Auntie Anxiety

Just finished watching the episode. I think Lopez had a number of other Team Martian guys with him who were supposed to get Holden off the Donnager, presumably one was a pilot, but those guys got killed. I think?

I call this America's Most Mediocre Baking Show. One way to improve it would be with contestants who actually knew how to bake. Get rid of Nia and her Forever 21 rompers. Stop making believe that it is December when it is clearly the middle of the summer. It's not good when you are relieved that it's over.

I don't have much to say except how much I enjoy watching this show. I think the acting is great and although the plot has been convoluted, it's now all coming together for me and I am able to follow the flashbacks. Do we know what Tamir's "legitimate" business is?

If the corn at Whole Foods was crap, Grayson and Angelina shouldn't have bought it. I'm getting sick of Padma in her skimpy outfits. The desert romper with those ankle boots (does anyone in the universe think that those booties are attractive?) was a real fashion "don't," although I'm not the target demo for that kind of get-up. I did think her golf outfit was cute even though it was a thousand degrees out there and black spandex pants wouldn't have been my first choice. It doesn't seem fair to me that some chefs are judging cheftestants who worked for them in the past.

Grayson definitely put that spoon back into the hash after eating off of it. This is a big pet peeve of mine. Gross!!! I really do feel like she was a asked to come back because they needed the drama and was told to ramp it up. It felt like she thought she was doing TPTB a favor by being there. But her behavior was atrocious and would be so off-putting to any future employer who may look at some of the video before deciding whether or not to hire her. I'm giving Wesley a break. At least he is self-aware, unlike ManBun.

Maybe the judges felt since Grayson was older and more experienced than Angelina, she should have known better than to cook the corn. Seniority is a double edged sword.

Man Bun is a twit. Has he served a decent plate of food yet? Hey Grayson, get back to me when you are willing to take responsibility for something. Being on the bottom every single challenge (except for one, maybe?) should be a clue that you're not the fabulous chef you believe yourself to be. Time for a reality check.

Wasn't "the man" Kate's cousin, Tamir's wife's sister's son? The same guy who picked her up in the truck?

Exhibit A: They were extremely lucky that the Cheerleaders sucked at the water show task, so lucky, in fact, that they were still able to squeak by even though they (Justin and Diana) had a penalty. Couldn't stand Justin from the first minute. He's the embodiment of all things New York (like the Jets and Yankees) that we Boston fans loathe.

The only positive that might come from Justin and Diana being on an All-Star season is watching them lose again. He is quite a douchebag. I can't stand people whose default key is "yelling and blaming" when things go awry. Sort of wonderful that they know the exact minute they lost the race because it will be like a recurring nightmare. Also hope their friends give them tons of shit about it.

Wes needs to watch Chopped, because even I know from that show that if you have a tough piece of meat, it's best to slice it thin (against the grain?), maybe marinate it a little bit and hope that it will become more tender. I really can't stand hipster beards and the thought of someone cooking my food with beard hairs falling into it makes me sick. In fact, they should ALL be wearing hairnets or kerchiefs or something to protect the food from stray hairs. Grayson was probably invited back because the producers realized that they needed some more nastiness for dramatic purposes after the other chefs came on board. I would also venture to guess that they told her to ramp it up and that they'd assure her a certain number of weeks of safety if she agreed. Hey, I watched unReal (as well as being an ardent tv reality consumer) so I have figured out how it works.

What would prevent someone else from doing the same thing as the handbag lady? Nothing proprietary about it. I'm not in the Glow makeup demographic and have a hard time understanding the allure (my skin care regimen is Cetaphil and Olay face cream), but lots of women will spend outrageous sums on cosmetics in the hope that they'll look like <put any actress's name here>. That being said, I just recently read an article about those facial masks and how they are all the rage, so what do I know? Was waiting for one of the guys to hurt himself on those bikes. That was an orthopedic surgeon's wet dream. The luggage guys were much too hip and cool for me, not to mention their overinflated egos (and valuation).

I'm not sure how much longer I can stick with this show. It's boring, it's stupid, it's repetitive, it's poorly written and I just can't anymore with Scarlet and Gunnar. What's the point? I actually missed Layla and Jeff, so what does that say?

I love this show and not enough people are watching it. Sean Bean continues to hit it out of the park (although I could watch him read the phone book and be happy). No wonder TPTB decided to hold off a couple of weeks ago because last week's and tonight's plot was eerily similar to the Paris terrorism.

I'm a little embarrassed to report that I bought some tapioca flour today because everyone is raving about how delicious those cheesy bread balls are and the recipe looked easy enough for me to try. If I get a chance to make them in the next couple of days, I'll let you all know. In the meantime, can you imagine working for/with that soccer ball guy? Aside from looking like a psychopathic serial killer, he was such a tool.

