S03.E01: Love Makes You Crazy

[greekmom]

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Ellie is selling it all to start a new life with Victor; Corey is hiding a big secret from Evelin; Sumit takes Jenny to an astrologer for guidance; Ari invites an unwelcome guest; Steven is scared to tell Alina the truth about his past.

 

[Mrs. Hanson]

I don't see this on Discovery Plus - yay!  I no longer have TLC and I was afraid I would get sucked in, at least with the two new couples.  I will follow the live chat for laughs if I am available on Sunday evening.

[Mrs. Hanson]

1 minute ago, PearlClutcher said:

Jenny screaming at Sumit, what a sweetheart she is.  

I have probably said this before, but as someone who tests people for their IQ's, I see Jenny as a 79 or 80.  70 is the cutoff to be delayed, and she seems to be able to function basic life skills and that is about it.  I also suspect she had some trauma in her life at ages 13-16 as she seems stuck in that Harlequin Romance stage of life.  I mean, normal women don't pack up their life and move to India to be with a liar 30 years younger.  I mean, he repeatedly lied to her and she took it!  Remember when she got her visa and cried like her puppy just died?  And when it came out he was still married she STILL STAYED??  I mean, she gets everything coming to her.

[Mrs. Hanson]

So many of these losers would spare themselves SO MUCH pain (and full on stop putting little babies in the middle of it) if they simply asked:  Are you employed?  What is your living situation?  Do carry a lot of debt that is not your mortgage?  Are you anything more than a social drinker?  Do you own a car or live near public transportation or a busline?

[CrazyInAlabama]

The episode preview is on TLC tonight at 8 p.m. central, not the usual 9 p.m.

Next week goes back to the regular 9 p.m. Central time for the preview. 

Edited August 28, 2021 by CrazyInAlabama

[Frozendiva]

7 pm in my time zone.

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At Ellie’s restaurant hair is a topping on every pizza.

[Frozendiva]

Watched the 20 minute preview.

I thought that Corey and Evelin were already married? Are they renewing the vows or just having a bigger wedding? He should have stayed in Peru. Both he and her deserve each other.

I felt sorry for Ellie and her backstory and her new husband dying. I would be cautious about moving to the Caribbean island. I also probably would not sell my business and cut all my ties for at least 6 months. Would give me a chance to get to know the guy better. At least she is aware that his motives may not be pure. I understand the fling but not a commitment to a dude she barely knows.

[endure]

I just watched the 20 min preview, wtf is up with starting over from the 1st season of the Jenny & Sumit love crap story?  I swear these are the laziest producers known in TV.  I have to wonder if anyone has figured out how many minutes of new footage they actually put out in an episode, it’s mostly rehash, repeat and regurgitate……so frustrating already entering a new season.

Edited August 28, 2021 by endure

[endure]

2 hours ago, Frozendiva said:

Watched the 20 minute preview.

I thought that Corey and Evelin were already married? Are they renewing the vows or just having a bigger wedding? He should have stayed in Peru. Both he and her deserve each other.

I felt sorry for Ellie and her backstory and her new husband dying. I would be cautious about moving to the Caribbean island. I also probably would not sell my business and cut all my ties for at least 6 months. Would give me a chance to get to know the guy better. At least she is aware that his motives may not be pure. I understand the fling but not a commitment to a dude she barely knows.

I was a little confused if she was just letting her co-worker run the business or did she actually sell it outright?  She seemed reasonably normal, hope she doesn’t turn out to be like most of the losers on this show. I agree with your last comment because that is me so fun to watch someone take a risk or chance that I wouldn’t do.

[Frozendiva]

I would take the risk if I also had a good Plan B.

[endure]

11 hours ago, Mrs. Hanson said:

I have probably said this before, but as someone who tests people for their IQ's, I see Jenny as a 79 or 80.  70 is the cutoff to be delayed, and she seems to be able to function basic life skills and that is about it.  I also suspect she had some trauma in her life at ages 13-16 as she seems stuck in that Harlequin Romance stage of life.  I mean, normal women don't pack up their life and move to India to be with a liar 30 years younger.  I mean, he repeatedly lied to her and she took it!  Remember when she got her visa and cried like her puppy just died?  And when it came out he was still married she STILL STAYED??  I mean, she gets everything coming to her.

