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You really think Tamra is literally blackmailing him? I don’t believe that. I think he likes that she doesn’t hesitate to go low. She does what needs to be done, in his opinion.

I agree that Mulaney looked a bit rough. If he trimmed his hair and shaved, it might have been a bit better. But I always enjoy him.

It made me laugh when Emily and Heather were mocking Shannon’s pieces of paper. Emily joked have you ever heard of Excel? Heather said she expected a file and some microfiche. Microfiche? That seemed like such a weird comment. Also, I actually didn’t think it was as funny as they were making it seem. Maybe you had to be there.

Does Mary have a husband? I was thinking her son seemed depressed. I hadn’t thought of drugs The zip lining looked like fun. Heather must have intentionally left that mud on her lip, right? I mean, I’m sure someone told her about it. Loved the conversation between Bronwyn and Lisa and then Bronwyn and her daughter. What a thing to go through. She was very strong to do all that on her own. I can’t believe the grandparents wanted nothing to do with their grandchild, even more so once their son died. Assuming they knew how to get in touch and just didn’t. Britani’s skin can look so different, depending on the angle or the lighting. Good episode all round.

Now I’m truly confused. I thought she originally offered half, but when she heard about the video, she went back and offered to pay the full amount. He refused because of the non disparagement clause and that’s when he sued her. Am I wrong? If so, I’d say he’s petty and stupid to have turned down the offer. And how believable would it be if she complied and suddenly started praising his generosity. I think that ship has sailed.

I was just rewatching season 15, the covid season. Shannon had just met John. She was truly annoying, screeching and crying about getting covid. So I definitely go through times when I dislike her. I just think she’s good housewife material in all her messiness. Interesting she said she met John when she was out somewhere and they closed the place down. I wonder if it was The Quiet Woman?! I forget if I read it here or on Twitter, but someone wrote that Heather and Tamra most likely planned that mammogram discussion ahead of time. Makes perfect sense.

Thank you. That’s what I was thinking. You expressed it very well. The approach to raising adopted children in the 80s was quite different. You didn’t talk about them being adopted, there wasn’t contact or knowledge about the birth parents. You didn't emphasize their ethnic or other differences from their siblings. Katie has mentioned a couple of times how she was raised without knowing about her heritage. She wasn’t mean in her comments, but I just hope her adoptive parents don’t feel bad.

Angie’s silver collar with the giant cross that she wore at dinner was the height of tackiness, I thought. Whitneys défense of her jewelry line left a lot unsaid. She basically didn’t deny any of the comparisons to the alibaba site. I’m sure Whitney and Bronwyn love their husbands, but would they love them if they weren’t rich? Doubtful. I still don’t get the appeal of Mary.

I wonder about Katie’s relationship with her adoptive parents. I think she’s made a couple of references about their not so stellar parenting and not highlighting her Korean heritage. And now she’s going to meet her birth mother. Hopefully, this will give her the closure, or the missing piece, she talks about.

That last appearance of Bronwyn was downright scary. The outfit and the makeup, shudder. And in the brief scene with her husband, he really looked like her dad.

I’m confused and probably didn’t pay close attention, but where do Heather and Terry live? They have the BH house but are renovating it, and don’t live there yet, right? They have the penthouse apartment but it’s not big enough for the kids and they’re renting it to someone else? Also, Heather said one place is a glorified closet. Is there a third place? And omg, this paparazzi photo thing is a total yawn fest. I literally couldn’t care less.

Good work, kitty! I loved the paw prints in red.

Thanks so much for filling me in on Mae’s story. I watched the show from the beginning but somehow missed a season or a few episodes along the way.

Interesting, in the linked article about the actress who played Lucille; she said she left to explore new opportunities. But, according to IMDb, she’s not working on anything since CTM. Unless it’s outside show business. It did kind of leave her tv husband stranded. I do like how they’ve integrated him into the show (as the most quickly qualified social worker ever) and I hope he gets a new romance soon, he deserves it. This week was better after the downer that last week’s show was. I always feel this show is such a mix of terrible, harsh reality and treacly, warm and fuzz goodness.

When it seemed like everyone was gathered around Mae, I thought, great, now no one is looking after all the cubs. 😂 Can anyone provide me with a quick backstory on how they came to have Mae? If her birth mother no longer has custody, why would she get to dictate the child’s placement? I remember when my dad lost his job. We were a one income family, four kids. My dad was no alpha male but he didn’t tell my mum at first because he felt such a failure.