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That's what I see, too. The girls seem to genuinely care about him, and his antics regarding his crush on them are so over the top, that they don't take them seriously and are able to laugh it off while still remaining perfectly comfortable being friends with him. I think part of why I don't find it to be in the creepy, stalker territory is because he seems to have no issue with Lucas. Instead of being territorial, jealous, or trying to sabotage any potential Lucas/Riley relationship, he's just friends with the guy.

Kristina doesn't visit the prison anymore - Johnny was released.

I reserve the right to change my opinion during the season, but, at this point, the only satisfying result of Exile will be Dustin and Jessica taking down everyone else and getting back on the show. I remain surprised at how much I like them.

I go back and forth on him. I hate his entitled douchebag attitude that he's essentially the star of the whole damn show, and nobody has the right to ever try to eliminate him, but he does entertain me at times, when he's not pulling that shit.

Does Ally know that Oliver screwed Brooke?

Anyone who can make Chrishell look like shit shouldn't be allowed to even do their own hair anymore, let alone draw paycheck doing other people's hair.

I thought the same kind of thing about that spoiler. I don't think it's about

I think some people don't fully grow up until they have to. I mean, CT is in his 30's, but he isn't married and has no kids. He has no reason to settle down one hundred percent. And Heaven knows that the environment on these challenges is not conducive to acting like a grown up. But, overall, I don't have a huge problem with any of them if they've found a way to make this work in their lives - where they're able to take a chunk of time to go travel, be with their friends, goof off, and hopefully earn some money, while still having a life back home. Before I had a kid, I used to take an annual "girls trip" to various places, and while I was never quite as much of a party person as most of the BMP people, I wouldn't count my behavior on those trips as somehow indicative of my maturity level. That environment is where you're supposed to have fun and let loose. I will say, though, that CT behaves much differently these days on these shows, and he's clearly not as much of a partying guy as he used to be, or as much as a lot of the cast still is. Most of the time, he seems more inclined to kind of sit back and watch everyone else make an ass of themselves.

I feel like most women in Maya's age group would hear "matriarch" and think of someone's stuffy old granny.

Was it just me, or at the start of today's show, when Ridge showed up in the office in the morning, did it look like he took extra pains with his appearance? Which, if he did, just so freaking adorable/hot.

This kind of story is what he always seemed to do his best acting at as JR on AMC, too. I watched yesterday and today back to back this afternoon. the Ridge/Caroline stuff was so good. And I know it seems like a sudden turn around for Caroline from trying to save her marriage to moving on with Ridge. But, the way I've seen it is that she was trying to save her marriage because she does love Rick, and she made that commitment to him, and she didn't feel like it was right to just walk away from it. (Plus there was also probably some element of not wanting to "lose" to Maya). But she also had these feelings for Ridge that, after the initial crossing the line, she's tried to back-burner, because of the marriage she was already in. As some others have mentioned, married people can and do develop feelings for someone else, but it's entirely possible (and happens often) for them to push those feelings aside and focus on strengthening their marriage. But, now, she's banged her head against that brick wall Rick has built between them enough times that she gets that their marriage is not fixable at this point. So she's looking at this other man she's had feelings for, and he's making it clear he has the same feelings, so she's going to give it a go. I like that they're "taking it slow," and I liked their joint line about how, if this was just physical, they'd have already done it. Also, I look forward to the first time Rick sees them together and clearly involved and seeing his head explode. As if the whole "having sex in Daddy's bed" thing wasn't squicky enough, when Rick said yesterday "if I know my father, there's a corkscrew in here somewhere," I let out an "ewww!" Rick, are you seriously sexing up your mistress in your Daddy's bed complete with all the touches you think dear old Dad would add to the experience if he had a woman in that bed right now? Not that having some wine in bed is some unique Eric trademark or anything, but it was just so weird. Did he grab some condoms out of Eric's nightstand for the evening, too? You're speaking the truth. The guy who plays Othello came across as a guy just reading whatever was written on a paper in front of him with no actual attachment to or feelings about it.

Yes, from my understanding, they hooked up, but he was involved with someone, so neither of them has ever really clarified, publicly, what happened and when.

I actually thought they had some chemistry in their initial scenes together, especially that first reunion outside. But, along with selling the kind of besotted thing he's doing with Caroline, another thing TK is really good at is shutting it down with a co-star when his character is supposed to be done with them (whether it be romantic or more friend/family stuff). And once Ridge found out about Brill and was pissed off and turned off, TK sold that. He reined the chemistry in and didn't do any of the little things he does to sell romantic connections. But I do agree that I don't want to see them jump right back into Ridge/Brooke. I want to see him explore this thing with Caroline, and I want to see Brooke completely over him after the Katie fiasco. Let them both move on. I now it's unlikely they'll ever be completely off the table, but let them be completely out of each other's romantic lives for a good long time.