And you still get to pat yourself on the back and tell yourself what a wonderful person you are! Not taking at shot you personally, leighdear. I mean the plural "you." Which I think is what's behind many of these "buy our merch and we'll donate the money for you" companies. Maybe it will make you feel less guilty about buying overpriced crap that you didn't need in the first place? I don't know since I am not in the right demographic. Question: Do these companies get to write off their donations to these charities? Because if they do, they are benefiting a lot more than they put on and you are much better off sending in your own donations and getting the tax break.

Ironically, I just bought a pack of 24(?) sock rings (they are plastic rings with four "teeth" attached to the outside of the ring and pointing toward the center) the other day, for a whopping price of $1.99. They last me for years. I have them in a bowl where I take my socks off for the day, push the tops of the pair of socks into the ring and toss them into the laundry bin. So when that woman (and I simply hate it when someone has had a life-altering illness and uses that as a reason for investing because I've had my share of serious health issues and really don't feel like I'm entitled to any favors) said there is nothing like her "invention" on the market, I was shocked to hear it. How about Googling before declaring yourself a genius? The sock rings I bought were around for at least a decade.

Yeah, I have also gotten used to the flashbacks and can follow them better than last week though I don't really remember what happened in Season 1 including why Martin(?) is on the run in the first place. But I am a big fan of Sean Bean so I figure I'll just go along for the ride. Not much to watch on a Monday night anyway.

I think that one of Debi's problems was that she was very focused when it came to reaching difficult goals (Olympic figure skating, medical school, orthopedic surgery) but never learned what to do once she achieved those goals, sort of like "Okay, now what do I do?" Clearly she is psychologically impaired, probably starting with her feelings of failure over not winning Olympic gold. I think she's still punishing herself for that. The loser boyfriend is just another attempt for Debi to: a) give herself an impossible goal (i.e.,getting him to sobriety which would inevitably cause yet another host of problems for herself, between the two of them having a "sober" relationship which neither of them really knows how to navigate and her not knowing what to do once the goal is reached), and b) self-punishment for being a "failure" and feeling like she doesn't deserve better. And if she can fixate on him and his problems, she doesn't have to deal with her own. It rankles me to think that my tax dollars are most likely going to support the two of them.

Has Iyanla actually fixed anyone? Because most of the people seem to go back to the same life they were living prior to her two day tornado. She's still the same Iyanla from "Starting Over" (the best snarkfest ever), as annoying and as ineffectual as ever.

This is the tip off that Vicki knew Brooks was a con man. You don't make someone sign this kind of agreement unless you suspect that your "renter" is going to try to screw you. So she knew what he was capable of but her desperation to have a man around was much more important. Brooks reminds me of the snake who offers to give the frog a ride across the river and ends up devouring the frog midway through. You really can't blame the snake; he was just doing what snakes do.

She is such a narcissist. Because who gives a shit how sad her mother would have been to lose a child, such an unthinkable thing for a parent to have to go through? Certainly not Vicki.

No way in hell that he had a PT evaluation done. I had just a few PT sessions when I was battling leukemia because the doctors wanted to make sure I could negotiate stairs and had enough balance to stay safe once I was sent home. I was very weak after all the treatment (intense chemo for weeks at a time) and they knew I lived alone. But they can say that the bill doesn't appear to be from them. Brooks' version was clearly a bill from City of Hope I Don't Get Busted. Total bullshit. No way it would be so drawn out. A six week hiatus would mean that the cancer would have time to grow instead of getting pounded into submission. Unless you are an outlier (or and out-and-out liar!), you would have no appetite. The thought of a casserole would have made me even more nauseated. I see Vicki as a bottomless pit of need. The idea of casseroles is symbolic to her. And if you actually DID bring over a casserole, she'd be upset because you did it only once. I believe she has numerous personality disorders (narcissistic, dependent, histrionic, borderline); a mother who would throw away the relationship she has with her daughter just so she could have a man in her bed is a sickening thought. There is NO ONE in this world over whom I would risk losing my relationship with my kids. Her mother was in her 80's; did Vicki never entertain the notion that her mother was going to predecease her? I just can't with that woman..... OhGromit, you read my mind. I didn't even see your post while I was writing mine. As I always say, the key to knowing someone has a personality disorder is if that person thinks they are fine and their behavior makes everyone around him/her feel crazy.

Actually, that's not entirely true. Just about every procedure, every medication, every treatment, etc. that I had for three cancers was paid for by my health insurance, probably adding up to close to $1M (including 60 days in the best hospital in Boston). That being said, my health insurance costs me over $1K a month, and although I like to complain about it, I remind myself that it really is the best bargain I ever got. I had to pay the copays ($20) and an occasional fee. So Brooks could be correct about that.....if you believed that he did/does have NHL. I don't believe it for a second.

I caught that too. It was kind of like, "Okay, Dad, whatever." I'm just worried whether the bed could accommodate another couchie. This show is my favorite hour of my television week. I love their comments and their reactions. It would be great to be Brandy's and Julie's friend because those girls are a riot. The banter leaves me in stitches and those chihuahuas just add to the hilarity. And I seriously hope Zeno son never comes home with crabs.