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If David did go after or flirt with another woman during the 6 weeks, maybe he did so to make sure the TV audience (which would perhaps include any future wife!) saw that he did indeed have "game"!

I don't like Marjorie for the same reason I dislike many people on "Top Chef": Her very (to me) off-putting monotone accompanied by dead eyes. Padma has it; TC has it. Blais and the Voltaggios had it, but RB and MV seem to have become more human in their speaking voices. ManBun's comment about altering his food and thus his strategy was awesome! One rarely hears such raw truth on a "Reality" show! (He is still deluded, though.) For all its airs and graces, I find "Top Chef" to be one of the, if not the, least interesting cooking-competition shows.

All I know is, this is one of the campiest shows ever! Earnest Deke! Deluded Diana! "Highlands with an 's'." "But who will be our Beat-boxer, if our Beat-boxer SINGS?!" "Now we know we can get along without the SENIORS!" LOVE IT! Say "Geronimo!"

Michael Orland is indeed the unsung hero of AI! In a still photo from that try-out farce, one can see that Clay's pupils are dilated, a sign of liking whatever one is observing. So I'm calling not-quite-shenanigans, but also not-quite-Reality-TV! At least Clay refrained from calling the guy (?!) a "bush baby"! Nobody has wowed me this season, yet. I'll allow a "yet."

Oy. Mixed feelings here! Ashley (Props to "MustAshley"!)----Was animated with and hugged David's friend because....DARK HAIR AND EYES, people! I don't think it's "shallow" for a person not married for 25 years, who has seen his or her spouse gain/lose weight. lose hair, gain wrinkles, etc., to seek a person to their physical liking, and not a partner to become eventually attracted to after initial revulsion (not simply indifference). That's as much a movie fiction as Ashley's dreamboat! Sam------Same problem here! Googly-Eyes Neil was an instant turn-off, and he ain't never gonna become a turn-on for Sam! Plus, his uber-sly sarcasm has hit her last nerve (mine, as well). I don't care for either of these people. I'm not so sure Sam wants a Conan the Barbarian, but she doesn't want a Sheldon Cooper, either, who will make her feel uncomfortable in her tomboyish brashness. ( Did I mention I hate the name/nickname "Sam" for a woman? I do. Call me shallow! :-) ) Vanessa----Made Mistakes Nos. 1, 2, and 10:: Wearing no make-up this early in the game! Not (IMO!) an attractive look on her, including the weird part in the hair. Also unattractive is Vanessa's sullen silence. Does she not realize that the "love" part is still very much a work in progress that can be de-railed in a trice? David----Meh. I was all on Team David from the altar until the bed-tackle. Besides its being a TACKLE, FGS, it showed David's Pillsbury Dough-Boyness in all its non-glory. And Davey, old boy, maybe you shouldn't have had Ashley meet your friends yet; Just sayin'. ;-) Neil----Run, Forrest, run! You will always look like a nail to Sam the Hammer! Unless you want to live in the middle of a Sam and Sammi sammie! :-P Tres----Smooth operator. Smooooth operAtor. I find him cute more so than handsome. Vanessa will be greasing the skids for Tres if she doesn't quickly realize that he isn't about chasing after a woman. (Does he have Vocal Fry? Or is it that he sounds tired?) That was a nice interlude with Vanessa's mother, so maybe Tres is serious about making his marriage succeed.

Blonde "expert" is a dead ringer for Chef Tosi on "Master Chef." Personality- and voice-wise, also.

Anybody watching "Galavant" (ABC, Sundays)? The protagonist looks just like Neil!

