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After she mentioned the other Housewives being old enough to be her mom, I had to re-check on Jules's age and I was SHOCKED - she's only 34?! I thought she was a nicely preserved but too-taut 50 or so. I'm generally pretty agnostic on the whole eating disorder issue, but if your face is that gaunt and tight at 34...something of some sort ain't right.

Totally agree - it usually humanizes them, but it only intensifies my distaste for Derrick B. I'd be bored but indifferent without watching Untucked; with it, I'm seething with resentment about possible producer shenanigans keeping him (and his delusions) afloat!

I. SHRIEKED! This was Drag Race level shade, very impressive, Leanne. The long line of craggy, sweaty men who look like they are made of rocks continues - first, Juicy Joe (RONJ), then Kim's boyfriend (RHOBH), then Dorinda's boyfriend (RHONY), now Stephanie's troll of a husband. Such a strange line of succession! The most fascinating/horrifying thing about this episode was the MAKE UP. WHATTTTT is going on with everyone?!? Case in point: No ma'am.

Which again, is raced and classed, though.

It was my high school's policy that anyone caught drinking (or fighting) at (OR AFTER!) prom would be forbidden from walking in the graduation ceremony (not from actually GRADUATING/having to take incompletes in class as implied in this/next ep, which is crazy). What's still striking to me about this two decades later is that the school could and DID suspend students for fighting, drinking, etc off campus. Seems like that should NOT be within their academic jurisdiction?! Damn, I'm mad all over again. Although. I was personally the beneficiary of some SUPREME leniency on this policy (likely by virtue of my race, class, and college-bound status) when a TEACHER crashed my after prom party, bought all the alcohol, took pictures of himself with girl students in his lap (while he ripped on a bong, no less) and all manner of other shenanigans. By the time the first bell rang on Monday morning, I was already called into the principal's office about it. Despite the numerous violations I participated in, they didn't end up punishing me (the teacher, rightly, was fired). Twenty years later, my mom STILL runs into people who are like, "hey, didn't your daughter have that party where the teacher...?" Sorry, mom.

If I'm recalling correctly, Stassi has had a lot of yo yo weight loss/gain, so I'm guessing that's the cause of her desire for a reduction and life. That can really do a number on your breasts.

I don't know, I think this whole narrative RPDR is selling us on Chi Chi whiffs of some "pull yourself up by your own stiletto straps" bullshit that's rubbing me the wrong way. I don't think she's being "lazy" at all. I think she's feeling (rightfully) defeated by the class barriers that she can't overcome. (Again, I don't even have any stake in Chi Chi! But this really irks me that it's not at all acknowledged as a factor.)

I have faith. Every time I think they've gone off the rails or disappointed me by taking shortcuts, they've come roaring back with a twist in the next couple episodes that make me feel sheepish for ever doubting! So I'm hanging in there, even if this episode was a bit boring to me.

So, I don't really like Chi Chi's drag. BUT! I have to cry foul on Michelle's critique a little bit. It's absolutely true that expensive outfits don't make the Drag Race Superstar (see the scads of fallen pageant queens with $1k dresses), but it's also true that having the money to execute a vision does give you a decided advantage. This isn't a total defense of Chi Chi, because true inspiration and wit could do a lot more on a budget than Chi Chi is serving up, but for Michelle to say money doesn't matter seemed a little willfully obtuse. For example, Acid Betty couldn't have those prosthetic gills and fantasy wigs for cheap. Kim Chi has a designer friend making those costumes for her. In recent years, we've heard a lot about the money that goes into these looks. So I really do think a poor queen like Chi Chi is going to have to work twice as hard to win?

This wasn't a great episode, in my book, but was doing some work to set up new ground - pulling threads on Paula's drama dependency, Greg's self-defeating tendencies, Josh's being a bit unmoored in the absence of Rebecca's adoration...all of which I"m happy they're pulling on. But I heaved a big ol' sigh at the Rebecca/Greg hook up at the end. That is going to self-destruct within two episodes, no doubt. The both alllllmost learned their lesson about pulling away from old patterns just to crash spectacularly back into them with each other. I'm fine with them being endgame, but right now is the worst possible timing, imo! I hope CXGF knows too (and they almost always do).

It kinda seemed to me like maybe they all KNEW about the fabric switch beforehand, because that was more aggressively ugly bunch of fabrics in...maybe ever. - Proud Owner of Three Jumpsuits and FOUR CAPES

W/R/T Lala's claim that she travels often with rich men but doesn't have sex with them - I'm a professor of sociology and a colleague who studies elites find that this is actually a super common practice! Wealthy men (or the club promoters who work on their behalf) often invite groups of models (or "models") to travel with them to Ibiza, Miami, Paris, etc. They are then used as living indicators of wealth and power by men who are brokering deals, building networks, or just interested in conspicuous consumption. The models rarely actually sleep with the guys - it hurts your reputation/availability as a VIP table accessory. Some will try to parlay these trips into a relationship with the whales, but it rarely works out. So it is actually NOT unfathomable to get whisked away to exotic locales and not have to put out for it!

This is far too late for anyone to care, but you guyyyyssss I kinda felt bad for Lala in that Fountainhead moment. You just KNOW the producers put her on the spot, like, "Tell us what the Fountainhead is about" with zero warning. That's not fair!

