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Why do hotels have carpets??? Plus Love is Blind US S8 E7-9 and The White Lotus S3 E2!
EP #35: Ellen wants to travel more but hotels and shared public spaces are so gross!! Whyyyyyy. Plus breaking down episodes 7-9 of Love is Blind Minneapolis and the second episode of season 3 of The White Lotus!
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Hey guys. Welcome back to Reasonably Certain. My name is Ellen. This is episode 35. And I'm just gonna tell you guys what I've put up to this week and kind of do the same thing that we did last week. I need to talk to you guys about Love is Blind season eight Minneapolis and the second episode of season three of the White Lotus. Like, I'm sorry if this is just turning into a pop culture TV podcast for the moment, but are those are what's been captivating me? And also, don't mind my. That just does not look this intense in person. My spray tan arms and the white pale hands after I've washed my hands a million times this week. Just pretend you don't see. Okay? But anyways, like two captivating shows are on at the same time. That's what I like to, you know, analyze. So I figured we could talk about that again today because honestly, I love when there's like good shows going on on TikTok because like my favorite thing after watching, uh, a batch of episodes or after watching the weekly episode is going on TikTok and seeing everyone, you know, analyze the episodes and come up with theories. And I love it. So that's what I'mnna be doing again. But I can, you know, tell you what I've been up to this week. I don't know if that's been anything terribly exciting. All I did was make a pizza at home last week and it didn't even taste that good. It was like one of those char precooked gluten free crusts, which is super convenient. But I think I need to like pre saute the peppers and mushrooms before I cook it because they just like, if you already have precooked crust, you don't actually need to leave the pizza in the oven for that long before the crust starts getting burnt and before the cheese starts getting burnt. But then the peppers are still raw and it's just then like the flavors just. It was honestly not that good of a pizza. So that was kind of a fail. I think with like the precooked pizza crusts. I'm just gonna stick to cheese pizza or like maybe some meat but the vegetables on top, I will just rather eat those separately like on their own. Just like, I don't know. I love a vegetable pizza, but whatever I did last week did not taste that good. Honestly. Maybe it was partially the cheese because I got um, two bags of shredded cheese cause I wanted to mix them and see if I liked it. But I got one bag of mozzarella and then I got one bag of emnol. Um, I don't know if that's. You know what? We're on the computer. Let's look. What is Emmental cheese? Oh, it's from Switzerland. Okay. I never really ate it when I lived in the US But I see it here all the time, so I didn't really like the taste. I think it was quite bitter. Uh, oh, it's common for Swiss fondue. Okay. Maybe that's why. But they're saying you can also eat it on a cracker or grilled cheese. I don't know. Maybe I need to try it plain or, like, not in a bag of shredded cheese. And, like, try, like, a true good slice of Edmental cheese. Because I love cheese, but I feel like I'm in into low key. Kind of ruined the taste of the pizza as well, because I feel like it was kind of bitter. And then I wish it would have just been mozzarella, because, you know, mozzarella is like the pizza cheese. Uh, anyway, so that was kind of disappointing. But I have one more crust left, so I will update you guys. I know. Thrilling. Thrilling. Um, and then I guess the most exciting thing was, um, I went to a wine tasting with Marley, and she got to do my hair, uh, with her new tear mix, uh, blow dryer. So she wanted to test out, like a blow dry, like a, you know, like a professional blowout on me. And so I went to her apartment on Sunday, and we went to wine tasting after. And the wine tasting was at Aguita. You know what? I know it started with, uh, Aguita, but what is it called? Aguita. Uh, wine specialist in Bourne. It was really nice. I learned a lot about wines that I feel like I've gone to wine tastings before. But I think the wine tastings I've been to have not been that educational. Cause they've mostly been about just, like, tasting the wine. But it was interesting to learn about, like, the difference between kava, white wine, orange wine, and red wine. And I already knew that caaba is made in Spain because it's basically the same as champagne. But champagne is made made in the Champagne region of France, and caava is made in Spain. So they're basically the same thing. But they are different, obviously, because of the geographical differences. So we tasted some kava, and then we tasted white wine, and we learned that white wine is made with any type of grape, but there's no skins included in the fermenting process. So that's why it's white. And there's, like, no tannins, which is what contributes to a wine having, like, more of a dry feel. Uh, uh, and then we tried orange wine, which, for the longest time I thought orange wine was actually just made with oranges, but no, it's not. It's just white or, like, white grapes with the skins in the fermenting process. So the white or the skins of the white grapes add some tannins in the end result. And, uh, I've tried a couple different orange wines, and O, not that I know what piss tastes like, but it kind of tastes like piss. I'm sorry. It's terrible. It's terrible. I don't even like red wine that much, but I like red wine more than orange wine. Like, maybe I'll be convinced if I keep trying orange wines and finally find one that I like, but the ones I've tried so far, I'm like, o, that's an interesting flavor that I don't know why anyone would like, but okay. Uh, and then we tried the red wine, and the red wine is just the red grapes with the red skins of the grapes included in the fermenting process. And then he explained us the difference of, like, Brute GR Reserve or, uh, Reserve Grand Reserve, like Kaba. And it's mostly just, like, the length of the aging process. And then he also mentioned with the wine, like, just because it's aged longer doesn't necessarily mean it's always better. And it's also, like, very subjective of what kind of wine tastes you like. So he poured me, like, a mini glass of a wine that's aged in oak barrels for much less time than, like, the other wines we tried. And he's like, maybe you like less of the oky taste. And so when he poured me the red wine that was, like, only in oak barrels for, like, three months instead of, like, years, I was like, um, oh, I wish I tasted more of a difference, to be honest, but I taste a slight difference. And I did prefer the red wine that was in the oak barrels for less time. So he said he also prefers wine that's not so oaky. So he always looks for wines that have been either never aged in oak barrels or, like, for a very short period of time. And then he also mentioned that there's now more wine producers that don't use oak barrels at all. And, like, they use ceramic pots like they used to do in Roman times or something like that. And so then they sell the wine and ceramic bottles, or that maybe that was just the one Brand, he pointed out. But anyways, so now that I know a little bit more about that, I can actually maybe be a bit more conscious about, like, how I choose wine. Because, honestly, I still don't know anything about wine. I just know when I moved to Spain and I asked for white wine that was, like, fresh and citrusy and fruity and not too dry, that they told me that I would probably like a verdejo. And now I am always like, m un de. I hate that I can never say itdejodejo. Um, so I always ask for a glass of that. So if you come to Spain and you don't know which wine to order, but you know you like white wine and you don't want it to be too dry, it's also not too sweet. I prefer a wine that's, like, a little sweet and not super dry feeling in the mouth and not too bitter. So I prefer, like, a little bit fruity, a little bit sweet, but not like a dessert wine. No, no, no, no, no. Like, still, uh, a wine. But I really don't like dry wines. Like, super dry and bitter, and they leave your mouth feeling like you're just, like, sucked dry of any moisture. I do not like that. So, yeah, verdejo is a good option. And that's my safe bet. And I'm probably gonna just stick with that. Um, but the girl, like. Because we went. Marlene and I went, and there was, like, another couple at the wine tasting. And so the girl in the couple said that she prefers cronza red wine. So if you are not a big red wine drinker, she said you might like crayonza. Cause it's not, like, so deep and dry and whatever. So that was my wine tasting evening. And also I went on my first moped ride. That was fun. Cause, um, when we were leaving Marley's house, the road that she lives nearby closes down on the weekends. Like, a lot of streets on the weekends here, or maybe just on Sundays, they will close to just, like, leave it as a pedestrian street for the day. So that, like, there's not as much traffic, and people can just, like, do their pao and, like, have a tapa, and it's much more chill. So the unfortunate part of that is that we were nowhere near a taxi, and we were like, oh, crap, we're running late. Like, we can't really rely on, like, metro. The metro. Or, like, a bus or whatever. It would take way too long. So then she. I always forget this is an option because I do not bike here, and I do not take Mopeds. Like I do not drive here, period. Um, and I'm still too scared to take a bicycle. So she was like, oh, we can just take a Jego. And I was like, oh, right, a moped. I forgot that was an option. Hehe. Um, will I make it a regular occurrence? Well, I'm not going to be driving them, so I won't for sure. But I didn't really think about it. I was like, do we have to wear the helmets? Like, um, that's kind of disgusting. And yeah, you have to wear the helmet because it's illegal to not wear one here. Which for safety reasons I understand. But I was like, wait a minute. It just occurred to me like as we were walking up to theiego and she was like logging in and unlocking the little trunk on the back and I was like, wait, two helmets fit in there? And then I was like, o, you