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"Bye, Bye, Birdie" is a PERFECT fit for this "live TV for teens" genre"! I mean, come on! It's all ABOUT high school kids (what's the matter with them today?)! And JLo will be excellent in the role. Janet Leigh wasn't exactly a Spring chicken, nor was she a famous singer! I don't know what role JHud could be given. As for Dove's playing Kim Macafee, no. The role needs a sexy young Ann-Margaret type, not a typical skinny actress. Maybe Garrett Clayton can play Conrad. Hee! (Whistles innocently.)

I thought Garrett Clayton was gorgeous, and that's good enough for me! I found the entire show to be wonderful, fabulous, entertaining! (Not just a flamingo; a PINK flamingo!) There wasn't one character I thought was miscast. Derek was superb. Ariana has a terrific comedic ability; I only know the movie, but Penny therein wasn't depicted as a consciously funny person. Marty and Sean! Give those boys a SHOW! Kristen, yep, perfection. And so on! Did the Broadway musical not have any "protest" or dance contest scenes? Did I somehow fall asleep during them last night? The boys in the movie were all swayve and deboner as Tracy walked the line before choosing Linc. Did I mention Garrett was gorgeous? Heh. As for why not "Oklahoma" or "Guys and Dolls" (love the movie!)----No roles for the young. "Follow on Facebook" would be a massive fail!

Laurie is "a Disney child," RedFiat? The trophy is a mirrored Disco ball. No money is awarded, not even to the winning celebrity's designated charity. No performing contract automatically comes with First Place (no tour for Nyle's "season"). Oh yeah---and no US Presidency to the victor. So I simply cannot care about Canadian or Australian or Tierra del Fuego votes or lack thereof! But now I wish I had bought a ticket to the tour. I saw the recent "Maks and Val" show (thoroughly enjoyed it), but Val alone wasn't enough for me this go-round. However, I would like to see a Gold Medal Olympic gymnast! Too bad the first few rows are selling for $300--$500 per seat (with Meet and Greet, but there's no other option).

I don't think "embodying a character" is a criterion on this show. Dancing is.

If Nyle wasn't deaf.......WTH knows. Maybe he would have danced even better, what with that hearing the music thing. Or maybe the voting public would simply have made him champion for being outrageously handsome. TOPIC: I'm sticking with my early prediction that Laurie will win. Having her jump and run and flip like the happy athlete she is worked much better than the attempt at a "connection" as a femme fatale with Val. I didn't care for Calvin's Motown Mash-Up dance, so much so that I didn't watch its entirety. Apparently I missed the best part. His son is too adorable! James. Well, as a dizzy dame, I could watch James dance all night, and still ask for more. He's really fit, is he not? Heh. So I won't mind if he wins, except I don't want to be wrong. :-p

Ouch, gonecrackers! I have high hopes now for Tom and Lillian! Man, the way he grabbed her butt in that one scene......! But who knows. Maybe Nick will prove to be a steady slow burn, and Tom's blaze will fizzle!

Re-watching the episode: Any child of Tom and Lily will have the most amazing eyelashes!

Before this all ends, and we await yet another season of crazy couples, I want to say, echoing "Coach" in "Hoosiers": I love you guys.

There was a young woman named Heather, Whose marriage went under the weather! Husband Derek kept smoking; She would drink (was he toking?). So she skedaddled, Hell-bent for leather! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There was a young surfer named Tom, Whose bus life he thought was the bomb! Lilly's job caused some tension: Though she paid Tom attention, He needed it ALL, said his Mom! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From Airbnb entered Nick, For whom Sonia "experts" did pick. Nick's emotions didn't stir; He'd smooch dogs but not her! He opined, "Not attractive!" The.....creep!

Lily is hooked on somethin' somethin', and I don't mean Tom's bus. I like clocks, too, and have little Waterford and Wedgwood ones, plus a cute "Peanuts" alarm clock. But for that moment, I think Nick had the right idea. The clock: http://www.uberbazaar.com/clocks/table-clock-with-white-intricate-design-roman-numerals Good thing for Tom's bus maintenance that there exist materialists who own yachts. Heh.

