We have a lot to talk about this week. The Challenge was another women’s week after the Mercenaries showed up last week. Ted Lasso season ends this week, Big Brother ended up the way it should have in the end. The Amazing Race is moving along continuing into Next Week…

The Challenge 42 Episode 11: Anna Leigh Holds Her own in Final vs Tori
Underwear Gate

In The Challenge Cutthroat, the actual challenge is called Feed It Through. It looks hard because you have to do the Operation Game but in real life where you have to push a block or symbol through a maze. The challenge is at night and it’s on the beach. Everyone needs to guide three plates through the maze one at a time to be stacked on top of each other at the end of the course. The maze goes low and high and left and right with some traps and the twists and turns are hard because did I mention it’s being done all blindfolded?

It comes down to them being able to talk to each other as a couple of players get knocked in the head because the block falls down the pole fast and out of control. It is pretty even at first, but Orange took the early lead after delivering their first plate. When they all get done their third plates, Orange pulls ahead for the win. That means they have to pick two women to go into the nomination challenge.

Adrienne must nominate one girl before the other four vote on the other nominee. Bananas thinks that Lete is going into the Arena for an elimination challenge, and its been made perfectly clear that Tori does not want Michele to go in as they talk about the lesser of evils as far as who she can do well against in the Arena. She tries to convince Lete and Cara Maria to tie, which now means everyone is nominee. This is what they feel gives Michele the chance in The Arena. Lete does not want to be manipulated by Orange and the vets and Tori’s so called potential relationship is hilarious. Will is thrown under the bus in the next confessional by Tori.

They do have the day off from any challenge and so everyone hangs at the beach and drinks. Johnny with his pinky in the air gets to watch Lete dive in and out of the water and this potential WWE star then gets jealous because Anna Leigh who is in a relationship mind you, flirts with Bananas. Anna Leigh also flirted with someone else this season so that relationship she has at home, should end now. They also plant Johnny Bananas undies in Anna Leigh’s bag. It was an odd part of the episode and I still do not get the underwear thing. Anna Leigh fought back making the claim how the group was held back because Leta had to give Johnny oral sex.

While this was all going down, Tori spent the entire day playing the guessing game as far as what type of challenge to expect and of course again, Anna Leigh listens in before she gets angry about it. During the Tori and Will poolside chat, she makes no bones about her not wanting Michele gone. Will says that he has more value to the team and though Tori admits he can be an asset for her, Tori writes it off when comparing it to Michele.

Tori stirs the pot to get Anna Leigh into elimination and Cara Maria and her have a complete yelling match about who is better for the team moving forward. Tori also told Lete that Anna Leigh took Bananas’ underwear that they found in her backpack. Eventually, this rumor spreads, and Will grabs Anna Leigh’s bag with the Undies in it. Anna Leigh says that one of the boys planted them in her bag.

Lete confronted Anna Leigh for touching Bananas stating that Anna Leigh is “insecure in her marriage” and “that she needs to seek sexual validation somewhere else.” Lete and Michele also get into a shouting match and so when at The Arena, Tori sees that its a physical elimination. Tori shocks everyone while getting great praise from TJ by throwing herself into the elimination vs Anna Leigh. The elimination is the infamous CT and Johnny Bananas one known as Back Up Off Me. That was when CT carried Bananas off the course like he was a child.

And, I must say that this was not like that matchup. Anna Leigh impressed me big time. She was in the lead for a few seconds, I believe, and I get it’s hard to gauge, but for many minutes, they were both stuck in the center of the ring. Tori did roll over to get to her knees at one point, and while doing it, it rolled Anna Leigh too. She then chipped away, and again, it was hard for Tori. Tori crawled slowly to get the win. It is a one-and-done challenge, so this was it. Anna Leigh did very well. You have got to be impressed with her. I did not expect what I saw.

Johnny then throws down his underwear to Anna Leigh who twirls them above her head yelling “see ya bitches” as she she leaves the show. Now, I want to see her again. Overall, no final yet. They have four guys and four girls. How much more can they bring it down? Three on Three in the final? That could be actually. They have had as low as one to having 6 people on teams in finals so your guess in that regard, is as good as mine. I thought we would be moving into the final after tonight. I was wrong. We move on to next week.

What do we know heading into the finale of Ted Lasso, Season 4?
Ted Lasso season 4 finale recap: “Being Alive” is DOA

This season, Ted was asked to manage AFC Richmond’s new women’s football team. The team is at the end of its first season; Keeley and Roy are pregnant; Beard went through a version of his midlife crisis with hairpieces, blue colored eye contacts; Rebecca seemed flat footed when Zelda, not Rupert, tried to gain control of Richmond; Alice and Gemma seem to be good with each other by now; and we enter this episode of course mourning the death of Mae.

