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Hulu Made an Offer They Can’t Refuse (The Mob S1 E 1 & 2 Recap) · The Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast

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  Speaker 1: This is the Ben and Ashley I, Almost Famous podcast
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  Speaker 1: with iHeartRadio.
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  Speaker 2: Hey, we're back at Almost Famous. It's Ben and Ashley.
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  Speaker 2: We're together as a family today. You know, this is
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  Speaker 2: a tight family, Ashley. This is our Bachelor Nation family. Again,
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  Speaker 2: we're going to be expanding that family on the Bachelor
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  Speaker 2: Nation cruise ship coming up.
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  Speaker 3: We're expanding our family there?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, from you and I to more.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, you mean like we'll be interviewing more people there soon?
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  Speaker 2: No, like you and I are tight. And we're going
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  Speaker 2: to sit there with other people.
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  Speaker 3: I feel like we know everyone.
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  Speaker 2: Do we know everybody?
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  Speaker 4: I don't even know if there's anybody on there I
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  Speaker 4: haven't met in person.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, I'm sure there's Grant Ellis. Have you met Grant
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  Speaker 2: Ellis before?
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  Speaker 3: No, I bet you Grant was not going to love us.
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  Speaker 2: Why is that?
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  Speaker 3: We weren't the nicest.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, I feel like we were honest.
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  Speaker 4: I know.
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  Speaker 3: I think he'll probably be over it.
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  Speaker 2: You know, Grant.
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  Speaker 2: I'll be excited to meet him in person. Nothing we
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  Speaker 2: said was against him personally. More like, hey, that was
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  Speaker 2: just not... I don't think it's unknown to people. That
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  Speaker 2: wasn't the greatest Bachelor season ever produced. That doesn't mean
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  Speaker 2: he's a bad dude. I don't know anything about him.
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  Speaker 2: We'll get to know more once we meet him. But yeah,
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  Speaker 2: it's going to be exciting. The Bachelor Cruise is coming up.
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  Speaker 2: But before we get to the Bachelor Cruise, we are
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  Speaker 2: here to talk about a new show, The Mob. We're
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  Speaker 2: going to be breaking it down here because there are
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  Speaker 2: some Bachelor Nation... uh, alum, I'm actually going to say
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  Speaker 2: one alum and one person that we never got to
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  Speaker 2: see on our TVs, Maria Gorgas, and also Shane Parton,
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  Speaker 2: who was on Taylor, Frankie Paul's unaired season are competing
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  Speaker 2: on this new Hulu show. The mob. We're going to
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  Speaker 2: break down episodes one and two today. Uh, Ashley, before
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  Speaker 2: we dive into it, you know, people can watch the
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  Speaker 2: show for the detailed overviews of what happens during each episode. Um,
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  Speaker 2: But I watched this and I actually thought you would
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  Speaker 2: be really good at it.
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  Speaker 4: Okay, so the reason I think that I would be
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  Speaker 4: good at it is solely because I have an Italian
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  Speaker 4: last name. Because there was a point when producer Heather
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  Speaker 4: texts us and she goes, they're all Italian except for Harry.
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  Speaker 3: And then I was like, oh my God, they all
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  Speaker 3: are Italian. And then I.
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  Speaker 4: Realized like, no, not everyone. But they definitely chose people...
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  Speaker 4: that had like some Italian last names. Um, and then apparently, uh,
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  Speaker 4: Shane is 50% Italian.
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  Speaker 3: I don't know like how much of a factor that
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  Speaker 3: was into casting. It was a part of it.
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  Speaker 4: There's like that woman from the Sopranos and then Debbie Vazer,
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  Speaker 4: she was in Goodfellas. So, you know, they're, they're casting according.
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  Speaker 2: This show is, you know, I think it's going to
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  Speaker 2: get a lot of comparison to the Traitors, um, I
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  Speaker 2: do think this show has potential because it is less
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  Speaker 2: secretive than traitors, meaning everything's kind of out in front
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  Speaker 2: of you outside of, you know, the Don making the decisions.
