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Kid Nation Episode 7

Kid Nation Episode 6 primarily centered around Taylor whining and whining some more, followed by DK stepping up, working hard, and getting the gold star thanks to Guylan talking him out of going home.

Divad opens a snack business with cheap prices so that anybody can afford it. Seemed like a good idea, but people complain that she’s selling food that she got from the kitchen that they could have gotten there for free. Jared’s opposed to her monopoly on the snack business and flips over her tables. Divad remains positive and says she’ll just make more snacks. He later apologizes, and they make up.

The journal discusses the lack of money, which some of them, particularly the laborers, are familiar with. They find out there’s gold. Laurel’s opposed to searching for gold because it will lead to greed, but the rest of the town council overrules her and says they need to at least check it out. After entering a cave with bats in it, the town council finds a treasure chest with 375 buffalo nickels, which is equal to every person’s pay. They come up with a plan to go to the store and buy things that will benefit the entire town, rather than distributing the money among the town itself. Despite the fear of problems this may cause, the town is pleased with the decision.

Sophia decides to have some fun with the situation. She fills a pot with a disgusting mess of food and puts 50 cents in the bottom. It’s not long before a bunch of grossed out kids dig through it for money.

Laurel’s concerned about Nathan, who she thinks is growing up too fast because he wants to work more than have fun. Greg decides to be a jerk and pick on him for trying to help them, but Nathan says he’s not going to go home just because of Greg.

Divad got splattered with oil when she was cooking, but she says it’s no big deal and that she’s the richest person in Bonanza because of her snack business. This is apparently the girl whose mom filed the (frivolous) complaint with the sheriff’s office about child endangerment and child labor, which sparked all sorts of controversy before the show even aired.

At the showdown, they must launch eggs across a field to people who must catch them on the other side without breaking them. Council leaders must guide their teams and come up with a strategy. Blue gets off to an early lead. Yellow does a decent job of figuring things out as well. They need 4 dozen total to win reward.

Blue: 38 eggs (upper class)
Yellow: 18 eggs (merchants)
Green: 6 eggs (cooks)
Red: 5 eggs (laborers)

More than enough to win reward, which is a choice between washers/dryers (20 cents a load) or brand new outfits for each of them plus (free) pioneer era washing machines. They decide to go with the free laundry.

Jared comes up with a better idea than destroying Divad’s business. He makes and sells necklaces. This turns out to be a great business idea, and he has no problem selling them in droves. Now he’s the richest kid in Bonanza.

Greg decides to apologize for being mean to Nathan and says he deserves the gold star. Divad comes up with the idea of campaigning for a gold star, and she makes signs and snacks for people. Sophia nominates Pharaoh, whose name’s been mentioned a few times this episode. Most of the town comes up with a name, but Divad just picks herself. They’re concerned that Pharaoh’s working hard specifically for the gold star, which is true, but they also feel he needs the money more.

The whole town approves of the job the council’s doing.

Laurel, speaking largely to Divad, says they don’t want to hear people talking about how much they’re working, since it sends a message they’re just looking for the gold star. Nathan wins the gold star.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Kid Nation episode 8 Starved for Entertainment, which airs Wednesday at 8/7c on CBS.

Life Is Wild Episode 4

In Life Is Wild Episode 3, the lodge opened successfully for business (after a rough start), Katie got the lead in choir (a duet with Oliver), and Jesse got fired from the bar for being underaged.

It’s Halloween and Heritage Day. Everybody’s happy to celebrate. Except Art. Then again, Katie doesn’t seem much more chipper than Art does, at least not with family anyway, and she expresses no interest in a braai.

This is interrupted by Jesse having stuff stolen from him by a monkey. While chasing after the monkey, Katie finds out Jesse was invited to a party at Mara, a party she wasn’t invited to. Tumelo asks her to the township festival, and she accepts. Not long after, Oliver finally asks her to his party, and she accepts this, too. She goes to Jesse of all people for advice, and he calls her lame and says because of that, she’ll do the right thing and go with Tumelo.

At a Heritage Day speech, there’s mention of helping out oppressed South Africans. It’s already obvious Chase won’t need to be asked twice. He interprets this as meaning black South Africans in general and sees a girl and insists on treating her better and paying for her lunch. He follows this up by insisting on cleaning for Notatu, the new worker at the lodge. He eventually learns that he can’t fix everything himself but that all he has to do to help is be himself.

