[S13.E18: Reunion Part 1]

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[S13.E18: Reunion Part 1]

There is an APRN who worked at one of my Drs offices and she never corrected me when I called her Dr. So and So. 

She was great and I was very happy with her.

I knew she wasn’t a doctor. It felt too casual and personal to call her by her first name, but I did when I asked for her when I called the office and wanted to talk to her, rather than bother my busy Doctor there, if it wasn’t an emergency. 

When our conversation was just between us, I called her doctor fully knowing it was a sweet sound to her ears and I wanted her to like me and give me the bestest of care she had in her. 

Can you imagine the treatment you would get if faced with AM and telling her you weren’t going to call her Dr, because she isn’t one? I’d be scared to leave my life in her hands with the attitude she has! 

[S13.E18: Reunion Part 1]

I was looking for Crystals dress and found it was custom made by Yannick Machado. Darn it! Now I can’t get one just like it to wear while home walking room to room with my Birkin. I’m sure it is a one of a kind. 😁

Dorit and all the others were supposed to be on stage and start filming the reunion at 8:15am and are given a 30min grace period, so 8:45am at the latest.

When Dorit waltzed in it was about 10am. Almost TWO HOURS LATE.

She made them sit waiting for her all that time while she filmed tiktoks of herself getting ready. Can you imagine the gall of pulling that? How rude and selfish she is to make them wait that long for her -look at beautiful me me me- entrance she made in her whatever that was she was wearing. 

Being fashionably late is one thing if going to a party thats already started…. but when the whole event is riding on a schedule to be adhered to by all the required participants.. Wow! 

What nerve, entitlement 🙄🤬 and I dare say, “privilege”! 
I hope it was her Grand Finale. 

https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/crystal-minkoff-says-dorit-kemsley-delayed-rhobh-season-13-reunion/

[S13.E18: Reunion Part 1]

1 hour ago, Mar said:

Annamarie posted this to Instagram, directed at Crystal

She wants everyone to believe no one wanted to help Crystal? Hahahaha! 
That they were all ready to dump her by the side of the road so they all could go on their merry way. Uh huh. 
Speaking of “Pathological liars” it is on film that Garcelle wanted to go to the hospital with Crystal, Kyle was calling 911, and the help received by AM was to further stress Crystal out by loudly saying in front of her that she could “stroke out”.

 

[S13.E18: Reunion Part 1]

I thought Crystals, crystal beaded dress was gorgeous. All those beautiful different greens blended into that intricate leafy pattern. Stunning With her dark hair and luminous skin tone. My favorite colors of green and a work of art. I just wish the neckline wasn’t as plunged as it was. I like Crystals dress the best out of all of them. It must weigh a ton! 

Dorit looks ridiculous in that get-up. Thats all I see her outfit is.. a get-up. A costume.

I am not liking her demeanor either with her shocked “Mmmwhah??  Who, me?” act she pulls every time someone brings up the crap she has said. Like she is so above being seen as anything but perfection in personality and intention. She is so full of it. And herself.

You would think for the reunion that Kyle could find something better to wear than what she decided on. She really needs a stylist for events like this. Or anywhere, actually. 

Also she is like a rabid dog, so quick to jump to her own defense and drown out anything anyone else wants to say to her by her constant pattern of flipping every and anything around so that nothing… nothing EVER is found as true about her less than perfect self. That everything she says and does has been in response to how others have mistreated her so badly. 

I can’t think of one time any of them has treated her as badly as she tries to make out that they did.

That pot party she brings up Suttons “cruelty” towards her about … she was just dying for Sutton to bring up anything about her marriage, while pretending she did not want it brought up in the conversation. She baited and re-baited Sutton before sitting at the table with the rest of them, in hopes Sutton said something she pretended she did not want her to bring up,… just so she could blame Sutton for “bringing it up” and being so “cruel and insensitive “.

I am so glad Sutton did not take the bait and that Garcelle was the one to “bring it up” thwarting Kyles plan to eviscerate Sutton publicly for being “so mean” to her, bringing up her marriage woes in front of the group.

Just say it! JUST SAY IT!!! (Say WHAT Kyle…?? What are you going on about?)

