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9 hours ago, proserpina65 said:
Thanks for the correction. I was mixing up speculation here with what the show has actually established (or not established, more accurately). But it doesn't negate the idea that if Prince were a ghost, he'd still be where he died of not natural causes.
The line was “He took me to Minnesota for my birthday to have dinner with Prince.” This requires Eric either to know for a fact, in advance of the trip, that Prince is currently a ghost still haunting his place in Minnesota, or to just go there blindly without any reason to expect meeting Prince and somehow “succeed” at that. (Well, it worked for Sam’s mom, I suppose). Anyway, it just felt to me like Bela would have caught on to Eric’s lie in a snap, just like she did when he pretended to have walked through Flower.
Btw, would he have to rent Prince’s mansion (that is now a museum) out to have dinner there or is there a food court?
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3 hours ago, Spartan Girl said:7 hours ago, Sarah 103 said:
I was surprised Taylor was okay with the lie Missy told and that he didn't have a moment's problem with it.
It’s the 90s and it’s Texas. Frankly, I was shocked George was so open-minded about Missy supposedly having a gay friend.
Well, Taylor was pretty busy when Missy told him :). I liked his reaction, it reminded me of Joey Tribbiani ('Dude, what are yoiu massaging an old man for?' - 'His daughter was hot!' - 'Gotcha.')
And George's perspective was pretty much that a gay friend is better than a straight boyfriend. I am actually surprised that the very religious Mary did not seem to have a problem with it, she just chuckled at George's patting himself on the back for being open-minded.
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17 minutes ago, Skooma said:
Another well written episode. Eric took Bela all the way to Minnesota to be with the ghost of Prince? Now that is one way to woo your lady. A weird way but funny as hell. They will have a fun relationship down the years even if a bit more dull and truthful one.
And yeah you tell her, Nancy. Hetty showing an ankle. Oh the scandal!
Yeah, I don’t know about Bela and Eric’s relationship. It sounded like she needed him to see ghosts or be that French biker for her to be into it. Or he felt like she did, at least. He will have to work hard and come up with something else to keep it going. And how would he know before going to Minnesota that Prince would still be hanging out here as a ghost? Bela is smarter than buying this.
I saw this painting once at the Reina Sofia Museum, a female artist painted herself wearing a red dress. Her father disowned her. There wasn’t even an ankle showing, just a red dress. But this was Francoist Spain, super conservative. A woman wearing anything other than a black dress was scandalous, apparently.
36 minutes ago, Annber03 said:That end talk between Isaac and Nigel was genuinely sweet...awkward side discussion about Sam's eventual death aside :p.
Right? She easily has a good 60 years left, no need to panic or anything, but still, awkward. And I don’t really understand why Isaac keeps thinking about the 10K as “his money” - he can’t spend any of this without Sam, he has no control over it whatsoever.
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16 hours ago, hiisa said:
Unpopular Opinion: I really don't like Sam. Like at all. I enjoyed this episode--I liked it more than the series premier--but this episode just hammered in why I don't like Sam. I'm glad that it was mentioned how much Jay does for everyone and how little he gets in return. I can(not) believe how easily she was persuaded into manipulating Jay over a TV. She pouted and apologized but she seems to do this all the time.
She does do this all the time, doesn’t she? And I can’t remember, was she ever different? Ever since she accepted her ability to see ghosts, she just dove into their rich world and became all about them, at Jay’s expense. Yes, she did set up a DnD game with the ghosts for him and suggested/agreed to build a restaurant, but those things kind of feel like throwing Jay a bone so he doesn’t become too unhappy and interfere with whatever Sam has going on with the ghosts. She just doesn’t come across like she is there for Jay, really.
Sure, Sam interacting with the ghosts is the show. But Alison on the British Ghosts did not come across this way, she was totally there for Mike (in the two seasons that I have seen, at least). It’s probably because there Alison and Mike were actually struggling and persevering together, whereas here it doesn’t really feel like Sam and Jay are struggling. One is a freelance writer, the other a gifted chef, and they are pretty much enjoying life, even though they mention once in a while that they have no money.