If she wasn’t interested in Jesse before, she is now. Oliver’s sister Emily hits on Jesse when he cuts class. He couldn’t care less, though, and blows her off to “work” (at a job he doesn’t have any more).

The couple staying at the lodge want to get married. William tells Jo he brought Lynn there to propose. Then his girlfriend tells Colin she’s tired of waiting and wants to leave him. Jo insists they need to meddle because that will set them apart from other lodges. They fill William in and say they’re setting something up on the game ride later in the day. He says it sounds perfect and is pleased… but then they see a monkey with a ring. Problem is Lynn doesn’t believe the monkey story, and they just get into a big fight when he tries to propose to her.

Colin wants to avoid all the work and instead would rather go to the township festival, starting a new family tradition. He reveals why Katie’s acting unusually bratty. She misses her mom, who made a big deal out of Heritage Day. He has a talk with her and invites her to the festival, but since Oliver won’t be there, she’s not interested. Then it’s time to break the news to Tumelo as well. She says she just needs a party like back in New York.

Jesse again tries to apologize to his old boss, this time with a necklace… a necklace that turns out to be an engagement necklace. She informs him he has to convince her boss, not her.

Jo’s got a plan to fix the fight with the couple at the lodge. Lock them in a room. While they’re in there, the kids come up with the ring, but it’s not needed since by the time they open the door, Lynn’s already accepted William’s proposal anyway.

Jesse doesn’t want to go to the festival, and it’s not long before his mom figures out it’s about a girl. She tells him to just tell her how he feels. With that, he decides to go, and he finds out the girl he’s been interested in is engaged. So I guess now the job doesn’t matter any more. With that, he gives Emily what she wants and makes out with her.

At the party, which she’s been enjoying, Katie starts to talk about her mom, and Lauren’s typical attitude problem gets her down, so she decides to leave and go to the township festival. She convinces Art to drive her there, but she can’t convince him to go celebrate.

Tumelo’s happy to see Katie made it, but it’s not long before Oliver shows up there as well. While they’re dancing, Katie and Oliver kiss, 5 feet away from Tumelo.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of Life Is Wild episode 5, which airs Sunday at 8/7c on The CW.

The Bachelor 11 Episode 6

In The Bachelor 11 episode 5, Hillary and Kristy were eliminated, leaving us with a final four of DeAnna, Jenni, Sheena, and Bettina. Brad’s pickings seem a bit on the slim side here, but I think people will probably just be happy as long as he doesn’t end up with DeAnna.

Since it’s down to the final four, it’s time to go to the girls’ hometowns and meet their families.

We start in Wichita, KS with Jenni. Brad meets her at the Mary Jane Teall Theater, where she won her first dance competition, and where she decides to dance for Brad. He gets concerned that she may want to stay in Phoenix to continue dancing.

Then she brings him to the hair salon where her mom works, where her family is waiting for them. Her grandmother hears he’s a bar owner and asks if he drinks. She continues to grill him because she can. Her mother takes him back to wash his hair, with some questions on the side. Jenni says she feels like she’s falling in love with him. Her father says he will fit in with the family very well, and at dinner, he breaks the news that she made the team. Brad tells her he’s willing to compromise with her for the year apart.

Sheena meets Brad in Walnut Creek, CA for a day on the water. Sheena’s mom’s really into astrology, which she uses to determine that they’re a natural fit. She falls for him faster than Sheena did, and she starts planning the wedding. This whole conversation is just creepy. Regardless, it’s pretty obvious everybody likes him.

DeAnna meets Brad in Newnan, GA. Her father says he believes what they have could be real. DeAnna brings out a photo album so he can see her mom, who passed away when she was younger. She says she’ll be crushed if he doesn’t choose her. Then half a dozen additional people walk in the room. Brad gets over being the boring bar guy he told Jenni’s grandmother he is, as everybody starts doing shots and greek dances. But no broken plates. DeAnna says she’s completely falling for him.

Bettina meets Brad in Washington DC. She thinks her parents will absolutely love Brad. Oops. Her father, a professor, says it’s “a great disappointment” that Brad dropped out of college to become a millionaire. Her stepmother, similarly, doesn’t like the idea of her being with a guy who runs bars. They ask questions attempting to get him to squirm, which works. His father then tells us how her first husband was wonderful, and she will never find anybody who’s better. Her father asks her why she would do this, then Brad is told he’s just stringing everybody along. Her father keeps going on and on about his “lack of education” and successful business. In the middle of his conversation with her stepmom, she excuses herself to take the dog for a walk.