Her head was going to explode at that table because Sutton was not following the carefully preplanned script Kyle had formed in her head, to be played out that evening in front of everyone else.😡🤬

Everything in her mind is a preplanned script with her doing the writing for both sides of the interaction. I know someone like that and am always ready to thwart their intended conversation they THINK they will have with me. It is always to pry into topics that are None of their beeswax. I find it entertaining to watch them perform their pre thought out lines as a way to steer the conversation, and then nip it right in the bud. They really think they are so clever.

Kyle desperately wanted to do her falling apart act in front of her guests and blame Sutton for making that happen. She is so manipulative there should be another word created for the Master at it, that she THINKS she is.

Annamarie with an e for the a, looked beautiful. Her hair and blue gown was very flattering on her. Otherwise she was the same liar, word twister, and deflector she has been from the beginning. The emotional maturity of a hormonal tween herself, that she ridiculously accused Crystal of out of the blue in Barcelona. All while Crystal sat basically calmly during Annasophogus’es ridiculous speech at the table about people she has barely ever even interacted with. Certainly not long enough to be able to form such opinions. Even less so by allowing someone to get a word in edgewise when she did interact with them, with her loud overbearing proclamations. I can only hope she tosses Kyles name out there sometime during this reunion as the person who informed her on what she should be thinking about these other ladies (Sutton and Crystal). 

I don’t know if Andy bringing up her mothers recent passing was out of of courtesy and recognition of the sad fact, or if he did it as a way to give her some padding from the whipping she so deserved and had coming to her. Maybe in hopes of being able to keep her on for another year. Who wants to make a person grieving the loss of their mother feel worse? It was either a slick move, or just a wrong time for him to give his condolences. I guess we will never know.

I only wish that This new lawsuit against Erica by that poor man who designed and made her own get-ups had been served to her before this reunion started taping. That worm could use a bit extra squirm sitting on that couch, knowing the world now knew of this despicable action she took on an another innocent person who had the misfortune of having dealings with her.

 

[Kyle Richards: Pantene Poster Girl]

18 minutes ago, RealHousewife said:

I consider Morgan daughter-aged. She is 26 years younger than Kyle and is several years younger than Farrah. 

Ok, yes. Fully daughter aged. I wasn’t keeping up with all the details… Thank you RHW for clarifying that. Woo! A 26 year difference! Thats quite a bit. 

[Kyle Richards: Pantene Poster Girl]

I feel sorry for Morgan because she is being sucked into Kyles world and most likely does not know what she was and is in for. I am sure Kyle said not to worry to her because Maurice is a big philanderer and she was ready to leave him. Who knows whats going on with him. We certainly don’t. 

I feel sorry for anybody Kyle sets her focus on. Those narcissists really pour on the love bombing when it is the suck-them-in stage. She is using her money and her influence to lure this almost daughter aged young woman into her debt. Once there is any pull back you can bet she will use her paid for obligation to her as a weapon. 

Dressing her up so she can take her places in clothes Morgan looks unnatural in. Trying to change Morgans style for her own personal preferences. 

I dont think Morgan will last too long the more Kyle tries to push her with fancy dud wearing which Morgan does not look too comfortable yet in switching too. For Kyles benefit.

I can see why she cried for 3 days after it was her who was insinuated to be the reason Kyles family is falling apart. I do not see her as the type to relentlessly pursue Kyle the older straight married woman to the point Kyle decides to leave her marriage and daughters emotional security in the dust. I am sure whatever is going on has been pushed by Kyles determination to get what she wants. We all have seen for ourselves the lengths Kyle will go to to manipulate the outcome she alone, desires. 

[Naked And Afraid - General Discussion]

Well, I missed the first new episode and kind of watched it afterwards. I just find myself being distracted easily while watching because the thrill is gone. N&A just doesn’t do it for me like it used to. Another show ruined by overzealous production’s interference which takes away from the naturally evolved “realism” these reality shows are supposed to be all about.

So, this Sunday I made sure to remember it was on.

Again I was distracted by little nothings (I read a lot while watching) and was not captivated by N&A’s offering this week either.

I was grossed out by the one Australian girls “free bleeding” and her getting so into it and non stop yap about it. How it was so spiritually connecting her to the earth and whatever she was yapping about on and on and on. 

The poor other girl with her (I dont even know their names because like I said, this show is not captivating me anymore) was subjected to her leaving her bodily fluids all over the area they shared and listening to her obsessively go on and on about her big spiritual breakthroughs just because she refused to use a tampon. 

