[Report This]Date: October 04 2024 8:23 AM Title: Chapter 7: A New Direction
I can't say enough about ho bw m ov pbb o bpi 0gzuch I love Charlie's fear of failing taking the form of Pete's ghost! Even in death, that guy is making sure Charlie's knows how worthless he is. It really shows how much Charlie feared and hated Pete. ead Pete ripping on him is pretty funny, too!
And Charlie has reason to doubt himself. Hide and go seek? Really? His big idea is to have them play a kids game that has nothing to do with couples. That's terrible! Granted, Kim being 15 feet tall adds an element of interest to the game, but you could say that about almost anything. Taking the couples element out of a couples competition? Charlie isn't too bright.
Speaking of that, the irony of that exchange between Kim and Charlie, the one where Kim butters him up, isn't lost on me. He thinks he has her under control, but she's working hom emotionally and he can't even see it. Dead Pete even tried to warn him. Hell, Kim "convinced" Charlie to kill Pete without even realizing it! Charlie is losing his mind, and his lust for power keeps him under Kim's thumb. That and his crippling fear of her.
Kim keeps talking about how she was too much woman for Aaron, and I find myself wondering how much of this is her just trying to get at him and how much of it reflects what she really thinks is the reason for the breakup. Maybe the best part of Kim's descent into madness is how she still feels like the one being wronged in all this. So of course she doesn't care that most of cast and crew doesn't want to be around her. Whatever happens to them, they've got it coming, right?
I felt so bad for Aaron at the ceremony! He thought he was finally free, and Kim, Charlie, and company orchestrated the most dramatic way to implement the rule change as possible. She was all but out the door when they pulled her back in. Even knowing it was coming, that twist was entertaining to read. And given how this chapter ended, it looks like rough times ahead for the poor guy (yet another reason Pete was right about Charlie's shortening abilities).
Finally, I greatly enjoyed the little shots you took at how reality TV operates! Noting all the fake reactions of the cast to shocking news, Charlie threatening their star-status to shut them up, and "sending them off" for hide and go seek, only to call them back for testimonials instead; you hit the choreographed tone of reality shows perfectly! I'm loving all of it!
I'm eager to see Kim actually get her huge hands on the other houseguest next chapter, even if I'll be ready about poor Aaron's experience through my fingers!