After all this brainwashing, Bettina begins to question Brad, too. Wow. Brad’s lucky. He can just drop this chick. She’s the one I really feel sorry for, since she’s stuck with this judgmental, pretentious family. He says he might not have a lot of education, but he’s intelligent enough not to judge anybody.

Roses:
DeAnna
Jenni
Bettina

Are you kidding me? Someone show me the logic in this. Bettina’s family will never treat Brad as a human being, much less accept him. No need to drag her along any further, regardless of how pretty she may be. He says he got rid of Sheena due to lack of chemistry. So I guess now that means I have to root for Jenni. Sheena tells us she’s never had her heart broken like this before.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of The Bachelor 11 episode 7, which airs Monday at 10/9c on ABC.

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Reaper Episode 6

In Reaper Episode 5, Sam made plans to meet Andi, but not surprisingly, he was unable to keep those plans, so she just thought he was a bigger liar than she already thought to begin with. He then returned to hating the Devil, who eventually warned him he can’t tell Andi the truth because it will be very bad for her.

This is different. They capture a soul in a snow globe at the beginning of the episode. They bring the vessel to the DMV, but Gladys is on vacation, so they’re forced to hold on to it. Sock wants to use the demon-holding vessel to play pranks, but Sam refuses.

It’s Halloween on Reaper. Ted’s dressed up as a pirate and wants to celebrate the holiday. All Andi wants to do is avoid Sam, and she says she doesn’t know how to be friends with him any more.

Sam finds out the Devil hates Halloween because nobody fears him on that day. Death and destruction are fine as long as they’re not commercialized. Then he informs Sam “the butcher, who gathered together and killed defenseless victims in the 1940s, is on the loose.

Sock didn’t listen to Sam. He took Leon, the soul in the snow globe, to a bar the night before because he buys the explanation that he’s not an angry killer any more due to therapy (despite the fact that he shot at them when they were capturing him).

The vessel for the butcher is a meat thermometer. The Devil was actually helpful this time, giving Sam enough information to go on, and they locate a man named Kirkwood who is believed to have fed his victims’ bodies to his dogs. They show up to find the butcher and are greeted by a demon with razor sharp claws, which they of course can’t get close enough to.

Since they’re not going to get close to the butcher, Sock decides that Leon should be allowed to help them. Sam still wants him to go to Hell. The DMV won’t take him, and the Devil doesn’t want him either because nobody can take him until Halloween’s over. Then more cheering Sam up. The Devil tells him that betrayal is the defining trait of humans, which makes them the most untrustworthy, unreliable species… except for bears. He says that’s why he’s having so much trouble because he’s finding out the truth.

Andi makes up new rules. Work talk only. Sock’s not helping him out either, as he’s decided to release Leon, who says he’s there to help.

Leon suggests capturing the soul during the day when he’s probably sleeping since he attacks mainly at night. Sam allows him to come along, barring any stupid moves. While taking Leon to get ideas (at a Chinese restaurant, strip club, and massage parlour), Sam and Sock start discussing what they hate about each other. After all that driving, Leon just leads them right back to where they started. Then he makes them to hand over the vessel at gunpoint and forces Sam underground with Kirkwood. Sock tells Leon if Sam goes, he goes, too, to which Leon readily agrees. As he’s hugging Sam, Sock finds the snow globe. They decide to toss it at Kirkwood. It doesn’t work, but does create enough of a blast to free them. On the surface, they grab the meat thermometer and avoid being killed by the dogmonster.

Leon’s pretty easy to find. He’s getting therapy as usual. They head to the doctor’s office. Leon threatens to shoot Sock, but Sam knows he can’t. After he puts down the gun, they capture him and send him to Hell, and on the way, he talks about continuing his therapy while there.

Sam tells Andi she can’t just throw everything away over one mistake (or a series of lies and/or mistakes). She’s impressed he took a stand, and she didn’t like fighting with him anyway. He invites her out after work. Hopefully he at least shows up this time. Then he gives the Devil a lecture about not being so negative.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another live recap of Reaper Episode 7 Love, Bullets, and Blacktop, which airs Tuesday at 9/8c on The CW.

Heroes Season 2 Episode 6

In Heroes Season 2 Episode 5, a new character (Elle) showed up looking for Peter, Monica discovered her powers, Parkman went to see (and get tricked by) his father, Monica got taken to the Company by Suresh, and Peter didn’t find out anything by opening the box but did paint something cryptic that may help.

