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The new Curt (returned Doug) is fun to watch. He seems to have a snarky retort for both the winners and losers. Anyone going off tangent, or not responding to his questions, gets a quick cutoff and auf wiedersehen

Ben Robson - Craig, needs his own thread, lol

I am not really interested in any of the couples this season. I really can't stand the girl in the Southern pair, she is just too much. For her sake, I hope her reactions are producer staged, and she is really not the way she carries on, on the show. The Indian pair is boring The Orthodox Jewish pair, I just watch when they are discussing less known parts of their religion. They really should have just done, a Meet the Millers series, following the Roma family from last season, Meh.

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Katherine is used to getting supporters on social media, and people praising her as the star of the show that she started to believe her own press. The reunion and the rest of the cast giving it back to her, the way she gleefully does in her talking heads must have been unnerving for her. People talk about Katherine being "slut-shamed", compared to the male members of the cast, but that is not the point of contention in this case, it is more that she pointedly and knowingly slept with a group of friends, and even admitted on camera to doing it intentionally. Every time Katherine misbehaves, people are so quick to excuse her actions as being that of a young person - but she is 24. She might be younger than the rest of the cast, but in the real world, at her age, no one would be excusing her tantrums and outbursts. Katherine appears to be angry - angry that her dreams of being the next Mrs. Ravenal, Lady of the Manor, is not working out. Angry that Landon ruined whatever 'Hail Mary' attempt she was hoping to pull. Hopefully, she and the people who care for her, will take from this season that perhaps it's time she gets some help for her issues.

François Arnaud is the main reason why I returned to watch this show, and now he is most likely gone. I just don't see any chemistry with the Jane and Weller actors, and them together on screen, exacerbates each actors quirks and default to bad acting. Also there was only so much current event, a pre-drawn tattoo could lead to, so I guess the show just decided to change the theme of the show, ala Alias and the Rambaldi plot in the later seasons. Wonder how it will all play out...

Shep's comment about Kathryn - start at 4:20; it's not PC to mention Kathryn's behavior of sleeping with 3 male (and rich) cast members of the same show, but you can contrast that to how they speak about Cameran. Add the fact that Kathryn spent an entire season alienating the cast, and then ignoring them when the cameras were off and suddenly wants to be back in, once filming started. Maybe some of the cast decided they don't want to participate in her manipulations. Unfortunately for them, reality TV and social media loves an underdog, so Kathryn is now getting the sympathetic edit and support.

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With François Arnaud now on the show and actually having chemistry with Jane, it makes it hard to "ship" her with the FBI guy, and whatever that kiss before the break was - that was so forced and out of left field, and clearly an hail Mary attempt, to secure a second season order.

Allowing them to film her, preparing the balls without gloves, while being occupied with other matters at the same time, was not a very smart decision.

I don't understand why Josh and Megan decided to do this show. The show did not paint them or their marriage in a positive light. Nor did it do favors for their extended families. For Josh to match in Radiology and a Transitional year to boot, he must have been a pretty good student, as those two residencies are some of the harder specialties to match into. That means Josh must have some intelligence/sense. Even if he is not yet making "doctor money", I doubt this d-list show on an unknown network, with it's barely there ratings, is paying them that much, so why? It's not like he is going into a field to that he can parlay into TV doctor fame - ala Dr. Oz, or those plastic surgery shows either, so it really is odd. Is the allure for reality TV fame really that common these days, with people willing to risk so much, for so little...

I thought this was an interesting episode, perharps because the Millers and their customs were the focus of the episode. At least we know their story is real, and isn't all made for TV, based on the other, young, but already married couples at the BBQ.

Radiology is one of the harder fields in Medicine to Match into. So Josh must be pretty smart, to get one of the spots in that program. The one year is a clinical interniship - Prelim-Internal Medicine, Prelim-Surgery, Transitional Year- after which they will move to wherever is Residency is.

The unseen clips helped Christian, but did the opposite for Ragini. Ragini not only tried to cheat during the game, but even tried to feed Veeral lines to say, during his 'Talking Head' sessions. Meghan needs to work on her insecurities. She always puts her body/herself down, despite Josh telling her he loves her, she makes him happy, etc. ps. Christian and Maria's - I love you to each other after their wedding ceremony was cute, I wonder why the editors chose to portray only the negatives. Perhaps, if they had shown a more balanced view, they wouldn't have lost a lot of the audience?

I read a comment on another site, can't remember which one now, from someone who allegedly went to school with Shep, that Shep was a fan of the confederate flag - supposedly, wore it on clothing, license plate, etc. Now, this is hearsay and maybe Shep has moved on from that, or maybe the flag holds a different meaning for him. And every one knows how Thomas' dad feels about the flag, "Ravenel is a member of Moultrie Camp, Sons of Confederate Veterans, and is a supporter of the Confederate flag being flown at the South Carolina statehouse. He provoked controversy at a rally for the flag in 2000 when he referred to the NAACP as the “National Association for R******* People”.[2] Ravenel upset even more people after he apologized to mentally handicapped people for comparing them to the NAACP."

Yes, her trying to cheat, repeatedly, went from being cute/funny to eye roll inducing. Her constant reminders that she doesn't follow cultural, gender norms were also over the top, every word out of her mouth is to remind us, of how independent she is- Ragini we get it. I also don't understand why she had to mention that Veeral used to be overweight (not a catch), as if to calm all the viewer comments that she is lucky to have him.

Yes. I watched it online. I really hope it was the producers prodding Josh to ask Christian all those sexual/first night questions, it was very awkward.

Episode was so awkward. Cringe worthy. Yikes!

That explains why he was so angry and took it out on Craig. He couldn't use the "he went first" excuse with all the other guys that were more in demand than he was, LOL.

Indeed. This episode showed Craig that he is at the bottom of the "friendship" totem pole. That even in this instance where Shep was jealous and clearly in the wrong, all his "friends" sided with Shep. Even his "big sister" Cameran, after admitting Shep was at fault, still joined in the Craig bashing, in order to placate Shep. Shep embarrassed himself this episode. He feels he is better than Craig and they are not equal footing friends. The way he reacted to the auction was so over-the-top, and he can't hide behind alcohol either. No one bid on him, except Cameran, maybe he should have tried better with his appearance, and not dressed like an over-grown frat boy. Thomas is sexually attracted to Kathryn, but she over-played her hands, by not knowing when to stop nagging. Thomas didn't even react to her staying out with Craig bombshell that Whitney dropped; he was seriously considering working things out with her, after his conversation with Whitney, but then Kathryn talked herself right out of what she wanted.

If this two had met, outside of the show, they might have had a chance. Thomas liked the idea of Kathryn- a scion of 2 old Charleston families like he likes to say, but after last season aired and the bombshell of Kathryn sleeping with 3 cast members, within a 3 week period, aired on national TV, it put a kibosh on things. Thomas likes the pedigree and knows with his notoriety, the type of woman he thinks he should be with, who also want to be with him, are far and wide between. He liked Kathryn's attention, and maybe even thought he could make her a trophy wife, but now he is runnng scared, and maybe even his family are in his ear about the whole thing.

Christian is similar to the young, son, from American Gypsies. He too was 18 and wanted no part in getting married, but his family kept pushing the issue. So maybe Christian resents he was forced to get married and like Maria said, he is taking it out on her. Also, the dowry should be called Bride Price instead, because it is the groom's family that pays for the bride, not the other way around.

Another Negotiation - but this is a different form, a different clan with different practices

This clip, shows another young, Romani couple and how the bride price is negotiated.