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  Speaker 2: And that's why I think you'd be good. You know,
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  Speaker 2: there is a lot of like gameplay, like activities that
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  Speaker 2: I think when you put your mind to it, you're 100%
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  Speaker 2: able to do. But I also think you're a trustworthy
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  Speaker 2: person who people enjoy being around. And that's why I
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  Speaker 2: was like, I think Ashley could actually kind of rock
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  Speaker 2: this game i think you would be around.
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  Speaker 4: A long time okay not to toot my own horn
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  Speaker 4: but like in comparison to a lot of other reality
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  Speaker 4: tv stars i'm like pretty chill yeah in real you
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  Speaker 4: know i'm like pretty nice i'm not gonna be shady
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  Speaker 4: I'm also going to be unbelievably honest in like, in
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  Speaker 4: the way, not like.
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  Speaker 3: I'm like, I'm going to say sassy things, but like
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  Speaker 3: if somebody gave.
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  Speaker 4: Me the money, I'd be like, yeah, he gave me
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  Speaker 4: the money because like, I have to be transparent.
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  Speaker 2: You don't stab people in the back.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I know.
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  Speaker 4: But I'm like in this show, do you kind of
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  Speaker 4: need to like, do you need to, or can you
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  Speaker 4: be fully upfront?
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  Speaker 2: I think you can be fully upfront. I think there's
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  Speaker 2: multiple ways to play the game and I think one
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  Speaker 2: of the One of the strategies would be just being
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  Speaker 2: completely upfront and letting everybody know, hey, you can give
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  Speaker 2: me the money. I'm going to tell people that you
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  Speaker 2: gave me the money. Yeah. And I hope to get
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  Speaker 2: the money when I deserve the money. But here's the
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  Speaker 2: setup of the show. In short, the contestants are there.
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  Speaker 2: They do vote on and choose a Don who kind
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  Speaker 2: of leads the group. The celebrities participate each week in
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  Speaker 2: an activity that helps them– receive more cash. However, the
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  Speaker 2: Don holds the ultimate decision on who stays and who goes.
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  Speaker 2: And the whole idea of the mob is that this
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  Speaker 2: is a family unit. And so together, they need to
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  Speaker 2: work to collect the most cash possible so that the
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  Speaker 2: family's wealth is increased. And the Don decides who stays
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  Speaker 2: and who goes with the idea, I think, as the
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  Speaker 2: leader of who's going to help us make the most
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  Speaker 2: money throughout the season. That's the whole setup. And I
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  Speaker 2: do think, as I watched it, I said, I do
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  Speaker 2: think Ashley would be good at this because you would
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  Speaker 2: be motivated. You like working on a team. And you're
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  Speaker 2: easy to get along with because you're honest.
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  Speaker 3: Well, thank you, Ben. Thank you so very much.
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  Speaker 4: What I didn't understand right off the bat, and maybe
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  Speaker 4: still not, I understand how Gorga became the Don. And like,
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  Speaker 4: I'm pretty sure this is Melissa Gorga's.
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  Speaker 3: Husband, Joe Gorga. He is on.
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  Speaker 4: You know, Housewives of New Jersey has been for many,
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  Speaker 4: many years. This guy was supposed to, you know, you
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  Speaker 4: look at him and it's like he models his life
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  Speaker 4: after being a Don.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: You know, of the mafia, right?
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  Speaker 4: So... I think that it was very, I don't know
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  Speaker 4: how they did it, but they definitely produced it in
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  Speaker 4: such a way so that he could be the Don
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  Speaker 4: of the first two episodes because like he just is
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  Speaker 4: so natural in that role. And especially in the first episode,
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  Speaker 4: you're like, okay, this is the best part of the
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  Speaker 4: show is watching this guy live out his Tony Soprano,
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  Speaker 4: like good fellas, godfather dreams.
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  Speaker 2: With his outfits.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. Like he loved this. And I was like, oh, okay.
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  Speaker 4: So is he going to be the Don the entire time?
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  Speaker 4: And then you realize that, no, it's going to switch around.
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  Speaker 4: But I guess my confusion, Ben, is how.
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  Speaker 3: Does it switch? Like, they vote either to keep him
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  Speaker 3: in the position or there's enough people who vote for
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  Speaker 3: somebody else that it becomes somebody else?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly. And he would get removed then.
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  Speaker 3: He would get removed as being the Don or he
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  Speaker 3: would get removed from the show?
