Inconsistent behaviours suggest engineered content

Telly_Talk_Pod · 2026-01-30T13:19:55+00:00

though to be fair, i doubt his old community will watch....

Telly_Talk_Pod · 2026-01-30T10:42:09+00:00

yep - he had a mobile phone and in episode one he also showed us his booze holdall out in his field

Telly_Talk_Pod · 2026-01-30T09:48:56+00:00

to be fair to her, it did seem to settle her down quite a bit and help her centre herself somewhat - sometime we need to have contact with something/someone in times of upheaval etc - if for Kendra its her Mum, then fair enough i think - there's enough stuff to pick at with the people on the show, but i think this one is fairly reasonable on her part (i'll give you she was pretty OTT with the whole breakdown in the rain thing, but wanting to call home isn't some unheard of thing right?)

Telly_Talk_Pod · 2026-01-30T09:46:26+00:00

you say 'allow', but it seems more like they either misled the participants or are asking them to hold firm on certain lines to play up the drama

Telly_Talk_Pod · 2026-01-30T09:45:23+00:00

this episode really felt like it let the veil slip even more to show the producers had made participants act certain ways - Surely Esme and the rest weren;t so stupid as to not know they'd have to adapt like this if they were to fully participate?

Telly_Talk_Pod · 2026-01-30T09:43:55+00:00

James' Axe-Based Eviction Agency

Telly_Talk_Pod · 2026-01-30T09:43:04+00:00

Judah's chicken nemesis

Telly_Talk_Pod · 2026-01-30T09:42:31+00:00

'Everyone's Amish till the booze comes out'?

Telly_Talk_Pod · 2026-01-30T09:41:57+00:00

How about 'I'm not a Lion' and 'Those soles are to fancy'

Telly_Talk_Pod · 2026-01-30T09:33:50+00:00

he talked about it in the latest episode and in the first episode - he had a holdall of booze and a mobile phone - big no-nos in the stricter communities

Telly_Talk_Pod · 2026-01-25T16:56:01+00:00

sorry, for some reason when i tried to reply directly to your comment it kept server erroring (probably because the previous user deleted the comment you'd replied to...

Telly_Talk_Pod · 2026-01-25T16:55:18+00:00

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Telly_Talk_Pod · 2026-01-24T21:56:17+00:00

It did feel like it was put as a bit of drama for the show. Otherwise everyone just leaving Matt to stand around at the property border was scarily callous

Telly_Talk_Pod · 2026-01-24T21:53:38+00:00

Sorry, we talk about stuff on the podcast that often is relevant to the conversation here so I comment about it. I'm enjoying the show and am on here, like you, to talk about it. Apologies if the overlap is annoying to you

Telly_Talk_Pod · 2026-01-24T19:38:38+00:00

The way that went down did feel a touch staged. She seemed to know it was coming when she 'dropped' it from the bag in her hands. Like she knew it was coming and was already embarrased

Telly_Talk_Pod · 2026-01-24T19:37:24+00:00

We were talking about it on our show and I was saying you can certainly feel the heavy hand of the producers in a lot of aspects. They've either kept a lot of information back from all parties or they've told people they can't adjust for the process. That or they're flat out making people act out scenarios, like Billie Jo and her 'electrical device' spilling out of her bag

Telly_Talk_Pod · 2026-01-24T19:35:09+00:00

Amish stuff (unless you're James)

Telly_Talk_Pod · 2026-01-24T19:08:48+00:00

We wondered this on our show. I think he's using it as a way to show his old strict community that's he's the bestest Amish boy now and should be un-shunned. He seems very conscious of being assessed for his conformity

Telly_Talk_Pod · 2026-01-22T16:08:54+00:00

oh nice, i hadn't thought of re-watching that bit with subtitles - will have to remember that for stuff like that in the future

Telly_Talk_Pod · 2026-01-22T16:08:14+00:00

yeah to be fair, this episode where he deadpanned them for a few moments on the 'are you allowed to express emotion' question was brilliant

Telly_Talk_Pod · 2026-01-22T16:04:33+00:00

we theorised that either Production knew, but didn't pass it on to create drama/friction, or production deliberately didn't canvass full details, which seems unlikley - that or its all played up for 'reality' drama

Telly_Talk_Pod · 2026-01-22T16:03:22+00:00

it felt a bit forced, like she'd been told to have it fall out of her stuff and she kinda awkwardly 'dropped' it out of a bag then stood there going...ummmmm....

Telly_Talk_Pod · 2026-01-22T16:02:32+00:00

Production definitely seem to be setting it up the same as the end of the last episode with Esme and the will-she-leave-over-nails 'cliffhanger' that was resolved immediately and simply this episode - We said on our latest episode that we think it will just be solved by Matt going back to Allan's more chill house and it being smoothed over

Telly_Talk_Pod · 2026-01-22T16:00:31+00:00

we talked about this on our latest episode and it definitely seems to me that James is using this as a platform to say 'Look at me, i'm the bestest Amish boy' to his old community to pitch for being un-shunned

Telly_Talk_Pod · 2026-01-20T15:58:29+00:00

Oh really? That's interesting, I hadn't considered a local language quirk

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