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I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THE FOLLOWING REALITY SHOW (4 SEASONS TO DATE): So my being impatient in waiting for more Season 11 episodes (#25 & #26 up!), I've meanwhile been watching the AUS Reality series "Space Invaders"---similar to our "Hoarders," but with normal things; NO spoiled food, roaches, garbage, etc. Just overwhelming "stuff"---dolls, shoes, clothing, store inventory, books, plastic containers---one woman had 113 water bottles!---all piled or tossed or stacked absolutely everywhere! A team of 3---to guide through the deleting; to assess for "treasures"; and to remodel and renovate---helps the homeowner achieve at least organization and at best a new lease on life. Since I literally am in the exact same process of de-cluttering, working between these episodes, with haulers coming on 3/22, I have found this show to be inspiring, motivating, enlightening*, and entertaining! * Many homeowners spiraled out of control with purchases after the death of a loved one, acquiring both unnecessary objects and body weight. This is me. 😔

GROUP REUNION..... BECCA: Find your voice, dammit! Tell that lying MFer where to get off! Your intuition is CORRECT: Austin and that producer did not "meet by accident"; it was a surreptitious date! GET A D-I-V-O-R-C-E! ETA: Or were they Emily and Brennan?? DEMMIT, I STILL cannot get those paired names straight!

Pre-Reunion Thoughts: EMILY: Thank you, Lord, for giving this girl some clear-eyed vision to see Brennan for what he is! BRENNAN: 🎶 LIAR, LIAR!👖ON 🔥! 🎶 Gotta love Brennan's twisted definition of "protecting": "I'm protecting you FROM NASTY ME by refraining from saying aloud what I really think of you, because it would comprise only insults." He does have an evil genius, though, for saying actual words in a correct grammatical sequence that mean nothing! Literally nothing! Take your priss-pot pursed lips and barely-suppressed rage and GTFOOH! BECCA: Is a First-Class MORON who now deserves every jot and tittle of Bad Austin! Get off my screen, the bothayas! AUSTIN: Is a First-Class GASLIGHTER who now deserves our universal opprobrium! CLARE: You done effed-up, Sister. Your regret was palpable, as you sat there all dolled-up in hopes of re-attracting Cameron, who being a gentleman spoke first and saved you from the embarrassment of admitting your now-unrequited affection for him. CAMERON: Bike Boy's life-and-death scare concentrated his mind wonderfully enough for him to see 💡 that his endurance of Clare's cold shoulder could lead to some future warm embraces by others. 😉 See you around, "Sis"! FIRST GLIMPSE AT REUNION: LAUREN and EMILY: Seriously with those tops, Girlfriends?! 👀 I think I'm now watching MAFS: AUSTRALIA! 😄😄😄 BECCA: FINALLY her hair, cut and color, looks nice!

I've seen only "Fabio" (heh) from Kiev, and Easton from "SYTYCD, JRS." I have read no Spoilers, but I'm calling it now: Easton FTW.

MAFS: AUSTRALIA SEASON 11 IS HERE! https://sh.video/2024/01/29/episode-11-1-2/ Moreover, look at all the other Australian and NZ Reality shows are available! Project Runway NZ, Australian Idol, Master Chef AU, Master Chef NZ, etc., etc.! 🥳

Ziggy FTW! 🌈🎶 Most heartfelt audition yet.

Well, the show is "Married at First Sight," not "Married at First Personality" or "Married at First Occupation" or "Married at First Personal Code of Ethics." We are shown pre-wedding scenes of participants buying gowns and tuxes to look their best. Of participants getting hair styled or "Special Day" makeup applied in order to look their best. Then we see the participants post-ceremony sans makeup, in sweatpants and T-shirts, in unflattering beards or bikinis, and we and they all wonder where the wonder went! 🤪

Do you have a Smart TV that connects to the Internet? If so, please check our "MAFS: Australia" thread for links to watching that series.

Please look in the "MAFS: Australia" thread. I've been posting links to how you can watch Seasons 3-11 now. I'm currently (as I type) watching S11, E7!

Note to Chloe: Your weepy begging is a pathetic turn-off. Fuhgeddaboutit. And Austin is a consummate liar. He's "trying to work on things"?! To feel lust?! He trimmed his beard! Hold me back. 🤣 ETA: I don't see Chloe deciding to stay. She said it all with her moving out for a few days. ETA 2: Sorry for the mistaken name "Chloe" above! It is indeed "Note to Becca".

MAFS: AUSTRALIA SEASON 11 IS HERE! https://sh.video/2024/01/29/episode-11-1-2/ This is not a Spoiler: I loathe Collins!

Maybe to an observer, but probably not to the patients. 😇 Besides, this is the age we live in: EVERYTHING is fair game for Social Media! Now, add to that Gerry the Golden Groom who is likely still under contract to produce "content," and Katy, bar the door!

