Dewey Decimate

Late on this comment, but I thoroughly enjoyed the John Leguizamo "car-dancing" segment. I think they might want to retire the Colbert Questionnaire (the first couple times it may have been semi-off-the-cuff, but since everyone knows the questions in advance now...) and replace it with some old school hip hop dance time.

My crush this season has been Guiseppe hands-down, but now Chigs is right up there! Helping Amanda, he wasn't just like "oh, what can I do for you" (which would be totally nice), but instead he was proactive and fully invested in maintaining the structural integrity as much as he would for his own bake. Swoon. (And I find nothing wrong with his eyes.)

I think this makes me more ignorant than race-blind, but it wasn't until days after watching the season finale that it dawned on me that part of the reason the NM gas station owner freaked out so hard at Nora approaching him may have been because she's Asian-American. And maybe Wally wanted Grandma to stay at home not just because of the virus but also due to all the horrible violence against AAs. And now I feel sad. :(

Wow, that was the most boring case of blue balls ever.

Oh man, I'm so disappointed to see that the cult leader's name is Jan and not Jen!! I was vicariously enjoying hot Nandor getting it on with someone who shares my name, and now I'm crestfallen. During the talking head scenes of Nandor's armchair ennui I also noticed for the first time that Kayvan Novak has really beautiful hands. No, I'm not a stalker. I swear. Erm,... BAT!

Boy, they're sure glibly tossing everything into this stew of a plot! Area 51, Marilyn's death, JFK assassination, moon landing fakery... feels like cultural touchstone conspiracy bingo. Cody Fern's nuance-free delivery reminded me of Sweet D's overt dramatics: "I'm being arch!" Nonetheless, the old portions are pretty entertaining. Best line this season by far: "By the way, he loved. My fudge."

I really liked Stephen running the show from home with family as crew. His stint in the office closet, eh. I very much enjoy Stephen with the audience, even if it might seem different now that we've seen the other sides. He seems to draw energy from the audience and the band, which makes me as a viewer feel more relaxed. His interviewing skills are still spotty; perhaps the occasional Zoom glitchiness allowed more room for error! I don't necessarily think he's being less authentic now, but just showcasing a different side. In my job as a tutor I often say to myself "okay... SHOWTIME!" right before starting a session. I'm still totally me, but it revs me up a bit and reminds me that I must capture the student's interest each and every time. I get a similar vibe from Stephen on stage. (Now Trevor Noah? Oh man, don't get me started. He was absolutely brilliant in quarantine and I desperately want him to go back "home" for his shows.) I also wonder if the recent lack of those excellent heart-felt monologues is somewhat a result of the current administration being slightly more sane than the nuclear dumpster fire being pissed on with acid from Satan's dick than the former was.

My god, that buzzer interruption bit with Dulce was the worst thing I've seen on this show. It makes me so sad to think how brilliant Trevor was in quarantine. He's still a great interviewer, but the energy is sapped in this studio-without-an-audience thing.

As soon as Brooke showed up at Lance's gf-less room with champagne, I was apprehensively awaiting the inevitable hook-up. It's been nice to see how cool their friendship was working, but put me at a table for one because the actual result was freaking HOT. The way Lance always looks so into whoever he's talking to has a certain magnetism, but I felt compelled to google who exactly is this actor, anyway? (Maybe I'm just a perve.) I felt so bad for Chase and Pat, and hope they get some rest and family time. Glad that Carey didn't have to sacrifice his progress and thrilled to see Curtis get a gig. The Friday the 13th of March date will forever be etched in my memory as exactly the day I chose to stop tutoring in person and go 100% remote. When it popped up during Curtis' show, I groaned out loud.

Holy crap, she was quite possibly the ugliest HH to grace the screen. Inside and out. I know it's not cool to comment on people's appearance, especially weight, but when someone is that much of a see ya next Tuesday right off the bat... WOW. Whoever advised her to use the blunt edge of a Sharpie to paint her eyebrows is NOT a friend. And not two, but possibly THREE fridges? Really? Maybe step back from the baking and, I dunno, take a few extra steps while you're at it? But the cherry on top of it all was at the very beginning when she said something about how she and the husband met at work as cops when she "backed him up on a few traffic stops *nudge wink nudge*." That freaked me out - like, it MIGHT be totally innocuous, but my mind went to an awful place of cops needing so-called back-up on a potentially pretext-based stop... shudder. I haven't read the link above about the Baptist church/racism, but given what a naturally vile troll she showed herself to be (and under the aegis of a bible studies degree to boot), it wouldn't be much of a stretch.

My mom watches both shows (Seth is her fave), and she noted that SG seemed really nice and looked so much different (better) on Seth. The mannequin look, it seems, was just on Colbert.