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  Speaker 2: The Don.
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  Speaker 1: Okay.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, the Don.
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  Speaker 4: So... what do you think his strategy should be? Just
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  Speaker 4: like as an example for, you know, these two episodes
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  Speaker 4: and like going forward, what would your strategy be if
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  Speaker 4: you wanted to stay in the position of being the Don?
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  Speaker 2: That's a great question. I think there's two ways to
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  Speaker 2: look at it. What he's doing now, which is eliminating
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  Speaker 2: the weakest links. And so the family trusts him to
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  Speaker 2: build the strongest family unit moving forward. That's one way.
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  Speaker 2: The other way is, Which I think would be if
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  Speaker 2: you want to keep power. It's kind of how you
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  Speaker 2: keep power in anything else. You eliminate the biggest risks.
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  Speaker 3: The strongest. It's either the strongest or the weakest.
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  Speaker 2: The biggest personalities. The one that you know behind the
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  Speaker 2: scenes is kind of wiggling their way to lead this family.
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  Speaker 2: You eliminate them when you have the power and the seat.
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  Speaker 2: I think Parker Posey, the host of the show, says it.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know if this is actually true, but it
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  Speaker 2: is a decent quote, is power is gained from taking.
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  Speaker 2: And I think you take the power away from others
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  Speaker 2: to increase your own power and make people more to
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  Speaker 2: rely more on you as the Don. But he's going
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  Speaker 2: with the opposite strategy. He's saying, hey, we want to
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  Speaker 2: build the strongest team. I think this group is going
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  Speaker 2: to trust me and support me because I am doing that. However, he,
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  Speaker 2: I don't think, is taking into consideration the alliances behind
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  Speaker 2: the scenes that are happening and also that all of
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  Speaker 2: these people are big personalities that want to have his seat.
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  Speaker 4: The two biggest reality stars right now on the show,
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  Speaker 4: like current day, like of course, Bruno, Bruno from the
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  Speaker 4: stars is on and he's been around for 21 years,
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  Speaker 4: like he says. So obviously a big character, but the
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  Speaker 4: two people who are very current, I would say is
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  Speaker 4: Demi from secret lives of Mormon wives and Harry Josie.
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  Speaker 3: Harry just comes off of having, I mean, he's been
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  Speaker 3: on every reality.
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  Speaker 2: He's like the new Johnny bananas. He's everywhere.
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  Speaker 3: Crazy everywhere.
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  Speaker 4: He goes and he has his own reality show where
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  Speaker 4: he's a lead on Netflix like two months ago to this.
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  Speaker 3: So it just so happens that these two have a
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  Speaker 3: rivalry already.
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  Speaker 4: He doesn't like Demi from the reputation that she has
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  Speaker 4: with his other friends who are also girls on Sacred Lives.
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  Speaker 3: And she... Doesn't like him, I guess, for the same reason.
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  Speaker 3: And sorry, it's Demi, like Demi Moore, not Demi.
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  Speaker 2: Are we tired of Harry Jousey yet?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, because like, this is maybe controversial. He's charming, but
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  Speaker 4: is he that charming? He's funny, but is he that funny?
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  Speaker 4: He's good looking. but is he that good looking?
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  Speaker 2: I think our producer, Heather, would disagree. She loves a
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  Speaker 2: Harry Jousey moment.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, she thinks he's real cute.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, Johnny Bananas did it, right? He made a
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  Speaker 2: career from going from show to show. It's a hard life.
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  Speaker 2: You're everywhere in the world. You're doing all these different things.
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  Speaker 2: It's hard to start a family during that. So there's
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  Speaker 2: only a short period of time that you can actually
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  Speaker 2: make it happen. Good on him. He's made it happen.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, he's been on every show that's kind of
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  Speaker 2: possible for him to be on at this point.
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  Speaker 4: I said what I said, but I also am not
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  Speaker 4: technically tired of him.
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  Speaker 3: It's fine. He's good on these shows.
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  Speaker 4: He's a shitster.
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  Speaker 3: He's good on them. And I applaud the work ethic.
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  Speaker 4: Like, holy moly, if you went back in time to
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  Speaker 4: Too Hot to Handle, like the first show we all
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  Speaker 4: watched during COVID, which was absolutely.
