Panda Bear

I'm convinced that the Scheana and Adam confrontation scene was fake, but god bless her for trying to liven things up. The detail of the penguin adoption, with the printout about it appearing at the engagement party, was gold (good as gold even)! I winced when I saw LVP show up in white. I'd avoid wearing a solid white dress to any sort of wedding-related event unless I were the bride.

It's very weird that Steve wouldn't ask Brandon to be the godfather. Yeah, he's not nearby, but he's still a more reliable choice (much as I hate him) than Dylan.

Did anyone else catch Ariana complaining about "fucking Katie" uninviting James and then totally changing her demeanor when Katie came out to talk to them? Tell us how you really feel, Ariana! I agree that Katie is often a bully who deserves to be called out more than she usually is, but I'm with her on this one. When James has problems with Lala, Brittany, Kristen, Carter, Jax, and Katie, it makes no sense to invite him on a vacation with all of them. What's going unsaid, of course, is that James would add much-needed conflict to the dynamic. I won't be surprised if the producers find a way to get him there...

Oh my god, that pink shirt on Donna. How? Why? I know it's been discussed before, but Kelly really, truly is only into her love interests when they're involved with someone else or they're providing some other kind of drama for her, like Colin and his drugs. Girl needs to go to therapy for so many reasons, but the fact that she hates all of her boyfriends is one of them. (I mean, I hate all of her boyfriends too, but she's the one choosing them.)

Oh, absolutely. This has always been her weakness, right from the start (throw Cedric in there too). She is very calculating and I don't blame the cast for being annoyed about it. But they all fall for her manipulations when they should just ignore them. If she says she doesn't want to talk about the dog stuff, then don't talk about it! Don't play into it, dummies. And Rinna is calculating too, but they all seem to forgive Rinna for it for some reason. I wonder if that'll change. She stopped filming with most of the cast about a month into filming, but might be in individual scenes or scenes with Camille and Denise? It'll be interesting to see if they take her out of the credits.

I'm on LVP's side with this whole dog issue (I have a sweet rescue dog myself and can't stand people who don't put in the effort with them), but I have to say I'm relieved to know she stops filming with them early into the season. I couldn't take fifteen more episodes of this storyline. I feel like this "harp on one tedious issue" has been a real problem since Lisa Rinna joined the show. People accuse LVP of producing behind the scenes and that's fair (it's something I find annoying about her), but I think Rinna is just as much of a culprit and a manipulator. Her thing seems to be taking down the original cast members, first Kim (done) and then LVP (almost there). I'll be curious to see what the show turns into when this repetitive "LVP is a puppet master" story won't be in play. Watch out, Kyle.

Jax just likes that someone else is the bad guy right now. When the focus is on James, it means it's off him.

Kristen used to have a website called Vegiholic, a vegetarian recipes/lifestyle blog kind of thing. I think her pivot to T-shirts is a better move. I'm glad they're showing us more career stuff for her and Stassi.

Because she's incredibly unoriginal. The Olsen twins have a clothing line called Elizabeth and James; Reese Witherspoon has a clothing line named Draper James; and Kristin Cavallari has a jewelry line called Uncommon James. If you're a basic bitch, James is the name you use for your brand, even if you hate the one James you actually know. Stassi should put that in her book!

Melda seemed happy to see Jennifer's brother when they picked him up from the airport. I think the arrangement is kind of odd myself (and I definitely rolled my eyes at the "old school values" scene with Jennifer, Tre, and Dolores), but I don't see it as the nightmare scenario many are imagining. Maybe Jennifer's brother is just shy? There are plenty of adults who have never been married.

I'm all for firing James (his comments to women are gross), but I did find that whole scene of Katie counseling Raquel on how James treats her a bit rich considering her own husband constantly cheats on her when he drinks and has twice thrown drinks on her, on camera. I also noted the editors' shadiness when Jax was talking to Brittany about James being a cheater. The men on this show are all awful.

"Someone call Dick Goodwin" made me laugh out loud. Leslie Lytell is a Herb Stempel for our times.

