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Apologies for the absolutely insane number of words, got carried away trying to compensate for being slower than usual with my recap.
The cold open for the finale has a nice little parallel to the cold open in S1E2, which similarly has Deborah walk in to Marty who’s in a somewhat compromising position with his trainer to deliver good news, although in this case her news is something they both celebrate, rather than a win she uses to gloat over Marty
Even though she’s in a much less combative place with Marty, Deborah still isn’t willing to admit that she came over to tell him the news in person and insists that she’s only there to return the key, showing the limited extent to which she is willing to open up even to people she’s known for a long time.
Deborah and Marty doing the tango together to basically celebrate the news is quite cute and a fun way to kick off the episode
I do think it’s kind of sweet that Kathy is quite looking forward to Deborah’s visit, and J Smith Cameron plays up Kathy’s somewhat childlike excitement at this during the opening of the phone call
Nice to see Deborah making an effort to follow up after inviting Kathy for Christmas, committing to a sister’s weekend is a not insignificant step although it also becomes clear that she’s not 100% committed to it. Waiting for Kathy to call and then tell her there’s a change in plans instead of just straight up telling her isn’t a particularly nice thing to do
Deborah has a weird look on her face when Kathy brings up her parents at the mausoleum, which I initially thought was because she didn’t really like to reflect on the past, although on a rewatch it becomes clear it’s because she knows the truth about the mausoleum.
“She’s pivoting into being an adult” Found the way Kayla phrased this part of the child star to adult actor experience to be very funny. I guess the Bella Donaldson character is supposed to be a reference to people like Zendaya, Zac Efron and Selena Gomez (Cannes Best Actress winner!!???), Disney child stars who are trying to shed their past image and be taken as serious adult actors to varying degrees of success. Also the bit about getting awards buzz for an Aronofsky movie feels a bit like what happened/ was projected to happen with Sadie Sink and The Whale
Deborah watching her old Late Night tape and Ava seeing her do that is a nice callback to and reversal of S1E3, where it was Ava watching Deborah’s tape and discovering more about her past
I love Hannah Einbinder’s simple but sincere delivery of “I knew you would” as Ava, and the way Jean Smart lets just the tiniest smile play across Deborah’s lips in response to Ava’s belief in her
Ava being able to only write stuff for Deborah’s Late Night show and not any actual material of her own shows that even though it’s been a year plus since the S2 Finale she still has the same issue of Deborah being “the one with all the stories. What do I even have to say?”
Ava’s voice going up endearingly high when she says “This is gonna be amazing” is very cute, what a touching and lovely scene between Deborah and Ava showing the respect and admiration they have for each other. I’m sure that will continue for the rest of the finale!
How does a safe in the floor of the pool even work lol
Very fun comedy freaking out by Mark Indelicato as Damien, him becoming hysterical at the thought of becoming the new Marcus is hugely entertaining.
According to Hannah Einbinder and Jean Smart on Variety’s Award Circuit podcast, thy did shoot a scene for this episode where Marcus does tell Deborah that he’s leaving but it was cut from the episode. Honestly not sure what role Marcus will play next season and curious to see what the writers will do since it seems he’s going on a very different plotline than the rest of the show. If this was another show I’d say he’s being written out but from interviews and other behind the scenes material the cast and showrunners are fairly tight knit, so I’d imagine they’ll find a way which makes sense for Marcus to continue being around
Between this guest appearance as Bella Donaldson and the release of Lisa Frankenstein and Abigail, Kathryn Newton is quietly having a pretty cool 2024. She absolutely nails the passive-aggressive “nice” girl type that she’s asked to play here. Also the Zack and Cody mention is kind of neat since Newton starred along with Cole Sprouse in Lisa Frankenstein earlier this year, while the goat demon movie mentioned might possibly be a nod to Newton’s affinity for the horro horror adjacent genre?
Quite like this Jimmy/Kayla B plot, allows Meg Stalter to show a different/more emotional side to Kayla who’s usually just the very fun comedic relief. Her smiling nicely and trying to politely ward off Bella’s passive-aggressive “niceness” is such a deeply human character beat.
Deborah Margesson doesn’t quite have the same ring to it as Deborah Vance, so I guess that’s why she didn’t go back to her maiden name after the divorce.
Deborah moving her parent’s remains to Vegas and not telling Kathy for twenty plus years is absolutely deranged behaviour. “It was a corner plot” and “I used my art shipper!” are ridiculously bad responses to the situation, this being the last straw for Kathy is very understandable. Although in Deborah’s defence I guess the fact that she was willing to accompany Kathy to the mausoleum for what she knows to be a completely empty gesture is her deranged way of showing care for her sister and not wanting to hurt her feelings.
Also in hindsight Deborah lying to/not telling Kathy about their parents to avoid hurting her feelings and any conflict is good foreshadowing since that pretty much turns out to be what she does regarding Ava and the head writer job
Deborah’s look of absolute disdain/confusion after hearing the “going to the hardware store for milk” line is gold from Jean Smart
I think Kathy’s reaction to Deborah here and deciding that she’s had enough of her BS and not wanting to put herself through even more hurt in attempting to maintain a relationship is completely reasonable, really liked J Smith Cameron’s work here, as well as Jean Smart playing Deborah’s silent acceptance of this relationship blowing up yet again
Deborah standing alone in the mausoleum is a great shot
Kathy’s reaction to Deborah’s BS here serves as a great contrast to how Ava deals with Deborah’s BS later on in the episode, it truly takes someone special/equally deranged to want to continue being with Deborah despite all her flaws and the hurt she causes to those around her. To use some internet parlance, Kathy is unwilling to put up with Deborah’s freak, while Ava ends up being more than willing to match Deborah’s
Lewis Benton/ fake John Oliver’s line to Ava about her being the hardest-working person in the office is a nice reminder of how working with Deborah has changed Ava for the better in some ways by giving her a stronger work ethic
“Maybe our paths will cross again” Just speculating here, and maybe this would be too inside baseball of a storyline for a show that initially at least was about two people on the “outside” of the entertainment industry, but might there be a future storyline of Deborah competing against fake John Oliver for an Emmy? A recent Emmy rule change starting from the Emmys earlier this year means that Oliver no longer competes with the more traditional Late Night shows like Colbert, Kimmel, Meyers, The Daily Show etc prior to that this had been the case for the past ten or so years
Kayla being the funny one growing up as a defense mechanism against bullies like Bella is such a great character detail on the part of the writers, makes so much sense and explains so much about Kayla’s outlook and attitude
This conflict is so great because both Jimmy and Kayla do have a point. Obviously Jimmy standing up for Kayla who’s being bullied is a good thing for him to do as a friend, but Kayla’s also not wrong in feeling that Jimmy is kind of ignoring her work and being a bit patronising. Really liked how Meg Stalter plays Kayla’s hurt feelings in this scene, it’s a well-executed emotional beat for a generally comedic character. And this continues the throughline about whether Jimmy has what it takes/enough stones and guts to be in the business which was also seen in the back part of S2
Quite liked the scene between Deborah and Biff Cliff (what a name!), a pretty sobering reminder of the obstacles faced by women in entertainment and just how precarious making it in the business actually is, makes complete sense that it would spook Deborah to do what she does later on
I thought the Jimmy Page dating a 14 year old story was meant to be a jab and Jerry Seinfeld and his 17 year old girlfriend, but googled and found out that that was a true story too
I feel like the bit Ava has as a writer taking new headshots and the different treatment they receive compared to actors must be drawn from the real-life experiences of the writers/showrunners, it’s such a specific joke. That said I think if you asked a layperson to tell who’s a writer and who’s an actor from this Deadline photoshoot I think they’d be hard pressed to tell the difference (very complimentary).
Ava sharing her excitement over her “dream job” as head writer for Deborah with a random make-up artist is very endearing, and just makes what happens later on even more crushing
Deborah going to the exec meeting and slowly realising just how much is being invested in her is a great bit of reaction acting from Jean Smart, and further helps reinforce the pressure she’s under and explains her choices
Quite liked the scene of Deborah telling Ava that the network doesn’t want her as head writer, on first watch it seems like Deborah is just worried about how to break the bad news to Ava and let her down easy, but on rewatch it feels so obvious that Deborah is just lying through her teeth to Ava and struggling with it big time.
Jimmy’s “proposal” to Kayla on the plane is such a great comedic setpiece/skewing of the rom-con trope, everything from the overly-excited passenger who completely misreads the situation to Jimmy kneeling because the flight attendant says there’s no standing in the aisle is just perfect.
It’s also just a really good way to cap off the season long plot involving Jimmy and Kayla, we’ve seen throughout the season that they make a very good thing and that Kayla’s kind of a genius at this in her own unique way, very satisfying to see Jimmy finally recognise this and promote her. Jimmy and Kayla’s mentomentee relationship serves as a healthy contrast to Deborah and Ava,with Jimmy as a mentor who recognises the mentee’s contributions and is willing to make compromises (see his acceptance of Kayla’s three funny videos a day)
Jimmy’s voice going up absurdly high when he says “Leave us alone!!!” and “What is your deal” is fantastic comedic work from co-showrunner Paul W Downs, he’ll get Writing and Series Emmy nominations this year, but he should really be getting one for Supporting Actor too.
I guess if you want to nitpick you could say Ava running into Winnie is a very convenient thing to move the plot along, but I choose to look at is as a reminder that Ava has moved on up in the world since the end of S2 and is now at a place where she can get takeout from fancy places where a high-level network head might also dine
Ava’s look of betrayal and anger after realising that Deborah lied to her is great work from Hannah Einbinder
Deborah is reading a Churchill biography when Ava storms in
My god, Ava confronting Deborah is just a perfect perfect scene, the writing is so sharp and Jean Smart is fantastic at playing Deborah going into ice/hardened mode when being confronted, but what a tremendous performance by Hannah Einbinder. She just captures the mixture of betrayal, hurt and anger that Ava feels so naturally and powerfully
There’s so many callbacks and references to previous Deborah/Ava confrontations and scenes from across the show. Ava accusing Deborah of just doing the same thing is from their very first meeting S1E1 where she calls her a hack as well as from their argument in S1E10 when she calls her the same thing. The line about being “a shark or whatever” comes from S2E5 which is what Deborah’s retired comedian friend Susan describes her as, with Deborah later then telling Ava that “You’ve got to be a shark” at the end of S2E8. And Deborah’s advice to Ava to be ambitious and saying that she feels lonely when opening a champagne bottle comes from S3E5 (take that people who said the woods episode was pointless filler).
“You can be the woman behind the man behind the woman” What an unappealing job description, and also a sign of how far Ava has comes since the S2 finale when she was unwilling to take the credit for writing Deborah’s special. Now her time away from Deborah has allowed Ava the space to truly value herself, her achievements and be justifiably proud of them (she stresses her job at On The Contrary to Deborah back in S3E1 and stresses her co-producer role when in bed with Christina Hendricks in S3E6), and she’s no longer willing to accept this demotion and wants credit for her work.
“You’re already making decisions out of fear and you’ll keep doing it” A really cutting observation from Ava which completely nails what Deborah is doing, much like how she immediately clocks in S2E8 that Deborah is pushing her away because she’s afraid.
“It has to work. I’ve lost way too much for it not too” Deborah’s sentiment applies equally to Ava as it does to herself, and helps explain just why Ava would go to the the extremes she does later on
As much as the dialogue in the scene is great, this Deborah and Ava argument also hits hard because of the silent moments in between. The wordless ten seconds or so which rests entirely on Ava after Deborah says that she’s willing to lose her is just tremendous stuff from Hannah Einbinder, all the hurt plays across her face and Einbinder is simply terrific in making the audience feel the deep hurt and sense of betrayal of that moment
Ava saying that Deborah will die alone is something that Deborah has thought about before, saying back in S1E9 in her interview with a journalist that she accepts the truth that people leave the world completely alone and refuses to pretend otherwise
One Last Time - Deb’s Final Stand Up is the track which plays as the big Deborah/Ava argument scene closes out according to Shazam, with the track (that played in the S1 Finale) taking on a whole new meaning in this context. The soundtrack isn’t a big selling point of the show unlike something like say Succession, but the themes by Carlos Rafael Rivera are simple but always effective
Jimmy taking a selfie in his new office is quite cute, and him saying that he didn’t do it alone and comforting Ava at the end of this scene is a much needed nice beat after the intensity of the previous scene
“shows that already exist with one tiny tweak, or huge global hits” Honestly a pretty depressing but frankly accurate read of the current media/television landscape
Jimmy saying that he knows Ava will do the right thing brings to mind these Deborah lines to Ava from the previous episode “It’s so easy for you to say what’s right or wrong. It’s never that simple. One day you’ll understand that” Ava’s move of blackmailing to get Deborah to do right by her certainly falls into the “never that simple” category
Curious about the politics/legal behind the scenes stuff that needed to be cleared to have Deborah be the host of a CBS late night show in the world of Hacks, while Hacks the actual show is under Warner Bros. Discovery which does not own hacks. I guess in this universe Deborah gets the Late Late Show timeslot instead of Taylor Tomlinson with After Midnight
Deborah’s left Vegas but the vanity plate for her car will continue to follow her and be updated
Deborah excitedly taking a photo of her Host parking spot is very cute, but the beat immediately after when we see a hint of her being sad and uneasy/regretful is also great, she’s achieved her dream but at great personal cost, and has no one to share the photo and moment with
It’s been a central thesis of the show that Deborah and Ava are ultimately more alike than different despite their different ages, backgrounds etc. Even in S1E2 the antiques dealer says that Deborah and Ava are “the same” and are “both psychotic b*tches”, and in episode after episode we see just how alike they are. For example in S2E2 after Deborah finds out about the email she says that Ava is just like her, being equally cruel and selfish. Ava blackmailing her abusive boss so that she can continue to work with her is just a completely insane thing to do, and also very much something Deborah would do herself to help her career, as we saw back in S1E5 when Deborah blackmailed Marty to secure her dates at the Palmetto
This move also shows just how much Ava has learnt from Deborah and how much the student has learnt from the master. Ava takes Deborah’s advice from S2E8 to be a shark, and her advice from S3E5 to “concentrate on what’s best for you”. It’s also ends up becoming a twisted version of Ava saying that she won’t leave Deborah in that same episode too, with Ava resorting to blackmail to stay with Deborah. And Ava finally does what she said back in S2E8, which is that “I get to decide what’s best for me”. I love love love the layers to this show!
I love love love the cocky and slightly confident/smirking Ava that we get a brief glimpse of from this scene, coupled with the power suit she’s rocking it makes for such a satisfying moment as she gets one up over Deborah after being on the back foot previously
We’ve seen a different and more vulnerable side of Deborah this season in S3E5 and S3E7, and seen her be like a fangirl in S3E4, but this scene and her stepping up to Ava and slightly seething as she says “You wouldn’t” is a nice reminder that she can be absolutely terrifying when she wants to be
That tiny tiny little gulp that Hannah Einbinder does when/just after Ava says “I would” is so so good, Ava’s standing up to Deborah but Deborah is still one very scary person. Also really love her cocking her head to one side as she says “Wouldn’t you?”
This has already been pointed out on Twitter, but Deborah and Ava sitting apart in the writer’s room at the end is kind of like the pepper shakers which Deborah rearranged to be apart in S3E1. Also a nice contrast to S3E8 when they were sitting apart as Ava was reporting the journalist’s article to Deborah, even despite them sitting separately they were still very close emotionally, but now the physical distance between them is reflective of the division between them as friends/colleagues
Spoilers for Succession S2E10: This Hacks finale is very reminiscent of the Succession S2 Final This Is Not For Tears. In both episodes the older mentor who’s been trying to teach their protege/successor to be harder and tougher ends up being too good at their job and get betrayed by their mentee in a stunning rug pull moment, even though for much of the season it seems the mentee is perfectly content working undefor their mentor. It’s a plot twist that’s both completely shocking in the moment yet makes so much sense when looking back on the season and the series as a whole. And of course the finale ends on a shot of the older mentor as they take in what their mentee has done, with a mixture of anger but also just the slightest hint of pride and begrudging admiration
This final twist in the finale of Ava blackmailing Deborah is so so good and satisfying, does what great season finales do which is deliver a “twist” that feels like a gut punch initially but has actually been building over the season, and sets up a really juicy scenario/ status quo for next season
Ava blackmailing her way to head writer on Deborah’s show is such a juicy scenario to leave things for Season 4, Ava has never had power over Deborah like she does now and I’m personally very much looking forward to how that changes their dynamic next season
My only concern is that I do hope the Vegas aspect and the characters from that part of the Hacks universe don’t get left behind with the focus shifting to running a Late Night show. If there is something to ding this season of the show it’s that there’s not enough Kiki, I’m not smart enough to figure out how a Vegas casino dealer will be able to regularly show up in LA but I selfishly want the writers to figure that out because Poppy Liu is just too fun as Kiki to leave out. Also kind of curious as to how they’ll keep Marcus around since he’s now leaving Deborah’s QVC empire.
Overall a really really great season finale and a very strong season as a whole, easily the best Comedy of the year and one of the best shows of the year. Really rooting for the show to win big prizes at the Emmys later this year against the Bear although that will be tough, pulling hard for Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder to win and for the show to at least win Writing if it can’t win for Comedy Series. Also would be very happy if Meg Stalter and Paul W Downs got their first-time noms this year, they were both great this season

