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b'Will competitive reality TV go back to what it used to be?\\xa0This week, Aaron, Joey, and Jess talk about pandemic "normalcy," earnestness, parasocial relationships, referees, social media, and taxons. They don\\u2019t talk about Ernest Borgnine or his amazing eyebrows.\\xa0references\\xa0* Been around the world (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVuuatjHGnY)\\xa0and\\xa0we\'ve been player-hated (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EE8zTgEvVA).\\xa0* Parasocial Relationships: The Nature of Celebrity Fascinations (https://www.findapsychologist.org/parasocial-relationships-the-nature-of-celebrity-fascinations/)\\xa0* Richard Hatch (Survivor contestant) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Hatch_(Survivor_contestant))\\xa0* Forged in Fire\\xa0* The New York Times:\\xa0The Fall of \\u2018Terrace House\\u2019 (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/17/arts/television/terrace-house-suicide.html)\\xa0* The Mole:\\xa0then (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mole_(American_season_1))\\xa0and\\xa0now (https://www.netflix.com/title/81286686)\\xa0* Philodendron (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philodendron)\\xa0* The Importance of Being Earnest'