Gather 'round, my children, to hear of Ye Olden Idol Days, when the young contestants were without polish or professionalism. Yes, we cringed when Simon went too far ("You look like a Bush Baby"), but the singers auditioned both individually and in groups, with original songs and choreography, staying awake all hours creating and practicing, depending upon no instruments (until Taylor Hicks, I think), and---to me most significantly---having no pre-conceived particular genre or gender "slot" to fill. Now, instead of contestant creativity we get the back stories, the sob stories, the stories of grit and pluck and perseverance. Fewer "awful" attempts, but more mediocre ones. Still, every now and then......🎤🎶💯

Post blunder. ^^^^^ I think what was most unflattering to Becca, suit and cap notwithstanding, was her terrible posture! Stand up straight, girlfriend! But in any case, people have since forever rejected---or fallen madly for!--- other people based solely on appearances. After all, this show's title is a wordplay on that fact. So it is conceivable that Austin, Brennan, Clare, or whoever felt that way immediately. And no Pastor Cal or couples retreat or dangerous activity or heart-to-heart is going to alter that (pun intended). Emily's accident was no fake! Exactly what EMT unit and hospital would participate in such a charade? In Emily's photo from her hospital bed one can see not only her extensive stitches but also where her hair was shaved. NO young woman out to attract a young man on TV is about to fake it that much!

Well! The best part was the very end! The suspense! "What is Emily's condition?" "Will Brennan suddenly realize that he can't live without Emily?" "Conversely, will Emily put paid both to these dangerous outdoor activities and also to Brennan?" "Was there ever redder blood than Emily's?!" Aside from that, I need no more of: ---Orion. Go away, gaslighter, and lie in the bed you made. ---Anyone in a sauna. Was this supposed to bring Becca and Austin closer? ---Chloe and/or Pastor Cal stressing Michael's "feminine side."** A penny, though, for Chloe's real thoughts, because it seemed to me some doubts are creeping in. ---You're not fooling anyone, Clare. You miss Cameron. **Props to KKP for "going there" in asking Michael about his sexuality. I'm undecided on his haircut, though!

I think some people are underestimating the number of Americans who would do anything to be on television. Dress up ridiculously, traipse naked through a wilderness, sing out of tune---or get married to a stranger. Infamy, fame, it's all the same. And if perks include visiting scenic areas with someone ostensibly compatible with you, all the better. So I'm gonna Occam's Razor this thing and opine that all the participants and production crew are for real, playing by the rules, nothing pre-arranged in an elaborate "Case of the Replaced Bride." No Chloe the Actress or Chloe the Already Bride or Michael the Recruit. Just two more people who think somehow their dreams will come true through the magic of television. I took the point to be that the show was precluded from any offers of bribes.

The 4 returning Golden Oldies: https://www.dexerto.com/reality-tv/viewer-confused-by-golden-bachelor-contestants-season-28-cameo-2516641/

Re: "Dune: Part 2" popcorn buckets: SNL was without doubt supplied with this OFFICIAL movie merchandise, the same way Jimmy Kimmel was the other night with "D:2" stars Chalamet, Butler, Zendaya, and Pugh. 100% for PR.

Theresa and Gerry dining in New Jersey. https://www.app.com/story/entertainment/people/2024/01/19/golden-bachelor-couple-dined-in-long-branch-new-jersey-this-week/72279327007/?itm_medium=recirc&itm_source=taboola&itm_campaign=internal&itm_content=MobileBelowArticleFeed-FeedRedesign

Not alone! I posted in favor of them wee hours last Thursday! Said I thought they stood a good chance of joining the Still-Marrieds!

My Samsung TV Guide has this for Lifetime, 1/31, 8:00 p.m.-- 9:31 p.m.: "Afterparty: Honeyspoonin'." At 9:31 p.m. it's "Prison Brides." Then a 1/2 hour "Afterparty" at 10:34 p.m. ETA: The Lifetime website has it correct: 8:00 p.m. = Episode "Honeyspoonin'." 10:34 p.m. = "Afterparty."

Just because we aren't shown the couples getting marriage licenses doesn't mean it wasn't done. I mean, it's not exactly riveting television! [Cue all the "But neither is/was...."] Emily is young. Long hair with extensions seems to me the current style for her age. Re: Michael's 2nd wedding. There is another possibility besides "fake drama." Or even besides "show wants to do right by Michael." And behind Door #3 is Michael saying, "I signed a contract to be MAFS, so my actually getting married will allow ABC to avoid legal problems."

Emily hasn't learned that "Party Girl Who Whoops and Drinks and Dances Sans Culottes" is not a synonym for "Cherished Wife." At least, not to Brennan. As for Chloe's being an actress or just OTT, maybe her conventional appearance hides a Bohemian girl who is absolutely thrilled to be matched with a man matching her interior style! The kind of wife who will live with a conventional white kitchen, but really wants a turquoise fridge. And then wins one!

Austin Butler was a great guest. Thank you, Stephen.

Best MAFS episode EVER! Michael and Chloe seem ready to join the pantheon of MAFS Still-Marrieds! Clare seems to be re-assessing Cameron's worth to her. I believe she really did miss him then. Austin is still psychologically hiding from Becca, as that beard takes over his face like kudzu. She should tell him it's a good thing he's "not ready for intimacy," because neither is she, with him! Too bad we had to see a disgusted Brennan walking away from the dancing. What a royal jerk. But then, Emily didn't have to literally whoop it up. ETA: This is it? There's not a different thread I'm missing here?