S05.E01 Leap Of Faith

[Mrs. Hanson]

Okay, because I was obsessing about it since Sunday, here it is, the transcript and I read it to hubby:

"A subconscious mind works in images and symbols.  This image is a symbolic representation of the word intention.  So it's easy to keep intention and keep it merely in language but by drawing an image which represents the intention we're making the mind much more permeable.  I want to connect with Alina and this picture holds that meaning to me so the focus that I'm creating here will carry into Turkey and into my relationship with Alina in a healthy, natural, cosmic way."

He pointed towards the garbage.

I said, "Look, I am trying to connect with you in a HEALTHY!  NATURAL! COSMIC!  WAY!

"A suppository can do that, too."

Edited December 16, 2021 by Mrs. Hanson

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1 hour ago, Hotel Snarker said:

 

Her son is cute as hell though and I hope they show more of him.

Must take after his dad.  Seriously, Usman would have to want fame A LOT to bed Kim.

1 hour ago, Baltimore Betty said:

that guy with the edible panties

Caesar

[Maximadc]

3 hours ago, Baltimore Betty said:

TLC producers always have that one person that is the "is she real or not," they did it with Maria and that guy with the edible panties, they did it with David in Russia when he was waiting for that blonde girl who dodged him as best she could...Mahogany will show up but not until the American man that flew to where ever she is is left deflated and pissed off about how she did not meet him at the airport or where ever.  I wonder if this guy has funded some self improvement for Mahogany.

 

David went to Ukraine if I remember correctly. The chocolate panty guy went there too

 

 

[LennieBriscoe]

I'm seeing similar Friday and Sunday episodes. 

Like, 12/17 shows "First Look: Catching Flights...." (90 minutes).

Then 12/19 has "More to Love: Catching Flights....---Part 1---With bonus scenes..." (121 minutes).

My question is: Which night's viewing is our Live Chat? 

[CrazyInAlabama]

Sunday is the 2 hour episode, and the live chat.    Friday is only a 30 minute preview, with some other show tacked on.    

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2 hours ago, LennieBriscoe said:

I'm seeing similar Friday and Sunday episodes. 

Like, 12/17 shows "First Look: Catching Flights...." (90 minutes).

Then 12/19 has "More to Love: Catching Flights....---Part 1---With bonus scenes..." (121 minutes).

My question is: Which night's viewing is our Live Chat? 

The regular show is on Sundays at  7 central.  That is when the live chat occurs.  First Look is on the preceding Friday and is a preview of the first half hour or so with an unrelated show often tacked on after. Lately they have been showing something about people who were married multiple times.  More to Love airs after the regular episode and is an “expanded” version that usually contains two more short nonessential scenes.  There is no live chat for the First Look or More to Love eps.

[LennieBriscoe]

7 hours ago, MrBuhBye said:

The regular show is on Sundays at  7 central.  That is when the live chat occurs.  First Look is on the preceding Friday and is a preview of the first half hour or so with an unrelated show often tacked on after. Lately they have been showing something about people who were married multiple times.  More to Love airs after the regular episode and is an “expanded” version that usually contains two more short nonessential scenes.  There is no live chat for the First Look or More to Love eps.

7:00 p.m. Central is 8:00 p.m. EST.

SUNDAY, 12/19/21---6:00 p.m.--8:00 p.m. EST is "90 Day Fiancee: Before the 90 Days"---"More to Love: A Leap of Faith."

At 8:00 p.m. EST is the following 2-hour show (repeated at Midnight EST):

"90 Day Fiance: Before the 90 Days"---"More to Love: Catching Flights to Catch Feelings--Part 1--With bonus scenes."

 "Jasmine's jealousy rears its head. Memphis has a secret about her ex. Alina worries that Caleb doesn't understand her abilities. Usman's friends do not support his relationship with Kim. Mike's friends believe Ximena is using him."

11:02 p.m. EST--Midnight (Following "Sister Wives") = The "Pillow Talk" episode of the abovementioned 8:00 p.m. EST  show. 