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4 hours ago, chaifan said:
I'd also love to know how Sass found out he had this power. I think a hilarious reveal would be something like him wandering around a campground of sleeping people, realizing how bad people smelled back in the days before regular baths (and washing clothes) was a thing, and saying something like "boy, you guys stink. couldn't you all take a bath once in a while?" And then the next day,they're all at the pond scrubbing down.
Sass inadvertently inventing hygiene? That just might beat “The Old Man and the Sea” in terms of value to the humankind. But he said that he has to gain the person’s trust and show up in their dreams repeatedly before being able to influence their dreams, and the person has to be susceptible. How would one even discover that he can show up in someone’s dream?
43 minutes ago, Chit Chat said:I'm sure things are pretty boring as a ghost, so watching Sam go through her daily routine might be entertaining.
Poor Isaac. Even when he was alive, they had to entertain themselves by things like staring at James Madison’s hunting print for an entire burn of a candle. Or thinking that they are inventing democracy (amongst Europeans).
I laughed at Thor’s enthusiastic account of ripping a pig apart. “What a lot of people don't know is pig has weak spot in spine. And once you locate spot, well, you can just rip it in half. Just like goat!” Just like goat.
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2 hours ago, EtheltoTillie said:
Of all the things to nitpick, but why were they teaching Sheldon’s class in English? Of course he doesn’t know German, so we’ll just have a German university teaching in English. Sitcom logic.
Sure, it's for our benefit. But it could be that, this being a special, short-term international program, they would teach its courses in English. They do that sometimes, both for the international students and also so that the native students could polish their English.
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7 hours ago, Annber03 said:
Thor would be the toughest of the remaining three for him to get an image of, but knowing this show, I'm sure they can find a way to make that happen.
Easy. Sam is writing something about the vikings and gets a sketch artist to produce a portrait according to what she wants an illustration to look like.
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I am having a little problem with Missy’s bringing up that people don’t thank her for what she is doing for them. It sounds like she does things for others not just because she feels these things have to be done for her family’s wellbeing and wants to do them, but also because wanting to be thanked or to be thought of well is a major motivation for her. It kind of devalues the great job she is doing taking care of everybody. That said, she is absolutely right making everybody else work too. It’s not her job to do everything.
Where exactly did that girl get her degree in education? Not with another prominent, award-winning scientist, I’m guessing? I liked how Mary in the background was enjoying her tutoring technique. Dummkopf! I wonder if Linkletter even knew about the 26 dimensions. There is no East MIT!
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Huh, I have not realized until now that Thor always wears that shield on his back. Like a turtle of sorts. I know I’ve seen him wear it before, but I could have sworn that I have seen his back without the shield too. But it can’t be right, ghosts can’t get separated from the objects in their possession.
17 minutes ago, Annber03 said:I would've liked to learn more specific details about Thor's past lovers!
I think I’m good. Isaac’s “you wouldn’t believe what a cattle stampede can do to a human body” is enough details about Flat Maria for me.
Sass was a total evil genius for a minute, suggesting to Sam in so many words how she might be able to use his power. And then he goes into Jay’s dream and just folds at the slightest challenge! “If you are not Sass, how do you know his full name?” Man, the solution is so simple - “Jay, this is all your dream! It’s all in your head, dude.”
But I’m glad he is not an evil genius after all and can have real conversations with Jay now.
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14 hours ago, SnapHappy said:
In Medford, there are 2 physical children (Missy and CeCe) being tended to by FIVE adults (George, Georgie, Mandy, Connie & Dale).
Dale 😉? Dale is drinking Missy’s coffee and making jokes that are going to be funny in two years. And George doesn’t know they have a linen closet and spare sheets. Which still leaves more than enough adults taking care of the kids, to be sure.
Come to think of it, Mary’s coming home would actually worsen the situation since she comes with the mega baby that is Sheldon.