The sign outside of the Crown & Anchor, says the pub is closed for a private event. Baz, Paul, and Jeremy are in the first scene which is the foreshadow of the bar’s existence and future. It turns out everyone and then some shows up at Mae’s memorial. Beard is starting to strip back down his look by getting rid of his tan in solidarity to Mae who claimed that it was anti-British. She also felt that the diamond stud was pretentious.

Keeley and Roy showed up but left early because of her throwing up constantly. While Keeley ponders Mae death, Roy explains the cycle of life as one dies, another is conceived in his own words. Roy assures her that he’s “got her and that he’s not changing a f—king— but then the phone rings. Again. “F—king hell!” Roy answers. “Pr—k Agent Derrick” has big news.

Roy is offered the head coaching job at Chelsea.

Alice shows Gemma a framed photo of that picture taken last episode on the bus with everyone in the Lady Greyhounds and with Mae, with the hope it gets hanged in the Crown & Anchor. Finally, Jane arrives, dressed all red, including her hat as Her West End show opened that night. And, maybe it was Mae, but Jane gets caught in Beard’s earring which gets pulled from his ear.

Niamh and Siobhan begin to sing “The Parting Glass,” a traditional Irish death song, and while he is doing his homework, Ted picks up on how his son, Henry is having a rough time with the Mae loss. Mae would help Henry with homework and they speak about how Ted’s father died, also mentioning that he was the same age as ted when he dies. Nana told him he had fallen down a flight of steps doing something to his head killing him. Henry asked “is that really what happened?

Surprisingly, Ted lies saying “yeah.” “And he was around your age?” Ted replies saying “Yes. But hey, don’t worry. I’m good on stairs. You ain’t gonna lose me any time soon, I promise.”

Ted and Beard have a heart-to-heart because, as Ted says to Beard, “Henry wanted some straight talk” and that “he went a little too ‘Serpentine.’” Beard replies saying that “as long as his reasons weren’t tied to his own discomfort, he probably made the right call.” That makes Ted think that he did not make the right call.

The Lady Greyhounds’ match is now at Nelson Road, and they still have not made any great head way selling tickets as there was up slip or something, but nothing major as far as sales. Keeley then produces a video that goes viral with a wasted Rebecca slurring and yelling ‘where the f—k they are.’

Then, even though I think I saw him either in the stands or maybe it was in the viral video Keely made, Nate surprises the coaches in the office. The “Wonder Kid” is coaching the Polish national football team.

Then Roy shows up saying, “Diamond Dogs, mount up!” Everyone in the room, besides Alice begins barking.

Roy tells everyone that he and Keely are pregnant and he also states how “he’s terrified he’ll f—k up a perfect kid.” Ted tells him that “fatherhood is something you’re never truly ready for; twelve years after “crapping his khakis” over Henry’s arrival, he still worries about whether he’s doing it right.” Higgins passes along his own father’s advice, “If you drop your kids, pick them up as quickly as possible.” Nate says to Roy that “love wins,” while Beard tells him that the :uncertainty he’s feeling is something many people who aren’t fortunate enough to have kids even though they want them would love to have.”

Alice then says, “Don’t lie to your kids about green beans being delicious.” “And also, don’t disappear when you feel inadequate.” Alice by the way, created the Cat People that accompany the Diamond Dogs.

Pilot Matthijs called Rebecca about him working during the game. Zelda arrives when Higgins tells Rebecca that “The Milk Sisters have sold their shares.” “I can’t believe this is happening,” Rebecca says.

Ted talks about how the Lady Greyhounds makes his time coaching great. He also says that he knows Mae is watching the game.

It’s an especially big day for Shannon, who makes her first start for her childhood club. And Lizzie has her sons Archie and Sean by her side as the Lady Greyhounds walk out for their final match of the year.

Nelson Road sold out the match.

Roy asked Sam about him leaving Richmond for Manchester United and if he regretted it. “Yeah, sure,” Sam says. “But as Dorothy said, sometimes you have to go away to know where home truly is.”

Not Dorothy from “The Wizard of Oz” his Aunt Dorothy, who left his uncle for a dance teacher. “Big, big scandal in the Obisanya family.”

Roy receives another text from Keeley. Due to stress, she is not watching the match, only listening to it. In reality, she is already at Nelson Road in the locker room because she wants to feel the energy from everyone at the stadium. Her and Roy go out to watch but it is short lived as they had back in for the rest of the game.

Meanwhile, at the mandatory shareholders’ meeting, Zelda claims that she has been the one is taking over over the team. Evidently, Hugo Riddles, had been secretly buying up the shares of Richmond for Zelda, and the Milk Sisters’ also were to have given Zelda that controlling interest. Her goal however, was said that she wants to own a men’s Premier League team.

