I, too, have to agree with your assesment of Greg. He has some major anger issues. Therefore, he comes across as compeltely insincere when he tries to be nice.

And I really didn't feel that bad about Zach crying. I kept remembering back to him mocking the little kids who were crying earlier in the season.

I would love to have a reunion in a year or two to see how these kids have changed (or not). Alex is absolutely adorable!

Great recap (as usual!!)!!

I really should have watched this show, because these recaps are one of the best (if not the best) on the site. I laughed out loud! Well done.

Am I the only one who wants to smack Olivia every time I see her on my screen? You can just tell that girl is going to have a major attitude problem when she grows up.

Good recap as always, but mix in a spell check. To cry or wail is to "bawl" and insinuate is spelled like that (with an "s").

This show was OK. The Manipulation Handbook was annoying as hell at times. With 5 or 6 days to go they need to start a school? Please . . .

Sorry to be annoying about stupid things like spelling, but like Pierce said, it's "bawling." the only reason I mention it is that "balling" is something quite different and it was really skeeving me out to see that word showing up amidst descriptions of 10-year-old children.

but i really like your recaps!

Am I the only one that thought the hot air balloon reward was stupid?
When they first showed that as an option, I thought it sounded like a lot of fun. I've always wanted to do that. But then I realized they were only going to rise high enough to sit over...Bonanza City??? Really? L-A-M-E!!!

I actually felt bad for Jared when he lost out on the gold star. I may be wrong about him, but he looks like he could actually use the extra money.
But, it looks like they're going to hand out even bigger stars next week, so maybe he'll win one worth more than $20,000?

Jared totally f-ed himself by nominating himself. Why would someone do that? That totally turns me off and makes me think ill of that person. By the way, where is that Divad? I haven't seen her p*ssy since she was nominating herself for making those kids "Heart-Attacks-On-A-Plate".

I'd like to see Jared win only so that I can see his parents. I wonder which parent he looks like, his mom or his dad. Or if they're still married. Maybe he has gay parents. A My Two Dads kinda thing. I smell a spin off - Jared's Place with Greg Evigan...... maybe???

Great recap, but this week's episode was sort of weak. It kind of ticked me off that the kids were ripping on the council members saying they didn't need them around. I also didn't think that Greg was that bad to Zach the first time around [I kind of had the feeling the tears were forced too] and he did try to make him feel better when the tears were quite obviously real. Did DK expect him to keep ragging on Zach in the face of real pain? Zach certainly seemed to appreciate Greg's effort. Personally, I think DK's main problem is that he wants to look like the good guy and even though Greg's got him beat hands down in the bad guy role, he manages to steal his thunder in the good guy role too. It does kind of suck to be Zach though. He was up for the star earlier then lost out on it by joining the council. Now he seems out of the running.

It totally wasn't necessary to close up the arcade for the duration. Just open it a couple hours a day or every other day even. Sheesh, what a waste of a great reward.

I happen to love Sophia's people experiments. I think it is pretty cool that she even thinks up this stuff much less comes up with ways to put them into play. Too bad she won't be using it later in life, she'd make a great sociologist or psychologist.

I was rooting for Alex but then he ruined it for me by being so unappreciative. Even his parents could have cared less. Must be nice to be rolling in it so deep that an extra 20K doesn't mean jack.

Your recap was laugh out loud funny as usual. I always read it at work and my coworkers wonder whats wrong with me when I start crying laughing at my desk. the mere mention of "Pelvis has left the building" had me cracking up as loud as I was when I watched the show. I read many other recaps on this site and yours is by far the best one. Keep it up and if you are doing another one after this show is over let everyone know. by the way no mention of our pedophile friend Dex this week. How was his B-day?

Hi there sister dearest. Get back to work, and stop reading recaps all day!

gigglesgirlee, I feel the exact same way about Olivia. Everytime they show her she's either rolling her eyes or has some weird look on her face. It could just be editing, but either way she annoys the heck out of me.

My lovely Gasmii:

As always, thanks for the comments!

ChrisW78, couple things: First, THANK YOU. Second, I think it's so adorable that you and your sister talk to each other on the comment board. LOVE it. Also, Dexter's birthday was a smashing success, and by that I mean that the underage children were stopped at the door. Thanks to everyone who wished Dex a happy birthday. I was able to get away with making your well wishes my present!

One more show and it's over. :( I will be back to recap the Real World Road Rules Challenge which i think airs in March. In the meantime, I'm looking for a new show to cover. Feel free to throw out suggestions!

Love,
Your One and Only McSteeny

McSteeny

May I humbly suggest Grey's Anatomy. Don't know if you are a fan or not but we Gasmii's need some Grey's snark that I think only you can provide. The guy doing it now posts only when the moon is blue and made of cheese apparently.

As an aside, I truly love any and all recaps you do....I fell in love with you reading "Scott Baio Is..." even though i didn't watch the show; and my daughter and i never miss a kid nation recap....they are hysterical. I have also noticed you on occasion posting on Screampllr's Friday Night Lights recaps, who incidentally is one of my other favorite recappers. In fact, it is the two of you and the lovely Miss Loula (Prison Break) who make up the holy trinity of Gasmii in my opinion.

Keep it coming....am going to miss you when KN is done.
PS...really funny headline on MSN's TV Blog that made me think of you..."Scott Baio is 46...And Singlehandedly Undermining His Reality Television Career" about him getting hitched to Renee.

Hi Mamabird:

Appreciate the loyalty!

I'm HUGE Grey's Anatomy fan. In fact, I ended my tradition of Thursday night happy hours when the season started, just so I wouldn't miss the show. I'll look into it, but if someone is already writing, I don't want to step on any toes.

As for Scott Baio, I saw that he got hitched. He has a new show coming out (supposedly) about his life as a Dad. Should be interesting.

There is a new show on the CW that's called Crowned that starts this Wednesday night and features mother- daughter pairs competing in a beauty pageant. Has "mock me" written all over it if you ask me. Plus that way maybe I'd lose the guilt I've suffered from mocking the kiddies.

Keep you posted.

-McSteeny

ok, mamabird it's official. I'm recapping Grey's Anatomy for however many episodes are left.

See y'all at Seattle Grace...

McSteeny: Please don't acknowledge my brother...he will just be impossible to live with now. I will have to constantly hear about how Dr. McSteeny loves him better just like our mom did. Oops, didn't mean to go into all that childhood angst. But seriously, love love love your recaps. I always laugh at loud at some point during them. I was terrifically excited to see that you are going to recap Crowned...looks like a show worthy of a whole lot of snark.

Shan_evans: I love you both the same. (now you're even)

Loved the show and your recaps!

Recap: October Road, Monk, Psyche, Mythbusters, Samantha Who? (But maybe recapping a comedy is sort of redundant - or might ruin a lot of jokes.)

Recap Crowned please!!

I just wanted to post and say how much I love, love, love your recaps!!

And I wanted to say-MamaBird, I absolutely agree! Prisonbreak, Friday Night Lights and kid Nation are the best of the best when it comes to recaps.

Please consider recapping "Real Housewives of Orange County"!! That show is in desperate need of some snark! And maybe you can recap your friend Dex's inevitable appearance on "To Catch A Predator" :)

Thank you for your hilarious kid nation recaps and keep up the awesome work!!