So I guess our Live Chat is the 8:00 p.m. Sunday show. I'll find out! 

EXCEPT----Where is the Live Chat?

Edited December 16, 2021 by LennieBriscoe

[hookedontv]

3 hours ago, LennieBriscoe said:

EXCEPT----Where is the Live Chat?

The Live Chat is within the "90 Day Fiance" category, it includes all versions of 90D:

[Stuckathome]

15 hours ago, Hotel Snarker said:

Don’t even get me started on the little blue pills. He was so proud to show them off. Just gross.

"She's not a superficial girl". Pays for her teeth, her lips, her fillers…

Jasmine is beautiful but very jealous. And WTF, Gino sent naked pics of her to his ex? Yikes!

OMG, yes the pills!!! Does he not have health insurance? Cause pretty sure the bar is low to get a prescription for actual legit viagra and not risk some random crap you find online. And his creepy smile when he said he had tested them out already. Gag. I actually don't think Jasmine is all that, she is pretty in a superficial way because of all the work she has had done, but she looks OLDER than her listed ages. Just a very hard rough look. My $$ says that donkey laugh gets on her last nerve and she beats the crap out of him before the visit ends. While I don't ever condone violence or abuse,  if he did send her nudes to his ex, hell, if he shared those with ANYONE, she has every right to be super pissed. 

 

Re:Mahogany, no I think she is actually real. The airport in Lima is a zoo and it was always hard to find my inlaws in the crowds, plus, a lot (putting that in here lest someone take offense) of Peruvians live by the concept of"latin time". Like when I said we had to leave by 8 am, at 7:55 they would wander downstairs still in PJs and start making coffee. So my bet is either she is just not that excited to meet him and stayed home and will make an excuse (didnt' Evelin do that to Cory?) or she was late and they missed each other at the airport. We'll see. But, I don't think this is a catfish. 

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4 hours ago, LennieBriscoe said:

7:00 p.m. Central is 8:00 p.m. EST.

SUNDAY, 12/19/21---6:00 p.m.--8:00 p.m. EST is "90 Day Fiancee: Before the 90 Days"---"More to Love: A Leap of Faith."

At 8:00 p.m. EST is the following 2-hour show (repeated at Midnight EST):

"90 Day Fiance: Before the 90 Days"---"More to Love: Catching Flights to Catch Feelings--Part 1--With bonus scenes."

 "Jasmine's jealousy rears its head. Memphis has a secret about her ex. Alina worries that Caleb doesn't understand her abilities. Usman's friends do not support his relationship with Kim. Mike's friends believe Ximena is using him."

11:02 p.m. EST--Midnight (Following "Sister Wives") = The "Pillow Talk" episode of the abovementioned 8:00 p.m. EST  show. 

So I guess our Live Chat is the 8:00 p.m. Sunday show. I'll find out! 

EXCEPT----Where is the Live Chat?

Not sure where these listings are from as More to Love is not on Sunday nights.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Welshman in Ca]

12 minutes ago, Stuckathome said:

OMG, yes the pills!!! Does he not have health insurance? Cause pretty sure the bar is low to get a prescription for actual legit viagra and not risk some random crap you find online.

 

 

 

Getting a prescription isn't the issue, 99% of health insurance, even the best, will not cover it & the real stuff would be close to $3,000 although there are now generics that cost a lot less especially with the Good rx app. My wife is in healthcare & has fantastic insurance but there are a whole list of similar type medications for males & females that are not covered.

Edited December 16, 2021 by Welshman in Ca

[Uncle JUICE]

16 hours ago, Hotel Snarker said:

 

I have a feeling Mahogany is a catfish. I could be wrong but they’ve yet to show any footage of her whatsoever.

 

Could it be the whack ass stripper name she's using? Zero chance that's on her birth certificate, just absolutely none. He should have told her his name was The Scorpio. And no, I didn't miss the n. 

[Stuckathome]

1 hour ago, Welshman in Ca said:

99% of health insurance, even the best, will not cover it

Oh wow, that is a surprise---I thought years ago (before ACA) there was some uproar (justifiable IMHO) that insurance covered the blue pills, but not a lot of women's birth control pills (which are also prescribed for other reasons such as acne, endo, etc). 