"Speaking of second wives, when Josh is finally an established doctor, he's going to run off with some non-Southern nurse or executive. Mark my words." Co-sign, PityFree! To me, that co-ed Happy Hours scene said it all, really. Men always have time for what they WANT to have time for---and for whom. Plus, with Megan he is turning into his "Bless your heart" mother, calling his demands and insults "coaching." Maria has no "free agency"; she is a minor, uneducated, untrained, trapped by her family, her in-laws, and her culture. And, IMO, she appears "dour" for these reasons and two others: Christian; and her mouth full of metal braces! She should be looking forward to college, not a life of drudgery, huckstering, and obedience. At 17, a girl should not have to think about 'budgeting" to move from a stranger's basement! Get your MAC on, Maria! Oops, too late; Baby Romany is on the way. Regarding "acting," I thought Christian looked genuinely surprised to see Maria at the door. I also think Peter's frustration is real. I'm surprised people like the parents; I dislike everything about them, from visages to values. The others (I hate their names, so my brain refuses to retain them! LOL!): Another clueless dolt. Invite the sister to the honeymoon (she at least was rational); try to move to the same street as the parents; badger a newlywed about having children. But anyone looking at million-dollar homes gets zero sympathy from me.

Tres looks exactly like a young Flip Wilson. Neil has weird eyes, but not all the time! He needs to learn the latter times!

WOOT! The gorgeous guy actually WON! Stare at me from the pages of a magazine, shirtless, selling cologne or Jockeys, Nyle! (Did I mention shirtless?) Mikey played the poverty card once too often, it seems. So once Mame' was named for F2, I thought for sure it was all hers. But the Lust of Kelly Cutrone prevailed! Haha! I thought Devin was a hoot! Fashion ain't rocket surgery! Sadz for the finale, though, because THIS FORUM! I also go back to TWoP, but with a different moniker. I'll catch y'all on "Reality Home Ec": Top Chef, Master Chef/Juniors, Hell's Kitchen, GGG, Project Runway/Juniors, etc.! (And Arranged, MaFS, 90-Day fFiancée!)

Re: Bindi--- Why would the judges, "from Day One," put the fix in for the daughter of Steve Irwin? What was it to them? It's not like Bindi has a contract with ABC. "Built-in fan base"? That would be NICK, a true world-wide super-star. "Athletic build" and thus "easy to train"? I didn't notice any particular muscularity on Bindi. The fact is, the show gave Derek, not a ringer Olympic Gold Medalist ice-dancer or an erstwhile Pussycat Doll, but the kind of amateur the show was once known for. Derek rose to the challenge of teaching, coaching, choreographing, and, yes, playing the sympathy card---It's a competition! Of course, there was hope that the Pro could make a dancer of sorts out of the Kid from Oz. But the jaded judges were unprepared for this duo producing, not the stock-in-trade chemistry of a show-mance, but the rarer alchemy of transformation, of base material's becoming gold.

I am glad Bindi won! And I don't find Derek in the least insufferable! I can't figure out who deserved to win more, certainly out of the final 4. Alek never let loose below the waist, plodding along, relying on his upper body strength. Carlos never quite engaged the audience's emotions. Nick messed up more than a couple times throughout the season and I'm sure TPTB wouldn't have minded a resurgence of BSB Nation, or whatever that fandom called themselves, maybe vs. the on-line multitude of Hayes "Likes." Then there was the hoped-for marital rivalry. Paula, Gary, so many scenarios whose playing out would have satisfied TPTB. But young Bindi from Down Under? WHO KNEW?! Maybe she just is a preternaturally cheery kid, a grateful one, one who has virtually deified her late father to get by. Now, if that were her MOTHER as a contestant with all of that, I might have gotten annoyed! Looking forward to watching B&D on "GMA" soon!

Nick's veneers bug me every time he speaks. But I love the BSB! Bindi's my girl. She dances superbly and evokes the emotion that stone-cold skater Meryl did not. As for Steve: Exploitation, schmexploitation. It's part and parcel of DWTS! Vote for the hero! Vote for the redeemed Southern lady! Vote for the brain-damaged actor who's really, really trying! So "vote for the kid with a deceased father" bothers me not one whit. Steve Irwin was a mensch.