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42 minutes ago, Annber03 said:
I'm not surprised that the other ghosts were kind of delayed in their grief about this - they've all talked at length about wanting to be sucked off, but now they've actually seen it happen to someone they care about, and now they have to face the idea of if this is what they really want after all. I think it took a while for it to fully hit them
This made me wonder - if Flower is the first sucked off ghost they care about, why didn’t they care about the ones who have been sucked off before? They have been ghosts for a long time, they knew about being sucked off, they surely have seen this already. They all get along so well (well, the upstairs ghosts with each other, at least).
39 minutes ago, PaulE said:Man, those basement ghosts are disgusting. I try to look past that but . . . Can't really blame the upstairs ghosts for wanting them to go back downstairs.
I kinda liked them, they all had personalities (and lines!) all of a sudden. Crash too! He reminded me of Joe Pesci. I wonder if they are all going to be more prominent now or if this was just a one-off, just some extra cash for long-out-of-work actors. “Interacting with local fauna is how I got cholera” :). Is that really how you get cholera? I thought it was mostly through drinking water.
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1 hour ago, Spartan Girl said:
don’t know who I hated more this episode: Mary for her usual control freak self or Pastor Jeff and his hypocritical bitch of a wife for stealing Connie’s money and buying a TV
Didn’t his wife use to be (or still is?) a police officer too? Are there any cops with integrity in this town?
Honestly, how do you not get tornado coverage in Texas? What did her insurance cover then exactly? Just flood?
3 minutes ago, HurricaneVal said:It doesn't surprise me too much. Maybe Missy did a lot with Meemaw. Or...it was like me where my mom didn't like me in the way in the kitchen, so never let me help, but I certainly observed what she did, and how she did it. She never directly taught me to cook, but I learned from her nonetheless.
I think you are right, I think they were cooking something with Meemaw that time when Missy dated the kid who decided to crush on Meemaw instead.
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17 hours ago, Lantern7 said:
No way would I have walked out on the Space Needle. No way. I would've been making my own rough Express Pass to get out of that.
But they were wearing helmets! It’s perfectly safe if you wear a helmet, I’m sure…
An interesting moment at the band staging task. Rob and Corey actively tried to hide from the brothers where they found that amplifier (or whatever that piece of equipment was). And then one of the brothers goes and helps them by pointing out that they are missing some cables. I know that he was looking for the cables himself and it wasn’t all altruism, but still, I felt a little awkward on Rob and Corey’s behalf.
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2 hours ago, Jaundiced Eye said:
Her Race bio says she's a speech pathologist, influencer (ugh) and private plane attendant or something. No idea how any of that plays out.
A speech pathologist and a flight attendant (if I am understanding that last one correctly)? Now there's a combination!
1 hour ago, PurpleTentacle said:The judges we see on screen rarely judge the task. Usually it's a producer behind the camera giving a thumbs up or down. Here the crowd was clearly instructed to react to that accordingly.
Is that right, rarely? So, the director at Gaiety Theater, the guy Xing peacock prints in India, the ladies checking hay stacking in Slovenia or lotus bouquets in Vietnam - fake, fake, fake, fake? Just reacting to whatever directions production was feeding them? If that's true, I think I wish I didn't know that.
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11 hours ago, Lantern7 said:
Reciting from Ulysses? Inspired. Also, I don't think the patrons at the pub were acting for the task. Gotta be good cheer from opening to last call, loving everything save for those that misquote James Joyce. Then that's your ass.
They were not actually judging the task, were they? I find it nearly impossible to believe that the patrons were all ASL speakers (that's American sign language, mind you, not British or Irish) and could understand whether Rob was quoting without any mistakes. I wonder how it was judged. A specially provided ASL-speaking judge would check and signal to the patrons to cheer? Rob did a tremendous job expressing emotions though, it was a joy just to watch him.
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2 minutes ago, chaifan said:15 minutes ago, bunnyface said:
Well, to be fair is was some stunningly clean trash and trash facility. I've never seen trash that neat in my life.
I noticed that one of the recycling bins had a lot of flatboard/pressboard type of furniture going into it. Not exactly the best commercial for IKEA in a Sweden leg... just sayin'...
