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Here is a link to what I hope is everything we missed from the CBS interruption on youtube. My station cut out too, so I can't guarantee it's everything, but definitely includes part of what was cut out for me. Oh, and the actor playing the brother is really good (as was Ellen Burstyn as always) so it's worth seeing.:

Jane was angry with Dennis because she thought he was sneaking around trying to dig up dirt on Michael. It turned out he was trying to defend Michael, and Jane forgave him once she understood that Dennis was a true friend to Michael. I'm also glad to see Petra happy and a good mother.

Vee is 100% correct about Kailyn, and as much fun as it was to see someone finally tell Kailyn off, unfortunately it shouldn't be Vee. Vee and Joe are the only mature, stable parents that Isaac has (and he's actually a great kid) so they need to handle Kailyn carefully. They should just nod and smile when she goes of on Javi. They don't need Kailyn coming after them and restricting their time with Isaac when she's done fighting with Javi. It sucks - a lot - but unfortunately for the sake of the Isaac, they need to put up with a lot of Kailyn's craziness. I guess the only good thing is that all of this is documented and someday hopefully Isaac will realize how much they have done for him (recently; I know Joe wasn't the greatest as a teenage dad but he's really matured in the past few years.) I think although it would be a pain in the a** Joe should require the drop off between Isaac and Javi to be at his house temporarily until Javi and Kailyn can manage to spend 5 minutes together without attacking each other. Javi should be around Isaac, but Isaac is sensitive so I wouldn't want him to witness any more exchanges between his mother and soon to be ex-stepfather. There's no need to supervise his visitation, just to ensure the drop off/pickup occurs without vitriol.

The one change in this show after the time jump I don't support is Rogelio's character. He was always self-involved and could unintentionally create problems, but letting a woman defrost her egg and then deciding he didn't want to have children with her just isn't in character for him. And selling out Xo - the woman he loves - is also awful. I hope he finds his way soon; he was a highlight of this show for me.

This particular scenario seems possible to me - the surf instructor sees attractive, entitled, bored women who are alone on vacation constantly in his work, and seems to sleep with them a lot. Hannah is different from anyone in his usual circle, and he decided to spend time with her for a little while. The second she seemed to want to make this a long-term situation, he immediately shut her down by discussing his girlfriend. I can understand men choosing to make Hannah an option for a little while, but it seems strange that they would choose her in the long term. Fran seemed less realistic - Hannah is not a particularly good person, and he was willing to stay with her in that relationship even after she spent their first date trying to make her ex-boyfriend jealous and flashed their principal.

I don't like Marnie either, and at first I was surprised and impressed that she seemed genuinely happy about Hannah's success. This would actually show a lot of growth for her. But then I remembered she is really more of Jessa's frenemy than friend, and wanted to throw her out of the friend group during the first season. So I wonder if what was making her happy was seeing Jessa trashed in the sunday NYT (I'm assuming Hannah's article doesn't reflect all that well on her despite the gift basket last season)? She definitely appeared happy while reading the article, but I'm not entirely certain why (and would be very glad and impressed if it was to support Hannah).

Overall, I really like Barbara, but I do wish she would go to therapy to learn how to cope with Janelle better. She should limit herself only to having controversial discussions with Jenelle about things that will hurt the children (like moving in with the future serial killer babydaddy). It is really terrible that Jenelle announced her pregnancy on Facebook, but talking about why that was hurtful is the kind of discussion you only have with a person who is capable of becoming a decent person. And that's not Jenelle. Ordering wine was good, and asking about getting her tubes tied was fine, but Jenelle enjoys hurting Barbara, so discussing this topic only makes Jenelle happy because she's glad she hurt her mother. She should really limit herself only to discussing controversial things that affect the children (I know Jenelle can take Barbara's head off at hello, but I don't think Jenelle is capable of changing and would like to see Barbara's interactions improve with her for the sake of the children). Jenelle is primarily responsible for the mess of a relationship they have, but Barbara is the only one capable of improving it.