EDIT: Lots of comments saying that I must be addicted to the pain. For the longest time I saw everything that she did as a byproduct of her mental illness, and that it couldn't really be her doing it because I've seen her be so nice, sweet, and genuine before that this new behavior just isn't her!
I saw all the red flags through rose colored glasses and refused to acknowledge what everyone in this thread has been saying. I let it go on for far too long and made myself into a walking floor mat that doubled as an ATM for her whenever needed.
This last month has been a Rollercoaster since I called for the marriage to end, I will start where the previous post left off.
She ended up moving in with her friend and the male roommate after she got back home, and told me she was going to be dating herself. She had a private conversation with me while she was picking up her stuff from my place. More on this comment to follow up.
After DDay she wanted to do couples therapy and we did for a month. We thought we didn't need it anymore so we quit. The day after she checked herself in the psych ward I started therapy for myself using the same app I used before. I thought it was individual, but it turned out her name was still on it, and for a whole month, she had access to messages I sent to my therapist.
About a month after D Day, she bought VIP tickets for us to see one of my favorite bands for what would have been an anniversary present for me, to show how much she appreciates me after everything we went through.
Fast forward to about a couple weeks after she comes home, she calls me to ask about the concert. I figured things have simmered down a bit since she got back home so I agreed to honor the tickets, but not the occasion. Her and I were in minimal contact during that time frame.
About a couple of weeks before our anniversary, she calls me to tell me that I might need to find an alternate partner to go to the concert with, because now roommate took a sudden interest in the band and wanted to go. I told her that the concert was only for you and i, and if you plan on taking him, then you two can go. She never responded to that part and diverted the subject to how her job didn't honor her PTO while she was hospitalized and she went through the last of her savings and now she's on E with $15 until payday.
I figured since it was mothers day a couple days ago, I was happy to help her out. So I show up to her job, and she gives me a big smile and compliments me on my weight loss (I've been consistently going to the gym and taking supplements)
Then she tells me that she wishes it didn't take a divorce for me to change, because she lost the love of her life, soulmate, etc
I caved in and told her I felt the same way and we both said we still love each other. The conversation lasts for about a couple of hours before i not only fill up her tank, but clean up her car and buy her lunch for work.
She asked me what my plans were for that night and then my manager suddenly calls me asking if I wanted to come in for a bonus shift. I accepted.
After i left she wanted go finish our conversation. I tried to have a phone call with her at work, but it got too busy so she asked to reschedule for the next day on her lunch break.
I show up the next day, and she does a complete 180. I ask her what she wanted to talk about and she tells me "I have a lot of mixed feelings and I'm just living day by day" when I told her i still love her, she told me "I don't know what to say to that"
So I left, and bought a motorcycle. When I was test driving it I lost control and fell on my left side. I called her and asked if she could come look at me to see if I need to go to the ER, and she went ghost on me all night.
I'm back to no contact with her until I serve her divorce papers on our anniversary. I keep the no contact momentum going until Sunday, two days ago, when her friend calls me that ex wife was brought into the hospital by EMS because she may have been drugged and SA'd, and that ex wife was specifically requesting to see her husband
It turns out that the second she got back from the psych ward, she started hooking up with the roommate (shocker) and they started dating. Apparently, the boyfriend was heartbroken that he had to break up with her because he wants kids, and she can't give him any. So ex wife gets wasted and goes on a date with another guy she used to work with and it was believed that she had something put in her drink and whatnot.
So I show up to the hospital at around 1030pm knowing I had a 16 hour shift the next day, and I comforted this woman all night. I held her, consoled her, nursed her, everything. I asked where the boyfriend was, and her friend told me that he was "too far away and couldn't help her" and he left it at that.
It turns out the boyfriend was 20 minutes away and was with his ex. I also find out that the whole reason that he was a roommate in the first place is because he was a friend of the original homeowners boyfriend she was living with at the time, and he was homeless so he was taken in under her care. 20 minutes was too far apparently because he doesn't have a car.
The friend is telling Christina that she needs to come back home to her husband, because she can Cleary tell the man still loves her if he's still showing up for her after all of this. Ex wife agrees initially. I didn't agree, I wasn't going to take her back.
I ended up staying up all night with her and took her back to my place an hour before I had to work so her friend could pick her up.
When her friend shows up, she tells ex wife "idk why I'm here, I left you two alone so you could work on things"
Ex wife says "I want to be with Tyler but I don't want to live with him"
Friend says "I understand that but it's not okay for you to live with someone you had a romantic history with while working on things with him."
She acknowledges that, and that's when the friend asks her who she wants to be with.
Ex wife says "do I have to choose now?" To which the friend replies "Yes"
I get up and say "she just made her choice by hesitating. If she really was all about me she would have said me in a heartbeat"
The friend asks her once again, and then Ex wife says she wants to be living with him, because "he cares about me and you don't"
I was flabbergasted because I literally just spent the night caring for her and that means I don't care about her? At one point during my time with her at the hospital after finding out she jumped in a new relationship, I asked her "I thought you were dating yoursellf?"
To which she says "idk it just kinda happened. We live together and I was kinda pushed into it"
The most I know after that is Ex wife had her friend drive her to the address the boyfriend was at that was too far away, so she could talk with him.
The friend came over later the next day by herself and dropped some bombshells on me.
The first one being that she was reading my messages I sent to my therapist out loud to everyone who lives at her new home. She was laughing at me, calling me pathetic, saying there's no reason for me to feel the way I felt.
The second one is that ex wife told the friend that she wishes the motorcycle accident would have killed me instead, because I am worth more to her dead than alive (life insurance)
As of yesterday, I went to her baby daddy's house to drop off the last of her things, and coincidentally she shows up with her friend.
I didn't even look at her, nor acknowledge her, I calmly walked away.
Not only have I filed for divorce, but I had her served and it was notarized and has been taken to a judge for approval. State law gives a 60 day minimum, 120 day maximum.
She is blocked on all forms of contact from now on, and I am having the locks changed since none of her property is no longer at my place and she has abandoned the home for over 30 days now.
Me ignoring her presence yesterday may or may not have been a shock to her, hell, she might not have even noticed. But that is the first time I have ever done that to her.
I lacked self respect for the longest time so it feels great finally sticking up for myself. I know I've been gobbling a triple footlong cuck sandwich for the past year and I am done.

Dear Members of the Black Caucus,
I hope this email finds you well.
My name is Ashley, and I am writing on behalf of Rev. Dr. Christina Clement, who is actively running for President of the United States in the 2024 election. Rev. Dr. Clement is widely recognized within our community as a modern Shirley Chisholm, known for her unwavering dedication to social justice and equality.
Rev. Dr. Clement has recently submitted an Admissions Act that aims to address several critical issues facing our nation, including educational equity, healthcare access, and economic empowerment for marginalized communities. We believe that this Act will have a transformative impact on the lives of many Afro Americans and aligns closely with the values and mission of the Black Caucus.
We are eager to discuss this important proposal in greater detail and explore opportunities for collaboration to ensure its successful passage. We kindly request a meeting with the esteemed members of the Black Caucus at your earliest convenience to present the details of the SOLN Admissions Act and engage in a meaningful dialogue on how we can work together to advance this critical legislation.
Please let us know a suitable date and time for this meeting. We are flexible and willing to accommodate your schedule to ensure that we can have a productive and engaging discussion.
Thank you for your attention to this matter. We look forward to the opportunity to collaborate with you and further the cause of justice and equality for all.
Regards,
Team@clementforpresident2024.com

Woman here, and I just wanted to take a moment to gush about my incredible male partner because, honestly, he deserves all the praise in the world. We're always quick to vent about our frustrations, but today, I want to flip the script and share the pure joy my partner brings into my life.
First off, he's my rock. No matter what life throws at us, he's always there, steadfast and supportive. Whether I'm having a rough day, or dealing with personal stuff, he knows just how to make everything better. It's like he has this magical ability to calm my storms with just a hug or a few kind words.
But it's not just his support that makes me adore him. It's the little things too- I’m a blogger for a living and he’ll leave the sweetest Post-It notes on my computer. Or how he remembers my favorite snacks and surprises me with them just because. His thoughtfulness never ceases to amaze me.
He's also incredibly smart and passionate about his interests. I love hearing him talk about his latest project or hobby. His enthusiasm is infectious, and it inspires me to pursue my own passions with the same vigor.
One of the things I love most about him is his sensitivity. He's not afraid to show his emotions and be vulnerable. It's incredibly refreshing to be with someone who embraces his feelings and isn't constrained by outdated notions of what a “real man” should be. His empathy and compassion make him an amazing partner and an even better human being. Both of us are autistic, and sometimes he can get overwhelmed easily. I always respect his needs and make sure he's as comfortable and safe as possible. Our mutual understanding helps to strengthen our bond- I hate seeing him hurt. Seeing him hurt by something hurts me. He’s truly my soulmate. He's been through a lot of trauma from his past; his whole life he's been scrutinized, ever since he was in school; he was seen as his school's punching bag and laughing stock just because he was different. Despite all this, he has remained incredibly kind and loving. His resilience and strength are truly inspiring, and I feel so lucky to be with him.
We've been best friends since childhood, long before we started dating. Growing up together, we shared so many experiences and built a foundation of trust and understanding that makes our relationship so strong. It's amazing to see how our bond has evolved from a deep friendship into something even more beautiful and profound.
And let's not forget the fun we have together! From the deep conversations where we’re each other’s shoulder to cry on to watching our favorite shows together, every moment with him is filled with laughter and love. He makes the mundane feel magical.
Our relationship is a partnership in the truest sense. We share responsibilities equally and support each other's goals and dreams. It's refreshing to be with someone who truly values equality and mutual respect. We're a team, and I wouldn't have it any other way.
So yeah, I just wanted to put it out there: I fucking adore my partner. He makes my life infinitely better, and I can't wait to see what the future holds for us.
And, partner, if you’re reading this, I love you- you’re a beautiful young man inside and out, and I don’t know how I’d manage without you, honestly. You mean the world to me.
To any men on here who feel unloved, just know that there are women out there who empathise with you, support you, are with you every step of the way. I’m Christina, and I fucking love men… my partner is still my favourite though ;)

I listen to music a lot. But until recently I started with favourites. I need to see how many songs can I add here. My initial goal is like 1000 or something.
I listen to lana del rey( top 3) , beyonce( top 3) , jay z , kanye west , christina aguilera ( recently started listening) , mariah carey, ariana grande ( top 3) , drake here and there, kendrick too ( mostly its bitch be humble on repeat🤐) , frank sinatra , leonard cohen( hallelujah on repeat lol) . Apart from this I listen to alot of my regional language songs ( tamil , telugu , sometimes hindi) . I am learning french so maybe one or two songs in YT. I listen to a lot of ost’s too. Mostly game of thrones as you can see.
So Who else can I listen to , what are your suggestions for improving and increasing my library?

