Grifter Lives

Bini's took up wearing the XL cross when Ari stopped wearing the Star of David.

Jabroni has the least of everyone going on, but he's the most stressed out.

John from Boston gets more airtime than Thais, and he's more engaging.

Yves' bridesmaids will be her drunken friends.

Tharan of pure heart has validated the gift that is Mohammed. According to Mohammed.

Happy Independence Day & belated Canada Day! Let's see if we have the testicular fortitude or liquor to survive the next two hours.

The South African bros did the "Red Flag" scene better than Patrick, John and the random friend in the new city. They went from their first round of beer to their third in one sentence. Egypt Teem is, at best, at brat, and definitely not the prize that he thinks he is. He makes sure that he's filmed in his wifebeater undershirt Two weeks ago, on the drive home, he threatened, "It's either me or the bikini." This week, his front-seat ultimatum was, "If we have to postpone the wedding for a month, maybe we shouldn't get married at all." Yves' getting so emotional about wanting a wedding seems tragic and desperate. Even though Ari's sister and mother live in the same apartment complex and are her closest allies, Leandro is the one to go wedding dress shopping with her alone. And even though Ari's nurse mother and cardiologist father live steps away, Ari buys into the flippant pregnancy diagnosis of Leandro Ph.D.. Janice had to be his travel agent, since his trip itinerary included (1) listening to Ari whine at the coffee shop; (2) crashing the Ethiopian New Year dinner and (3) taking Ari wedding dress shopping. When I saw the acoustic guitar in Ari and Bini's living room, I thought, "Please. Nobody play that or sing," and "I guess you can't store butt bongos." They cluttered that apartment quickly. (Also, last week, they showed Bini pouring coffee from a percolator, although Ari had made coffee from a Keurig on their first morning.)

Based on the two posts from @Ginger90, Janelle is starting her 3-day reset on the plane to visit "the grandbabies." She'll need Pivotal as soon as she lands in AZ, although it typically takes her a month or more to get back to her routine. It will be interesting to see if Maddie's shilling the reset, too. Janelle's eyebrows are atrocious in that photo. Maybe she just dyed them, or maybe she was reviving the Hawaiian vacation prank.

Janelle was at the Plexus conference - presumably at a hotel with a gym. But, now she has to reset to her routine and get her blood pumping. What a great health coach! Maybe she'll get to the 3-day restart after the 4th of July.

This season, it's the grooms: Guillermo and Patrick. Emily just wanted the ring.

No addressing the religious aspects - of their already-completed spiritual marriage, their potential divorce or in the pre-nup. Also, the baby clause would be somewhat unenforceable, even if he hasn't already had a vasectomy, as many suspect. Shaeda learned quickly from the Ferris wheel incident: Spring the most uncomfortable topic as they're about to be trapped in a confined space with no escape.

He's in Indiana. They're in Princeton, NJ. So his being nearby is intentional and planned.

Janice & Fred, Ari, Avi & Bini and Ari's sister all live in the same apartment complex. Yet, they drove separately. I understand that Ari had to pick up Leandro, but the parents and sister could have coordinated. Leandro seems to have changed his studies from math to psychology.

The sunflower corsage!

Remember: Bile has always been hurt. He's the hopeless romantic, even though he recognizes the business side of marriage. Everyone he's loved or felt loved by has hurt him. Emily doesn't have that tragic history. Maybe her exes are reflecting in prison.

Exactly. The way she drank was to dare him to object.

She got a deal, with a satisfaction guarantee. She had to have gone to Salinas Soul Patch Jeweler.

Emily is really giving Bile a run for his money tonight. Kobe comes through and proposes to her on a romantic date with a real diamond. So, she has to destroy the mood and his pride by telling him that she bought her own ring in a vote of no-confidence. I hope that their new bed hasn't arrived yet.

Guillermo's facial hair changed in this sequence. He had more at the beginning than at the end.

One day, Baby Covid will see this scene and be proud of his parents.

They're well-preserved in alcohol.

Thais' reaction to the Vegas showgirls should have been, "It's like Carnival!" Not, "What is that?"

Did Ari prep him on the communication advice? I can't figure him out. At first, I wanted to believe that he was an oblivious academic. But, this, "Her family is my family. We're family," to Bini is really passive-aggressive. Why doesn't he bring his bra-buying girlfriend around? Ari could threaten her, like she did Bini's female MMA partner.

Why wouldn't Bini and Ari have enough time to focus on their relationship? Neither works. He didn't land in the US and immediately start to train in a gym hours away. Yet, Ari complained again that they need to work on their relationship and they don't have time.

Agree. Why are they buying a mattress if they have any intention of moving out of her parents' home? Oh, that's right. . . They're not, because Emily is the breadwinner.