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  Speaker 3: You know, disgusting, but we couldn't take our eyes off
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  Speaker 3: of it. And that's where he's known from.
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  Speaker 4: Who would have ever thought that the guy six years
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  Speaker 4: later would still be so relevant. And like, I can
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  Speaker 4: say the same thing for me. Like I'm not calling
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  Speaker 4: myself relevant right now, but I am saying that like,
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  Speaker 4: I'm sure there's other people being like, Ashley really sucks
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  Speaker 4: at being a reality star, but somehow she's still there.
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  Speaker 2: No, I don't think anybody's.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Everybody likes watching you, Ashley. Um, No, he's, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: it just goes to my point. And I'm wondering if
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  Speaker 2: he was on here with us, if he would say
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  Speaker 2: the same thing. Like, goodness, like, when is this going
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  Speaker 2: to stop? Because the hustle, the hustle, whoever is booking
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  Speaker 2: him is doing a great job there in front of
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  Speaker 2: everything and on the cutting edge of everything. However, as
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  Speaker 2: you said, there isn't like massive names coming off of this.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, goodness, Shane. And I don't know Shane, but
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  Speaker 2: Shane was never on TV until now. But he somehow
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  Speaker 2: found his way onto this show. So I think this
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  Speaker 2: was a move. Where The Bachelor is waiting to see
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  Speaker 2: the response from the public, similar family, right? It's on Hulu,
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  Speaker 2: to see if he could be the next lead of
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  Speaker 2: the show. I'm assuming that was why he was chosen
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  Speaker 2: over everybody else that was on that season. Yeah. To
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  Speaker 2: see if, hey, people jump off the screen and go,
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  Speaker 2: that's our guy.
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  Speaker 3: And he's 50% Italian. Yeah, he's 50% Italian. He's very attractive. Okay,
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  Speaker 3: so we.
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  Speaker 4: First half, the first competition is basically like we have
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  Speaker 4: to blow up this car because the feds are after
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  Speaker 4: you and it's full of family stuff and aren't expensive things.
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  Speaker 4: And if they find it, you know, then you're going
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  Speaker 4: to be screwed. So basically Parker says you need to
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  Speaker 4: blow up these cars, but in order to blow up
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  Speaker 4: the cars, the cars are locked. They have like these
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  Speaker 4: boots on the wheel. You have to open the locks,
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  Speaker 4: find clues, crack the code to a lock box.
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  Speaker 3: There is $ 18, 000 up for grabs. Another question I have
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  Speaker 3: for you is $ 18, 000. It's up for grabs on this one.
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  Speaker 4: Task.
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  Speaker 3: The $ 100, 000.
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  Speaker 4: Prize that they're talking about in the end, is that
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  Speaker 4: on top of all the money that they're getting each task?
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  Speaker 2: That is a part I'm confused by also, but I
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  Speaker 2: don't think so.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, so you're saying that in the gameplay of the.
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  Speaker 3: Whole season, there'll be $ 100, 000 up for grabs.
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  Speaker 4: Yes.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, okay.
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  Speaker 2: So this one has $ 18, 000, and it's split.
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  Speaker 3: Up into two teams, and Are these two teams? Like
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  Speaker 3: I watched episode two, but I am now thinking. Okay.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: These two teams, are they sticking together the entire time?
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  Speaker 3: Or is this just for one task?
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  Speaker 2: One task.
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  Speaker 3: Okay.
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  Speaker 4: Thank you for making these clarifications for my dumb ass.
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  Speaker 4: So team one right now is Demi, Bruno, Romeo. That
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  Speaker 4: is like little Romeo.
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  Speaker 3: Master P, that's his son. Then we have Harry and Maria.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: Harry quickly decides to be the captain of this team.
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  Speaker 4: I don't even know, like, I'm just like, of course
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  Speaker 4: he is.
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  Speaker 2: Like, right?
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  Speaker 3: Of course he is. And then team two is Anita.
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  Speaker 3: She's from Selling Sunset. Then we have Shane.
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  Speaker 4: And then we have Bella, who's from Love Overboard. Joe
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  Speaker 4: is going to be the team captain. As they're in
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  Speaker 4: the competition, they find that there are two more contestants
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  Speaker 4: on each team, basically.