I found the trio interview rather uncomfortable overall. Teasing each other was fine, but Steve Martin twice basically said "me first, then you can talk" to Selena felt weird and unfunny. I don't think SM is necessarily a dick, more that it was just unpleasant. And SG - I know hardly a thing about the woman, but is that how she's always looked and talked? Her face looked bizarrely frozen and she sounded almost like her jaw had been wired shut. Very odd. The new intro is cool; wonder if it's a bit of an homage to all the behind-the-scenes staff? And John Baptiste must have the most incredible closet of any man on earth. Do you think he keeps all the gorgeous suits or are they property of the LS? Loved the four excuses song and how all the band members got to participate!

I kind of like the idea that the "hunger" is basically self-inflicted and more of a group delusion. I was thinking about alpha-gal syndrome (in which you're basically very sickened by red meat, resulting in vomiting and rashes) and wondering if the writers might take the creative liberty to flip it and create a medical condition in which one craves red meat/blood and gets nauseous at other food. The fact that you get alpha-gal from a tick bite also dovetails nicely with the mom's paranoia about Lyme disease. Call it Chekhov's Tick...

Chicago dad with the British accent: at first I felt that if I squinted quite a bit and caught him at a good angle he could possibly pass as Michael Fassbender's distant cousin (I have an inexplicable lust for MF), but then the foxy realtor showed up and it was like, STOP THE PRESSES! Wow, that man is fiiiiine! Wouldn't mind seeing him on some future Chicago eps.

I like this who-would-you-be HG game... I want to think I'd be like Nakomis, a little odd, cool, and with one epic, madly genius move. In reality, I'd probably find one fun friend, chill out, and eat a ton of cheese like Amy.

As a non-feedster, just wanted to say thanks to the ones who report on here and keep us updated. Also want to say that I'm LOVING this season. Is the CO "racist"? I personally don't think so, but appreciate that the discussion here is multi-faceted and civil. I'd love to see a black HG win this season and appreciate the greater importance of being seen, but as a selfish diehard viewer, I just adore that every player WANTS to be there! WANTS to win! Yeah, there are/were a few of the potentially typical mactors, but their influence has been so completely diluted by some actual freaking diversity and the (albeit finger-on-the-scale) early teams. I mean, in any "normal" season, how quickly would Derek F have been ostracized? Sarah Beth? Derek X? Britini? I believe every one of them, and more, would have been demonized or at least shunned by the typical power players in a "normal" nasty season. Every HG this season has an individual personality; it's so refreshing to actually remember their names rather than "the blonde with the birthmark" or "the guy who always eats cereal". I can't wait to see how these generally intelligent, thoughtful, and decent people connive and strategize over the course of the season. It almost takes me back to the first few seasons....

Holy crap, I think you're right!! I didn't even recognize her but that was totally her style of talking. (She also appears to have even bigger lips now.) That's a shame, I kind of liked her on LI, but if she's dating Garrett - which is clearly still an ongoing relationship - gross, gross, gross. I wish we saw more of the nice guy with the dapper clothes. I laughed at his line: "Women like men who can bake - it shows you know how to follow directions."

Garrett Scumbag (as opposed to Weird Poetry Garrett in nice guy villa) is just utterly nasty, and Sarah is being aggressively ignorant. If she ends up with him, she deserves what she gets. (Heartbroken, gonorrhea, you name it.) The guy Nakia is into - OG Jared? - I just can't get past those mock turtlenecks and thick necklaces. I keep expecting him to break out into Girl, You Know It's True! Oh yeah, and he's a playa. I don't even like Casey, but wow, what world is CJ living in to report that he put her in her place and said he's the manly boss? He literally kept repeating about it being a two-way street - seems pretty equal to me. And during that (potentially) overnight date when she was on her back, I thought I saw a small scar under her arm, and then realized how naive I am. I assume that's a boob job kind of thing? Josh is definitely the best guy on the island, even from episodes ago, and his getting heated at that rat Chris calling him a bitch just makes him hotter. See, OG Jared, that's how you get properly angry, not just pop off at the drop of a porkpie hat.

This was the first ep I watched and did not delete. I don't know how to feel about how I feel, but think I'm gonna have to watch it again. Purely for scientific reasons. Appearances by the awesome Ron Funches and Paul F. Tompkins were the icing on the cake. Shishito peppers on the house!

