Faulkner

I’ve posted him before but Pablo from Brazil  

Sinner almost choked this match away.

3 hours ago, Vee said:

I feel like they should take the hint on the Night Court revival at this point, though IIRC she was a big booster of it. Sad, I remember when she was literally everywhere.

 

Ronnie, an actor/model from L.A.  

2 hours ago, slick jones said:

If anyone with half a brain is in that writer's room, a Sally/Adam friendship could really futz up some stories, but that's just my thought.

 

Indeed. Especially to team up against Phyllis. And if Sally decided to pursue Nick, Adam could help Sally manipulate him.

Wow. Mackie McDonald beat Kei. Makes his first ATP final and will play Jannik Sinner.

2 hours ago, FrenchBug82 said:

You're giving them too much credit. 100% the story was intended to last a lot longer than that and the contract negotiation breakdowns is what rushed the ending.
Even with the terrible plotting and pacing of the writing team, that Tara story surely was intended to have a more explosive ending than this one-episode limp deal and done.
Because if this was the plan all along, yeesh.

 

1 hour ago, Ponds said:

It was horribly rushed, but I agree that they didn't have a lot of choices.

You’re both right that their hand was forced by the contractual issues. They really bet on the wrong horse with this story because it’s absolutely dominated the show over the past few months, and they’re left with… this.

Tara was such a dreary miscast that I can’t imagine this being drawn out for months and months. (I feared they’d latch her on to Jack to save the character. Glad they weren’t that invested in her.) Usually, low-energy actors spark when their characters go from good to bad, and EL still flatlined every scene she was in after Tara went full-on villain.

They could have had Sally target Nick, but if they’re going there, they’re doing a pretty crappy job of moving in that direction. This is the second or third time this year they’ve had to bail on a story because they had issues with the cast (the Chabby marital drama surrounding the baby being the other, and we see how they’ve tried to salvage that one).

Folks are leaving us.

23 minutes ago, AbcNbc247 said:

Dammmnnnnnnnn  I really need to take a trip to China 

I’ve heard very good things about the clubs in Shanghai. Although I think I’d prefer Taipei. Great gay scene without the authoritarianism lol.

Was Prakash twerking for Coco G?

2 hours ago, AbcNbc247 said:

Hmmm

It appears we all seem to have similar interests 

Indeed. The Chinese rowers.  
 

2 hours ago, kalbir said:

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So are Summer, Kyle, Tara, Sally all about to be written off?

 

So they’re cutting their losses? All for the best, but the show is still an aimless disaster.

7 minutes ago, FrenchBug82 said:

We have talked many times about Bell's pacing but imagine how much more powerful Sheila's appearance would have been if we had been slowly treated to the mystery of his origins for months. If, even in a throwaway scene during the whole whos-the-father story, it had been hinted Finn might have a secret mother.
We literally met Finn's parents and even heard anything about his history three days ago. This is such bad pacing and plotting, sorry.

 

Word. Things just feel thrown in (see Justin’s sudden plot against Bill, which at least made *some* sense, yet it’s been seemingly abandoned). “Make it up as you go along” feels like the CBS way these days.

6 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

Why do I hate him? I just do. I never cared for him.

That’s a shame. He loves you. He’s knitting you a jumper.

1 minute ago, DRW50 said:

I don't really have an opinion on Tom Daley, but I do think his relationship with his husband sets off a lot of red flags. 

I’ve always found that relationship strange. 

3 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

So glad that Tom Daley didn't win gold in the 10m platform.

The Chinese divers outclass everyone. But why do you hate Tom Daley so much? Lol. If he had blond hair, he’d be firmly in your twink wheelhouse.  

Reminds me of the mid-2000s…

Louie from China  

Toney from Jamaica (based in D.C. )

When I was growing up, track and field stars were huge: FloJo, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Carl Lewis, Michael Johnson, the list goes on.

This girl’s diving was INSANE.

1 hour ago, Soapsuds said:

@FaulknerYour man Kei is playing.

Saw he beat Norrie. That’s a solid win.

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