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ME TOO. And I'm in a freaking hotel room, all ready to watch live on the internet (this Hilton hotel does not have Bravo on its TV lineup? What the what?) and BOOM... it was on at 8. I know they'll repeat it up the wazoo all week but I was so looking forward to this.

Yep, I thought the same thing.

Fun episode all around, but the high point was that SONG over the closing credits!! That was everything. The low point? The pillows on the laps of the guys watching the Ladyboy show. Geeeeeeee-rossssss!!!!!

The Exes was a good name, Triple Exes is stupid. Between Gunner's final expression and Scarlett's hair, I'm changing it to The Ex Tensions.

Thanks! Once it's official I'm going to document my experience moving from the US to the Netherlands with a blog called "Orange is the New Red White and Blue" In preparation, I've been reading a lot about Dutch culture. They don't like public displays of emotion of any kind, which makes these outbursts even MORE appalling. Where do they think they are? Italy??

That was me! Thanks!! Hahahahahaha

I'm probably moving to the Netherlands for my job in June... (Rotterdam, 30 minutes from Amsterdam by train) and I've been SO nervous and kind of freaked out about it. But aside from watching those crazy bitches confirming what people already believe about Americans, seeing the Netherlands looking so gorgeous and reading everyone's posts about wanting to go there is making me smile!! Someone needs to make a GIF of Kyle's face after Brandi screams in the street. PRICELESS.

So do we think the Stassi Retrospective was an official goodbye? And can we talk about all of this stupid ring/engagement/proposal crap? This is 2015, Katie. If you want to marry Tom, ask him to marry you. Get down on one freaking knee and propose to him. He will say "Hamana-hamana-hamana...." and you'll have your answer. I honestly don't understand this stupid "waiting for a ring" bullshit in this day and age. (and I REALLY don't get the ultimatum thing. If you have to strong-arm someone into marrying you, you're doomed from the start)

What was that with Stassi running away from Jax???? Bizarre...

There are many possible reasons why more children/people have health problems like asthma, celiac disease, ADHD, autism...and much of it may have to do with all the chemical crap we ingest in our food and in our environment. It's not about being whiny bitches. I'm always fascinated by people who have made a determination that some health issues are real, while others are made up. Do you believe that people can actually have cancer? ALS? Parkinson's Disease? (I've got that... but maybe I'm just a whiny baby who thinks my right hand shouldn't shake uncontrollably...god, what a princess I am!) If you've got none of those health issues, either the real ones or the "fake" ones, you're quite lucky. But when my son was in pre-school there was a child in the room who had a deadly peanut allergy. The school simply asked that people not pack PB&J for their kids, and one parent said "Screw that. If that's what I feel like making for lunch that day, that's what I'm making." Seriously, who's the asshole in that scenario? The parent with the child who wants to be in pre-school and normalized as much as possible, or the parent who doesn't give a shit if another child DIES because PB&J is what's on the menu for Tuesdays? Back to TAR, the OP who said she was grossed out by saliva in the noodles or eating them off the table probably wouldn't chew someone else's gum either. Can't say I blame her.

When Phil said that the "share" challenge was going to be really awkward, and then I saw noodles, I really did think they were going to have to eat them one at a time, meeting in the middle, Lady and the Tramp style. That would have taken forever AND involved touching of lips. I hope that was the original plan until someone objected at the last minute, because otherwise they've hired some pretty lame challenge designers. Why does this show only do the 'awkward double entendre' moments with gay couples? ("I can't swallow!" "It's too big!!"). Reminds me of the guys putting up the tent last year.

The Real Housewives: confirming the rest of the world's perception of Americans since.... well, let's just say "2015 Edition".

This is everything to me.

Of the 4,596 reasons I could never go on Survivor, having to eat beans would be #1. (what can I say? I had a bad childhood experience with beans just like the guy on TWD had with applesauce, only WAY WORSE.) #2 would be the smell, to which I say, "thank god for no Smellavision." This cast is going to be an insane mess which is only good news for us.

Hahaha here too. My son and I were both laughing at ourselves because we were fooled during the cold open, and again during the billboard scene. (and usually both of us see stuff coming a mile away)

Oh, nice. I realize it's an UO, but I like Ariana. I think she does come across as smart, and this Tumblr piece confirms that. Still don't see what she sees in FI Tom, if they are an actual couple, but you know... for every key, there is a keyhole.

That certainly doesn't explain the tank tops. Maybe they should find a Harley Davidson store and wear all leather? Sure it would be hot...especially since they never actually seem to have to deal with winter, or am I forgetting something? Even in Georgia it gets chilly and rainy in the winter but I can only picture them hot and sweaty. They're in DC now so if we don't see some 'surviving outdoors in the snow" episodes it would be pretty silly.

And while we're at it, can we talk about the use of the word "cadaver" in the note re Susan Berman? Talk about dehumanizing someone...

EVEN BETTER!! It's just so absurd (and transparent) to have them all in tight jeans.

I honestly came to this thread to bitch about this very thing. Suddenly Rick's beard is huge, but most of the other guys don't grow facial hair at all, or in Abraham's case seem to spend time shaving and styling it. The women are getting their eyebrows waxed SOMEWHERE, and are clearly wearing mascara (even Lizzie wore it). Another thing that drives me mad is this: if I were in the ZA, I'd raid a department store for yoga pants. Tight jeans seem like the last thing you'd want to wear in sweltering heat and while running around stabbing ex-people in the head. But hey, that's just me. I'm all about the comfort.

The most telling thing to me in this episode was when Jarecki asks him what the police were looking for in Lake Truesdale and he says "I don't know...body parts or something." WHO SAYS "BODY PARTS"??? Wouldn't you say, "A body"??? I like the pacing of it. I think it's super-creepy, just like him. Then again some people thought The Staircase was too slow but I liked that too.

Totally agree. What I was reacting to was the statement by another poster that said we did these things and we "survived just fine.". That just pushed a button for me like when people talk about 'the good old days' when people didn't overprotect kids and everyone turned out just great. My point was that I *was* an attentive parent, unlike my parents who thought they were so 'strict' but were completely clueless, and I was anything but safe. I'm sure my kids did things I didn't know about, but I'm also certain they didn't find themselves in mortal danger or the victims of violent crime. There's a big difference. I don't think we're in disagreement here. And to bring this back around to the show, while I think Phillip and Elizabeth are pretty loosey-goosey with their oversight, I think the bigger parenting issue is that one or both of them is highly likely to end up DEAD... (and then what??)

I would take issue with "survived just fine". My kids were a lot safer than I was because I parented differently than the way I was raised. /OT

That is also NOT the Katonah train station. Not sure why they couldn't use the real one. He seems guilty as fuck, and that NYPD cop is a real asshole, but you know there have got to be some twists and turns ala The Staircase to make this whole thing a bit less clear-cut. Makes you just want to peer into a person's brain and see the truth, doesn't it? Unsolved cases make my hair hurt, but I can't look away.

My parents were really strict and controlling, yet when I was 16 they believed I was spending the night at a girlfriend's house a few blocks away when, in fact, I took a flight to Maine to meet up with a married man with whom I was having an affair. (it was 1971...I had never even been on a plane before.) My mother is 92 now and she still doesn't know. She keeps saying she hopes she will just have a heart attack and die one of these days, so maybe I should tell her... hehe