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On 5/21/2023 at 10:33 AM, circumvent said:
I never got into this show because every time I tried to watch it, I hated all the characters.
This time wasn't different. It got so bad, the writing is still soap opera of the lowest quality, and the older actors (some of the not so old) seem to be there just to get their paycheck for as long as they can.
I never understood Kim Raver's appeal. I can't stand her face but that's just me. But I think she is also a terrible actor. Pair her up with what's his name? the husband/partner and the quality goes even lower. What a pitiful couple they make (in my eyes, of course)
I don't get the appeal of the "Maggie" character either. I had seen her before and thought - in a very shallow note - that she looked awful with her hair straight. She is also very unlikable, for the little I know of her.
Now, Meredith gave me her mom's vibes. She was completely ridiculous and I am not sure if that's the show's direction or if it was just bad acting. Someone who sees a fault in a decades-old acceptable research doesn't go all maniac. They take steps to make sure their research gets the attention it needs. Talking to herself and walking around like she is in trance is the opposite of a road to success.
And what is happening to Elen Pompeo's face? I get that hollywood demands a lot of women, it is a patriarchal environment, but trying to hide the signs of aging by turning her face into something that looks a bad reconstruction after a bad accident kind of defeats the purpose of the botox or whatever else she is filling up her face with, no?
I agree with you about Ellen Pompeo’s face. And something weird is going on with her mouth and the way she speaks. I never found her attractive, and her acting is mediocre, so therefore, just never got her as being “it”.
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On 5/15/2023 at 10:19 PM, MerBearHou said:
Couple of thoughts about Damaris — she has lost soooo much weight that I am wondering if she is going to fully participate in the tasting. I do get that — she has clearly worked very hard to lose weight. I kept an eye on her actual tasting tonight and she did some, but she commented on design much more. This was just what we were shown so that’s all I could go by. I just do not want her to veer into Giada-I’m-not-tasting-so-I-can-stay-thin territory. Not great for a cooking / baking show judge. And I say this as a big, big Damaris fan from her Day One on FN and through all of the years. She’s got an amazing personality and is clever and fun. I feel like she’s trying to not be too “on” (she is a little known for that) — she’s the newbie judge with this group and she wants to prove she knows her stuff and belongs there, plus it is wise for her to not overpower Duff and Carla with her very outgoing personality. I do feel like she’ll settle in better as the weeks go on, but tonight everything felt rushed and she seemed to not be herself in the baking judge seat yet.
Yes, she overused the phrase, "this says designer to me".
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I was really bugged that the female EMT that drove one of the med units rarely wore her seat belt.
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23 hours ago, 40Love said:
Thank you... I thought the same thing. She was especially mean to the poor woman who was sent home. It was almost like she resented the woman for being on the show. But, it's not Manya's (sp?) fault she was cast on the show. The producer's had to know she was over her head in this competition. She did her best. I felt so sorry for her. She looked so sad when mean-ass Kardea was so harshly critiquing her. What happened to the empathetic Mother Earth persona Kardea's always trying to project? I know everyone has bad days. But, she seemed overly mean-spirited on that episode.
She was a judge on a Netflix series about soul food, and her critiques were more harsh than the others as well. Also, there were times she was a bit mean on that show, too, so it seems it's a pattern for her.
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On 3/17/2023 at 1:32 PM, AriAu said:
Nice episode and really impressed with how many great (according to the judges in the moment) dishes there were...but it is still really hard to follow with soooo many chefs. Even with an extra 15 minutes we saw very little of most of the chefs other than Mr. 54 ingredient mole who will be gone soon enough. The dishes were really imaginative and well prepared and the 3 dishes in the bottom were not "bad dishes"-Dawn went home for a dish that in prior seasons might have let her skate by.
I thought it was a weird to have rice be involved in a challenge spread over 2 days since I would think that the cool down time would hurt the rice and certainly wouldn't help. It's why there were so many congees and why Sarah was smart to use it is a rice cracker(ish) thing.