It all again, seemed producer pushed. Clues were the big focus on it and having the 2 women and the 2 men start out in different areas because whats her face was having her period and they were going to make a big deal out of it and her big journey of spiritual epiphanies while soiling her team mates area with her blood all over the place. 

It was just downright gross and a bunch of new age claptrap in my opinion. The men would have been really grossed out and offended so they made sure she had moved on from her time of the month before uniting them. 

I just wanted to smack her smiling delusional airy fairy face while she talked endlessly to the poor camera men about her lack of personal hygiene and selfishness to the other womans preferences about their shared living space and what the other woman must have had to deal with playing hop scotch where ever she stepped, or sat. 

It completely tuned me out from watching with interest. 

Maybe I will watch it again with more concentration to keep focus on it and not my reading material, but I don’t know about that! 🙄🤢🤮

[S13.E17: Soirees and Separations]

Suttons daughter is the epitome of a lovely young lady. She exudes sweetness. What a testimonial to Sutton as a mother. 

The only thing I liked about the stupid Kyle name on the floor was that everyone was walking all over it. It could not have been Kevins decision to put only her name there because isn’t this white party a joint event hosted by the Umansky’s every year? Why would Kevin feel so free to exclude Maurice on his own? 

Is is so well known that they aren’t a couple anymore that he took it upon himself to exclude Maurice from the floor? Kyle wanted to make sure everyone knew it was her party alone and as a slap in the face to Maurice publicly, pulling that stunt. 

It was so weird, like he was a guest that was invited to his own familys party. 

Everything about Erica is pathetic. She fakes having talent to sing, to dance, and she is not a dancer by any means. She just prances around and poses a lot and calls it her reason for living. All she wants to do is be an exhibitionist, a flaunter of her own self love for what she sees in the mirror. It’s nothing but fake sexuality and playing dress up.  

A life long look-at-me attempt wherever she goes. 

I would expect someone dressed in that sparkly dental floss to at least don a sarong-like skirt to complete the “outfit” after she did her ridiculous, cluelessly self involved number, and joined the party. Sheesh. There is something seriously wrong with that woman, but thats so obvious it needn’t be said. 

She should have put on some rabbit ears, a powder puff tail and held a tray of drinks because she looked like a playboy bunny waitress at the party.

Denise would fit right in here with her snarking. I am glad she and her husband dressed down to send a message that they did not take this bologna as seriously as this over the top display of wastefulness was to Vyle and her dear friend, the prancing show pony. 

It was in really bad taste to put those girls through that filming at the end there. Especially Portia the youngest. I felt so very bad for her. Maurice didn’t look like he wanted to be doing it either. I can only imagine who’s despicable idea it was to film that private family matter. The one who looks for sympathy. I wonder who that could be. 

 

[Dorit Kemsley: She's an American, She Was Born in Connecticut!]

2 minutes ago, ZettaK said:

I wonder if she started using the pretentious (fake) accent at around the time she signed up for the show because she wanted to present a specific image.

I have no doubts that that’s exactly what she did.

[S28:E06: Week 6]

I haven’t watched the last few bachelor/ette shows because I was losing interest in them and the now common producer interference and silly drama. I wish I started watching this season with the VERY CUTE JOEY from the beginning and will have to go back and watch it from the start.

They finally have a real sweetheart of a guy who is also extremely good looking and not the cookie cutter look of male leads they have been giving the lead to for so many seasons after season.

I like this Joey fellow. A lot! 😍

[Dorit Kemsley: She's an American, She Was Born in Connecticut!]

Dorit is trying to use the Trans Atlantic accent. A completely learned style of speech where NO WHERE in the world is it a natural accent of ANY region. 

It is said to be a half british and half american accent for the posh elite to learn and adopt as their speech pattern. 

Dorit has obviously tried to adopt this style of speech AFTER the above bathing suit runway show interview in 2013… so within the past 10 years and has nothing to do with her earlier life and “child of the world” description she uses as her reason for her  unusual new speech pattern. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IL2MJ8rQ12E

[Dorit Kemsley: She's an American, She Was Born in Connecticut!]

