IMO, people (myself included) are not happy because:

Yep yep yep! You have Paul (a little bit mean, a little bit pleased with himself), Mary (genteel, endlessly positive) and Mel and Sue (wry and silly). Mary’s authentic niceness balances out Paul’s meaner bits and Mel and Sue’s constant gentle ribbing leavens the Hollywood ego. Tis a science!

yeah...that’s why im mourning GBBO like its dead at the end of this season, and hope whatever mel and sue and mary come up with is *fire emoji*

Right? Without her to keep balance in the force, I’m afraid his smarm would over come him and infect the baking.

Traitor here: I plan to watch all of the British baking shows.

I think Richard Ayoade is the only thing that could save Bake Off from being completely hated.

These parents were going out of their way to give their daughters the best education and opportunities they could in a country where no one would blame them for keeping them like chattel.

Something about marching an army through an international border.

A sabbatical year? Is he backpacking through Europe?

“if he could do last year’s Democratic debate over again, he would have stood the heck up to Anderson Cooper”

I welcome my gray hairs. I figure my witching powers and wisdom can’t be far behind.

He’ll pair well with a certain fancy dog.

fucking ROCK IT STEVE!

don’t ever stop, please.

She’s the Gretchen Weiners, she holds all the secrets.

Serena is also friends with Bey, so doesn’t make Bey part of a squad? Will there be squads merger??

I think now more than ever that women about to turn 30 and single or their careers aren’t going anywhere are much more vocal about the struggle of being lonely and watching all your friends go through those big life moments and feeling depressed as to why you’re not progressing. The studios have caught on to that…

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