I didn’t notice that specifically, but that place did feel like an IKEA somehow. Maybe the Swedes buy things there and immediately recycle them, bypassing actually using them. It’s the next level of environmentalism.
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48 minutes ago, SDVegas said:
Yes and they had cards with their years in front of them on the table. So he just had to go in chronological order and easily serve them. It just wasn’t complicated.
Well, he almost tried to make it more complicated by switching from the last word to the first word of the dish's name. It could have been potentially problematic if there had been, say, three different beef dishes. "Give me a bœuf!" - and Greg hands him the first random "bœuf" he sees on the table. I was almost waiting for that to happen. On the other hand, they are so good that Greg would probably have noticed that there are several beefs there and asked John to specify which one.
I loved how everybody on the street was giving the racers wrong directions to the subway. "It's over there", "It's that way" (in what looked like a small woodland?), "Yes, the subway is right here, hop on" (thank you, bus driver!), "It's in Germany". See, this is why banning smartphone use would be a disaster - nobody knows anything without them anymore.
So let me see. We just saw Slovenia showcased by absolutely stunning scenery and natural wonders of all kinds. And now they give us... trash recycling? Huh.
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6 hours ago, chaifan said:
The kitchen utensil task - Joel said the clue said you had to "wear the pack", so he put it on his front and bear hugged it. The producers made him switch it back to his back, and said he was overthinking the clue. That was smart, though.
Interesting use of the word “overthinking”. I have only heard it used to mean that you are making things more difficult than they have to be, so stop overthinking and find an easier way. Not this time though. Kind of sounds like production had screwed up and didn’t phrase the clue precisely enough, and then didn’t let Joel do what was technically perfectly following the instructions as written.
6 hours ago, HurricaneVal said:I'm actually quite impressed that you didn't see crew in those same shots. I wonder if the camera and sound technology and crew are getting so good at this that the equipment is pretty subtle these days.
Or they use a Magic Eraser-type technology to remove them.
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1 hour ago, ljenkins782 said:
Of all the many dumb moments in this episode (climbing 1100 stairs for lack of reading a sign, leaving a notebook behind, missing the flag markers to the express pass), the answer of 1199 really took the cake. Particularly coming from one of the older racers who was indeed alive and presumably somewhat cognizant of the wider world in the 1990s. Even 1919 would have made more sense than 1199 if you were gonna get it wrong using two 1s and two 9s.
Nah, it’s not that bad. Just to play devil’s advocate, it is possible for a country to lose and gain independence several times, so theoretically the question might even have had more than one answer. If you know nothing about the country and are not sure that they broke away from Yugoslavia exactly in 1991 and not a couple years later, for example, who is to say they did not become independent in 1199 - for the first time? (Serbia became an independent kingdom right around that time in 1217, Wikipedia tells me) Or, like you said, in the post-WWI shakeup in 1919? It didn’t look like he was overthinking it like that and was probably just blanking out, but 1199 is not an impossible answer, really, just an incorrect one.
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Makes me wonder if the rule specifies under what circumstances you can leave the "Roadblock mode", go do something else and then come back. Most probably there simply is no rule about that, this situation was simply unprecedented and unforseen. They probably didn't even think about it.
I also wonder what kind of training the crew people have. How you do not give away to the racers that something extraordinarily wrong is happening? Those guys must be good at poker.
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15 hours ago, Skooma said:
No. She couldn't do/start the RB because she didn't have the right tools aka the coins. Getting the coins first from the money changer wasn't part of the RB task.
Maybe. You could also argue though that a task starts once you have read the description of what you actually have to do (as opposed to the cryptic clue they use to decide which team member will do it). Otherwise you could read the description, go back to your partner and get all kinds of input or other help, then come back and only then "start" the RB. I've never seen them do this, so I assume this is not allowed under the "only one team member may perform" rule. So it could be argued that once Andrea read the description, Malaina should not have been allowed to help with anything, be it suggestions or getting the right coins. Nobody interpreted the rule this way, obviously, which makes me wonder what exactly it says and what ways to bend it there are.