Here’s Dorit with her 100% natural Woodbridge Connecticut “accent”. No pretense added. Just natural, and it flows naturally as she speaks, and not in that overly enunciated tone. Nothing in the way she speaks here is any different from the locals in the area she was raised in. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjYkyGU9vuA

[S13.E16: Diamond In The Rough]

I was wondering what they were talking about when Sutton came to the party. In my day a “roadie” was a person who traveled with the band that carried, set up and tore down the stage with the music, sound and light equipment. 

[S13.E16: Diamond In The Rough]

Erica and her therapist sure had their lines down pat to steer the conversation they obviously pre planned to allow Erica to give her “impromptu” performance of poor misunderstood victim. Bullied by the other women and the world, while the therapist supplied the desired leading of conversation topics while oozing the empathy Erica desires from everyone she hopes to bamboozle into believing her. What a performance from both of them. 

I also was surprised to see Sutton have a western saddle on that gorgeous Santos, but then thought that she may have needed that extra security of the saddle horn to grab onto if she felt she might be falling off. She has a ways to go before she builds up those thigh and calf muscles to even be able to break into a canter. I hope she sticks with it. 

Steve was handsome, and knows it, but I think he was trying too hard to sweep her off his feet with his bubbly charisma. That made me feel a bit untrusting of his motives. 

I feel that way about any guy who turns the extra charisma button onto the high level at first meetings. Makes me wonder what unpleasant part of their personality they are trying so hard to cover up. He was too smiley, too nice, too fast. 

I just get the feeling he is there for the perks Sutton could bring to his life if they should become a steady couple, and not Sutton personally. He seems to want to pin her down into a relationship before they even know each other and I don’t trust him. He also knew the purse couldn’t have really been a Celine Dion purse… so he is more knowledgeable about expensive female fashion accessories, than I am. He doesn’t look like he himself is involved in the fashion world either, to have reason to know Celine Dion does not have her own line of high end bags. 

Crystal looked magnificent in her red dress with her hair up and bangs. While the glam squad was fadoodling around fixing her hair I saw a flash of what she would look like if she had her hair cut to just below jaw length and I think she would look incredible with a cut like that.

Long hair is very nice, but it can drag down a face and she should get a shorter wig to try the look out. Every single one of them all have the long long hair. Sometimes short is way more flattering. They should give it a try. It often makes someone look younger, and that sure is what they all strive for. 

PK was looking everywhere but at Dorit when they were talking on the mothers day phone call, and had his arms crossed in the defensive posture when he was talk arguing with her on the second phone call they showed. I’m not feeling good vibes for the future of D&PK. PK looks and sounds completely checked out and avoidant in my opinion. I don’t know how Dorit is going to be able to deal with that. She seems oblivious to his signals.

I didn’t like that outfit she wore to the party. It looked too casual for the setting and just plain fugly. 

[S13.E16: Diamond In The Rough]

16 hours ago, hoodooznoodooz said:

Sutton is too nice. She shouldn’t have apologized. 
 

When we learned what Tom did, and realized how Erika had been spending the money that belonged to a burn victim and widows and orphans, we all immediately felt compassion for the victims. Erika believes we all should have felt compassion for her. 
 

She is the nastiest creature I have ever seen on my TV.

Sutton is WAY TOO NICE. I wish she would walk that back a bit and stop casting pearls before swine. ⚪️🐖⚪️🐖⚪️🐖

[Crystal Minkoff: She Already Knows Everyone Who Matters]

I say she has grown a bit because in an after show interview where she talked about her mother and herself calling her brother 100 times a day during the lock down period, trying to get him to come home (and he did).  She also admitted she was the cause of current rift between herself and her brother because of that, and the entailing break up of her brothers relationship with Vivi. She said it caused her brother to lose trust in her, and you could see the pain in her face from knowing and accepting it was her fault. Admitting fault within herself while being filmed.. an unexpected moment of truth, on a reality show.

13 hours ago, ZettaK said:

The only reason she has a specific social position is because she married an a lot older famous guy (and that's why she is smug).  

Also maybe because she has that super successful coconut water business, and doesn't need to ride her entire existence upon her husbands coattails. 

[S13.E15: Ashing It Out]

When they were on the dancing stage, I kept mistaking Ericas legs for Suttons legs. For being a dancer herself, she sure has lost a lot of muscle tone.

[S13.E15: Ashing It Out]

Well, I love Sutton but was VERY annoyed with her this episode.

First of all… let the ladies do a little street vendor shopping! That’s one of the best parts of being in a foreign country. The street vendors! Finding things you can never find here in the US. There has to be time for shopping! 

