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I had a different take-away from this episode regarding Victoria and Dayton. I feel like they're going to pull a big switcheroo on viewers and shoe-in Victoria is going to be cut and Dayton is going to rise to the top. Sadly, Dayton's a hard edit because despite all the praise, it looked like she fudged every single routine. Not to harp again on the ladies being late to their hair appointments but my goodness, plan to arrive 30 minutes early and sit in the parking lot! Being late because of a 5 minute at most pullover means you were going to be late regardless. Inexcusable. In HR we have a mantra, we aren't able to elect whose absent/tardiness reason is excusable and whose isn't. Tardy is tardy. The opportunity to give an excuse shouldn't have even been given.

Along with her shiplap, I can't believe she didn't throw in a few sliding barn doors! She'd be exactly the type! I wish they'd lowered their budget a bit and instead made the investment to fix her teeth. But then I suppose she wouldn't have been able to show both full uppers and lowers with such an effective grimace.

You just made me crack up! Exactly! I had a terrible feeling for some reason that there was NO schooling for Scarlet? Bet Mom has quite the backstory. Just a feeling I get. (*whisper*....multiple boyfriends) I imagine, very living on a whim without much consideration for her children who have probably just been along for the ride Awkward, odd, little Scarlet. I kept having to remind myself that she was only 12. I would've been pretty enchanted with a balcony at that age too. Some of the things she said honestly made me laugh, others cringe. But to be honest, in real life I bet I'd be able to stand being in the same room with her for all of five minutes.

I am so torn over Darlie. There's the physical evidence but then I just cannot wrap myself around her killing her children. I know that women do, but what was her motivation? I'm stuck firmly in the middle. It's an uncomfortable case for sure.

OMG, younger sister! She even phrased it, "IF I ever come to visit". It may have not even been a regularly occurring thing and yet you are fully expecting to have a say in what place your sister chooses? I thought the buyer sister was fine but it was just a stupid episode overall to have her choose a place that didn't fulfill a single thing on her wish list (except laundry). Young people who want to live downtown Chicago, live downtown, period (or near west/near north neighborhoods). There's no consideration of some fringe edge neighborhood or suburb. City people also don't complain about places being small. It's a given. And then of course there was the convenient seller who just happened to want to leave a few carefully selected furnishings for her to include in her offer. Do the House Hunter Gods really think viewers are that stupid?? Never heard of someone who liked a former occupants used shower curtain so much that they had to have it. Wonder why she didn't just find a place in downtown Evanston since the whole living in the city thing was obviously just a farce.

I didn't understand this either. How did this episode come to be? Was he in escrow and something happened? The 19 year old daughter was pretty and boy oh boy, did she know it. I'm assuming she was a college student or would not be living there full-time with her Dad? And yet she expected the Master or most fabulous room in every house. Her comments were worse than the brats on House Hunters Family edition. Very focused on room size, natural light and kitchen upgrades. Get off my screen you special snowflake. You lofty opinions shouldn't matter.

Sugar baby was a trip for sure. My favorite part was how she kept going on about luxury cars being gifted to her, Ferrari's etc., then in the clip of her exiting said luxury car, it was like some busted up 1990's Pontiac Fiero! Aghhhhh! I'm sorry, I found Joey fascinating. Like a miniature Malibu Ken doll that had come to life. I wanted to study his little, plastic doll face and wig, and then watch flashback footage of him in the disco in the 1970's.

Great post! I will say it's laziness combined with some distorted ego. These ugly fools think they "deserve" some hot young thing. I also think there's a hero complex at play that they rescued someone from dire circumstances. Because they are that much of a man. The other interesting thing is how a woman's good looks immediately are the equivalent to the following traits: she is sweet and different from American women. Never that she may be smart, or funny, or a hard worker, etc. She's just always so darn sweet with a perfect temperament. And they are always able to discern this "sweetness" without ever having spent any time with the person. But ya know, pretty = sweet.

Do we have actual confirmation that she is pregnant??? What about if they were secretly married? I shouldn't care one way or another but Pole makes my blood boil like no one else on t.v. He should live in darkness in his Mother's basement for the rest of his existence.