have to wear those after other people wore them and nobody. Like there's no service cleaning them in between people. So I was like, you ew. Disgusting. Ew. There's supposed to be, I guess like a packet of like unused hair net in the trunk that you then put on under the helmet to like help with hygiene. But there was no new hair net in there. So I was like, what's more gross? Using someone's used hairt and then also putting the helmet on or just putting the helmet on. And I was like o. I was like inspecting the helmet and I'm like okay, this is disgusting. But like, uh, e. I'm just going to go with it. Just go with it. Just go with it. Clip it on. You just don't think. La la la la la la. So that's what I was like in my head all night. Like, just don't think about it. Ew, ew, eww, ew. And then I like washed my hair four times when I got home and I was disgusted. But yeah, so I just realized that that was a thing and I was like, oh my God, that's so disgusting. Like I. I'm. It was very fun, don't get me wrong. But if I had my own helmet. Okay, great. But like I don't wanna. Ew. Like nobody's even cleaning it between people. That's so disgusting. So what? Like I was like, wait, people are just going around every day? Like, no wonder Spain has a problem. Like I don't even want to say it out loud because my OCD will hang on to it anyways. So yeah, that was fun though. Like the moped Ride was super fun. I was like, wait, this is like. I felt like Lizzie Magguire when she was in Rome. Like, um, Emily in Paris when she had her little moped ride. I was like, I'm leaving my European best life. Uh, so it was actually super fun to ride on the moped. It didn't feel scary at all. It was, it was actually like, way more convenient than getting a taxi. And it was cheaper. So that's why we chose it as well. Because for the same distance in a taxi, it would have been like€13. And it was like half the price because it was only like a little over €6 on the jiego, uh, for two of us to go that distance. So it was like, not bad. Well, I guess it would have been the same in a taxi. So whatever. It was half the price of a taxi. So I understand why people would use it, but I would rather take a taxi. But we were in a pinch. Like, we really didn't have a choice because we were genuinely far away from where taxis could pick us up. And we were running really late. Um, and it was like a fun experience. Now, almost two years into living here, I can finally check off my first experience on a moped in Barcelona. And I like, woo. It was really fun, but I was just in the back of my head, like, ew, ew, ew, ew, ew, ew, ew. Trying not to freak out about it the whole time. Um, but yeah, no, otherwise it was fun. Like, we learned a lot about wine and I wish I liked wine more. I really wish I did, but it's just one of those things that I'm like, if I'm gonna drink, honestly, just give me like a cocktail with tequila. Like, I just, I'm not usually reaching for a glass of wine because I also don't really like the way I feel when I'm wine drunk. Like, it just makes my stomach hurt and, like, makes me have a headache and I don't know. So I'm not a huge fan of how I feel drunk on wine. It usually just makes me feel a little bit more gross than if I'm drunk on tequila. And if that's the goal, obviously, but maybe if I'm just out for dinner and I don't want to spend €15 on a freaking cocktail, I will get a €5 glass of wine. Because, like, if you get two glasses of wine, that's only€10. If you get two cocktails, that's €30. So then you're. It starts to add up pretty quick. So I mean, not every place is 15 year old cocktails, but honest.###est honestly, a lot of places are. Especially if you're going to like a nicer restaurant, expect it to be €15. So anyways, that was really all I did. That was really all I did. Um, but it was good. I just wish I was more. I feel like I've just been super tired since I got strep and I feel like even though I finished the antibiotics, I'm still just worn down. Like, I don't know, my lymph nodes still kind of feel swollen and I'm just like, I have not been nearly as productive. But I always have to remind myself like, you don't have to be like a robotic machine every week and if you don't check off some of the things on your to do list, like posting way more videos on TikTok and Instagram. Because obviously I always talk about this, but like, my priorities have to come first, right? Like work, cooking, food at home, grocery shopping, um, those things, like just my daily basics always have to come first. And then if I run out of energy by the end of those, I run out of energy. Like, it's just if I'm having a low energy week, I can't like force myself to keep doing more because then I'm reallynna burn out and I will be like down for the count for multiple days. So for the past two weeks I've just been like super, super low energy. Like, understandably, like the strep took me out. It was like on par with when I got Covid, like, took me out. So I was like, yeah. I mean, it only makes sense that it's gonna probably take another 10 days or so to like start feeling a bit more normal again with like normal energy levels. So I'm trying to be like, hey, it's okay if you had to like not be at your peak performance for two weeks. Like, it's fine. So I'm trying to remind myself of that. Um, I'm also trying to plan trips because it's already almost March. Oh my God, like January felt like 50 years long and then February. It always happens like this every year though, because January just feels like dragging. And then February is always a shorter month. So it's just like, boom, February's gone and now we're already almost in March, which I'm happy about because as soon as it hits March here in Barcelona, we finally start getting like a glimpse of spring weather. Um, I mean, I think we already are. Like, the high has been 60 most days. And if the sun is out, you honestly don't need a jacket. So seasonally, people are still wearing jackets here because they dress for the season and not the weather. But you already, like, can start transitioning out of your winter wardrobe by the time it hits March here pretty much. So, like, sometimes you'll get a super hot day by mid March that you can like, already go sit on the beach and you don't need a jacket. So I'm feeling the pressure because I feel like I have to be like, in my cave, working like a workhorse all winter long. Because, I mean, the winter here is s not that long. Let's be real. It's been since like, November. So from like November 1st, let's say so like November, December, January, February, you have like four months of like, I would call winter. Uh, and those four months I'm like, okay, I've got to be like, head down, like, getting as much work done as I can because I'm not quite as social during the winter here. Uh, and then the summer, it's like all of a sudden, as soon as it starts getting warm out, people are just like busy bees. Like, every day of the week there's something. And I'm not going out to do something every day the week, but the pressure to go socialize and go to events and go enjoy, the sun is like, much higher. So then all of a sudden, as soon as it starts getting warm out, people are like, let's go for a boat day. Let's go to the beach, let's go to a cocktail, let's go to a rooftop, let's go to, uh, this event on Thursday night or something. And I'm like, whoa. Like, it takes. It's super fun. Don't get me wrong. I'm very excited for it, but I feel like I need to have my head down now because I know that as soon as it starts getting warm out, people are going to want to be like, outside socializing in the sun. And that takes away time from me being at home working with my head down. It's also very fun and it's good content. Like, it gives me more opportunities to make content. So it actually makes it a bit easier to make content because I'm not forcing it, like, trying to come up with things. I'm just already naturally at something that's kind of fun to take a video or something. Uh, anyway. But yeah, I'm feeling the pressure. Like, oh my God, I only have a few, like, maybe one more month of like, true you know, kind of hermit mode. And then it's gonna be like, go time, go time, go time. The whole summer is just like, go time. I feel like it's like, 1, 2, 3, go. And then it's just like summer, and then everybody's traveling and spending money and it's like, whoa, I need to make more money first. Hold on, hold on, everyone. Wait, wait. I need more time. Um, but, yeah, so I'm also trying to plan trips. I want to go to Madrid and finally spend, like, a true weekend in Madrid. I've never spent the night there. I don't even really know what Madrid is like outside of being there for a day or being there to go to the airport. Like, I've never actually truly spent time there. So I would love to go to the Madrid, visit friends. And then also I want to go to London. I've never been to the uk. Would love to go to the London I was making. You know, as I do, whenever I have a city in mind that I potentially want to go to, I always make a custom Google map. So I was making a custom Google map for London, and I was looking at all these restaurants, like, restaurant recommendations. And first of all, the hotels are kind of honestly disgusting, and they're so expensive. I was like, why are we paying€500 a night for a disgusting hotel? Same as Miami. Like, what is up with these cities that have disgusting hotels but exorbitant rates? I'm like, if I'm paying that much, it better be pristine. Pristine, but they're disgusting. They look like a. They look like a motel. And I'm like, what are we paying €500 a night for? Or €500 a night for whatever. So I'm just like, what? I'll just stay in a cottage. Like, I'll have my little holiday moment. The holiday moment, and stay in a cottage, like 30 minutes outside of town for cheaper and then just hire a private driver every day to bring me into the city. Like, that's crazy. So anyways, I was, like, trying to find hotels that were decent looking. Like, for me, I've talked about this before, I think, but I actually found a website called nocarpethotels.com. is it called that? I think it's. Let me get it right. Yes. Nocarpetotels.com do. And they don't have all the no carpet hotels listed on there. So it's not like a 100%. You can guarantee that it will find every single hotel in the whole world with no carpets on