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  Speaker 3: Willem, and he's from RuPaul's Drag Race. He's very funny.
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  Speaker 3: He keeps the show quite entertaining.
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  Speaker 4: And then we have Debbie Mazur, who we know from
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  Speaker 4: Entourage and from Goodfellas. And they're both trapped inside the
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  Speaker 4: cars on the lot. Harry gets his lockbox open first,
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  Speaker 4: and then there's cash and a ring inside. Joe's team, however,
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  Speaker 4: gets the boot lock open first and.
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  Speaker 3: Wins the challenge overall.
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  Speaker 4: It was embarrassing, but not embarrassing, but it showed generations,
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  Speaker 4: that's for sure, that Joe was able to, like, figure
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  Speaker 4: out an old-school lock that, like, used to be on
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  Speaker 4: our millennial, like, lockers at school.
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  Speaker 1: Mm-hmm.
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  Speaker 3: And then Harry had no idea how to dial a lock.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's a wild idea, is that somebody wouldn't know
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  Speaker 2: how to dial a lock.
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  Speaker 3: No, but I'm thinking, when was the last time I
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  Speaker 3: did that? And it was like 20 years ago.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's all keypad now?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: The competitions of this will be fun, and they are
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  Speaker 2: fun to watch, and they are gathering as much money
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  Speaker 2: as possible throughout each. And they are showing the work
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  Speaker 2: ethic of each contestant. And kind of what they're into
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  Speaker 2: and what they're not. I do like that the show
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  Speaker 2: pushes each person to contribute in some way because everybody
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  Speaker 2: else is watching. You can't just kind of float around
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  Speaker 2: and get lucky. I think you could argue after episode
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  Speaker 2: two that you would say to me is getting a
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  Speaker 2: little bit lucky because of her relationship with the Don
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  Speaker 2: on why she's still sticking around. But we do see
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  Speaker 2: in episode one post this competition, as we mentioned, Joe
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  Speaker 2: announces the Don. and the removal of Bella happens. I
• 16:00
  Speaker 2: do like the exits, Ashley. I think it's, I was
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  Speaker 2: on the edge of my seat watching who comes through
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  Speaker 2: the door and who doesn't. So I do enjoy that,
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  Speaker 2: and I do enjoy the aesthetic setup of this. It's
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  Speaker 2: a very beautiful set.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, I agree with you there.
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  Speaker 4: I was thinking, if we were to compare this to
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  Speaker 4: Traders in Scotland, which actually, they do a great job.
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  Speaker 4: Scotland's beautiful, and they do a beautiful job showing it,
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  Speaker 4: but I was like, this definitely feels more like home
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  Speaker 4: to me and my ancestors are speaking.
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  Speaker 2: You would feel fine in that house.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, they are shooting this in Italy and I
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  Speaker 2: don't know what set they're on, if that is actually
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  Speaker 2: all being shot at the house or not. But whatever
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  Speaker 2: they did, they put a lot of money into the
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  Speaker 2: look and the feel of this, which begs my question
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  Speaker 2: for the show. You know, the Don, as soon as
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  Speaker 2: Joe got announced as the Don, all of a sudden
• 16:50
  Speaker 2: he has the Don outfits while he sits behind the desk.
• 16:54
  Speaker 2: I'm wondering if, and I'm excited, if he ever is
• 16:57
  Speaker 2: removed as Zidane, whoever sits in that chair next, if
• 17:00
  Speaker 2: they'll all of a sudden have these crazy boss-like outfits
• 17:04
  Speaker 2: where the show's almost giving them wardrobe to look as
• 17:11
  Speaker 2: bad as possible.
• 17:12
  Speaker 4: Okay, so it looks like Demi came ready for that
• 17:16
  Speaker 4: attire with her leopard outfit. Yeah. I feel like, and
• 17:19
  Speaker 4: like her... shoulder pad blazers. She is ready to become
• 17:24
  Speaker 4: the next Don.
• 17:25
  Speaker 3: I feel like.
• 17:27
  Speaker 4: So when they get back to the house, they realize
• 17:28
  Speaker 4: that they still have like some money to be found.
