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Ridiculous that they sent Alex home when his tiramisu was a masterpiece compared to that jumbled nightmare that Nikki presented. Has to be political. They likely didn’t want three men in the final! If there wasn’t money involved, I wouldn’t care … but Alex busted his butt all season and got dumped right before the end so a female could be represented in the final? I call FOUL! His dessert was CLEARLY superior to hers, which had way more criticism! His was “a little wet” and Duff wanted a dusting of chocolate cravings over the pristine white flower on the top? That’s an aesthetic preference, not a baking “error”! I’M IN SHOCK OVER THIS AND DON’T EVEN CARE WHO WINS AT THIS POINT! This show is RIGGED!

What I don’t understand is, now that she has Calvin’s wealthy mother to back her research, why she is merely teaching chemistry to college (or high school?) students? Why isn’t she moving forward with her life’s work and continuing what Hastings stole from her and Calvin. Her movements don’t make sense. I hope that dishonest priest gets his comeuppance. To deny a young boy an adoption and tell him that he wasn’t wanted so he could continue making bootleg booze is just deplorable! I don’t want this saga to end. I read that the actress only signed on for these 8 episodes, so I wonder how the show will go on? Will it jump forward 10-15 years and go into the daughter’s journey? They never finished the story about the freeway, which I think might be the “10” (Santa Monica Freeway that goes from the beach through L.A. and all the way to Arizona and beyond). When will we know about another season? I have so many questions that are unanswered. Anyone else notice that one of the friends at the Thanksgiving dinner flashback was the man who encouraged Elizabeth to take up rowing? I wonder if something’s brewing there? I never read the book (never even heard of it before) so this is all new to me! The show took some leaps with regard to that housewife getting into USC medical school in only a few months. Highly doubtful, even if she was a college grad, that she took all the prerequisites to even have her application considered.

Oh noooo! Sutton has GOT TO GO! She is the most grandiose elitist snob since Lisa Vanderpump, who was insufferable with her haughtiness! I’m waiting for Sutton to take to her bed with “the vapors” … like a character out of Gone with the Wind or some other such nonsense! And her clothes? WTF was she wearing to Magic Mike? White pants that cut her in half and could be seen through her hideous see-through top? Add a blazer and it’s a “75 year old ladies who lunch” outfit. And … she’s SUPPOSED to be the couture clothes horse of this group? I’ve never seen her look good. She doesn’t know how to dress her body. That awful bulky high necked sweater with the raised multicolor dots all over it? Is she trying to make her waist and upper half look even thicker? I may stop watching entirely just because of her! What is she doing in BH anyway? Wouldn’t she be better off somewhere in the South? Like Atlanta? She’d last all of a minute with those girls! They wouldn’t put up with her crap! Put her with an all or mostly black cast! Now THAT would be a hoot … let her pontificate about being on the board of the ballet to THEM! 🤣🤣🤣 IMO, Kyle and Sutton are the ones who need to go. Kyle’s story is all played out and it’s enough already! Keep Erika for comic relief - plus her outfits are so outlandish that they’re fun! I think both she and Kyle are injecting the big “O”. They both look great. Seems like half of Hollywood is on it. People who have been been chunky their entire lives are suddenly svelte and have “discovered” exercise? What a crock!

Maybe I missed it, but has no one else noticed that in the first season of this show, Steve was portrayed as somewhat elderly and hard of hearing “and just like that” this season he can hear fine, was shown looking buff and working a punching bag, and is opening a new business? I would rather follow his life after Miranda than keep seeing new ancillary characters from the podcast. The podcast wasn’t a big deal and it’s OVER! Time to move on. And … I agree with everyone else here … Che can GO! I still don’t understand why Miranda had to become gay just because the actress did. What happened? She’s gay now and can’t play straight characters anymore? Isn’t she supposed to be an actress? Wasn’t the “gay” question addressed in the first season? If she had gay leanings, I would think she would have explored them back then, but she was HEAVILY hetero. If she wanted to explore being gay or bi, she would have done it then, when she was 35, IMO. She was under no societal pressure to be straight, as people were back in the 1950s and 60s, so I just don’t get it. More believable would have been Samantha becoming gay because at least she had explored it before in the series.

