TwoBitUsherette

I hope they send Bratti/Somerville to Worlds so that Green/Parsons can use that time to pack their bags and find a coaching team that understands them. They've had two underwhelming seasons now with MIDA. Do they really want to risk another with the Olympics only two years away? Caroline is young, but Michael turns 30 next year. Who knows how long he wants to continue.

I'm glad I'm not the only person wondering this. I can't tell if I missed something while distracted or if this show is kind of awful at explaining character motivations. Maybe both.

John Mulaney once said it best - "a hero is any man who does his job." This is the first episode I've watched since June maybe, and I can't get over how unrealistic the writing is for Trina and Spencer. (I mean, it's bad for everyone.) Never in my life have I seen two 19/20 year olds who are so obsessed with what their family members need vs themselves.

Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think GH will be able to avoid a shutdown now. SAG-AFTRA’s Negotiating Committee Unanimously Recommends Strike as Contract Deadline Passes Without a Deal

I could be totally wrong, but I think the ATM photos were taken 3 days after he "died" during the stunt with the Lazarus Shroud. Monty didn't die for real until he got stuck in the piano during his funeral for his faked Lazarus Shroud death.

There are so many things that I want for the final season, but one of the biggest things for now is no more new characters. If all we have left is eight episodes, I don't want to spend valuable time devoted to getting to know yet another side character who'll ultimately get killed off. I want whatever time we have dedicated to people that we already know and are invested in - that includes the mains and side characters like Mr. Clarke, El's mother and aunt, or even Kali. And if the Duffers feel they need more canon fodder to kill off, dip into the archives and bring back James and Troy from season one or even Steve's douchebag friends.

I'll join the chorus of "Max should have stayed dead." Losing Sadie Sink would have been rough as she's one of the best actors they have, but continuing to cheat major characters out of death is tired. Either have the conviction to actually let them go, or stop putting them in these fake outs. Her death could have been such a driving force of getting the younger teens back together for one last stand in season five. I'm scared that Max's coma means that she'll (and possibly Lucas by extension) spend half of next season sidelined, much like Hopper and Joyce were this year.

Didn't Greg briefly coach at WISA? If that's the case, I could see them wanting to train with someone they're already familiar with. Plus, Caroline has talked about plans for college, so it would make sense for them to choose Michigan. On the other hand, I'd love to see what a powerful school like IAM could do with them.

I might be willfully naive, but I refuse to believe they'll actually kill Steve. Knowing him, he'll end the series thoroughly concussed and likely still single, but I think he'll be left standing. If he does get killed off, I don't see it happening until the end of season five. In the meantime, if they want to get rid of Jonathan, I won't be mad about it.

I'll be very curious to see if this week's episode picks back up with "Who Said That". I dug my copy of the book out this weekend and had forgotten just how brutal some of it is. I couldn't agree more with everything that @Asp Burger had to say about Jamie and his smugness. I had also forgotten how judgmental Matt came off in the book, particularly towards Kelley which I always found strange because I barely remember them interacting. I'd also love if they brought up in the book where Kelley shared that early in filming, Julie claimed that Melissa had been nasty about Kelley behind her back. I think it came out after that Julie allegedly fed the same story to Melissa, and essentially pitted Kelley and Melissa against each other the whole season. Although I'm sure, like the emails, Julie would magically have no recollection of that ever happening. Here's the quote, in case anyone's curious:

RW Homecoming has set off my internet stalking lately and I've fallen down a rabbit hole looking for just about anyone from the first ten seasons of RW and RR. For all the Timmy and Christian fans out there, looks like they were very recently reunited with Susie on her instagram.

Speaking of the car accident, did anyone else find it strange that there seemed to be no cars who pulled over to help? They weren't driving down an abandoned road, there was a fair amount of traffic and I think it's pretty far fetched that no one stopped after witnessing a minivan go flying off the highway.

Big congratulations to Caroline Green and Michael Parsons for winning gold at 4CC with a personal best score of 119.97 (200.59 total)! According to Jackie Wong, they're only the 8th team to break 200 points internationally (in events that record personal best scores) this season. I'm still disappointed they won't be at the Olympics, but I think this will be a big boost for them going into the next quad.

I'm afraid we'll have to wait a little longer to see Kaitlin and Jean-Luc, USFS just announced that they've had to pull out of NHK due to concussion protocol. I feel awful for them, they've had the worst luck.

I prefer Gr/P's RD to H/D's, too. Shame about her fall in the FD today. I'd love to see those two get that third Olympic spot this year.