• 17:31
  Speaker 4: And Joe has a decision to make. He is going
• 17:33
  Speaker 4: to have to like take some of the money for himself,
• 17:36
  Speaker 4: or he's going to choose to whack some or tonight.
• 17:38
  Speaker 4: He has to, as the Don whack someone.
• 17:41
  Speaker 2: By the way, brutal scene. When they whack some, as
• 17:45
  Speaker 2: I mentioned earlier, Bella gets whacked first and they like
• 17:49
  Speaker 2: walk her back to a meat locker and they like
• 17:52
  Speaker 2: do a close up of raw meat. That was wild.
• 17:55
  Speaker 3: That was super weird. Like that was, that was eerie.
• 17:59
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 18:00
  Speaker 4: Like pretending as if they're like actually going to go
• 18:02
  Speaker 4: back there and murder her.
• 18:03
  Speaker 2: Yeah. It's like very, it's very aggressive.
• 18:06
  Speaker 3: In like the deli unit. It's like her Rockies, you know,
• 18:09
  Speaker 3: punching bags.
• 18:11
  Speaker 1: Okay.
• 18:11
  Speaker 4: Okay. So basically what's going on at the villa throughout
• 18:15
  Speaker 4: this is that Harry is talking smack about Demi and
• 18:20
  Speaker 4: vice versa. And the big moment is when Joe takes
• 18:25
  Speaker 4: Demi aside and he's just kind.
• 18:27
  Speaker 3: Of like, you are my person. I can tell.
• 18:30
  Speaker 4: You are going to be my second hand. I feel
• 18:33
  Speaker 4: like you're loyal and I can trust you and you're
• 18:35
  Speaker 4: a good worker. And it seems like Harry basically will
• 18:39
  Speaker 4: do anything to get rid of Demi.
• 18:43
  Speaker 2: Yeah, there's more behind the scenes there than what this
• 18:46
  Speaker 2: show is showing. You know, Harry, obviously, and Demi are
• 18:50
  Speaker 2: not fans of each other. I think it's more Harry
• 18:55
  Speaker 2: towards Demi at this point than it is Demi towards Harry.
• 18:59
  Speaker 2: But they would love to see each other like one
• 19:02
  Speaker 2: of the other go. So whose gameplay so far, Ashley,
• 19:08
  Speaker 2: do you think is setting them up for the most success?
• 19:10
  Speaker 2: Is it Harry or is it Demi?
• 19:12
  Speaker 3: I think it's to me.
• 19:13
  Speaker 2: I agree. I think she has a chance to be
• 19:16
  Speaker 2: the next Don. And I think Harry would find himself
• 19:20
  Speaker 2: on the whacking block.
• 19:21
  Speaker 3: Oh, yeah.
• 19:22
  Speaker 2: As soon as that happens. Like, I think he's gone.
• 19:24
  Speaker 2: And I think that is something he should be very
• 19:26
  Speaker 2: concerned about.
• 19:27
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 19:39
  Speaker 4: Now, the problem is, and we see this going into
• 19:41
  Speaker 4: episode two, that her relationship to the Don is so
• 19:47
  Speaker 4: close that it's kind of turning other people off like
• 19:50
  Speaker 4: Maria and like Shane they're all kind of like huh
• 19:59
  Speaker 4: why is he so obsessed why is he giving her
• 20:01
  Speaker 4: money why is he so obsessed with her and that
• 20:05
  Speaker 4: is going to be when I start thinking that they're
• 20:11
  Speaker 4: going to stop voting for him, and they're going to
• 20:14
  Speaker 4: try to elect Harry as.
• 20:16
  Speaker 3: The next Don.
• 20:17
  Speaker 4: So she might be in a good spot to be
• 20:19
  Speaker 4: friendly with him, but she might also be in a
• 20:23
  Speaker 4: spot for— she might be creating the spot for Harry
• 20:26
  Speaker 4: to take over as Don if she continues her close relationship.
• 20:29
  Speaker 2: Yeah. I will say it's a part of the show.