I’m about to send this to my recent ex. It’s more for me to let go of everything. Our relationship turned so messy. I just want him to be able to see my pov. I know we’re done and nothing is gonna come out of it but would like to hear thoughts on what I can say to an emotionally abusive pos that I couldn’t escape for the longest time. Little back story: We were dating for 2 years. The last year we have been doing LD and it has been very off and on. He had made several mistakes throughout our relationship and has always had a serious temper. This time I flew down to see him and I told him I kissed another boy while we were on a break. Long story short he gets really aggressive calling me awful things and saying stuff like “I’m gonna call your parents and tell them how much of a skank you are” he said all of this in the room with his mother in there. He got so crazy that his dad had to drag him out of the room and that was the last time we spoke. I flew out the next morning and wasn’t even there for 12 hours. I want to write this out and mail it to him in letter. I want him to realize everything that he lost.
Ex bf, I am so sorry for hurting you. I never wanted to break your heart. Im not sure if I’ll send this to you or not. You asked me why I did what I did and at the time I couldn’t give you an answer but I’ve had enough time to think about it now. I didn’t do it to hurt you or stab you in the back. I was missing something in our relationship. I stopped feeling the excitement and passion and love from you. I also held so much resentment towards you for the past. No matter how many times I came and talked to you about it, nothing changed. no matter what the circumstances were, what I did was wrong. Bottom line. I was confused, lonely, and weak. From the beginning of our relationship there was always something about you that I wanted but you showed me time after time how we would end up. Everybody else told me too. Nothing will excuse what I did and I know how wrong it is. But I hope you realize just because you didn’t go as far in your actions doesn’t mean they didn’t cut as deep. The double standards of what you did through our relationship on multiple occasions then me making one mistake is crazy. I hope you remember how it shattered you when Emilyn did what she did before you guys were dating and I hope you realize that’s how you made me feel with what you did with her and lize. I chose to forgive you time after time putting my own heart after yours. No matter what you did to me or how bad it hurt, I never spoke to you in such an evil way. I never used things against you that I knew made you vulnerable. I can’t believe you brought up how kj (my ex) hit me. I never degraded you or your looks. I never told my parents what you did to me until now. You made me genuinely scared to be in that room with you. Your ability to be able to say what you said to me in front of your own mother says so much about you and who you are. She offered to stay with me that night. She told me I deserved better. She told us she wasn’t comfortable with you in a room with me. I realize now that even though I made a mistake, god showed me signs to leave a long time ago. I think he knew that if it was the other way around I would choose to stay. I realize now I don’t need to beg for love. I will go out there and find someone else. Someone that wouldn’t give up on us. Someone that wouldn’t walk away because things got hard. Someone who would talk to me instead of ignore me. A mistake was made and I can’t change that but I hope you know how much I regret it. I lost sight of who I was and I ruined everything. I stuck around when you were destroyed and you couldn’t do the same for me. You cheated on your last girlfriend with me, you disrespected me with lize right before our relationship, and you cheated during by hiding your late night conversations with Christina for months. No matter how much you deny that, it’s what you are. You hurt me countless times and I always took you back and continued to put yourself before my own feelings. I know that it’s really over between us and I’m not bitter about it anymore If you want to leave that’s okay. Thank you for being my first love. Remi (my dog) misses her dad. I’m sorry in the end I gave you the worst version of myself. I hope that hotel room isn’t our last memory of each other. Until then I will hold my own hand until somebody else does. Nothing can justify what I did but that goes the same to you. Your actions through our relationship and the way you got in my face yelling, degrading, and threatening me shows I dodged a bullet. I hope you find a way to control your emotions and words. I wish you the best in life. You no longer have any control over what I feel, say, or do. You no longer have any part of me and Remis lives. I hope giving up and running away helped you. I know I would’ve stayed and tried every option first. I hope you’re happy with your words, I hope you know despite my mistake I would’ve tried everything and one day you’re going to realize giving out second chances isn’t the worst thing in the world. I hope you’re able to find peace with yourself one day. I’ll forever remember everything you said to me and used against me. I hope you remember how scared you made me feel and how concerned your mother was with your reaction. I hope you get help.

"Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Christina Chong, Jess Bush, Celia Rose Gooding, and Melissa Navia step off the bridge of the Starship Enterprise to collaborate on a new song, "Space Girlz", with a release date pending. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 has been filming in Toronto since December and is about to wrap production. While playing Lt. La'an Noonien-Singh, Chong continues her career as a recording artist. Christina released her EP "Twin Flames" in 2023, and she followed it up with a naughty Christmas song, "Fck U 4 Xmas". But this time, Jess Bush, Celia Rose Gooding, and Melissa Navia are joining Chong in the recording studio.
[...]
Chrisina Chong, Jess Bush, Celia Rose Gooding, and Melissa Navia are working with award-winning music producer Jim Anderson (@its_an_easy_life) on "Space Girlz," and there's a glimpse of their collaboration (which also includes Ethan Peck) on Anderson's Instagram reel [...]
A Star Trek musical episode was a fanciful dream of Christina Chong and other members of Strange New Worlds' cast - and then it came true. With director Dermot Downs and composers Kay Hanley and Tom Polce from Letters to Cleo, the cast of Strange New Worlds proved their musical theater chops and delivered a first-ever Star Trek classic. "Subspace Rhapsody's" soundtrack even topped the Apple Music streaming charts. And it was clear that Strange New Worlds' cast still wanted to perform music together, even musing about taking Star Trek's musical to Broadway.
With Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 3 wrapping production, the cast and crew will go on hiatus before reuniting to promote season 3 and begin production on Strange New Worlds season 4 at some point in the near future. For Christina Chong, downtime from filming Star Trek means continuing her burgeoning music career. But "Space Girlz" seems like a fun redux for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds cast mates Christina Chonhg, Celia Rose Gooding, Melissa Navia, and Jess Bush, who get to sing out of character as themselves . [...]"
Link (ScreenRant):
https://screenrant.com/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-cast-song-space-girlz/

I'm convinced Kpop fans simply don't know what good singing technique, good vocals and live singing are.
I named a group as one of the weaker vocally and the fans started bombarding me with messages and replies. A few actually sent links to show me how good their favorites were and that they actually sing live, and the links they provided were shocking to me. Here I was expecting to see actual live singing, yet I got a performance with a loud backing track where at some points none of the members had the microphone even close to their mouths but there was still clear vocals from the background music. That's literally AR. The good vocals they provided were videos of Performances you couldn't even hear the singers because the camera was too far, the crowd too Loud and the mics too low.
At this point I can't believe these people are being serious. What I have in mind of a great live singing is so different from what the majority seem to think. In fact, when I sent links to show them what actual good singing is they replied with a "So your definition of good vocals is the best vocalist in Kpop?" Uhm, yes? 😐 Like what does that even mean? Of course the best vocalists in Kpop are going to be the best vocalists. I don't even understanding why they're shocked or find it weird that I name people like Wendy and Eunji and Ailee as great vocalists.
Being a good vocalist and Sounding good (or singing well) are two different things. One is Christina Aguilera and the other is Britney Spears. Both sound good, but Christina is an actual vocalist and singer more than she is a performer or pop star. Btw, Britney Spears is not bad at all either; she is so so so so much better, like full on NBA player level vs kids in their driveway, than the likes of Lana Del Rey or Selena who simply cannot sing live, so I'm not even dissing anyone here (except Lana and Selena but even they know they suck and I'm a huge fan of Lana btw).
It's just frustrating seeing people not understanding very basic things like this. - if you can hear voices in the background with music, that's AR. That is NOT live singing. - live singing would be no RECORDINGs whatsoever. - if you wanna convince someone your favorite can sing, show them an acapella performance of them or them singing with NO MUSIC or singing karaoke of a difficult song and sounding good. - having a nice voice is not the same as being a good singer. Singing requires practice and it's a learned skill.
Edit to add: It might not have been () I was thinking of. I shouldn't have named names. This isn't about hating anybody. Since I can't find the video I was talking/thinking about, I will retract this. I don't want to offend anyone here. Apologies to her fanS. I'm not discussing this person anymore as I don't know enough about them. I didn't want to take out all of what I said, but since people are only focusing on this part I will. I'll leave the edit in.
Edit2: I will not be responding to anymore discussion about the one idol names originally in my post. That was a mistake, which I admitted to and edited to take out but people made this whole post about her when it wasn't, So I'm removing all traces to this one person as I feel the discussion has now turned to something I never intended and don't want to continue on about putting people down to lift others up. If you want to do that, go elsewhere. Deleting all of my comments that mention this name. I have no beef with any of you, so if you want beef, I'm not responding.

this is a really random question and I guess it’s for people who were alive during the 90s and 2000s but I see like music videos and stuff all the time of women dressed in like skimpy schoolgirl uniforms and stuff like that and right now we talk a lot about how that’s pretty problematic and it’s weird. people like Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera always used to do that stuff. I guess my question is does anyone remember at the time if there were any discussions or controversies about it being inappropriate? Thanks so much I know it’s super weird and random lol.

There might be a mistake or two, let me know and I will update this list.
Note: These artists have all sold over 75M Albums thorough their careers. This is a comparison between the Top 100 and all artists who have sold an insane amount of albums worldwide. Please upvote if you enjoy this content, took a few hours to put together.
In bold, artists I believe should have earned a place in the list.
Artists:
Ariana Grande
Chris Brown
ABBA
Shakira
Britney Spears
Genesis
Nicki Minaj
Gloria Estefan
Robbie Williams
Johnny Hallyday
Mariah Carey
Bryan Adams
Johnny Cash
Eric Clapton
Backstreet Boys
Barbra Streisand
Santana
Paul McCartney
Celine Dion
Linkin Park
The Doors
Enya
Flo Rida
Bon Jovi
Neil Diamond
Olivia Newton-John
Tom Petty
Alabama
Bruno Mars
Ed Sheeran
Luke Bryan
Donna Summer
The Police
Rod Stewart
Journey
R. Kelly
Green Day
Phil Collins
Meat Loaf
Pink
Justin Bieber
Elvis Presley
Ayumi Hamasaki
Linda Ronstadt
Dire Straits
Simon & Garfunkel
Bob Seger
Barry Manilow
Garth Brooks
Alicia Keys
George Strait
The Carpenters
Chicago
Lil Wayne
Tim McGraw
Imagine Dragons
Lionel Richie
Kiss
Maroon 5
Whitney Houston
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Billy Joel

Queen

James Taylor
Cher
The Weeknd
Christina Aguilera
Coldplay
Kenny G
Post Malone
The Black Eyed Peas
Shania Twain
Foreigner
Kenny Rogers
Julio Iglesias
Katy Perry
Earth, Wind & Fire
Bee Gees
Eagles
Def Leppard
Frank Sinatra
Usher
Justin Timberlake
Tina Turner
Aerosmith
Van Halen
R.E.M.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
State of Loc Nation Celebrates Milestones and Declared Independence June 2023
Worldwide; 05/12/2024 – The State of Loc Nation proudly announces several significant achievements and milestones in 2023 that demonstrate our commitment to international solidarity, health, education, justice, and self-governance. We are excited to share these developments and acknowledge our growing role on the global stage.
Referendum and Declaration of Independence
In a historic referendum held in 2023, the people of the State of Loc Nation overwhelmingly voted for independence, marking a new chapter in our journey towards self-determination. We have declared ourselves a self-governing entity, inspired by the successful paths of other nations that have achieved independence and self-governance. Our declaration is a testament to the resilience and unity of our community.
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International Trade and Health Initiatives
We are proud to announce the successful facilitation of international trade, which has allowed us to secure over 500 medical cards for children in Ghana. This initiative underscores our dedication to improving healthcare access for vulnerable populations and highlights the strength of our international partnerships.
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Educational Outreach in India
Our commitment to education and support for orphans has led us to host Sunday school sessions for children in India. These efforts aim to provide educational opportunities and emotional support, fostering a brighter future for these young minds.
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Advocacy for Justice in America
The State of Loc Nation continues to advocate for justice and equality in America. We remain steadfast in our efforts to address systemic injustices and promote a fair and just society for all individuals, regardless of their background.
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To share your story of injustices: Visit www.christinalorenclement.com/ memorials or click the provided link Memorials – Christina Loren Clement
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The State of Loc Nation stands firmly against the injustices exemplified in the ongoing Clement vs. Garland case. Rev. Dr. Christina Clement has filed a motion for default judgment due to the prolonged delay in the District of Columbia court’s decision, as the six-month wait time elapsed in April 2024 without resolution delaying fair and impartial judgment. This motion seeks to appoint Rev. Dr. Christina Clement as President of the United States of America, calling for the decertification of the House and Senate due to the unbalanced treatment of independent parties compared to Republicans and Democrats. We demand that all documents be reviewed, and the default Judgement is honored promptly to ensure a just and reasonable outcome.
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Recognition of Independence Movements
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We draw inspiration from the successful independence movements of our Rastafarian brothers and sisters, as well as our African brothers and sisters. We recognize the following key dates in the history of independence and self-governance:

• Haiti: January 1, 1804
  
• Liberia: July 26, 1847
  

In addition, we honor the independence of various African nations who have achieved self-governance after enduring colonial rule. Some notable examples include:

• Ghana: March 6, 1957 (from Great Britain)
  
• Nigeria: October 1, 1960 (from Great Britain)
  
• Kenya: December 12, 1963 (from Great Britain)
  
• Angola: November 11, 1975 (from Portugal)
  
• Zimbabwe: April 18, 1980 (from Great Britain)
  
• Namibia: March 21, 1990 (from South Africa)
  
• South Africa: May 31, 1910 (from Great Britain)
  

-Garifuna in Honduras, Belize and Palenque de San Basilio as well
(For a complete list, refer to resources on African independence dates from Think Africa and Wikipedia.)
A Call for Unity and Self-Determination:
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As we commemorate our independence, we stand in solidarity with all communities striving for self-determination and justice. The State of Loc Nation is committed to fostering a future where every individual has the opportunity to thrive in a society that respects their rights and heritage.
We invite our "Afro..., black, indigenous, African American and all 175+ afro descendant names" Brothers and sisters to join us in this pursuit of autonomy and self-governance, inspired by the historical examples of resilience and empowerment.
For more information and updates on our initiatives, please visit our official website www.stateoflocnation.com or contact our office directly on info@stateoflocation.com.
In addition to these, we honor all declarations of independence by African nations, Indian states, and original inhabitants worldwide. Their successful self-governance serves as a guiding light for our own journey.
As we celebrate these achievements and milestones, we reaffirm our commitment to building a just, equitable, and thriving society for all 1.4 trillion+ worldwide members of the State of Loc Nation and our global partners.
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Please help me find this song, well I don't remember the lyrics but I do remember the music video and like the music video has a medieval setting. It features a man who, I think it's the main singer and he starts singing below a dead tree at the beginning. Oh there is also a princess, she is also a singer, and I think he resembled Ariana Grande, I don't know if she is Ariana I'm not too sure, the princess is not allowed to be with the man but they continue to see each other. At one point, there is a king (the father of the princess) shown in several scenes. In one scene the king uses some kind of magic from a cauldron to become powerful, it looks like a ball and even though I think he is dying from it he still eats it. I remember that in a scene, both the man and princess are seen on top of a mountain singing together while the camera rotates around them. Also I think someone in the music video dies, but I could be wrong. Also the years I think are from 2000-2016, I don't remember very well since I was very young and my memory is bad.
This is all I remember I already tried google but nothing came up, I also tried AI and yet nothing, the songs that I investigated (thanks to AI) are "Say Something" by Great Big World and Christina Aguilera, "The Last Goodbye" by Billy Boyd, "Castle Of Glass" by LinkinPark, "Secrets" by OneRepublic, "The Power Of Love" by Gabrielle Aplin, "The Mystic's Dream" by Loreena McKennitt, "A Thousand Years" by Christina Perri, "A Little Piece Of Heaven" by Avenged Sevenfold, "Into The Night" by Santana ft. Chad Kroeger, "Story Of My Life" by One Direction, "Love Me Harder" by Ariana Grande and the Weekend, and "The Rains of Castamere" by The Game Of Thrones S8 Official Soundtrack.

