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Wes seems to have a lot of fans on social media, and unless they are all bots paid for by Wes himself, I am very confused. I realize he's partly playing a character but, man, I dislike that guy in my bones. Not in a love-to-hate way either, but in a please-don't-ever-appear-on-my-screen-again way. For instance, I don't particularly like Rob either, but I do find him charismatic and interesting to watch, and the Hot-Dad Energy doesn't hurt either (I said what I said! Don't come at me!). Wes is just... ugh. Every smarmy, mediocre guy I've ever had the displeasure of dealing with, congealed into one human.

Anyone else wonder why Lisa Rinna's mom was desperately trying to get into Kyle's house?

Eh, I think it can be insane AND standard reality TV behavior. What I mean is, we’ve seen RHW before whom the other cast members have to tiptoe around to avoid offending. Dorinda. Theresa. Etc. It’s not okay, and it doesn’t make for good TV, but it is a thing we’ve seen before. I feel like Brynn’s level of pathological lying and toxic instigating is not something I’ve seen before. But we can agree to disagree!

I haven’t watched the international iterations of this show, so maybe it’s come up there… what happens if the vote really is even and they have to “go to a tie”?

The WTF look on Rob’s face while Carolyn and Danielle were going after each other in the turret had me ROLLING. I just love this show.

Ordinarily I’d say that Erin’s politics have nothing to do with the show. Selfishly, I’d love to come to RHW as a politics-free space, where I can forget about the cares of the world and just focus on, like, the unkempt state of Jenna’s pubic hair for the next hour or whatever. That said, Erin was *on the show* talking about her abortion and how they should be destigmatized, all while funding anti-choice policies. So, that does seem relevant.

Erin’s comment about how she believes Brynn was assaulted because she will “always believe women” was also… interesting.

Silly me, I thought we’d finally get an answer to the question! Maybe one day, years from now, like a cold case mystery…

I don't want to be That Person, but just FYI, the term "spaz" is considered to be a slur against people with disabilities: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spastic_(word)#:~:text=In American slang%2C the term,other related disabilities as insults. I realize a lot of people don't know that, so I'm just mentioning it!

I agree with this, other than the part about Rebecca being okay. Ubah and Brynn both behave terribly, but Ubah is more like garden variety reality TV diva terrible, whereas Brynn crosses over into dark psychiatric issues/should be getting help and not be on our screens terrible. I feel like Jessel, Erin, and Jenna are all solid cast members. Sai, I could take or leave. I really like Racquel, though I'm confused as to how someone seemingly so normal and rational wandered onto this shitshow. Clearly I'm in the minority, but I'd give this show a chance for another season with some tweaks.

I feel like they could discuss it and stay within the narrative fiction of the show by discussing who “Alan” would choose.

Oh, I could fully believe her dad called them, but at the reunion Bronwyn said that he left them a message. It just seems like such an odd thing to leave a message about! Would you not want to verify that they received the message? Why is she so confident that they did?

Right?? This is what I'm sayin'! I guess it could have happened that way, but it is such an odd, odd story.

Agree to disagree, I suppose! I see those as basic elements of game play.

I don't know if this is a fourth wall thing, and maybe they do this more and it's not shown, but I think it's interesting how much attention is paid to the the tiniest details of people's actions and demeanors, rather than who would actually be picked as a traitor. Britney went there in this episode when she said Carolyn doesn't have the capacity to be a traitor - and she was wrong, obviously, but I think that's a helpful way to think about it! It's a casting puzzle -- a logic question. Who has the capacity to do the job? It's frustrating, for instance, that Ciara's name is even out there, since in my mind there is no way she'd ever be selected -- she just doesn't have the constitution for it. And then, what combination of people would be chosen? It's probably not going to be all folks of the same gender or race, or from the same TV series. Anyway, I imagine these types of conversations are being had, but it would be interesting to see them.