• 20:31
  Speaker 2: I don't want to overplay. When we're talking about episode two,
• 20:36
  Speaker 2: the Demi-Harry— issues feels a little bit overblown. Like it's
• 20:41
  Speaker 2: taking up a lot of space on the show. And
• 20:43
  Speaker 2: I don't love shows that kind of like exhaust one storyline,
• 20:47
  Speaker 2: but it does feel like with this cast, that is
• 20:50
  Speaker 2: the storyline that has to be used right now. But
• 20:56
  Speaker 2: it will get tiring after a while. It's like, okay,
• 20:58
  Speaker 2: we get it. You don't like each other. Both of
• 20:59
  Speaker 2: you want each other to go home. So far you're
• 21:02
  Speaker 2: both here, but every week we can't just see you
• 21:04
  Speaker 2: two like trying to backstab each other. Cause that's not
• 21:06
  Speaker 2: what a family's about. That's right. Yeah.
• 21:10
  Speaker 4: Well, that's also because that's like the drama they have
• 21:13
  Speaker 4: going into it. They need to, as a show, wait
• 21:17
  Speaker 4: for natural show drama to unfold.
• 21:20
  Speaker 3: And that'll happen more as the show goes on.
• 21:24
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 21:24
  Speaker 2: I mean, right now, how I look at this show
• 21:26
  Speaker 2: is aesthetically wonderful to watch. Compelling with the exits. However,
• 21:33
  Speaker 2: the drama becomes with one person, the Dons. That's the
• 21:37
  Speaker 2: only person that can cause really drama at this point
• 21:39
  Speaker 2: unless there's contentious arguments in the house. The Don is
• 21:43
  Speaker 2: the one that is getting rid of people and also
• 21:46
  Speaker 2: keeping people. He is the one or she will maybe
• 21:50
  Speaker 2: be the one who's giving the money or keeping the money.
• 21:53
  Speaker 2: It feels like it's such a singular focus for this
• 21:56
  Speaker 2: show right now that I would love to see some
• 21:59
  Speaker 2: of the other storylines play out amongst each other. I
• 22:03
  Speaker 2: enjoyed the moments where they're sitting, drinking wine, talking and
• 22:06
  Speaker 2: laughing and talking through the gameplay. I want to see
• 22:09
  Speaker 2: more of that. In episode two, they do do a
• 22:12
  Speaker 2: wine competition. Similar idea is you're going to make a
• 22:16
  Speaker 2: lot of money if you produce a lot of wine.
• 22:20
  Speaker 2: The Don sits out of this. He gets to kind
• 22:22
  Speaker 2: of hang out and watch. And we see in episode
• 22:26
  Speaker 2: two that some people give it their all and some
• 22:30
  Speaker 2: people don't. The me is kind of She's critiqued because
• 22:34
  Speaker 2: she leaves this competition with a full head of makeup,
• 22:36
  Speaker 2: and everybody else is grinding.
• 22:38
  Speaker 3: Her hair's perfect.
• 22:39
  Speaker 2: Yeah, her hair's still perfect. She's still doing her thing.
• 22:42
  Speaker 2: We don't see the elimination in episode two, but it
• 22:45
  Speaker 2: is down to Ada and Bruno. I would hate to
• 22:49
  Speaker 2: see Bruno go. He's a good character on this show.
• 22:52
  Speaker 2: I've enjoyed watching him, and I think he is bipartisan.
• 22:57
  Speaker 2: He is close with the Don, but not overblown, and
• 23:01
  Speaker 2: he is... kind of attaching his stakes to Demi.
• 23:05
  Speaker 4: This is what the Don is thinking. Oh, Bruno is
• 23:08
  Speaker 4: really close to Demi. And I could see them creating
• 23:12
  Speaker 4: like some sort of power couple. So we want to
• 23:14
  Speaker 4: eliminate that. And then he also is considering getting rid
• 23:19
  Speaker 4: of Anita because she is.
• 23:23
  Speaker 3: Just not a good worker. He's like, she just doesn't grind.
• 23:27
  Speaker 2: She doesn't produce the cash.
• 23:29
  Speaker 3: Yeah. I think he's going to get rid of Anita.
• 23:33
  Speaker 3: That's my guess, because I think he's going to try to.
• 23:35
  Speaker 4: Stay true to eliminate the weakest link formula.
