Cramps

I initially thought Lucinda would annoy me, but she is so lovely!

With this new Russian based spinoff, (super interesting idea), I wonder if we will see all the things from FAM but from the Russian angle. If so, we might get to see young Danielle, Ed and company in cameos.

I’m not sure I’m fully following your post, but I’ll do my best to answer why I would feel similar to Brennan. My answer has two parts. 1. Yes, everyone has to have a first relationship, but being married at first sight is probably not the best way or place to have it. It’s an incredibly high pressure situation, so some self-knowledge about yourself in a relationship and some experience with being in relationships would probably make one a lot more likely to succeed. 2. I would not want to enter into a marriage at first sight with a guy who not only didn’t have experience of being in relationships, but was also a party boy. Is he just a f**k boy who wants to be on tv? Does he think he wants a real relationship but really doesn’t? Or did he want more than that all along, but is incapable of it? —also—maybe Brennan did find Emily attractive, at first. I have certainly become significantly more or less attracted to someone as I got to know them.

With regards to the suggested sexism of Brennan not being interested in Emily based on her sexual past…if I came on the show as a bride and the experts fixed me up with a groom who had NEVER been in a relationship, and was described as a party boy who had a history of one night stands, (and as best I can recall with Emily, made comments emphasizing that about themself at the wedding), I’d be pretty damn wary of the experts’ choice for me too. If that person then turned out to be as unrealistic and vindictive as Emily has shown herself to be lately, I’d have shut down too. And I say that as someone who never liked the Brennan I saw on tv. All that said, I’ve felt Claire was the main instigator on the women’s side. And it doesn’t take much to get Emily to explode. I wish Becca had kept her distance from them. They seem to have dragged her into their crap. On the men’s side, Cameron is really mean and vindictive. The way he spent the first part of the reunion trashing Claire, but then said he wanted to get back together with her, with a smile that looked both triumphant and vicious was really messed up.

If we are going to critique the coupling of Austin and Becca—don’t forget the fact that the experts fixed up a man with a woman who he thought was “going to Hell” because of their religious differences. Not exactly the strongest starting point for a relationship.

What a mess…. Up until just before the end of this episode, I had been believing Cameron’s take on things, because we’d seen Claire say things in the past that stirred the pot -encouraging other women to end their relationships too. BUT— once he started suggesting they get back together, after doing nothing but viciously attacking her, I immediately changed my mind— it seemed like he was really trying to mess with her head and manipulate her. Maybe so she’d seem like the bad one for saying no. Someone above posted that he seemed unhinged then, which he kind of did. And even when she stopped going after him, he kept making really nasty digs at her. And then smiling when he did. I don’t have a link, but MAFS (on Instagram and Facebook) posted copies (supposedly from Cameron to Claire) of a bunch of texts where they are both scheming on how they’ll game the show to get divorced while still getting paid—but the plans are definitely led by the “Cameron” in the conversation. “Puppet master,” indeed. Are they real? Who knows. The whole episode was brutal and shocking to watch. No one but Chloe came off well. And Emily smiling gleefully at the camera while giving Brennan the finger behind his back while they walked down the hall did her no favors. Even if he’s truly the villain of their relationship, it just made her seem petty and juvenile.

Wow. That was my least favorite episode of the entire series—for many of the reasons you all mentioned above. A few additional thoughts: -The Russians insist on bringing Ed’s cosmonaut girlfriend home to be punished, but then wave Margot’s immunity and let the Americans take her to trial instead of punishing her themselves? Didn’t buy that. Glad they finally had Margot realize that her life mimicked that of her Nazi mentor. - the episode was confusing -I was shocked to realize that in the show creators’ eyes, Ed was obviously still the hero who not only got his way, but who also seemingly lived and also seeningly wasn’t punished for instigating the mutiny and the shooting of his friend, the base commander! (Similarly, was Dev just wandering about freely at the end? ) The only storyline that held up this season was Margot and Aida. Chekhov’s gun was FINALLY dug up! Pity it was for this. I can sadly see why Apple didn’t rush in with a pickup yet. So unfortunate. I loved the first season so much! BUT- the further into the future this show gets, the worse it gets.

This season is so bad overall, that for once I actually found watching Kevin’s panel (relatively more) entertaining!

Agreed. I’m mainly interested in the Margo plot. I was very excited to see Sergei. “Meanwhile, back on Mars, Ed does something stupid.” Ed is so out of control that I’m wondering if he is in the very early stages of dementia.

I was wondering how they got to the injured astronauts too. I know Ed can be stubborn and self-centered, but now he’s just a petulant child who is breaking things because he didn’t get his way. I can’t decide if it’s organic or too big a jump for the character. More Margot! “Hey kids, let’s steal an asteroid!”

X has only played before as part of a big loyal alliance, with bigger targets he could use as shields and others doing a lot of the social work for him. Although he and Taylor put together a four person alliance, Dani is gone (alas), Taylor had to go against him in the trim a tree alliance, and Josh is probably still annoyed by his team assignment in the same challenge. So X is having to play a very different game than he is used to and I don’t think he is going to shine as brightly. I think Nicole might pull out another win…

I can’t see Ed making it past this season. But I do predict he’ll rise like a phoenix from his self-made ashes to selflessly save the day on one last mission! I can’t wait for the Aleida Margot confrontation! I too was very confused about the Danny storyline. Was it a flashback? There is no lack of food up there now, but there used to be. Also, why bury the North Korean’s gun in the sand last season if they weren’t going to have Danny use it on himself?

They must have heard one another getting up and walking around the circle. Even if you couldn’t pinpoint exactly who it was coming from, you could get pretty close!

So Theresa is not a broker, she’s more support staff. At a high level and she probably makes really good money, but not the kind of money many of us initially thought. And possibly not what Gerry thought. From the beginning I found Jerry’s wide-eyed naïf behavior super creepy. And it actually made me feel a bit guilty for being so cynical about this supposedly kind, sweet, and innocent widow. I’ll give him a possible pass for lying about his dating history, as I imagine that the show may have encouraged that. But if that stuff is true about him going Dutch with his partner, but making her give him the money in advance—so he’d seem like the generous man to strangers, it’s gross. It’s not even like “Oh I’ll catch the check and we can split stuff later. It’s all about appearances. Also, I can imagine a person getting caught up in the moment and saying “I love you” to two people in the middle of a process like this. But to say it to THREE within days of each other? Ugh.

Considering how badly most of them faked their “deaths” I find it hard to believe they are acting the rest of the time.