there. But it's like their experiences that they've personally stayed at no carpet hotels. And then they give reviews. So then they have a map of each city of, like, hotels that they've been to that they can personally vouch for. So at least you know that they're, like, vetted and they have no carpets. It's genius. And I've been like, why do hotels have carpet? It's disgusting. Why do hotels have upholstered, uh, headboards? Why do hotels have a bunch of decorative pillows and a decorative little shawl that goes over the end of the bed? That's disgusting. None of these things can be cleaned. Maybe they clean them once a year, if we're lucky, once every six months. And then in between that, nothing. Nothing. It's disgusting. So, like, I don't want an upholstered headboard. I don't want carpet. I don't want a bunch of decorative pillows and furniture. And upholstered furniture. Like, if it can't be wiped clean or washed, I don't want it in my room. I don't want it in my room. I don't need to stay at expensive hotels. In fact, I find that a lot of super expensive hotels want that, like, luxurious look. So they have all this, like, knicknacky stuff and, like, decorative pillows and upholstery everywhere. And I'm like, ew, disgusting. I don't care if it's expensive in like, five star. I don't care. I will stay at a two star hotel if it has hardwood floors. Just a clean bed with, like, a metal bed frame. Even better. Even better. Just no, no decorative shit. I just want white bed sheets and a hard plastic or hardwood desk with a TV and a clean bathroom. I don't even need a nightstand, really. I mean, it would be nice to have, like, some surfaces to put things. But I don't need anything fancy. Just the bed, the tv, maybe a table, and a clean bathroom. Nothing else. So I don't care if it's two stars, if it's five stars. I want that experience. I don't need it to be looking fancy. I don't need it to be, like, so stunning. Of course. Would that help? Of course. But I need it to have the minimal amount of, uh, upholstered surfaces, because you cannot clean those if bodily fluids get on them. No one will know. That's disgusting. So I found a hotel that has hardwood floors and, um, a wooden headboard. And I was like, genius. Okay, love it. At least you can see if there's fluids there and someone will Wipe it up. Disgusting still, because shared spaces in public are disgusting. But at least you can more properly clean it. But a lot of people complain because of sound. So I guess that's the one. Like setback is if you're in a hotel that doesn't have carpet, the sound will reverberate more. Honestly, I don't care. I'm not in a hotel to get like a super peaceful rest. I don't know about you guys, it would be nice. It would be nice. But I'm so high anxiety being out of my element anyway that I'm probably not gonna be very well rested on a vacation no matter where I stay. Because I don't care how clean or how five star the hotel is. All I can think about is that somebody's gross, like mostly naked body was in this bed, like before me, some stranger, and then before them it was another person and then before them as another person and then before that. And so that's all I can think about when I'm there. And I'm like la la la. And so the whole time I'm on vacation, no matter how nice it is, I'm not relaxed, okay? No matter how nice it is, I'm never relaxed. So I don't really expect to have a super luxurious relaxing experience. I expect it to be clean. I expect the communication to be consistent and clear. And I m don't know for what they say online to match what it is in person. That's all I expect. So I don't need it to be perfectly soundless or silent. There's a difference though. Obviously if you can hear like every little creak and noise might be a little annoying, might be a little ridiculous. But I'm not looking for a silent night's sleep. Okay? You're probably in a city, you're probably hearing traffic and sirens and people screaming and drunk people and whatever. I expect that when I go to a hotel. So to me that doesn't bother me. But we each have our requirements, you know what I mean? So in London, I did find one hotel that's new. It's called the One Mayfair Hotel and it's stunning and it's. I mean it's expensive, don't get me wrong. But I feel for the London hotel landscape. Not bad at all. Not bad at all. I saw so many more way more disgusting hotels for like€600 a night. And this one was only like 400, which, hey, only crazy. I know, right? But if you go lower than that, good luck. I don't know what to tell you, it's like. So I'm like, okay, I've got to get a hotel deal somewhere there because I'm not paying that high of a price to stay there. Or I will just get an Airbnb and stay on the metro line or the tube. The tube and do that. Sorry, that was such a long tangent. But I have, I'm very passionate about, um, I will be the annoying person of the friend group that's like, hey, I got to pick the hotel guys. I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Because I just can't or I'm going toa be a raving anxious biach the whole trip. So if you want to travel with me and me to be in a decent mood, I'm just gonna have to be the high maintenance bitch that picks the hotel. Okay? Like that's if you know me, I just need that little bit of like comfort and then I will be fine for the rest of the trip. I can make concessions on many other areas of the trip, but the hotel is like my biggest. Makes me bend over sick and wantna barf thinking about it. So I just, I need to know that the hotel is up to my standards and then as soon as we're there, I'll be good. And now we'll shut up Anyways. Okay, so inna go to Madrid, inna go to London. I wanna go to Miami. I, I want to go to Copenhagen again. I want to go to Milan. So I've got a lot of trips planned. I don't think I'mnna be doing them all this year. I also really want to go to Greece. I mentioned that earlier this year, but I mean, I would love a Greece girls trip, but I'm just like not at the point where I can ask a bunch of my friends to pay for a greec trip because it's just very expensive. And then at least if I go to Miami for a trip, like I'm not asking a bunch of people to meet me there because I already have friends that live there. So like, I'm the only one that would have to like shell out money in that case. Um, yeah. And then for like a law den, at least it's, we can maybe try and find something that works. But like the flight isn't so expensive because I'm already quite close. And then like Madrid is just a train ride away, so. And the Madrid hotels were like very, I was very impressed for the price and for like the cleanliness of my standards. I was very impressed. Cities I have not Been impressed. Miami, London, Boston. What are we doing, guys? What are we doing? So if I'm going to any of those cities, I'm probably. Probably going Airbnb because the hotels are disgusting for the price. Just saying. Let's move on. So I, uh, don't have a ton of time to film today, even though I've already been rambling for a long time. But let's move on to Love is Blind. We got to see on Friday episodes seven, eight, and nine. And so in episodes seven and, like, part of eight, we were in Honduras, which I think is new. I thought they were always going to Mexico for their honeymoons, but maybe the budget was dedicated to the music this season because they have actual copyrighted music this season, uh, which I didn't even really notice, to be honest. So they could probably go back to the AI generated music. Like, I don't really care about hearing a popular song in a Netflix show like Love is Blind. I don't really care. So, um, Love or Love island is different. I love the music they choose for Love Island. But in Love Is Blind, like, not gonna lie. It's. It's totally different vibes. And I don't really care about hearing copyrighted music and Love Is Blind. So, like, they can take that budget and put it somewhere else. You know what I mean? Um, so everyone was joking, like, oh, maybe they used all the budget for the hotels on the music, so that's why they're in Honduras this time. I don't know. But the hotel they stayed at in Honduras looked really nice. So I don't think it's, like, an issue, but people were just joking about it. So we see them in Honduras on their honeymoon. Honestly, pretty uneventful. The only things that really stuck out was, like, Lauren ended up saying after the fact. Like, recently she said the producers kind of like, ed, uh, or the show edited the scene of her talking about, like, her 24 hours post bikini wax. They, like, made it seem like she wanted to have sex with David right away and, like, she was sad that she couldn't. But she said the reason why she brought it up was she was actually sad that she couldn't go to a spin class because we didn't really know at that point that I think they said she works part time at a spin class place. Um, because then we see them in, like, episode eight, I think, go to spin class together in Minneapolis. So she wanted to go to spin class when she was there, and she was, like, disappointed that she couldn't. But then they made it look like she was like, so we can't have sex? Like, m Dang it. But they don't have sex, like, during the trip. And then at the. Well, what do we call it? Like, the night where everybody meets up. Finally, all the couples meet up in Honduras. David is just going around asking everyone if they've had sex yet. They, like, make a little, like, montage out of it of him asking everyone. And everyone's like, oh, you're asking that? Like, okay. And I think, like, Virginia lied. And she was like, no, but I mean, like, I think they did. And then I think Taylor also lied because her and Daniel, I think they did the first night. I'm, um. Because they made a joke about someumb wrestling till 1am Maybe that was not the. You know, whatever. Obviously they kind of must have done m something. And she was like, no, no, we haven't done that. And then I loved the exchange between Taylor and Daniel where Taylor was like, well, you better treat Lauren well. And how do you know you're not keeping her up at night? Like, how do you know that you're not snoring and keeping her up? That's why she pees so much. Because that's the other thing Dave kept bringing up is that Lauren pease so much. And it was like, okay and okay. And, like, shut up anyways. And then also, Dave is, like, negging Lauren