Are there really a lot of people in this country who want to watch someone who is genuinely suffering from a serious mental illness be paraded in front of the cameras? There's no educational or entertainment value in this. Please let the poor girl go to a mental hospital, where they can help her.

That's a really good point. I hadn't considered this possibility, and it makes a lot of sense.

I agree with this completely. And we need to also add the fact that she still insults Rebecca's father in front of her, and makes passive aggressive (and sometimes just aggressive) comments insulting her frequently. That's pretty sad behavior if she had a stable child, but knowing that her daughter is dealing with a mental illness and still behaving this way is really awful.

I'm really glad this show has been renewed for a third season - it's been fascinating to see the character developments. I love Valencia and Heather together, and Valencia's kick ass personality is perfectly suited for being a wedding consultant.

I'm not comfortable with Adams drinking heavily/bringing drunk friends around in the past, but I had no problem with the brownies. I agree with Michel - his only responsibility was to hide them and not consume them in front of Bonnie.

Is the wedding in Hawaii? If so, that is totally a destination wedding location. They would do a hundred weddings a year, and most people plan them from a distance. So they'll show you pictures of 5 cakes from the recommended vendor and you pick one. It's probably one of the few weddings you can plan easily at the last minute. You don't need to go this crazy - you just ask the venue to recommend vendors and they will. Same thing like getting married in Vegas (not a wedding chapel, but at a nice hotel. You can pick stuff on the computer and they can make it work because they do this all the time.)

This really pissed me off. There is no way Rachel Bloom is a size 6, which I think is a really good thing since I like seeing normal sized women on TV. Years ago, designers realized if they took a size 10 pair of jeans and put a size 6 label in it, women were more likely to purchase it. Wedding dresses never changed their sizing labels since at higher end salons they are tried on in standard sample sizes and no one discusses sizes until you select a gown and are measured for it. Bridal gowns run much smaller than street sizes since the sizes weren't realigned like ready to wear clothing you purchase in stores. A size 6 wedding dress would probably be a size 2 or 4 street size. https://www.thebudgetfashionista.com/archive/why-wedding-dresses-are-small/ I do really love this show, and all of the interesting characters.

It's on a Royal Caribbean ship. There is free kids club (daycare) available for children over the age of 3, so I would imagine that most of them might bring their children. The newer and some retrofitted RC ships have a nursery that charges per hour to watch children under the age of 3. These theme cruises are also open to the public who might have no idea they are signing up for a Teen Mom cruise. So there's a chance Matt might be explaining how the tabloids did him wrong to a bunch of people on vacation who have no idea who he is on the buffet line. But they'll probably dislike him as much as the actual viewers pretty quickly.

The most relevant example I can think of is from my son's daycare. There was a child there whose parents were totally fine with him doing whatever he wanted to do. Our kids sometimes played together after school, and I'd need to take my kid home when the other child started breaking large branches against trees or throwing rocks. At the back to school night, the kid threw chairs into the empty infant room (the parents were supposed to be supervising the kids on back to school night, not the teachers). The teachers mostly ignored the kid's behavior that night until he left the toddler room and headed for the school exit towards the parking lot (the parents were still in the toddler room and never knew he'd nearly left the school.) The child was always perfectly behaved in the classroom. The teachers never criticized his family or discussed it with him. They just taught him (and everyone else) that these are the rules in the classroom, and everyone must follow them. In Sophia's case, it is possible she may follow the behavior modeled at home. It is likely that she - like all young children - will hit a behavioral or developmental snag, since all children do at one time or another. The problem is that the school can't depend upon any support from the family (I think there was a case awhile ago of Farrah telling the school Sophia had to be allowed to wear makeup, a violation of school rules). It is really hard when the parents aren't on board with following the school's rules, and it is much more difficult to resolve conflicts since the children know they won't disappoint their parents or be punished at home if they misbehave. Kids of really screwed up parents tend to go one way or another - some tend to find a way to behaving kindly towards others, although this is a minority. I did see some real reason for hope for Sophia here on the last episode - she seemed to genuinely emphasize with Debra's pain, and tried to comfort her. She also very calmly told her mother she was rude, which considering how Farrah acts is quite an understatement. That's a lot of resilience from a little girl who has had nothing but screaming, cursing and rudeness as her model of behavior. But it really is too early to tell how she will turn out.

