glitterpants

I don't want this show to be over soon because I really like this group of women. Even when there isn't much that happens in an episode their personalities and interaction with each other make it fun to watch. The way Neka was originally introduced into the show still makes me laugh (that set up with Neka overhearing the girls and hitting on Jae was so obvious, I'm not sure why they didn't just arrange a blind date like they usually do). I don't think either of them is really all that into the other (that sentence from Jae declaring that "who knows, Neka could potentially be the one" or whatever sounded edited together from chopped up parts). I assume Kyle will show up again at some point but during their date I thought Monet kind of said too much and also too little, because Kyle seemed perplexed but (probably due to this only being their second date) he didn't seem to want to ask too many questions so I wonder what kind of impression he got from the summary she gave him. At the same time, there's no point in hiding that she did get married/divorced, so yeah.

I have absolutely no doubt that David was just joking around, but putting myself in her shoes, if a guy I wasn't attracted to had done that it would NOT have endeared him to me more. I agree that Ashley is giving 10% to David's 110% to this ~experiment~, but at this point why does David STILL need to be told point blank that she's not attracted to him? Deep down he knows it, and the fact that he does that kind of stuff anyway means that he either is a) in denial or b) letting his frustration be more important than her comfort level.

While Ashley is completely humorless is general, Sam seems to be all about "humor" until it's about herself, at which point it becomes unacceptable to act with her the way she acts with other people. Anyway Neil is right, they both in their own way have a tendency to make fakely nice statements (Sam with her forced "Yay!" and Neil with his low-key irony). It was hilarious how they both claimed the birthday dinner was such a good time – well yeah, because you barely had to interact with each other! I've been Team David up until now but that tackle was not a good look at all. Honestly I'm surprised Ashley wasn't more bothered by it because it was inappropriate considering the status of their relationship or lack thereof. I wouldn't even consider them friends. I enjoy watching Tres and Vanessa when they're cute together (it's refreshing to see one of these couples interacting with genuine affection) but their problems are such a bore!

Poor Davina doesn't deserve this comparison! I think it's just that whathisface (Sean?) wasn't interested in anything but himself, so she stopped putting herself out there after a while.

I don't get Ashley. If I wasn't comfortable letting a guy greet me with a hug or a kiss on the cheek, I certainly wouldn't be comfortable letting him pay for a unnecessarily huge fancy house. I'm an introvert too but I'm still in awe of how mind-numbingly dull Ashley is. Sam, for all her unbearable "quirkiness", at least seems alive and capable of having an interesting conversation. I'm not a bro and I noticed her black top too.

After last season's mess I really shouldn't be watching this wretched show again but here I am, and I really enjoyed that first episode! Of course I'm sure it will all go terribly wrong soon enough but at least I'll enjoy the posts here.

That was one of the most boring episodes of the show I've ever seen, Matt Damon's anecdotes all kind of fell flat.

I can't wait for the blinds to be over so that I don't have to see Gwen's atrociously red outfit again (her hairstyle is grating too). If Adam doesn't manage to win or at least go to the finale with the twins he's an idiot. I honestly wanted to hate them because of their constant giggliness but they sounded amazing and now they might actually be my favorites so far this season. Cole Criske sounded really good too.

The caption says "If anyone cares to meet a Z-lister and have a Tito's Vodka drink (or four) with me- come on down to Adelphia", I love that she has a sense of humor about herself.

Davina's cheek fuzz is the least of their problems.

At first I thought White Rat was Grey Worm, which made me realize how attached I was to Grey Worm (don't die!). Loras wasn't very developed in the books but we still had a clear sense of who he was and that person was a lot more interesting than bumbling, vapid TV!Loras who apparently has nothing better to do than stay in bed all day with the prostitute/servant/spy who manipulated him last season. Varys is great.

I'm really warming up to Jaclyn too and I'm even finding her prettier every week (attraction grows, the experts were right!!).