I agree she is not to bright but I don’t believe she gave up a lot materially to move to India, wasn’t she living with her daughter?  She seemed to think her life savings would go a lot further in India and Sumit did at that point have a promising career at a call centre lol.  She is determined to marry him, what’s it been, about eight years now?

[TazDevil]

10 hours ago, endure said:

I just watched the 20 min preview, wtf is up with starting over from the 1st season of the Jenny & Sumit love crap story?  I swear these are the laziest producers known in TV.  I have to wonder if anyone has figured out how many minutes of new footage they actually put out in an episode, it’s mostly rehash, repeat and regurgitate……so frustrating already entering a new season.

That's the "90 Day Journey" of all of their footage repackaged into a "new" show/content for the streamers.  I haven't deleted it from my DVR yet.  I may have to watch it to relive the glory of the insults of Jenny by Sumit's parents before we jump back into their "journey" tomorrow night 🤣🤣

[Frozendiva]

1 hour ago, TazDevil said:

That's the "90 Day Journey" of all of their footage repackaged into a "new" show/content for the streamers.  I haven't deleted it from my DVR yet.  I may have to watch it to relive the glory of the insults of Jenny by Sumit's parents before we jump back into their "journey" tomorrow night 🤣🤣

I only saw a few minutes of it. The diary ended when Jenny landed and no sign of Sumit.

[Persnickety1]

Oh, lord have mercy, I can smell Ellie's bad decision from where I sit.

At least with her back story, bad decision making does make some degree of twisted sense.  Life is short and all.  

That dude is clearly a player.  I wish she would have kept her ass in Seattle and just gone to get some vacay sex with him 2-3 times a year.  I'm predicting she'll end up with a broken heart and that makes me a tad sad because she seems (thus far) like a nice, relatively normal person, which is a rarity for these TLC fools.

I expected the premiere to drop on D+ on Friday as the new HEA episodes did, but no luck.  I guess they're going to make even D+ subscribers wait until Sunday.  I assume because they know most of us are wringing our hands in anticipation of Eyore Jenny throwing that chair.  

Happy weekend, posters 🥂

[TazDevil]

2 hours ago, Frozendiva said:

I only saw a few minutes of it. The diary ended when Jenny landed and no sign of Sumit.

You just gave me back 40 minutes of my day!  No need to watch if it's just the lead up to their meeting on the first iteration they were on.  Thanks @Frozendiva!!!

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3 hours ago, Persnickety1 said:

Oh, lord have mercy, I can smell Ellie's bad decision from where I sit.

At least with her back story, bad decision making does make some degree of twisted sense.  Life is short and all.  

That dude is clearly a player.  I wish she would have kept her ass in Seattle and just gone to get some vacay sex with him 2-3 times a year.  I'm predicting she'll end up with a broken heart and that makes me a tad sad because she seems (thus far) like a nice, relatively normal person, which is a rarity for these TLC fools.

I expected the premiere to drop on D+ on Friday as the new HEA episodes did, but no luck.  I guess they're going to make even D+ subscribers wait until Sunday.  I assume because they know most of us are wringing our hands in anticipation of Eyore Jenny throwing that chair.  

Happy weekend, posters 🥂

Imagine how many interesting, quirky men there are in Seattle.  And she has male customers coming in all the time.  If she can’t find somewhere there, something is off.

[Lurk]

21 hours ago, MrBuhBye said:

At Ellie’s restaurant hair is a topping on every pizza.

I was more grossed out how she was wearing gloves and a mask presumably to be safe. Then she kept grabbing the front of her mask, over her mouth, and then touching the pizza.

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18 minutes ago, Lurk said:

I was more grossed out how she was wearing gloves and a mask presumably to be safe. Then she kept grabbing the front of her mask, over her mouth, and then touching the pizza.

Yeah and the guy wasn’t wearing a hair net either, I’m not singling her out.

[Persnickety1]

I'm getting ready to grab another cup of coffee and see if this gem is available on D+ this morning.

I understand after the premiere tonight, new episodes will thereafter be available on D+ on Friday as the HEA episodes were.

I know I'm reaching for the stars here, but I'm hoping that we don't have to wait until near the season end to see Eyeore Jenny flinging that chair.  I'm can already tell I'm going to need that shit in a GIF.  

After two days of no power in 100-degree heat, I really need this tawdry little escape from reality today.  

(Hurry up, Jenny, and hurl that chair!).  