It did not seem like Dawn's heart was in this and given her timing issues, it is obvious that her head wasn't (and historically hadnt been) "in it" either....especially using a long cooking rice for her congee. Dawn's exit was similar to Jen Carroll in the first All Star season-a popular fan favorite and almost winner, with a good story and who had been adopted into the TC Family and who then flamed out quickly in the All Star season.....altho Dawn's lacked the yelling and the expletives!
Big Sarah fan since she seems very real and genuine and makes a lot of food I would like to eat. It will be interesting to see how she does with the Euro/guest judges who are not familiar with some her flavors-I am not sure the guest judge knew what "everything bagel" flavoring meant and last week's judges had no idea whether it was a good pot liquor (or licker or likker) sauce or not.
By the way, Sarah is getting a very nice edit, at least so far-the pumping the breast milk discussion certainly humanizes her, as did the part about never having been to London or Paris...I hope it means she will go far.
I was not shocked by this because on the Pack Your Knife pod (IYKYK), Sarah from last season that she even had a little alliance among a few of the cheftestants to share money or products (l"you get onions, I will get lemons") so I was kinda glad that they showed it. Whether it's fair or not to all the cheftestants is another story (I say it's not and brings in a level of alliances and gamesmanship that TC has seemed to avoid, unlike others in the reality TV world), but it has been done in the past.
I think it’s a missed opportunity by the TC marketing team to not have given us some deeper background on the competing chefs. It’s a little different with the American chefs because we see them compete on their shows. But I have never seen a Top Chef Brazil, or Top Chef Canada, etc. I would have loved an opportunity to get to know them a little better.
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On 12/26/2022 at 9:24 PM, Dineen said:
New article of Ree showing off her Vail vacation with fancy food and hotel. Pic of them including Alex wearing what looks like a full length white mink, just like all the other simple country gals.
I follow Alex on IG and she is one walking designer purchaser. Who, honestly, touts an LV bag in a pic out on the slopes? All the Lululemon and Stanley cups. It's not surprising...easy to see none of the kids ever hurt for anything. Kudos to them, but it is a bit tone deaf these days.
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On 12/6/2022 at 5:30 PM, Dineen said:
Her "holiday" collection of ugly old lady rags, average looking jewelry that you see everywhere, faux leather this, faux suede this and that is out now for those of us without taste. In the comments section some of the comments for this recently written article are dated from last year, 2021. What is up with that? Can't her staff keep things straight?
Also, a day after someone here mentioned Alex's instagram and Alex being a spoiled rich girl, on Ree's site is an article that says that Alex and Mauricio leave snacks drinks and goodies out by their front door for the delivery men. along with a nice note thanking them for their hard work. HHHMMMMM. That is almost like it is to make her seem less materialistic. Does anyone think they read this blog? This stuff about leaving candy bars out for the UPS man is a bit weird.
I saw that Alex posted several stories on her IG about how cool it was that people leave snacks/drinks for their delivery people, and then...VOILA...she does the same. It wasn't an original idea by her for sure.
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This might come across as nit-picking and tacky, but here goes. Does anyone follow her daughter, Alex, on IG? She has a cute thing going on, but often posts things she buys and does affiliate links. But all of her items are so expensive - the designer stuff. And her and Mauricio live quite the life of luxury (and not saying they don't work for it)...she sure comes from a place of privilege that plays out on her own social media.
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I saw today that she’s filed for divorce with her 2nd husband. I know many have been speculating, so now it’s out there.
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5 hours ago, iMonrey said:
It's nice to see the show is still able to pull off impressive heists. All of those scenes worked really well. It just made the flashback scenes all the more intrusive, though. Think of how much better this episode would have been without them. I was so hoping the people who owned that house would return home and bust Smurf's ass. Basically it was just her blasting music and dancing around. Like we really needed that.
I don't think this thing with Pete is going to blow over. He's got a lot of gang members at his disposal and there are only four Cody boys. Now that Catherine's body has been found I'm guessing Pope will wind up either dead or in jail by the end of the next season.
Speaking of which . . . it looks like they've already started filming, since they showed previews for it. Little wonder, while they've got the cast there, might as well get it out of the way before another round of Covid shuts everything down again. It was weird in that little snippet seeing Shawn Hatosy walking around talking about how the story was ending.