Also, Pharrell created a collective/label/thing called 'i am OTHER' so it's a word he has been using for a while now and that he clearly identifies with.

Nah, it was endearing as a performance with Pharrell but she didn't really do anything special with it and she needs to learn how to get a hold on her nerves too.

Technically Annalise framing Nate IS cold but at the same time, she was clearly devastated and I really felt for her when she was crying in bed, lol (why are you so good, Viola Davis?). Is it foolish to hope she has a plan to get Nate out of there (even though I really don't see how right now)? Dude must be CURSING the day he met Annalise Keating.

By the end of the episode I was utterly sick of the word 'babies' (especially in conjunction with 'making'). Sorry actual babies, Jamie ruined it all forever.

I do! I like her and it's nice to have a break from the heavier drama that's going on with the other couples (and her date was cute).

Barry must spend a fortune on food. I hope Starlabs pays for that.

Can we just give the win to Matt now and send everyone home? Especially the coaches, who are really struggling to find ANYTHING of interest to say after each performance. Actually, for the finale the coaches should record their favorite stock comments ("You know who you are!", "There's no one like you!" "That was the most perfect performance ever!" "I love you!"), and have a team of trained monkeys in the seats, pressing buttons to play the comments at Carson's prompting. T3N really underperformed this week but I do like the studio version of Blank Space.

I keep saying the same thing every season but I wish they would reformat to in order to stop cutting 2/3/more people per week once the live shows start and eliminate only one singer at a time.

Please, The Voice, don't make people perform on staircases. It's very nerve-wracking to me and Adam. Gwen and Pharrell's performance was bizarre, and not in a good way. I can't believe she actually uttered the words (letters) "O-M-G" and "L-O-L" on stage, in a song, in 2014. And I'm glad that T3N is doing well on iTunes.

They're all killing me softly with these song choices. Is it just me or did Anita sound less good than she usually does? It was particularly apparent during the group song. Speaking of bland, I checked out Matt's original material from his pre-Voice album and I've come to the conclusion that Adam and Matt are doing a great job of making Matt seem more exciting (musically) than he actually is. In spite of what the coaches are trying to sell us, I don't think Ryan is "rock" at all and his voice sounds best when he's singing more R&B-ish stuff. Mostly I wish he wouldn't do that awkward half-squat when he performs. Chris is my anti-Taylor Three Names, I tend to have a negative reaction to the former and a positive reaction to the latter. Oh, and Pharrell must be stopped. It was good to see Christina, maybe she could hide his collection of hats and take his chair while he's looking for them.

I think I did a little dance at the end because the Annalise reveal was that awesome. The episode kind of dragged in places because we've already seen parts of the night over and over again, but other than that I enjoyed it and for some reason it even made Rebecca a lot more tolerable to me, even though she started it all when she recklessly decided to steal info from Sam's computer while he was right there. Realistically, the fact they all agree to cover up the murder seems ridiculous, but I'm willing to accept it on account of them panicking and also the fact this show has never been accurate in its depiction of all the legal stuff (or any stuff at all, really), so we could fanwank that in that bizarre HTGAWM-land their fears are more justified. This too.

I'm annoyed by Jessie's tendency to flatten every melody she encounters under the guise of "making it her own". Adam had both the best song choice (Take Me To Church) and the worst song choice (He's Not Heavy). He's really trying hard to get rid of Damien, isn't he? Danica sang very well, as usual, but... is this a version of Creep that anyone really wants to hear? Maybe I'm wrong and she's burning up the iTunes charts. Loved Taylor, Matt and Anita (in spite of the cliché song choice). I thought Ryan was slightly painful to listen to, but Gwen's little "I listened to it 15 times in the car! I was so excited I couldn't sleep last night!" speech after his performance was hilarious (even more so because I really don't get it).

I really enjoyed this show, there was just something about it that made it pleasant to watch even when not much was happening, and it was a lot more subtle than I would have expected for a show called Scrotal Recall, of all things.