Dirge

100%. I thought that WU might do something about Colin's WHCD hosting. I liked the tiny pin sketch and the big tray of pasta.

The woman moving to Cadiz said that military spouses are NOT given work permits, so this is one time I didn't mind the obsession with price - I think a lot of other international house hunters are expecting that they may find some work along the way. She'll probably be ferrying that "aspiring child actress" around, anyway.

He certainly wasn't a compromiser. He got his exact location and his Dan cave, while she got --- a 40-minute commute, power lines in the backyard, and a promise of a kitchen and bathroom update. She wanted to wait to get the "house in the suburbs, near his parents" when they had kids. For now, she wanted a place closer to the city and her work.

I was also struck by this. No "when the kids are here at the same time ..." discussion at all!

I was surprised that no one mentioned that that pink windowless room would be nice and quiet without airplane noise. I couldn't believe what Capitol Hill prices were (I'm in California). I just spent the last half hour Zillowing and sighing.

Well they lost a lot of time due to people breaking. The sound seemed off to me - I had a hard time understanding a lot of lines, even when the audience wasn't laughing (there were a few VERY loud audience members).

I was a little put off by how long she went on about that woman not letting anyone tell her what to do, and then she didn't have much to say about that woman abandoning her son. The second woman's story was pretty short, so I guess that's why Terrie got a lot of time to talk.

I found that maddening. Why would she want to tire herself going up and down so many times? I also got tired of people yelling for their partners to hurry up. One of the guys who came in first did it to his partner who was carrying both packs, it looked like to me. And one of the cousins did it to the cousin who'd been doing the work picking coffee beans. Shut up, slackers!

Yeah for TWoP there was one moderator, mentioned here already, who was always boards-on-boarding but of course never called out. The Detroit couple: I was surprised that they took the place that was so far from her work. They never mentioned the husband's commute, so I assume that he could work from home. I often find myself wondering if HHers ever look back at these episodes and think, "this is where I should have realized that my spouse didn't care about what mattered to me."

Hen got called in to talk to her boss who was Jubal Early! From Firefly! He sounded so sinister even in his ordinary lines. To me, Athena and Bobby have the least/no chemistry of anyone on this show. I mostly liked them here (except for the "husband" "my wife" crap) but they were in action mode. I continue to love the minor characters on this show. Loved the car accident daughter and mom, loved the captain, even liked the sleazy bitcoin guy. The wave was awesome.

I always notice backpacks, so I'm glad to see some small ones. The brother and sister from last week also had small packs - they were really fans. I've sometimes thought it might be good to have small packs with stuff for each of them in case one pack floats down a river or something. Did only one team get the free map?

That was so fun to read; thanks for posting it. I love that Ryan thought maybe no one would stand up and dance. He was epic. I loved that Margot did the little hand gesture that the Kens did in the movie, during the lyric "I'm great at doing stuff." I did it myself while I was singing along!

Ha, after you watch it you can let me know if you agree - I *think* the nominees' names were precorded!

When a former president posts about you on social media during the show, I think you kind of have to respond! But none of the presenters were reading the nominees live, I don't think - the show was playing them precorded, reading the nominees. So I guess Pacino didn't know or understand that that part was coming.

I know that some people think the introductions by former winners takes too long, but you could see how affected some of the nominees were. It felt like all of the former winners but JLaw really made a point to glance away from the teleprompter and look into the eyes of the nominee. You could tell it was a special moment for some of them.