I predict that Laurance will win. She’s done some pretty bad designs and they’ve kept her around when she should have gone home weeks ago. They’ve kept her there for a reason. I’ve always thought these things were rigged. Korto should have kept her mouth shut at judging. She kept going on and on and I knew then, she would be going home tonight!

The design that I thought embraced the challenge the best got sent home over that weird beaded sweatshirt monstrosity! This show has gotten very weird. I was sure that the black draped thing with the weird cape thing would have gone home and they liked it … 😳🫤

I got the impression because Seema said “rate”, not “price”, that Carrie merely rented it to the girl. And, it appears that Carrie already owns the new place. She has moved her clothes and is starting to decorate and put up drapes.

Oh! Forgot to mention that I REALLY really liked the brunch scene! A throwback to the “catch-up” weekend brunches that the original 4 used to have. This show really needs to get rid of all those extra, ancillary “friends”. Keep the four having brunch and call it a day. There are just too many story lines to keep going here and I really don’t care about most of these characters. I’d rather have more interest in the main 3-4 like the old show. More character development of the central characters! We don’t really know, beyond the basics, who these other people really are. Keep Lisa. If only for the fashion! 😁

And, another thought … why was Aiden crying and taking the blame for his son’s accident? It was his ex-wife’s weekend to care for the boys! If anyone is to blame, it’s HER … not him! She knows Wyatt is a problem, yet she couldn’t predict what he was gonna do after their fight? And, she’s been living with this kid for 14 years? Aiden trusted his kid’s MOTHER to look after her own child and SHE F’d up! She’s irresponsible! WOW, for her to lecture Carrie on not to write about her kids and to “not hurt” Aiden, and then not properly look after her own son? Talk about “lip service”. She’s a real piece of work! I think I’m figuring out now why they’re divorced … And … Wyatt needs to go to therapy … NOW! Maybe he can go to that nice place where David Duchovny went? 😁🤣

Finally, a decent episode where stuff ACTUALLY HAPPENED. Of the two seasons, this ONE episode was the most like SATC. I knew the typists were setting up something with Wyatt and it makes sense that he would be acting out because his dad isn’t there all the time, but didn’t Aiden take long buying trips, like the one where he met up with Carrie in Abu Dabi in the second movie? So … is this a new behavior since Aiden is reunited with Carrie? You KNOW, Aiden will be forced to make a choice and it WON’T be Carrie … and that will lead to a breakup … but maybe a get together again in a future season when Wyatt is older and has his own life (dates, guys, girls, etc). It doesn’t sound like Aiden’s ex is such a great parent. I mean, she knows her son has issues, yet she doesn’t keep tabs on him after a huge fight? And, where were his brothers while this was happening? The 19 year old might be off at college, but the middle one likely still lives at home. I liked hearing Aiden take some of the blame for their second breakup. When he started talking about “locking down” Carrie and saying how now he knows that doesn’t work, I was waiting to hear that his wife cheated on him … but he got interrupted with the phone call. it shouldn’t be a question that Carrie might back out of the deal for the new place, because she has already closed escrow and has started to decorate. She OWNS that place now. Loving the fact that Miranda is getting payback for being a jerk. Nya needs to accept a job at Harvard law school and leave the show. I thought the tribute to Stanford was sweet. Charlotte’s outfit at the art gallery was stellar! I wish her face were less puffy … still.

SJP is best friends with Andy Cohen of Bravo who produces all those reality shows.

Remember when Big sang “It was a very good year”? At a restaurant with Carrie.

I also think she looks prettier this season than the last one. I don’t think she has had any plastic surgery, but maybe just a little Botox and filler, strategically placed. She looks less saggy and jowl-y than last year. And, her hair is less grey … more blonde. It makes a difference. I wish Kristin Davis would remove some of her fillers and look normal again. I mean … the other original stars look basically the same and really good, only a bit older, while Charlotte has a whole new face. It was so disappointing to see that she didn’t try to rectify this for the second season. Fillers are dissolvable and, if she was saggy, she could have had a mini facelift! Anything! Every time I see her face, I cringe!

The apartment likely had a combo lockbox with a key inside and Seema gave Carrie the combo because she is not a stranger and there is no worry for vandalism. Lock boxes are pretty common on vacant listings, but only given out to special clients. (Former Beverly Hills realtor here!).

The actress playing Kathy has been married for years to the actor who played Berger! You probably already know this though!