 

Mahogany is probably one of her five legal names.....lol

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20 minutes ago, Stuckathome said:

Oh wow, that is a surprise---I thought years ago (before ACA) there was some uproar (justifiable IMHO) that insurance covered the blue pills, but not a lot of women's birth control pills (which are also prescribed for other reasons such as acne, endo, etc). 

 

Mahogany is probably one of her five legal names.....lol

Does she know where she’s going to?

[Breedom]

21 hours ago, Hotel Snarker said:

I'm gonna take Kim constantly saying she's not crazy as a red flag. She's probably off her rocker. She came across as a massive red flag the second they showed her Michael Jackson shrine.

Kim and her Michael Jackson shrine. Okay.  She is 50 years old and she has a shrine. Translation: no life.

 

21 hours ago, Baltimore Betty said:

TLC producers always have that one person that is the "is she real or not," they did it with Maria and that guy with the edible panties, they did it with David in Russia when he was waiting for that blonde girl who dodged him as best she could.

Yup. These segments are good only so that I have an extra few minutes to go get a snack, do the dishes, etc. How boring.

[Mrs. Hanson]

5 hours ago, Stuckathome said:

Oh wow, that is a surprise---I thought years ago (before ACA) there was some uproar (justifiable IMHO) that insurance covered the blue pills, but not a lot of women's birth control pills (which are also prescribed for other reasons such as acne, endo, etc). 

 

Mahogany is probably one of her five legal names.....lol

My memory of that crapshow was bc pills are elective and the blue pills were for a legit medical condition, but that did not help the situation.

 

5 hours ago, MrBuhBye said:

Does she know where she’s going to?

Hail Diana Ross!

[IvySpice]

Gino's laugh is exactly like Josh Gad as Elder Cunningham in the Book of Mormon musical, heard around :21 on this track.

On 12/13/2021 at 9:01 AM, Pepper Mostly said:

(Where all my Showbiz Moms and Dads peeps at?)

RIGHT HERE!!

[Alonzo Mosely FBI]

On 12/13/2021 at 8:10 PM, Frozendiva said:

And please learn to remove your hat indoors and especially when eating indoors.

 

Good take, I had forgotten about this scenario. It is very inappropriate to not remove a hat indoors! Gino may be shaping up for an epic fail.

I also feel like I may get disappointed by Alina and I hope I won't. She is a badass. But did she join this show to make "my p*ssy's got wifi" a thing?

[Uncle JUICE]

1 hour ago, Alonzo Mosely FBI said:

Good take, I had forgotten about this scenario. It is very inappropriate to not remove a hat indoors! Gino may be shaping up for an epic fail.

I also feel like I may get disappointed by Alina and I hope I won't. She is a badass. But did she join this show to make "my p*ssy's got wifi" a thing?

If by "a thing" you mean "that Uncle Juice will write to his wife in her Valentine's card," then she's succeeded for sure. 

[Mrs. Hanson]

3 hours ago, Alonzo Mosely FBI said:

Gino is may be shaping up for an epic fail.

Fixed that for you.

[ChristmasJones]

Gino makes me think of Jim Carrey with his laugh - no insult to JC though.

[PamelaMaeSnap]

On 12/13/2021 at 12:01 PM, Pepper Mostly said:

Thank you for your post, @TwirlyGirly, I appreciate your insights and applaud you for laying them out so neatly and eloquently. Alina is a smart, beautiful and capable woman, and there is no way on earth she should be told that only some creep who fetishizes disabled women is the best she can hope for. 

I wanted to address the above snippet just to say I agree! My husband used to work in a facility for head and spinal injured patients, and most of them wound up there because of extreme risk taking behaviors on motorcycles. Or doing something stupid in water-diving in water that was too shallow, hot dogging on jet skis, and the like. 

Maybe he's big in Belgium? 

(Where all my Showbiz Moms and Dads peeps at?)

