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You could have left that last word off.

I assume that TRi didn't win because the voters were all afraid BryDog and his parents would come break their fingers if he didn't win?

If I had to guess, I'd say she keeps him around because, at this point, he's the only one in her life who isn't done with her. He may not support her crazy, but he he hasn't turned on her, despite that whole trying to kill him thing. I don't think she can handle being alone, so she'll take the company of the only person who doesn't actively want to see her punished. They were definitely going for a vibe of Liam having feelings for Quinn today in his scene with Bill. I also got a vibe of "we're not calling this rape" from his lines. I can't remember the exact wording, but it was something along the lines of "she took care of me, and we were like husband and wife," in response to Bill's suggestion that Quinn has abused him. I was someone who really wanted to see them go there with Liam and Quinn, but I really hate that this is how they've chosen to do it.

How giddy do you think he was that TMZ was interviewing him? "You have the right to remain silent." Yeah, BryDog isn't remotely familiar with the concept of silence.

The more time I spend thinking about it, the more I think that this John/Sarah thing might possibly be a set up on their part. Once Sarah had sent him in (which, if he was being honest, he would admit was a smart move on her part to secure the win), he probably knew that, if he threw enough of a tantrum, they'd end up paired up in a future season. The two of them seem to be trying not to laugh at a few different points of the episode. So they get themselves paired up as rivals (and how nice of production to accommodate them by doing an opposite sex rivals format this time), they head into the first mission swearing up and down that they haven't spoken since that season. For good measure, they throw the first mission, cementing in the rest of the cast's minds that "these two dislike each other too much to play nicely together and win." As insurance, John has his usual handful of supporters to shield him from elimination - Vince, Leroy, Johnny, Nany, and Camilla. I'm sure that, one or two missions in (or on a mission where someone gunning for them performs well), suddenly the two of them will discover they're able to work together.

Yep, John (thank you, Abe!) will be coming on until they just stop making these things. He reminds me of one of my husband's old friends from college. When they graduated, he rented out this house right on the edge of campus. The house used to be rented by a group of football players, and was the "party house" for the campus. So he decided to rent it and still invite the students to come party there. It just struck me as so pathetic - this guy who's graduated, has a real job, a fiancee, etc, and he's desperate to host college parties and be "cool." (And it became more and more pathetic as the next half dozen or so years passed and he was hosting parties for kids who weren't even in college when he graduated.) That's John. He's going to hang in there and pat himself on the back for being the "big man on campus" among all these young kids who gather around him to listen to his toasts (at his insistence) each season. As soon as that mission started, I thought to myself "well, Jenna should be good at this, because height and long arms are going to make this much easier." I'm not surprised at all that she was the only one to get all five skulls. That fifth one would be a challenge for any average or shorter girl. There's only so far you can stretch your body out. I hate that she and Sarah are paired up with John and Vince. They're the women I most want to root for, but no way I can root for either one of those guys. (But, if John gets sent home and Vince doesn't act like nearly as much of a douchebag outside of his presence, I might not be completely sickened by him winning with Jenna.) Cuz and Ashley didn't waste any time, did they? I mean, they certainly didn't spend two seconds pondering how many uncovered windows were in their hook up location. For all of Ashley's "OMG, you guys saw us??" act, I tend to think that she knew exactly what she was doing. There was attention being paid to someone else, and she wanted some attention turned her way. You could almost see the wheels in her brain turning when she looked over at the whole "don't you lie on me! I don't want you!" scene and then turned to Cuz and started making out with him, before leading him away to hook up in a bathroom with multiple open windows allowing a view of the events. I can't believe for a second that she didn't see those guys looking in (it's not like any of them were being subtle, and Cuz acknowledged that he saw them). And, seriously, production? You let John get first shot at the house, all on his lonesome, so he can snag the king size bed for himself and be lord of the manor, directing everyone else where to go? He was the only person (aside from guy who got there last, whose name escapes me) to show up solo, too. Why do they love this guy so much? He's not even "love to hate," he's just an obnoxious douche bag who clearly has production catering to him and manipulating events in his favor. Why? Like there aren't other cast members who could be at least as interesting if they were given the kind of focus he's given each and every season.

I'll cut Mrs. Avant some slack on the "you should've told me" thing, since she just found out, and it was heat of the moment. If she's still saying that next week, it would be shitty.

Did he... I mean... did he... Hold on, I need a second here.... OK, did Papa Avant seriously try to build up to his confession of having cheated and fathered a secret daughter who he kept hanging around the family as a "friend' all these years by comparing his indiscretions to "remember that time you bought a fridge that was too big? Or the time you bought me bowling shoes instead of golf shoes"? I...just... What???? He may as well have just said "remember that one time I came home from work, and it took like 10 mintues for you to bring me a cold drink? Well, this is just like that, except instead of a cold drink, I boinked our neighbor, and, instead of 10 minutes, it's been almost a couple decades. Now, what's for dinner?"

