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I keep trying to give hiim a pass for just being naturally exuberant and in a competitive situation. But the silverback gorilla display after rolling a little bit of rice in grape leaves? C'mon Dusty, not every achievement requires that level of display. What are you going to do if you win the whole race? Make your head explode all over the losers?

I loved both roadblocks. Putting the clue on the souvlaki wrapper was the kind of devious move I love in TAR. Add the souvlaki lady to the great locals we keep seeing this season. Including the priest! "Don't talk to the priest." "Why you in such a hurry?" If the one twin was so very averse to onion, why not have the other twin eat all the onion? I mean, that might be a lot of onion for one person but she probably wouldn't be retching and so upset over it.

I don't recall details of how it was described in the first episode, but if her father was in great debt when he died, perhaps including mortgages on the house, there might have been no choice but to sell it. His daughter doesn't automatically get the house in those circumstances. Same as today.

In Ms. Turner's failed seduction scene, I liked that Mr. Russell woke up, saw this servant in his bed and leapt up in indignation. But instead of indulging her with a conversation about why he would not accept her offer, I wish he had immediately grabbed her by the arm and dragged her naked, skanky ass down the hall to Bertha's room, woke his wife, and told her exactly what happened. No hesitation, no internal debate. Bertha would have been livid to realize that her closest confidante is such a traitor, and it would have further solidified the bond and trust with her husband. Then we could have had a scene with Bertha going all Bertha on Ms. Turner, telling her exactly what was going to happen to her and why Ms. Turner would never dare tell anyone. That would have been delicious to watch. And it would have been a pleasant jolt to us viewers anticipating what he would do, expecting him to go along with it or give a speech as he did. But of course, Ms. Turner would been gone by the next episode and apparently that is not what the plot desires. (Side note, I couldn't help notice that these richie rich folks even sleep elegantly. It would have been funny for Ms. Turner to slip in to Mr. Russell's room in the middle of the night and find him sprawled all over the bed, one leg hanging off, covers all a mess, his mouth hanging open and drooling, snoring like crazy. You know, like us regular folks.)

When we first saw them on stage, my immediate thought was that they must have used a step stool and several helping hands to get into those Dr. Phil high chairs.

Dr. Clay….😮😮😮

Have to agree even though Akbar was not very likable. I've seen comments on here about how the canyoneering course looked easy, and I have to think that's spoken by someone who's not his size. Being out of shape is one thing, and he was, but I'm a guy about his size and I was feeling sorry for him through that whole thing. The cardio is part of it, but not all of it. When you're that size, just trying to fast hike through rocky terrain, squeezing through "normal size" rock passages, getting yourself up off the ground, all of it is harder. Even if you're in good cardio shape, which he apparently wasn't. I hike but I can't casually jump around on rocky terrain like my much smaller friend, who is like a billy goat, because I know that if I twist my ankle I'm in a world of trouble. My friend isn't carrying me down the mountain. And I know that if I fall, this 275 is going down hard. We learn that from experience. Yeah, he was making a lot of excuses. But add a heavy, wet, constricting wet suit to the hiking, climbing, running parts and it would be an extra challenge for a guy like him. (I was still screaming 'You were a Division 1 athlete!' at him.)

I bet Randy overfed those goldfish, too.

Dusty fell victim to the “I’ve done this before!” trap, which is closely related to the “We’re from here!” trap. Almost always famous last words. When they first started watching the cheese demo, Dusty explained to Ryan how they can’t get the temp get too high or it just cooks. That was the one thing he sort of knew, so in his panic he fixated on that one thing to their detriment.

I see it similar to Rebecca’s dementia. If they had introduced that and then just dropped it, never showing her dealing with the challenges, that would be strangely unreal and we’d all point that out as a flaw in this fictional narrative. I don’t think it’s weird for us to say the same thing about Kate’s obvious condition. I don’t think anyone here is looking to demean her or the actress. I certainly don’t take any glee in seeing Rebecca struggle but it seems organic to the story they have offered us.

Amen. The flash forwards took so much from the drama of anticipation and wondering. If we could have whispered to Randall and Beth at dinner that night, "Hey, don't worry. Turns out fine. She's a doctor later, all is good," there would have been far less angst and drama. But that's where we viewers are. Why worry what they do now? It turns out fine.

Agree. It's like this is a part of her story they've just decided to pretend does not exist. Maybe the actress doesn't want that depicted? In reality, it would be a big part of her life and a struggle. Not the entirety of who she is, but to ignore it completely seems false. I say this as a big person (not as big as Kate) who is lamenting how some things are more difficult and limiting now at my size and as I get older. It's a real part of life they've chosen to conspicuously omit.

