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No chick would S*** in an urn....


And the chicks that would, could not pass the background check to be on the show. that was a little far fetched .

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That was so stupid and cross the line, I would have known then and there it was set up, they aren't trying to save the show.

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You know the old saying, "bitches be crazy"...

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It just seems like it would be hard for ANYONE to actually crap INTO an urn. That would take effort. It was such a bad idea. They had just gotten Chase back on board (although like people have said on these boards the airing of things filmed is out of order), but to then throw him something like this? No wonder they almost lose him. It's funny, but just TOO ridiculous for someone to believe. He obviously watches a lot of reality TV where crazy things happen all the time, but this? WAY over the top.

Awww...I've got 3 kids and no money. Why can't I have no kids and 3 money?!

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The biggest problem is that while crazy stuff happens on reality shows, on most of them, a majority of the people are sane (by tv standards, anyway) and there's only one or two who are certifiable. This show inverts that, and almost takes the "Only Sane Man" approach that made The Twilight Zone a popular, scripted TV show.

I mean, let's look at the other contestants:

-Lorenzo: Casual pouch-ridiculous
-Chloe: Nude modeling portfolio as a keepsake seems a bit strange, a bit more believable than Lorenzo but should seem like a red flag
-LV: Coming out is plausible, probably seems odd only in the context of everything else that's happened
-Allison: Pretty obvious
-Skylar: Strange backstory, and it looks like we're about to get the reveal that the dead husband isn't dead- another red flag
-Carlee: Again, obvious
-Randy: bringing an urn with a dog's ashes on a TV show, hitting on a man's wife (a "bounty hunter" no less) while he's within walking distance of him
-Chico: Nothing really strange other than basically being a cartoon character
-Allen: No red flags

So therein lies the problem. I think what made the first iteration successful is that it realized its logical limitations. Have one or two "extreme characters" (Hutch), the majority that are mostly normal with personality quirks (Dr. Pat, Earl, etc.) and then a straight man that your mark can relate to (Brian).

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Even if one would... there is no way that the producers of the show would just hand the urn back to the other contestant without telling him/her what happened and giving them a heads up.

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The real trick here...is that he looks in the urn....which if you know...is probably most likely dark enough to not see anything in there. So for him to say...omg... how would he know there was *beep* in there unless he could smell it first. I can't recall if that was his reaction or not.... but yea...way over the top.

I don't recall anything on the 1st or 2nd season being so ridiculous like that.

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I thought they were gonna reveal it was crap from his "spirit animal". That would've been loony enough. But her own??? Ridic.

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