[Mrs. Hanson]

2 hours ago, Persnickety1 said:

I'm getting ready to grab another cup of coffee and see if this gem is available on D+ this morning.

I understand after the premiere tonight, new episodes will thereafter be available on D+ on Friday as the HEA episodes were.

I know I'm reaching for the stars here, but I'm hoping that we don't have to wait until near the season end to see Eyeore Jenny flinging that chair.  I'm can already tell I'm going to need that shit in a GIF.  

After two days of no power in 100-degree heat, I really need this tawdry little escape from reality today.  

(Hurry up, Jenny, and hurl that chair!).  

Thank you for making me laugh out loud!  It did drop on D plus and I may have to carve out some time. I can fast forward thtough a lot of it.  I don't need to see Cory's face ever again or hear the words "cocktail bar" ever again.

[bichonblitz]

I want to grab pizza lady and shake her until her brains re-align. What in the hell is she thinking? Selling a thriving business and going to live with a cheater. At least apply for a fiancee visa and have him come to the US to see if it will work out. He will have a guaranteed job at the pizza shop. Let's see how hard he wants to work. If it falls apart, don't marry him and send him packing. Again, WTF is she thinking????

[Malvina]

On 8/28/2021 at 11:23 AM, Persnickety1 said:

Oh, lord have mercy, I can smell Ellie's bad decision from where I sit.

At least with her back story, bad decision making does make some degree of twisted sense.  Life is short and all.  

That dude is clearly a player.  I wish she would have kept her ass in Seattle and just gone to get some vacay sex with him 2-3 times a year.  I'm predicting she'll end up with a broken heart and that makes me a tad sad because she seems (thus far) like a nice, relatively normal person, which is a rarity for these TLC fools.

I expected the premiere to drop on D+ on Friday as the new HEA episodes did, but no luck.  I guess they're going to make even D+ subscribers wait until Sunday.  I assume because they know most of us are wringing our hands in anticipation of Eyore Jenny throwing that chair.  

Happy weekend, posters 🥂

Is he her third Victor?

 

 

[Mrs. Hanson]

2 hours ago, Malvina said:

Oh, lord have mercy, I can smell Ellie's bad decision from where I sit

We can all smell it from here.

Steven with a V:  Is he just an awkward kid with few social skills or is he an attention getting kid who wants to be on tv?  "I have fallen short of moral goals" or something like that:  We all have, dude.  But being a Mormon that could be anything from drinking a beer with friends or.....more.  A lot more!

[Eldemarge]

Well.  I'm pretty easy for a good pina colada, too.

[MagicEyes]

Ellie’s origin story is so tragic. 😭 I want her to be happy.

[DVDFreaker]

I just will never understand why people give another chance after cheating on them, if I find out that someone cheating on me, I am saying see you later and never see the cheater again! 

[Mrs. Hanson]

47 minutes ago, MagicEyes said:

Ellie’s origin story is so tragic. 😭 I want her to be happy.

Me too but it won't be with this dude.  He saw a vulnerable person and laid it on thick and she fell for it.  Hard.

[DVDFreaker]

I like Lesly, she is a smart woman and I am very surprised the rest of family are welcoming Corey into the family 

Edited August 30, 2021 by DVDFreaker

[DVDFreaker]

Jenny is an idiot, she should leave the country and never come back again but she has not left and is going to live with Sumit's parents?

I really hope Corey is dumped for good, he is a cheater and Evelin deserves much better and Corey's last name is fitting, he is a rat! 

I do not know why Areila telling Biniyam's sisters that her ex-husband is coming is good news, that is bad news and a disaster waiting to happen 

Kenneth is an ass, he wants to move back home because he is in love with someone else? Armando deserves better! 

[Lurk]

46 minutes ago, DVDFreaker said:

I just will never understand why people give another chance after cheating on them, if I find out that someone cheating on me, I am saying see you later and never see the cheater again! 

I'd be making Evelyn's grandpa's favorite soup and then sending him on his way.

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47 minutes ago, DVDFreaker said:

Jenny is an idiot, she should leave the country and never come back again but she has not left and is going to live with Sumit's parents?

I really hope Corey is dumped for good, he is a cheater and Evelin deserves much better and Corey's last name is fitting, he is a rat! 

