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  1. I liked D'Andra a lot last year, but I can't stand her now that I see her for who she really is: a spoiled rich girl who's used to always being the alpha (a role she likely played in her relationship with LeeAnne before they were Housewives). She truly can't stand that LeeAnne is the star of this show, so she's going to do everything she can to ice her out and embarrass her. But this strategy always backfires; she's just going to make LeeAnne the underdog and get her a lot of audience sympathy. It's the classic Jill Zarin maneuver.

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  2. How did EW publish the excerpt... when the manuscript hadn't even been edited yet and seemed to be in somewhat rough shape (Liza said the writing was all over the place)? 

    As someone who actually works in publishing, this show drives me crazy sometimes. 

  3. On 9/4/2018 at 8:40 AM, bichonblitz said:

    Problem with these people is that they aren't giving us enough of their real lives. 

    Yes, exactly. There seems to be interesting stuff going on behind the scenes, but they refuse to put it out there, so we're left with these hidden camera shots, producer interventions, and baffling edits. I can understand a person wanting to hide things that make him/her look bad, but then why choose to be on reality TV? Does the cast really think we're going to be into storylines about producing socks and tomato pies instead?

    They should cancel this. 

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  4. On 8/28/2018 at 10:12 AM, CurlyATX said:

    Need to chime in on Garth's hair... I think she actually liked it. I'm almost positive I saw a wedding picture with a similar updo/spiky waterfall thing happening. I only remember it because I think she ended up getting married around the same time as I did (2002). I'm old... my wedding counterparts were Gwen Stephani/Gavin from Bush and Sarah Michelle Gellar/Freddie Prinze (they are still together I think).

    Oh my god, you're right on the wedding hair. She looked insane when she married Facinelli. 

  5. On 7/30/2018 at 12:38 PM, Molly Cule said:

    -David calling Kelly 'sexy,' I guess this is one of the weeks where she's not his sister? 

    Also, putting the sibling thing aside, who on earth would think of Kelly as sexy at this point in the show? 

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  6. 17 minutes ago, preeya said:

    I'm late to this, as I've just caught up this week. Is this show a one season mini-series or will it be ongoing beyond next week's finale?

    It's been renewed for a second season. 

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  7. I was kind of excited for this to come back because the last two episodes of the previous season were weirdly compelling: Hannah's father confessing to Louis that he never loved her mother, the whole botched Lyle/Catherine engagement scene, Ashley's failure of a party and her abrupt divorce decision. But this episode was a pretty big snoozer. I mean, we watched Hannah play bocce ball in sweatpants at one point. That is not good TV. 

    But. I liked the scenes with Brandon and his husband and Hagood seems like she might have some personality. (Her name may actually be Helen? Her Instagram handle is Helenhagood anyway.) So I'll give it another shot next week.

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  8. I thought a prestige HBO drama like this would get a lot of buzz, but no one seems to be recapping it or paying that much attention to it. I thought the premiere was kind of weird tonally and the baseball bet was indeed very hard to watch (I hope that family gets good money for that stupid watch!), but I'd be lying if I said I weren't intrigued enough to check out the next episode. 

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  9. 21 hours ago, CurlyATX said:

     They should have brought up how he killed his girlfriend to show how he has a history of poor decisions when drunk.

    I kept waiting for this to come up--it's a major part of his story, which was introduced THIS season! When the writers can't even remember stuff from a few months ago, it's baaaaad. 

    What's great, though, are the Sassy article acting profiles. The Shannen one was spot-on!

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  10. What went unsaid, for some reason (Andy), is that Jax and Brittany had a spin-off to promote during the period they were "broken up." Of course they were spending time together. They were contractually obligated to! 

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  11. I was so proud of Kathryn for being mature and not giving into the big scene we all know Ashley was hoping for. I just wish I hadn't seen the season-opening flash forward showing them arguing with each other. Kathryn, you're better than Thomas and his sad, fame-hungry girlfriend (who isn't much when she doesn't have her make-up spackled on). Stay strong. (And I know--you could easily make the case that Kathryn once was that same fame-hungry girl, but I give her more leeway because she was only 21 at the time. Ashley's what, 32? She should know better by now.) 

    Speaking of age, I don't think I realized how truly young Naomie still is until this season. She is going to be so embarrassed about her behavior someday, if she isn't already. I hope she and Craig truly do stay apart, because it isn't entertaining to watch them fight and they're both a lot more likable separately. I do hope Craig gets a scene with Gizmo at some point, though. 

    Also, the pairing of Cameran and Michael the butler was an unexpected highlight. What an odd man. 

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  12. 22 hours ago, Wicked said:

    Do we know for sure that Jax's father was dying while they were filming this season? I know he did pass away after the season ended, just wondered at what point during filming he became sick and at what point during filming did Jax know he was dying.

    They wrapped filming in August. Jax's father was diagnosed with cancer in October and then passed away in December. I suppose it's possible that his dad started to feel sick before then and Jax knew about it, but I don't think his behavior this season has much to do with that. And I'm pretty sure he and Brittany got back together because they had to start promoting their spin-off, which premiered right after VR stopped filming, in late August.  

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  13. 36 minutes ago, zoeysmom said:

    No to defend Jax but right about now in the filming sequence he has learned his father has cancer-sadly his father passed away two months later 12/28/17.  Weirdly, LVP was giving an interview inMarch of 2018 and she had not spoken to Jax-she had texted him.  The rest of the gang had just gotten back from Jax's dad memorial (in late February) in Michigan.

    I am thinking, Jax may have been pretty much over the show. 

    I'm pretty sure this was filmed in August. Katie and Tom were celebrating their one-year anniversary (August 18) and there were rumors that Brittany and Jax had broken up right when their spin-off premiered (August 23).

    Edited to add: Yeah, Katie's Pucker and Pout party was August 2, 2017. Jax's dad was diagnosed in October. 

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  14. I like Craig a lot. I think he would drive me crazy as a boyfriend, but he seems like a good person. I'm confused about why Naomie thinks he'd take JD's side. He was the only person sticking up for Kathryn for much of season 3. He doesn't really fit the good ol' boy mold that Whitney, Thomas, JD, and (to some extent) Shep do. 

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  15. 40 minutes ago, absolutelyido said:

    THIS!! (bolded) Ashley is exactly the same as Kathryn in her pursuit of Thomas except Ashley knows exactly how to play the game to keep him happy whereas Kathryn was too volatile and insecure to do it successfully. Only difference is I think Kathryn was after Thomas because of his money and Ravenel lineage, whereas I think Ashley is after Thomas because of his money and to be on TV. The thing is I think that is just fine with Thomas. As long as she is willing to gaze at him adoringly, acts appropriately in public, and is ready for a roll in the hay whenever he wants he doesn't much care about her motives.

     

    True, but Kathryn's hormones were probably going nuts for a great deal of the time she and Thomas were together. I wonder how calm and adoring Ashley would be to Thomas if she were postpartum and Thomas was out flirting with other women instead of helping her. 

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  16. 21 hours ago, Minzy said:

    Was Carly supposed to be a short term character? It seems strange that she was in the opening credits but didn't even last a full year.

    I think the same thing happened with Jamie Walters in season six. He made the credits, but then left ten episodes or so in. Kind of weird. 

    And, yeah, Brandon is a total monster. But that's what happens when you let boys believe they're entitled to everything they want. (Ahem, JIM.) 

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