Absolutely, and I don't blame her for not wanting to be BFFs with the girl her ex hooked up with like 5 minutes after dumping her. But, the whining to all the other girls and rallying them to her side as the poor, injured woman scorned while branding Nany with a scarlet A isn't OK. I also agree with those that say that Avery would take Johnny back in a heartbeat if he expressed any interest. When she gave her talking head (during the dome) about how "I'm not calling him 'baby' in a romantic way, just in a sports kind of way," I thought that was definitely a "the lady doth protest too much" kind of moment. I also think he likely has some feelings left for her, but he won't act on them, because he doesn't trust her. These two are a prime example of the old adage that the opposite of love isn't hate, it's indifference. If either one of them was over the other, they'd be able to just deal with each other when they have to, without it being this constant need to keep telling the camera exactly how not into each other they are. As for Diem and CT, I can see Diem's behavior a few different ways. One, maybe she is just not that into him anymore. Two, she is into him, maybe even something is going on, but she doesn't want to confirm that on camera. Three, she is still into him, but she wants him to show her something before she's willing to go there again. When they were together again a year or two ago, she wouldn't comment on it or confirm it. So I think that maybe, given how public their initial pairing was, and how it went down in a fiery blaze, she might not want to confirm or show any existing relationship or mine it for the show. But he was the one she wanted when she was sick. She could have easily called for Johnny instead of CT. The two of them are close, and he has been there for her during her previous bout with cancer, helping her with the injections she needed to give herself and things like that. I'd say she could have asked for one of the girls, but I don't know if any of the girls she's been close to where even there this season. Who knows exactly where their relationship was at that point or after. But, regardless, it's clear that they love each other. I wonder, too, if part of the issue was that she had that plan where she wanted to establish her career before settling down. Maybe, given how bad things got between them over that in the past, she didn't want to get into a full-blown relationship because she wasn't ready for that step yet.

When she said that, I just yelled "ketchup!" at my TV. Jonna's face as she contemplated kissing him was priceless. I agree on the slut-shaming. It was ridiculous. I wonder if Theresa's problem is that Nany is usually considered one of the prettiest women there on any given season, and she's threatened by that? But as for Avery, Nany didn't know of her or owe her shit. It doesn't even matter why Johnny dumped her, but simply that he dumped her. That means he was not on the hook to remain faithful to her, and he was free to sleep with whoever he wanted to. If you're single, and someone you want to sleep with is single, the only past relationships the other person had that should be taken into account are if their ex is your friend or relative. Avery was neither to Nany, so, please, Avery, shut the hell up. She can be hurt, she can feel like Johnny was an insensitive ass to jump right into screwing someone after he dumped her, but she hasn't been done wrong by Nany in any way, shape, or form. At this point, I want Nany to just start playing up flirting with Johnny as much as possible. Screw the catty slut-shamers. And, Theresa, honey, just to point out - you're on this season because you hooked up with Wes when you barely knew him. And I seem to remember you playing two guys against each other one season. (Wasn't she also trying to hit on CT a season or two ago, or was that someone else?) Please stop trying to act as pure as the driven snow and like someone having a drunken hook-up during a season is so fucking scandalous. When Diem was telling CT to go out, I was thinking "oh, honey, stay with her," because I can so easily see him beating himself up for not staying back with her. I thought it was kind of weird that he said something about asking if he could stay back at the house while everyone goes out. Are they actually all required to go out unless they have a compelling enough reason? Although I'm sure that, even if that was the case, they would have been thrilled to have CT stay back with her so they could get all sorts of footage of him taking care of Diem. Plus, the preview for next week makes it kind of look like she maybe got worse while the rest of the cast was out, and he comes back that night to find she's been taken to the hospital or doctor. If that's the case, I can see him beating himself up for not insisting that he stay with her. Next week is going to be rough. Oh, and I agree that it's crappy that they put the exile stuff online only. I think they should have done something like making each episode 90 minutes so we can get the exile footage and the regular footage in a episode. MTV's site sucks. At least put it on Hulu or Netflix if they're not going to air it on the network.

I'd love it to lead to Stefan's return, but I fear it's just leading to "Stavros is still alive!" part 134.

No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. I need to go to my happy place now, so I don't cry-vomit.

If that's the case, I give her credit for being professional. As much as I love when the good dirt manages to get out, I respect that, even at a young age, she had the respect for her job and her coworkers to maintain a positive attitude when speaking to the media.

I liked Michael's reaction to the "still" thing. I agree. It's not "still" like there's some time limit to cutting the person who killed your father and the person who covered for him out of your life. He didn't say they were on a timeout, he said he was done with them. Remember Pajama Jeans? Helena probably has Pajama Chanel Suits. And he tried to move on with Liz by having a "well, technically, I haven't told Liz I choose her yet, and you're here and willing and all" boink with Britt. Is he really astounded that shit didn't work out?

Or almost blowing them up.

OK, show of hands, who rewound to watch that last scene more than once?

I was going to say the same thing. It seems that nearly every episode is Riley learning something. Sometimes that lesson comes from her parents, sometimes it comes from her friends or other people at school, and, at least once, it came from her brother. She often thinks she knows best, but she usually ends up finding out how off the mark she was. I seem to remember Cory being similar at various times over the BMW run. I think that Cory, as a kid, had a kind of earnest "everything is going to be fine" kind of quality that kids can have when they grow up in a happy, healthy, relatively comfortable home. I think Riley has a dose of that, too. For example, I feel like it took time, over the course of the show, for Cory to fully get how messed up Shawn's home life was. I mean, he knew that they did not come from the same kind of family/household, but it took time for him to get that not every kid has the kind of loving, supportive, present parents that he had. I think that Riley has that same quality with Maya. She understands on some level that Maya comes from a different kind of household, but she doesn't really "get" it. She got a glimpse of it in that episode where she tried to get Maya's mother to come to the art show.

Oh, yeah, definitely. I don't think there is a single place in my parents' house I could have sex, but their bed would be number one on my "no, never, ever going to happen! Ever!" list.

I just keep picturing the rest of the family returning to the house after Rick and Maya have their "private first night in the main house," and being terrified to sit anywhere. "Did they do it on this couch? This chair? Oh...God...the dining room table???" Because that is the first thing my mind went to when Maya told them about wanting everyone gone for their first night - that she was planning on christening every last room. My DVR's description of today says that To that I say, about damn time! Let's get this party started.

I say good for her if she's really going to go out there and get an education, see what she really wants to do from here on out. On a shallow note, she should clearly have been doing her own hair and makeup on set, because she looks better in every picture and video I've seen her post on Twitter than she ever looks on the show.