Regardless, Higgins and Rebecca got Hugo to turn on Zelda! He sold Rebecca the Milk Sisters’ shares, which now had Rebecca and Zelda even at 49 percent each.

Then, lawyer Elaine Pinter, of Pinter and Sons, represented her former client Mae Green. And as the executor of the will, she announces that Mae left the Crown & Anchor to Baz, Jeremy, and Paul, with one request, “Don’t f—k it up.” She also left her two-percent stake ownership in the AFC Richmond be issued back to Rebecca.

Rebecca has 51 percent of the team and therefore, it is still her team.

Zelda apologizes, and Rebecca forgives her while overstating the scorpion-and-frog story when she says that “A woman repeatedly tries to save a drowning scorpion despite getting stung because, just as it is in the scorpion’s nature to sting, it is in hers to save. Why should she change her nature because of someone else’s?”

Rebecca says that she will see her at the next shareholders’ meeting.

Then, Ted apologizes to Henry for missing his football games and promises to shift his schedule for next season. Ted also tells Henry about his father’s suicide. Eventually, Ted gazes at his father’s Salesman of the Year plaque in what feels like some form of closure.

Roy told Rebecca about taking Chelsea’s offer and that they need him to start right away even though he says that he is staying through the end of Richmond’s season. Roy thinks it is a risk. I think its a huge opportunity and probably the biggest opportunity in that world. “But we’ve got to take risks, haven’t we, Rebecca? Or else, what’s the f—king point?”

Roy makes sure that Rebecca knows that she’s the one who taught him. She told Roy one time to stop with the “woe-is-me” act. “And you were right,” he says. “I f—king love you for it.” He then says that “when he gets bored with Chelsea’s unlimited budget and endless resources, he can come crawling back to Richmond.”

Ted then shows up in her office. They speak about Mae’s death. “She died doing what she loved, while the rest of them are still here to laugh, hurt, fall, get back up, and make a mess of things. Being messy means being alive.” “So what are you waiting for?” Rebecca asks. She then wonders what Ted wanted as he sat there listening all this time.

Beard read the review of Jane’s West End show opening that stars Emma Stone, and with Richard Schiff playing the person based on Beard. Mady and Margy assure him that they think Beard is great “just the way you are.” They also thought the show was good. Beard looks up Schiff’s age but anyway, Matthijs points out that Beard has ditched the tan, the earrings, and those deep blue contact lenses after he shows up.

Matthijs showed up with a bouquet of flowers for Rebecca and what is her reply to it? “F—k it, marry me!” She cannot get down on her knee because of her clothes, so Matthijs does it. He gets down on his knees proclaiming the marriage proposal.

Mae’s voice narrates Mary Oliver’s “When Death Comes” as Baz, Jeremy, and Paul are seen settling in and are shown working confidently at the Crown & Anchor, with them putting up Alice’s framed photo with Mae and the team on the bus.

Isaac and Will are shown shaving the head of Beard. Roy packs up to go to Chelsea and finds a gift from Ted. He opens the hand written note telling him that he’ll be a great dad and he also included Ted’s little green Army men. Roy keeps the soldier, leaving Richmond walking away with Keeley.

Ted gives Alice the same going-away gift he took back in Episode 2. Rebecca and Higgins arrive to congratulate Alice as Beard shows up with his new shaven head. “Change is good,” he says, “and there’s plenty of change to go around” is when we find out that Alice Chilton is the head coach of the AFC Richmond women’s team. Willis Beard and Ted Lasso are shown as her assistant managers. And, even though that is how it ended, Ted should hopefully move up to coach the men’s team where Roy left the gap.

I also have to p[resume that if there is a Season 5, if you consider this end, there will be no Roy and Keely.

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Rick Devens Wins Big Brother Season 28
Big Brother Winner Devens on James Gunn, Drew Eviction, Survivor, Traitors

Remember how 86 days ago, Rachel Reilly fell into a volcano after being pushed into it by a velociraptor which was odd beginning that I am still not sure what that was about. She was on the Unloaded show that week but again, there was never any talk as far as i know, about what that was about. Whether it was planned or what it was suppose to prove and who made those decisions to switch things up so fast.

Taylor Brown, Drew Campbell, and Rick Devens were the final three that made it to the finale last week.

In Part 1 of the final HOH, Devens and Drew set up a plan that Devens would throw this part to Drew, however, Taylor never fell off the beam! She beat both Drew, whom already fell, and then Devens.

