I like money better than people. People can so rarely be exchanged for goods and/or services!

Willow ,'Showtime'


Non-Fiction TV: I Reject Your Reality and Substitute My Own

This thread is for non-fiction TV, including but not limited to reality television (So You Think You Can Dance, Top Chef: Masters, Project Runway), documentaries (The History Channel, The Discovery Channel), and sundry (Expedition Africa, Mythbusters), et al. [NAFDA]


brenda m - May 08, 2008 5:24:50 pm PDT #4786 of 23273
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

The jury has been en fuego recently, too.


Jessica - May 08, 2008 5:25:17 pm PDT #4787 of 23273
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

My favorite line was James in the jury box, "I am officially no longer the dumbest Survivor ever."


Amy - May 08, 2008 5:27:30 pm PDT #4788 of 23273
Because books.

Jessica, I know! Heh.


bon bon - May 08, 2008 5:46:10 pm PDT #4789 of 23273
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

That was so much fun to watch. Oh, Eric. So you.


Kristen - May 08, 2008 9:00:05 pm PDT #4790 of 23273

Cirie is my hero. That is all.


Nora Deirdre - May 09, 2008 4:46:34 am PDT #4791 of 23273
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

I really hope it's Richard v. Stephanie in the Top Chef finals.

I am terrified that Stephanie is going to be the LeeAnn of this season! Especially after her last couple meh outings.

I agree, Nikki was the right person to go home. I couldn't believe she was abdicting the leader role like that. WTF? Also, it was nicely foreshadowed when she was all, "um, mayo??" and Dale said to the camera, "what are you still DOING HERE?" To which I say, SERIOUSLY.

The QF was awesome. As Bravo has obstinately refused to marathon season 3 of Top Chef, choosing instead to marathon seasons 1 and 2, the only thing I'd seen like that before was on the first episode of the Next Iron Chef, where it was an individual timed thing.

Survivor: Cirie, you are my hero. I seriously hope she wins this one. I have never laughed so hard in my life during a tribal council.


Nora Deirdre - May 09, 2008 5:11:44 am PDT #4792 of 23273
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

Serial:

I'd heard previous to the episode that last night's Survivor featured the dumbest move possible with a SHOCKING TC, so I was on the lookout for it. I was kind of thinking it would be Parvati not looking for the idol and then a surprise power play at TC, until Cirie said the words, "why don't you get him to give you the necklace?" Then I KNEW.


megan walker - May 09, 2008 6:56:05 am PDT #4793 of 23273
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

What I think is great/smart is that each jury member is actually excited to watch what happens. This may be the first time that most of the jury is actually okay with being outwitted--'cause damn those girls are good.

They played it exactly right. The right person went to exile, the right person approached Erik, the right person played the role of the "swing" voter.


Scrappy - May 09, 2008 7:11:45 am PDT #4794 of 23273
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

I KNOW! It was a great episode. Oh, Erik, you're such a golden retriever puppy of a guy. Likable, eager, and STUPID.

Loved it. It is going to be fun to see how the four remaining women play the endgame.


Kristen - May 09, 2008 8:22:54 am PDT #4795 of 23273

HA! From this morning's Programming Insider email:

Before I get into the overnights rating results, let me focus on CBS' Survivor: Micronesia for a moment. Erik…are you crazy? Nuts? Cuckoo? Meshugenah? Could you believe he fell for that scheme to give the immunity necklace to Natalie? As James appropriately noted, this is now the dumbest move in the history of the Survivor franchise. All I can say at this point is…go Cirie!

It's everywhere.