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Which brings us back to Amy's two-second fried chicken video...

Do Jer and Auj share Amy's leftovers with the neighbors? And what's a "gas attendant"?

I hope, for Murphy's sake alone, that Z&T move to the farm. That poor dog deserves more of a life than being locked away and treated like a problem... And Lucy needs a new friend since Felix was spirited away to the suburbs!

Didn't she also say she thought that pork loin roast would take three hours to bake, but it took only one? Maybe she's math-challenged... Those ingredient amounts are all over the map! Yes, she used two different spoons for her taste test, but then proceeded to use one of them to stir the finished product.

He would if it increased ratings or got them another season; show Matt (or Amy) a dollar!

At the farm, from the looks of it!

Yes, he is. If he weren't, he would be happy in another relationship. See: Amy.

Or he knows what makes for good reality tee-vee. No one can say Matt isn't savvy! And who's to say Amy isn't in on it? After all, doesn't it have us all in a dither here? ;)

Matt likes to push Amy's buttons for fun and sport (after all, she makes it too easy) -- or more likely for ratings -- but I don't get the sense that there's any deep emotion behind it unlike when Amy deals with or even talks about Matt.

She asks Zach for his opinion, it's a big NO, and then she gets it anyway. Sound familiar, Chris?

That was eight years ago. I hope Chris nurtures Henry the Fish half as tenderly as Amy nurtures this offense. (struggling to picture Amy demurely "trying not to rock the boat")

I initially thought the "Four + More" alluded to her children + grandchildren, but I should have known the reference was all about Amy and her fabulous second act!

Pretty sure this is just a plot twist; all will be well in the end (after much garment-rending and gnashing of teeth). Matt wouldn't double-cross his new BFF Chris. On second thought, maybe he's trying to help the guy out -- or it's a conspiracy between the two of them (secret phone calls) -- to turn Amy's Big Fat Formal Wedding into an elopement, quickie affair at city hall, or the Hawaiian-themed beach beer bong party Chris always dreamed of.

Chris said early on that he feared Amy's temper, yet he saw it then and has seen it regularly since. Guess he's gotten used to it...or even learned to like it!

Again, WHEN? They had been separated for years before Amy (giving up, probably when she finally realized there was someone else) filed for divorce. When Matt moved out, he was done with Amy and the marriage; that much was abundantly clear to everyone, if not to Amy. Not to mention that the marriage had been dead for years before he moved out. I feel Amy was and is emotionally abusive - she's mostly mad that she lost her whipping boy - so I'm not going to judge him too harshly.

I don't think Caryn was BFF with Amy, toady Lisa-level. I think they were "friendly" boss and employee. It's sort of like being "still friends" with your ex. As for Amy's accusations, they're mostly insinuations, since I doubt she has actual proof of a physical affair. I wouldn't dignify rumors with an answer, either. Personally, I believe at some point their friendship probably turned into love -- everyone needs love, and Matt sure wasn't getting any at home -- and it may have constituted an emotional affair, but this damning "note" she references was likely after they separated but before the divorce, which was just a technicality at that point. I remember very well that Amy was gob-smacked that Matt moved out and was being nice as pie at first hoping to win him back. Only later did she behave like a woman scorned. Do you really think she'd have remained silent? Should an employee and boss not fall in love? S-it happens! At any rate, why are we all still litigating this HOW MANY years after the fact? It's like Amy's boxes of cups and clowns that never get unpacked or thrown out.

I'm not aware that we have proof of that.

I think we all know what "still friends" means. It doesn't mean "still banging." It means having no ill will, not holding a grudge, and being cordial. And Amy was aghast at this suggestion, which speaks volumes. I frankly think Amy's biggest fan base consists of (other) bitter women who can't move past the fact that they were dumped. Or even just that their marriage failed.

He stated that he lived with one woman for seven years (not sure who owned the house) and that they broke up due to her cheating; he added that he felt secure knowing that this would never be a problem with Amy! Yet apparently, according to this latest episode, he's still friends with her, along with all his other exes...

It's on her right upper back/shoulder blade; you can see it when she wears sleeveless tops. And it's HUGE. In other news, the Reddit crowd seems to be turning on her; reviews are not good in the recent episode discussion thread on their LPBW forum. She'd better go back to "keeping it sweet," both for Chris and the fans!

Lilah seems to cry a lot, so that would be a drag at "the happiest place on earth." Matt said Zach was at the farm with Lilah, and so I wouldn't be surprised if he was actually staying there for the duration with Cha-Cha doing most of the child care. Lilah and that giant dog he can't control would be a lot for Zach to deal with on his own! I notice on any of Tori's "days off" (spa day, etc.), he's promptly heading for the farm with the kids.

It was around the time she joined the singles group, threw the pool party, rented a hummer limo or was it tour boat? for another singles event, made donuts in a field with a mule on a girls' night out (greatly annoying Matt), went on her first bike ride with Chris, and dyed her hair a dark brown. Her "second act."

He got to choose the bride!

It's even worse than that. Amy revealed that she can't comprehend how or why ANY exes would remain friends, because in her mind EVERY end of a relationship merits grudge-holding. So presumably even if there were no "cheating" - however Amy interprets that - even if Matt had just said, hey, we're unhappy and incompatible, the kids are grown now, let's split up (which for all anyone knows may be exactly what happened), she would still find friendship after a breakup incomprehensible and abhorrent, which is quite shocking since divorced parents still must co-parent and grandparents, co-grandparent, ideally in peace.

That's usually how it goes. I think the trip back to their roots in CA (when he arranged for them to do a remake of their first photo taken together and for her to fulfill her dream of learning the B&B business; I think there was a professional cooking lesson with a chef thrown in, IIRC) was Matt's last attempt to save the ailing marriage. When she shat all over his efforts, it was over. When men are done, they're done. We've all agreed that they were always incompatible and are both much happier now. So why are we still wringing our collective hands about it? That goes for Amy, too! As Chris said, why be mad because a relationship just doesn't work out?