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I noticed that Catherine Bell has the Exec Producer credit. If she's really steering this thing then, yikes, all I could think of was (I think it was) LB Mayer who commented when he heard that Mary Pickford/Douglas Fairbanks/Charlie Chaplin had founded United Artists..."The inmates are running the asylum". While, certainly, some actors have the abilities to actually produce a show, most of the actors I've worked with in my 30+ years in professional theater make...good actors.

I wonder what will happen to Browntown after this things ends...sell it off to someone so a real person/family can live there? Rent it? Abandon the place, leaving another Brown mess?

Days after the new episode aired and no comments. A new low for boring; I can only wonder what the producers are thinking/doing.

True, if that's what home confinement means. But since their hauling business involves traveling to a number of different towns and they seem to claim their real home is Browntown, well, I don't know. Anyone have any ideas?

Do any of the legal-experienced folks on this site know what ho me confinement means in real terms? It sounds obvious but does it mean that they must actually stay within the walls of what ever they're calling 'home'?...an apartment, the physical confines or a rented house? Could they, say, go to the grocery store? Would they then have to report to a PO for a specified amount of time? AT what point might they be able to return to Alaskan filming? I guess I'm just an innocent...

My dad fought at Leyte. When I was a kid and he'd mention it I always thought he was saying 'Lady'; it took me decades to realize I was wrong. Last weeks ep, well, again, just gosh. The raft--how they managed to not sink it and the car is now one of the wonders of the earth. The 13 (15?) year old who's supposedly never driven anything is at the wheel, a one ton or more vehicle being held back by two guys with a rope as it rolled downhill, headed for water-and why would they assume that the brakes worked? Hadn't the owners said that it hadn't been used in years? No way to get the damn car up the ramp in town (and how did they get it off the raft???? That should have been darn entertaining). Mom, again has an attack on her bad neck pinched nerve; because why would she think to travel with her meds? Noah. No words. No wonder why the parents worry about the kids when they're more than 7 feet away from their sight. I'm astounded they allowed him to stay home alone--aside from the production crew, I mean. And could that very attractive young lady who was clearly straight fro central casting, have looked any more bored and bewildered if she tried? I'm guessing she's not his soulmate.

Why, yes he is that. I'm going out on a limb here and thinking that TPTB insisted that it was the whole family or nothing; especially after the first season or two were aired. Plus there's a paycheck attached for each family member. Noah...just...my goodness. His endless creativity (has this boy never heard of the concept of 'edit'?), his chivalry, his sensitivity, his mega IQ, his ability of physical labor, his skills in tidying Browntown. Is there any way to let him know I'm single??? Gosh.

So we can look forward to him inventing a steam engine or cotton gin soon?

Sure, we all know that this is about as real as smoke and mirrors but I had this on while I was working last night and all I got from it when I looked up were nasty drunk bitches acting like nasty drunk bitches according to some scripted or prearranged producer driven plan. Entertainment? Not in my world. I'm outta here.

And become beyond boring. Maybe that's her new spell...? You know the old Chinese curse about 'may you live in interesting times'? She's protected everyone from that possibility.

I had reason to read an old post from last December (honest to god, I had a reason) and this caught my eye. I know that any legit production company for film or TV must carry insurance in the event of injury or illness which could suspend filming and cost the production people $ or possibly cancel the show/film. Obviously we know that the Brown's have more $ than they let on but I"m wondering if the company ins paid for at least some of those medical bills. I can certainly see Billy claiming that without those bills being covered or in the case of them forgoing medical care due to (claimed) lack of funds that they'd have to bow out of the show. Basically holding up the company if they want their cash cow to continue to bring in the $. Just a thought.

Actually I remember (and through the endless reruns) that the local carpenters not only built the house for them but also did the nice interior finishing. I recall seeing it last season and thinking that the locals did a nice job on it. Now, now...Noah said that the chickens had been gone for a while and the smell was almost gone...and I'm dying to see what happens with his new ladylove...might we have a bush wedding in the offing? And grandbabies? Yes, I also suspect that Mother Am can be quite the strong willed lady when she wants to be, bless her heart. Between Billy's medical problems and the jail sentences (which were largely dismissed, right?) I'd think that after Browntown being trashed several time by bears it might occur to them to leave a couple of the boys there to guard the place--or at least make a stab at bearprooffing the place but noooooo. So let's toss/burn everything, call it god's will and start over. Yet again.

Yep...as my old granddaddy used to say 'all you can expect from a pig is a grunt'. Papa hit that nail on the head; Billy is and will always be the professional grade scammer and grifter we've come to love and expect and he'll keep spinning his bs until the good lord calls him home. I also couldn't help but wonder what the production paid legitimate hauler Paul to let them have the use of his obviously new skiff and motor for the season for doing some delivery for him. My guess is that TPTB bought that boat and offered Paul some easy $ to pretend he'd do them a favor with the loan. I was also wondering how Browntown has electricity...in various scenes there was clearly electric lighting in various sites--the main house, Noah's tent and so on. Generators? Solar (I doubt that one)? And Noah has a new lady to spark, bless his heart. Local casting has been busy.

I noticed that as well. He may have been somewhere out of sight. Maybe. I would have thought that it would have been part of his contract to show up when ordered to do so.

