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Nobody was voted through to the live shows. About 180 made it past the initial auditions, then they decided to forgo the competitions and just picked 55 to go to the next level. Weak.

Simply the post of the year. Mitch is a horrible human.

Why would anyone reasonably infer that? Is that a joke?

Interesting episode. Neither Miguel nor Lindy came off well to me. Lindy sounded a little nutty with the f-bombs, while Miguel came off badly with, “I dont like this version of you.” A little nasty. I understand why women are protective of their names, but my wife, whose been published in her field for decades, immediately took my name because she was proud of being married to me. It felt good. Miguel wants that but he shouldnt force it or made it a quid quo pro. However, I dont understand why he wouldn’t put her on his insurance immediately. Maybe there’s more premium. Maybe she should have covered this sooner. But fact is, they are MARRIED now and if she lands in a catastrophic financial medical emergency the fallout is going to get all over him whether he likes it or not. Smarten up, M. You can always drop it after the divorce. I think Kristen is the home run of the season. She pleasant, pretty, sexy, incredibly compromising, intelligent, positive and she didnt blink when he bombed her with the “Im not feelin’ it” speech. Her gymnastics in working around Mitch’s demands are unbelievable. She’s a damn star. I dont understand why the fiance story would be something to withhold. It wasnt her fault. Mitch? Ugh, lefties bug me anyway, so a radical enviro whack job? Go away. I still think Nate’s a scammer, and he’s hanging in to cash in on Wifey’s nest egg. I didnt like her at first, but shes sweet and seems like she wants it to work. The insufferable Justine/Alexis union is as obnoxious now that she hates him as it was when they were blissful. His teary act is creepy and he is 100% to blame for his aggressive dogs behavior. She really should have been watching though… is this the first time shes seen 2 animals introduced to each other? And she does love to argue, although Justine is ready to dust her off during an argument, just like he did with his brother. I have no use for either Morgan or Bihn. His glassy-eyed smile and psychotic cheapness is impossible and shes just not all that at all, at any level.

Last night was not unlike last week, when we sat on the couch and said, “the second winner is definitely going to be the magician, even though he wasnt that good and gets insane reviews by the judges. Wash, rinse and repeat. James and Munoz were so far and away the best 2 acts, and the mediocre magician predictably goes through in the weekly rigged-fest. I used to complain about ventriloquists being overrated, but now the best ventriloquist Ive ever seen gets stiffed by a “magician” whose “tricks” are mostly the benefit of an overhead projector. Seriously? Not sure if he or last weeks magician was “better.” It seemed like the season had a lot of very good acts that really stepped up their game and got creative, but as I watch these bizarre “semifinal, prelim, Idunno” rounds, picking people to go to the Finals in literally the second round of acts, it seems like theres barely 3 each week that are even competitive. Yep, rigged again. Why did 180 (?) ish acts “go through” only to have only 55 perform again? To whom does this make sense?

For the record, people from Boston don’t say “Bahston.” People from outside Boston just think they do. There’s no “R” (“ah” sound ) in “Boston.” Its a desperate attempt to mock the Boston accent while referencing the town’s name.

Interesting episode. I’m in the group that’s still concerned about Katina. She’s not demonstrating strength, she’s weak and scared and doesnt want to fail. O is just so toxic, cannot get enough of his own voice. And its people around his fault for not calling him out? Yeah, OK. Not much to say about the horrible Alissa. Funny to hear her screech that “I hate” the experts, too. Nice little insanity defense she put on. The alternate apartment explanation (“we both had a long drive”) was laugh out loud funny. But this episode actually moved Lindsay down on the list even below Alissa. She might have Borderline Disorder, but she came across like a full-blown psychopath pulling wings off of flies, complete with a Ted Bundy glazed glare and grin. The “magic of Lindsay.” OMG. And she’s moving 4000 miles away from Boston to find “intellect.” Hey genius, there’s no greater concentration of intellect anywhere. But your educational snobbishness wont get you past that. With all the talk and therapy and explanations, Mark’s situation was very simple. He could not stand the pathological bullying and namecalling and screaming conflicts and insults for one more day. She explains that he wanted her out days after she “renovated” (LOL) the house, without mentioning she drove him to madness leading up to it. I also think JasMeanie was Alissa Jr, only with far more sense and self awareness. She was out from the beginning, pretended to try all the way through DD, and iced him out until he was forced to bail. One thing about Mr Noi… the way he diffused and dodged Lindsay’s attack shows me he must be a brilliant salesperson… he’s got tremendous interpersonal skills.

Is anyone watching that are local to the Boston area? After last week with O going on and on about his upbringing in The Hood, the ghetto, the projects -I decided to find out where he’s from. He grew up in Milton, a fairly nice middle class town and then played football at Framingham State, where I went. Is anyone else here from the Boston area? Is this story completely ludicrous? Is there a piece missing from his story? Did he live somewhere before Milton? I also saw that Michael is from Hyde Park, my old neighborhood. Interesting.