She timed the last time they had to sneak into a store where she allotted them, 3 or 5 minutes, I forget. 

I would not want to go on a vacation with ANYbody who scheduled every moment of time spent there and dictated what you can and can not do while there. I’d rather stay home than deal with the frustration of that. Someone dictating what we do the whole time. Nope.

She may jet to Barcelona any time she desires, but to invite the girls as guests and expect all to submit to her every non negotiable daily plan is entitled selfishness. Like she bought them a ticket which then is switched to her license to force them into her indulgences. 

The worst thing was the ashes of her friend, blowing back on all the girls. How horrible! I would have been horrified and disgusted if the ashes blew onto me, on my clothes, hair, in my mouth. 

Then making light of it saying “Well, thats the way the wind blows” and not feeling awful that she got ashes all over her friends, who were being good sports even doing this with her. I would have felt absolutely horrible if I was the cause of something like that occurring. 

The topper was during her confessional when she laughed that it got all over them, but missed her. She was spared the ash covering and thought it funny.       If she thinks it’s so funny her dead friends cremains got on her friends and missed getting on her, well… that could end any friendship I had with her. It was not in any way, funny, or okay.
Then to laugh about it like its no big deal. It would have been a pretty damn big deal to me.

Suttons flippant attitude about that pissed me off. I would be furious if she treated it like should treated as nothing burger, by me. Go roll around in YOUR dead friends ashes if you want, but do not decide for others it is no big deal to be covered in a dead persons ashes. Absolutely morbidly disgusting!

Her legs should be in braces so they don’t snap like the twigs they are. They are even thinner now, than in the past. If I were her I would never wear a dress, especially a short one. Then again she secretly arranges for them all to get on stage and performance dance at this restaurant. Nope. Count me out from being forced, on the spot, to perform on stage. She may have arranged the trip, but doesn’t own everyone who came with her. 

AnneMarie with that big ole stirrer she carries everywhere, asking Erica what she meant when she said she was going to let go of what hurt her with the girls not standing by her in the past year, at the shoreline memorial ceremony.

I was glad Erica didn’t take the bait and was wise enough to gloss over it and not get into details, where everything ends up a big fight between them all again, ruining the evening… Again. 

Did you not get it AnneMarie? 

It was a “LETTING GO” ceremony. 

Why bring it back up? 

None of your beeswax to begin with, Just enjoy the food for once and shut the heck up AnneMarie, nosy girl. 

[S13.E14: Aches and Spains]

48 minutes ago, ichbin said:

I grew up within 10 miles of where Doris is from in Connecticut. She is not typical of the area.

 

Howdy neighbor! 🤠 And no… she is not typical of this area.

[Crystal Minkoff: She Already Knows Everyone Who Matters]

I have come around to liking Crystal after not liking her too much in her first two seasons. I think she has shown a lot of personal growth since she first came on and is the type of person who is willing to look at herself and not pretend she doesn’t see where she made mistakes. Also that she actually works at bettering herself after admitting to herself she too, has personality flaws and mistakes were made by her, within this group. 

I said during the first 2 seasons she was aligning herself with the wrong people on this show, mistakenly thinking she was aligning with the “cool” people, when it was Garcelle and Sutton who were really the cool ones. 

I think she now sees this and is on the right track. 

[Kyle Richards: Pantene Poster Girl]

2 hours ago, Marley said:

When even Erika looks less shitty than you there’s something wrong. Kyle is such a c*** lately. Sorry for language but what a rude comment from her.

She knows she is being a total B when she is saying things like this too. She gets a weird “pinchy” voice, and speech pattern and look on her face when she is saying mean things while she is trying to pretend she isn’t being mean. She had that exact same style of speaking and pinchiness  when she brought up to Maurice, Dorit and Bubba the time when Erica was rudely telling Garcelle’s son to F-off at the party.

[S13.E13: Tapas and Tattletales]

4 hours ago, Baltimore Betty said:

the Suttons and Garcelles are in my opinion more enviable.

I agree and have by choice lived single for 23 years now. I will never look back, want a date, or any part of coupledom ever again. I am never lonely and wish I had the income Sutton has, but not really. I do have everything I need and pretty much everything I want. Which isn’t a lot nor lacking either. 
AnneMarie being dismissive of the women who are not married is just her not reaching that point yet where she may think it would be very freeing to just live daily life the exact way she might want to. Eating crackers in bed at 3 am if she so chooses. Yeah… its the life! 