10 hours ago, absolutelyido said:I would have broken down in tears realizing that I had taked the wrong ferry and basically had to start the leg all over again. I admired how calm they were through the whole fiasco of a leg.
I know. Imagine the feeling of standing there at the Roadblock, looking at the word "Witten", then at the euro coins in your palm and suddenly realizing that no, the reason you have not seen any other teams is not because you are ahead of everybody... It must have been devastating.
In other news, it appears that all these ads on this wonderful website of ours have finally killed my Safari. It crashes every time I try to open it now.
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1 hour ago, Netfoot said:
Morgan and Lena. Unbelievable. You are driving, your navigator says "Turn Left!" So you immediately turn right?
Maybe it’s a reflex. When your controlling sibling starts yelling controlling things at you, you go “You are not the boss of me!” and do the opposite. Not a super useful reflex for self-driving on TAR, to be sure.
Here is something for the fans of the intricacies of TAR rules and regulations (like last week’s discussion on telling Steve and Anna Leigh that they had not yet completed their task correctly). Andrea is starting to do “a task that only one team member may perform” and realizes that she cannot complete it because she does not have the right coins. She goes back to her partner and together they figure out why she does not have the right coins and what to do to about it, then go and get the coins so Andrea can in fact complete the Roadblock. Does this not constitute Malaina’s helping Andrea do the Roadblock?
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That was pretty epic. We need to take a ferry - that’s a ferry, let’s get on this one. Are you the money changer? Well, yes, I am the money changer, sure, I can change your fiver into coins. And they even went back to the same guy to ask for the wittens (to the ferry that was farther away, I’m assuming). Wow. Only flying to Auckland instead of Oakland could top this one.
4 hours ago, Fake Jan Brady said:I loved Melania's "The party was here without us" upon entering the empty ballroom. Lovely exit, ladies
It was so depressing to see the carnival people leaving and leaving behind some torn paper and a few balloons on the floor. It was like, you ladies are so far behind that we are not even going to try to make your elimination a respectable experience. You will be eliminated in a trashed hall.
6 hours ago, Jodithgrace said:Who was the racer who didn’t bother doing the written math, but instead brought different numbers of coins to the counter until she got it right? Pretty smart.
That’s quite a paradoxical definition of smart - refusing to do mental work in favor of brute-forcing it through the challenge. Good thing she only needed to pay 15 coins and not 115.
4 hours ago, Lantern7 said:On the flip side, he and Corey were the only team to play soccer darts. I think they're the team that gives the best interviews . . . like the arguing about who was better at soccer.
I love how Corey laughs silently when he and Rob are joking in their interviews.
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I was thinking about how different groups have these different motivations to U-turn either a weak or a strong team. Imagine you are a weaker team, you are exhausted and you feel that unless another bottom dweller gets U-turned it’s curtains for you. You arrive at the U-turn and discover that the cool kids from the front of the pack have voted to screw one of their own out of the first place - and so, in a hilariously ironic two-for-one, have screwed you too! Well, maybe it’s not hilarious for everyone, but I feel like Liam and Yeremi would find it funny.
8 hours ago, proserpina65 said:They [Joel and Garrett] voted for the team they felt was most likely to make it to the final leg, with the hope of taking them out or at least setting them back a lot before then.
So they did something that might not be of any benefit for them at all if they don’t make the final leg? Just as a contingency - if they do make it, it could be nice to have a more manageable competition there? Interesting. It’s a whole different level of 3D chess right there. I thought they just weren’t considering the possibility that they might not be in the finale themselves.
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S03.E03: He Sees Dead People
in Ghosts (US)
"A Paisley Park spokesperson said space rentals start at $25,000 and can climb to $75,000." That's one expensive dinner with an imaginary ghost 😀. Eric is an architecht, right? Bela would have had questions.
https://www.lipstickalley.com/threads/want-to-have-a-party-at-paisley-park-it-will-cost-you-between-25-000-and-75-000.5397509/