Has anyone read the comments on her instagram post (specifically, the apology letter, but really all posts in general too). OMG....girl has so many leghumpers it is over the top. A ton of cheerleaders and supporters. Who are these insane people? And why????? Honestly, who cares enough about her one way or the other?! She is 100% angling for her own spot on the show, sans Thomas.

He looked like he was wearing a mask. Or else he really was Barry Manilow! I was cringing when Gina's stupid, brat kids were crawling up the fences around the animal cages at the zoo.

Barely a DCC episode goes by without me thinking about this exact episode! It's the perfect example of being "trained" to be all flash but having no foundation. Thank you for mentioning it! I've always been confused about the expected outcome for a competition trained or pom trained dancer. Do you think any of them ever try to pursue say, joining a recognized ballet company, only to find out that not only are they not trained at all but have developed so many bad habits that by that point, there is no undoing the damage? Would they be able to join the Rockettes? It seems through the popularity of competitive dance, everyone thinks their daughter is ready for a professional dance career. And I just wonder, after all that time and money, is there anything there that they could even put to use - beyond becoming a professional cheerleader? (I'm speaking dance-wise, of course. I understand the takeaways of building confidence, dedication, teamwork, etc.) I hope that makes sense.

Can I like your post 1,000+ times?!! This is my issue too. I'm a snob about competition studios, I'll admit it. It's all about tricks and flash and no technique. Sometimes I get so irritated with the dancing on the show that I have to remind myself....ain't nobody on here auditioning for ABT! It's a completely different style and that's exactly what they're going for. So I have to just settle down and enjoy :-) Ugh. I was a sucker for Paris. She won't go far in the competition, but how cool that she was featured on a t.v. show pursuing something that she had made a goal?! Isn't that something to be proud of in and of itself? Pretty neat to me.

How do you all remember names so well?? I'm going to have to start taking notes during the episodes! Oh, did anyone catch that Dayton has been dancing since she was two? I almost missed her saying it. So I'm really happy she repeated it ten more times. What I took away from that fun fact is that dancing your whole life doesn't mean you come out of it a strong dancer. Yuck, not impressed one bit with her "skill". She's dull. Melissa's new hair is fine but the whole look, complete with choker, has her channeling Tiffany Amber Thiessen in the 90's.

Why oh why, is right!! She looked like Hannibal Lecter. LOVE THIS!! Count me in with those who need to turn the channel when the screaming kids come on. Not "cute" or "funny". Please stop. A poster commented way up thread about the Chicago stroller Moms. Not only will they push you off the sidewalk, they use those strollers like virtual weapons in stores. It is beyond annoying. I actually thought Shannon looked good spanx-free in the hot tub! Way better than when she was all stuffed in them! She may be like me.....spanx actually makes me look fatter. It's like it squeezes you out in different and all wrong directions. I've never been able to get them to work.

On one hand it was refreshing to see parents that knew their children wouldn't suffer and die if they had to share a room. On the other hand, I have to admit I felt kind of bad for the older teenage brother. He's probably dying for some privacy. They obviously had the means to find a home with enough bedrooms and yet the Mom's insistence on living right on the beach trumped comfort. She saw the beach as her reward for making a big move. Was the son not deserving of some sort of reward too? Not easy on the kids either! And I'd say, they overall seemed a pretty nice bunch of kids. The apartment looked like a benign, corporate housing type of place. Then I had a thought, with all of House Hunters trickery, could this have been just a temporary option for them? Where they were still looking for an appropriate long-term option or even building a place?

Ugh....I'm bummed too! Why did they have to mess with such a good thing? I also don't know which I like better within the old format: when the ladies all get along well and are complimentary of one another, or when you get a bitchy bride thrown in. Both are fun in their own way! Watched a rerun with the Indian bride who was all about being a "princess" and had her ceremony in what appeared to be a castle. OMG....down went the marks if you too did not want to be a "princess". Everything princess for grown ass women!! She just rubbed me the wrong way. If that's your thing, so be it, but don't be stupid enough to feel that everyone else has to feel the same way. The winning bride had her reception in some type of maritime museum so there were some whale skeletons displayed. Princess bride couldn't take it! "I'm marking her down because I didn't want to look at whale bones" (paraphrased). Good luck going to any type of museum then for growth. She came in dead last and they gave her princess gown a 9. I about choked - ha!

