ohhhhh, Jamie’s sorry and changed his mind because, of course, Albie’s music sessions. Is this show actually tying up loose ends? Nikki on the phone with some chick named McKenzie Gates, scheming. Well, since Nikki is certainly the smarter of the Roman sisters, I’m sure this will be better than whatever shit Gigi does. Nellie spills to Gigi before the show that Nikki’s got McKenzie Gates coming to see the show and give her a tour. Good God, I just can’t with this show. Nellie’s working out all of her resentment toward her dearly departed sister, Dottie, through manipulating Gigi. This is just… So, stupid beyond words. But Gigi is stupid enough to fall for it because, well, Gigi is a self-centered idiot. Albie talking to the audience and Gigi storms on stage while Nikki stands off stage… And now, we’re gonna get a duet duel, because why not let Nikki come out on stage in an outfit that does not have nearly enough support for a woman of her age. You know, if either Dottie or Nellie had really given a damn about either of those girls, they’d have packaged them as a duo act 20 or 25 years ago when country music was all about great female groups. But, nooooo… Instead, these two middle-aged broads are squabbling over a big break that is never gonna come for either of them. And now, Tripp shows up to arrest Albie in the middle of the concert and we still have 20 minutes of this show to go. Oh boy… well, that was not the twist I saw coming, but good on Albie. Knew he was up to something. So, was the rest of that random conversation with Jamie them figuring out how to get Clive’s body onto Tripp’s property so that Jamie could then call in an anonymous tip? Because, if it was, it’s dumb. What kind of Sheriff and deputies don’t recognize freshly disturbed dirt and debris/brush/leaves on the ground? Back from commercial break and Jamie confesses to Nikki, lol. But, yeah, you are that dumb, because helloooooooo… Freshly disturbed dirt at the gravesite. Gah. And I don’t even want to discuss the alleged blackmail funds found in Tripp’s bank account. Because… Either these Roman idiots stumbled into the truth, that Tripp WAS the one blackmailing Dottie all that time, or… No, nope, not gonna go down the road filled with all those plotholes… Luke & Albie… Oh, here’s another resentful child scene. LOL. Okay, Luke punching Albie was great and amusing. Albie had that coming. Nikki begging McKenzie to back her tour and we cut to commercial break, and I’m sure when we come back, Gigi will be waving at her from the door of that private jet because that’s soap opera trope #165971651 we haven’t seen yet. Oh, nope, we have Albie visiting Skyfair lady and telling her to give Luke a fair chance. And now, we have Luke apologizing to Gigi, soooooo, nope, Gigi wasn’t on that plane. Color me surprised. Bleh, no, we’ve got Gigi at the hospital with Kayla and the new baby – a boy! And Gigi leaves with nothing resolved. Nikki and her kids… Apparently, Tatum’s going to traipse along on the tour with her mom, while Ace is gonna stick around and keep an eye on Albie, but he, clearly, is suggesting that Ana be the opening act. Hey now… The writers actually figured this shit out and are gonna have the Roman sisters tour together. If that was the point of this entire season, it was way too much of a convoluted hassle for any of us. And I guess the season is closing with a Trace Adkins song about family… Ugh, one last interaction between Nellie and Gigi… She’s a real menace, I must say. Oh, no, we don’t end with the song, we have the reveal that Jamie’s been working with Cat? And she’s still angry and vengeful, apparently… And the last scene is Nikki thinking all is well while Gigi is plotting her next foolishly idiotic move to destroy her sister for no good reason. Please, don’t let this stupid show get renewed. I like Joshua Sasse too much to want him saddled with another season of this steaming pile of poo. Seriously, I might need to bingewatch Galavant again to remind myself what he can do with great material.

Literally fast-forward through all things Ace & Ana here! We also, though, missed out on the additional trope of Ace deciding "screw my promises" and kissing Ana. Are there teenage girls at home watching this crap and swooning? Not to be ageist since Nicky's probably only a few years younger than me, but isn't she well past the age of making it big in the music industry without going the Susan Boyle route?

Hey @JayDub1987, you forgot that soap-opera trope #17583928 was hinted at in the promo for next week with producer Jamie "not being who I say I am" - because what soap opera is complete without a cop/LEO having an unbelievable cover as a well-known, talented titan of "pick the industry that will get you an in with your target"? 🤣 And, I just died at that breakup scene between Nicky & Jamie. Was that scene written by a lovesick, suffering-through-my-first-big-breakup-betrayal fifteen year old?

You'd think as quickly as that kid aged, the wifey would have already given birth to at least two more of Luke's secret babies by now!

Yes - it's an old folk song. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Yellow_Rose_of_Texas_(song) The version I'm most familiar with is the Johnny Lee & Lane Brody one - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hp1YDHagAGc Rimes might have been born in Mississippi but she was raised in Texas and that's where she was discovered as a musical talent. I definitely don't get why they were calling themselves the Yellow Roses though, since the rest of the group doesn't have any Texas ties as far as I can tell.