I know a lot has been said already about the Malik actor looking way too young, but I have to add that I was shocked by the scene where Randall is sitting on the steps and Malik comes out to join him. Malik looked so small! Guess I'd never realized that in addition to his very youthful face, he's of quite a small stature. It was very obvious next to Randall. Nothing against guys of smaller stature -- my hound dog, ladies' man dad was quite short -- but in the context of this show and story line, it makes it even harder for me to take the Malik/Deja situation seriously. The actual actor could be in the same situation in real life, of course, so it's not implausible but it just adds another distraction to an already hard-to-believe plot line when the college man looks like he's 12. Seems like the Malik actor could make a good living playing characters much younger, like on one of those high school shows. But I suppose he's doing alright for himself.

I thought it was odd advice and that someone dealing with an eating disorder would specifically not want you to get them food when they say no. Especially something like a smoothie, just a big sugar bomb. Anyone else think maybe Kevin understands this and was misleading the boyfriend to sabotage his relationship with Madison?

I was amazed by the chicken guy and after reading these comments I had to go back and watch his segment again. There's really something off about him. I think he came in primarily focused on his European expansion and had this misguided notion that he'd go hard on the "foreign" Shark no matter what. What a huge miss. That has to be one of the most entertaining Shark Tank segments ever. In a supremely cringey way.

I’ve worked with both, still have some of the artificial ones in my pantry. Those were intestines. Doesn’t ick me at all but would expect some people to be put off.

I couldn't believe Akbar and Sheri chose the stairway instead of sausage making. Granted, they didn't know yet how involved the sausage making was going to be, and if they know anything about making sausage they could have been deterred. I used to make sausage as a hobby, and the whole process from start to finish can be a lot of work with a lot of opportunities for it to go wrong. After too many instances of spending hours on a gourmet batch and it suddenly turning to very expensive cat food because it broke in the grinding process, I lost interest in that little kitchen hobby. So maybe they knew something of that and thought it too risky and time consuming. In actuality, all the hard work had been done already and they only had to fill the casing. A little tricky, but you get the hang of it. Even if I thought the sausage task might be more than it actually was, one look at that staircase and I'd be saying Nope! Akbar and Sheri should take any task other than one so physically demanding. Surprised they didn't show any of the sausage teams being icked out by the casings. They were intestines, most likely sheep. But maybe they didn't know. And for the record, sausage like you would get from a nice butcher shop they went to is not made from gross stuff swept off the floor or bits that you wouldn't eat otherwise. I second the idea of showing the actual clue information and whatever rules they must follow for a task. They must have been prohibited from stuffing wine bottles in their backpacks, right?

Right, I guess knew that is the theory behind it and obviously it works with some people. But with some of these folks it is just so obvious they don’t have the ability or willingness to do that. That’s when it seems farcical to prescribe it as if he’s talking to any kind of normal person. But I guess it’s that or just turn them away.

I have to say I don’t really understand this philosophy of telling a 650 lb. person to just go home and lose 40 lbs a month through sensible eating and exercise. If they can do that, why not just do that for 10 months and drop 400 lbs and not even get the surgery?

Dr. Now: How do you think you did this month? Larry: Not good. Dr. Now: Be more specific. Larry: Not good with the weight. 🙄 Well yeah, Larry, that’s what we’re talking about.

I think the flash forwards have almost ruined the show for me. The first couple seasons were intriguing with the flashbacks showing how their childhoods influenced them, but now the flash forwards just have me trying to reconcile what I'm seeing with what I know will happen later. It takes me out of the story too much and introduces too much speculation about how the hell they get from here to there. I think the flash forwards were a serious mistake by the writers.

“The twelve-tale sign.” Yup.

I have to be fair and say today’s show about the deluded husband restores some faith that Dr. Phil can still do some good. I’ve always thought Dr. Sophie was a solid guy and together they came to a resolution that protects the kids and might help that poor husband come to his senses. No face cream or bingo apps, but I still cringe at his wife’s podcast logo.

Well, you know, blind man grilling. Maybe he throws a few pounds of meat on the grill, pokes it a while, and hopes some portion of it comes out just right.

I'm a big fan of her mom, especially after that dead-on speech in Dr. Now's office toward the end. And god bless her for taking care of her granddaughter. But she kept saying she only gave Dolly a normal portion of healthy food. That's not what we saw on camera. There was a scene well into the supposed weight loss program where she handed Dolly a plate of what looked like several quesadillas piled on top of each other. Or something that looked like that, definitely not on the plan. I can't fault her for much for trying and caving in to the demands of her very dysfunctional daughter, though. Also, when they were discussing how the mother had recently lost 200 pounds, I was surprised they made no mention of how. Did she have surgery? Did she just get tough with a diet and excercise plan? I mean, it's kind of relevant in the moment. I was fascinated by the look on Dolly's face every time Dr. Now was talking to her. It was so... odd, like she was a child trying to understand the words of a grownup.