I have a lot mine are
Kylie Minogue: I try to replicate her dance heavy neo disco music and goddess flair into my style and music
Donna Summer: In my opinion the original popstar with glitz and glam her music
Beyonce: the Queen Bee I try to incorporate all of her styles from her funky R&B during B-day to her Dark Horror Pop in self-titled to her Psychological masterpieces from Lemonade and her electronic disco from Rennisance and everything else
Lee Hyori: I love her It girl style with her music I use it a lot when designing my putting together my stage outfits
Ayumi Hamasaki: I inadvertedly discovered her one day and learned that she is the female pop star I've been looking for to emmulate
BoA: I kind of feel like She's my second mother a little her hip hop electronic style will always be my favorite
Kate Bush: I recently discovered her and can't stan her more she's one of the greatest artists I've ever seen her eccentricty but grace and being A dancer that also writes music like me she's just perfect the inspiration for creating this post is just ever so perfect a true diva who paved the way for artists like Lana, Billie, Gaga, florence and so many more
Barbara Streisand: I think of her as a revolutionary who brought not just amazing vocals but excellent concert commentary to her performance her comedic style is 'ay perfecta'
Lady Gaga: probably one of my favs of all time someone that I've been a hardcore stan her eccentricity, style, Kindness, and eternal message of just being yourself is what I love about her so friggin much
Taylor Swift
Jenifer Hudson
Little Mix
Hwasa
Shakira
Björk
MAMAMOO
Uhm Jung-hwa
Lauryn Hill
Michael Jackson
Girls Generation
Tina Turner
Diana ross
CL
Rina Sawayama
Brown eyed girls
Ciara
the Pointer sisters
Janet Jackson
Madonna
Whitney Houston
Christina Aguilera
Nine muses
Nina Simone
Afterschool
VIXX
Lana Del Rey
Spice girls
SHINee
Erykah Badu
Girls Aloud
Melanie Martinez
Celine Dion
Cher
Sade
Amy Winehouse
Ke$ha
Ailee
G-dragon
Ghost
Jessica Mauboy
Wham
Taeyeon
Efendi
India Arie
Jessie J
HyunA
Prince
IU
Adele
Son dam bi
Key
Mariah Carey
Jeon Somi
Aretha franklin
Demi Lovato
Mahalia Jackson
Katy perry
Sunmi
Hyolyn
Wonder girls
Dionne Warwick
Ariana Grande
Misia
Alicia Keys
Patti Labelle
Gladys Knight
Florence + the machine
Jojo
rachelle ann go
Sistar
Gummy
Ruth Brown
Cheetah Girls
Daft Punk
the Beatles
Belinda
List yours in the comment section

Date	Stage	Route	Length	Type	Time
Tue. May 21	16	Livigno>Monte Pana	206 km	Hard	ca. 17:15 CET

Climbs

Name	Cat	Km	Length	Avg
Giogo di S. Maria / Umbrailpass	CC	km 50.2	19.6 km	7.5 %
Passo Pinei / Panidersattel	1	km 194.0	23.3 km	4.7 %
S. Cristina Val Gardena / St. Christina im Gröden	2	km 206.0	6.5 km	6.1 %

Weather

Around 0°C-5°C at the start, 15°C in the valleys, 10°C at the finish. Rainy all day long.

Stage breakdown

Note: there is an asterisk hovering above this thread, as tomorrow’s stage could be shortened due to bad weather, with the start moved after the Umbrailpass.
In recent years, the Giro’s third week has always played an ominous role, looming over the first two thirds of the race as a gargantuan main course after two weeks of appetizers. This has often resulted in GC contenders racing quite conservatively until the last fireworks- a strategy that has proven effective in both 2022 and 2023 when the eventual race winner only took the GC lead on the very last climb of the race. In 2024, this won’t be the case as much: the third week is hard, it includes plenty of Alpine climbs, but it’s not going to be as pivotal as it was in recent years.
Stage 16, for example, looks challenging but not impossible. The racing will resume from where we left off yesterday: the start is in Livigno, and as the very first thing the riders will climb to Passo di Eira- that is, the last climb of stage 15 without the steep bits at the end. Another brief climb will follow, and then the riders will face a long, familiar descent: it’s the Passo del Foscagno, which they undertook in the opposite direction yesterday.
Not long after the bottom of the descent, the road will start to rise again towards the Giogo di S. Maria, better known by its German name: Umbrailpass. For a long while, it’s the exact same road as the iconic Passo dello Stelvio, but shortly before the summit the riders will switch to a secondary road towards the Swiss border. It’s not as tall as the Stelvio, but it’s still the tallest point in the race and it’s thus designated as Cima Coppi. Why have such a challenging climb so early in the stage? Once again, it’s pretty much the only way to get where the race needs to go, the only alternative being the Stelvio itself… which was the original plan, but the stage had to be re-routed because of heavy snowfalls.
Anyways, the descent through Switzerland- the only abroad part of this Giro- will quickly bring the peloton back to Italy- more specifically South Tyrol, the country’s German-speaking area. The riders will slowly descend until provincial capital Bolzano, where the first intermediate sprint of the day is located. From there, the riders will briefly follow the Isarco (Eisack) river northwards before getting back into the mountains. First off comes cat 1 Passo Pinei (Panidersattel), a 20+ kms long climb, rather irregular but never too hard: the first part and the last part are the hardest, while there is a plateau-ish section in the middle. The riders will find two intermediate sprints along the way- the Intergiro one in Fiè allo Sciliar and a regular one in Siusi allo Sciliar.
The brief descent after the KOM will bring the peloton in Val Gardena (Gröden), a gorgeous valley at the bottom of the Dolomites and a popular tourist destination, both in the winter and the summer. Here, you will notice signs having three different languages: other than Italian and German, Ladin- a neolatin language akin to Romansh- is also used in this area. Right after the Pinei descent, the road will begin to rise again for the last 5 kms, leading to the Monte Pana ski station. The early part of the climb takes place on a highway and is thus quite mellow but the last 2 kms will be very hard, as the peloton will switch to a secondary road with double-digit average gradients. The finish doubles as a cat 2 KOM.
With all this in mind, here are our predictions for tomorrow's stage:
★★★ Breakaway (Conci, Geschke, the Paret-Peintres, Quintana, Steinhauser, Storer)
★★ Pogačar
★★ Bardet, Martínez, Thomas

Rider discussion

Tomorrow looks like a good stage for the breakaway. The early part of the course looks like good terrain for a move to go clear, and a big breakaway shouldn't spend too many energies in the slightly downhill core of the stage; last but not least, Passo Pinei is long but manageable, so a move with strong climbers should get to the last climb with no hassle. Will the peloton will work hard to chase? Depends who's in the break of course but we'll guess most GC guys won't want to spend too many energies considering there's a very tough stage on the following day.
We have plenty of strong climbers who could give it a go and should not be a threat to the GC top 5, we've listed some names above among the riders who have impressed positively in the mountains so far.
Should it come down to the GC group, it goes without saying that the top pick is race leader Tadej Pogačar, who has been unbeatable so far. Romain Bardet and Daniel Felipe Martínez have been looking good in the second week and should enjoy the short, punchy finale; on paper, Geraint Thomas would be better suited to a longer but more regular climb, but he was good in Livigno on Sunday so we're definitely not counting him out.
That's it from us, what are your thoughts/predictions?

