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There are going to be a lot of people at Gary's house, so I don't think he will try to kill her... ... there.

I don't think so. When he stole the gun, he was having a panic attack. He couldn't see a way out. Then he imagined killing himself -- suicidal ideation -- and saw the terrible aftermath, i.e., Victoria and Piper screaming and traumatized. Maybe that got him to reconsider a bit, but then Victoria said she'd rather die than be poor, so again he imagined how he would kill her and himself. I think he kind of imagined himself out of doing it. Maybe the monk saying what death was like -- no more suffering, a happy return -- made him think again about killing himself, but I think he may want to find peace like the monk has.

Yes, when we first see Saxon's memory of that night, it appears that he is jerking off while Lachlan and Chloe are having sex. But then we see that it was Lachlan jerking him off. And of course that is a sexual act. It's my take that until Lachlan and Piper are in the monastery together with the monk saying to let their thoughts emerge, Lachlan hadn't remembered what had happened.

I just rewatched, too. I can't say it's definitive one way or the other. He sees the body and is shocked, scared, horrified. You'd think that he'd move toward the body if he recognized it as Belinda, but he could just be in shock. I noticed that the woman with Zion in his mediation said, "Let us calm our chattering monkey minds." In this past ep when Lachlan and Piper are there, the monk says, "Let's shut down our monkey mind." Maybe that's a common expression in Buddhism, I don't know, but with the attention to the monkeys on the islands, this is probably significant. Maybe it's just the show comparing humans to animals. The monk also said (to Tim, IIRC) that some people lose a connection with nature, but we need to quiet our monkey minds?

That was really good. Maybe it was before Jamie-Lynn's time. The Mariana Trench was good, too, although she said the Marina Trench. Still, excellent clues. I was amazed at how often Paul Scheer got the right answer without much of a clue. I didn't know that he and June Diane Raphael were married. I had forgotten she was on Abbott Elementary. Just two eps. I suppose ABC just wanted to plug one of their own shows. In the second show, I noticed that the contestant Ashley kept reassuring Robert Iler that he was doing good. As far as quaint things, the only thing I could think of was an inn.

When Lochlan first said that, I thought he was lying, but the way he opened his eyes at the monastery after remembering the previous night, I believe that he had forgotten, blocked it out, or blacked out. Yes. She's sort of an empty vessel, going whichever way the wind blows. One reason seems to be that she doesn't want confrontation. So if someone says one thing, she goes along with it. She wants everyone to get along. No conflict. I'm not sure what to think of her declining the shots the previous night and then basically not wanting to be partying anymore, saying she thought they should all just go to their rooms. She did seem to be having fun at first, so what changed? Was it getting too sexual for her? Is it the conservatism? Could there have been an incident in the friends' past that she's afraid of seeing repeated? Like with Kate, I'm not sure what's going on with Jaclyn's behavior. Yes she likes attention from men, esp as she's aging. But why did she keep trying to get Laurie and Valentin together? Was it because she wants to be the magnanimous one -- the queen bee who pays for the expensive trip and wants to be the provider of happiness for her friends? Maybe that's why she was pushing Laurie to be with Valentin. When Laurie declined, Jaclyn took Valentin to bed. It was reaffirming her desirability, esp after feeling neglected or discarded by her husband (boyfriend?). I wonder what the point of this is. Performing is very important to Fabian, while no one else seems to care. Will he bomb, feel humiliated, and lash out? (possibly with a gun?) He doesn't seem like the type, but since singing as been so important to him from the beginning of the show, I can imagine him flipping out if it goes badly. I don't think he'll kill his family either. Plus, with as much as we see him at first imagining shooting himself then imagining shooting Victoria, I think he's realizing he can't do it. Maybe, but I think she'll do fine. She knows how austere life there is, so that won't be a surprise.

I don't see Lachlan as being predatory. I don't think his staring at Saxton's butt was about him wanting his brother or wanting to take advantage of him. Saxton was the big brother constantly talking big, talking about getting laid, pushing it like it was the most important thing in life. Lachlan was curious, probably a virgin. I remember as a little girl coming home from the beach with my big sister. She was wearing a bikini, and I looked at her breasts. Didn't mean I wanted to have sex with her. Lachlan was like a blank slate. He didn't know what he wanted. Sex with a woman? Sex with a man? I think he admired his big brother and wondered if he could be like him. Reminds me of Frank saying that he wanted to fuck himself. Maybe that's something like what Lachlan was going thru. When he rushed to the toilet to throw up, I thought of that interview with the Chloe actress who said that after the kiss with Lachlan, Patrick looked like he was going to throw up. I wonder if she got confused in the interview and was thinking of Saxton throwing up. I don't think Kate was trying to stir up trouble. I think she just wanted to gossip. She thinks gossip is fun and harmless. She seems like an airhead, not really understanding much of anything. This ep was an improvement. Things seemed to be moving along. I'm glad Gaitok got the gun back. I assume Tim will look for it and see it's missing. Maybe he will think one of the family took it. Gary is scary. Jaclyn is awful. It would have been so easy and harmless for her to admit to Kate and Laurie that she slept with Valentin. But she can't admit any weakness. I hope Belinda and Pornchai are able to open a spa together, but it probably won't happen. I haven't checked to see who is playing Sritala's husband, but I'm curious. I'll wait until next week to find out. Sritala seemed awfully suspicious when Rick was telling her about the director wanting to meet her. She's smart. My favorite part of this episode was the monk. He made me want to move to Thailand and live in the monastery. I knew Tim would be affected by what he said. Heck, I was as well. And then when Piper and Lachlan were there, and he says, "As thoughts emerge, say hello!" then "And very gently let them go. Goodbye!" That's what Lachlan and Saxton need to do to their memories of the night. Hello, memory! Goodbye, memory!

Yeah, Tim has the upper hand. He's an alpha dog who's cornered by the Feds closing in, so he would definitely bite back if poor Gaitok had made a real threat against him.

I'm glad I checked here. "Your connection is not private" came up this morning. I don't want to update to the newest Mac OS yet, so I decided to go ahead and continue onto this site.

And then Crocs to the rescue!

It's like Parks & Rec and Jerry/Garry.

I'm sure it was Crystal, Ava's "friend," who tipped them off.

I couldn't place him until I read it here.

Completely agree. I don't really get the criticism of Piper. Her family is awful, maybe with the exception of Lachlan, at least in Piper's eyes. Yes, Piper is privileged, and maybe she's taking it for granted, but she wants to change. She wants to find a better, more moral, kinder, deeper life.

To be honest, I was trying to remember how the bribing started. Wasn't it when Ava faked the endangered species eggs being where the golf course was going to build? Loved the CO when Janine and Ava were wearing the same dress. "Doctor Evil. Mini Me." That was perfect. Loved when the teachers suggested the District start with Morton's classroom, and when the one guy said, "We're not here to judge," Jacob then said, "You haven't met him yet." I was surprised they had managed to hide everything. I had actually forgotten about Janine's spellers coming that day. That golf guy is the worst. Worse than Morton. I doubt anyone needed to "hold" that big ladder. Mr Johnson: I'll go hide the white kid. Anybody have bronzer? I was surprised I was tearing up when the District said Ava was fired. I have no idea how this will resolve. I wonder if O'Shon will have anything to do with it.