at, like, every chance he gets, he's making comments about Molly on the boat, and then he's making comments about Lauren's hair. And then, like, I don't know, any chance he gets, he's saying something that's, like, backhanded a little bit. Um, and it was just very annoying to watch. Virginia and Devin seemed. Honestly, all the couples seem to get along very well. Like, they all seemed pretty good. Um, as far as, like, there's no really drama on the trip at all. Like, even when they all saw each other, they were all like, oh, we all seem, like, really good fits. So it was like, there wasn't much to show besides Dave being a douchebag to Lauren and asking everybody if they've had sex. That was about it. Like, there wasn't much else that happened. Um, and then we move back to Minnesota, and I was honestly crying when I saw this because I was like, that's my hometown. And I was, like, feeling kind of homesick when I saw it, and I was like, ugh. So that made me a little sad. But I also loved seeing the conversation between Virginia and Devin. And then Virginia with Devin's family about the prenup and Virginia being like, oh, yeah, like, I don't want to take away from your basketball empire. And we all know that she. Well, she, like, clearly makes more money than him. Um, but she doesn't want to. You know, maybe they get married, but obviously this is not a typical timeline for marriage. So it's very highly likely that they will get divorced if they do go through with the marriage. So obviously, if she makes way more money than him, he's still basically a stranger to her. And then if they get divorced, like, all of that that she worked for is just going to go to this random man. I mean, it would be the same either way. Like, they barely know each other, so this would be kind of insane. And so she was just saying, like, oh, like, a prenup is a very normal thing that, like, in this day and age, we should. We should all be having one. Like, it's not something that's rude. It's not something that's, like, assuming that you're going to divorce. But she's like, just being realistic. You should just have one. Also, it's like, only fair. Like, you leave with what you came with, but if you built something together, then you split it 50. 50. I'm like, yeah, that, to me, seems very fair. So she was telling his family, like, that's all I really wanted the prenup for, like, whatever. And then Devin's sister was like, u. Um, so are you worried about kids? Because you're already 30, like, 34 or 33. And she's like, well, I was already, you know, considering freezing my eggs. And I'm like, okay. The sister's, like, way too worried about. Way too worried about this. Um, but, yeah, so Virginia maneuvered the conversation about the prenup and the conversation with Devin's family beautifully. She's, like, so smart, so intelligent, so clever, so talented, so sweet. So loved watching that. And then we got the scene that, uh, Joey and Monica go to visit her family and her family seemed cute. Honestly, I was like, oh, it's kind of nice to see, like, a Minnesota family in their home. Like, it makes me feel a bit homesick. But then we find out that Monica's sister's boyfriend started by talking to Monica, and then Monica was like, oh, I actually think you were like, my sister. And then now, I don't know for how long yet. They seem pretty serious. But Monica's sister and her. The boyfriend have been together for a while now. And then Joey made a joke like, oh, he's just Playing the long game to still get together with Monica one day. Like, he was making a joke. I think it was honestly pretty funny. But the sister, everyone was laughing, but the sister was not laughing. And then we have this little moment where the mom's like, let's have a little family fun moment. And I Joey handled it so well. Like, no offense, it was their family seems very sweet. But imagine going to someone's house. You don't even barely know them. You've only hung out with them for like a week at this point in Honduras. And then you come home and you meet their family, talk for like, let's say an hour. They bring out a basket of random instruments and go, just start playing one. What? And like jumping up and dancing around. He handled it really well because I think I would have been sor. So nervous and so cringe. But it was still kind of wholesome. It was still kind of sweet. Like, he handled it really well becausee it could have gone pretty weird. Like, a lot of people would have been like, what? I'm not doing this. Uh, so he handled it well. But then we see the scene where Monica's sister and Monica go out to the firepit and Monica'sister'like well, you know, I always thought I would get married before you. Like, I am five years older than you. What? Like, for example, I've never had a boyfriend. I'm 29. My sister's 25. My sister'getting married this fall. I would never be like, u. Um. Well, honestly, are you sure? I feel like I should be getting married before you. What? That's a crazy thing to say. So I don't know personally and from what I've seen a lot of other people say on TikTok and stuff, like, it's very obvious that Monica's sister has like some sort of jealousy issue or grudge that she's like, subconsciously or consciously holding against Monica. And so then we had a very nice conversation and I was actually really, really impressed with Joey. I think I also feel connected with him a little bit because he, um, talked about how he has OCD and that he's gone to a lot of therapy for it and whatever. So I was like, okay, I get that. Like, I feel that, you know, I feel connected with him. But we see this conversation with Joey and Monica back in the apartment together and Joey is like, hey, well, you know, I'm happy to talk to your sister if you want me to, but it kind of sounds like something that maybe you and her should talk about. But I'M happy to talk to her, but maybe it's something like you should talk about because it sounds like she's maybe jealous. Clocked it. He like, I don't know, uh, he handled the conversation so well. Again, like this season is a bit boring. Honestly, it's actually quite boring. But I am like kind of happily surprised to see so many people with like pretty healthy communication skills. It's actually. And especially seeing like Joey, like as a man with like really healthy communication skills, I was like, wait, I hope he doesn't like turn into a douchebag later on. Because right now I'm actually really a big fan of him. Just for the fact that he's like clearly gone to therapy. He knows conflict resolution. He knows how to navigate these kind of like difficult interpersonal interily dynamics. And with Monica, he's not being like accusatory, he's not being mean. He's just saying like, hey, I'm happy to talk to her, but you know, it sounds like something that maybe you should speak with her first. And you know, she doesn't actually have to like me. And Monica's like, no, no, no, she has to like you. And he's like, well, she doesn't have to like me. Like, that's between you and her. I can still love you and you can still love me. And it doesn't have anything to do with her actually. Um, so I was like, okay, wow, Go Joey. Like, that was super impressive. All while he's folding laundry and they're just hanging out. I was like, I love this dynamic. I'm loving it. And then I was crying even more because we saw the scene with um, Daniel bringing Taylor to his house to meet his family. And his family is so sweet. So sweet. He still has the high school photos and the childhood photos up on the wall. His parents and his sister were so sweet. And I was just like, oh my God, he must be a really good guy. Like, I hope he doesn't screw it up because he does seem like really sweet. Like on the honeymoon he was uh, so nice. And Taylor was like, I'm gonna cry. Like, I've never had a guy be this nice to me before. And he was like, really? Like, all I'm doing is just telling you how much I like you and like spending time with you and appreciate you. And she's like, I know, no one's ever been that nice to me before. And I was like, me too. But it was actually really sweet. Like he's clearly very caring and empathetic and his Parents are really nice. Like, from what we've seen, they were, like, super understanding. Um, they were like, we've raised Daniel to be well. Like, we're glad that he's finally opening up and letting you in his life. It was so sweet. It was so sweet. And then they were comparing, like, how the experiment is supposed to be. Love is blind, so you can't actually see the other person. And Daniel's sister is blind, and she's like, I think it's really cool that you got to kind of step into my world for like a second a little bit, because you couldn't see the person you were talking to, and you'd have no idea what they look like, and you could still fall in love with them without knowing what they look like. And so I thought that was a really sweet moment because she's like, now you kind of know what it's like for me to try and, like, you know, interact with people just on a day to day basis. And he just did that the one time in the pods and she's like, this is like what it's like all the time for me. So that moment with his family was so sweet, and it made me even more homesick because I was like, o, there's such a sweet Midwestern family. And, um, then we cut to the scene with Ben and Sarah and all of Ben's friends. Okay, so I made a bunch of TikToks about this batch of episodes. And, um, a lot of people were saying, like, those are Ben'friends they're on his Instagram. Didn't you look at Jack? No, because I already know he's terrible. So I don't want to go look at his Instagram and see more terribleness. I don't want to look. And I'm also making a joke. Sure, maybe they're his friends, but we all understand, right? Everyone who's watching the show is on the same page. We all understand that given that Ben didn't vote, he's giving very much. Baseball. Douchey frat boy. He's giving, um, white man who doesn't didn. Well, he didn't vote and he's o. I like, like, speaking about the LGBTQIA community. I like that community. Those people. And then not wanting to speak about, like, George Floyd or racism. So we have a certain idea of who he is. And then from other videos online, we've already found out that he's just terrible. And the, uh, relations that he's had with women, that so many women have had terrible experiences