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I can't wait until they manage to lure her back in (and you know eventually she'll succumb) and show what a hypocrite she is.

So dark that I'd be so relieved to hear that it was all fake - either scripted by BMP or cooked up by CM and Abe. For a show that relies on repeat cast members returning for future seasons, they really sold one of their frequent cast members down the river (and emotionally screwed over an old favorite). And, for the love of God, if you're going to put a cast member on blast for this shit like that, then do it to Johnny. It's ridiculous that he keeps getting a pass for that stuff while he gets to run around calling out others for it. Honestly, it seems like they make much more of an effort to hide the guys' cheating around in general than they do the girls.

1) Yes, that's JW. 2) I'm trying to think. I guess there's a little reason for interaction, to some degree. Billy is involved, off and on, with Victoria. And SB's character is her recently discovered half-brother. Colin isn't on much, so he gets off easier in the "potential screen time with SB" department. There's no real reason for them to interact that I can think of.

Yes, they're involved, although I can't remember if they got married or are just dating.

...yet He's the recipient of the town's daily delivery of a low level of carbon monoxide?

I think that the larger issue with the Jason threat to Sam isn't even the threat itself, except for the little detail that the man is a Borg-y hired killer. And it shows that his only reaction to people who piss him off is "must kill." That should be alarming, as a woman involved with him. (Along with the fact that he is, in fact, said Borg-y hired killer). Can he not just get mad, say "you make me sick, I never want to see your face again," or something? Scream about betrayal? (Oh, wait, that's above his pay grade.)

If Adam was trying to throw it, Tyler was trying to throw it, too, because he made the same mistake and had the same problem getting up the hill. I think it was a situation where they didn't pay enough attention to the explanation of the game (as far as the two of them grabbing the wrong colored balls), along with just being gassed because grabbing the wrong ones added on more running up and down those hills. I think, by that point, Adam was really OK with CT, for the most part. I think CT's reaction to the loss is what pushed him over the top into seeing him as a friend again, but I think that, over the course of that season, they had already bonded. I never saw CT's behavior that season as harassing or bullying Adam into being his friend. It really came across as more of a game between the two of them for him to check in each episode with "so, we friends yet?" And, honestly, I think that was the entire reason CT came on that challenge. I know they claim that the cast doesn't know what the format will be before they get there, but, I think that, when BMP really wants someone there, they use that as an incentive. I think they knew CT was in that whole process of trying to turn himself around, and they dangled getting a shot at redemption with Adam in front of him. (I also think that he knew full well on both Exes seasons that he was going in for that format and a chance to pair up with Diem. I believe he flat out said it in the first episode talking heads on the last one.) I also think Adam had to know going in that it was a Rivals format and he was being paired with CT. I don't think there is any way the show would spring that on him, given their history. It's too much of a potential liability for them to have not spelled out for him that, not only will CT be there, but he'll be your partner, and then get him to explicitly agree to it.

Is there someone on the production staff whose only job is to just make Bratz Waffles montage videos? What do you say at cocktail parties? "What do you do?" "I...um...I clean gas station toilets."

I won't lie, there is literally no story line I wouldn't embrace if Mickey Mouse strolled on screen, begged my forgiveness, and offed Sonny as a peace offering. None. I don't care how stupid, how insulting, how beyond credibility it is, I'm in. Just give me a cartoon mouse offing the Moobster. I'll take two awful story lines if it's Daisy Duck who offs him instead.

Silly, he won't need target practice. He's St. Jasus of the Borg. He can naturally out-shoot any trained sniper. With his eyes closed.

Well, and Will. But, I assume once they SORAS him up to an appropriate age, Bill will encourage him to go for FUN!!Cougar Steffy.

I loved the weekly "so, we friends yet?" requests (along with the fact that, in the end, Adam said, yeah, they're friends). I do think he genuinely felt bad and ashamed of that whole situation.

I really wonder if things would have been so bad if Cara Maria had been upfront with Abe as soon as he arrived (well, as soon as they were alone together after he arrived). He knows how these shows work. I think that, if she had said "I know it's stupid, but I flirted with this new guy to get him on my side to beat Johnny, and I let it go a little too far, but it meant nothing," he would have been upset, but I don't think he would have been as scorched earth about it. I mean, he probably still would have wanted Thomas out of there, but I don't think he would have been quite so crazed. And a less crazed reaction from him probably would have not ended up with CM and Jamie having that conversation, which is what really hurt Abe the most. Honestly, you have to wonder how much producers prodded her to keep it secret. I'm sure they wanted to milk the drama of "when will Abe find out?" for a few episodes. It wouldn't surprise me to find that she had producers in her ear, feeding her anxiety about how he'd react and saying stuff like "maybe you shouldn't tell him while Thomas is still around, because he might go after him."