If you're curious about my thoughts on previous Yakuza games, here are my much shorter (except for 4, thats pretty long too) reviews for Kiwami 1, Kiwami 2, Yakuza 3 (Remastered), and Yakuza 4 (Remastered).
All of my reviews are made pretty quickly after I finish the game, this was written right after I finished but I haven't posted it till a month later because its so long I thought no one would ever read this but whatever I gotta get my truth out there.
Per usual I played the remaster of Yakuza 5. I'm not sure of any outstanding changes or things of note like with 3 or 4, but if something I say is exclusive to the remaster please let me know! I may sound overly praising or overly critical of this game, who knows but please be kind when you tell me i'm an idiot for feeling the way I do! Lastly and most importantly please please please don't spoil future games in the comments! Also warning I'm way too active in the comments section.
Because I am an utter psycho and decided to write a fuckin bibles worth of yakuza 5 ramblings, Part 1 is just reviewing the plot and Part 2 goes over everything else. I split this up last second so there's likely some spots where I say something like "we'll expand on this later" then I never bring it up again, that's because it's probably in part 2. If you want my thoughts on things like the substories, side stories, gameplay, and settings you can read Part 2 here: https://www.reddit.com/yakuzagames/comments/1cvrybw/yakuza_5_a_mega_big_ole_reviewsummary_for_a_big/
The Plot:
Like with Y4, I will discuss my thoughts on each section of the game rather than in one long chunk just because I find it more fun. I'm not even gonna try to not summarize this time because this game is so big it needs broken down.
Part 1: Kiryu
You might often find me compare Y5 to Y4 a lot in this review because they're honestly quite similar games and feel like a package. When I started playing 4 I was worried I wouldn't like playing as primarily strangers for a majority of the game, but one thing they did absolutely right was making Kiryu the final protagonist you play as in that game. So going into 5 I was very apprehensive about starting off with Kiryu, I worried they showed their hand too soon and that it would be difficult to stay invested the whole time.
With this feeling going into the game, I was immediately somewhat losing it over Kiryu being an incognito taxi driver with the worst disguise of all time (some sunglasses and a face mask, don't worry he's literally the only one in the game that seems to think it's a good disguise). Right off the bat, this game feels...sad. Kiryu watching Haruka giving an interview on the TV and storming out rather then defend her to some losers who don't get what ART is, was SAD. This part of the game felt so mundane for awhile, but not in a bad way! You wakeup as Kiryu, walk to work, drive your taxi, and go home late at night (usually) alone. The whole time my eyes were drawn to a facedown picture frame and wondering what it could be, but I certainly had a guess. Kiryu is going through a hard, isolating, and depressing time and you can feel that so well from the game and how they have you play as him. Anyways there's also a random gal named Mayumi that will not leave Kiryu alone despite him asking her to. All you're doing by the end of chapter one is going "Huhhhhhhh?" Anyways Kiryu is approached by two dudes named Morinaga and Aizawa in chapter 2, telling him Daigo was???? Kidnapped?? GASP.. Admittidly I wasn't too fond of this duo at first. One thing that was consistent through my playthrough is that I was completely incapable of predicting anything correctly, and it had felt like these two were gonna be my pals for the rest of the game and I just wasn't clicking with them. Not to mention this weird semi-one sided-romance going on with Mayumi.
In chapter 3, we begin with the most heartbreaking thing that could ever happen to me, Yakuza 3 superfan. Kiryu has been pushed out of running the orphanage by a lady named Miss Park. It's all making sense now. He does it so the orphanage can have money and so Haruka can follow her dreams. DOESNT MAKE IT EASIER TO DEAL WITH FOR ME :( . Then we meet Watase, first thoughts? I was like "god I hope this guy isn't the main villain he's kinda lame" Soon after we meet Aoyama and I thought literally the same thing. Clearly by this point in the game I didn't have the highest hopes. I was mostly sad and not liking most of the new characters. But then... things take a turn.
Mayumi was actually a spy! thank god honestly. Kiryu meets Aoyama again but then Morinaga shows up and fuckin kills Aoyama and says he buried Aizawa alive HOLY SHIT? and then soon after I'm told Majima is fucking dead. Figured he wasn't actually dead cuz I've seen pictures of him from later games but holy shit I somehow cried just at the THOUGHT of him being dead. Also at some point here we met a detective who is an important player in this story but at this point not too integral. Also before Kiryu leaves he picks up the picture frame and its the orphanage ;-;
Kiryu final thoughts: This part of the game was fantastic. I'm so glad they started with Kiryu in this case despite my initial unsureness with it. Chapter 4 especially is when everything really falls into place and starts going 100 miles an hour but I also love the slowness of the previous 3 chapters. I do wish we got more Morinaga as this is unfortunately the last we hear of him despite this being a wonderful set up to a really interesting villain. Mayumi was a pretty shit character per seemingly always with any full grown woman in Yakuza games. While I think it's cool she was secretly a spy she was clearly an afterthought as we never hear about her again so that's cool. Basically a mixed bag of new characters overall.
Part 2: Saejima
I jokingly said to myself "Wouldn't it be funny if I had to spend half of this section breaking out of prison again. Thank god that's not the case." and continued hanging out with Majima until I was arrested for two more years of serving my sentence and OH NO IM BACK IN THE BUILDING.
Yeah I was VERY unsure about breaking out of prison again being a good call. Thankfully, and sorry to Y4, this is a much better prison sequence. Another thing I was really unsure about was BALD SAEJIMA! But actually... it kinda slays harder? In Y4 he looks like that guy from the game The Hatred (an insult) maybe it wouldn't be so bad if bro washed or brushed it but he never did and so instead bald was a slay. Anyways We're dropped in at nearly the end of Saejima's serving period with his group of friends/cellmates, newest one being some dude named Baba. We are relentlessly tortured by the scariest man I've ever seen, Viktor Zsasz-I MEAN! Kugihara. Who's honestly scarier looking then Zsasz somehow. But it is ON because Viktor Zsasz framed my bestie Baba and I will not let that slide so I beat the fuck out of him and it's revealed Zsasz was instructed to be a dick to me. By who??????????????????? Then it's double revealed to me that Majima is dead and I'm sad all over again :(
Turns out our warden is actually really chill and nice and somewhat tries to help us survive. What a breath of fresh air after Satan (Saito) from Y4. This guy is so cool infact we are encouraged to break out by him. So Baba and I do in the dead of the night and tell me why I cried over leaving my two other cellmates ;_; they were such bros. Zsasz hinders my escape and we fight, but my absolute PAL Himura fuckin shoots him it was an amazing turn of events and I cheered so loud and was devastated to leave him behind but anyways-
FUCK YEA SNOW MOBILES (they were kinda jank to control honestly but its the thought that counts). I am so glad I didn't know I was going to be fighting a bear going into this because that was easily the most camp thing ever and so hilarious. Then some old guy saves me (and later Baba) and we chill in the mountains for a little while. The mountain has a whole crazy detailed side story of it's own that I'll explain in more detail later but basically it was cool.
So then a ton of important stuff happens in Tsukimino, most notably we hang out with Baba in a bar which is great because I love Baba and him and I are super tight and he's easily the only person I could ever trust at this point without potential for betrayal! :)
Anyways me and Baba fuckin kidnap this guy because his chair is by a sewer manhole? He's gone in a flash so all I can imagine is dragging him down the hole by his ankle or something. Then we talk for awhile, Majima is mentioned woohoo, THEN HE'S sniped! The way I gasped. Longstory short :( Baba is the one who sniped him and not only that he kind of set everything up and wasn't my best pal all along :( Why Baba Why? Then Baba basically confesses his love for Saejima and can't go through with killing him, AAAAAAND Im back on the Baba train. That detective I mentioned from earlier arrests Saejima but not to throw him back in jail, to assemble the Yakuza avengers.
Final Saejima thoughts: This was shockingly fantastic. I was probably least impressed with Saejima's section in Y4, so it was shocking to have basically the same structure and general narrative beats but done well. It wasn't perfect, I didn't love it as much as Kiryu's section as I'm partial to a slow burn, but it was fun I have no real complaints, except MAYBE more then one chapter in Tsukimino would be a better choice.
Part 3 (first half): Haruka
I did not know I was going to get the HONOR of playing Haruka going into this game. We start off very strong, dancing to the greatest song of all time "So Much More." I mean we really get the full idol experience here with mean ass teachers and shady management. I didn't expect to get an Idol simulator in my Yakuza game but it might be the best thing ever. I decided right off the bat to put everything I had into this section of the game so immediately I did literally everything I could. Most of this chapter feels like a bit of a reflection of Kiryu's were working and going back home alone, it's all as monotonous and isolating as can be (except you're a predebut idol) and I love this. We quickly meet a girl who will serve as my bestie named Akari and yes I indeed would die for her thank you. Meeting Akari introduces us to this sections version of combat, DANCE BATTLES! I know some people might be disappointed you don't get to punch people as Haruka, and I get that, but this feels like a more genuine gameplay style for her character. It's hard to imagine Haruka fighting thugs in the street due to her personality (not that i'd be against it, especially after that weird virtual reality game where I get to wack dudes with a wand) plus I found this gameplay style so refreshing. I was never groaning or sighing because I had to dance against someone. I think it helps that I wasn't forced to do it 15 times in a row walking down the street, but I had the option to most of the time unless it was part of a quest. Maybe that's how all the gameplay should be? I don't mind being approached by thugs sometimes but it always feels like it happens too often in these games and with getting the option to while getting to walk around carefree otherwise in Haruka's section was just SO NICE.
Anyways, We get the whole set up here, we are participating in a competition show that will single handedly set the course for our debut. We're competing against this band called T-set. I hate them so much. They're so mean :(. At some point we see Miss Park absolutely SLAY and tell off Haruka's dance teacher and she doesn't take his shit at all. At this point I was like "Uh ohhhh I don't wanna like her but...she kinda rocks" my decent into stanning Miss Park only continues from there. We have to go convince some guy named Christina (interesting name to take but also a slay, much respect to Mr. Christina and his fedora) to be our new dance instructor. This causes drama with me and Akari which devastated me because I love Akari but we made up like immediately so it's chill.
Then at one point, I forgot the context, Haruka is shopping for a gift for Miss Park when stupid T-set shows up and STEPS ON THE BROACH I BOUGHT FOR HER. I was back and forth on them until now, now they may burn in hell. Especially after they made Haruka get on her knees and beg for forgiveness like ???? what gives ??? Park shows up and SLAYS and gets rid of them. Park then wears the broach :(((((((((
Then one of my favorite parts happen in chapter 2, Haruka and Miss Park go hit the town and just bond together. It's so stinking cute I wanted to cry. This whole time I was trying to not get emotionally attached to Park because it really felt like she was gonna end up betraying us. But the night continued and we get some mother daughter vibes going, even so far as holding hands????? Also Im somewhat glad I didn't get to wear the outfit I bought at the store with Park because I was going for a Cheetah girls inspired look then realized far too late how tacky that might come off, not everyone is Raven Symone ya know?
Anyways at this point I'm like wow this is the cutest game ever, nothing can ever go wrong, Park MIGHT betray me but I don't even care. She gives us a cool pen and a tragic anime backstory with an abusive ex husband and everything and we call it a night Well the next fuckin day my world crumbles because PARK IS DEAD! She "committed suicide" as if!
Part 3 (second half): Akiyama
I can't tell you how devastated I was to realize I'd only get to play as Akiyama for half of a section of the game. However, I was also thrilled to see him at all. Apparently he's opening a Satenbori office and also he is the one who financed Park's dream to debut Haruka so that's how he has a hand in all this. There is tragically very little Hana, she calls you twice and both times were fantastic but I wish I had more :(. Anyways Akiyama has heard about Park's death and goes to the office and meets Haruka. I didn't think they'd even really know each other and assumed we'd have an interesting reveal that they both know Kiryu later but nah they know each other. It honestly probably works better this way because we don't have time for such trivial things! Akiyama is a fuckin detective now. I don't know why he has been tasked to do this but he does it so well I don't even mind. He quickly figures out Park didn't actually kill herself and they simply need evidence to prove this. I'm unsure when this happens but at some point while talking about the mystery SOMEONE FALLS OFF THE ROOF! It was Horie :( who I haven't mentioned yet but he's my manager and a real pal. Thankfully he lived but we found out that the former dance teacher pushed him off. I think he also killed Park or Kanai did, who knows, either way someone did and they suck for it.
Chapter 4 has a lot going on, but basically the president of Osaka talent is sus and he's also the secret chairman of Ousaka Enterprises, which is a different thing... but sounds similar. Ousaka is basically a higher up family in the Omi alliance, so he's part of the bad yakuza!!! Haruka keeps doing the competition and T-set keeps sucking. She wins the princess league by a landslide. I don't even see the point in a third round if she won both of the other rounds? Is the third round just worth more points? Either way Haruka destroyed them and they suck. Her poor vocal instructor is working as her manager now. At some point we find out Parks ex husband was none other then Majima! Which is quite the revelation. Japan is such a small world, everyone seems to know each other. This does mean that Majima at least hit Park (I think after her abortion) and I think he's like 10 years older then her yet they were already married when she debuted at eighteen... Is it time for me to confront the possibility that my favorite crazed murderer might not be the most upstanding citizen?
It ends with Haruka being kidnapped, (nothing out of character there), and Akiyama saving her. He and Haruka make their way to Japan for the big ole concert Park had been planning. Wow this story is really picking up! I hope nothing grinds it to a sudden stop!
Part 3 final thoughts: God this was amazing, every step of it. My only complaint is I wanted more, more Akiyama and MORE dancing but I might be the only one who wanted 40 more hours of dancing. Detective Akiyama and Haruka duo was not the team I knew I needed but Im glad it happened. I found all of the music and gameplay here SO fun and I loved the plot too. I really liked Parks character. I wouldn't necessarily hang out with her, but I found her to be pretty well written and its hard to hate anyone Haruka clearly treasures, I am very sad she is actually dead because up until the end of the game I kept thinking she was going to come back.
Part 4: Shinada:
We have come to a sudden stop. We start with a flashback to 1997 where Shinada has debuted as a baseball player for the wyverns, don't forget this moment because the rest of this section of the game constantly calls back to it. In the modern day Shinada is a loser who is really heavily indebt and lives in a weird grimey rooftop shack. He also now writes like ? smut articles ? And he's friend with a girl named Milky which is the craziest name I've ever heard. A loanshark who talks about his kids a lot constantly follows Shinada around and takes his money. There was a lot of promise with this gag, like maybe instead of letting me keep the 100k and still acting like I'm broke he shows up after every side mission to rob me but nope. At the end of the chapter we run into a masked man who is frankly just Daigo stealing Kiryu's disguise idea.
Shinada and loanshark (his name is Takasugi) walk around town looking for leads on uncovering the truth of Shinada's past. Because you see, Shinada one time got fired from baseball cuz everyone thought he cheated, oh you already knew that? yeah same but don't worry you'll hear it at least 40 more times. Daigo asked him to go look for clues about this, why does he care? I still don't know honestly. Takasugi is forcing him to go because...I guess money? and he's walking around with me and were acting like friends now for some reason. Shinada is incapable of having any agency for himself, he just does what people tell him to. He also keeps nearly dying like a looney tunes character with shit falling out of the sky and stuff. Eventually we find out the Nagoya family fixed the match and then some guy Shinada used to know does get smashed like a looney tunes character. Skip ahead, were called to help by Milky and she betrayed us. I am sad cuz I thought Milky was a friend for life. Turns out literally everyone Shinada knows aside from the fkn loanshark are evil, even the old baseball lady. This plot was so convoluted I frankly don't understand why they were doing what they were doing, all I know is they were more like a neighborhood watch situation then Yakuza even though they seemed to do the exact same thing. Also when I say literally everyone he knows is evil I mean everyone, even his old coach or whatever. For way too long I thought they meant the middle school baseball coach so I was hella confused. Anyways we then find out that actually Takasugi is Shinada's number one baseball fan. Okay? Anyways
Chapter 4 things finally pick up a little. Daigo reveals himself like anyone ever was doubting it was him, and he also reveals he cares because he went to highschool with Shinada. Is that fr how were connecting this? Daigo got expelled from highschool because he protected Shinada from a rival school. Once again, okay? I guess Shinada doesn't like that Daigo is a yakuza and punches him out the door. I wasn't a fan of this. Daigo goes down pretty easily, pitiful Daigo strikes again. I love him but can he do anything right? Anyways I guess the fight meant nothing cuz they're pals now and go to Tokyo together. We get a cut to Takasugi getting his money back from Shinada as well as a signed baseball...okay that's really cute I nearly cried. I wish they actually left it there but instead Shinada runs away last minute to meet up on that stupid baseball field from 1997 that we cant go 5 minutes without hearing about and we fight this guy named Sawada who was like the kind of mastermind and also the pitcher. Had Sawada not thrown an easy pitch, Shinada wouldn't have hit it and thus been kicked out for cheating. We fight some Omi then play baseball and OMG WHY ARE WE DOING THISSSSSS
Finally it ends and we go to Tokyo
Shinada final thoughts: If you cant tell I was not a fan of this. I found Shinada to be really inconsitently written. In side missions or when he's playing off of certain characters he's quite entertaining and un, but most of the time, he seems to just be a blank slate who does whatever and only talks about baseball. And omg maybe if I liked baseball this would have been the best thing ever but we did not need THAT much baseball talk or constant referencing to that baseball game in 1997. I get its central to his character but it became a meme how often he'd get misty eyed and talk about getting kicked out. Why did he move Nagoya to escape his image as a cheating baseball player when 1) he constantly talks about it anyways, 2) everyone literally knows who he is here anyways. They make it seem like at first he wants nothing to do with baseball anymore but he also goes to the batting cages all the time and also thinks about nothing but baseball. The plot here is just SO hard to follow and not at all what I want to be dealing with after we were really in the thick of things with part 3's ending. I'm not saying it was impossible for this to be good, I think there was so much potential here! Like seemingly all of Yakuza 4, the concepts are there but the execution is iffy. I think it's biggest downfall is when it happens. It would have made so much more sense to make the last section before the finale the Haruka section. Shinada would have felt much better to play as maybe as a part two or even a part three, but NOT part four. The odds were stacked against him being amongst a cast of characters that I already know and love. I definitely was more of a Tanimura fan, but I liked Shinada as a person. His inconsistent writing, unfortunate story, and tendency to be a little annoying really dragged this part of the game down for me.
Part 5: The Finale
This finale is crazyyyyyyy so strap in. I would expect nothing less then insanity from this game. First Kiryu shows up in Kamurocho WERE HOME BABYYYYYY. Were being followed by BABA!! I missed him. We fight for fun or something then we cut to Saejima who is meeting with the detective who tells us we gotta find Morinaga. OH YEAH THAT GUY. So we go to the Florist and we go to the arena only to find... AIZAWA??? The fuck? I thought Morinaga fuckin killed him cold blooded and made me think he was a cool as fuck villain. Only to find out that GASP Morinaga is actually dead. At this point I literally don't believe it because I guess I was in my era of not believing anyone ever dies.
We go to Akiyama who is told by Osaka ceo to not let Haruka perform. Akiayam says hell no. We also find out that Park and him planned to make Haruka and T-set a group and debut them at the same time but I somehow missed this when playing and didnt realize that till way leter. ANYWAY At some point we also see the CEO doing naked push ups in his penthouse which was so weird. ALSO there is a Date-san reveal. The scream I screamt! I didn't know I missed him or needing him so much in a game till I saw him again. Usually I'm wondering why he's even there or what he adds but I finally get it now, he adds being Date to the table and that's all you need.
Then I do a tower sweep at Kamurocho hills and OMG is this what Majima was building the whole time? To be fully honest it's beautiful and im very proud but its so different and lowkey off-putting. Kind of like Majima himself. I miss him. A whole game and I only be hearing about him second hand its not fair. Question, did literally anyone choose Saejima to do the tower sweep? Anyway were on the top of the tower; Kiryu, Saejima, CEO Katsuya, and Watase. We all have to fight eachother to draw out the one true bad guy and also cuz this is a yakuza game, so off our shirts go and everyone fights. Basically everyone gets shot and the bad guy is revealed... THE DETECTIVE. Who saw it coming? I still kept thinking Park would come back or Morinaga but by this point I was definitely suspecting him too. I don't fully get why he's doing all this but long story short he's purging both the Omi and Tojo of nice? Yakuza? I guess? I think it mostly has to do with him making way for his son to inherit a role in everything but thats not further explored till later. Not to worry tho! Daigo has shown up!!!! But because he is Daigo you should definitely be worried because once again he cant do anything right and he gets shot by Kanai. God dammit Daigo. He is now in critical condition, this is the SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED DAIGO. He's such a damsel in distress, never change.
Baba tells Haruka the message Kiryu had for her, to never give up. He also asks her to come with him to convince to Kiryu to chillax but she refuses. Sad for no one but me. At the New Serena, where that absolute BOP of a song is blaring, Kiryu is sleeping, while the rest of the crew are chilling and chatting. I forgot to mention Akiyama and Shinada briefly teamed up but frankly who cares. Shinada talks about baseball alot here too just incase you were worried he wouldnt. They conclude that detective bad guy is gonna attack Haruka's concert which I will NEVER allow. I guess Shinada's purpose here is actually tha the knows the stadiuk layout pretty well which I will buy in to. Also I believe here Haruka gets told about her and t-set being a band together now called Dreamline. I also dont love this. The idea of it is fine, Im all for a disney channel original movie plot where the bullies are actually great and we all become friends at the end but the issue is they don't properly develop T-set to do that. The short haired girl gets one little moment of being somewhat nice to Haruka then the very next time I see her she's stepping on my boss's broach and making me beg on my knees like sorry but it's really hard to come around on liking them. Even now when Haruka stumbles duing practice they're rude! This is a tragic ending if anything but Haruka seems happy I guess... Dont worry they will be nothing more then Haruka's glorifed backup dancers.
Okay final chapter, and it's a doozy. We send Shinada of all people to go help Haruka at the stadium, I know i just said I get he knows the layout of the stadium but like :( he's literally the only one who hasn't met her. I guess they don't end up interacting really anyways. Saejima is going to go after Majima because btw he's alive and at the top of the millenium tower. Akiyama and Kiryu stay on the ground to defend against attackers and they probably punch/ kick at least 10000 men. All the while Haruka gives her concert. But Baba is lurking and gonna shoot her, I thought he learned to be good again but whatever. Him and Shinada end up having a confrontation that ends in Baba losing and he's about to kill himself when !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my prison besties and the wardon show and up stop him! Oh my god I loved that so much what a nice resolution for Baba and I love that those guys went straight to a Jpop concert just for their pal. Meanwhile Saejima confronts Detective evil man on top of the millenium tower and !!! there he is, finally Majima is here. But he is not having a good time, turns out he's allowed himself to be captured and tortured for the sake of Haruka and now Majima and Saejima have to fight for the same reason. Then! Daigo shows up, while im literally begging him to actually shoot the bad guy but instead they all talk. Haruka is safe from harm (Baba wouldn't have done that shit anyways) and we officially learn about the plot of him attempting to put his son in charge of everything. Kiryu goes to Tojo headquarters to stop whoever this suspicious son is and Akiyama fights Kanai. Then literally all our friends ever show up to help and that was damn cute.
Kiryu shows up and it's eerie, completely silent with dead people everywhere. We go to the meeting room and the guy behind it all along was Aizawa. I definitely did not see that coming because I forgot he existed. But I suppose thats the point, he was so unassuming. I guess that means Morinaga actually was dead all along. We fight Aizawa while Haruka sings a song that seems very pointed at Kiryu wins (duh) but he is not doing well and tries to make his way through the streets. Meanwhile Haruka announces her retirement because she cant hide who she is or stay away from her family any longer and runs away to find Kiryu and THE GAME ENDS. Other games gave me a after credits scene that somewhat eased my concerns, but 5 is a overall very sad game and it's scene is her managing to him but he's bleeding out in the streets and falls unconcious in her arms.
Finale final thoughts: This was quite the finale! It was much better then Shinada's section but it was still a bit messy and left a lot of plot threads up in the air or had some unfortunate revelations. Nothing bad but things I think shouldve maybe been revealed earlier, like Aizawa. Only finding out with like 20 minutes of the game to go makes it feel too empty or even rushed when we know this game is otherwise not rushed at all. I was a little sad about the ending, I don't think it was bad at all I was just sad. The whole time I imagined it ending with the whole gang going to Haruka's concert and having a good time. For once I dont think the game fully dropped the ball on the finale like they tend to do so I commend it for that.
TLDOverall plot final thoughts: As a whole this is one of the most well written Yakuza stories since Yakuza 3 (obviously in my opinion). I can see that for some people all the plot twists and surprises might have felt like too much but I loved it, I never once could predict where this game was going. Morinaga dying off screen was such a let down and missed opportunity, at the end of Kiryu's section I was thinking he was going to be the best Yakuza villain in awhile but instead he went out in such a lame way. I do kinda wonder who killed him, I assumed it was just the detective guy but Aizawa seemed at least somewhat sad about Morinaga's death. I wonder if that was all a show? Another thing I dislike not just because of how it went, but also that it ended up going no where, Mayumi. They made quite the big deal about her at first and I do like the plot twist that she was a spy, but she wasn't even really acting any different when she was in spy mode and in normal mode. Plus you literally never see her again. I think Saejima's section was just very reminicent of his in 4, but done well. Aside from it taking quite so long to get to the city, by the time you leave it feels slightly rushed. I think the chapter in the woods didnt need to be its own thing. Absolutely no notes with Haruka, only that I'm sad this is all we will see of Park, I found her to be a really interesting character. Akiyama is where my main issues arise, only because I really do think he needed his whole section. He felt a little tacked on otherwise when I think he really didn't need to feel that way. I had hoped he would be part of half of Haruka's section then half of Shinada's where he is used to introduce us to Shinada as a character. But instead we get dropped into that like nothing. I know im probably the only one who cares about Hana this much but I really wish we got more of her. I basically said all my issues with Shinada at the end of his section but once again, I really didn't enjoy that plot. The finale was a mess and unfortunatly left at quite a cliff hanger which I wouldve rather it didn't but Im also okay with how it did. Some other things I wanted in this game was MORE MAJIMA I get why he wasnt for narrative purposes but Im gonna say that in every game. I wouldve loved more Okinawa orphan content. That being said there is way more content for them in this then in Y4 which is wild considering we spent like 5 seconds in Okinawa during a flashback and you never actually see them. It was so nice to hear what theyre up to second hand and some of the side missions expand on them a little more but I am devastated they werent there.
Lastly to briefly compare it to Y4, as they do feel like connected games. Y5 realy does feel like they took all of the concepts of the 4th game that needed to be reworked, and then re-did them to be better. The villains are better, prison break outs are better, and just like way more. I do think there are things in Y5 that are lacking compared to Y4, like general atmosphere, and I do think Tanimura's section in 4, as flawed as it is, is better then Shinadas. Akiyama's in 5 is great, but I love his in Y4 more simply because he doesn't have to share the spotlight. But I really have to emphasize, story and character are done better in Y5, ATMOSPHERE is done so much better in Y5.
TLDR for the TLDR: I liked this game :)
And there you have it, the longest goddamn review of all time. It was a really great game and I wish I could play it for the first time again because it was just SUCH a great experience. If you read this far I am so impressed by you and eternally grateful you even cared to. Please let me know your thoughts! I'm so excited to talk about this game with people. As for my rating, It was going to be a 10/10 until I got to Shinada's section now I'm in between an 8 or a 9. Ill just say 8/10 to be mean.
I am already neck deep in Yakuza 0 so I'm excited to write a much shorter review for that one soon.
Thank you for reading!