from him so before we get to this episode, we have him in the pods being an ignorant white man, and then we have evidence online of women who have had terrible experiences from him. So these are like, uh, the information. This is the information we have of Ben so far. All terrible to me. Complete douchebag. So we get to this scene and I'm expecting a bunch of, like, sales Bros. White Sales Bros. To be like, o, yeah, Ben, what's up? And then we have, like, a nice, beautiful, diverse group of friends that seem really nice. It's no bash on them. The friends seem great. Everybody thought they were Sarah's friends because that would have made a lot more sense. So everyone was like, these are not Ben's friends. These are not Ben's friends. Like, there's no way. Uh, even I was like, these are hired people. Or maybe they're his friends, right? Maybe. But there would be an advantage to very be very selectful in who you pick or selectful, be very selective in who you pick to show up on this particular scene. Right? Because if he just picked a group of, like, douchey wrap rows that he goes to the bars with, it wouldn't look that good. You know, uh, based on the image we already have of him, would match, but wouldn't really look that good. So everyone was thinking, like, he either hired these people or maybe they're his friends, but he's selectively choosing like, okay, we got a gay one, we got an Asian one, we got a, uh, I guess a white one, and then, like, maybe a Hispanic one. We kind of covering a lot of the bases here. So everybody was like, is this just a DEI friend group? Like, what are we doing? Because everyone was expecting, like, a bunch of Bens to be his friends. Like, a bunch more Bens. U. Um, so then, like, Lana, I think her name is, um, was like, I'm not a DEI higherire friend. I'm his real friend. La la la. And everybody's like, those are his real friends. Um, actually, I've been friends with his friends for a long time, and they're actually his friends. Okay, why are you friends with him? That's my question. Oh, you're so proud of being his friend and you're actually his real friends. Ra. We're Ben's friends. Why are you friends with him? Because I'm like, over here. Like, uh, you're saying that out loud on a public platform and you're proud of it. Okay. Okay. So anyways, yeah, I even got a comment from a girl that was like, I've Been friends with his friends for years. And I know that they're actually friends with Ben. I'm like, so I've been made aware, okay? And I don't care. So anyways, moving on. We get the scene of David absolutely gaslighting Lauren in his kitchen. Because once David and Lauren get home, he's obsessed with, oh, my sister, my m sister, my sister. Everyone's like, okay, then just go fuck your sister. Then, like, what are we doing? And then he's talking about, like, oh, my friends, uh, uh, my friends are friends with the guy that you were hooking up with before you got on the show. How are you? How do you know you're ready for marriage if you were just hooking up with a guy like, a week before you got on the show? And she's like, I wasn't hooking up with the guy a week before we got on the show. I might have seen him, but we were not hooking up, like, a week before we started filming. And he's like, well, my friends say you were. And she's like, well, I wasn't. And then they go to the spin class, and her friends are like, we know him. We know her. That did not happen. And he's like, well, well, I'm getting two different stories here. Um, how do you even know you're ready for marriage? And so everyone's coming to the conclusion online. Like, David Fruity. But also he seems like he's down the incel red pill pipeline so hard. Like, if someone else's dick was in her too recently, and it was a guy that he is in the same, you know, social circle as, because it seems like they basically have, you know, similar social circles. And that I guarantee, when he found out who it was, he pegs that man as lower than him. So in his mind, he's like, ew, you liked that guy and you hooked up with him, and it was recently. So then all of a sudden, he's getting the IC about Lauren, which is not fair, but that's what's happening. But he's trying to turn it on Lauren and make her feel like crap so that he doesn't get the bad guy at it, so that she breaks up with him and he doesn't look like a douchebag for not wanting to marry her just because she hooked up with some guy that he deems, like, lower than him. So that was terrible to watch because she's crying like, I'm telling you the truth. I've told you everything. I don't know what Else I can tell you to reassure you, like, what else do you need to know? And he's just standing there like, um, yeah, I don't really want to keep talking about this. And she's, like, crying. So that was disgusting to watch. And then we get the scene with Ben and Sara where Sarah sees the video that Andre made on TikTok, like, a year ago, because the cast got leaked, like, when they started filming a year ago, and people knew that they were filming in Minneapolis. So then Andra, she has, uh, an account on TikTok called, like, Hope you find your dad or something like that, um, whatever. So she made a video crying. And he was like, I don't know why she would be crying. Like, we, uh, only hung out. It was like four years ago, and we only went on, like, two dates. And Sarah's like, why would she be crying if it was, like, not that big of a deal and it was four years ago, like, why would she still be crying about that? But then Andra made another video clearing up that she was crying because she's just so frustrated with not only her experience, but so many other women came forward and told her about their terrible experiences with Ben. So she has all of these experiences and knowledge of how Ben acts towards women. And then the knowledge that he also got casted on the show. And that's why she made the video that she was, like, crying because she was so frustrated that terrible men like Ben that have all these terrible experience, uh, have been terrible to so many women are getting casted on tv. So that's why Andre was crying. It wasn't because of, like, her direct experience with him, although it was also terrible. But that wasn't, like, the main reason why she was crying. It was mostly because she had knowledge of all these other women that came forward. And so that's why she was, like, making the video in the first place. And Ben's like, I can't remember. Oh, she blocked me. And M. I blocked her. And then M and I can't remember, did we make out? Uh, did we go on dates? Like, he's pretending like he can't remember. And Sarah's like, side eyeing him like, M. Mmm. But why would she be crying then? So I'm really hoping we see in the next batch of episodes that Lauren breaks up with, uh, David, that Sarah breaks up with Ben, and then I hope that Monica talks with her sister and. Yeah, but I think the only couple we're gonna see get to the altar or maybe two couples. No, I think we'll have three couples, so I think we'll have Virginia and Devin, Taylor and Daniel and Monica and Joey maybe. Or maybe they'll get right up to the altar and then be like, ah, I chicken out. But I think those are the only three couples that are really viable at this point. Um. Um, I think Sarah's gonna start seeing through Ben's bullshit. At least I hope. I really hope. But she also did make excuses for him in the pods when he was like, I don't really, you know, get into politics. I didn't vote in the last election. So she already made excuses for him once. Like, wouldn't be that shocked if she did it again. Um, but that was the Love is Blind recap. I mean, they only gave us three episodes after six pod episodes. And in general, it's been quite boring. But I think I'm also super interested in it because I'm literally from Minnesota and I'm from the Twin Cities area. So, like, this is very close to home for me. And it's also just sweet to see, like, even though I do not know the main people that are on the show right now, um, I'm not friends with them. I've never met them. I think. I'm sure I have mutual friends with them. And also, like, they're in my home city. So it's, like, nice to just see people from where I'm from, you know? It's very. It's very sweet. Let's move on to White Lotus Season 3, Episode 2. I'm very excited again. I took a lot of notes. Oh, I didn't tell you guys I did my hair on Saturday. That's what I did. So I don't know if you can tell. This is so random. I totally forgot to mention that I was like, what did I do on Saturday? Oh, yeah, I did my hair. Um, so that video will be coming very soon. But anyways, let's move on to White Lotus. Oh, um, my God, I'm just so excited to see what happens next. I think this episode was a little less exciting than the first episode, but we still have to build some storyline, and then I think we'll get a bit more exciting stuff in the next episode. Uh, we will see. We will see. So we open the episode by starting with the girlfriends. Um, but this time we just have Kate and Jacqueline, and we're basically starting where we left off at the end of episode one, where, like, Lari left them. She took the bottle of wine, she went up to her room and she saw them, and she was like, and then we see Kate and Jacqueline, you know, gossiping or whatever. So then we resume that conversation, but this time, we see it just Kate and Jacqueline, and we know that Lari is up in her room. So the girls start gossiping, you know, as they do, and we get Jacqueline talking about, I needed to look this up. Palimony. I thought she made up a word. I was like, is that when you just pay your pal alimony? Like, what is palimony compensation paid by one member of an unmarried couple to the other after separation? I thought it was alimony. Yeah. Okay, so the difference between the two is that alimony is support paid by a husband or wife to a spouse, while palimony is support paid by an unmarried partner to an unmarried partner. Well, wouldn't that basically just be the same thing? Like, aren't you gonna usually pay alimony when you get divorced, so you wouldn't technically be married anymore? Duh. Uh, isn't that the whole point South Denver law? Let's see what they have to say about it. Palimony refers to the legal division of finances and properties for couples that are not legally married but have been living together. Okay, so then through Jacqueline saying