I do not know why Areila telling Biniyam's sisters that her ex-husband is coming is good news, that is bad news and a disaster waiting to happen 

Kenneth is an ass, he wants to move back home because he is in love with someone else? Armando deserves better! 

I think he said he was homesick.

[Adeejay]

I can’t help but wonder how Ari and Bini can afford a three-bedroom house and a full-time nanny when neither is gainfully employed.  Someone should probably inform Bini’s mouthy sister, that inviting your ex-husband to come and stay in the home that you share with your fiancé is not “white people sh*t”, but rather Ari’s sh*t.     

Based on the fact that Evelin/Cory have been married for years, it would appear that they are pulling a fast one on viewers.

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9 minutes ago, Adeejay said:

I can’t help but wonder how Ari and Bini can afford a three-bedroom house and a full-time nanny when neither is gainfully employed.  Someone should probably inform Bini’s mouthy sister, that inviting your ex-husband to come and stay in the home that you share with your fiancé is not “white people sh*t”, but rather Ari’s sh*t.     

Based on the fact that Evelin/Cory have been married for years, it would appear that they are pulling a fast one on viewers.

She said her parents are sending them money.

[FrancescaFiore]

I died. Also, she's not wrong.

[Chicken Fingers]

So many unlikeable retread couples doing the same old things. I might end up only watching the Pillow Talk version of this season. 

[JocelynCavanaugh]

1 hour ago, FrancescaFiore said:

I died. Also, she's not wrong.

She’s wrong. Stereotypes are wrong, even when spouted by sassy (AKA rude as fuck) WOC. Ari is an idiot because she’s Ari, not because she’s white. 

Evelin is a miserable shrew. She insults Corey constantly, but agrees to marry him. Doesn’t she see what a loser she is? Her parents seem nice but they raised a litter of shrews. 

Steven with a V is a really cringey mix of Josh (Alexsandra), Steven (Olga), and Paul (Kreeny). I hope he brings his fiancé some nice conditioner when he goes to Russia. Oh and PS, you little weirdo, it’s not just Russians who think Mormons are a cult. 😬

This show put me in a bad mood! Not sure if I can take another season of starting my weeks off mad at a bunch of strangers. 

[renatae]

4 hours ago, Lurk said:

I'd be making Evelyn's grandpa's favorite soup and then sending him on his way.

I guess I'm not buying her broken hearted act. She cheated on him, taunted him with it, and has been dragging her feet and basically telling him he's useless from Day 1.

I think she has a dark heart, and even though he is no prize, he would have done better with the other girl.

[renatae]

Ari is full of surprises, isn't she? Whenever she looks at her ex, she looks purely infatuated. I can't belive she wants to bring him to Ethiopia, and what a surprise he visited her in her apartment and thinks this all should be OK with Bini. I can hardly wait to see what Bini has done that she doesn't want to return.

Jenny's an idiot to have hung around so long listening to Sumit's lies and promises. She looks like she's had it, but then it seems by the previews she hangs around for more of the same, living her "best life" until Sumit's parents want to move in? 😬

[magemaud]

When Victor was cooking at the stove, was he wearing some kind of loincloth?  

[bichonblitz]

1 hour ago, renatae said:

I guess I'm not buying her broken hearted act. She cheated on him, taunted him with it, and has been dragging her feet and basically telling him he's useless from Day 1.

Exactly. I have to admit I was kind of happy to hear he cheated on her because she deserves it. She cheated first! How quickly she forgets. Her smug attitude makes me want to haul off and smack her. Wasn't it Corey's money that enabled her to open that bar? Be a little humble, bitch!

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[Uncle JUICE]

7 hours ago, FrancescaFiore said:

I died. Also, she's not wrong.

This is most assuredly not "white people shit," like knitting is. My wife couldn't get over this nonsense: I've never heard of a culture where it's totally cool to invite your ex husband to sleep in your house. And this whole scene is bullshit. FIrst of all, are we t believe that the discussion prior to this scene was sincerely Ari and BInyam talking about (a) her ex husband coming to sleep over for an extended period during a pandemic and (b) one of them said "You know who needs to know about this? My / your sisters! That'll really help us figure this out". WHY? THen they kept saying "in our culture" like it was somehow unusual or unique. No, it isn't. This is not appropriate in every culture I know of, I mean maybe if the guy was the father of your children, and was terminally ill, and homeless, and was on his deathbed, I could see it, but my wife expressly said "I don't ever even want to meet any of your exes" as if she was already mad at me for doing something I'd never do, thanks to this show. FYI: been together 20 years and she hasn't met a single one, so it's not like it's something that was an issue. 

