Whew! Last week's stellar Conexao threw me for a loop. Thought we might be looking at end of days.

Fortunately, The Show You Love To Hate proved last week was a fluke. This week: Terrible pies all around, fake DJ Khaled as guy's captain, Barb returning (to do... absolutely nothing...), and the girls losing so the hottie at the end got.... ONE pie in the face. (With the paper plate sticking to show absolutely zero aftermath as the show ended.)

Oh, and it looks like the YouTube channel is gonna "forget" to upload last week's Only Good Episode Of 2017 in HD. Seems about right.

Nothing to see here... Move along, move along.....

Can confirm. 11/10 would not watch again.

Only good is they kept the pie only ending , but those fucking idiots pie like they have Parkinson's disease and the fact that the pies are dry and sturdy doesn't help ether,

of all the frustrating things about this show , the consistency of the pies got to be the most infuriating one, 1 week super gooey , the other week barely stick ...

And believe me , it makes all the difference

As always, CM is like weather in the South.... Don't like it? Wait a week, it'll be totally different.

BUT that said.... Pie consistency used to be.... consistent. Now it's not. And yes, that's the main difference. It wouldn't have helped in the main round. (I believe one girl got one shitty pie, post-water, and that was it... Every other female "randomly" got water.) But it could've made the final round slightly better.
Although Cut-Rate DJ Khaled apparently can't do anything with pies but eat 'em. And that's the problem with the final round: It's the team captain doing the pieings, so if he sucks, the entire round is a waste.

TBH.... The girls had way more pie opportunities, and they only had 1-2 good ones. That's how bad the pies were. And it took 'em like 3 separate tries before they FINALLY covered Token. (Also, it's obvious the producers punish Token whenever he grows a pair by "randomly" ensuring he gets a pie punishment each time.)

The flaw with the final round was exposed today. The flaw being: if a person wins they get to compete again. And they keep competing until they lose. This is a plus if the person who wins is a motivated pie-thrower.

Unfortunately, the guest (50 year old Charles Barkley) kept winning and winning. And he simply wasn't inspired to throw his pies with strength after his first win.

As bad as the episode was IF the pies were gooey the episode would have been acceptable. However, most of the pies were too solid. And none of the men were willing to press the pie firmly on the women's face to get a satisfactory result.

Other than Dani (last week) when the women lose something unexplainable always happens to prevent their captain from getting shellacked. Again, this week, skinny blonde nearly escaped without a single pie. If Charles Barkley did not walk clear across the studio to seek her out she would've remained spotless.

Lastly, it was an absolute crime against the gods of WAM to have Barbara return to the program and leave the studio pie-less. The bad guy/girl is always supposed to lose. Don't these Brazilians watch American movies? Couldn't the producers have rigged the program just this one-time to ensure that Barbara gets covered?

Hate to say it.... As soon as I saw Barb on the team, I just thought, "Yeah, this week's a waste."

As a regular player, she'd have good and bad weeks. It's like she made a deal with the producers. "Okay, this week I'll get pied and pout about it, but next week I walk away spotless."
Now, as a veteran/special guest, she gets the same special-guest treatment as Ana, Karla and Fake Cameron Diaz: They provide experience, look sad when the girls lose, and walk away spotless.
And if you'll remember, Barb's final episode (before this) was the beginning of the "team captain" format. Which Barb won, of course, by... suspect means. She basically became the first player to walk away spotless. (Back when everyone got wrecked at least a bit.) Now, of course, it's like half the team, but...

Dani, as I mentioned, is the exception to every rule. She's the one girl the guys treat like a GUY, and they all take the gloves off (with her AND usually all the females) when she's on board. Honestly, I wish they'd keep her around every week for that reason.

I didn't realize Cut-Rate DJ Khaled wasn't team captain. Or whatever. The one who answers the question right gets to keep pieing? Last week it was the team captain doing the pieing. I honestly think they make the rules up as they go and/or I never pay attention anyway. (I just scroll and look for pies. Gotta preserve sanity.)

I think the entire thread above is exhibit 278 that you have lost that battle, Rich.

Yeah, I know I know. I keep getting sucked in.
It's such a fun show to analyze/hate-watch. Although I truly don't watch it in real time, only scrolling, and I never understand the rules half the time.

I think he was the captain. However, when he answered a question incorrectly he was eliminated. The next guy in line replaced him.

One of the women also had a very successful final round. She must've answered 4 or 5 questions correctly. Her success ruined any chance that Barbara (who was suspiciously at the end of the line) would have to face the music.

Regarding CM's rules. Or more accurately, rule (singular). It is thus: The 2 to 1 male to female pie ratio will be enforced over the long term.