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Seriously. The contracts must have huge penalty clauses if any of the participants bail before the end. (Which, understandable on the part of the producers because otherwise they have no show, but I think the people who agree to it must be neurotic and weird to start with.)

There are four of them. The more the stupider. :) Regarding the interminable geographic discussions -- hey! It's only for 4 weeks. Nobody is about to quit a job and uproot him- or herself to move to a different city for someone they don't know. Everyone's current shared housing is a temporary situation and either the couples subsequently figure it out or they divorce. They're all being bunch of nitwits about it, if you ask me.

Damn it! The one person I least wanted to see win.

I agree with Veeral -- Ragini looked absolutely gorgeous for the ceremony. Nice to see Marie and Nina getting along.

Jessica and Ryan were too upsetting for me so I fast-forwarded some but still got the gist. I think Ryan's a jerk from the jerk store, but I honestly feel awful for both of them. Bad matching. Bad! The show should drop these useless experts and bring in the psychic matchmaker lady. At least she is empathetic and caring. I've only seen two episodes but she had a 50% success rate. The grocery payment argument -- if Jaclyn had been matched with Ryan D, I don't think she would have challenged him in the first place. She's deliberately pushing Ryan R to test his limits. Ryan R may be a sweet guy but Jaclyn does not bring out the best in him. She realizes he's not fully into her but seems to be incapable of easing off her hard-charging style.

I agree, except for the professionals generally being much better at presentation. I like all the judges fine, but generally do on competitive shows because they're not the focus for me and don't pay them much mind. I'm also enjoying Sandy's exuberance.

Kind of sick to my stomach. So those people killed themselves at his behest? He wasn't anywhere near the car and plane crashes or the jack collapse. I suppose he could have done something to the plane engine but that's unreliable. I think it's more likely that he commanded and they obeyed. I didn't understand how he could eat a meal and use utensils without leaving any DNA. I FF'd through the interview with him -- no interest in seeing his scummy face or hearing anything that came out of his repellent mouth. I agree the mother knew he was screwing both her daughters. She probably considered it a gift. No doubt he had sex with all the women. So sad.

Sometimes the sharks will make an offer solely because they respond well to the presenter and feel that he/she is someone they want to be in business with. I think the entrepreneurs should take that to heart and dismiss any sharks who demand an answer before everyone else has had time to speak. Why partner with someone who's just proven they're more than willing to steamroll you?

I'm pretty astonished that Tipsy Elves made the kind of money they have -- I would have kept my wallet clamped tightly shut if I were a shark during their presentation. Their expansion to t-shirts? How is that a viable, long term business? Especially considering they were pretty tacky. I did like some of the designs in their cheaper line that Robert shut down, but then, I buy clothes from JC Penney un-ironically. I was mentally tut-tutting at the endodontist. Bad decision, dude. Very pleased to see the nice Define bottle kid do well. His idea wasn't new or unique and I'm sure the ST bump helped a ton, but good for him. I go to a local BBQ restaurant that offers a chopped rib option with the meat off the bone. I don't really need the meat to still look like it has bones. I'm also still dubious about how Bubba gets those things out. I'm sure they're not but I imagine them being dissolved somehow.

The show may have a short-ish expiration period. I thought it was super fun the first couple of months, then it got to be kind of same-old, same-old. I still watch and usually get a laugh along the way, but I've also been FF'ing though Chris' camera-hogging bits.

That's me! I'm the completist! I enjoy the follow-up segments on ST so am looking forward to this. I'd like to see some utter failures as a counterpoint but don't suppose we will.

I'm sometimes uncomfortable with Amy making her looks the butt of so many jokes, but the makeup song was pointed and pretty darned funny. Are the boy band actors a real group I should know?

I don't want to take one question out of hundreds on the show's tests/questionnaires/instruments and base my opinion solely on that, but I agree that wanting a man who will "take charge" doesn't necessarily equate to wanting a man who will steamroll over you, or berate and belittle. Jessica -- well, I don't know what the hell she really wants except no more sushi -- but I honestly don't interpret "take charge" to mean anything more than someone who makes a lot of the decisions because she's too insecure to.

