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As time goes on, Danielle sounds more and more like a slightly unhinged Mafia hitman. Yes, we know she thinks Britney is her girl and has her back. Blah blah going to annihilate Gabby at the round table. ACTING when she's at the breakfast table or trying to banboozle someone (looking at you, Dylan.) Rant, rinse, repeat. I found the entire episode tedious, as I was anticipating the whole Seer thing to be part of it. As much as it was way past Sandoval's time to go, his antics would have at least livened things up a bit.

I'm An Old so I watch my shows with the CC on and soap captions used to include the character names along with the lines, even if they were seen on screen. This feature would be super-helpful in these first days of the show.

I was a longtime As The World Turns viewer and loved Tamara Tunie's role as Jessica. It's so fun to see her back on a soap after all these years as the matriarch of a big anchor family. And Clifton Davis is a worthy partner for her and he has aged WELL. Hoping we get more storylines going in addition to the big old "Dani's ex is a big fat cheater and he and his new-to-be wife are giving the ick to everyone in the community."

Aged Theater Diva here and I personally was impressed with how the "Oz" musical things were blended with the "A Chorus Line" framework. I know "Chorus Line" like the back of my hand, having been obsessed with it during my teen years late in last century and whoever wrote this did a marvelous job. Onya should have won; bless Acacia's heart; and Adam Lambert's top appeared to have shoulder pads from the Dorothy (Zbornak) collection (however he was a great judge and such a voice!)

I keep trying to like this show, in deference to how fond I am of "Young Shelton" but Show keeps letting me down. I like Georgie, Mandy's OK and then of course Cece but the rest of the McAllisters... meh. The writers are not providing Rachel Bay Jones and Will Sasso anything worthwhile to work with, as they are (IMO) much better than the material they're being given. This episode was a prime example of this -- coulda, shoulda, woulda -- but wasn't. I had a hard time believing that Audrey was all that in high school because she's so not that as an adult. I just want the show to be better than it is.

If banishing Danielle is not a likelihood at the next Round Table (PLEASE OH PLEASE let it be so, though) I would like to cast a vote to get rid of Danielle's Hat. I am a fashion hat fan but that one is too big and not stable and meh.

Intense Roundtable. Danielle and Carolyn yelling trying to toss each other under the bus. Silence for the most part from everyone else as they watch and process. You're certain that all the votes will fall on one side or the other. And then Tom and Dolores pop up and throw their beef onto the table, Spy vs Spy style. The cackling from me when they both had essentially worthless votes... this feud is one I never knew I needed. What I know I will never need again is a dramatic over-reaction from Danielle. This is just a game -- no one is going off to war or actually being murdered. Take it down several notches, woman. Me thinks (and probably Gabby as well) thou dost protest/emote too much.

I feel like he's the person version of "fetch" -- stop trying to make Carlos Anthony happen.

The whole evening -- nay, the whole anniversary weekend -- was a delight. Must give enormous props to the writers for providing such good and funny material for the beloved (mostly... looking at you Kim K) performers to deliver. Love that people like Tina Fey and Paula Pell and John Mulaney and Seth Meyers jumped back in to help with this project -- their voices were obvious, at least to me.

I'm old enough to remember the ESCANDALO when Kennedy opted to portray Little Richard, which I believe was the first time a male celeb had been attempted on Snatch Game. She nailed it (IMO) and that seemed to open the door for things like Thorgy and Michael Jackson and DeLa with Paul Lynde. And rather than having a Snatch Game veteran like Alyssa (who I adore) give Werk Room pre-game comments, bring in someone like Quinta Brunson who could give solid suggestions because when the Snatch Game performances are elevated, we all win.

I was cackling so much during the challenge, I had to hit pause because I was actually wheezing and didn't want to miss anything. Britney's peanut gallery commentary about Sandoval was worth the price of admission -- not a fan of hers but she does give good talking head. I don't watch VPR but every time I see Tom Sandoval, I am baffled that he had enough rizz to wreak havoc on the show and with not one, but two women. He's a moron but my stars he's quality entertainment. Ivar and Sam and Dylan have become quite the braintrust and I say that with all sincerity. Who knew (hint: not me) that Sam was capable of solid critical thinking like he displayed at the breakfast table?

I would assume there's something in contracts that prohibit Sam or the show from mentioning his ex-wife with any frequency but seeing him with the snake around his shoulders caused me to make COPIOUS numbers of "I'm A Slave 4 U" jokes to, well, myself.

After the end of Traitors Australia season 2, I think I sat with my mouth open in shock for at least a minute and then I laughed so hard it hurt.

I have never cackled at a reality show as much as I did tonight -- especially while watching that roundtable. And that turret cabal defined messy. PS: Tom Sandoval is a Moron with a capital M but damn if he's not entertaining.

Not even close to being a Sandoval fan, but he is making me howl every time he's on screen because of the ridiculousness. Bob Harper yelling at him to STOP EATING as they were exiting the breakfast room had me cackling loudly.