Because Trace Adkins is releasing it as a single? That would be my guess, but yeah... I have so much burning hate for this show, I really am just hate-watching at this point, but the biggest question I had last night was why would a one-off tour of country female artists called the "Yellow Roses" bring in native Oklahoman Carrie Underwood to replace the 3rd woman after she dropped out. I mean... If you name a tour something like "Yellow Roses" then, clearly, you'd expect that they're all native Texans or have lived in Texas for a big part of their life or got their start in the Texas country music scene. SMDH. I'm sure I have other questions or issues with this show, but that's really the only one that matters in a show so poorly written as this one.

I only became aware of this show due to Joshua Sasse and I have to say, he's a real trooper (or his publicist, I guess) to keep promoting this show because it's just terrible. I watched on Wednesday because Tue night was all about the election results. The first twenty minutes was so pointless, I paused it so that I could was some of the US Figure Skating Sectional competitions (where skaters qualify for Nationals), then came back to it later in the evening. The pacing of the entire episode was absolute crap. I could have given a rat's tail about the debutante ball and while I would have believed the presence of a local news crew thirty years ago at one of their garden/pool parties, there's no way I would have believed it twenty years ago much less now. Find a better way, show, to introduce us to the woman Gigi will be cheating with in three episodes when she randomly reappears. Furthermore, about the deb queen storyline... This is my issue with this show in general... They just throw stuff out there without any buildup. The "smash the patriarchy"/my mom and I are at loggerheads would have been way more effective had the setup for it consisted of more than just one scene where Tatum complains/yells about how no one cares that her dad has just up and disappeared and a second scene where she tells the DA/Albie's BFF that her family is good at keeping secrets. Ace singing "This One's for the Girls" was beyond bizarre. But, again, the whole anxiety disorder thing... The writers need to do better than throw it out there ten episodes ago and never follow up on that thread through the intervening episodes until it's conveniently necessary for this week's random excuse to have musical performances. And I suppose Albie blackmailing his DA BFF probably means that DA BFF isn't the anonymous blackmailer after all, but knowing this show, the writers will find some convoluted way to make that make sense. Oy. I'll keep watching this until the bitter end, but I'm going to be perturbed if this shitshow gets a second season with nary a bat of an eye from the Fox executives while we fans had to fight hard to get ABC to greenlight a second season of Galavant all those years ago. Even Smash, which also barely got a second season, was a much better show than this, and there was a lot of WTF writing there both seasons, lol.

Well, I think this was the most even, writing-wise, episode of the season so far. Took 'em long enough to get there. Mind, it's still not great, but it was an improvement. I'm not convinced that Clive was the blackmailer. Seems too easy to draw that conclusion from him rambling on while exchanging gunfire with Albie about a bunch of Roman family secrets. The guy was married into the family for at least 17-20 years, so, Lord knows, he's got to be well aware of how they operate and how Dottie controlled everything about their image and brand. My money is on the D.A. as the blackmailer. Because, well, that would be the soap opera trope move - Albie's best friend secretly blackmailing Dottie about killing Rosa (among other things, I'm sure), and, besides, as someone pointed out last episode, it was awfully convenient how he was able to find Cat's birth certificate, but lost the trail of that little girl at an orphanage in New Mexico. Apart from that - Gigi being the one to kill Clive surprised me too. I did not see that coming. Also, don't diss "I Love a Rainy Night" or any of the older covers. I think they're achieving what the producers intend - which is to make viewers at home sing along with them because they're nostalgic. At least, that's what I do when great old hits are used. Also masks the less than stellar voices covering them. That's my story, and I'm stickin' to it. Which is another song the show totally needs to cover one of these episodes. Maybe the entire Roman family can sing it the night the D.A. comes to arrest them at the bar for the death of Clive.

LOL - you're inadvertently giving me Galavant flashbacks where Joshua Sasse once had to say the line "Die in a fart" with a straight face - but that was a much better show and comedy. But, seriously, if you were an actor on this show, given the absolutely horrible writing, I'm not sure how you could get through most of your scenes without looking like you're trying to hold in a fart. At this point, I'm just watching, waiting for next soap opera cliched shoe to drop with each scene. The writers don't seem to understand foreshadowing or even how to let things just settle before bouncing to introduce the next ridiculous, likely villainous character.