This is the second half of my list for Florida's execution roster. As stated in the first part, I split it into two halves in order to follow reddit's character count limitations. Link to part 1.
The currently 105 executed offenders, cases 53 to 105:
53. Aileen Wuornos (~1974-2002, lethal injection): Wuornos murdered 7 men between the ages of 47-65. She was a street prostitute that enticed her victims with promises of sexual favors. After a victim was entrapped, Wuornos shot them dead, and robbed them of their money and their vehicles. Although Wuornos initially claimed that she killed the victims in self defense, she later admitted that they were murdered for their valuables. Her criminal history was extensive, and she had several convictions for armed robbery, assault, DUIs, reckless discharge of firearms, and disorderly conduct. She was also accused of domestic violence by an ex husband, and he placed a restraining order on her within weeks of their marriage.
54. Linroy Bottoson (~1971-2002, lethal injection): In a robbery of a post office, Bottoson stole $14,000 in money orders and $100 in cash, and abducted the post mistress, 74 year old Catherine Alexander. After holding her captive for 3 days, Bottoson stabbed Alexander 16 times, and ran her over with his car. He had several robberies on his criminal record.
55. Amos King Jr. (~1972-2002, lethal injection): After he escaped from a minimum security prison, King broke into the home of 68 year old Natalie Brady and assaulted her. She was raped, stabbed, and savagely beaten in the attack. King then set her house on fire, and returned back to the prison. At his arrival, the prison counselor confronted him about his absence and bloodied clothing. He was stabbed 25 times by King, but managed to survive his injuries. Despite her injuries, Brady managed to crawl out of her burning home, but succumbed to blood loss shortly before help could arrive. King had a previous conviction for robbery.
56. Newton Slawson (1989-2003, lethal injection): Slawson went over to the home of the Wood family (consisting of parents, 23 year old Gerald and 21 year old Peggy, and their children, 4 year old Jennifer and 3 year old Glendon) to buy some cocaine. During an argument over the transaction, Slawson shot and killed Gerald, Jennifer, and Glendon, and wounded Peggy. Slawson then stabbed Peggy (who was 8 months pregnant) with such force that he tore her unborn child out of her womb.
57. Paul Hill (1994-2003, lethal injection): During an attack on an abortion clinic, Hill shot and killed John Britton, a 69 year old abortionist, and his bodyguard, 74 year old James Barrett. Britton’s wife, 68 year old June, was also wounded in the shooting. Hill was a hardline pro life activist and Christian fundamentalist, and saw ending abortion by any means necessary as his personal divine mission.
58. Johnny Robinson (~1980s-2004, lethal injection): Robinson and his teenage accomplice picked up 31 year old Beverly St. George when they found her broken down on the side of the road. They then raped St. George and shot her to death. He tried to claim that they had consensual relations and St. George was hit by an accidental discharge during intercourse. If Robinson's "recollection" was to be believed, he then shot her again to cover up an "accidental" shooting of a white woman. The courts weren't convinced by the defense, and the accomplice admitted that the murder was entirely deliberate and calculated from the beginning. Robinson had several rape convictions and accusations before St. George's murder.
59. John Blackwelder (~1970s-2004, lethal injection): While incarcerated for molesting a 10 year old boy, Blackwelder tied up his cellmate, 39 year old Raymond Wigley, under the alleged pretenses of a bondage session and strangled him to death with makeshift rope. According to Blackwelder, Wigley had been sexually harassing him, and he wanted to put a permeant end to the unwanted advances. Blackwelder had several sexual assault convictions dating back to the 1970s, and was also previously convicted for threatening former vice president Dan Quayle. His victim was the accomplice of another executed offender, John Marek, and was serving a life sentence for assisting him in the torture murder of a woman [for more details on Marek and Wigley's crimes, please see section 68] at the time of his own death.
60. Glen Ocha (1999-2005, lethal injection): Ocha picked up 28 year old Carol Skjerva from a bar and they had sex in his home. However, Skjerva allegedly made mocking remarks towards his genitals and threatened to tell her fiance of their encounter. In a drunken rage and under the influence of ecstasy, Ocha hung her with rope from his kitchen door.
61. Clarence Hill (1982-2006, lethal injection): During an attempted bank robbery with an accomplice, Hill engaged in a shootout with the responding policemen. One of the officers, 26 year old Stephen Taylor, was killed and another was wounded.
62. Arthur Rutherford (1985-2006, lethal injection): Rutherford was hired by a widow, 63 year old Stella Salamon, to do odd jobs around her home. He then drowned Salamon in her bathtub and tried to cash in a check of $2,000 from her account. Salamon's nude body was found with a broken arm, bruising all across her face, and three head wounds.
63. Danny Rolling (~1960s-2006, lethal injection): Rolling murdered a total of 8 people between the ages of 8-55. In 1989, Rolling stabbed 55 year old William Grissom, William’s 24 year old daughter Julie, and his 8 year old grandson Sean to death in their home. Julie’s body was ritualistically mutilated and posed during the attack. A year later, he shot his estranged father, 59 year old James. Although James survived, he was left permanently blind. Rolling then burglarized several student dorms in a week long rampage. Five students, 23 year old Tracy Paules, 23 year old Manuel Taboda, 18 year old Sonja Larson, 17 year old Christa Hoyt, and 17 year old Christina Powell, were bound, raped, and stabbed to death. Only Taboada was spared from any sexual abuse. As with Julia Grissom, Rolling posed the female victims into provocative positions and mutilated their bodies. Roiling decapitated Hoyt and placed her head on a cabinet shelf for the sole purpose of shocking witnesses stumbling across the scene. He had a long history of robberies, assaults, and voyeurism, and some of his earliest convictions occurred when he was a teenager.
64. Ángel Díaz (~1960s-2006, lethal injection): In his native Puerto Rico, Díaz stabbed an unidentified man, who was a director of a local drug rehabilitation center, 19 times while the victim was asleep. Díaz was sentenced for second degree murder, but he escaped after beating a guard near death, and fled to Florida. During his stay in Florida, Díaz and his accomplices robbed a strip club at gunpoint, and shot and killed the manager, 49 year old Joseph Nagy. After Nagy’s murder, he and his accomplices relocated themselves to Connecticut. However, they were arrested for a possession of illegal firearms charge. Díaz and 3 other inmates briefly managed to escape by beating up a guard and threatening another at knifepoint, but were quickly recaptured. After a cellmate testified that Díaz confessed to Nagy’s murder, he was deported back to Florida and sentenced to death. His execution sparked controversy, as it took him 34 minutes to succumb to the lethal drugs. Díaz’s other criminal convictions include shooting and injuring an officer during an armed robbery and several drug possession charges. Authorities also suspected him of being involved with several Puerto Rican nationalist insurgent groups.
65. Mark Schwab (1987-2008, lethal injection): Schwab lured 11 year old Junny Rios-Martinez into a motel room by posing as a photographer for a surfing magazine. He bound Rios-Martinez, anally penetrated him, and smothered the boy to death with a pillow. Schwab also had a conviction for the sexual battery of a 13 year old boy, and he was released after serving 3 out of an 8 year prison sentence months before Rios-Martinez's murder.
66. Richard Henyard (1993-2008, lethal injection): Henyard and his teenage accomplice carjacked 35 year old Dorothy Lewis, and her two daughters, 7 year old Jamilya and 3 year old Jasmine. The pair raped Dorothy, and shot and killed both of her daughters. Dorothy was also shot in the head, but was able to survive. Dorothy recounted that she tried praying for her and her children's safety, and Henyard taunted her by mockingly claiming to be Satan himself.
67. Wayne Tompkins (~1980s-2008, lethal injection): While helping his girlfriend move from their home, Tompkins made sexual advances on her 15 year old daughter, Lisa DeCarr. When she rejected him, Tompkins raped and strangeld her to death with a bathrobe, and tried to report DeCarr as a runaway. Tompkins also had several sexual assault convictions and accusations prior to the murder. One incident involved him abducting and abusing a gas station clerk.
68. John Marek (~1980s-2008, lethal injection): Marek and his accomplice, Raymond Wigley, picked up 47 year old Adela Simmons. They forced Simmons to perform oral sex on them, burned her fingers and pubic hairs, and strangled her to death with a bandana. The pair then dumped her body near a beach. Marek was sentenced to death for Simmons' murder, while Wigley was given a life sentence. While in prison, Wigley himself was strangled to death by the above mentioned John Blackwelder.
69. Martin Grossman (1984-2010, lethal injection): Grossman was given probation after a spree involving the burglary of an ex girlfriend's home and stealing cars. While out shooting a stolen handgun with a friend, they were confronted by Margaret Park, a 26 year old wildlife ranger. Wanting to avoid being arrested and put back into prison for violating his parole, Grossman and his friend attacked Park with a flashlight. They wrestled her service pistol away from her and shot and killed Park with it. Due to Grossman being Jewish, his death sentence outraged several Jewish organizations across the globe, and they petitioned ceaselessly for his clemency.
70. Manuel Valle (1978-2011, lethal injection): While driving a stolen car, Valle was pulled over by Louis Pena, a 41 year old police officer, for a traffic violation. In the confrontation, Valle shot Pena and his partner. Although Pena was killed in the shooting, his partner's life was saved by a bullet proof vest.
71. Oba Chandler (~1960s-2011, lethal injection): Chandler enticed a woman, 36 year old Joan Rogers, and her two daughters, 17 year old Michelle and 14 year old Christe, with the promise of a boat ride. On board, he bound the family with rope and raped all three of them. Chandler then tied concrete blocks around Joan and her daughters' necks and tossed them into the ocean to drown. He also raped and strangled 20 year old Ivelisse Berrios–Beguerisse after abducting her from a mall, and was linked to the murder by a 2014 DNA test 3 years after his execution. Chandler was an inveterate sexual predator with a very long criminal history, and was first arrested for car theft in his early teens. Many of his other crimes include several convictions of armed robbery, burglary, rape, counterfeiting, and kidnapping. In one incident, he broke into a couple’s house, and sexually assaulted the wife in front of her husband. One surviving victim, a 24 year old Canadian tourist, helped investigators tie Chandler to the Rogers’ murders with her reports.
72. Robert Waterhouse (~1966-2012, lethal injection): In 1966, Waterhouse snuck into the home of 77 year old Ella Carter, and raped and strangled her to death. He was paroled after serving 8 years of a life sentence. A few years later, Waterhouse picked up 29 year old Deborah Kammerer from a bar and assaulted her on a nearby beach. He stabbed and violated Kammerer with a broken bottle, shoved a tampon down her throat, and drowned her in the ocean waters.
73. David Gore (1981-2012, lethal injection): Gore and his cousin abducted and murdered 4 teenage girls (17 year old Ying Hua Ling, 17 year old Lynn Eilliot, 14 year old Angelica LaVallee, 14 year old Barbara Byer) and 2 grown women (48 year old Hsiang Huang Ling and 35 year old Judith Daley). The victims were kidnapped through force, picked up while hitchhiking, or tricked into thinking that Gore was a police officer detaining them. They were then tied up, raped, and shot or strangled to death. The cousins dismembered the bodies in their attempts to destroy them and buried the scattered remains in shallow graves. Two of their victims, Ying Hua Ling and Hsiang Huang Ling, were a mother and daughter pair of Taiwanese immigrants, and the cousins murdered them together. A 7th victim, 14 year old friend of Eilliot, was also abducted and sodomized, but she managed to escape with Eilliot's help.
74. Manuel Pardo Jr. (1986-2012, lethal injection): Pardo was a corrupt cop heavily involved in the drug trade. After his department fired him for his abuse of power and suspected tampering of investigations, Pardo went on a crime spree. He shot and killed at least 9 men and women in robberies and interpersonal disputes. The victims he murdered in robberies were 39 year old Ulpiano Ledo, 37 year old Luis Robledo, 33 year old Mario Amador, and 28 year old Roberto Alons. In every robbery incident, he stole the victims’ credit cards. Pardo killed 28 year old Fara Quintero in an argument over a ring he pawned to her and 30 year old Sara Musa for refusing his demands of buying him a VCR set with a credit card stolen from one of his previous robberies. Another victim, Michael Millot, a 38 year old Haitian refugee that took up work as a gunsmith, was slain out of Pardo’s fears of him being a police informant. His last murders were 40 year old Ramon Alvero, a drug dealer that he work for, and Alvaro’s girlfriend, 38 year old Daisy Ricard. Pardo turned on the couple after Alvaro stiffed him of a meeting. He shot Alvaro dead, but Padro’s gun jammed when he tried to shoot Ricard as well. As he was beating Ricard to death with his gun, it discharged and hit Pardo’s foot. On death row, Pardo tried to fashion himself as a vigilante trying to rid Florida of all drug related crimes.
75. Larry Mann (~1970s-2012, lethal injection): Mann ambushed 10 year old Elisa Nelson while she was biking from school to a dentist appointment. He raped Nelson and beat her to death with a pipe. Authorities also initially suspected Mann in the murders of several girls in the area, such as 16 year old Janie Sanders and 13 year old Rose Levandoski, but the current thinking is that another (still unknown) predator was likely responsible. Although he had convictions against adult women, Mann was a pedophile with a history of mostly preying on young girls.
76. Elmer Carroll (~1972-2012, lethal injection): Carroll broke into the room of 10 year old Christine McGowan. He raped and strangled the girl to death, tucked the body underneath the bedsheets, and stole her stepfather's construction truck. McGowan's body discovered was by her stepfather when he came to check on her. At the time of the murder, Carroll had two separate convictions (including one against his then 5 year old niece) for child molestation and was first accused of rape at the age of 16.
77. William Van (~1971-2013, lethal injection): Poyck Van Poyck and another man, Frank Valdez, ambushed a prison van that their incarcerated friend was being transported in with the intent of freeing him. The pair shot and killed a guard, 40 year old Fred Griffis and wounded another. Despite overtaking the van, they were forced to retreat without their friend with the arrival of police reinforcements. Both were captured after a brief shootout with the police and were given death sentences for Griffis’ murder. The case sparked controversy when Valdez was beaten to death by other prison guards in his cell. The officers involved were all fired but acquitted for murder in their trials. Van Poyck had several convictions of armed robbery on his record.
78. John Ferguson (~1960s-2013, lethal injection): Ferguson was the mastermind of the Carol City massacre that his above mentioned accomplices, Marvin Francois and Beauford White, participated in. He also committed a series of murders on his own. Two of his other victims, 17 year old Brian Glenfeldt and 17 year old Belinda Worley, were a couple that were ambushed in the parking lot of an ice cream shop. Ferguson raped Worley, shot her and Glenfeldt dead, and ran off with her jewelry and Glenfeldt’s wallet. Another couple, 82 year old Katherine and 75 year old Raymond Perry, were assaulted by Ferguson in their motel room, robbed, and shot dead execution style. Authorities also believe that Ferguson was responsible for the murders of James Ward, a 40 year old runaway from a mental institution, and Joseph Walters (age unknown), but was never convicted of them in court. Ferguson had a troubled upbringing, was stealing cars at the age of 13, and convicted for the attempted murder of an officer. Due to allegations of him being a schizophrenic, his execution was delayed numerous times, which is why he was put to death decades after his accomplices.
79. Marshall Gore (1988-2013, lethal injection): Gore abducted and murdered two women, 30 year old Robyn Novick and 19 year old Susan Roark. Both women were last seen in his company, and they were raped, beaten, and stabbed to death. He also carjacked 32 year old Tina Coralis while she was driving with her 2 year old son Jimmy. Gore raped Tina, beat her with a rock, slit her throat, dumped her on the side of the road, and drove off with her car while Jimmy was still in it. Tina survived the attack and notified the police about her kidnapped son and stolen car. The police were able to rescue Jimmy unharmed and capture Gore without incident.
80. William Happ (~1980s-2013, lethal injection): Happ dragged 21 year old Angela Crowley out of her own car window in a convenience store parking lot. He anally raped and strangled Crowley to death with her pants. A corner's report mentioned that Crowley received over 20 blows to her head during the assault. Happ had several convictions of armed robbery, one of which pertained to an abduction incident.
81. Darius Kimbrough (1991-2013, lethal injection): Kimbrough climbed into the apartment window of 28 year old Denise Collin with the help of a ladder. He raped and repeatedly slammed her head against the wall. She was found bloodied and nude by the paramedics called to the scene. Collin died of her injuries in the hospital a day after the attack. Her murder went unsolved until samples of Kimbrough’s DNA were collected from another one of his rapes. With the presence of additional pubic hairs found in Collin’s room, at least two other men were also certainly involved, but they remain at large to this day.
82. Thomas Knight (~1960s-2013, lethal injection): Knight began his string of murders by abducting his former employer, 64 year old Sydney Gans, and Sydney's wife, 60 year old Lillian. After her forced them to withdraw $50,000 from their bank accounts, Knight shot the Gans' dead. He was apprehended and, but he managed to escape from jail while awaiting trial. While on the run, Knight gunned down a clerk, 54 year old William Culpepper, while holding up a liquor store, and $640 from the cash register. A month later, Knight was recaptured following an armed standoff with police, and sentenced to death for the Gan killings. On death row, he stabbed a correctional officer, 48 year old Richard Burke, to death with a sharpened spoon over the prison allegedly barring him from seeing his mother. Knight had numerous theft and burglary convictions that date back to when he was 9 years old.
83. Juan Chavez (1995-2014, lethal injection): Chavez accosted 9 year old Jimmy Ryce when the boy was dropped off at a stop by a school bus, and abducted him at gunpoint. He took Ryce to a trailer on his employers' property and raped him. When Ryce tried to signal a passing helicopter for help, Chavez shot him in the back of the head, and muffled his cries as he died. The body was then decapitated and dismembered, and Chavez buried the remains near his trailer.
84. Paul Howell (~1990s-2014, lethal injection): Howell was part of a drug smuggling gang. One of the members had a falling out with the ring and made an agreement with law enforcement to testify against them. Howell constructed a microwave bomb to assassinate the witness in her home, and he assigned an associate to carry out the hit. As he was transporting the bomb to its intended destination, the associate was pulled over and detained by deputies. While being processed, the bomb detonated prematurely, and killed a deputy, 35 year old James Fulford, Jr.
85. Robert Henry (1987-2014, lethal injection): As part of his plan to assault the gas station that he worked at, Henry tricked his co workers, 53 year old Phyllis Harris and 35 year old Janet Thermidor, into thinking that a robber was holding him hostage. He duped the women into allowing themselves to be tied up and gagged, as Henry claimed to them that the fictitious "robber" was forcing him to do it. Both women were beaten with hammers as Henry ransacked the station’s store. After he stole a total of $1,269 from the register, he poured gasoline all over the building, and set it on fire. Thermidor and Harris were burned alive in the blaze and died of their injures, but Thermidor survived long enough to identify Henry as the assailant.
86. Robert Hendrix (1990-2014, lethal injection): To prevent his cousin, 25 year old Elmer Scott Jr., from testifying against him in a then upcoming burglary trail, Hendrix broke into the home that he shared with his wife, 18 year old Susan, with an accomplice. He shot Susan and Elmer, beat them with the butt of his rifle, and slashed their throats. In the case that he was about to be tried for, Elmer and Hendrix burglarized a home together, and Elmer agreed to testify against him in exchange for a reduced sentence.
87. John Henry (~1975-2014, lethal injection): In 1975, Henry got into an argument with his first wife, 28 year old Patricia Roddy, while they were driving with her daughters. Henry pulled over and stabbed Patricia to death in front of her children. After he plead guilty, Henry was given a 15 year sentence for second degree murder, and was released in 1983 after serving 8. Shortly after his release, he married 28 year old Suzanne Overstreet. As what happened with his first wife, he fatally stabbed Suzanne during an argument in 1985. He then took his stepson, 4 year old Eugene Christian, to a chicken farm and stabbed him to death as well. Henry also had several convictions for the possession of drugs and illegal firearms.
88. Eddie Davis (~1980s-2014, lethal injection): Davis kidnapped his ex girlfriend's daughter, 11 year Kimberly Waters, from her home and gagged her with a rag. He took the girl to a trailer that he used to live in, and raped and strangled her to death. His criminal activity before the murder included several arrests for burglary and autotheft.
89. Chadwick Banks (1992-2014, lethal injection): Banks shot his wife, 30 year old Cassandra, in the head while she was sleeping on their couch. He then crept into the room of his stepdaughter, 10 year old Melody Cooper, and sexually assaulted her. Melody was also shot dead during the abuse.
90. Johnny Kormondy (~1989-2014, lethal injection): Kormondy and his two accomplices invaded a house that Gary McAdams, a 38 year old banker, shared with his wife, 38 year old Cecilia. The couple were ambushed after they returned home from a high school reunion. Gary was shot and killed by Kormondy, while Cecilia was forced to orally copulate the other intruders. Several items were stolen in the robbery, but my sources didn’t disclose any specifics. Kormondy had several previous convictions of robberies and auto thefts, and the earliest occurred when he was 14.
91. Jerry Correll (1985-2015, lethal injection): Correll shot and killed his ex wife, 25 year old Susan, their daughter, 5 year old Tuesday, Susan's sister, 29 year old Marybeth Jones, and their mother, 58 year old Mary Lou Hines. All four victims were murdered in a home they shared together.
92. Oscar Bolin (~1977-2015, lethal injection): Bolin was sentenced to death for the abductions and murders of 26 year old Teri Matthews, 25 year old Natalie Holley, and 17 year old Stephanie Collins. All 3 victims were kidnapped while they were getting off from work, raped, and killed in beating and stabbing attacks. He raped and strangled a fourth victim, 30 year old Deborah Stowe, to death in Texas, but wasn't charged due to already facing the death penalty in Florida. Bolin also took part in the non fatal abduction and gang rape of a waitress in Ohio, was charged for kidnapping his girlfriend (which were later dropped by the courts), and had several theft convictions that started when he was 15.
93. Mark Asay (1987-2017, lethal injection): Asay shot and killed a black man, 34 year old Robert Booker, during a racially charged fight that he picked at a bar. After Booker's murder, Asay, his brother, and their friend went cruising for prostitutes. They encountered a cross dressing sex worker, 26 year old Robert McDowell, they were acquainted with and picked him up. McDowell was also shot dead by Asay when they got into an argument over payment for an oral sex act.
94. Michael Lambrix (1983-2017, lethal injection): While intoxicated, Lambrix beat one of his friends, 35 year old Clarence Moore, to death with a tire iron, and fatally strangled another friend, 19 year old Aleisha Bryant, with a t-shirt in their trailer. He was previously arrested for welfare fraud and was detained for an unspecified "unrelated charge" during the murder investigation.
95. Patrick Hannon (1991-2017, lethal injection): 27 year old Brandon Snider vandalized the bedroom of his ex girlfriend while she was away on vacation. The ex girlfriend's brother was friends with Hannon, and he convinced him to launch a revenge attack on Snider with the help of another friend. They broke into Snider's apartment, stabbed him, and slit his throat. Snider's roommate, 28 year old Robert Carter, witnessed the murder, and tried hiding underneath his bed. Hannon dragged Carter out and shot him to death.
96. Eric Branch (1991-2018, lethal injection): In 1993, Branch abducted and carjacked 21 year old Susan Morris. He raped, beat, and strangled her to death, and then buried Morris' body in a shallow grave near a nature trail. Branch used Morris' car to flee back to his native Indiana, but was captured for a traffic violation. A registered sex offender, Branch had previous convictions for sexually abusing a 14 year old girl, and raped an unidentified woman 10 days before Morris' murder.
97. José Jiménez (~1990-2018, lethal injection): Jiménez fatally strangled Marie Debas, a 32 year old French woman who was allegedly in a relationship with a Medellin cartel drug runner, during a burglary of her apartment. Two years later, he burglarized the home of 63 year old Phyllis Minas, and stabbed her to death.
98. Bobby Long (~1990-2018, lethal injection): As the “Classified Ad Rapist”, Long raped over 50 women. He was given that epithet due to contacting and luring his victims through classified ads. After one of his victims sought charges that initially convicted him (though were later dropped on appeals), Long’s pattern of sexual violence escalated to murder. Long murdered at least 10 women and teenage girls between the ages of 18-28 and non fatally assaulted a 33 year old woman, Linda Nuttall, and a 17 year old girl, Lisa McVey. The victims were picked up through hitchhiking, forcibly grabbed while walking alone on streets, or were prostitutes lured with promises of payment for sexual favors. Long’s sparing of his last victim, McVey, provided to be his downfall, as it was her meticulously detailed reports that led law enforcement to him.
99. Gary Bowles (~1970s-2019, lethal injection): Bowles lured 6 men, 72 year old Milton Bradley, 59 year old John Roberts, 47 year old Walter Hinton, 47 year old Alverson, 39 year old David Jarman, and 38 year old Albert Morris by prostituting himself to them. Once a victim was enticed, Bowles strangled them, and stole their credit cards. He also had several convictions for armed robbery, hospitalized his stepfather in his early teens, and served a 6 year prison sentence for sexually assaulting his girlfriend.
100. Donald Dillbeck (~1979-2023, lethal injection): In 1979, Dillbeck stole a car, and was pulled over by a deputy, 31 year old Dwight Hall. After a prolonged chase and scuffle, Dillbeck shot and killed Hall with his own gun. He was then given a life sentence for Hall's murder. Dillbeck escaped from prison in 1990, and stabbed 44 year old Robbie Vann to death while trying to seize her car. The pursuing officers recaptured him shortly after the killing, and he was sentenced to death for Vann's murder.
101. Louis Gaskin (~1986-2023, lethal injection): Gaskin started his burglary spree by breaking into the home of couple, 56 year old Robert and 55 year old Georgette Sturmfels. He shot them both dead, and stole their lamp, VCR set, and some jewelry and money. His second target was a house owned by 38 year old Joseph Rector and his wife Mary (age unknown). Although Gaskin shot Joseph, the couple both managed to escape him with their lives. Due to him wearing a ninja costume as a disguise during the robberies, he was dubbed as the "Ninja Killer" by media outlets. Gaskin also had a few robbery convictions at the time of the murders.
102. Darryl Barwick (1983-2023, lethal injection): Barwick stalked 24 year old Rebecca Wendt as she was sunbathing in a pool, followed her to her apartment, and forced himself inside to rob it. He stabbed Wendt 37 times and raped her. At the age of 16, Barwick had committed a similar act of rape and burglary against an unidentified woman, and was released from prison 3 months before Wendt's murder.
103. Duane Owen (1984-2023, lethal injection): Owen raped 14 year old Karen Slattery while burglarizing a home she was babysitting at, and stabbed her to death. A few months later, Owen burglarized another home owned by 38 year old Georgianna Worden. She was sexually assaulted and fatally beaten with a hammer. He was captured while breaking into another house on the same day, and confessed to Worden and Slattery's murders
104. James Barnes (~1988-2023, lethal injection): In 1988, Barnes invaded the home of 41 year old Patricia Miller, and tied her up with her own shoelaces. She was sexually assaulted, beaten to death with a hammer, and Barnes set her bed on fire to destroy any evidence of the crime. 9 years later, Barnes strangled his estranged wife, 44 year old Linda, to death in her home, and stuffed the body into a closet. He stayed in the house until he was arrested by police officers. Barnes also admitted to the shooting deaths of Chester Wetmore, a 14 year old runaway, and Brenda Fletcher, a 50 year old prostitute, but was never charged for their killings. According to Barnes, he killed both victims for stealing from him.
105. Michael Zack III (1996-2023, lethal injection): Zack befriended two women, 40 year old Laura Rosillo and 31 year old Ravonne Smith, while hanging out at bars. He lured Rosillo to the beach with the promise of drugs, and assaulted her with a tire iron. Rosillo was raped, strangled to death, and he buried her body in a sand dune. A day later, he tricked Smith into letting him inside her house. She was smashed in the head with a glass bottle, raped, and stabbed to death. Zack then fled with her car, television set, VCR, and her purse. On a different note, when he was a child, Zack’s older sister dismembered their mother with an ax over an argument regarding the sister’s boyfriend. He used that story to gain the sympathy of his victims. His sister (who was simply institutionalized rather then incarcerated for the murder) also testified about their stepfather’s alleged abuse of them at his trial, though the prosecutors debunked most of her stories.

