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It's the best joke I've read in quite some time, so I certainly hope so.

Was that a real question about FBLA? Future Business Leaders of America. At my high school it was harmless but didn't really serve any purpose beyond letting parents feel like their kids were "on the right track."

I think those mandals would win just about any "What's worse" competition. Thanks for the information, Aimless!

I love Vanessa Williams and Camille Guaty, so I'm in. Also, it looks to me like it's trying to entertain the audience instead of its own writers' room and I think TV could use a little more of that these days.

I'm not defending Rob's behavior, but with a solid decade of very public evidence to support the argument that he's always going to behave like this why would anyone think that he's not going to behave like this? As much as I'm sure that's not a surprise to someone like Blac Chyna I just wish the moths to the Kardashian flame would keep their all-consuming desire for attention contained to themselves and not involve children who have no say in the matter.

The actress in the screencap with Charley is Julie Cobb, who played the mother in the first season of "Charles in Charge." It may be true that about eighty percent of working actors were on this show at some point during its lengthy run.

I hated SaTC but am still a little in love with "A Year in the Life" SJP, and I think this show sounds like it has potential. I imagine writing for a talented cast like this is kind of a dream, so I hope all the pieces fit together well.

I had a similar thought when they flashed back to the taking of the second baby. That whole story looked and sounded like it came from a soon-to-be-a-Lifetime-movie paperback about evil baby stealers from the 40s or 50s. That said, I'm kind of glad they've gone pedal to the metal crazy. At this point nothing should make sense on this show, it's not their strength.

My vote is for caffeine-free Coke. I don't think there's any way Brandon would allow alcohol to dull his well-honed sense of self-righteous superiority in that situation.

I know writers who think Ezria is a decent, healthy relationship can hardly be expected to have much of a sense of humor about it, but I would have loved it if Ezra, after his "I will talk and you will listen, then you will talk" speech, had pulled out a paper bag for Aria and put one on himself just to remind the audience of how ridiculous this couple has always been. I suppose I should be happy with last week's "glass in her hair!" callback and not get greedy, though.

Ana's niece was waaaay too good for Brandon and therefore destined to be a one-off, but in a Bizarro World version of 90210 I think it would have been hilarious for him to butt heads again and again with someone who was not his usual type of adversary (automatically evil for disagreeing with him) but instead simply smarter, more thoughtful, and better educated in the practicalities of socio-economic issues.

According to this interview with the Bravo site, Cameran said she made it clear to him that it might never happen and he was okay with that. "Cameran Eubanks: Why My Husband Isn't on 'Southern Charm'" As much as I agree that Danni raised a valid point about giving Thomas a pass on his part in the colossal mess he and Kathryn have created, I also believe Kathryn's well-documented devotion to drama makes it easy to focus on her role in it. I can understand being exhausted by her behavior, and not wanting to be present for any more of her tantrums.

Thanks for all that information, Sherry67! I'm excited for all this new Hallmark programming -- I love TV movies and as much as I enjoy a lot of what Lifetime has to offer, it's nice to have something to balance out their "I've kidnapped my neighbor and am holding her hostage in my basement. Again." fare.

It was Giada. Honestly, I have no idea how someone who went through what she did has the strength to be a functioning adult. I understand that she doesn't want to talk about it in public and that's obviously her choice, but what's out there in court records and media accounts (her father's name being searchable) makes it clear that she dealt with a lot as a young girl.

Oh, the Sagal twins' beautiful hair. Still a nice memory, after all these years.

From the recap: True, but I loved the way that Joe worked it so that Barry didn't have to look him in the eye when he said it. It's hard for me to get away completely from the knowledge that the director thought it looked good so that's how they blocked it but for me, anyway, it came across as a very sweet way not to embarrass the kid any more than necessary.

I cannot tell you how much I wish I did not agree with you one hundred percent. I kept waiting for it to get back on track this season, and it just never did. What a mess.

Anybody? No? Okay. There were some things I liked about this episode, it did have a lot of action, but it's kind of looking to me like the new writers this season didn't actually watch S1 and instead were given a list of bullet-pointed character traits for each of the original six. That's the only reason I can come up with for the S2 guests, like the Solanos, being better developed in this arc and characters like Johnny being more interesting when they're with them. (In my opinion, of course.) I don't know, I think maybe they were overly ambitious this year and lacked a decent plan for incorporating everyone into the overall story line without the injudicious, lazy use of anvils.

"How Well Do Graceland hotties Aaron Tveit and Daniel Sunjata Know Each Other?"

I thought the premiere was fine -- it did what it had to do, set several of the S2 storylines in motion. I'm a little concerned by the sheer number of spoilers I've read about different arcs and new characters, because I'm not sure how they can all possibly fit into what is essentially a half-season, but since I have an inexplicable obsession with this show I'm in for the duration. I was sorry to see that the writers did not spend the hiatus thinking about how "show me, don't tell me" might be applied to Charlie. For me she is the one clunker of a character, and since her behavior proves the opposite I do not care how many times she is said to be the best agent ever who thinks of the people in the Graceland house as her family. (Doesn't that make throwing her in bed with Briggs on the regular a little weird? It just makes me think of that "So that's how it is in their family" quote from Ferris Bueller.)