In the second part of the competition, Drew and Devens have to use a slingshot to knock down various cutouts of the former houseguests, until the houseguest who the question is about has to be left standing and not knocked down. Drew led for a while, beating Devens in Round 1, but Devens won the next three rounds handily, taking the Part 2 win in four rounds.

Dee joined the Jury House.

As for Part 3 of the HOH competition, Taylor missed two questions, while Devens did not miss any. Devens wins Part 3. He is now the last Head of Household of the season.

Let’s be real. No one was beating Devens. Drew was not beating Devens and Taylor was not beating Devens in the Final 2.

Even though Taylor’s point about jury management clicked and even though she said that she would get Lala to vote against him, Devens was not losing to Taylor. Devens decided to go against his alliance with Drew, Drew was not going to win head to head against Devens.

Therefore, Drew joined the jury house.

During the final questions about how they each played the game, Taylor’s answers are fine, but again, she is not winning against a Devens. You heard “the person who deserves it the most” or “the player who was an absolute shark” when they placed in the keys.

He won six to one, with Taylor getting Lala’s vote.

Devens also won America’s Favorite Player, for another $50,000.

Between these wins, and the $10,000 from the Pharaoh’s Curse, he won a total of $810,000.

“Big Brother” has been renewed for two more seasons.

Super Troopers 3

The main story this week is that Sarah came back as a mercenary on the latest Challenge, Cutthroat episode, and can you “say it to me, Santos” — because George Santos is on Special Forces with my man Rudy Reyes as the host. The Lioness season ends with a so-called twist that leads us into Season 4, whenever that happens. Mae, the pub owner, dies on Ted Lasso, and The Amazing Race started up this week. We do not watch Survivor anymore, since they allow the killing of chickens for human entertainment. I honestly forget what went down on It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and we do the year-end Big Brother culmination, which I have also not watched yet, so until then, enjoy this today!

The big story of the week is that Sarah (Rice) came back onto the Challenge Cutthroat as a mercenary and to take on a tough Tori.

I literally just looked up a week or two about whether her and Bananas ever talked after ‘he took the money and run’ and they had not. Until this week and so its been over a decade since she left the show. I also wondered if Johnny ever kicked down any money to her and I was told no, but now she’s back. On Wednesday’s, ‘Trial by Combat’ episode, Sarah Rice made her long-awaited return as a mercenary.

Captain Tori Deal and other Captain Adrienne Naylor had to go into ring against what are mercenaries in a double-elimination round. Mercenary’s by the way are the dominating players they bring back to stop the player from advancing and from some cash money. This is when CT came back as one and carried Johnny Bananas out of the circled area to send him home.

Tori got the choice to go second, which had Adrienne against the other mercenary, Rachel Robinson. They had to ‘Pole Wrestle,’ and Adrienne won it which was impressive to beat the three-time champion. Then, in “Balls In,” T.J. Lavin brings out Sarah to my gasp and honestly, she looks great today. It also shocked the players. If you are a Challenge watcher, this was as shocking as it gets for the show.

“It feels kind of surreal to be back in the arena,” Sarah said in her confessional. “But I’m ready.” T.J. made sure to note that right away, telling her, “I haven’t seen you since Bananas robbed you.” “Too soon, T.J. Too soon,” Bananas said in response, before Sarah’s eyes almost rolled out of her head while she gasped from the comment. Then, again, the only way for Bananas to deal is going to be uncomfortable because again, he never contacted her in over ten years. My point is that Johnny has franchised his brand better than most people in reality TV. You would think by now he would have reached out and yeah, kicked her some money is what I thought he could do since that level of success. I told you that I looked it up a few weeks ago when they were discussing what the captains and teams would do in this season.

What was very noticeable this week in her confessional, is how Tori started to rationalize taking 100% of the prize money. “This is the first time I’ve seen Sarah since I stole a quarter of a million dollars from her, high atop a mountain in Argentina,” Bananas then said in his confessional. “She’s had 10 years to prepare for this moment. She’s probably locked, loaded, and ready to absolutely reign hellfire upon me.”

After T.J. told everyone how the winners of the eliminations would get another $25k, Tori offered the money to everyone but Johnny, “I could win, steal the money from Johnny, and then give it back to you,” but Sarah then said to everyone how, “I’ve had people promise me they were going to pay me out for things, and that doesn’t always work out in my favor.”

Cara Maria actually also said that if she wins, she’s essentially taking the money from Johnny, and Tori said, “What the hell, Cara? Shut up!”

On another interview, Sarah said about Johnny that, “It’s funny seeing Bananas here. Last time I saw him, he said he was going to take the money and run, and it looks like all he did was run in a damn circle because he’s still here.”

