NateRiver
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In real life, if you're going on 10 weeks making zero progress to your goal, and instead regressing backwards, you're horribly screwed. On screen, it makes for much worse entertainment.
It's not taking place over 10 weeks in the show. Some episodes take place in the same day, some seem to take place right after each other. At the most, it's a little less than 2 weeks.