Until that stank redhead gets her choppers filed down, she needs to have a seat and stop acting like she’s the hottest thing in town. If the show continues to focus on her, I’m out. More of KC and her pretty brunette friend. They were cute and genuine together. Brittainy (stupidest spelling ever), you don’t need to be perplexed over this “managing of personalities” issue. March over to Kristin and ask, “what’s the reporting structure in the store? Does the horse faced FC bitch answer to me?” Problem solved. Duh, you high powered “manager”.

Thank you for bringing this up. Agreed, she arrived acting funky. Although she seemed to improve as the night went on. Why was Kathryn stomping about like she had just been freed from the trailer park? Really? Pulling her dirty gloves off with her teeth, throwing her purse down on the table, etc. I don't understand the act. Did she think she was being cute? It certainly wasn't her first time being at such an event so I don't understand all the faux "which fork do I use / this here sure is fancy" crap. Even the foyer with the large tree appeared barren. No colorful poinsettias? The ballroom looked sparse and cheap, cheap, cheap. I don't understand the need for all the swearing. Not clutching my pearls, it's just so unnecessary. Snowden, I'm looking at you. Kathryn also could have succeeded so much better with Ashley and walked away smelling like a rose if she had just removed all the f-bombs. I like Chelsie (Chelsea?). I don't want her to be with Austen but they were cute having fun on the dance floor.

Does anyone know anything about Scott? I'm intrigued by him only because I cannot fathom what he sees in Tinsley, beyond her being blonde and thin. When he appears on camera, he always seems slightly awkward which makes you assume he's a bit normal. But he simply can't be if he takes the perpetual 12 year old seriously. And would she be interested if he wasn't loaded? I just am curious as to what they must have in common. For Duggar followers, it reeks of when Derrick showed up on the scene and everyone wondered how someone so "normal" could be interested in idiot Jill. Now here we are fully exposed to what a raving lunatic he is and it all makes sense. Could it be that Scott also stuck in perpetual adolescence???

I thought the couple was a bit odd with each other and there may have been some festering resentment there. When they were in the carriage house above the horse stables, the wife said maybe he could live there and she and the daughter could live somewhere else. It didn't come across as light-hearted but rather pretty mean spirited. And the face he made in response kind of said it all. Uncomfortable.

I couldn't put my finger on it either but there was something odd with the story. I know she didn't like her small hometown and had the itch to travel, but it seemed she would have had a more stable life staying put for a while. Her parents had obviously helped her out when the baby was born. Can you live off of what you make being a hotel lifeguard? Maybe she was hoping to restart the relationship with the baby's Father?

I haven't ordered anything from Jennifer's site yet but her things are very cute and affordable! Her instagram account is fun to follow. She models most of the items and her little boy is often in the pics too.

What was that thing? Titanium with dead bolts in it? Agreed and I think this has often been questioned. Further, I'd like to know what kind of blackmail Kathryn has on her. Danni appears not to tolerate drama and is mature and grounded. Why would she be so oddly loyal to such a historically unstable person? I'll never be convinced that Kathryn is a good person or even has the understanding of what it takes to be a friend after witnessing that horrifyingly cruel conversation with Jennifer (was that her name? The little blonde?). Girl is telling her how her baby legitimately almost DIED and Kathryn takes it as an opportunity to verbally abuse her until she was reduced to a sobbing mess of tears. One of the more uncomfortable/saddest things that's ever been shown on reality t.v. Exactly. Further proof that those two are absolute idiots thinking they'd just be let in or it was all staged (maybe both - ha!). It made for some great drama, along with the Charlie's Angel's style camera work they had going on.

Caught up with this episode yesterday and Austen's "beer recipe" was the most annoying part. Thanks to everyone above for posing the question and subsequently summarizing exactly what I was thinking. Not impressed, Austen. Whitney makes good t.v. Why isn't he on more? Who's the latest foreign, paid, faux-girlfriend?