Thick McRunFast

There was a lot of disturbing stuff in this episode but maybe the worst for me was watching Gilbert drink milk from a jug. There were several scenes where he was carrying around a gallon of milk and drinking from it. It even happened in the hospital. Who brings a gallon of milk with them to the hospital to chug? I can't say I much cared for Lupe but I did feel bad for her. She much not think much of herself to to be in a position where she stops walking so that she can cling to a cheating husband and force him to stay.

While I understood and agreed with the general point the oddly be-hatted congresswoman was making I cringed a bit with what she was saying in front of Kim's son. Certainly eight is not too young to hear a discussion about racism but it is pretty young to understand what a stranger means when she says "people don't like you". (I know those weren't her exact words, I'm paraphrasing with what I imagined a kid that age might have heard in that situation.) I don't blame Kim at all for taking her kids out of the room. I think she's a pretty big stick in the mud but I was in total agreement with how she handled that situation. I felt like she was in a lose/lose situation. There was nothing she could have done there that the other housewives would have been ok with.

I thought it was kind of cute when Porshea realized she had almost sang a Micheal Jackson lyric. Every so often she drops her heavily rehearsed dumb act and I think she's not so terrible. Did Nene gain a lot of weight or are her clothing choices even worse than they used to be? I can't believe it was the 20th anniversary of the Million Man March. I feel old.

I don't buy that hotel vs house storyline at all. It just didn't make sense. Why would they leave a note for Lisa? Was the hotel located in a time warp before cell phones were invented? I have friends who have a home in the Hamptons and they rent it out when they are not there. I suppose there are different parts of the Hamptons but I know my friend's place is always rented out months in advance. At least where they live I know you can't just rent a place like that without advanced notice. (I really need to try to get myself invited there.) Why was Yolanda's health advocate in the OR? I'm surprised they allowed that. How long before the pictures she took show up on instagram? I like Erika so far. I would like her more if she wasn't there to play the role of Yolanda's defender. I wish Kyle would spill whatever secrets she has about Lisa. She shouldn't throw that out there if she's not willing to go through with it. What the hell was Kyle wearing in the Hamptons? That was unfortunate.

Given that Todd can't make the effort to open his mouth when he talks (a trait he seems to have passed on to his daughter) I was pretty amazed at how prepared he came to that meeting too. It just seemed like a lot of work for someone so perpetually sleep. Good for him for shutting Phaedra down though.

It really struck me as punching down. Making an insensitive joke at the expense of the lady who just waxed your ass crack isn't cool.

Yolanda told Anwar "You sit by Grandma*. I want to sit by Gigi." If I was really being petty I would point out that Gigi's name was right in the middle of the envelope in big letters and the other two were off center and smaller like they had been added in later. At least they all had hearts though. Yolanda learned that lesson. *she used a different word that I don't remember.

I want to be very clear about something. If anyone on these boards says they have Lyme or Chronic Lyme or Neurological Lyme or whatever I believe them. I have no reason to distrust the life experiences people are sharing here. The person I don't believe is Yolanda and her case of Super Special Magical Lyme. I don't trust her because 1) the stuff she has said on the show and on other media makes no damned sense and it doesn't add up to be logical or realistic and 2) Yolanda was always mean, shady, manipulative and a lying drama queen. This Lyme business is just another tool for her to jerk people around with. I apologize if my 40% brain function has made it seem like I am discounting the experiences of anyone posting here. When I say I don't believe Yolanda and her two lesser children have chronic Lyme it's because I don't believe Yolanda, not that I don't believe what other people here have experienced with similar circumstances.

How about Yolanda telling Kyle that there have been on long term effects of botox on the brain? That just seemed like such a weird, mean dig. First off, I doubt there have not been any studies. Botox isn't exactly a new thing and it's not like it was first tested the first time it was injected into a wealthy housewife. Second, it isn't injected into your brain so I don't think 20 years down the road people who get botox are going to start losing brain function. Third, shut up Yolanda. It's not your business what Kyle injects into her face. Oh my god, Yolanda is making me take Kyle's side so many times and I can never forgive her for that. Edited to add: I am doing a terrible job making my point here. It seemed like swipe at Kyle because of how she said it and the face she made when she said it. It looked like it was aimed at Kyle, kind of like "You better watch out! Keep it up and you might be like me some day!" It was more how I interpreted the scene than anything else.

Confession: I get super annoyed when most people try to discuss my chronic illness with me because most people are ignorant or rude or uncaring or they mean well but they say dumb things. Sp you can imagine my surprise when I actually liked the way Kyle talked to Yolanda about Lyme. I thought she was sensitive and gentle and did a good job listening to Yolanda. I didn't think Kyle had it in her to not annoy me. Yolanda is an asshole.

That little Ayden is a sweetheart. He looked so worried on the way to school. I wanted to walk him to school and reassure him. I only enjoy Phaedra when she's with her children. Otherwise she just seems so sad and tired and fake this season. Her talking heads always used to make me laugh because they were so over the top but now? Meh. Porsha had me at suggesting DJ needed a bucket for his thirst and then lost when she went into slur territory. That was a good .2 seconds of liking her. The best part of this episode was the flashback of the song Peter had sung for Cynthia about how before he met her he was lonely and money was tight. So romantic!

Uh-oh. This post made me realize I don't know my kids' cell numbers. Like, at all. I couldn't even dial one number of either of their numbers. I have my husband and kids listed in my phone as 1, 2, and 3 so that they are first on the list of contacts. I just know who is who. That's the limit of my number memorizing skills I guess. I love all the posts (too many and to long to quote here) about Yolanda trying to take on LisaV. No one will ever dethrone the queen! I bet Yolanda has never come up against someone like her before. She keeps going after her and she keeps losing. It's a lot more entertaining to watch than when she's sitting around looking sadly at baggies of pills.

I think Portia is a perfectly average looking little girl. I only noticed how average looking she is because she used to be such a little cutie. I'm sure she'll come out of it just fine. Her parents are attractive people who can afford to give her anything their genes don't bless her with. In the meantime Kyle could do Portia a favor and not have her filmed a ton. She's probably a delightful kid in real life but that doesn't come across real well on the show. (I swear I'm not ragging on Portia. My kids are awesome but if they were filmed and being put on TV they wold come off as raging hell-beasts and no one would like them at all.)

Except, I think Yolonda is poisoning herself. Maybe she's not doing it on purpose but she's putting a lot of crap in her body that doesn't belong there not to mention flushing out a lot of crap that should be there. Plus I noticed when she was talking to her "health advocate" she mentioned not eating and there there was a talking head where she said she would go without eating or drinking for three months if that would help. She's got twisted ideas about food. Humans are supposed to eat. Food is good for you! Your body needs fuel to function. I wondered if she's even considered the possibility that she would feel better and have more brain function if she stopped focusing on not eating things. Even if she isn't doing it on purpose I think she's making herself sick.

Lisar is so full of crap. She's sitting there suggesting to Lisav and Kyle that Yolonda might have Munchhausen but then she cries to Eileen that she felt bed for engaging with someone who said Yolonda might be faking. She's trying to play it both ways and it's making her look ridiculous. If you think she's faking just say she's faking. It's not that hard! I think Yolonda is the fakest fake that ever faked. See? Kyle has never heard the word Munchhausen?