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I honestly don't know how some of these people CAN get up and talk the same amount/way people who haven't been that heavy. How are their bodies not permanently damaged, like their organs and their joints and stuff? It also makes me so sad that so many of these stories involving women always start with molestation at a young age or rape as a teenager. It's the same on Intervention - if it's about a woman, you can bet money some kind of sexual assault occurred before they started on the drugs/drinking/etc.

I knew getting the letters wasn't going to be as easy as they thought it would be. Her binge eating is a sign of emotional issues that she has to deal with and she needs to do it before a major, life changing surgery that's most likely going to throw her emotionally out of whack again even though it's what she wants. She really does need to find a way of handling her stress and anxiety. I wonder why they haven't switched her to a different school - you know they can probably afford to put her in some kind of private school. Or heck, since she apparently doesn't interact with the kids at her school much anyway so there's no socialization there anyway, homeschool her. I also feel like her lack of self-discipline about losing weight is a combination of self-sabotage - some part of her being scared that the surgery ISN'T the magic fix-all for her issues that she's praying it is - and how her parents have let her run the show for years and years. They're so worried about being supportive that they forget they're also her parents, not just her cheerleaders, and now when they need to try and step in and get a handle on things their attempts are weak and ineffective and it's like they're approaching her as a friend instead of a parent. On a completely unimportant note, I wonder why she repeats the full name of the doctor she's talking about every time she talks about them. And she'll do it multiple times a segment even when she just said their name 3 sentences ago. That's overboard even for product placement.

That stood out to me, too. When she got in there there was a heart drawing pinned to the cabinets and the cabinet was full of glasses. There was clutter everywhere. There were also tons of family photos on the fridge. I think they moved in with someone.

Seriously. They were really pushing hard to rope one of them into something. Also, what kind of idiot sees two kids jump off their bikes and their brain processes that as "they got snatched into a van." They need to be taking it up with that person if they have a problem.

I think I said this before but I genuinely feel like there is something OFF with Steven. Like, not the types of mental illness we see in the others on this show. It feels like something fundamental is wrong with him. The way he treat people, the way he looks at them and speaks to them, it's like he's observing aliens or lesser beings who amuse and/or enrage him. He doesn't connect with anyone emotionally at all, everyone exists to serve him in some form whether with attention, drugs, money, entertainment etc and he legitimately doesn't seem to care about anything except attention. Never once have I felt any sense of genuine emotion or warmth from him - the crying it always fake or because of something physical, not emotional; the positive stuff is fake as heck too; it's all just fake. I don't think therapy will help him, I think he's beyond any kind of help.

They're playing Erica's episode again and her constant "I can just order more food" refrain when she was supposed to be on the diet and people were removing temptation is just incredible. She's constantly complaining that nobody comes to see her and then she goes to her brother's house with the ulterior motive of asking them to ditch their lives and move with her because she can't control herself and needs to be in Houston. Trying to act like it's their fault when she dies is beyond the pale.

I don't understand why Dr. Now makes everyone jump through hoops and Steven can actively screw up at every opportunity, flaunt the rules and manipulate and just prove he's an utter lost cause and he gets to stay in and get surgery. And Steven Sr is an absolute moron who deserves both those kids.

They're running the original episodes again and I forgot just how terrible a person he is. He truly does not have the capacity to care about anyone but himself. I doubt he's ever going to get any better, physically or emotionally, and he's just going to die overweight with nobody caring about him except his father. It's not shocking to me at all that he's apparently still the same.

I fully believe Shannon's mother (I think that's who it was?) who said that Shannon was upset that McKayla was getting so much attention. The idea of her being included in the shower because she was also having a baby was ludicrous and it's really messed up to me that it was so hard for her to just let her daughter have her day and it was such a visible struggle. Especially since she hasn't been much of a mother to her anyway. It's great that she's sober now but nobody's gonna roll out a party because you're supposedly straight now, she needs to let go of that idea. And you can tell that Shelly likes being able to lord over her that SHE is the one who was never on drugs and raised her kids and is now taking care of Shannon's kid and eventually the grandkid. She was just letting Shannon have a meltdown in front of her and enjoying it because it "proves" Shannon is still off her rocker and everyone can see it. Those two need to sort their crap out because their kids are having a baby together and that's enough of a mess. If that means "we literally never speak", so be it, but those teenagers having a baby don't need their mothers arguing with each other. James is going to bail. He can't handle spending a few dollars to get into a festival, no way is he gonna be forking over diaper and formula money. He's gonna be in the wind. Shayden's awe at the birth was very sweet and it was nice to see a teen father who actually seemed to care about the baby that was born, I just hope he actually grows up.