Really hoping (and mostly assuming) you mean she was 20 pounds over what this moron thought was acceptable for "girlfriend material", rather than she was objectively 20 pounds too overweight to deserve him! When I first read that sentence I lost my mind with rage but then quickly realized that's probably not what you meant. It's hard to tell in these forums sometimes. Regarding comments that these two deserve each other - this guy was a real piece of work. And as sad as Kharece's crush was, to me it is 100% relatable and doesn't make her an idiot who doesn't deserve better. If some dude is boning you (and likely whispering at least a FEW sweet nothings) in secret but kinda cold to you in public, it can be MADDENING, especially if you're a young woman whose sense of self-worth is still pretty fragile. I wince at it, but I've been there, especially when I was a young one. (Except the whole made-up-online-persona thing.) It's hard out there for a teen girl in this heteropatriarchical world!!! (/feminist rant)

They may have been somewhat de-fanged by the late 90s, but you could def still get Dexatrim and the like from the aisles at least as late as 1999 - I only know because I was a freshman at NYU and went to the Limelight (!!!) all hopped up on diet pills and Boone's farm in an attempt to feel high enough to dance all out. Every word of that sentence is mortifying.

The music during the final Tuckson scene was very tonally confusing - I suppose it was ominous to signal the alcoholism, or like, the general "won the battle but maybe not the war" tone, but it came off as "Tucker is creepy and Liv is trusting a psycho" or something? Just me? The hand kiss, and the "you're always looking out for me" under this music made me think this was supposed to be sketchy, not sweet and now I'm SO CONFUSED

Man, I naively thought at the end of this episode that this R&J thing was going to have been worth it because it helped Callie and Brandon realize their love is doomed and they have to just grieve and move on. What a great way to FINALLY put this Brallie mess to bed once and for all! ....And then I saw the previews for next week. fuuuuuuck

Well that and/or she wanted Garrett out for some reason, but I can't remember why she might want that, so picking on Pigskin does make more sense as motivation... Our Lady of Perpetual Murder!!!!! Amazing.

Wow, I practically have a PhD in Liars Studies, how does this not ring a bell at all?! All I remember is A (or someone) calling Emily to say "Thanks, I owe you one" (for...killing Nate? Freeing Garrett?) [ETA: I just went back and watched and yeah, how did I forget that?! I must have been so excited about the Toby reveal that I lost that thread.]

Yeah, it was Mona, but it was after her reveal as 1st A and when she was in Radley. I think we don't really know if Mona was A team when she was in Radley, but she was conveying the whole sitch to Charlotte. I would guess that this was just Mona being Mona, not Mona being an instrument of Charlotte, if I had to. God only knows why Mona (or Charlotte) would want to help solve Maya's murder - maybe they did it for the reveal that Maya had been staying in Noel's murder cabin, either for throwing suspicion off Mona/Charlotte or for the pure fun of being an argent of chaos! Like Peanut6711, I so dearly miss the days of "Miss Aria, You're A Killer, Not Ezra's Wife"! Thinking about it in the context of the past season makes me even sadder about the show's rapid demise.

Ah, thanks, arrabin56! That makes sense.

While I'm sure it's not the case, what if they've been character assassinating Hanna to prepare us for her death by bell tower plunge? That's the only thing that can explain why she's been completely out of character for 10 dreadful eps. (There's no way they're killing off Ashley Benson but still.) My feeling is that Marlene thinks she has to throw shippers a bone every finale, including Emison fans, so that's why the Haleb, Spoby, and Emison pair ups in this ep. I wouldn't be surprised if they reunited Emison bc this episode really foreshadowed it, but I also wouldn't be surprised if that was just to give shippers a little fan service for a sec before moving on to the actual trajectory.

Oooooohhhh, I see what you mean! Thanks!

But it doesn't even matter if they do - here's yet another layer of damage they've slapped on, and it just digs them deeper for this to be the working storyline for however long. But....it's not a lie? Charles was his (adopted) child. I think that's all the more reason to believe they're working with A-moji, but aren't A-moji - obviously there's....liberties taken with time in this show, to radically understate, but they are laughing maniacally back home while the person who came in through the floor to take Hanna is hauling her up to the bell tower, so they probably aren't A-moji. (Plus, A-moji is the continuing mystery for next season, and signed their name "A.D." in the text...?) I think the reason it's not clear is because it's convoluted storytelling, not intended ambiguity. [ETA: Marlene says this re: AD/A-moji in an interview today: "Who is A.D A.D. is Uber A. The girls early on will realize that this A.D. has uber capabilities and it’s really the scariest “A” of all." source - http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/pretty-little-liars-season-6b-finale-couples-haleb-ezria-spoby-elliot-ali-1201731290/] The (maybe) WORST thing about it is that SHE THINKS SHE'S A HERO FOR INCLUDING A TRANS CHARACTER!!!!!! The gall of it all just drives me completely insane. Aren't we (at this point) still supposed to believe that Mrs. D knew CeCe was Charlotte all along?

(quoted from recap) As some of you have been pointing out - Elliot isn't Charles (Elliot is Charlotte's secret love, Charlotte is "baby Charles" born to Mary. And Mary and Elliot aren't A-moji - A-moji is "A.D." aka someone who wants revenge for Charlotte (whereas Mary and Elliot want her money). (Saw a fairly compelling theory that A-moji, aka A.D. is Andrew Campbell (nee Drake)?! It makes sense, and might lead to a reveal that Mary, Elliot, and Andrew have been working in tandem for revenge AND money, but it's not satisfying as the ultimate bad guy AT ALL.) I think that the trans person on this show being born in a mental hospital to an "insane" mother is actually EVEN MORE TRANSPHOBIC than last season's finale.