Oh, good, so if he gets his memories back, will he be running right into Sonny's open arms? Yay. No, wait, not yay. Pass. Hard pass.

Sonny and Jason profit from their serial killing, too.

GH Writers: "We know, right?"

Because he views each and every "oh! I can't wait! What is it???" type tweet as validation.

I hold the media responsible for how far he's progressed. Everyone was so busy wanting to be in on the joke that they forgot to treat this like a serious campaign. They just like the ratings and the page clicks they get for featuring whatever ridiculous thing he's said. So few in the media are actually calling him out and pressing him for real answers on the real issues. And they're letting him get away with steering the conversation when he's interviewed, likely because they're afraid they'll get the Megyn Kelly treatment if they don't fall in line. So when they pose a question he doesn't want to answer and he says "you know this is a great looking group of people we have her, why doesn't everyone go around and introduce themselves" to avoid answering, they're actually going right ahead and introducing themselves and not pushing for an answer to the question he so clearly doesn't want to answer. Sure, his absurdity can be an amusing distraction (at times) when he's one of a dozen or so, and you feel like he'll be dropping out before long, but when it's looking more and more like he's actually going to be the GOP candidate, and they're all still too busy playing along with the joke instead of actually doing their job and talking about how dangerous his rhetoric is, then they're complicit in whatever happens. Weirdly, the people who are doing the best job at being journalists with regard to Trump are comedians.

Hey, I enjoy most people more when they're far, far away from KeMo.

I don't think that the hate being lessened has to do with the JaSam factor, so much as the fact that he's spent a big chunk of his time so far opposite Tracy, and he's actually been enjoyable with her. Also, so far, ME seems to be trying more than he has in recent memory.

If there's one thing this show specializes in, it's not being graceful about the blatantly obvious direction of a triangle.

Oh come on, BryDog didn't act like a douchey fratbro? What world do we live in?

Can you imagine what the work environment must be like at FC International? They send everyone there who's some kind of problem or embarrassment. I wonder if it's supposed to be indicative of how completely unaware Nicole was (and still is) as to what she was signing on for. Like she's so immature and ill-prepared for this whole situation that she doesn't even fully understand what's going on with her body and what is and isn't dangerous to a pregnancy.

I rewound the fruit sticker guys just to laugh some more. It was just so very, very bad. All the exasperation and face palming from the Sharks, and, my favorite part was the guys essentially saying "oh, yeah, our supply of product? Is branded with characters we no longer have a license to sell." The Sharks mostly got that one right (I'll only quibble with their contention that the idea was solid) - these two figured they just needed to keep throwing money at the idea until it finally magically became a thing. Either that or they hoped that they could use the investment they were looking for to pay off their debt and then they'd be all "I don't know what happened, but we just can't get anyone to order any product, sorry," and walk away. But, yeah, they just really, desperately wanted some free cash with no real idea about how to turn that cash into profit.

Yeah, that whole "at least they got a good show" thing was when I pretty much called a time of death on the character. It's just so weird. Obviously, I'd never buy it from Jason Morgan, but I don't buy it from who Jason has been since BM showed up, either. And his mob moll, someone who's been violated like she was by Franco, would be freaked by the idea of someone watching them, to the point that it would make Jason seem like an insensitive ass to launch into his "fellas, am I right? Fist bumps!!" routine over someone violating her privacy like that.

Is the baseball hat because he's embarrassed by that bad dye job that was inflicted on his poor hair?

I believe it can cause some complications in kidney transplant patients (although how far out, I'm not sure). So maybe it's going to go somewhere with that?

I don't think so, either, to be honest, but I think they think she is. For some reason, someone at WWE is convinced this woman is going to be a star, despite all evidence to the contrary.

Which is exactly why they're keeping Eva - what producer wants sweetheart when they can have obnoxious and self-absorbed?

I wasn't watching WWE when Maryse was around before, so this has been my first exposure to her, and, God almighty, that woman is bad on the mic. She makes Reigns look like he was born to work a mic. It's just so, so bad. Was I imagining it, or did she utter some line about "and now we kiss on the lips"? What the hell? Either she's flubbing her lines left and right (in addition to being bad at delivering them), or she has her very own special inexperienced writer. And I will fully admit, my first response to seeing Renee Young will be on TD is "will we get to see some Dean, then?" Because he is, by far, my favorite thing about WWE these days.