I can believe Bobbi and Felice are sisters, but I cannot, in any way, believe Bobbi is Gina's mother. Not when we know who her father is...

I thought it was rich of Brandi to accuse LeeAnne of looking down on her and the others when Brandi is constantly firing smug putdowns at LeeAnne for not being married, not having children, not being rich enough to afford first class, and not having a college degree. Oh, and not having been friends with Travis for twenty years, as she has. Boy, aren't we all jealous of that!

I have seen absolutely no evidence of this on the show. I can believe that LeeAnne is envious of Kameron and D'Andra, with their money and social connections, but when has she ever shown any interest in having children? She also seems to have a happy relationship with Rich, with or without a marriage certificate. I think LeeAnne actually looks down on Brandi because Brandi's trashiness reminds her of her own past, which she's trying to rise above so she can be this fancy, charitable society lady.

He has acted as a lawyer for a few of them at that point, but... yeah, it's still pretty weird. I liked her a lot on General Hospital in the '90s, but then she returned around 2011 and had so many annoying vocal tics, her character was basically ruined for me. Maybe she started developing them here.

Good question! It is pretty harsh. The only thing I can figure is that it was a religious school and they didn't appreciate her calling wine "Jesus juice"? I think that's probably why she stopped using that term.

Brandi's children were kicked out of their school after season one, due to her drinking. And part of the reason her husband was so mad at her back then was because he'd heard she went to a male strip club on camera, drunk, and was worried about how it would look to his coworkers. I don't know if Brandi actually has a drinking problem--maybe she really does only drink when she's on camera or out socially these days. But her drinking has already affected her family negatively and if she's worried about it happening again with the adoption, then she should stop doing it in public. And it's on her, not anyone else, to make that decision. I haven't liked Cary that much in the past, but I've come around to her this season and I felt for her in that restaurant scene! I also really liked her cousin's music, go figure. I don't know what the hell is happening in the preview, with her and Mark naked, though. I might change my opinion back after I see that...

God help me, but I actually thought this one was kind of funny? I liked what Juliette Lewis and Chris Sullivan were doing anyway. Also, I hadn't realized it was only six episodes, but now that I know that and I see that Busy Phillips is in the next one, I suppose I may as well keep watching it. ETA: Wait, it actually is eight episodes like I thought, per reviews and Wikipedia. Well... I guess I've committed. It seems like they're going through the days of this four-day trip pretty quickly, though...

I always get a little upset when my DVR cuts off my recording before the three bees. It is very charming. Yes! She looked beautiful. I wish she would quit it with the dark eyes and LeeAnne would quit it with the lip liner.

They also drank a bunch of of tequila shots together while shopping in Colorado and did beer bongs together at the rodeo, but okay, sure. It was one lunch.

Brandi says LeeAnne's life is sad because she's unmarried and childless, but what's so wonderful about having an always-traveling husband who immediately hands your poopy baby back to you to change instead of doing it himself? I'll take Rich and his secret, separate life any day. Between this and the small penis thing last year, he seems to have a good sense of humor about being pulled into these dumb fights.

I think what LeeAnne said to Brandi about adopting Bruin to save their marriage hit her hard--because it's true. And even though LeeAnne was using it as an example of an outlandish rumor, I fully expect Brandi to go on the warpath for the rest of the season, as she did when she thought Stephanie had implied something negative about her marriage last season. I don't really like Brandi, but I feel bad for her, because to me she's so clearly the unhappy person she's accusing LeeAnne of being. It can't be easy to be married to a man who leaves you alone with three kids all the time and doesn't seem to really like you. But taking it out on everyone else isn't the answer. Note that she's had a problem with every other person in the cast at some point.

Oh, yes, it was Marie indeed. Poor, shell-shocked Marie. LeeAnne does seem like a lot to take, but I do believe she's working on her anger issues. Maybe D'Andra is fed up with her at this point, which is fair, but she should say that and take a true break from her instead of spreading these passive-aggressive rumors.

Tiffany and LeeAnne are still friends.