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I wasn't clear! I meant to check BECAUSE the TV Guide was in error in saying only 2 hours! I cannot wait! I want the ending, even though I know I'll miss Grandpa Possum and his Harem the second it fades to black! Um.....I hope you didn't just post a Spoiler.... And please don't reply with an "Oops!"

Juan Pablo: Arie's close-eyed brother from another Possum Mother! http://www.imdb.com/name/nm5673725/mediaviewer/rm266196992

And here I thought it was Grandma's Sunday "Gravy" and Grandpa's Pigs' Feet Supper for Twelve. THEN there was the "elevation" challenge. I think Padma has decided "What's good for Giada is good for me."

I knew Arie couldn't handle all the taxidermy, claims of "fun" notwithstanding! I hope you at least got to visit Machu Picchu, Ross! You couldn't compete with a potential Reality TV Career, you Silly Wabbit! But you served one purpose: To give Arie that one teeny excuse not to choose Becca. (I am totally Non-Spoilered, so just my prediction!) But I think he should choose Becca, for she impresses me as being an actual adult woman. Lauren, to me, still speaks and acts like a girl. But a weird type of girl, not one who is interested in the larger world, but one who appears world-weary. I mean, come on; she seemed unimpressed even by the NAZCA LINES!! Hey, wait! Did we see the previewed scene of endless sobbing and Arie walking out the door? Check your recording devices, peeps; my Tivo Guide gives next week only two hours!

Don't worry, Carrie; as with Paris, we'll always have Cake-in-a-Can! Michael V. looks sickly, as in, "I don't want to look at him" sickly. Never liked the bros. It seems that everyone who wins and returns has adopted Padma's annoyingly affectless speaking voice. Speaking of Padma: From her opening Middle School "humor" (do people not realize anymore that slang vulgarisms are not euphemisms?), though the challenge itself was pretty unseemly (I've eaten lambs' and cows' brains, so it's not like I'm squeamish), to her dinner-with-the-family-members outfit of "I know it's 'Time's Up,' but for me it's 'Push Up'!"---I found her particularly off-putting this episode. And from the "What---Meatloaf AGAIN?!" Dept: Anyone note that of the Final Four, the 3 Pastas lost? ;-)

Please elucidate. TIA!

Thanks for mentioning the Olympics, peeps! I mean, I've been watching them, but FX is such an oddball channel that I thought it would be full speed ahead!

It's not like our troops are sequestered. Wearing correct uniforms is permitted for actors: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/10/772 "While portraying a member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps, an actor in a theatrical or motion-picture production may wear the uniform of that armed force if the portrayal does not tend to discredit that armed force." Does anyone know why there is no show on 2/21?

"Shawneice, will you accept these kazillion roses?" Whut the whut?! Did I miss an episode or three?? Who is this "Jephte," and what has the show done with the real one?! Because I ain't buyin' what they're sellin'. Sex or no sex---he is NOT attracted to her. Jon should look for another employer...and another wife. I like Ryan. IMO, he's a "commitment" kind o'guy: to his job; to his family; to Jaclyn. She'd better wise up and look to the sunrise, not the sunset. Even Mourner Extraordinaire Queen Victoria would not be amused.

The juxtaposed photos of Emily and Lauren support my opinion of the latter's looks: Dime a dozen. IMO, Arie wasn't being entirely truthful with all the parents. I distinctly remember him looking down and to his left before answering a question, supposedly a "tell" of lying. Lauren and Kendall seem immature to me, at least for a man of thirty-six. A joke about being "crabby" when eating crab? Yeah--in fifth grade! And, well, those rat skins! Hey, maybe Kendall's thinking, "Hmmm, I don't have a Grandpa Possum yet....." Will Arie choose Becca Appleseed? Maybe, like Prince Harry with his dating blondes, Arie will end up marrying a brunette!

escatefromny, I didn't think it was either "rude" or ignorant to ask Arie to speak a bit of Dutch; it isn't exactly a language most Americans are likely familiar with. I thought Arie was the dope there, putting the woman on the defensive with having to come up with a phrase. Anybody catch how Arie the Realtor said "Beautiful home" to Lauren? Heh. sabre5055, I'm going to watch it on my Tivo again, only because it is a copy of what I actually watched! (Google? Is that like Barney Google? ;-) ) ETA: sabre5055, There were RATS! And Arie sent Rat-tastic [tm Lauren B.] "Krystal" on her way! Bwahahahaha! As I noted earlier, straight outta "Dinner with Schmucks"!

I've now watched the very end, aka previews, and there was no rat! sabre5055, what joke am I not getting? The Nazca lines! Arie, Schmarie---THEY are worth the price of admission!

