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Fruitbat

Wednesday, September 03, 2003 - 09:43 am EditMoveDeleteIP
jfsladgjir!

Brenda1966

Wednesday, September 03, 2003 - 10:36 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I just checked TVGuide online and I don't see a time change for The Family. I see BB is on earlier, and the Family is on for one hour at its usual time. Am I missing something?

Jan

Wednesday, September 03, 2003 - 11:06 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Brenda, I think Fruitbat was talking about the time change reference for BB. You are right, The Family is on in it's regular time slot.

Fruitbat

Wednesday, September 03, 2003 - 11:19 am EditMoveDeleteIP
ya!

Realitynut

Wednesday, September 03, 2003 - 12:58 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm so excited I can't wait - I don't want this show to end. I love this show. It's my favorite. Go Cousin Mike!!!!

Fruitbat

Wednesday, September 03, 2003 - 06:21 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Less than 30 minutes. How exciting is this?!

I am going around in circles trying to think who the family would vote back in and I cannot come up with one logical thought. They are so nuts and the condition of the vote is crazier. A competitive, loud, rude family has to discuss a vote?......for which one has a shot at a million dollars? Impossible.

The only one that wouldnt surprize me is Uncle Mike. No one wants to be alienated from his affection. The fear is tangible.

Jan

Wednesday, September 03, 2003 - 07:53 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
OK I am a cousin Mike fan but here is the sad fact folks. He has been saved 4 times by the board. This means HE CANNOT WIN COMPETITIONS! He has LOST 4 competitions, that's why he was in front of the board so often.

I hope he can do it this once..and I hope he takes care of Jill (who got him on the show) and cousin Dawn (who kept winning competitions when no one thought she could). I hope he gives the rest the nothing they deserve.

Wilsonatmd

Wednesday, September 03, 2003 - 08:12 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
it's not that he lost competitions....he didn't have a lot of control over them.

ep 1-the family decided by the auction who was going up. Cousin Mike got the 2nd most amount bid. Thus he went up. (group decision)

ep 2-he had control over the dice game as to how to bet, and had the most chips, where it was the least chips who went up and picked their opponent.
didn't go up that time. (skill and indivdual decision)

ep 3-he was in the first team eliminated in the glass balancing game, and the winning team picked who went up. Went up. (skill and two person decision)

ep 4-the remaining people had to decide in the limo who would go up. Aunt Donna and Uncle Mike agreed that if one of them went up, they would pick the other person. Jill went up, because she hadn't been up , Mike and Dawn Marie had been up before and won, and Anthony and Ed were connected to Donna and Cousin Mike. Didn't go up that time.
(group decision)

ep 5-the boat lifeline game-Aunt Donna had to pick between Uncle Mike, Anthony, and Cousin Mike, and the other two would go up. No way Donna would pick him. He went up.
(indivdual decision)

ep 6-the suitcase game. Robert won, and thought Cousin Mike wouldn't get eliminated anyway, so he didn't go up.
(individual decision)

ep 7-Dawn Marie won the moneybag game, and liked Cousin Mike, so didn't pick him to go up.
(skill and individual decision)

ep 8 this week-couldn't stand on the tower, so in this case, losing meant automatic nomination. Then it was the final decision, which he won. (endurance)

So two of the four times he went up, he had no direct chance to influence if he went up or not: The art auction and the boat lifeline game.

Most of the competions for elimination it were games of negotiation and influence, where someone else (either individually or as a group) had the power to decide who went up, not if you were the first or last place person or not. One competion he technically "won" (the dice game, as he had the most chips at the end), but in that case it was who came in last, not first that made the decision. So he could have gone up that time as well, but didn't (as it would have looked foolhardy to the BoT that the last place player picked the first place player in that game)

Cousin Mike has done good...now it's up to the last comp, and who the family decides to put against him....

Happymom

Thursday, September 04, 2003 - 11:22 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Wow, thanks for that excellent recap Wilson. I really appreciate it as I love this show and have missed too much of it.

Vixeninvegas

Thursday, September 04, 2003 - 12:47 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm sure most of you already know but thought I would help enlighten those of us who missed a bunch of this funny show. They are re-airing all shows on the Family channel (#37 here in Las Vegas) on Saturday the 10th from 1:00 PM till 10:00 PM - very cool - I will be catching up the ones I have missed & re-enjoying the others :) Take care all

Brenda1966

Thursday, September 04, 2003 - 02:33 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks Vixen -- I assume you meant Saturday the 13th!

