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Day 14 of the cutting room floor challenge. It's the final day! This has been so fun. Final day of the challenge is this. In general, we are so blessed that the actors gave 100% to every scene, every time. They truly understood the assignment. However, was there one scene or one line where the vibe was slightly off in the way they delivered a line or a micro-expression? Was there a scene where you thought they were looking off-camera at cue cards, or had a weird inflection, or just didn't express the emotions the way you thought they should have from reading the books?

So Day 14's cutting room floor challenge is re-vibing one scene/line. Just so you know, this isn't for bad ADR (like the tuna melt scene) or a continuity error (like Ilya's disappearing cigs). This is just a scene where you felt like the actor didn't make the artistic choice you would have made.

Day 1: Cutting one line from the show makes it better. Winner: u/AdSensitive9744 for wanting to cut Rose's fries gushalogue.

Day 2: Cutting one line makes it worse. Winner: u/prettyroses for saying that cutting Shane's "I love you too" after Ilya confesses would ruin everyone. Agreed. Bricks thrown.

Day 3: Cutting one soundtrack number makes it better. Winner: u/cassie1015 for pointing out that "Chelsea mon amour" is kind of an odd number to play while Shane and Scott are in a Sochi cafe.

Day 4: If you cut this needle drop, the show is RUINED. Winner: u/TXsweetmesquite for saying that "I'll Believe in Anything" is the thematic core of the show.

Day 5: re-do one scene with another take. Most upvoted comment was u/royalrose for wanting to redo the tuna melt scene so the bad ADR can go. My suggestion of redoing the friends and family in Scott's Stanley Cup moment was also upvoted a lot. They look so glum.

Day 6: change one set/location. Winner: u/IllustriousLemon8146 for the art gallery, that's so sparsely populated that Scott's freakout seems weirder. In the book, it's a busy museum and he gets approached by fans.

Day 7: Change one costume. I won my own challenge by pointing out that Rose's silky wide leg pants in the breakup scene are way too 2025 fashion and not 2016, when skinnies and slim fits ruled the fashion world.

Day 8: Cut one kiss. Winner: u/abroma for simply saying "no," all show kisses are to stay. I respect the sentiment.

Day 9: Reposition the camera differently in one scene. Winner: u/cassie1015 for saying: "Episode 4, Tuna Melt Down, I need the camera to follow Shane down the hallway as he leaves or something to 1) add to the emotional devastation and 2) I cannot figure out for the life of me the layout of Ilya's house and I need to see where we are in relation to the kitchen."

Day 10: Cut one spicy scene. Winner: u/72-27 for suggesting that we didn't need to see Shane grimly pumping Rose, that context clues like his dread going up the stairs and her unhappy demeanor the morning after was enough.

Day 11: Cut one minor character. Winner: u/Mediocre-Victory-565 for suggesting the hot waiter who soda-shames Shane

Day 12: Cut one wordless/non-dialogue scene. Winner: I won my own challenge by suggesting eliminating one scene of Ilya on the treadmill/Shane on the rowing machine in the montages.

Day 13: Re-do one scene's hair/makeup! Winner: u/ocdod for saying Sasha's bowl cut did not do justice to the hotness that was Kaden Connors. 100% agreed.

So I’m also a big musical theater fan, and in musicals, the protagonists always have an I Want song early in the first act. Examples: Hamiltons “My Shot,” Book of Mormon’s “You and Me (But Mostly Me)”, Jenna’s “What Baking Can Do,” Mama Rose’s “Some People,” Tevye’s “If I Were A Rich Man.”

So in the GC universe what would the I Want songs be?

Ilya - something like “I Want to Get Out Mama.” Song before he leaves Russia. Sings about wishing to be finally free in the US.

Shane - “Best Hockey Player in the World.” When HR starts I don’t think Shane really knows what he wants other than to be the best hockey player.

Ryan - “Dear Anne.” Totally a song about Anne of Green Gables

Fabian - “Does He Remember Me?” After seeing Ryan again.

Scott - “Empty Apartment.” Song about how he wants to bring someone back to his penthouse.

Kip - idk. Maybe something about his student loans? Like “80k in debt.”

Eric - “I’m 40.” Something about how he’s getting older and wants a real connection.

Kyle - definitely how he wants someone artsy and not a “dumb jock.” Like “I Want an Artist.”

Troy - “Will I Ever Deserve Someone.” Song about how he’s just not likable enough to be with anyone

Harris - “Like my algorithm” Something about being a social media manager.

What do y’all think?

MSG for NYers is the ultimate bridge and tunnel locale. It’s literally right by Lincoln Tunnel. And it’s July 4th.

So what are your Mt Rushmore of Taylor Swift bridges/tunnels?