Arie left Tia in his dust, literally! There was no way he fit into her family or milieu. Becca and Lauren have the most "normal" lifestyles. I mean apple-pickin' with Becca for Pete's sake! And Arie "connected" with Lauren's father over the Iraq visit. Semper Fi, Arie (how do you say that in Dutch? Hee!)! Then there's Kendall of the Lambs...and Rats. Man, Arie is a good sport! I so totally did not see this. Who is Caroline?

Whatever happens in a few minutes at the RC, the best line of the series was Becca's, heard right before we saw her and Arie dunking apples in caramel: "Stick it in all the way." :-P

OMG! And LOLOLOL!!!!

They meet with friends at a cafe or whatnot.

Am I misremembering, or does Arie seem, I don't know, enervated? Like, his dates are often "Let me sit and watch you (wrestle, get made up, smash cars, bowl, play at burlesque, etc.)" "Let's sit in a boat," "Let's sit and eat," and in Paris and now Tuscany: "Let's just walk around." If he wants Lauren, fine and dandy. But how, in this modern world, has Arie, the son of the famous Arie Luyendyk, Sr., not heretofore found and won the thin cute blonde of his dreams? Or is Arie on our screens AGAIN "searching for love" because, like his best bud Sean Lowe, he has caught the "Reality TV" bug? I wouldn't be surprised to learn Arie is polishing his "DWTS" shoes right now. In a cardigan. Sitting down.

Darren Criss doesn't wear glasses. He has a different hairstyle. And he has actual facial expressions beyond a stone-faced affectless one. I think Criss will be good for future acting endeavors (See: Vance, Courtney B.).

This season has been a terrific travelogue! Good-bye, Betty Boop. Or rather, Arrivederci, Bella! Plus, did anyone seriously think this season would be a duplicate of last season, couple-wise? But who foresaw that "I'm just not that into you" exit stage-left by Jackie?! Tia has a weasel-face, all thin and pointy. Lauren is....nothing; the proverbial dime a dozen. Who are the others, again? Oh, yeah; Taxidermy Kendall. And in the preview Arie looks like he has FUN playing with stuffed and costumed white rats, straight outta "Dinner with Schmucks"! And Becca, right? She's the most beautiful woman left, IMO. So, next week we see Arie get grilled and threatened by Protective Dads; and see the women get admonished by Shocked Moms. And Tia? Be careful what you wish for. Arkansas (not to mention your Central-Casting mother) I predict rings the death knell for your time with Grandpa Possum.

I thought this was a self-evident bit of reality. truthaboutluv, GMTA, as I posted elsewhere: "This series ought not be compared to the OJ one, for one major reason: "The People vs. O. J. Simpson" focused on the lawyers. Yes, yes, there was no trial for Cunanan, but still, the current production presents a more...human story. The title, "The Assassination of Gianni Versace," .....tells us right away that the murdered (for "Gianni Versace" represents all victims of Cunanan) will be a focus of the telling, and the use of "Assassination" to elevate the victims is subtle." And now from the "Schoolmarm Dept": To those who are saying how unwatchable some "bleak" episodes and scenes are, Hello, the televised "Helter-Skelter"? The movie "Schindler's List"? Or the powerful "Judgment at Nuremburg," with its REAL video of the death camps? "ACS: TAoGV" will have to get in line! Finally, as an erstwhile subscriber to "Vanity Fair," I am one who is familiar with the alleged facts, but in the spirit of and respect to this series and the post in yellow at the bottom of every page, I'm good with suspending my disbelief a tad.

Maybe because no one really gives a shit about him so no media outlets cared to pick it up. See: biakbiak above.

My aunt loves Betty Boop! I recently sent her a BB purse and keychain! My aunt is 75.

I thought this, too. Why leave a plate and a glass? ETA: Ha! They had to account for the chefs' TWO plates! Nobody could re-edit enough to have it look like each chef was carrying only one plate! And maybe that IS Johnny's pompadour!

And THAT'S the mark of a great show: debate; interpretations; discussion; persuasion. As a long-time reader of True Crimes: Murder Division, I find the entire "American Crime Story" series captivating!

Trail was taken utterly by surprise in the doorway, knocked out probably instantaneously by a hammer. Reese was unarmed, up against a gun. Miglin thought he was simply participating in a sex "game" and was incapacitated and blinded virtually immediately. Versace, also unarmed, was ambushed at his front gate. WHO, pray tell, amongst his victims, could have been expected to "fight...back"? Even Madson had little chance, knowing Andrew had a loaded gun on his person at all times. Climb through that bathroom window? Yeah---in movies and song. Run? Well, he tried that at the end, did he not? Grab the wheel of the car? Ditto. Yell for help in a restaurant? See: Gun, Cunanan's Possession Of. See also: PTSD. I fault no victim here. They were human beings suddenly confronted by Death, and when they had time to hope, they did---for who would not?