Here! Here! Right here! I actually have my Shane Klingensnort “Big In Belgium” T-shirt … I’d give anything for a one-off update. Good times on TWoP. 

Ditto to poster who said Gino reminded them of Dumb Larry. The show seems to have taken the loser level to new heights this season (though the sensible sibling level is high).  Alina is by far the only normal “principal” so far and, IMHO, one of the most beautiful women they’ve had on the show in a long time (ever?)  

 

[Toaster Strudel]

On 12/13/2021 at 1:19 PM, Breedom said:

KIm - 50 years old, my foot.

No 50 yr old looks that old.

[Scout Finch]

On 12/7/2021 at 7:06 AM, Welshman in Ca said:

 

Almost the whole world to choose from and we get this clown again. He was so obviously a scam artist last time and no doubt is still trying to scam old American women for air time & a green card. A blank screen would have been better than this guy.

I didn't know this had started so I watched it last night on Discovery+. The other thing was that I hadn't bothered to read anything about the cast members. So I'm eating dinner last night and Kim's listening to some music in her car and then she mentions "the love of my life" is a Nigerian rapper. Jokingly to myself: "It's Sojaboy, hahahaha," then I almost choke on the bite I had just taken as it turns out that it's indeed him!

Gino has the same unhinged laugh as SteVen--the kind where you wonder how many bodies he has under the house. Luckily, I was done eating dinner when the nauseating baby talk started. Egad, Jasmine is a piece of work! Just from that jealousy she showed when he was getting takeout, I cringed when he asked the woman what her name was. Nooo, bad idea! "He has to call me when he gets somewhere, then he has to call me when he's done and gets in his vehicle, then he has to call me when he gets home..." RUN, Gino! On second thought, perhaps Jasmine is the one with the dead bodies. They will never leave her and she also knows exactly where they are 24/7.

Edited December 20, 2021 by Scout Finch

[essexjan]

I just found this show on my streaming app, and now have something to fill my Monday afternoons now that The Other Way has finished. Pretty much everything I thought has been said above.

Apologies if someone else has mentioned it (I skimmed the posts) but am I the only person who thought Kim's elderly mother was a dead ringer for Baby Girl Lisa?

 

[Hotel Snarker]

On 12/16/2021 at 9:49 AM, Stuckathome said:

OMG, yes the pills!!! Does he not have health insurance? Cause pretty sure the bar is low to get a prescription for actual legit viagra and not risk some random crap you find online.

I doubt those pills were covered by health insurance.

On 12/16/2021 at 10:17 AM, Uncle JUICE said:

Could it be the whack ass stripper name she's using? Zero chance that's on her birth certificate, just absolutely none. He should have told her his name was The Scorpio. And no, I didn't miss the n. 

Oh, maybe! Or it could be one of her many “stage names”.

[CrazyInAlabama]

You can buy large quantities of Viagra, and other medications from other countries, without a prescription.     It's dangerous, and you don't know if the pills are actually the right ingredients, but it can be done if you're as desperate as Gino.  

[Mrs. Hanson]

On 12/12/2021 at 9:26 PM, TwirlyGirly said:

Well. 

Full disclosure:

I'm 4'2", weigh 65 lbs., and use a manual wheelchair full time for mobility.

I worked full time for a major commercial airline for 22 years, and as a benefit was able to travel throughout the U.S. and Europe for both business and pleasure.

I drive, and am fully independent at home (do my own shopping, cleaning, cooking, etc). 

I'm also a single mom, and raised my daughter (who recently turned 25) by myself - with no financial or physical help from anyone.

I'm happy to say I've had a very fulfilling romantic life. All of my relationships have been with able-bodied men. Three of those relationships have been long-term (lasting from 5 to 20 years apiece). 

None of these men had a fetish for women who are disabled and/or short-statured.

The 20 year relationship was a marriage. My ex-husband was (and still is) a Latin-percussionist in a salsa band. He is not my daughter's father. Her father was from a short-term relationship which occurred *after* I divorced my husband. 