As friendly and comfortable as they are becoming, I still see Ryan R. continuing to pull back and withhold from Jaclyn. Whereas Doug was able to roll with Jamie's punches and maintain his crush on and desire for her, Ryan seems like he hasn't fully forgiven Jaclyn for some of the things she said and they way she initially treated him. Jaclyn is a lot to handle, both in affection or disaffection modes. Miss grabby-grabby. Every episode reinforces to me again that the experts mismatched the Ryans with the wrong women. I'm starting to FF through all of the Sean/Davina shit, mostly because I can't abide him. I'm sympathetic to mental health issues and garden variety neuroses, but I blame Sean for not being self-aware enough to realize his limitations. Stop sniveling! He seems to be a glossy shell with no inner core. Or maybe he thought his panic attacks and fear of leaving his neighborhood would endear him to reality show casting directors. It's not The Amazing Race and Survivor require a lot of grit and adventurousness or anything.

I mean ... couldn't Eric have made small grilled cheese bites with a fruit spread or something? He can defend his choice to the death, but nobody eats an entire sandwich for dessert!

I liked Duff and Lorraine loudly calling out Nancy for her googly eyes. Judge the cake, Nancy. Not the crotch. It was also amusing how Kristine's Filipino-inspired* cooking completely befuddled the judges. Looking forward to seeing what else Damiano has never heard of/never cooked before. At this point I'm thinking every single thing that isn't specifically Italian. * I think that's what she said.

I was wondering what the point of that damned spit cup was. Phlegm and people spitting grosses me out so I had to make that grimace face and use a splayed hand to cover my eyes during that scene. From Hawkeye to House, I'm a little tired of the rule-breaking protagonist who's so good at his (or her, except I can't think of any) job that his transgressions are continually overlooked. Bonus points if his boss actively abets/covers for his jackassery. I really like the show, but Russ stomping on that photograph was dumb. I'd like to see further exploration of the reason for the antagonism between Russ and Meredith. Overall, a pretty dark episode. The sides for Funkhauser were pretty damned short. "Stand in hallway."

Along those lines, it was interesting to me how the wealth dissipated within a couple of generations. That's the sort of thing I'd like to know about my near relatives, although those are probably the least likely events to leave any trace.

Charlotte's danged parents took her lover to court -- twice -- to force him to marry her. It didn't sound to me like a match made anywhere near heaven. More wishful celebrity projections. Maybe I'm an unfeeling boor because all four of my grandparents immigrated to America in the 20s, but I just don't get the shock and dismay over having slave-owning ancestors. Do not. And some of the celebrities go so far as to be ashamed if a distant relative even fought as a Confederate.

The Bachelor has been plugging along for 30 seasons with 95% breakup rate so I'm not sure how many viewers care about the romance. I just like to see what happens, good or bad. Cilona saying that all the experts were very charmed by Sean shows how un-expert they are. There were many comments here from the jump about not trusting him and how something was off about him.

We can only hope none of these people follow Shriya Patel's example and burn their spouse alive after one week of an arranged marriage. Yikes.

There was another case where the husband hit the wife in the head with some blunt object. She survived and knew full well that her husband had assaulted her yet she still stayed with him. He finished the job later on.

Oh, Vera. That's disappointing. On the positive side, the majority aren't strapless.

Davina must be pretty pissed that her family was right. I would probably be friends-ish with Davina if we were co-workers or something IRL; she's shrewd and smart. Probably has a sarcastic sense of humor although we haven't seen it here. But I don't see many men having the wellspring of patience needed for an intimate relationship.

I'm still finding the show tolerable, but then, I fast-forward through all the Southern trash. I'm a little interested in Ragini and Veeral's wedding. Horse or elephant? Wait and see! His sister is awful. And yes, Ragini, Veeral indeed has the right to say he told you so about the ATV, because he did, more than once. Christian and Maria, oy. That meatloaf did look pretty bad but I doubt anyone in that family has a refined palate. (Neither do I, so not knocking it.) Christian's father giving him specific instructions on how to boss his wife around was tiresome. What kind of shitty apartment do they live in, anyway? It looks more like a long-term hotel, what with the gas station across the street and a parking lot right up to the front door.