The conversation about how Will is getting to the age where he's really, truly going to realize he's different was interesting. It was also interesting hearing about how they try and keep kids on an even line so they maximize their mobility and stay active. I really like the first doctor, he has great bedside banner. Bill looked extremely relieved at the end of that first visit. Maybe it's just that he shows it more than Jen does but he seemed really worried about it and you could see on his face that he was nervous. I liked learning a little bit more about how, you know, Bill and Jen live with pain because of their types but Will shouldn't yet so they have to watch for it. On another note, the kids are so stinking cute. I actually think they get cuter every episode and I'm glad they're right where they need to be and healthy.

Honestly I can see this being an issue with both kids. They do stuff they're told not to and it just gets a chuckle or "that's so cute!" or they get "disciplined" (which is nothing) while the parents smile and laugh. I don't think they're bad parents or anything but I do feel like the kids are getting mixed messages. I think Zoe gets away with a lot too, she cries and they're instantly trying to give her what she wants. That being said, I would have killed my little brother if he tried to start a food fight on my birthday so I don't blame her in this case lol. She's really not here for Will making a mess in general but especially on her birthday with her cupcakes.

The show's coming back in October, so about a month long break.

It was mostly Steven talking about how bad his relationship with Justin was and calling Justin to talk about getting surgery and apologizing for how badly he treated Justin. But Justin did an Ask Me Anything on reddit where he said he hasn't spoken to Steven in forever and he doesn't ever want to speak to him again and he has no interest in a relationship with Steven or forgiving him. I read somewhere else that Steven did a facebook live thing where he confirmed he had the surgery but it got taken down (presumably because he wasn't supposed to say anything). That being said, I hope he was still seeing a therapist because I legitimately believe he is emotionally disturbed. He is unrelentingly cruel to everyone and loses it over the smallest things. He doesn't need to be around people until he's emotionally less horrible.

I always forget how horrible Steven is until I hear him screaming at everyone when he gets pissed off. He is truly disturbed and I hope his brother never sees him in person again. That poor home care nurse definitely wasn't being paid enough to deal with him.

The only thing I really have to say about this show is that I'm glad it seemed like they figured out when to switch to other cameras. At the start it seemed like EVERY time something good was happening, it would cut out to the millionth DUI traffic stop and then when that was over, give you an update on how the chase/finding a suspect/fight went. I almost stopped watching because I was so annoyed with basically seeing like an hour of DUI test fails every night. As for the blond chick cop, she seems like a bitch sometimes but this time I don't blame her at all, especially since that huge girlfriend turned out to be freaking nuts.

I got here googling to see if anything had ever come out about where Collin ended up and all I came across were some articles from RadarOnline talking about how the place he's in now got lots of violations, got their certificates revoked and changed to a 6 month permit, had staff ignore a suicide attempt, had a kid escape and there's more. If that's true then Collin's probably not in a very great place emotionally. The patients there also aren't allowed to leave, they're just allowed visitation. I don't have a problem believing that his early abuse led him to have anger issues bad enough that he was a threat to the rest of the kids but I can't imagine how a place like that is going to do anything more than make it all worse.

Nathan is definitely abusive and controlling. He's the one who's always going "get Jace back, get Jace back" and I honestly think it's because he wants Babs as far out of their life as possible, because as long as she is around and has control of Jace, someone other than him has a huge amount of influence on Jenelle's life. And Babs has always seen through his bull. If Nathan was actually a stable person who brought stability to Jenelle's life, I might even agree with him about putting space between Jenelle and Babs because their relationship is terrible too, but he's a mess and he just wants her gone so that nothing threatens his control over Jenelle's entire situation. Her having a baby with him was incredibly stupid because now she's stuck with him - far more than she was ever stuck with Keifer.

Why in the world does Jenelle expect anyone to believe she's really fighting for custody of Jace when literally any little thing is enough make him drop down the list of her priorities? Concerts, boyfriends, partying, and even apparently graduating - there's always a reason Jace is on the back burner. She doesn't even want to work full time so she can "spend time with Kaiser" (more like spend time doing anything but spending time with him since he seems to spend most of his time elsewhere) - even assuming she can find a part time job that will take her, if she can't handle having a full-time job and one child, how is she going to handle a full time job and two children? And why does she think she can support two kids on a part time salary?