The Real Pod assembles to dissect the week in reality television and real life, with special thanks to Nando’s.

It’s a galaxy brain episode of The Real Pod this week and we’re not just talking about the new Australian Bachelor who is trying to find another Earth. Sam Wallace has been talking about udders, Alex bought a dead man’s phone, and Jane thinks she lives next to a Bachelorette superstar in LA. Rose Matafeo has a new HBO show, people are putting Peanut Slabs inside meat pies, and Tiki Taane is finally out of the barn – or is he?

There’s also The Block NZ, where do-over week has highlighted just how many of the teams have botched their entire houses. Lisa’s stand-off about a gold wall and hot pink entrance led to a week of silent treatment, the millennials have continued to skewer stereotypes through sniffing tomatoes, and poor Ethan and Sam accidentally made a wall look like a pair of boardies. It’s the Real Pod, and we are extremely for real.

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