I feel like his name has been mentioned too many times here today. You're all summoning him! Wardrobe is probably pressing his best mini-Hefner smoking jacket and ascot as we speak!

Yes she has been a strong competitor, in terms of the actual challenge activities, but she hasn't done well at the social game at all. The flirting (and subsequent involvement) with Thomas was about aligning herself with someone to try and stay protected from the elimination rounds. And, honestly, until Abe showed up and blew it all up, it was a smart move. She had to pick someone outside of John's alliance, because she knows that, even if she did suck it up and agree to join in with him (which, given how few allies he had this time around, he would have welcomed), she would always be fodder for him to get rid of once he ran out of non-alliance cast members to throw in. Since this was the first season where there were a credible number of non-Bananas groupies to counter him, latching on to one of the rookies was a smart move.

I agree about Thomas. I noticed that he deferred to her for questions and would nod and back up her answers. Even having acknowledged that it's far more likely Abe will lay a hand on him than on CM, he was willing to sit back and let her decide how things played out, to some extent. Oh, God, the host. What the actual hell, woman? When she thought it would be a great idea to ask Thomas and CM "if you were both single, would you get together?" (or something to that effect), CM's reaction pretty much said it all. Yes, she kind of laughed with her "are you trying to get him killed?" but I think it was a laugh that was more disbelief at how surreal it was that you have this clearly angry, raging man wandering the set, one whose rage is entirely based on the Thomas/CM involvement and the fallout, and she decides it would be a great idea to poke the bear and ask Thomas and CM if they would be a couple if only it wasn't for Abe and that pesky girlfriend Thomas has back home? How did she (or the production people in her ear) envision that question going? It's hard to buy that the show doesn't want Abe to go all rage-y when they seem to have scripted an entire After Show designed to push every single button he has with regard to his relationship with CM. They may as well have just gone for it and asked her something like "now, Cara Maria, we hear that Thomas has a much bigger dick than Abe. Can you confirm? And, follow-up, do you think he likely wields it better? Care to find out? We have a bedroom prepared backstage if you want to give it a go. And the room has a viewing window, so Abe can watch and see if you seem to enjoy it more than sex with him. When we get back from the break, we'll have raw footage of Abe watching Cara Maria and Thomas do the deed!"

I'd just like to point out that there are more ways to be abusive than physical abuse. Yes, CM was in the wrong in a couple ways, but the behavior we saw from Abe seemed pretty emotionally abusive to me. I have a request for production - please re-stage those rooms, put Abe in one, CT in another, and let's see who gets it done first. That Pit was the most entertaining elimination since Johnny Bananas Backpack (which will forever remain the best). Abe's brother going to town while Abe gets so hyped up his nose starts bleeding was exactly the kind of thing I watch this show for. Add in all the reaction shots (I'm always amused when you can see that TJ is clearly into it), and it was great. As was Thomas narrating his brother's comparatively inept sledgehammer style. John is, as always, a douchebag. But I'll take the small victory that at least Nany wasn't there when the shit went down, so she didn't get to do her victory lap. (Yes, I think I might actually hate Nany more than John). It wouldn't surprise me if she was more angry at John for waiting to stir shit up until after she left than she was that he said her name for elimination last week. You know she loves to trash other girls for their sex lives while playing victim when anyone says a word about hers. While I typically enjoy a good TJ expressing his disappointment routine, I loved Aneesa's no fucks to give "go ahead and call me a quitter," exchange with him. (But, yeah, Aneesa, how many of these have you done? This heights shit can no longer be a surprise.)

Can someone please tweet that "10 Worst" article to BryDog or Thighbolt? I could really use an entertaining distraction tonight.

Between RM and HT, JMW was doomed by her onscreen genetics. Poor girl.

Watching that clip makes me want to find Ron and punch him in the face for ruining Liz/AJ. Stupid fucker.

Whenever I see a real life couple refer to one another as "my ride or die," I can't take them seriously as a grown up (not that I could take BryDog or Thighbolt seriously as grown ups in the first place, mind you).

Can you imagine how epic (and public) the break-up would be?

As Liam was heading to the plane's bathroom, I was saying "oh, please, Jesus, let him knock himself unconscious in the crapper!" If this show is going to insist on being crap, then, please, be the kind of crap I can cackle at.

That's what I was thinking initially - that she's had so much work done that she can't properly move her mouth to make words.

They absolutely believe we're stupid. Pretty much every episode of this show over the past several months has been a testimony to how stupid they think we are.