• 23:41
  Speaker 2: We see Bachelor Nation come out during this. Shane takes
• 23:45
  Speaker 2: a pretty big role during this episode. We find out
• 23:47
  Speaker 2: he just finished law school. Maria is obviously still doing
• 23:53
  Speaker 2: the Maria thing. She's a big character. She's polarizing. She
• 23:57
  Speaker 2: is an enjoyable watch. So Bachelor Nation is still existing
• 24:02
  Speaker 2: and surviving so far through two episodes. And we want
• 24:07
  Speaker 2: to continue and follow along as the season goes. Ashley,
• 24:13
  Speaker 2: if they call you tomorrow and say, we want you
• 24:15
  Speaker 2: on the mob for next season, do you say yes
• 24:17
  Speaker 2: or no?
• 24:18
  Speaker 3: I always say yes to everything.
• 24:19
  Speaker 4: I'm a little concerned about filming overseas, but I do
• 24:22
  Speaker 4: think that they're doing eliminations almost every night. So I
• 24:26
  Speaker 4: think it would only be like a 10-day shoot, which
• 24:28
  Speaker 4: I can handle. All these decisions usually come down to
• 24:31
  Speaker 4: how long I have to be away from the kids.
• 24:33
  Speaker 3: And how much money is there?
• 24:35
  Speaker 2: That's good. I like where your mind's at.
• 24:39
  Speaker 4: So then, yeah, my other thought about this is that
• 24:44
  Speaker 4: I think the two quietest people there are Maria and Shane.
• 24:51
  Speaker 3: Don't you think? I don't think that they've played much
• 24:54
  Speaker 3: of a role yet.
• 24:55
  Speaker 2: No, I mean, I wouldn't be shocked if Maria steps
• 24:58
  Speaker 2: into the Don seat. We do see some of that
• 25:00
  Speaker 2: playing out.
• 25:02
  Speaker 4: I could see her personality on Joey's season. Yeah, definitely
• 25:07
  Speaker 4: filling that role. I could also see her in the clothes.
• 25:12
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 25:13
  Speaker 3: We'll see.
• 25:13
  Speaker 2: Yeah. Awesome suits. Yeah. It's fun that these new shows exist, though,
• 25:20
  Speaker 2: and it's fun to follow along as they go. So
• 25:22
  Speaker 2: if you need listeners... something different um you should go
• 25:29
  Speaker 2: in and watch episode one episode two leaves us on
• 25:31
  Speaker 2: a cliffhanger ashley mentions who she thinks goes home i'm
• 25:36
  Speaker 2: still up in the air on it but it does
• 25:37
  Speaker 2: leave us with a little.
• 25:38
  Speaker 3: Cliffhanger come on now just give your wager.
• 25:41
  Speaker 2: I mean i think i think it's bruno i think
• 25:43
  Speaker 2: it's all set.
• 25:45
  Speaker 4: Yeah okay i actually yeah during that scene that final
• 25:49
  Speaker 4: scene i was like oh so it's bruno So maybe
• 25:52
  Speaker 4: you're right.
• 25:52
  Speaker 3: That's my gut reaction.
• 25:53
  Speaker 4: I just think that if he wanted to stay loyal
• 25:55
  Speaker 4: to his initial thinking, let's just get rid of the
• 25:57
  Speaker 4: weakest link.
• 25:58
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I would not be shocked if Bruno goes home,
• 26:01
  Speaker 2: which would be a big loss for the show. As
• 26:03
  Speaker 2: you mentioned, he is one of the bigger names on
• 26:06
  Speaker 2: this season. We'll be following along with other shows that
• 26:11
  Speaker 2: Bachelor Nation is competing on. Dancing with the Stars is
• 26:15
  Speaker 2: out there. We have breakdowns of that every week. We
• 26:19
  Speaker 2: are breaking down Bob Guinea season currently. And again, stay
• 26:23
  Speaker 2: tuned because in just a few short weeks, we'll be
• 26:25
  Speaker 2: on the Bachelor Nation cruise interviewing tons of people who
• 26:29
  Speaker 2: have been a part of this franchise. But until then,
• 26:32
  Speaker 2: I've been Ben.
• 26:33
  Speaker 3: I've been Ashley.
• 26:34
  Speaker 2: We'll talk to you soon.
• 26:35
  Speaker 3: I love you.
• 26:38
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