Because of the painting and tickets from the box, Peter decides to go to Montreal, and Caitlin insists on tagging along.

Claire tries out for the cheerleading squad… and gets rejected by Debbie, a cheertator, who says Claire’s not extraordinary. Could’ve fooled me.

Dr. Suresh is studying Monica’s power, muscle memory. Bob breaks the news to him that he plans to take away her abilities, at any cost. Suresh, who’s been told he must administer the treatment to Monica, calls Claire’s dad, who says he’s going to have to take the risk to keep his cover.

Claire tells West the lie she told her father, that she’s a cheerleader. She tells him she didn’t make the team, and he says to find a way to get on the squad. They stumble on the theory of public humiliation.

Sylar tells Maya about his lost powers and says he’s going to see Dr. Suresh to get it all back. Alejandro begins to get suspicious about Sylar, but Maya insists he go with them when they cross the border.

Back in the past, Hiro discusses how he loves Yaeko but can’t have her.

HRG ties up a guy from his past and tries to get information out of him about where the paintings are. He warns that the Haitian can remove all his most cherished memories. After removing some memories, he gets an offer: to come back to the company.

Alejandro and Maya get to the border and are greeted by locals. Locals with guns. Sylar convinces her to use her gift to get past them. She does and leaves a trail of bodies.

Suresh goes to give the shot to Monica, pretending it will improve her abilities, but he ultimately decides to tell Bob he refuses. He says he’s taking Molly and leaving.

A drunk Debbie agrees to speak to Claire for 5 minutes. Claire asks for another chance, which is refused. West swoops in and grabs Claire, dropping her on the ground, which would kill most people. He then goes for Debbie. She tries to convince people Claire’s dead. Then Claire walks up, perfectly fine. They can’t find any dead bodies, but they do find Debbie’s liquor.

Yaeko’s father taught White Beard how to make guns to save his daughter’s life, and White Beard plans to overthrow the Emperor with these weapons. They decide to destroy the weapons and save Japan. As they’re about to get shot, Hiro warps Yaeko to, well, it’s not apparent where.

Bob apologizes to Suresh, who says he’s stuck there anyway because Molly’s still not well.

Yaeko figures out that it was really Hiro who saved her, and she asks if he loves her, to which he responds that he does. She goes to kiss him, and he decides he doesn’t care about the space time continuum and lets her.

Maya gets Alejandro to agree to let her keep Sylar around, which he does, very reluctantly. Sylar breaks the news that when he gets his ability back, he’s going to kill both of them and take their powers.

Debbie’s suspended from the cheerleading squad due to drinking on school grounds, so a spot’s open, and Claire’s in.

HRG finally finds a threat that works: he’ll remove memories of his daughter. They’re told the paintings are in the warehouse. And with that, HRG shoots the man, as the threat of being condemned to Hell doesn’t seem to be enough.

Kensei catches Yaeko and Hiro kissing, but Hiro says that kiss is their last. When Hiro turns his back, he hits him from behind. Dead? Unconscious?

Niki tells Suresh she’s cured and is going to be his new partner.

The Haitian and HRG go to the paintings. The question comes up, “What does it mean?”

In Montreal, Peter gets a warning from Adam that the world is in danger because of the Company. He asks what the future holds, which takes him to a destroyed New York City from June 2008.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of Heroes Season 2 episode 7 Out of Time, which airs Monday at 9/8c on NBC.

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Prison Break Season 3 Episodes 6 & 7 Preview

Prison Break season 3 episode 6 Photo Finish will be delayed due to World Series Game 5 (assuming there is a game 5 at this pace). It will air back-to-back with episode 7 Vamonos instead in a two hour showing on Monday November 5 at 8/7c.

Here is a 4 minute spoiler video clip for those two episodes.

Susan tells LJ a story about what happened when she was held hostage and tells him it’s a hostage exchange, and he’ll be fine if he doesn’t try to be a hero. Then Mahone gets an offer to go to a better prison in the US in return for testifying.

Watch the video after the jump.

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Heroes Season 2 Episode 6 Preview, Part 2

Here is a 3.5 minute spoiler video clip for Heroes Season 2 Episode 6 The Line.

Scenes include:

Bob wants Suresh to take away Monica’s abilities.
Claire and West discuss how Claire didn’t make the cheerleading squad and what to do about it.
HRG and the Haitian try to get answers.

Preview Part 1
Stay tuned to dingoRUE for a live recap of the show when it airs.

Watch the preview video after the jump.