I just read TVGuides caption for the finale and thought it was cute:
Pulled shortly after its spring debut, the series returned to the airwaves this summer, where it still failed to generate much heat. No matter. As with most reality shows, it's all about the ending and this one is a hoot. Down to a lone (and likable) finalist, the ousted players nominate one of their own to get back in the game and go for the million-buck trust. The winner's a secret, but between Aunt Donna's working-class Lady Macbeth act, Dawn Marie's continual crying and Anthony's insane ego, whoever it is would be wise to just take the money and run...far, far away. George Hamilton hosts.

Saggkl

Thursday, September 04, 2003 - 06:40 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Vixen are you talking about the Fox family channel? I would love to watch the show again.

Sanfranjoshfan

Thursday, September 04, 2003 - 06:50 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm guessing it's the ABCFamily channel, since the show was on ABC....

Saggkl

Friday, September 05, 2003 - 06:35 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I must not get the ABC family channel. I have Time Warner Cable. Do not see it listed.

Crazydog

Saturday, September 06, 2003 - 10:38 am EditMoveDeleteIP
It's all the same channel. It was originally called the "Family Channel". Then Fox bought it and it became "Fox Family Channel". Then ABC bought it from Fox and it became "ABC Family Channel". So if your cable listings list any kind of "Family Channel", then you have it. I would think that Time Warner should carry it - the Family Channel is pretty much a cable staple, I thought.

Ladytex

Tuesday, September 09, 2003 - 06:16 am EditMoveDeleteIP
about 37 hours to go!!

Meme9

Tuesday, September 09, 2003 - 06:40 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I finally caught up on my tapes of this show! Still loving it! The final show should be good.

Kellirippa

Tuesday, September 09, 2003 - 10:27 am EditMoveDeleteIP
forgive my ignorance, but how will the winner be chosen?

Ladytex

Tuesday, September 09, 2003 - 11:24 am EditMoveDeleteIP
The family chooses amongst themselves one person who will go against Cousin Mike. Then there will be some kind of competition to decide who will "win control of the family fortune". I don't know what kind of competition, I've not seen anything. I don't know if I've just missed it or they've been very closed mouthed about it. This is the only show that I watch on ABC, so I may have missed commercials that show more about it. Sorry I couldn't be of more help.

Crazydog

Tuesday, September 09, 2003 - 01:11 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
No, there has been very little information about the final competition between Mike and whoever is chosen to go back in. All that we know is that it is supposedly going to test mental and physical strength.

In the previews, it looked like Uncle Michael was pissed off about a last minute change in voting strategies. Dawn Marie looked shocked too. I'm betting that Anthony changed his vote. At this point, I think most of the family members would rather see one of them win than Cousin Mike. If they know that it's supposed to test physical and mental strength, I could see them voting Robert back in.

Whoever goes back in though, I feel kind of bad for them if they lose to Cousin Mike and Mike never talks to any of them again. Imagine if Robert loses - the family Christmases will be very very cold in the future.

Ladytex

Wednesday, September 10, 2003 - 06:41 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Don't forget to watch tonight!!

Kellirippa

Wednesday, September 10, 2003 - 10:46 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Wow, what a sappy ending... I wish Mike would have won the money, thumbed his nose at the family and drove away...dang.

Bomom

Wednesday, September 10, 2003 - 11:37 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
What a bummer. I felt physically ill when Mike lost. After every attempt by these people to oust Cousin Mike and make him feel like a complete outcast, he prevailed up to the last step. The only redeeming thing about this show is that in the end he walked away with an equal share.

Kellee

Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 03:40 am EditMoveDeleteIP
my husband thinks I am nuts cause for two hours straight I was yelling at the TV...between Paradise Hotel and watching the "orginals" make assess of themselves..Ali ousting Erika and Mike lossing the million...I just couldnt stop screaming..though it did end on a somewhat postive note cause Anthony showed more class than I ever thought he would...*LOL*

Squaredsc

Thursday, September 11, 2003 - 04:45 am EditMoveDeleteIP
i couldn't believe the 2nd part of that challenge. what a freakin waste. just when i get dragged into this show. i was soooo disappointed. how could cousin mike believe anthony, it was totally obvious he was lying. and i wouldn't give aunt donna a pluck nickel.