[S13.E13: Tapas and Tattletales]

1 hour ago, Cosmocrush said:

For me, no amount of Annemarie (and really hasn't been much) is as bad as Rinna had become the last few seasons.   She was out of control with her nastiness. 

I do completely agree with this. Just hoped a new leaf would be turned and some fun would be brought back instead of this type of continued bullshittery. They were finally on the right track when Jennifer and Sutton were horsing around and the cocktail hour at the bar with Garcelle, Sutton and Erica. Actual fun.

Storylines. So stupid.

my storyline is I’m going to go to sleep tonight, wake up tomorrow, have coffee and feed my cat.  I have no desire to get in touch with a friend and start haranguing them, or badmouthing another friend to them, about any part of their lives, past or present. For self entertainment and gloating purposes. Thats my reality show. Also I wont be carrying my purse walking from room to room in my own house. 

[S13.E13: Tapas and Tattletales]

10 hours ago, Keywestclubkid said:

I mean if the ratings crashed after a couple of episodes that be the case but they are holding steady and actually rising tho .. 

True that…. Everyone was happy it was going to be Rinnaless, tuned in, and felt relaxed enough to be able to deal with the expected Kyle bologna and boo-hooing, and all the other crap being pulled by Kyle and the others because it was nothing new. Sutton and Jennifers horse visit was normal fun… a fun (mostly) pot party at Kyles…  UNTIL episode 7.

Then episode 8 came along. Here the new elephant bomb they tossed into the middle of the room named AnneMarie starts again with the esophagus criticism towards Sutton in such a mind blowing, enraging way, a guest invited to her store opening party, that viewers who were able to deal with episodes 1 through 7, now are getting high blood pressure spikes and Rinna-like induced migraines from watching this new spectacle and her incredibly nasty, unwarranted and outrageous attacks on another completely INNOCENT sweetheart of a cast member. About her esophagus, for crying out loud.

To Sutton, who she doesnt even know, who did absolutely nothing to her to inspire such ridiculously abhorrent public attacks on her personal PRIVATE health history. This.. while being a health care worker who knows better than to not bring up, and argue this, loudly in public settings as expected of someone touting professional status.

Especially someone who deals with that whole throat, intubation area as part of her area of supposed expertise. 🤯

Then they have an episode where a suicide victim is being memorialized, with the girls poor mother attending and they have Kyles friend sing sex on the floor songs, and again the loudmouth “professional” castigating and criticizing a (loved) cast member about her esophageal stricture. At a gathering meant to honor and remember the lost friend and give empathy to her family members left behind. Instead it proved to be just a way for Kyle to advance and moon over the entertainer she provided. Making it more of a Hollywood production, and not predominantly gearing it in a way to actually soothe the broken hearted mother, but make her cringe instead. It was to promote Morgans music above all other reasons. Again the nobody brings up Suttons esophagus too. 

Onto Another formal dinner Dorit throws for the homeless, all nice and fancy with swimming pools…. movie stars…and again the unknown lunatic starts up and tries to make Crystal out to be a liar, causing a ruckus as a guest at this huge event, again about esophageal and now Suttons non existent eating disorder, and blames Crystal for starting this crap. 

Everything this season is just a bait and switch.

This was the time any previously lost viewers should have tuned out and again walked away from the really bad taste of this “entertainment” ala Andy/Kyle style.

Sadly, myself included, we stay to watch the for the beauty of Spain, but instead get a car wreck and so we rubber neck to see what will become of this insanity named Annemarie. 

We continue to watch for Sutton and now Crystal who has been dragged into this debacle of incredibly rude, out of left field attacks from this virtual stranger, and how it will be dealt with by them. We all hope they get the wooden stake and drive it through her heart. This outraged anger is not our normal or desired way of living day to day. We want to see her eliminated while wishing for a valium the size of a hockey puck to be able to relax long enough to see it happen. 

The mean crappy FF5 remainders were almost tolerable the first half of the season, just barely almost…. then BAM! the table guest from hell destroys the good mood AGAIN! 

So, to me it was a slow burn, a lure, a boiling of the frog type of set up in my opinion, and now the season is almost over.