Shawn Hatosy tweeted that Season 6 is already in the can.
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“Paigey” is annoying af.
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6 minutes ago, MaryMitch said:
These guys know how to fall, but the lack of helmets and other safety equipment makes it hard for me to watch.
100% agree. As someone who just broke both wrists (surgery required on both) roller skating with my grands…I was so nervous watching them.
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3 hours ago, Arcadiasw said:
The show is filmed in Vancouver and the actress lives in New York. Because of Covid she hasn't been able to go there to film. I think the show made an error having Sophie see her Mom and return when the storyline could've been Delilah is stranded in France and can't get home because of Covid restrictions and just write her talking to her kids through Zoom instead of not showing enough of her talking to them.
I had also read somewhere (sorry, can’t source it right now) that the actress was also sitting out due to pay/contract issues. I would say this hasn’t necessarily bode well for her character, as she’s not really missed and the show has gone on without her.
15 hours ago, Katie111 said:I don’t think anything Katherine does could ever be as bad as all of the awful things Eddie has done. I think she has every right to not want Eddie near Theo right now. He is not a good role model for Theo. He is not safe to be around. I have a close family member who is a drug addict and I am so thankful that he does not have children as I would not want his kids subjected to that lifestyle.
Theo is the most annoying kid on TV and Katherine and Eddie are not good parents. They indulge his every whim and act like he is 7 not 11. Although I do know some people with only children and some of how Theo acts I think is actually a realistic portrayal of an only child. Many parents seem to think their only child walks on water and they totally either baby them or act like they are mini adults.
Where is Delilah? I may have missed an episode but I thought she was on standby waiting to come back from Paris. Then Sophie suddenly went to visit her so why isn’t she home yet? And why is she off the show? Is it just because she is so annoying or is she pregnant or something in real life? Who just leaves their teenagers for a couple months to travel around Europe with their baby sister and mother? Especially after their kids lost their dad 2 years prior and found out their mother had a baby with someone other than their dad? And why would they ever accept Eddie after that? I would think they would blame him for their dad’s death.
Sophie is played by a good actress and I think this storyline is good. However, I find it strange that she has NO friends. She either has a boyfriend or she spends all of her time with adults. Same with the brother really. If he has any friends they seem to become a love interest for him.
My final comment is just that has anyone who works on this show ever been to Boston? If they had, they would know u can’t travel around Boston the way these people do. Traffic is awful. You don’t just pop Into someone’s house in Brookline when you live in the South End. That would be an hour plus trip and you would probably take the T rather than attempt to drive.Agree about Theo and his annoyance. However, that’s quite an unfair accusation about only children and parents of only children.
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On 5/27/2021 at 11:52 PM, gatopretoNYC said:
The brain injured girl's father looked so familiar to me; it was driving me crazy. So I looked it up - he's Lloyd Braun, from Seinfeld!
In the for what it’s worth category, I know him! He is a very close friend of my boss, so I see and talk to him a lot. He is such a super nice guy.
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I wonder if TPTB are ever going to address the harassment issues with Gabe Erales? He was fired as Executive Chef of Comedor in Austin in December 2020. I know the show wrapped in October, but dang.
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On 5/12/2021 at 6:29 PM, Bruinsfan said:
I think we're never going to get away from Owen-centric as long as Rob Lowe is on the show. Other shows he's been on have been warped into constantly blowing smoke up his character's ass despite him not being the lead, and I'm not aware of any of his relatives working on them.
I don’t disagree with you. All I was saying is that relative to this show, it could be a factor.
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On 5/11/2021 at 6:12 AM, rove4 said:
I wasn't interested in Owen's arson storyline so I was barely hanging on for most of the episode, was even thinking this might be me my last Lone Star episode but then that final scene hooked me back in for next week. But, really, I'm tired of all the Owen centric storylines. I'd like a little more focus on the rest of the firehouse.
I think we're never going to get away from Owen-centric as long as his brother and son are involved in the writing and directing of the show.