Here are mine:

- Out of the Woods. Let’s face it, this song is almost all bridge.

- The Great War. “It turned into something bigger” is no doubt the highlight of the song

- The Prophecy. Another song where the bridge elevates this song so much

- Getaway Car. So, so good. Chills every time I hear “Bonnie and Clyde”.

I know I know. No Cruel Summer? I like that bridge but the above 4 imo have bridges that touch me more.

If I could add a fifth I’m stuck between “Would’ve Could’ve Should’ve” and “How Did It End.”

So we know Ilya went for “months” without sex after he and Shane got back together. Anyone hazard a guess what he did to pass the time? In the books it said random hookups and parties were his way of stress relief.

The book is so empty from Ilya’s pov in those weird months. Did he and Shane just obsessively Skype sex? Did he work on crossroad puzzles? Listen to All Too Well on repeat while making his ginger ale shrine?

His poor right hand …

Note: if you're not a fan of Taylor Swift please don't comment that. I am a Swiftie and this is like my national holiday.

But we know what Rachel's choice for Hollanov's wedding was and I totally don't really agree with it. I think "Diamonds" was an odd song to pick, although it kind of emphasized how on-the-fly it was. But in honor of the Swelce swedding, which first dance songs do you think fit each couple?

My choices:

Skip - "Walking on Sunshine." Fun, uptempo, could picture the whole Kingfishers crew having a grand old time with this one. But since Scott is a dinosaur, "At Last" is also a classic, dino wedding song.

Hollanov - Taylor Swift's Daylight. I 100% die on this hill. If not that, then "Lover" just because it will be funny and gross. Oh also Stephen Sanchez’s Pool.

Ryan/Fabian - The National's "Think You Can Wait." This is so their song.

Troy/Harris - "We Found Love" - Rihanna. 100% fits their story

Eric/Kyle - Lana del Rey's "Life is Beautiful." Or “Beautiful.” For whatever reason I feel like both of them would love Lana del Rey

Edit: stop downvoting me! Wtf. This is the mildest post ever. Why are people so offended by this?

Zohran Mamdani has shared his twelve favorite Taylor songs (gifted article). What do you think of his Swiftie playlist?

Spoilers! His favorites are:

- Only the Young - eh ok. Respect the deep cut.

- Love Story - would be on my list as well

- my tears ricochet - -

- I forgot that you existed

- Dress

- Cruel Summer

- Delicate - would be on my list as well

- I Know Places

- I Don't Wanna Live Forever

- I Think He Knows

- London Boy

- august

Seems as if Mamdani is a Lover era Swiftie. I respect this list, even if it's not MY picks. Respect to Bill de Blasio for picking "the 1," one of my personal favorites.

Day 13 of the cutting room floor challenge: the makeup artist Joan Chell did an amazing job showing the progression of time just by different hairstyles and makeup. And she avoided having everyone look like a tiktok makeup tutorial (it still takes me out whenever I see the stripes of blush and highlighter in Bridgerton).

But is there a scene where you'd redo the hair or makeup, either for continuity or you just flat out don't agree with the look?

Day 1: Cutting one line from the show makes it better. Winner: u/AdSensitive9744 for wanting to cut Rose's fries gushalogue.

Day 2: Cutting one line makes it worse. Winner: u/prettyroses for saying that cutting Shane's "I love you too" after Ilya confesses would ruin everyone. Agreed. Bricks thrown.

Day 3: Cutting one soundtrack number makes it better. Winner: u/cassie1015 for pointing out that "Chelsea mon amour" is kind of an odd number to play while Shane and Scott are in a Sochi cafe.

Day 4: If you cut this needle drop, the show is RUINED. Winner: u/TXsweetmesquite for saying that "I'll Believe in Anything" is the thematic core of the show.

Day 5: re-do one scene with another take. Most upvoted comment was u/royalrose for wanting to redo the tuna melt scene so the bad ADR can go. My suggestion of redoing the friends and family in Scott's Stanley Cup moment was also upvoted a lot. They look so glum.

Day 6: change one set/location. Winner: u/IllustriousLemon8146 for the art gallery, that's so sparsely populated that Scott's freakout seems weirder. In the book, it's a busy museum and he gets approached by fans.

Day 7: Change one costume. I won my own challenge by pointing out that Rose's silky wide leg pants in the breakup scene are way too 2025 fashion and not 2016, when skinnies and slim fits ruled the fashion world.

Day 8: Cut one kiss. Winner: u/abroma for simply saying "no," all show kisses are to stay. I respect the sentiment.

