You're telling me. I get nauseated even hearing one of my pets vomiting in another room. Ugh. Actually, I need to stop thinking about this now.

I found myself wishing Ciera hadn't said how good she is at reading people at Tribal. Shhhhh! Ciera! Keep that under your hat!

That's the one thing that might — might — get me through the "gross foods" challenge — the fact that they're not necessarily gross, that, in fact, people eat and enjoy them on a regular basis. I know it's just a matter of perspective (when Keith was struggling with whatever bug-like thing he had, I was like, "Come on,…

Yeah, Ciera mentioned that she and her husband discussed exactly that. It makes sense. And Jesus, a heart transplant? I doubt Mrs. Terry or the doctor had to put much thought into whether to call Terry home.

Yeah, I thought it was great that, even though Kimmie defaulted, Woo still had to eat the [whatever it was — I was trying not to watch].

I don't watch horror movies through my fingers, but I watched that entire challenge through my fingers (and occasionally plugged my ears).

I haven't seen Stephen's original season, so I don't have much background info on him. When he first started to tear up I was like, "Oh for God's sake." But then when he kept getting emotional to his own astonishment, I really felt for him. I wish he'd quit with the (first appearance) Cochran-esque "However shall I…

I'm a sympathy vomiter. This one was rough for me.

I know some veteran viewers wish the game weren't so heavily stacked towards more recent players, but it's working out great for me, because I'm more invested in the more recent players (S. Pacific was my first season). First I was super worried for Joe, then when his tribe won immunity, I fretted for Spencer, and…

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Blaine is certainly charming as fuck, but would DA Peyton really be interested in a guy who just confessed a shit-ton of crimes to her (even if he is now ostensibly on the straight and narrow)? Also, I desperately wanted Major and Liv to have the conversation they need to have rather than (possibly) doing sex, in…

This comment makes me feel like a dolphin who has never tasted melted snow.

It's my watch-while-grading show. That's . . . not really a compliment.

I believe everyone who says that Stapleton actually turned in a really good performance on some other show, even though I haven't seen it, so I wonder how oppressive the direction on this show must be and/or how disinterested or otherwise distracted he is, because I am actively trying to like him, and there's just…

I'm hoping with her help decoding that tattoo and computer skills that maybe they'll recruit her (hell, they already recruited Jane fucking Doe), but I thought the same about Patterson's boyfriend and it didn't transpire, so I'm trying not to get my hopes up (though I'm way more invested in Ana coming on board that…

I swear this is the last week I'm going to complain about this, because I understand it's just a convention of the genre and it's either a deal breaker for me or not (and if it's not I need to shut up about it) but WHY THE FUCK ARE THERE ONLY FOUR FBI AGENTS IN THIS CITY? Hell, good thing they stumbled across and…

I completely agree and in no way meant to imply otherwise. In fact, I'd say in some ways, the gender role divide is becoming more porous for women than for men (e.g., a girl wishing to be a doctor doesn't raise eyebrows to the extend of a boy wishing to be a nurse). I'm not saying the pendulum has swung into "won't…

I can agree with that. It's not automatically bad storytelling or a bad idea, but it probably is if it's The Walking Dead doing it.

I'd be pretty careful about asserting that women are less represented in fields like programming because they lack those talents (or are "naturally" uninterested in such pursuits). Women are socially conditioned away from fields like programming and engineering and often experience undue attention/pressure/hostility…

I remember having this discussion about "roping the well zombie" way back in season 2. It's possible this show makes a habit of jumping sharks.