I forgot to mention the outcome and that not only did Tori win the particular ‘Balls In’ challenge, she also won rather handedly. Sarah had signs of brilliance and I believe she can easily return for an entire season. In the meantime, Bananas said to Sarah that there is “Nothing but love, Sarah. As soon as I get my phone back, I’m accepting that friend request, I promise, and I will send you a winky face.”

She replied with a smile saying “OK. “Your mouth to God’s ears.”

The Gentlemen Season 2 (TV Series 2024– )

‘Lioness’ Season 3 Finale Recap

Special Ops: Lioness ended season 3 this week. We now know who abducted Joe from her house. At the end of the finale, Taylor Sheridan reverts back Season 1 which was foreshadowed a few times this season. It turns out that Aaliyah Amrohi is the person and group behind the kidnapping and torture. I am not sure how much I buy how she went through all of that because of revenge for her father being killed. In the broad scheme of global power, that to me seems a bit counterproductive while it also seems very basic. This is not some RJ Decker episode where it will be that easy and I maintain some other layers will be added quickly.

The plan as said in the finale was to lure in the entire team in a rescue attempt, to be able to get at them all in one swoop. Again, to me, that sounds very basic. It was also foreshadowed a few episodes ago that this would divert back to Season 1 because of the death of Asmar Ali Amrohi, which was her father. I was not sure how and why and i also did not think it would be because of mere revenge. Like I alluded to above here, that seems very counterproductive for a powerful world leader, let alone for Sheridan.

Season 4 is said to be the final season. I thought Season 3 was excellent from minute one. The first episode was riveting and then it settled in to what are two story lines happening at different times but shown in every episode this season. What I mean is that we had what was going on so called real time and then what was going on with Joe while she was being tortured. I know that I wanted resolve and so I have to presume that type of production brought that feeling on to most viewers. When that culminated in the field two weeks ago, everyone breathed sighs of relief that it was over and she was back safely.

The season not only told the story of the kidnapping while showing it in parallel to what was going on in real time, it also kept the mystery of who did it going the entire way. As a matter of fact, there were three scenarios surrounding Joe’s kidnapping and torture. Initially, they snag a Russian HVT in Russian territory, mind you, and because of that happening, the first reaction is that it was the Russians who grabbed Joe at her house. Sheridan, at first, was so blatant that it was a Russian operation, but like we spoke about here weeks ago, it was almost too blatant. It was way too easy, I said, and also, a true government-sanctioned hit is not going to happen at the agent or person’s house. That is not how they deal. I would go so far as to say that a government-sanctioned hit or kidnapping would not even happen on our soil. The other glaring thing Sheridan did was make the incident sloppy. You can see how reckless it was, and therefore, again, it told me this could have maybe been rogue Russians, but it was not sanctioned by the government.

Also, during the torture process, when that leader guy came into the room, I could not figure out his language. Therefore, it was referred to as a false flag operation with the Ukrainians, to lure the US into attacking Russia. Morgan Freeman’s character went off about it, while it also leads to them thinking it was the Ukrainian double agent, Oleksandra, played by Elizaveta Neretin.

I wonder why they killed her, now that I think about it. Unless it was maybe to show us that, what is called during “wartime,” these people can sanction legal murders. The problem I have with that is, by that standard, any day of the week can be considered “wartime” in that war on terror, or whatever we call it. Or maybe it is like planting evidence to send a criminal away, even though it won’t be for the actual crimes they did. Does that make sense? If you know that some criminal did some bad crimes like rape or murder, and he gets away with them, can a cop rationalize setting the guy up for a crime he did not commit, as a way to get him in prison and away from the general public? This could be the same rationale, because let’s say you bring her in as an agent — the mentality in that world is that she will do something unsafe for our country as a double or triple agent and as a Lioness. She turns up dead after being escorted out of her place and after she was mangled and tossed into some scrap area or on top of rocks. It was a pretty blatant murder and they tossed her aside with zero regard. Our government in this series did not even try to cover it up.

And lastly, whether we had a mole or not would not have worked as the season panned out. You would have had to have written out a major character, and let’s set Joe aside, because she is not capable of being a mole or double agent. We then have Michael Kelly’s character, Nicole Kidman’s character, and Morgan Freeman’s character. And none of them are leaving the show, because that’s basically writing someone off the show. Plus, Joe’s military people and staff are too low on the totem pole to be an effective mole or double agent. I wrote off that scenario, even though they implied it and tried to float it out there, simply because, unless you make a drastic change in the entire storyline and cast, there was no mole.

I just do not think revenge is why they attacked us by kidnapping and torturing Joe.

Why do they torture people before they actually abduct them for real and into their own country? They kept her captive with torture tactics before they even left the USA. That’s pretty ballsy. That is actually pretty reckless. That is why it was not by the top brass in Russia.