Day 9: Reposition the camera differently in one scene. Winner: u/cassie1015 for saying: "Episode 4, Tuna Melt Down, I need the camera to follow Shane down the hallway as he leaves or something to 1) add to the emotional devastation and 2) I cannot figure out for the life of me the layout of Ilya's house and I need to see where we are in relation to the kitchen."

Day 10: Cut one spicy scene. Winner: u/72-27 for suggesting that we didn't need to see Shane grimly pumping Rose, that context clues like his dread going up the stairs and her unhappy demeanor the morning after was enough.

Day 11: Cut one minor character. Winner: u/Mediocre-Victory-565 for suggesting the hot waiter who soda-shames Shane

Day 12: Cut one wordless/non-dialogue scene. Winner: I won my own challenge by suggesting eliminating one scene of Ilya on the treadmill/Shane on the rowing machine in the montages.

So in light of a certain event that looks like it's going to happen in the coming days, what Taylor songs do you think are great first dance wedding songs? I feel like a lot of them are, but here are my top 5:

1. Daylight - "I don't wanna look at anything else now that I saw you/I don't wanna think of anything else now that I thought of you." So wedding-coded, and one of her sunniest songs.

2. Enchanted - I feel like this already is a big wedding first dance song

3. King of My Heart - a little hard to dance to, but a great pure expression of love

4. Everything Has Changed - great slow-tempo ballad

5. Today Was a Fairytale - love this one!

Which are your Taywedding songs?

Day 12 of the cutting room floor challenge: There are quite a few scenes with no spoken lines in HR that have become favorites. Like the entire end of episode 4 at Club Disaster, which has no dialogue but all sorts of big emotions happening. Or Shane silently crying as he watches Ilya win the Stanley Cup while his teammates call Ilya all sorts of names. Or Scott watching Kip through the window (tribute to Stella Dallas).

But if you had to cut out one scene with no dialogue/spoken lines, which would it be?

Day 1: Cutting one line from the show makes it better. Winner: u/AdSensitive9744 for wanting to cut Rose's fries gushalogue.

Day 2: Cutting one line makes it worse. Winner: u/prettyroses for saying that cutting Shane's "I love you too" after Ilya confesses would ruin everyone. Agreed. Bricks thrown.

Day 3: Cutting one soundtrack number makes it better. Winner: u/cassie1015 for pointing out that "Chelsea mon amour" is kind of an odd number to play while Shane and Scott are in a Sochi cafe.

Day 4: If you cut this needle drop, the show is RUINED. Winner: u/TXsweetmesquite for saying that "I'll Believe in Anything" is the thematic core of the show.

Day 5: re-do one scene with another take. Most upvoted comment was u/royalrose for wanting to redo the tuna melt scene so the bad ADR can go. My suggestion of redoing the friends and family in Scott's Stanley Cup moment was also upvoted a lot. They look so glum.

Day 6: change one set/location. Winner: u/IllustriousLemon8146 for the art gallery, that's so sparsely populated that Scott's freakout seems weirder. In the book, it's a busy museum and he gets approached by fans.

Day 7: Change one costume. I won my own challenge by pointing out that Rose's silky wide leg pants in the breakup scene are way too 2025 fashion and not 2016, when skinnies and slim fits ruled the fashion world.

Day 8: Cut one kiss. Winner: u/abroma for simply saying "no," all show kisses are to stay. I respect the sentiment.

Day 9: Reposition the camera differently in one scene. Winner: u/cassie1015 for saying: "Episode 4, Tuna Melt Down, I need the camera to follow Shane down the hallway as he leaves or something to 1) add to the emotional devastation and 2) I cannot figure out for the life of me the layout of Ilya's house and I need to see where we are in relation to the kitchen."

Day 10: Cut one spicy scene. Winner: u/72-27 for suggesting that we didn't need to see Shane grimly pumping Rose, that context clues like his dread going up the stairs and her unhappy demeanor the morning after was enough.

Day 11: Cut one minor character. Winner: u/Mediocre-Victory-565 for suggesting the hot waiter who soda-shames Shane

So skating has some archetypes. Which is your favorite skater that fits the following archetypes?

1. The artistically sublime head case - you know the type. Gorgeous skating skills, just an amazing all around skater, but can rarely put together two back-to-back clean performances.

My picks: Yuma Kagiyama, Sasha Cohen, Kevin Aymoz, Mirai Nigasu

2. Spins S tier, Jumps B tier - these skaters can sure spin like a top. Unfortunately they lack the jump content to be truly competitive.

My picks: Stephane Lambiel, Adam Rippon, Rudy Galindo, Jason Brown. ETA: brainfart. Obviously Lucinda Ruh. Karen Chen too.

3. Old Faithful Jumper - these skaters get dinged sometimes for their lack of artistry blah blah, but they have incredible jump content and consistency which means they win.

