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Be respectful and constructive. No harassment. No grossly offensive images. No hate including racism, misogyny, transphobia, ableism, xenophobia, etc.

2. No spoilers

Don't post spoilers in the main title of a post. If posting a spoiler elsewhere, use the spoiler tag and identify which series and episode the spoiler is from. In a thread specifically about a particular episode, spoilers for that episode don't need to be tagged.

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Sam Reich joins Brennan to talk creative north stars and why failure is more interesting than success.

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The new show on dropout is Thousandaires. Where 4 cast members all get a $1000 each to spend on each other, and new host each week picks a winner.

My question is, if you were the host of this show, who would you pick as your 4 cast members?

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Very late to this series, but I just finished watching Total Forgiveness and I can't help but feel the utmost sympathy for Grant.

I think he was definitely naive throughout the show and is responsible for a lot of what happens to him, but Ally was consistently behaving in a mean-spirited manner. Particularly with following up the Flea Market fiasco with a degrading Performance Art challenge. They knew this was a man who had nothing, no earthly possessions whatsoever remaining. You cannot be more desperate and low, and in that moment they gave him a challenge that was truly beyond pale just so they could force another loss and make more money.

Warning - Spoiler for Total Forgiveness finale:

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I think the worst part of this show for me is the Finale. I've seen the reunion episode and I know that all has been forgiven, but I think Ally was incredibly manipulative here. After weeks of torturing and humiliating Grant, they finally pushed him to the edge. They knew he was angry and wasn't playing nice anymore. The challenges he was thinking of were truly horrible and on-par with what he felt had been done to him (he mentions challenging Ally to go to a conversion camp, for example). Rather than accept the monster they have created and play the game at the level they expected Grant to play at, Ally insists that their challenge is done before Grant publicly commits to his challenge. This breaks the rules of the game as we know it, and means Grant is open to influence in his decision for what Ally's final challenge is.

They butter up Grant with a nice day out so he is less likely to choose the extreme option. Grant, being the kind-hearted and naive soul that he is decides to not torture Ally for the finale. Ally then gets to play the nice guy by throwing the challenge. But if they had played the game fairly, Grant would've suggested something extreme, Ally would have refused to do it as they did with the snake challenge and Grant would have won the money anyway.

I think Ally has gotten away with being really shitty throughout this series. I was deeply moved by their diaries, and they were one of my favourite cast members in the old sketches, but I have come away with a very poor opinion of them, even after seeing everything is all smiles at the reunion.

ETA: Spoiler tag

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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 
 

Hey, not sure if this is frowned upon, but since I don't see that it's against the rules, here's a shameless promotion to a community dedicated to Um Actually questions.

I loved the concept of the game show and that prompted me to create similar questions. Though the community is currently just a dumping grounds for all my ideas, just want to put it out there for people with similar interests.

https://lemm.ee/c/um_actually

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I remember them giving a heads-up when the next season's trailer drops (usually a couple weeks after season finale) but I haven't heard anything yet

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What older, no longer being made shows do you guys like? I enjoyed Paranoia and loved Total Forgiveness, and I just finished Ultramechatron Team Go! which was also excellent.

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I fell behind posting new content, sorry. Anyone is welcome to post, though, if you don't want to wait on me :)

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hey yall. i'm asking here to ask something but also to push interaction on this community :D so, i've seen: Fantasy high 1&2 (loved!), unsleeping city 1&2 (amazing!), pirates of leviathan (solid, but didn't grab me too much), bloodkeep (didn't like it), Crown of Candy (very very good), misfits of magic (loved this different angle). now what should i watch next? i feel like mice&murder ain't for me, i'm not a big fan of the murder mystery. i'd like a "real" season, more than tiny heist or something short. I really want to see fey&flowers, but is there something before that that i shouldn't miss? cheers

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