[mamadrama]

No way Ellie is "moving" to Colombia. 6 days to leave and she still needs to sell everything and pack? She's still listed as the sole owner of her restaurant, I guarantee it. 

Girlfriend is setting her place up as an Air BnB and going on an extended vacation. 

 

9 hours ago, Adeejay said:

I can’t help but wonder how Ari and Bini can afford a three-bedroom house and a full-time nanny when neither is gainfully employed.  Someone should probably inform Bini’s mouthy sister, that inviting your ex-husband to come and stay in the home that you share with your fiancé is not “white people sh*t”, but rather Ari’s sh*t.     

Based on the fact that Evelin/Cory have been married for years, it would appear that they are pulling a fast one on viewers.

They must be selling a helluva lot of those blankets with their faces on them...

[anoninrva]

5 hours ago, renatae said:

I guess I'm not buying her broken hearted act. She cheated on him, taunted him with it, and has been dragging her feet and basically telling him he's useless from Day 1.

I think she has a dark heart, and even though he is no prize, he would have done better with the other girl.

He looks like Nega-Chuck.  Definitely a dudebro, but he seems like he's really trying.  His Spanish is much better than mine.  I haven't seen previous seasons of The Other Way, but I'm sure there will be enough previously clips to catch up.  She and her sister seem pretty mean so far.

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With that eye makeup Ari looks like she is auditioning for a remake of Sid and Nancy or a Courtney Love biopic.

[anoninrva]

3 minutes ago, MrBuhBye said:

With that eye makeup Ari looks like she is auditioning for a remake of Sid and Nancy or a Courtney Love biopic.

Chloe Webb or Courtney Love could have pulled off that look much better.  Courtney was a Nancy clone in Sid and Nancy, ironically.  https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0001482/filmotype/actress

[Baltimore Betty]

37 minutes ago, mamadrama said:

No way Ellie is "moving" to Colombia. 6 days to leave and she still needs to sell everything and pack? She's still listed as the sole owner of her restaurant, I guarantee it. 

How convenient she "sold" her pizza place to a coworker, right.

Maybe she just wants to be on TV but don't these people have anyone in their lives that can be the voice of reason?

I have never been able to figure out how some people go to the most trouble to fuck up their lives, like how can they make their lives more complicated at every turn?  I imagine that they go to the store to buy an apple but then they think no, let's go to an orchard, they get to the orchard and the apples up to high to pick so they get a ladder, they climb the latter but fall and break an arm, next attempt they get a friend to hold the ladder and try again, fall on the friend breaking their other arm...this goes on till they realize the apple in the market was the best option.

Red flags are ignored at every turn, money is always an issue and then then it ends badly, everytime.

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24 minutes ago, Baltimore Betty said:

How convenient she "sold" her pizza place to a coworker, right.

Maybe she just wants to be on TV but don't these people have anyone in their lives that can be the voice of reason?

I have never been able to figure out how some people go to the most trouble to fuck up their lives, like how can they make their lives more complicated at every turn?  I imagine that they go to the store to buy an apple but then they think no, let's go to an orchard, they get to the orchard and the apples up to high to pick so they get a ladder, they climb the latter but fall and break an arm, next attempt they get a friend to hold the ladder and try again, fall on the friend breaking their other arm...this goes on till they realize the apple in the market was the best option.

Red flags are ignored at every turn, money is always an issue and then then it ends badly, everytime.

Skip the apple and eat a candy bar.

[1011101010001]

There are many handsome African men, but sorry Bini has a goofy face.  

[Pondlass1]

Wow!  some major upgrading in accommodation for some of the cast members. So much was made of the awful housing conditions last season. But look at them now.

At least Areoli (or whatever) found the local makeup shop and has a brand new storyline (ex visit) but poor old Jenny is still stuck with stringy hair and Summit won’t marry me…whaaaa! How long before the penny drops? He ain’t gonna marry you. Mum and dad rule. Also why can’t Jenny get a job at a call centre? Her American accent should be a shoe in.

The pizza lady is a repeat of Steph and the guy from Belize.

Still, the new characters are a breath of fresh air after the HEA twits.