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The Biggest Loser 4 Episode 7

In The Biggest Loser 4 Episode 6, the already decimated red team decided to just go for broke and vote for a tie, eliminating the person they considered the biggest individual game threat, Phil, who has remained the only person giving them even a prayer of remaining competitive. Blue team, the winner of the weigh in, was more than happy to oblige.

Lucky for the red team, the teams are being broken up, and they will be divided into new teams of three. The winner of the temptation will configure the teams as they see fit. They will be playing high-low and be betting with calories. Whatever they bet, they have to eat.

Everybody antes up, two vanilla wafers, totalling 36 calories, with the exception of Kae, who’s not only been consistently the biggest loser, but just says it’s not worth it. Bryan gets a 2 and decides to bluff, raising 3 vanilla wafers (to 90 calories total). Bill raises two crackers (to 122 calories total). Amy tosses in a stack of Reese’s peanutbutter cups (to 522 calories total), a ridiculous bet that may have been based more on eating chocolate and peanutbutter than actually winning, but big enough to scare some people. Neil folds. Isabeau with an ace calls, as does Nicole. Ryan folds, as does David. Hollie raises three chocolate chip cookies (to 681 calories total). Julie folds. Jez raises cheese and two chocolate peppermints (to 857 calories total). Despite only having a 2, Bryan raises two cheese and two Oreos (to 1103 calories total). Bill folds. Amy again makes the most ridiculous raise, tossing in her whole pile (to 1750 calories total). At least she’s now gone from saying “Mmm…” to being grossed out, though. Julie, despite having an Ace, folds because she doesn’t think it’s worth it. Nicole also folds, as does Hollie. Jez calls. Bryan finally folds. Why the hell he ate the 1103 calories in the first place is beyond me. It comes down to Amy and Jez. Amy has a 9. Jez wins with an Ace.

Team one: Kae, David, Hollie
Team two: Amy, Julie, Bill
Team three: Bryan, Nicole, Ryan
Team four: Neil, Isabeau, Jez

The trainers come in, and the players get them up to speed. Then Amy starts whining at Kim for wanting to get rid of her. Don’t worry, Amy, nobody’s going to get rid of you any time soon. Amy decides to train with Jillian instead. She couldn’t even handle training with Kim. Other than that, all the teams stick with their original trainers.

Teams must complete 75 revolutions of metal arms. Two team members will be on platforms (adding their weight to what must be pushed), while the third pushes the arm, and they can swap out as needed. The winner will receive a Bowflex home gym. Kae and Hollie come up with the strategy of using their weight to help out, pushing from the platform. Neil’s the first to swap out at about 5 circles. Bill subs out at 12. Bryan and Bill lead their teams and are pretty competitive throughout, but Bill’s team eventually takes a 2 circle lead. Bill, Amy, and Julie win the challenge.

It’s time for the weigh in.

Bill: 261 pounds (-7)
Amy: 265 pounds (no change)
Julie: 192 pounds (-3)
Total: -10 pounds (1.37%)

I don’t think Amy’s numbers necessarily reflect her trainer switch so much as her attitude.

Bryan: 297 pounds (-7)
Ryan: 321 pounds (+1)
Nicole: 244 pounds (-4)
Total: -10 pounds (1.15%)

Kae: 174 pounds (-4)
Hollie: 223 pounds (-2)
David: 315 pounds (-8)
Total: -14 pounds (1.93%)

Jez: 289 pounds (-6)
Isabeau: 255 pounds (-4)
Neil: 372 pounds (+17)
Total: +7 pounds (+0.77%)

What the hell was that? Wow, Jez, great job of picking teams. Neil tries to cover it up, but no matter what his argument is, I find it hard to believe anyone would buy it. Neil finally reveals that he made a promise to blue team he’d do whatever he could to keep them there, including throwing the weigh in to get rid of one of his new teammates from the black team. From the sounds of it, he drank excessive amounts of water, enough to run the risk of death from water intoxication.

Votes
Julie, Bill, Amy: Neil
Ryan, Bryan, Nicole: Jez
David, Kae, Hollie: Jez

Jez has been eliminated. He definitely got blindsided by Neil’s over the top actions. What Neil did is completely understandable because it is a game and will buy him more time in the house, but next time try not to make it so ridiculously obvious.

Today, Jez weighs 242 pounds, down 103 pounds from his starting weight of 345.

Stay tuned to dingoRUE for another recap of The Biggest Loser 4 episode 8, which airs Tuesday at 8:30/7:30c on NBC.