My picks: Nathan Chen, Ilia Malinin, Alysa Liu, Evgeni Plushenko

4. The fun ice dance couple - there's always one ice dance couple who maybe doesn't have the level 4 twizzles or curve lifts but sure are fun and entertaining to watch.

My picks: Ilinykh/Katsalapov - remember what a fun trainwreck they were?

5. Perfect Except for One Jump - many skaters who for whatever reason struggle with one jump. Like either they flutz or lip or prerotate the axel.

My picks: Kaori Sakamoto and her damned flutz.

6. The tragedy - the skater that could have had it all, except for unfortunate circumstances/injuries that makes you depressed just to think about it.

My picks: Aliona Kostornaia. Kostodepression is real. Gracie Gold too.

7. Jack-of-all-trades, master-of-none - these skaters are good to excellent in everything but not the GOAT in anything.

My picks: Hanyu, Michelle Kwan

You guys are the best. This is the most fun challenge. A lot of you could have a serious career in film editing. But: Day 11 of the cutting room floor challenge is to cut one minor role. No, obviously don't cut Hollanov or Skip. But smaller roles get edited out all the time. Just recently, Simone Ashley filmed a part in F1 that got cut out completely. Ellen Pompeo had a role in Eternal Sushine of the Spotless Mind that was also cut.

Which minor role would get the ax?

Previous winners:

Day 1: Cutting one line from the show makes it better. Winner: u/AdSensitive9744 for wanting to cut Rose's fries gushalogue.

Day 2: Cutting one line makes it worse. Winner: u/prettyroses for saying that cutting Shane's "I love you too" after Ilya confesses would ruin everyone. Agreed. Bricks thrown.

Day 3: Cutting one soundtrack number makes it better. Winner: u/cassie1015 for pointing out that "Chelsea mon amour" is kind of an odd number to play while Shane and Scott are in a Sochi cafe.

Day 4: If you cut this needle drop, the show is RUINED. Winner: u/TXsweetmesquite for saying that "I'll Believe in Anything" is the thematic core of the show.

Day 5: re-do one scene with another take. Most upvoted comment was u/royalrose for wanting to redo the tuna melt scene so the bad ADR can go. My suggestion of redoing the friends and family in Scott's Stanley Cup moment was also upvoted a lot. They look so glum.

Day 6: change one set/location. Winner: u/IllustriousLemon8146 for the art gallery, that's so sparsely populated that Scott's freakout seems weirder. In the book, it's a busy museum and he gets approached by fans.

Day 7: Change one costume. I won my own challenge by pointing out that Rose's silky wide leg pants in the breakup scene are way too 2025 fashion and not 2016, when skinnies and slim fits ruled the fashion world.

Day 8: Cut one kiss. Winner: u/abroma for simply saying "no," all show kisses are to stay. I respect the sentiment.

Day 9: Reposition the camera differently in one scene. Winner: u/cassie1015 for saying: "Episode 4, Tuna Melt Down, I need the camera to follow Shane down the hallway as he leaves or something to 1) add to the emotional devastation and 2) I cannot figure out for the life of me the layout of Ilya's house and I need to see where we are in relation to the kitchen."

Day 10: Cut one spicy scene. Winner: u/72-27 for suggesting that we didn't need to see Shane grimly pumping Rose, that context clues like his dread going up the stairs and her unhappy demeanor the morning after was enough.

Not your favorite. Not whose love story inspires you the most. But who would you like to just chill and have an edible with?

Like as much as I love Hollanov, both seem like they could be ... a lot to actually chill with. Ilya might be fun with the snark but he's also moody. So I'd like to catch Ilya on a good day with Anya, but definitely not on a bad day when he's in his feels because some rando was flirting with Shane. Shane would be nice, but sounds like a bit of an intense hockey savant. ETA: Hayden seems fun though.

Harris would be super fun. I'd love to hang out with him and his dogs. Troy seems like he could be sort of morose and not that fun to hang with.

Fabian would be fun. I'd pop an edible and go to one of his concerts. His crew of friends Vanessa, Tarek and Marcus would be super cool, although maybe exhausting. They seem rather extra theater kid to me. Ryan? Eh I don't know.

I live in NYC so the whole Kingfishers crew (Eric, Kyle, Scott, Kip, Elena, Maria, etc) might be cool. I know this isn't canon, but show Scott loves murder books and I'm a true crime junkie so I'd love to talk about whether he considers Martha Tabram a Ripper victim.

Carter seems super sweet, but also has the world's worst gaydar so ...

Rose Landry and Svetlana both sound super cool. I love movies and you just know Rose has all the show biz tea.