I got a phone call right as the F2 HOH was starting during the East Coast broadcast, so I was distracted for the last hour or so of the show and am just now watching the broadcast here on the West Coast again. Absolutely LOVE Taylor's Finale night outfit. I'm so glad she got a chance to wear it - just gorgeous! Monte completely tanked the answer to Kyle's question. That was BAD. He bounced back on the 2nd question. In retrospect, I bet Monte now realizes the biggest risk he took, and his biggest blunder, was taking Taylor to the F2, lol. Taylor was great in all of the questions. During the jury roundtable, I thought Indy would for sure vote for Monte, but her body language when Taylor was answering her question told a different "you go, girl!" story and I knew she had Indy's vote. Second watch of Taylor's speech - just WOW. Probably the best BB finale speech ever. Superb. LOL - Joseph 100% told them both he was voting for Taylor with his "I'm voting for the 'sword' of the season, echoing Taylor's own speech. It seems clear, on second watch that Alyssa, Indy, Jasmine & Michael also telegraphed their vote with their comments while inserting their keys. Terrance cracked me up with his comment directed at Monte "Finally got you on the block!" Oooooo... Brittany is SALTY about Michael lying about his profession. Among other things. Love the reaction of the cast, especially Taylor, to Joseph also revealing he is a lawyer. Oh, and there's no way that MonTay is moving anywhere post-show. There's a much stronger likelihood, once Joseph & Taylor have that stiff drink and long chat after the show, that he joins her on her AFP winner's cruise. Daniel's still an ass - the show wasn't boring right after he was evicted - that was the week Indy went home and then we had the split house. Feeds were HOPPING and lit those two weeks. I have to say, I'm really surprised that Terrance kept his promise to Taylor, the week he was evicted, when he told her she had his vote if she made it to F2. That really speaks to her jury management, to get his vote when she was sitting there on the block next to a man, and a black man at that. Of course, the overall vote total really does speak to Taylor's jury management - she really worked those relationships with each juror, both before and after it became apparent they were going home. LMAO - Taylor's gonna buy some potato chips! Yes, it is like winning Miss Congeniality all over again, but better, because there's a cash prize! So happy for her! She's right up there as one of the best winners this show has ever had!

I think they really respected the fact that, as I think Joseph articulated, she was on the block five times and, somehow, each time came off the block in a stronger position in the house than she was before. And they really respected her social game - that she was gracious and polite and kind in the face of adversity that would have brought a weaker person to their knees. ETA - no, it was Kyle who made that point about Taylor.

That was an awesome final speech from Taylor! I really hope the jury gives it to her!

Even if Monte takes Taylor, he's going to win because there's no way Turner doesn't vote for him, even if he betrays their F2 deal.

Monte has Indy also. Taylor has Jasmine. Disagree about Terrance - he's solidly with Turner, IMO. Alyssa and Joseph are undecided, IMO. I think Alyssa is leaning Monte, while Joseph is leaning Taylor.

And how about allowing a moment for the live feedsters to be pissed that this was the LONGEST endurance comp of the season and we were deprived of seeing it play out on the feeds? Hmph.

Oh, fellow feedsters, I hate that this time of year has come again. It's always so enjoyable to snark with everyone else who loves this stupid show as much as I do. We probably won't get a season as good as this one for a good many years, but it's been fun while it lasted! I can't believe how this cast we thought was a collective dud at the start of the season proved us wrong and kept the feeds lively and the ultimate outcome up in the air right until the end. See you again next summer!

If this is accurate, then it's safe to say that Taylor is running away with the win.

I think Indy would absolutely vote for Taylor over Monte. Michael - whomever wins F3 HOH will get his vote. He's going to respect Monte pushing Turner to evict him at F6, but there's the personal relationship he had with Taylor that he didn't have with Monte, so I think it will really come down to who wins the F3 HOH. Joseph - who the heck knows? Kyle - actually, I think he'd vote for Taylor over Monte. He came out of the house calling her amazing and wonderful, and if Alyssa gets to jury house with positive feelings toward Taylor and feeling salty about the "gentlemen's deal" between Monte & Turner to evict her this week, then I think that would solidify his vote for Taylor. And, don't forget, we didn't get any jury house footage and we still don't know what's going on with the rumors about Terrance. Heh... Can you imagine if he was booted and America did get a jury vote? Taylor would win that, in a heartbeat, over Monte, lol.

Honestly, I can't criticize any of the F4. They've all won or contributed to winning at least 2 comps. Sure, Turner always did as he was told, and Taylor's first HOH was a hot mess thanks to Joseph & Kyle, and Brittany has brought the cray-cray since Michael left (has it really only been 8 days?!), but they've all clawed and fought and won when they needed to, otherwise they would have been gone.

Did we ever hear what the result of America's Vote was on that? If not, then I don't know how we can even count it at all.

I'm pretty sure they were done when the kittens were on for about an hour. Brittany made a remark when she came in to talk to Taylor referencing something Turner said to Taylor - the way Brittany asked about it, I got the impression Taylor referenced it in her nomination speech. Brittany & Monte talking in the kitchen and Brittany is positive there was an America's Vote for something this season - maybe the split house or Festie Besties. Girl's gonna be shocked to learn we had no vote for anything - all this was on production, lol.

Not yet. Taylor went back to the hallway bedroom and was thinking silently for a few minutes before Brittany joined her. Brittany is still lying to her face about her eviction vote and throwing Turner under the bus. And now, Taylor has headed up to the HOH with one of her bags so that she can get changed.