At the same time, the ending was almost too easy and again, revenge is too easy.

Last, the couples. Real quick — who is this Edwin dude, or who is Nicole Kidman’s character’s husband? Did I miss something, because all of a sudden he is talking to Michael Kelly’s character about this major issue of someone being a double agent and not only that, he is also asked to have that conversation in private without her in the room. And Nicole Kidman’s character tries to eavesdrop on that conversation. They have a weird dynamic, and I hate his vocal pattern. Which I get the point is for him to sound pompous and then we have Neil and the kids. Neil had no business marrying Joe, but most of all, what a dick. He just ups and leaves, selling the house, without a conversation with the person he is leaving? He took the kids. I get that it’s symbolism, but that is as harsh as it gets in real life. What am I saying? No one would ever just pack everything up and leave while putting the house up for sale. I also love the note left on the table in the bear-looking house. Overall, they had no business getting married, and they should never have had kids. Neil knew what he was signing up for by marrying Joe. Joe knew the way she was with regard to her work and should have been way upfront that it comes first, second, and third, and I get that sucks. But I don’t want my defense people worrying about getting her daughter to soccer practice, so to speak.

There is obviously a Season 4. I am not sure whether it’s written, being filmed, or if it’s done or in production. I do know there will be a Season 4. We just have to wonder if we’re entering some revenge storyline, or whether the bigger picture will be the plot line.

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Mae Rides the Bus
Ted Lasso Season 4 Episode 9 Recap: Mae Rides the Bus

In episode 9 of Ted Lasso season 4, “Mae Rides the Bus,” the team has to play in Bristol City to play in one their most important game of the season and it was even inferred to in team history. Also, Keeley and Roy are pregnant. She passes out because what was called high blood pressure however after at least 8 pregnancy tests, she gets up the urge to tell Roy. Further, the Gemma Jay injury is an issue in the sense that she wants to play very badly. She needs medical to approve her come back while Coach Alice wants to take her time to deal with her come back very slowly. While Gemma was out due to injury, Shannon steps up after Coach Alice saw her practicing in private.

Ted also invites Mae to Bristol. She does the pre game locker-room speech about women in sports. However, she collapses in the bleachers as Richmond wins the game after being down. The scene ends without them even telling is that she is dead however you know it. Now the question is who will run the pub? That casting can go any which where and any way.

In real life, Ryan Reynolds bought the pub in Wrexham affiliated with and adjacent to the stadium and team.

It has been left open, as of now, and we shall see which direction and how far they take that character, which again, can be any way and any type of person. Rationalizing who buys it or inherits it also can go any which way and that part is easy to write. I think it’s going to introduce a pretty major character, and why not? It is not going to hurt the show, and conversely, if done right, it can enhance the show.

Now, the important part is the foreshadowing of who owns what shares of the company, which was spoken about throughout the episode. This is what I alluded to last week, because Zelda, played by Tracey Ullman, is trying to take over the team. It is also leaving the front office flat-footed, because it is not even on their radar that they could lose the team’s majority ownership. Zelda is indeed making an effort to buy as many shares of the team as possible. She is also scheming to get it done, not being forthcoming whatsoever to her so-called friends. But again, we knew she was up to something, and notably, we knew it was going to be to try to take over the team.

Most of all, there was zero movement on the Ted finding anyone to date front and oh, also, Coach Beard gets hair transplants. He has a full head of hair with blonde streaks in there too. That is coupled of course, with his blue eyed contact lenses. Maybe a new pub owner could be a woman Ted could fancy.

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The Amazing Race this season begins in British Columbia, Canada.
The Amazing Race’ Season 39 Cast: Photos of the 2026 Contestants

There are definitely some annoying people at the outset, or as a first or quick opinion, which I always know to get to know whomever before making judgement, but my first reaction is that not only are they annoying fast, Erin and Javi should just end now. They are already talking about how they argue, which will not end well — and I mean in life, not the Race. I then ask, have they ever seen this show? They are using the Express Pass in the first 20 minutes? What is wrong with them? They are annoying, but at the same time, I want to see them implode on TV, and therefore I want them to stay, but they will get knocked out fast. I am, of course, again at a quick glance, rooting for the footballers — so far they are my favorite. “The Man that I Married” is what that guy wants to be, and he looks like he’s scared out of his mind.

Then we have Michelle and Matt, who right away she is referred to as controlling, but at the same time, they intrigue me. She seems cool though and takes it with a laugh on her face, and she runs an auto-type place which is hot, and he was an R&B singer for however many years. That’s just a cool dynamic. But him referring to her as controlling on national TV makes me hesitate. They actually handled capsizing the boat a few times, or it kept flipping over when they would try to get back on.