I want to watch "The Drogo Show"! :-) As for gifts: I'm thinking Sonia's were pre-emptively defensive, with her never figuring that Nick would get her a piece of jewelry! The worst gift was Tom's clock! A CLOCK! Not a nice WATCH, mind you! I'd clock HIM......! Re: Ratings vs. Good Matches: There is no benefit, really, to the show to make lasting marriages as opposed to on-screen drah-ma. Real-life happiness does not come with advertising dollars.

jamblastx, "Missing 't'"? We spell "Richie" as "Richie"! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richie_Rich_(comics) NICK: I think I've got it! He will look at Sonia as one of his pets who will be grateful and will fetch in return for some food, shelter, and pats on the head! Each has an off-putting, hesitant speaking style, so maybe they ARE well-matched! I hate when production messes with syntax to try to fool viewers, to wit: This is the second season that a "Stay" was preceded by a "But" and then a commercial (this time by Lily). And on a superficial (ha!) note, but since it was something the show took pains with, I feel it appropriate to acknowledge that both Sonia and Lily wore awesome lipstick throughout, and that each has a well-shaped showcase of a mouth. Missing product-placement opportunities, show!

So I said in the Episode-12 thread: "I think Lily and Tom are done......I have an inkling, though, that Nick and Sonia will opt to stay married." Surprised, actually, on both results! Was that an actual smooch Nick gave Sonia?! And could Lily check her manicure any more as Tom was giving the "whole future ahead of us and you're what I need" spiel? Heh.

IMO, three women who wanted adult males---men who maybe wore shoes, their hats facing front, and a regular shirt to a restaurant; men who kissed women as well as dogs; men who knew of Corinthians' "When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things." ---were not matched at all, let alone well. I have developed another theory about Tom's being bugged at Lily re: alternative medicine. When Lily speaks of surgery, his thought balloon is like "$$$". Tom has lived in the bus. Tom wants to continue to live in the bus. When did he say they were "not going to live in the bus"? As for "hot and humid" being "no biggie": I would submit that to a woman who needs to be very careful with her hair styling, that particular rivulets-of-sweat-inducing weather can indeed be a "biggie."

The producers looked at "The Bachelor" long-running franchise and said: "Let's take just the ending and run with it! Multiply the couples, have them marry, and let the hijinks ensue! Nobody cares if 'The Bachelor' or 'Bachelorette' couples live happily ever after, and nobody will care about ours! Go for drama, get the ratings, and grab the cash! Rinse, lather, repeat!"

"hoopty bus"!! I keep saying that out loud!

Tom is on a re-vamped---minimally so, heh---bus, not an RV, never mind a Rock 'n' Roll tour bus. He follows the waves, walks in the dirt, and ignores the scorching sun. The "experts" should have paired him with "Wilson"!

Lily wants to be upwardly-mobile, and Tom just wants to be mobile. :-)

Okay, Nick wants "twins" and Tom wants "to adopt older kids." I find those remarks.....interesting. I don't buy Nick's newly-turned-leaf. He barely looked at Sonia in that Jessica Rabbit dress, and he picked a "fun activity" that forced Sonia to stay behind him and out of sight. I wish Sonia would just up and confront him about "I don't think she's attractive." Tom's fear of "losing myself" is not just a red flag; it's a red flag draped by Christo over the entire length of the Great Wall of China! Run, Lily, run! Tom is not just a free spirit; he's a self-centered one. He doesn't care that the bus is an oven; that Lily can't sleep comfortably; that she really didn't want to go anywhere by bus (she wanted the Bahamas, but Tom essentially bullied her into the Keys-by-bus); and that she, an autonomous person, made the decision, AFTER SEEING THREE DOCTORS, on how to treat her injured shoulder. No; LILY is closed-minded, "unwilling to listen to alternatives," blah blah blah. Whatever you say, Slacker Flip-Flops Boy. The women should ask themselves if their husbands are trying as hard as they, the wives, are, and if it doesn't come out 50-50, D-I-V-O-R-C-E.

Heads-up for the next episode: I think it might be better to watch on A&E, as there's a 15-minute preview at the end (episode begins at 8:45 p.m. ET), unlike on the FYI channel.

I think it might be better to watch on A&E, as there's a 15-minute preview at the end (episode begins at 8:45 p.m. ET), unlike on the FYI channel.

By my observation of her talking with Tom's mother (who herself seems quite the free spirit, if sitting posture is any indication), Lily is gaining weight.

Nick mumbled and mangled and garbled the word "attractive" at one point in describing Sonia. He couldn't lie smoothly.

I think Lily and Tom are done. Tom's lack of his own ambition and his irritation at not taking precedence over Lily's work will be the final nails in the marital coffin. His mom told Lily how needy for attention Tom is, so fair warning. Nick is playing the game well now, but he said what he said. I have an inkling, though, that Nick and Sonia will opt to stay married.

Anybody try for a Tour ticket? I barely got a decent one, because I'm not paying $400 or $300 for the first ten rows!