I was happy to see Ryan make up with his parents. He's still a mess (and we haven't been shown what is really happening) but I love Ryan's parents and want them to be happy. Since I don't think Ryan is capable of getting better, I'm glad his mom can find some happiness in Maci's life and hope she doesn't have to deal with Ryan and his dad fighting.

They keep lists of names/email addresses of people who fall for this scam once, since they are likely to fall for another scam later. Sometimes they have someone contact them and tell them that for a small fee, they can recoup the money lost in the original scam.

Her age doesn't matter since legally you cannot force an adoptive parent to maintain contact with the birth parents. The fans/show are certainly a factor in their obsession. The other big factor is that they haven't actually done anything with their lives. If they had any interest in raising Nova, had jobs, volunteer work or hobbies, they would be able to move on with their lives. But they sit around the house all day and their lives revolve around eating junk food and social media (and I assume watching tv while they aren't being filmed). People living like that need an excuse for why their life is a mess since they don't want to do the work required to fix it.

If you look to the righthand corner of this picture of Dr. Drew with Amber, you can see a copy machine. Do you think there is some kind of subliminal message from MTV about how these people keep having the same problems over and over by having all their therapy take place at kinkos? Cofcinci I need your profession opinion about why therapy keeps happening at kinkos!

Is there anyone in the mental health field who can comment upon the psychiatrist's decision to reschedule Catelynn's appointment? It seems that a person suffering from depression might find it hard to be at an appointment on time, and I'd worry that they wouldn't have the energy to reschedule and show up a second time if you cancel the first appointment. I know this needs to be balanced with the doctor's ability to spend enough time to properly evaluate her, but I'd worry you might drive away a patient who won't be organized enough to come back for help a second time.

I'm glad your surgery went well and hope you have a speedy recovery! Sadly, this dingbats always make me feel better about my parenting so I never miss it either.

No. Barbs absolutely cannot send Jace back to Janelle. Janelle will park Jace in front of the X-box, throw hot dogs at him occasionally and expect him to raise Kaiser. It might be better for Kaiser to have his older brother over there to take care of him (just like Gracie at Leah's house) but I do understand why Barbs doesn't call Janelle's bluff. Unfortunately, at 6 Jace is so self-sufficient that a nearly negligent parent can ignore him much more effectively than Kaiser. You didn't miss anything. Jeremy never wanted Leah back. He asked her to dinner to discuss something, which the forum members speculated was producer-driven or possibly about her drug addiction/custody of the kids. Leah's face immediately lit up, and she assumed Jeremy wanted to get back together with her and discussed this with her various friends/relatives/free babysitters. At the dinner, it was clear that Jeremy had absolutely no interest in dating Leah, but she thinks he wanted her.

I don't think Kaiser was outside - the camera showed only Jace and Marissa playing in the street when Barb's car pulled up. The third kid we saw in the hallway when Barb was trying to get Jenelle to get out of the bedroom was Jenelle's nephew, so I am assuming he came in Barb's car when she came to pick up Jace, since he was also in the car when she left Jenelle's house. When Dave exited the bedroom, he was holding Kaiser, so I think they had the toddler locked in the bedroom with them. This doesn't excuse Jenelle's shitty parenting (as usual) - especially since she could have left Jace at Barb's house if she didn't want to watch him, but I honestly wouldn't have called CPS if I saw a 6 year old and girl who appears to maybe 8 or 9 playing in front of a house together alone. A previous poster correctly noted that Jace isn't well behaved enough that he should be left unsupervised outside, but honestly a passerby wouldn't know that.

Michael Gross was really creepy, but I thought he wouldn't be guilty since he was the perpetrator on a previous SVU episode, "Lust." Both Michael Gross and Wendy Malick were really good in this episode, and I also really enjoyed seeing the family vignettes in the beginning.