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Joe Sasto is doing a Zoom cooking class for our company later this month. I wasn’t a huge fan of his during his season. He’s going to do homemade pasta, which I also find kinda boring, but I’m still looking forward to it. Not sure if this was his call or the woman who drives the “culture committee”.
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7 hours ago, taanja said:
Wait! What happened to the actor who plays Brandon? I re watched season 2 to get ready for the premier-- and at the end Brandon is sitting in a van watching that bad dude (can't remember his name) and the detectives are telling him about the mob etc and then wham! season 3 starts and Brandon is dead-- no explanation! No nuthin'!
Brandon was like my favorite character! I was thinking -- oh the show is "faking his death" and he will come back with evidence against that bad dude (once again I can't remember his name but I think they said he is running for mayor?)
anyway-- did Keisha get kidnapped at the end? is that what I saw?
The Brandon actor was fired for misconduct with Jerrika his costar and a show runner. Allegedly, he had multiple HR cases.
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16 hours ago, LibertarianSlut said:
So Chuck is teaching a full semester’s course in New Haven while he is also acting NY AG? Yeah, not gonna happen. Ever. The New York taxpayers would never go for that, nor should they, nor could they. Also, some judges require you to stand when you address them, some don’t, and standing before those latter judges would be met with a weird stare from the judge (this has happened to me). If someone with a law background proofread this script, they would have omitted that line from Chuck that a law student stands for his professor the way he’d stand before a judge.
What, is Juliana Margulies the new Wendy, standing up and telling Chuck’s class to get balls? Vomit. And suddenly every single person in the class had briefed the case that Chuck wanted to discuss? Was her lecture somehow retroactive? Ugh.
The truth is that the better the law school, the easier time the students have it. Visiting professors are even easier on the students. There is no fucking way in hell that Chuck would say that anyone who hadn’t briefed two cases—when there are sometimes upwards of a dozen cases assigned per class—would fail, that was a nonstarter of an idea. I’m confident that no one who has actually been to law school approved any of this. Maybe a bunch of people who’ve watched The Paper Chase too many times.
I hate when this show has people from Shark Tank on. Wasn’t Mark Cuban on once before? I don’t get it; what’s the point? Why don’t they just tell a story, rather than have us chuckle with recognition? That seems like a cheap way to entertain.
Did Axe actually refer to Yonkers as a “town” to Daymond John? It’s a city, but I’ve never heard anyone from New York refer to it as either. People refer to it by neighborhood. I noticed Sacker’s dad did finally say “neighborhood.” When Axe was leaving his office to go to Yonkers, he’s said he was “going out there.” Anyone from New York would say “I’m going up there.”
I didn’t understand how Yonkers would suddenly seem like this lucrative opportunity for both Axe and Prince. The place has been in economic decline for decades; why now? Because the writers wanted to show Axe going home again? It seems random.
What happened to that waterfront property that Chuck and his dad were fighting to the death to develop last season, on which the government put a freeze, and then it became unfrozen? Are we just not talking about that anymore?
I don’t understand this stuff about fossil fuel for the second episode in a row now. There is talking fast on TV, in the name of not dumbing things down for the audience, and there is rapid-fire inside baseball dialogue that is just not amusing to hear and doesn’t seem to make much sense no matter how closely I listen. It’s so unrealistic that Wendy would say, “you’re going to make so much money” and the executive says, “well, I like the way that that sounds,” Wendy throws out a bunch of vague terms about “green” and a “motherfucking” and suddenly they’re in business? Yeah, because that’s how it works.
Wags doesn’t even make an attempt with his daughter because she’s a stripper, and he abandons his son because he’s Christian? Doesn’t that seem a bit immature and unrealistic, even for Wags?
Axe, you are such an alternative, novel billionaire that you dress like you’re going to the basketball court at a city counsel meeting! You would be so conventional and boring if you stooped to put on a collared shirt and a tie, we get it. Oh, and since he has a rough accent (that is gettin more cartoonish each week) and he knows some of the stores in Yonkers, he must be the right horse for the citizens to back!