Seeing a shirtless Nyle is never a waste of time. :-)

By "uniquely American," I meant was established, formed, etc., by an American IN America, not the Middle East or Asia. That its "revelations" occurred and "Golden Plates" were found here. That its official name is "The Church of Latter-Day Saints," emphasis on the "Latter-Day." The American wife isn't going to Jamaica; the fiancé has agreed to come to the US. Who should adapt to whose cultural mores, hmmm? If religious conversion means anything, then to "revert" is not an option. THAT is "the thing about faith."

6:00 a.m. "Scriptures" study; aka, from the Book of Mormon. Nikki just needs to leave that whacked old geezer. End of story.

Why would ANY American wife be copacetic with her husband's sending ANY of his salary to relatives instead of using it for his new marital unit, for their own savings and future? Since when is a mother's supporting her own children (like, DUH) to be channeled into a brother's required support of his siblings, when he has A NEW FAMILY? I had no idea that tattoos define a person. Don't know from pimps and Prague, but I know that our Secret Service found pimps and prostitutes in Colombia! Anyway, once a person converts to the uniquely American Mormonism, is returning to Prague a practical idea? RCharter, I don't think you know all that is entailed with taking care of people in a nursing home. It isn't a B&B. It requires a whole lot more than 3 people. funky rat: I live in PA. Who are the "they" who would pay for anyone's education? Because school guidance counselors need to publicize this info. pollywood, Mark's books WERE organized, logically. Nikki decided the mere appearance of a bookshelf mattered more.

She didn't listen to Tim.

Mark is a controlling person and waaaay too old for Nikki (it's not like he's a Supreme Court Justice, heh!). And here's a car like I bought my other wife. And here's her photo. But hey----I'll put YOUR photo there NOW! Cockroaches would have had me on the first plane back to Thailand. I also HATED the parachuting deal! "But if Noon chickens out...."? WTH?! She is NOT one of your buddies! Fernando cheated on his girl? HOW?! He reminds me of Sgt. Garcia of the old Disney "Zorro" series! Oh, am I "fat-shaming"? My bad. Let's see....Melanie goes to Jamaica to get away from our PA winters, and she thinks Devar will be happy LEAVING Jamaica FOR PA?! She is delusional about more than a few things. From a club-hopping girl to a Mormon bride in a Granny gown. Okay. funkyrat, I'll have to check out the Hamburg Murphy's on my way to the Leesport Farmers Market! ;-) 'Cuz, ya know, it's COOL.

IMO, fugly Kelly (does she ever wash her hair?) was cruel to Devin, a young guy just trying to make his way in the world. No need to try to humiliate him from your position of power, fugly witch. I was glad to see him hold his own with you. Nyle! Don't leave! Ever! (Pity the foo' who ain't watching you!) And just WTH thought, "Hey, I know! Let's make deaf Nyle virtually BLIND, too! AND let's put him on top of a teeny platform! Yuk, yuk!" Mikey's socks and wife-beaters. Bleagh!

So THIS is how the FN website describes the episode: "A dessert made with lemon curd spells success for one young Chopped Junior competitor." Thank for spoiling the end, FN!

The fix was always in. PR wanted to get with the trend. Remember the days of Austin Scarlett? What a huge fall for PR.

"Project Runway" has had more than a couple challenges to promote Heidi's businesses (e.g., sportswear; lingerie). "Celebrity Apprentice" has promoted both Melania's jewelry and Ivanka's clothing/shoes. So I wouldn't expect businesswoman Tyra to be shy. Yes to more "Nyle exiting a pool" moments!

Egads! I don't live far from Orwigsburg! It's in what we call "the coal regions." Now I'll really have to watch!

SO glad to be rid of the whiny-voiced and delusional Laurie, who apparently thinks "topless" is a fashion trend! Liked the two "Bombshell" dresses,, Ashley's gold jacket, and....yep, that's it. And that gold jacket would sell a lot more than the skin-tight, looks-good-on-models-only red dress (did no judge notice it was TOO tight and pulled into folds at places?).