As far as the initial challenge — once I jump off of the beam near the roof of the venue, I’d be good at it, but walking up to it would scare the shit outta me. I could grab a salmon though easily once off the beam. Jumping itself would also be hard. If I hang glided, I would not jump off anything. I would go up gradually on a downward slope on a hill.

Anyway, even though it’s antagonistic at first, the sister-brother tandem Cody and Jaime seem cool so far. Then we have the sister and sister tandem, that has never been in an argument. We have the youngest and oldest pair. The dad looks to be in great shape. But he has to do it again because evidently you cannot use the rope to get the fish. Honestly, that was in part what made me think it was easy. I did not know that was off limits. Even though the fish are aligned down the line on top of each other, with a gap of rope in between, you have to be a bit more precise when grabbing the salmon. The mom, Ann-Marie, grabbed the fish on her first time. You do have some reaction time on the rope. I am sure at first it’s alarming, but again, there are a few seconds to regain your composure to get the fish without using the rope.

Man, the couple that annoys me get to their second challenge. The woman reads it and then looks around as if it’s impossible. I am dead serious, did they ever watch this show? Do they know how it works? The chick is hot though. The guy is not so hot. They may as well end now. This relationship is toast, but set that aside, they do the challenge.

Honestly, it is very hard trying to keep track and figure out all of the contestants day one, or in Episode 1.

Well, Erin and Javi get through that challenge and I am starting to his beauty. Anyway, the two sisters with 12 people in their family flipped the canoe or kayak. I feel like it is taking a long time to get through Challenge 1 in the Arena.

Why are the other people thinking about using their Express Pass? That makes no sense. The people that won the week used the Express Pass which I maintain day one is not smart. They used it to get what? 5th place when they could have gotten 8th or whatever because you can see where you are at when doing the challenge. The problem with the challenge is only one person could go at a time.

Two people capsized by the way in that kayak, canoe catamaran thing.

Zach and Nate were last and eliminated. They were one of my picks to have never been able to win and that would get knocked early. At first, you get rid of the dead weight and unless some catastrophe hits, the bad players that cannot win do get knocked out. It comes down generally to about 4 to 6 teams that can truly win it. The first week winners to me, copped out and took the easy route to win. But they did win. They also did get through one challenge unscathed and it was done rather well. We can see now what they are made of next week. I see the guy in that tandem hits his head and is bleeding but he is seemingly fine with it. I do hope that I grow to like those two. We will know in one week whether they are real or not.

I stumbled onto this Brothers show, with the first two episodes being great, for my money at least, and I called it the new best thing on TV. The first two episodes are a mockumentary of the families and family life of Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson. The storyline is about how longtime buddies could possibly be biological brothers, since they have so much in common. The stereotypes were great. The self-deprecation is great. The fact that these two families seem great is great. Following these guys and their families is such a great idea. Plus, they do not hold back, and even the parenting is just great. I forget how I know McConaughey’s wife, but I have seen her in so many things. I also love her in anything she did. I think I knew they were married, but I get that mixed up sometimes.

In reality, there are a few storylines so far, and FYI, I have seen three episodes, but I saw the first two at the same time. The mom, by the way, is the same mom from Charlie in Two and a Half Men with Charlie Sheen and Jon Cryer. I also saw her in a movie or TV series lately, but watching her do bong hits is great to see. Woody therefore gets wind from her, basically, that McConaughey and Harrelson had the same father, after what I think was a fleeting sexual whatever she had back in the day. On top of that, McConaughey is thinking about running for governor of Texas. Because of that, they bring in this campaign chief, Gwen Hillcrest Barnes-Davies, who is played hilariously by Lisa Gilroy.

The thing that I love so much is the dynamic between the adults and the kids. Bot families are very much into family.

I do not, however, get why they think rodeos are okay, especially because I believe animal and wildlife activism were mentioned in these episodes. Regardless, because one of Woody’s kids was about to go through a breakup, they pack up the bus to show up at McConaughey and his wife’s house. They seem unfazed by it and even welcome it, but at the same time, Matt has to get through a speech he has to give at his old school about his dad, who just died. But when Harrelson learns that his mom had a sexual relationship with McConaughey’s father while she was separated from Harrelson’s father, he realizes he and McConaughey could be actual brothers.

Religion, faith, and spirituality are brought up a lot. McConaughey is of “faith [and] family,” which is because of his dad. He also says people who believe in Jesus go to Heaven, citing Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 as he prays over a dead deer. Harrelson adds that God considers it a sin to kill an innocent animal. But then they go to a rodeo in Episode 3, which, granted, no one is killing animals there, but they are certainly hurting them as part of that competition. It’s not fun for them to be tackled or ridden on, or to have their legs tied up in fours. That’s not fun for them. That’s why they want them off their backs, and that’s why they run from humans with rope.