palimony, then we're assuming that Laie was not married to her husband before they got separated. Ah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, so alimony. They were married before. Palimony is for pals. They were just pals. They were never husband and wife. They were just pals. So that's a good way to think about it. Alimony is for marriage, and palimony is for pals. So I guess she was not married to her husband then. That's interesting. Uh, so Jacqueline's like, oh, yeah, and she's still paying palimony to her ex husband or to her husband, whatever. Um, and then Kate says her daughter Ellie turned into a rebel and was kicked out of two schools and started throwing furniture. And then Kate rags, um, on Laurri's decision to her raise her kid in New York. She's like, those kids start sucking each other off at 8 years old. It's crazy. And then Jacqueline mentions, it seems like Lari didn't get partner at her. So now we know that Lori was obviously, like, a lawyer or she is a lawyer or something and was planning to get a big promotion. And then it seems. We don't know for sure, but it seems like it never happened, according to the ladies. And Kate says, no wonder she looks defeated. Oh, girl. She's digging right in. And Jacqueline's like, I thought you said she looked great. And Kate's like, well, well. So we get some backtracking, like, oh, you said. You said we're already getting it. And then Lori bangs on the door, and it sounds like gunshots. So we're already starting to be like, what? Just Lari banging on the door. How long was she listening? We don't know. Maybe she heard a lot. We don't know. So she bangs on the door, scares them. We don't know how long she was standing there listening to the gas. Um, but they gas up. Lori, once she comes in, she's like, yeah, I forgot my bag with my phone charger. And they're like, lari, we're just so happy we get to spend time with you. Like, you're the best. Like, no, I want to spend time with her. No, I want to spend time with her. And Laurri's like, I know you bitches were just talking shit about me, so I'm gonna go to bed. And so that was the little opening scene of episode two. Then we get a little montage of everyone waking up in the morning. We see Piper doing yoga. We get a shot of just straight up Saxons butt cheeks. And then we just get a shot of Loughan staring right into the crack. Right into the crack. And, um, u. Victoria's snoring. You know, very typical Victoria. And then Timothy immediately checking his phone upon opening his eyes. And then we get Belinda's alarm. I hate when people do this. I don't want to hear the alarm. It's so triggering the freaking iPhone alarm. I was like, oh. And then they played it, like, four more times. I was like, we get the points. She's waking up. Holy shit. And then we have guy talk and Mooc arriving at work. And guy talk is like, I want to have lunch with you today. And she's like, I normally have lunch with the girls. And he's like, I want to have lunch with you. And she's like, okay. And then we have the Ratllof family at breakfast. And of course, Victoria clocking, you know, always talking about her lorazepam. I should have taken myel Lorazepam. And then Kate and the girls are coming, you know, to breakfast as well. They walk by the Ratlov family. Kate's like, hey, you were on the boat, right? To Victoria. And she's like, I think I thought I recognized you. And I finally placed it. Um, we met. Do you know Claireapovich? Right? She's one of my best friends in Austin. We met at a baby shower in Austin. Don't you. Do you remember me? And Victoria's like, yeah, yeah. M mhm. Yeah. And so Kate is like awkwardly standing there way too long and Victoria's being a bitch and so they have that little interaction. Who's Claire Paaichch? I don't know if that name is going toa be relevant later on, but I assume that Victoria actually doesn't remember, but she doesn't want to come off as seeming like too airheady and like addicted to pills. So she's just like, uh, I don't. It wasn't even poor and it was 10 years ago. Watch it be like a year ago. But um, I don't think it was actually 10 years ago. I think she's just saying that to save face because Lohlan was like, mom, why were you so rude to her? Like, she was just trying to be nice. And Victoria's like, she's just some random woman I met at a party. Like I don't even care. So Kate doesn't really get the hint to leave the table. She finally leaves. Victoria's like, it was 10 years ago. Watch it be like a year ago. And she can't even remember because she was on so much medication. That's my hypothesis anyway. Um, or maybe Claire Popovich is a key player somehow. And like the other theory was like, people think that Victoria is s trying to save face and like maybe Kate is a blabbermouth or like she doesn't want to uh, implicate Timothy in anything, so she doesn't want to like get too close with Kate or whatever or like talk about her relationship with Claire. And my other thought was that she actually is mortal enemies with Clair. So she was like, I don't want to talk about Claire, you dumb bitch. She's a whore. That was kind of. Oh, that would sounded kind of intense. But that was my vibe. Like either or both. It could be both. But my vibe was that uh, Victoria was probably so high on pills she doesn't even remember. And it was probably way more recent than 10 years ago. I think she just said that to save face. And also my other thought was like, is she mortal enemies with this so called Claire Popovich character? Maybe. Maybe she's mortal enemies and she's like, why are you bringing up my enemy, you bitch? That could have also been it. Kate also mentions that she just saw Claire right before she left for the trip. I don't know if that's relevant. I think it would be relevant if Claire becomes a key player later on. Or it was just a comment. She made it hard to say at this point. So, uh, Laughlin asks why she was rude, blah, blah, blah. We get to that point, she's like, it was blah, blah, blah. Then they start talking about actresses because they're like, well, you know, her friend over there is this famous actress. And Victoria's like, why should I care? All actresses are prostitutes if they're lucky. And then their whole family is s. Like, you know, like, the rich people laugh. And then we switch to MOOC with Rick and Chelsea, and she's, you know, like, confirming their appointments for the day Chelsea signed Rick up for therapy. And he's like, I'm not going to that. And Chelsea's like, yes, you are. And so then whatever. We see that, you know, Chelsea is basically forcing Rick to go to therapy. And then we see Valentine come over to the girlfriend's table and, uh, tell them about setting up their biomarker tests. Jacline or when he leaves. Then we. I mean, we knew this was going to happen from episode one. Like, one of them is going to hook up with Valentine, obviously. So then Jacqueline looks at Loie and she's like, you are the only single one here, so you've got to try that. And Laurie's like, what? No. Uh, no. I'm already getting the sense, though, like, from this episode that Jack maybe doesn't like her husband that much, and she's just pretending like they're so in love, but actually it's like a loveless marriage. Um, or. And. Or she's just so competitive that she can't let Lari have Valentine. So I think that she's going to go for Valentine because she just can't see Lari get something that she also wants. So I, uh, think they're both go goingna be fighting over Valentine. Then we move to Pornch. Chai and Belinda doing their signature treatments on each other, you know, for their program. Uh, so then porn Shai does the warrior massage on Belinda. I don't know if that's significant, but I thought I would mention it. So we see Victoria and all the rest of the Ratliffe family going to their, you know, daily activities. Victoria's popping pills for her massage. I thought that was kind of wild. And then she jumps. She, like, flops herself on the bed. I was like, that seems kind of out of character for her. But, like, okay, go off. Queen Piper goes to yoga. There's a creepy loser back home, lbh at the yoga class with her who keeps staring at her, like, super creepy, like, in every single pose. He's, like, staring at her. Uh, and then I realized in this scene that we didn't see her go to the temple to set up a meeting. Because in the first episode, she was like, oh, ll go, I'll do it tomorrow. And then, well, we're in the tomorrow, and she didn't do it. Maybe it was irrelevant and she set it up, but I think we would have seen that. So it's interesting that she's like, I'll do it tomorrow. And then she just never did it. Um, so we didn't see her go to the temple again yet. And then Laughan. I found it was interesting that he went to the sensory deprivation tank and then Saxon in his, like, creepy close up for his massage. I don't think this was intentional that they. I mean, I know that they chose this shot and him being all creepy like that, licking his lips and stuff. U for a reason. But it immediately reminded me of the Disturbed album cover from 2000. I'll put it on the screen. I don't think that's what they were going for. But in my head, immediately I was like, album cover. Creepy, gross looking album cover. Uh, so that's what that reminded me of. But in general, maybe it's his teeth, too, but, like, he just reminds me of, like, a shark. So then Timothy's on the phone again, freaking out. This time he's getting a request from the Washington Post, not the Wall Street Journal. So now we have two publications trying to get quotes from him for this, like, scandalous story that's going out. So he's like, wait, it's not from the Wall Street Journal. And they're like, no, it's from the Washington Post. And he's like, what? So he's freaking out. We see Lari and Valentine. Valentine's like, these markers could be of a woman half your age. And Laie's like, oh, tell me more. Uh, uh, we see that, like, Lari, she's feeling it. She's like, okay, Valentine. I could get into it. I could get into it. Um, we see Chelsea at her massage. I don't know. I mean, all of this is important, right? But it's just so many details that I'm like, oh, maybe. Maybe it will just be brushed over. I don't know. But she goes, oh, I'm in enneagram9. That means I'm a peacemaker. But I'm also complacent. So, I mean, obviously it seems quite obvious, um, based on her nature, but