All of the men I've had relationships with have been "normal". As a matter of fact, when I've gotten to know some of the men my able-bodied female friends have attracted and had relationships with, I'm usually quite glad I'm me.

So, what is it about me that attracts men? Well, I'm kinda cute. I'm smart (I have a very quick mind) and I have a great sense of humor. I'm also kind, without being a pushover. I have many interests; I'll hear or read about something I know nothing about, and spend the next few days falling down an internet research hole learning as much as I can about it. Then something else catches my eye, and off I go in another direction!

There are two ways to a man's heart: one is through his stomach by cooking him a fantastic meal. The other I'll leave to your imagination. But rest assured I'm very good at both!

But I think most men pick up on the fact that I really like men. Tall men; short men. Fat men; skinny men. Men who are smooth and charming; men who are socially awkward. Whenever I've had the opportunity to talk to a man - any man - for at least 10 minutes, I've learned something new about the male psyche. And it's always fascinating to me.

We've all known men who don't like women (as a group). Yet they want and need a woman. Personally, I've always been wary of men who give off the vibe that they don't like women in general.

There are also a lot of women who don't like men (also as a group). It's been my experience that men who are with a woman they know truly likes men will feel more comfortable being himself around her. That's important when you're trying to figure out what makes a man you've recently met, tick.

I know several women who have the same collagen disorder I have; some more severely affected than myself. 

While they've all been successful in finding love, one in particular reminds me of Alina.

She's 2'8", also uses a wheelchair full-time for mobility, and several years ago married a smart, kind, good-looking man. You can tell by the way he looks at her (when she's not looking at him) that he loves her more than life itself.

Now...speaking to what you said about no "normal" man would want to date someone like Alina (and, by extension, me and the other women I know personally who are likewise short-statured and use wheelchairs): The people who have given me the most trouble in my life in regards to my relationships with men have been other women. 

Women don't understand why a good-looking able-bodied guy would have any interest in me, and without exception, every close (or so I thought) single female friend I've had has tried to sabotage every relationship I've had with men. I guess they felt threatened by me, as in: whatever she's got that attracts men to her I don't have and can't get, so I've got to prove I can have him, too, if I want!

What did they do?

Tried to get the man I was with in their bed.

Only the very first one - when I was in my late teens - succeeded.

After that I wised up. As soon as I saw the signs, I'd tell my SO what was happening and cut the so-called friend loose. But by the time I was in my mid-thirties, I decided it was pointless to have women friends I could never talk about my relationships with. So I stopped pursuing friendships with single women, in favor of women who were happily married. I only wish I'd thought to do that 15 years earlier.

I am super late to the party on this, and I am already bordering on being labeled a stalker, lol, but if geography was not an issue I would be TOTALLY down to being you friend!  Your life sounds so interesting!  Happy New Year @TwirlyGirly!

[lamujerdecente]

5 hours ago, Mrs. Hanson said:

I am super late to the party on this, and I am already bordering on being labeled a stalker, lol, but if geography was not an issue I would be TOTALLY down to being you friend!  Your life sounds so interesting!  Happy New Year @TwirlyGirly!

Me too :-) 

[RedDelicious]

On 12/15/2021 at 5:48 PM, Hotel Snarker said:

Sandra is Debbie in a wig. Nothing you say can change my mind.

That is the very first thing I saw!

Seriously though. Something must’ve happened to poor Gino. His overall appearance is completely different in the picture of him as a younger man. He had a very sweet face. Now he looks kind of…blank.

[Baltimore Betty]

7 hours ago, RedDelicious said:

That is the very first thing I saw!

Seriously though. Something must’ve happened to poor Gino. His overall appearance is completely different in the picture of him as a younger man. He had a very sweet face. Now he looks kind of…blank.

Head injury? 

[RedDelicious]

3 hours ago, Baltimore Betty said:

Head injury? 

Idk, something isn’t right. I haven’t done a deep dive on Gino but from what I’ve seen so far, I’m no longer sure if he has some cognitive impairment or if he’s just a f’n weirdo. 

Who did not age well.