Just finished Season 27. Been watching from the beginning, in order.
Curious to hear what other people think about this season (no spoilers for subsequent seasons, pleeeease.)
I'll start at the end because it was maybe the best tribal council I'd ever seen. All three finalists made good speeches. The jury asked good questions. I went into FTC assuming it was a runaway for Tyson, but after hearing each finalist's speech, I felt as though each one of them would have been a deserving winning, and the runners-up might have won if they were up against lesser contestants from episodes past.
I started w/that because Blood v Water is third from the bottom for me. I didn't like a lot of the emotional "tough decisions" which were the point of this season. I'm not a mom, nor did I know my mom, so all the Ciera-Laura stuff was boring (at best.) But I totally get why others might have liked those bits.
Here are some of my thoughts:
Gervase - I was so glad to see him back! I loved Season 1, and when I read about it, I'd read that Gervase had been trying to make alliances but the young guy(s) didn't want to form alliances. So, he was kind of SOL. We didn't see any of that. He came across that season as just a jokester. I remember being impressed with his FTC speech because it was really good, and I was surprised because he'd seemed like just a goofball until he made that great speech while he was voting (about how Sue had no right to be so angry about Kelly's "betrayal.") He was so right. And I thought man, that guy is smarter than he seemed. So it was great to see him get another shot. I was glad he made it to the final 3. I agree with his FTC speech. I think he played a great game (except he was surprisingly bad in the first challenge.) I agree with everything he said at FTC.
Tyson - In his first season, I loved his sense of humor and his style. I think he's the funniest player ever (to "date", meaning to Ssn 27.) But my opinion of him sank when he was mean to that blonde girl in whatever season that was. The girl who had the flu (I was pissed that she came on the show with the flu. Can you imagine spending 10 yrs trying to get on the show, and then sitting on the boat next to someone who was hocking up phlegm and had a 100 degree fever?? But then I warmed to her because she was mentally so strong, and kept fighting, and I really liked her by the end. I forget her name. But Tyson told her to her face that she was "not smart enough" to something, something. And it was mean.
I always give the mean players a second chance, and hope that when they watch themselves they regret things like that. It's great to see returning players come back who have grown and become better. And Tyson did. He regretted being mean, and in his 2nd season he was not mean to anybody (that we saw.) So, when he came back a 3rd time I was happy. And I was really glad he won. I'd have been happy if it was either him or Tina. They're both great in different ways.
Monica - I liked some things about her. The best was her FTC speech. People kept asking her over and over to show her true self (she already had!) And I loved when she said, "Have you people never met a nice person before??" That's up there in my top 3 FTC speeches. I liked her husband, Brad, and I loved her relationship with him. They were sweet together. But I understand why people were saying she was annoying. I think she may be in the lower percentile of survivor contestants when it comes to IQ (along with Erik and Christina.) And that made some of her spiels annoying and caused her to bug people by talking too much about strategy. It was as if she wanted to prove that she was a great strategist. What she was great at were the physical challenges. Really impressive! She's a neat lady. Didn't deserve to win, but I'm glad she made it as far as she did.
Tina - I love Tina. She amazed back in Ssn 2 when she swam across a crocodile infested river in the middle of the night to find the can of rice that had floated away in the flood. Nobody else did anything like that. I wouldn't have gone in that river in the day time let alone in pitch blackness. And she found it! And then she stood on that post in the freezing weather above the water for over 10 hrs - that's nuts (in a good way.) And she impressed me again in this season. I was bummed when she got out, but it had to be her or Tyson because they were the biggest threats for best player in the end, and Tyson had immunity, so it had to be Tina. She always handles everything honestly and like a champ.
Katie - was someone I would like IRL, but, unfortunately, she was a little boring for Survivor and she was terrible at challenges. I was SO glad when her mom chose NOT to let her win on Redemption Island. If Tina'd let Katie win, I'd have wanted to barf. But I liked Tina and Katie's relationship a lot.
Which brings me to Ciera. I'm sure I'm in the minority here, but I couldn't stand Ciera. She sucked at challenges throughout the first half of the game, bringing her team down. And then her mom got voted out in a large part due to the fact that the returning players knew that Laura would never sacrifice her daughter for the team. And they thought Laura might have a shot at beating Brad at Redmptn. Isl. but I think that was the lesser of the reasons. So, Laura got voted out basically because of her relationship with her daughter, and then Ciera has the nerve to say, "My mom got voted out already. I'm still here. The fact is, I'm a better player than my mom." And then there was all that sappy shit with Ciera crying over voting out her mom. Ugh - I started fast-forwarding her parts. She seemed to me to have the mentality of a teenager who thinks they know it all, and thinks they're so much smarter than other people when they're not.
Laura B - She was really, really impressive in challenges and on Redemption Island. I wasn't too enamored with her in her 1st season mostly because of how she was with Shambo (who I loved.) But I'd be happy to see Laura again if she wasn't there with her daughter.
Rupert - I always love Rupert. His wife is sweet, too, and it was nice she got to play.
Candice - I don't know if I'm in the minority here. Probably. I can't stand Candice. I was stoked she got voted out first, and then bummed that I still had to listen to her on Redemption Island. Her plusses: she has a nice husband, and she doesn't say "no" when Survivor calls her after someone else backed out. Her image of her own self is highly inflated.
On the Wiki, I read a list of people who Survivor had asked to be on the show. Ah, I would have loved to have seen Earl again, and RC (loved her), and even Jerri (Another who I didn't like their first season, but they learned and grew.) Pleeeeease no more Candice.
Who am I forgetting?
Oh yeah. Colton. Strangely, I don't mind Colton. I didn't like when he was mean to Christina in his first season, but you can tell with him it's an act, and that it's coming from a place of insecurity. I believe he's a nicer person on the inside, and I believe he probably continued to grow. What I didn't like was how he curled up in the fetal position on his fiance's lap like a baby. That was just weird. And I don't mean because they were two men, I'd have felt the same way if Kat did that to Hayden.
Caleb. Just like everybody, I kept thinking, "Why would such a normal, likeable guy like Caleb get engaged to someone so different from himself? Someone who can't seem to stop himself from saying mean things about people and acting like a baby.
Kat - I was impressed with her mostly because she was yet another example of someone who watched themselves and grew. She was a lot calmer this time … up until she got voted out. She lost me with her little meltdown about how her boyfriend was going to break up with her because she got voted out of Survivor. Ugh. And then the big question over whether he would switch with her or not. If she was a nice, level-headed person she would have right away said, “Don’t even think about it, Hayden. You stay in this game.” But she waited and they made a big, sappy scene about it … I got the feeling she was testing him. Insecure. Blah.
Hayden – I liked him.
Aras – I didn’t remember him from his season. I had to rack my brain, and then I had a vague memory of thinking, “Oh yeah, I think I thought he deserved to win.” But when I first saw him, I thought, “This is returning player?”
Vytas – I have a feeling he’ll be back. I really liked him a lot. Good, smart player.
All around, I didn't like the "Blood v Water" schtick … but Tyson was great, Tina was great, Rupert, Vytas, and some others were good, and FTC was really good, so those things saved it from sinking to the bottom of my list.