maybe she will become. Since, like, this is, you know, a week of maybe A reality check for everyone at the resort. Maybe she will no longer be complacent by the end of the week because she will have to be forced through something that forces her not to be complacent. That was kind of my thought when she mentioned that. And then she also said that the masseuse is probably an enneagram 2. And she's like. I think a lot of like service providers are an enneagram 2. I don't know. I don't even know what is an enneagram to. Twos are empathetic, sincere and warm hearted. They are friendly, generous and self sacrificing, but can also be sentimental, flattering and people pleasing. Hmm. I hm, wonder if enagramss will come up more often in the rest of the season or if that was just like a one off comment. And then we see Rick at therapy with Amrita. She's like, do you feel or how do you feel? He says, I don't know. He says he's always at an 8 in terms of stress levels, but weed helps. His mother was a drug addict and OD when he was 10. His dad was murdered before he was born. So we know that like his family, he came from obviously a kind of, um, um, you know, broken family, unfortunately. And that maybe his dad was in some shady business dealings. If he was murdered, maybe. I'm just trying to connect the dots because if Rick is there to maybe do some shady business dealings with Jim Hollinger, then maybe his dad also was kind of in the same line of work of this and that, you know what I mean? Um, and he says he never had an identity. He is already nothing. Whoa. So we got that little tidbit from Rick and then we see Victoria. She mentions that they're in Villa 4. I don't know if that has any significance, but I noticed that she's ordering room service. Saxon comes back from his massage and is making a ruckus. But Victoria's not even mad. She's laughing the whole time. She's like, sax. And I'm on the phone. My son, he is just so silly. He tells or saon tells Victoria and Piper that he didn't get a happy ending from his massage. That's why he's upset, because he got a boner like as soon as the lady started touching him. Ew. Um, so he's all upset that he didn't get ay happy ending. Victoria laughs her ass off. She's like, sex and you are so funny. Uh, and then we see Timothy come in he's freaking out. He says they're on the opposite end of the earth from humanity. I don't know if that also has something to do with it. I think, like, he's considering that humanity in Thailand is not the same humanity that's in the US or the people that he's trying to talk to. We cut back to porn. Chai and Belinda. And Por. Chai comes out shirtless. And then Belinda's like, jaw dropped. I'm down for it. I'm down for it. Come down right here. Let's get it on. Let's get it on. Yeah. So we're gonna see, I think. I hope we get a little porn. Chaienn Belinda. Love story. That would be cute. And then we see Guy talk at lunch with Mooc. He tells Mooc that he likes her. Mooc says that they've never been on a date. And she's like, don't be stupid. Don't be weird. Guy talk. And he's. I felt so bad for him. I was like, no. So after we see Mooc interacting with him for the past two episodes, I'm kind of, like, thinking that Mooc might be a villain. I kind of think so. Because how are you going toa look at Guy Talk after he's been so sweet to you and just be like, don't be stupid. Be, like, a little nicer. Like, he was so sweet. And he's like, I can. He's like, I might not be as smart as you, but, like, I'm really handy and I can do a lot of things. And she's like, no, no, no, we're not doing this. So, I mean, I get it, like, if she really doesn't like him, but I'm starting to think that she's maybe entangled with the people who did the robbery at the end of the episode. We're not there yet, though. So they're at lunch, and she's just like, d't be weird. And I'm like, no, that's so sad. And then we go to Rick and Chelsea. And so Chhloe stops at their table later on. But then they say, oh, we're gonna leave so Rick can have a nap. So then we see the girls at the beach on the lounge chairs. And I noticed, like, in all the scenes with the girls that are all three of them together, Kate is always looking at Jacqueline. And when Kate is speaking, she's never, like, looking at Lari. She's always speaking to Jacquelyline. So just in that subtle way, they're already cutting out Laurie from the conversation because Kate is always speaking to Jacqueline, Even if Lari was, like, the one who was talking last, she's always speaking to Jacqueline. So we see Lari already being, like, metaphorically cut out of the conversation. Jacqueline says, oh, Valentine said I have the numbers of someone half my age. And then, um, Laurie's like, oh, I'm sorry, but, like, he said that to me too. So maybe he says that to everyone. So then we see another piece of evidence that Jacqueline, like, is having a weird competitive edge. And, like, she's obviously not happy that Lari also heard that from Valentine, too. And she's, like, clearly thinking that she's better than Laurie, because when Laurie said that she had, like, less than 25 body fat percentage, Jacqueline was like, really? Oh. And Laurie's like, yeah, why are you surprised? And she's like, oh, well, I had the same. So we see. I thought it was interesting that Jacqueline made a dig at Kate, because Kate was like, oh, my numbers are just average. And Jacqueline says, I'm sure living in Austin, the food is probably fattier. I mean, she might not be totally wrong. But I was like, oh, she's devious. So thenway, um, anyway, we find out after this, you know, little tiff, you know, between them, Jacqueline starts talking about her husband, Harrison. We find out his name is Harrison, and he's 10 years younger than Jacqueline. So she's already feeling the pressure that, like, he might look at younger girls and want a younger girl. Like, why is he with me? I'm so much older than him. Uh, she feels the pressure to always be looking young and healthy and, like, beautiful. Um, Laie's like, well, you've only been married for a year, so you might be in the honeymoon phase now, but don't get too used to it. And Jacquelyline's like, no, I think. I think we'll always. We'll always stay in the honeymoon phase. Like, we love each other. So then we see Chelsea and Chloe, but Chloe says her husband Gary was rude to her. And we're like, gary, who is Gary? Who is Gary? Who is Gary? So, okay, we have Greg that changed his name to Gary, or Gary who changed his name to Greg. We don't know. We have Gary slash Greg. And then Chloe says, So I said, that's not good enough. Give me the credit card. So now Gary gave Chloe a credit card. That's Tanya's money. We think. We think. But I'm like, that's Tanya's money. And so then Chloe's like, want to go to the shop with me? They decide that they're gonna go shopping together. But before they do that, Saxon walks by and he's like, ladies. And Chloe's or no. And then Chelsea's like, oh, he's from a family of wancas. I just love when british people say wankeas. Then we see Piper and laughan in the hammocks. In the sea. The ocean. And Piper's like, oh, did you meditate in the tank? Laughan's like, no, but I did try to pray. And then Piper's like, oh, well, did you feel a presence? And Loughan's like, no. And Piper's like, I always feel a real presence when I pray. And I'm like, really? Okay, so we know that Piper's like, she's like, down deep in the buddhism, she's like, I feel a real presence when I pray. Loughllin immediately goes, saxon says, you've never had sex. It sounds like he's like, mom, Saxon says, you've never had sex. Um, and then Piper's like, he doesn't know what I want. I do. And then lachan goes, it's because you're so hot. Huh, huh, huh, huh. Have you, though. Okay, laughan, drop it, weirdo. So then we see Chelsea in the store with Chloe. Chelsea really wants the snake choker. They pull it out. But then. Well, we'll get there in a second. So we see guyt talk and Valentin at the security stand. And I think valentin stopped under the gate on purpose so that he would distract guy talk. And I think valentine's in on this little robbery situation because he stopped perfectly under the gate so that it would have been open on his little bike, you know, and guy talk wouldn't have closed it because he was busy talking to valentine. And then we see the robbers come through. Guy talka is like, hey, wait. And then he just lets it go, like, thinking, okay, it's probably fine, but they were there to rob the store that Chloe and Chelsea were in. Um, so we don't know who the robbers are, But I hypothesized that maybe mooc and valentine and maybe the whole staff are in on it. Maybe. Maybe. But I think muog and valentin are sus. Okay, Very sus. So we see the robber in the store. The front desk doesn't even notice. Nobody else in the resort even notices. Guy talk tries to stop them on the way out. We have our valiant hero. He's just too good. Um, so he tries to stop them, but they knock him out and they leave. Rick and Chelsea have a sweet hug. I thought that was sweet. They're really growing on me. I really like them. Um, then Mooc visits Guyalk to check on him. But I thought she was quite cold towards him. Maybe she doesn't want to reinforce anything because, like, they went to lunch, and he obviously has feelings for her, and maybe she doesn't want to, like, give him the wrong idea. Fair? Fair. Maybe she doesn't. But she didn't even give him a hug after he was, like, bashed in the head. I was like, you're not even gonna give him a hug? It could be cultural differences too. But she was just like, oh, I wanted to check on you. Are you okay? Okay, bye. Like, that's the vibe it gave me. More than that. She was, like, genuinely concerned, but that's the vibe I'm getting so far. Rick and Chelsea get their room comped. She's like, so that was good. And he's like, yeah, you did good, honey. And then we're seeing everyone at dinner. So we cut to Fabian talking to the girls, and he tells the girls that all the performers tonight are staff. So I'm just getting more of the vibe that, like, the staff, they're pretty close. They're maybe in on some stuff together. Then he says, Fabian says he's been learning piano, and the girls are like, you should perform. You should perform. And he's like, no, no, no, no, no, no. And then he's like, well, I am the boss. Maybe I will. So Fabian wants to be a little