By the way, I do not truly believe the storyline that they have the same father will stick. Watching everyone’s dynamic is, so far, the beauty of how funny and great this is so far.

Ted Lasso: Season 4 (2026)

Why the Posts Went Quiet: A Cloudflare Story

No excuses, just an honest update. One of the sites blew up hard enough that daily traffic climbed past 20,000 views, and briefly touched 30,000 once bot traffic got folded into the count. Turns out a big chunk of that spike wasn’t real readers at all, it was bots out of China and elsewhere getting counted as views, which pushed the numbers up in a way that looked exciting but wasn’t telling the truth.

Getting Cloudflare properly installed on August 23 to block that traffic took three straight weeks of living on an SSH terminal, day and night, fighting a tool that was blocking the bots but also occasionally blocking me from doing my own work. Last Friday was the first day in three weeks without a terminal session. The real, human traffic now sits around 12 to 15 thousand a day, which is the honest number, and worth every hour it took to get there.

Lioness Hits Episode 4, and Joe’s Body Count Keeps Climbing

Six episodes into this season and it’s still not entirely clear whether the timeline is running current or circling back to put Zoe Saldaña’s Joe McNamara through another round of torture. This week it was her pinky toe. Whatever’s coming next, the show isn’t letting up.

Man of War Has More Gunfire Than an Entire Season of Strike Back

Spotted LaMonica Garrett, who also appears in Lioness, in this one. Man of War is nearly wall to wall gunfights with almost no dialogue, just relentless action. Garrett plays exactly the kind of hardened soldier the role calls for.

Reacher’s Ending Quote, Explained

The latest episode closes on a genuine cliffhanger. Trapped in the back of a van awaiting execution, Reacher offers Detective Green, played by Sydelle Noel, a piece of hard won philosophy about living and dying on your own terms, the kind of quiet wisdom that’s always made him more than just a guy who wins fights.

Sharp eyed fans will recognize the sentiment. A close variation traces back to Lee Child’s 1999 novel Tripwire, the third book in the series, during a scene at the funeral of Reacher’s former commanding officer. In the book it’s an internal thought rather than something said aloud, but the show has clearly adapted the idea into dialogue, implying Reacher once shared it with Jodie, the officer’s daughter, a character who hasn’t appeared on screen but has been referenced through the investigation.

Every season pulls loosely from one of the novels, and this one is threading Gone Tomorrow with a chronology that runs noticeably different from the book. Season 5 is confirmed to adapt 2015’s Make Me, but a full Tripwire adaptation down the line wouldn’t be a surprise given how much the show has already borrowed from it. Two episodes remain, with the finale landing September 16, and it’s safe money that Reacher makes it out of that van.

Croatian Police, a Mystery Bouquet, and a New Deckhand Who Might Actually Be Good at His Job

Police showed up over a noise complaint about the yacht’s after hours DJ, arriving a full hour after the music had already stopped, and Captain Sandy talked her way out of a citation before it went anywhere. New deckhand Massi made an immediate impression, sharp, funny, and refreshingly unbothered by the Joe and Nathan tension simmering below deck.

Speaking of which, Joe’s continued fixation on Nathan is starting to wear thin, especially with Massi now working closely with the very person Joe seems most threatened by. Meanwhile Coop and Kat’s not so secret fling finally boiled over, Kat in tears, Gen fed up with being caught in the middle, and a mystery bouquet signed only “Ma Reine” turning out to be from Luke, meant for Joy. Gen’s reaction said everything her words didn’t.

And in the category of pure chaos: Aesha’s drunk dance routine into the DJ’s laptop, followed by a full night of eating ramen in the van, is somehow one of the most consistent bits of the season.

Ted Lasso: Season 4 Is Back

The locker room isn’t the one anyone remembers, and that’s very much the point this time around.

Week 9: The Vets Are in Real Trouble

Barrett’s Labor Day weekend HOH win came with a clear target on the Icons alliance, Angela, Devens, and Dee, and someone from that trio is going home this week regardless of who wins Veto. Expect Angela to lean hard into the self deprecating pitch, insisting she’s too bad at the game to be a threat, hoping it’s enough to save her.

The math isn’t kind to the vets right now. Their best path forward is Dee and Devons surviving together and staying aligned as long as possible rather than turning on each other early. The house has repeatedly proven that tight two person alliances outlast the sprawling six and seven person ones, no matter how loyal those bigger groups feel in the moment.

The Challenge: Cutthroat

More to come on this one as the season develops.