Last year's four-way tie between Alexandra Daddario, Karen Gillan, Anna Kendrick, and Kiernan Shipka in the final round (all with 20%) resulted in the first sudden death vote-off in Sexiest Woman history. In the end, the title belonged to Shipka in her second consecutive try (and after her third place finish with Sydney Sweeney the year before).
Now, in its 25th year, 90 ladies have one thing in mind...or make that two: Become not only Sexiest Woman of 2024, but Silver Anniversary Sexiest Woman as well! Beginning with the Juniors (ages 18-30), they are in no particular order:
Group A: Sydney Sweeney (2022 third-place finisher) Dua Lipa Camila Mendes Kelsea Ballerini Millie Bobby Brown Madelyn Cline Halle Bailey Kaia Gerber Sabrina Carpenter Florence Pugh
Group B: Zendaya Madelaine Petsch (2022 runner-up) Olivia Rodrigo Dakota Fanning Anya Taylor-Joy Addison Rae Maddie Ziegler Charli D'Amelio Sammi Hanratty Lili Reinhart
Group C: Jenna Ortega Kaitlyn Dever Lily Chee Olivia "Livvy" Dunne Elle Fanning Rachel Pizzolato Kathryn Newton Kendall Jenner Camila Cabello Megan Thee Stallion
Next, we have the Seniors:
Group A: Emma Stone Natalie Portman (2002 runner-up) Lucy Hale Olivia Wilde Margot Robbie Emily Blunt Reese Witherspoon Sofia Vergara Katy Perry Selena Gomez
Group B: Heidi Klum Julianne Moore Alison Brie Taylor Swift Jessica Chastain Demi Moore Aubrey Plaza Kate Beckinsale (2021 third-place finisher) Anne Hathaway Mariska Hargitay
Group C: Jessica Biel Eiza Gonzalez Kristen Stewart Emily Ratajkowski Karen Gillan Jennifer Lawrence Kirsten Dunst Emma Roberts Nina Dobrev Vanessa Hudgens
And lastly, the Leftovers!
Group A: Padma Lakshmi Hailee Steinfeld (2018 third-place finisher) Tate McRae Victoria Justice Rachel Zegler Jennifer Lopez (2001 runner-up) Rita Ora Alessandra Ambrosio Keke Palmer Dove Cameron
Group B: Shakira Kelly Clarkson Kylie Jenner Caylee Cowan Joey King Olivia Ponton Lupita Nyong'o Xochitl Gomez Elizabeth Hurley Renee Rapp
Group C: Hunter Schafer Hannah Waddingham Kira Kosarin Christina Aguilera (1999 runner-up) Jennifer Garner (2005 runner-up) Katherine McNamara Halle Berry Ella Purnell Olivia Culpo Ariana Madix
Now anybody who's followed Sexiest Woman for 25 years over on Usenet knows how the whole elimination process goes; but for you newbies on Reddit, here it is:
Top 20 ladies from each category advance to Round 2, where the field is narrowed to ten apiece; when we resume in the fall with Round 3, the categories are merged and last year's third place finisher (which was Anna Kendrick) joins the remaining field; top 20 after that joins Alexandra Daddario (last year's runner-up and 2022 winner) in Round 4.
The remaining ten ladies -- plus one or two more from the Second Chance Round, which features ten eliminees from previous rounds -- will meet Shipka in the final round for the Sexiest Woman of 2024 title! But for the 25th anniversary this year...it won't end there!!!!
That's because this year's winner -- as well as the aforementioned Taylor Swift, who I named Sexiest Woman of the Decade in 2019 (but still has yet to win the annual title) -- plus all of our past winners (which will be listed in a separate post) will be competing for the very special title of Silver Anniversary Sexiest Woman!!!
But for right now...voting is now OPEN in Round 1; you get up to 20 votes per group so use them any way you can.
Oh, and the voting limits are as follows: Round 1: 20 times per group Round 2: 30 times per category Round 3: 40 times Round 4: 50 times Second Chance and special rounds: 10 times Final Round: As many times as you like!!!