performer. Then we see the Ratliffe family at dinner. The waiter seems like there might be a lady boy. Saxon makes a comment about sex in Thailand, blah, blah, blah. Um, and then we cut to Victoria making her little, like, preachy deal about how most people don't have good values. They're scammers. You are beautiful children from a rich family. You have to be hyper vigilant. You have to be aware. So we get that. And then I saw a lot of people on TikTok saying that Mike White asked. Well, asked Parker Posey, Jacob Isaac'patrick Schwarzenegger, and then, um, Sam Nivolas. So the four people in the family, except for Piper, except for. What is her name? Piper. Whatever. So all the Ratliff family except Piper to watch Southern Charm. I guess it's a TV show. I'm not aware of it, but he asked all of them to watch Southern Charm and kind of emulate the vibes of that show and those people. And then Piper to not watch it so that she would not be, like, in the same vibe. So I thought that was interesting because I guess a lot of people said that it's like, really apparent now that we know that information, that they've watched the show and they. They seem like the quintessential rich, white, out of touch, Durham, North Carolina type of family. We cut back to Rick and Chelsea, and I loved this interaction because they're at dinner with Gary and Chloe. So finally, like, Chelsea's like, rick, like, speak to Gary. Like, come on. And so finally, Rick turns, and I love Rick in the scene. I feel like he's a bit cold, he needs therapy. But I do feel that he really does like Chelsea and, like, has her back a little bit. And I really loved seeing him be like Gary, so what do you do? And he's like, I'm retired. And then he's like, okay, but what did you do before you were retired? And he's like this and that. And Rick's like, well, interesting that you do that because I also do this and that. And I was like, yeah, get him, Rick. Get him. So now I'm like, wait, I think they're going to become mortal enemies in the first episode. I was like, maybe they'll be friends now. I'm like, no, I think Rick is clocking this guy's bullshit. And I think Rick might be a hero of the series. I think so, because he seems like such a crotchy old grump. But I think he has a very soft insight and that he's actually quite valiant. And I think that him and Chelsea are just going to be, like, the sweetest by the end. I just think they are. They're so sweet. So then we cut back to Victoria telling a story about how her uncle or her brothers. So they're the kid uncles, how her brothers used to terrorize her. Hello. So she's like such a typical boy. Mom makes so many excuses for her sons, clearly is not very close with her daughter. And she's like, I hated him for years. But of course, now we're very close. U same vibes. Maybe. Maybe familial trauma passed down. I mean, clearly, clearly. Um, so then we cut back to Rick and Chelsea and Chloe and Gary again. And we're talking about how. And we're finding out how Chloe and Gary met. And they met through. In Dubai through a matchmaking service. Gary goes, oh, she's French. And she's like, I'm not French. And he's like, well. And she's like, I'm from Quebec. And he's like, well, so French Canadian. Same thing. And she's like, there's an ocean separating them. They're not even the same country. U uh, so he clearly doesn't know that much about her and doesn't seem to care. So we, we know a little bit more about Chloe. Because I was wondering where she's from. Cause I was like, her accent is interesting, but yeah, so she's French Canadian. Uh, uh, we get Belinda at the table next to them staring at Greg slash Gary and being like, what the fuck? He's here. And so I just can't wait till we see the confrontation between the two. And then we see Kunala performing a banger song. Banger song. And then we switched to Timothy on the phone again with uh, this man. We find out his name is Kenny. U uh, I thought that he sounded like a mix of Smeagol and Lester from GTA V. I, um, hope you guys hear the same or understand where I'm coming from. Listen to that scene again and tell me he doesn't sound like a perfect mix of Smeagl and Lester from GTA V. So then Timothy's like, why is the Wall Street Journal calling me? Kenny says some whistleb blowing bitch in his office ratted him out to the FBI. Tim is definitely implicated. He should get a lawyer. Now he's wrapped up in a money laundering bribe situation and he only made $10 million. That's what Timothy said. He's like, I'm wrapped up in this situation and I only made $10 million. I'm like, only that's pretty good. Um, so then Kuntriala finishes her performance. She comes over to the table of girls. She says, once a performer, always a performer. And she mentions that she's going to Bangkok tomorrow because her husband Jim is getting out of the hospital. And apparently he had a stroke last week. That's why he was in the hospital. And she's like, he's a fighter. So I think that's some, uh, foreshadowing. Foreshadowing. He's a fighter. So Jacqueline and the girls, well, the girls go back to their villa. Jacqueline goes upstairs to read Sritala's book. But I noticed she was like, I'mn to go read this book. And then she opens it and it's all in Thai. And I was like, okay, so she can't read the book. So what is she going to do up there? I don't know. Uh, Kate and Laurie now. So in the beginning of the episode it was Jacqueline and Kate. Now we Have Kate and Laurie gossiping about Jaclyline. Ooh, the gas. Ooh, the gas. Lori is like, o Jacqueline. She's so competitive, a narcissist. Lourri's out, claws out at Jacqueline. Kate's like, a little bit. Mhm. And then Kate's like, let's dive in. We're both talking shit. So Kate's like, did she sandblast her face or something? It's very waxy. And then the whole thing with the husband, they're never like, they said, like Jacqueline and her husband Harrison. They're never in the same city. And then Kate ends the conversation by saying, well, you know what they say? The bigger the front, the bigger the back. And I was like, who says that? Wait now let me look it up. I don't know who originally said it stepven gross anyways, but I mean, it's essentially saying like when someone has to put on a big front, it means like, there's probably an even bigger back. As in like all the shit that they have behind them that they're not showing anyone because they're putting on a front. So that's what she's basically saying is like Jacquelyline's probably hiding a lot and she's putting on a front so that everybody sees her a certain way. But really it's all mess behind the surface, you know what I mean? Or below the surface. So we get Chelsea again saying, I almost died today. And Rick is like, no you didn't. And then Chelsea seems like she's trying to like low key set up an orgy with her and Rick and Greg, Gary and Chloe. Because she's like, ah, like, isn't Chloe so cute? And then on the chairs, I remember Chloe was like, oh, Rick is quite cute for an older guy. So they seem like they're like, are we working up to like a weird orgy or something? I don't know. That's kind of the vibe I got. And Rick is like, she's a hooker. And Chelsea's like, she's a model. Por qu nolos do? And then Rick says, I might have to go to Bangkok for a night or two. I just have to deal with something. And she's like, what? And he's like, I can't tell you. And she's like so mysterious. And he's like, uh, he says, I'm not like as in he's not so mysterious. He's seeming pretty mysterious to me. I don't know. But uh, but they're really growing on me. I really like them, um, I'm kind of obsessed with their dynamic. And then the last scene, we see Timothy trying to get a lawyer. And then as he's outside their villa, we see the rest of the Ratliff family walking in. And then we overhear from Timothy's perspective Laughlin talking about a tsunami in Phuket. And like, they don't even know what's going to hit them, blah, blah, blah. So it's obviously foreshadowing that like, the Ratliff family doesn't even know what's gonna hit them because Timothy puts on a front that he is working hard and has everything together, but he's about to get probably put in jail by the FBI. Maybe, maybe. We don't know. So that's the end of episode two. I don't know. So, uh, right now I'm thinking, love Rick and Chelsea. I think Rick is going to be maybe like one hero of the series. Guy talk. Love him. I think he's also going to be a hero of the series. I think Valentin is for sure involved with the Rob robbers. The, the break in. I, uh, think Mooc is giving me sus vibes. I think she's maybe in an inside deal with Jim Hollinger's, uh, bodyguards. Maybe. Maybeus. Um, she seemed pretty fond of them. So maybe. And I think that Lori is actually going to end up becoming the most put together girl out of the girl group. And I think that Kate and Jacqueline are go going toa have their lives and their front or their public image like totally shredded apart by the end of the week. And Lori is gonna go home and maybe realize, like, oh, my life actually isn't so bad after all. Like, my life is pretty great. And she's gonna come out of it ahead of everything. I think Piper is going toa snap on the rest of the Ratliff family. Or lock. Well, honestly, they're kind of a wild card to me right now. But I do think Piper's gonna probably snap on them and we're gonna see her go like berserk a little bit. Andmm, um, I don't know about Gary Greg. That's still a wild card to me too. But maybe Chloe is playing stupid and she's like low key, like a FBI spy. Could see that too. Could see that too. But we will have to see. I'm just obsessed. I can't wait till the next episode. So I guess that's, that's all I have for you this time this week. I'm just kind of seeing friends, um, like I said, as we get into springtime, everyone's starting to travel. So, yeah, I feel like we're just getting into the travel season, and, um, I just got a lot of work to do. I have to finish my website. I keep saying that. Finish my damn website. And if anybody knows anything about Miami Swim Week, send me a dm. I'm planning on going, so if you're going, see you there. It's still three months away, but, you know, planning starts now. So that's it for today's episode. Uh, hope you enjoyed, and I will see you next week to break down more Love Is Blind and more White Lotus. So have a great week, and I will talk to you on the next episode. Bye.