The thing I can't figure out is why some people get offended/angry when a third party do things that make sense for said third party. Ex. SB gets frustrated when the rest of her giant alliance refuses to go along with evicting Hannah because it's in HER best interest. Um, how about coming up with a reason why it's advantageous for the rest of them? Or Whitney getting angry when Hannah chose Derex for veto: "I feel betrayed because obviously Derex will use it on her if he wins!" And WHY the FUCK do you think she PICKED him?!? And to a lesser degree when Christian/Alyssa fully expect Derex not to use the veto should he win it. So both the nominees are on his team, and you expect him NOT to use it? The arrogance and stupidity just drops my jaw. How the fuck do you expect him to be a useful member of your Royal Flush alliance when you expect him to completely betray his original team? All of that said, I'm enjoying the season quite a bit. Some prefer drama, but I'd rather see some fairly intelligent and decent people interacting and sub-plotting. The last clip from tonight with multiple women (wow!) each issuing various warnings/threats in the DR made me interested in seeing what happens next. I honestly think it'll be fun to see how things fall apart once the chaff is eliminated.

100%. I sit here stunned and baffled (excuse me, gobsmacked) over how I was so rooting for Cash in the first week or two and now am dying to see her teary exit. She's like some OTT theater kid without an off switch or a shred of self-awareness. Matt Hoffman (or his writer) gets all the points for the "Cashay rules everything around us" (get the money, dollah dollah bill y'all) reference. That LITERALLY could not be more perfect. The three new girls are terrific, and the boys seem alluring enough to turn a head or two. I actually wish one of them would hook up with Trina, and maybe the other with a new girl so I can see Cash and Olivia pack their knives and go. I feel utterly ancient when considering what it means to be "girlfriend/boyfriend" in today's parlance. (And I guess using the word "parlance" is also a sign of my advanced age. Sigh.) What were Shannon and Josh already if not b/g? They've been together since day 1, bicker like an old couple, fucked on national television... but that's not b/g? Ziplining looked fun, but the convo afterwards seemed like they were reading straight off a teleprompter, especially Shannon. She totally biffed the line about "couldn't imagine doing this with anyone else" and nervously laughed like she wanted a second take. Fake, fake, fakety fake. I too still miss Javonny.

I too loved the closing song and felt compelled to look up a 1989 calendar to confirm, and yup, 1/1/90 was indeed a Monday! Attention to detail - mwah. *chef kiss* I just read "PMS Dawn" as "PM Dawn" and now have to listen to that Memory Bliss song. Whoa, flashback! (And now fingers are tightly crossed for another season just for the early 90s music.) Don Cheadle and Andrew Rannells are an unexpectedly frickin' hilarious duo (right up there with Steve Buscemi and Danielle Radcliffe). Plan Boyz! *back-to-back pose* Though Dawn and Mo made me laugh the hardest with their balking at the simultaneous ILYs. The chemistry feels so natural and effortless. I feel like not enough people watch this show - it deserves awards, or at the very least lots of nominations. I get goosebumpy at the retro pre-ep "aaaaahhh... it's Showtime tonight!" intro and am never let down by this show.

I was starting to tolerate Josh until his superior man-splaining about what's acceptable regarding raunchiness to the new girls last night. It felt like something Shannon instructed him to do so that she and Genny could enter stage left with their Real Housewives-ready bitchfest. Seemed lamely staged for attention. Though watching spineless Jeremy try to hide behind his drink was hilarious. It's a bummer that we seem destined to sputter to the finish line with only OG folks; I wonder if there's some other way of mixing it up? Like maybe have two simultaneous "Islands" so everyone has a chance to mingle and hook up more organically (rather than the Casa folk coming in so hot and rushed), then switch them completely and toss in a couple newbies for the heck of it. Dunno. It's just gotten kind of predictable, and the addition of fresh meat doesn't really hold any promise for mixing things up in terms of the winner. Maybe Jeremy will find a new body pillow.

I gave the first ep a try, then blazed through the next two and already felt withdrawal when I saw there's no more available! I LOVE IT! My heart breaks a little bit for the "nice" guys in general because of course they're not gonna have traditional "game" and will tend to hesitate a bit rather than coming on too strong. Well, except for firefighter poetry guy. Oh my gravy, that was a whole 'nother level of awkward. I especially felt bad for (from episode 3) I wasn't in love with the way the 3rd elimination went down. When Sara chose to eliminate Assuming the goal is for the ladies to winnow the guys down to just nice guys (the monetary goal is rather vaguely worded), a possible flaw is that CJ seems to actually gravitate towards the fboys. I think the other two women might actually like to meet a nice guy, but she seems to enjoy the attention and flash. Still a hell of an entertaining show. I love the hint of audience involvement in that we can play along and guess who are the fboys. (And their post--elimination refugee camp is cracking me up.) Reminds me of a show from years ago, think it was called Playing it Straight, in which a bunch of men were wooing a bachelor, but only half were gay and the other half straight. Basically, gay for pay on network tv. Can't imagine why that one was canceled. 🙀

Sadly, these people have somehow gotten both boring and overly dramatic. I'll continue to watch, but my interest has shifted to Fboy Island. (Nikki Glaser is no Matt Hoffman, but it's still damn funny.)