This is like Taylor giving the pitch to the firefighter’s pension board last season—all heart, no facts. I am the first one to say that voters are dumb, but they’re not that dumb. They would need numbers. And not one person knew enough about Sandicott to know that was Axe’s, not Chuck Sr’s, doing? There is not one fact checker in the media or as a citizen? They just want to back the guy who could get odds on the Giants in the old neighborhood? Yawn.
How would Prince be turned into a monster by trying to get the Yonkers opportunity? Was he more afraid that Axe was going to play the race card, which was laughable? This makes Axe a bully, not Prince a monster.
I didn’t get this episode. Last week’s episode was bad, but it wasn’t a failure, because it told stories. This week just felt like the writer’s room saying, “ok, we’re a third of the way through the season and we have done nothing so far, so let’s use this episode to set up for the rest of the season.” Better writing and they could do that without essentially depriving us of an episode with an internal story for a week. It was boring and I’m tired of every single one of the characters. Right now I’m rooting for Prince.
I just listened to “Behind the Billions”, the weekly recap podcast by the co-creators, Brian Koppelman and David Levine. They clearly don’t read these boards because they’re such a contrast with how this season is being perceived. Also, seems like they want more Shark Tank people on the show and had been courting Damon for some time as a guest. They also did an interview with Maggie Siff (Wendy), and they were all foaming at the mouth saying this is the first episode whereby her character had really evolved. I appreciate all the realism in the comments on this board. This season has not been that great to me.
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Anybody but Kevin for the win. California - land of fruit & nuts, really?
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On 1/27/2020 at 1:35 PM, twoods said:
Nobody is glossing over the alleged rape. In every single article I’ve seen (ESPN, NY times, SI, etc) there was a paragraph about his checkered past. It’s in the third or fourth paragraph, not in the first paragraph since they are talking about his death. I don’t know if anyone thinks he is perfect, but people are allowed to grieve for a player that they grew up watching. It took me years to forgive him for what he did to his wife and that woman, but I am still allowed to feel upset about the first sports figure I cared about passing away.
It seems as once he had his daughters and they were growing up, he changed. He was a big advocate for the WNBA and women’s college basketball, and does a lot for the poor children and homeless population in LA. Lakers fans were expecting to mourn for Kareem, Magic, and Jerry West first.
This is 100% a great post. There is a time to grieve and a time to analyze his legacy. One of the things that strikes me about Kobe was his ability to learn from what he did wrong and try to do better. He knew he could never erase the pain and wrong-ness of his behavior, but he did more than say he was sorry and do nothing. He turned it into activisim, put his words into action, and there are not a lot of people that are able to do that these days with things that have happened. He was no saint. Nobody is. But the conversations about his death, grief, his daughters can appropriately be done now and the other side will certainly be discussed and not sugar-coated in the days ahead.
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On 12/19/2019 at 8:10 PM, BusyOctober said:
It’s official. I hate the American version. Haaaaaaaate. Compared to the British original:
The bakers are bland and unforgettable. Many are on the verge of unlikeable (I’m looking at you, dude with the dangling earring).
The level of talent is sorely subpar.
The bake assignments are pretty pedestrian. And despite being simpler, the results are lackluster.
The emcees are annoying. Spice Girl and football dude I do not know are not charming or endearing enough to pull off the intentionally cheesy, goofy banter.
Sherry is not jiving as a judge. I know she has a deep resume and the credentials to be a judge, but camera presence is definitely not a strong suit. There is zero chemistry between her and Paul.
On the plus side...I like the Tent and the background music.
The producers of the American version managed to take a worldwide beloved show and turn it into something so antithetical to the original.
Also, I loathe the way Sherry chews and eats. She sort of chomps and keeps her mouth open. Blech. She definitely is not jiving like mentioned above.
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On 10/30/2019 at 10:17 PM, txvoodoo said:
I would be so into a show that didn't go all "ooh family". Just fix up a house, please. Decorate a bedroom. Whatever. I don't need the "feels" from a backstory.It's HGTV, not People Magazine tv.
Call me crazy, but I miss Decorating Cents.
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The Annual CMA Awards - General Discussion
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Wynonna has vertigo, and has talked about it around her performances.