With respect, I think I do. I have a cousin, raised in Darien Ct...for those who may not know, that's close to and pretty much on a par with Greenwich Ct in terms of serious $. Her mom was divorced, got almost zilch from the ex and so supported herself and the kids by opening a catering business--cooking was what she did best. Kind friends word of mouth made her business an initial success--to her credit she kept it going for decades. Cuz grew up the poor kid in a rich town (everything's relative, they never missed a meal and traveled all over). Today her retired, successful, lawyer hub has a very nice retirement and she's still working as a highly placed, well paid government appointee. Super rich? No, but they're doing just fine and beyond and she worries about every penny, constantly talks money, sales,saving a buck. It's common--if you grow up with issues, you may never get past them. Bethenny grew up (or so we're to believe) as a neglected waif; she still sees herself that way so needs to be the best, smartest, most successful, richest bitch in the room and won't let anyone forget she did it all by herself and everyone else is out to get her, her money, her daughter. Nothing is ever enough and never will be. She cuts down other people before they can cut her, she attacks before she gets attacked; her abrasive personality keeps people at bay and so she maintains they're jealous or whatever and confirms her superiority. I'd also guess that she's scared to death it may all disappear one of these days. I can't stand her, wouldn't want to have to sit through a meal with her but find her sad.

Okay, I know this is petty but I didn't really care who won (Dom..what a surprise. Not) as long as Sam wasn't there. I really couldn't have watched his simpering as he sewed 8 more badly designed and constructed jumpsuits covered by neoprene mesh refigured after Zanna told him to rethink his ideas because they sucked.

One of my pet peeves in TV shows, movies, books, real life...whatever are people playing the dumb card. As mentioned above, in the real world (or in the world of a TV show with better writers)--yes, the dr would have told the ex to find her own apartment and she can see the kid when he and the court approves and the son is old enough to be told the reality, his receptionist would be on unemployment. The nasty cousin would have been canned from that restaurant. Is there really no one in that burg who needs a part time waitress job? The son and his bio clock ticking wife would have--oh, I dunno--maybe discussed having kids and when months or years ago. And I don't get why--aside from the show's plotline--Cassie has three (it is currently 3, right?) hot, available guys after her. Sure, she's being played as a new-age version of Mother Teresa but she's just not all that as far as I can see. Ever calm, ever serene, ever ready to dispense wise advice which will, miraculously, solve whatever your current problem may be. And yes, she's lost her mojo, such as it was, in the mediocre movies. The magic, where's the magic? Here, have some lavender, it will calm you down. Oh, please. Maybe surprisingly, I don't mind Martha, she's comedy relief and fine...aside from the reality of that in a small town the mayor wold probably be a part time job--possibly even unpaid as in the small town I live in--and actually has little power as almost everything has to be approved by the town counsel. The chief of police isn't her personal handmaid. 'Something I'll overlook because this is a TV show. Treeofdreams? Thank you--endless unrelated and unneeded loose plotlines which have no apparent reason for being and are then dropped with equally no rhyme nor reason. And another thing--I seriously dislike the producer conceit of a wink and a smile regarding secret secrets which they never resolve...what's Cassie's real story? Why is she there? What's her agenda? Can she really do 'magic' or is it all smoke and mirrors? Lost was the same way and it irritated me no end. But overall? Boring boring boring.

Yes, I agree with you; good question. I guess I see it as a train wreck--I don't like it but you can't not look...except I've stopped looking. I neither enjoy nasty cat fights or unending scripted, planned arguments between unpleasant people. Ratings drive $ and that's the bottom line in several ways.

It occurs to me that they may assume that's what we want to see because it's what they enjoy...picking a victim and destroying them, It seems to carry across every version of their shows. Nasty people them.

Maybe I'm brain farting and god knows my memory is terrible but didn't they have at least one challenge where they sent no one home because they couldn't decide? I vaguely recall Sam benefited from that--I may be wrong, though.

Yes, you're right and it's a way to control both the conversation and people. I had an old high school friend (former friend) who would do the same thing. I made some comment at a reunion about how I was sorry to hear her father had died. Her dismissive response? 'Oh yeah, we planted Bruce last year.' How touched he'd be to hear that. These stupid retorts generally leave people speechless as they walk away so I guess she wins--as does Bethenny. Of course everyone thinks she's an ass and she has virtually no friends but we all make our choices as how to deal with things. And she never returned to anther reunion after her performance at that one where she alienated pretty much everyone she interacted with. Bethenny seems so insecure that nothing can make up for the gaping emotional holes in her--money, her daughter, her business success, her luxurious homes, nothing fills the holes and seemingly nothing ever will. Her failed talk show is being replaced with a (probably to fail) radio talk show--her need to prove herself as not a loser. Yes, both desperate and sad.

From the above article...that's Beth; keeping it classy as always. enemas, naked assistants, tit tassels, strippers. God, she's tiresome.

She probably could. I was in a similar position when I was in high school. My parents were overseas, my brother was across the country in college, I finally called a cousin who lived nearby and he came into the school office and signed the thing. It was fine, I went on the field trip--the school just wanted to CTA's legally in case there was some kind of problem, which there wasn't.

I missed a good part of this due to a poorly timed (yet important) phone call but caught the preview for next week. She's fired? Nah...just a cliff hanger or part of some super dooper secret plan for some major diplomatic reason. They fire Bess then they have to change the title to Former Madam Secretary. Not happening.

When I heard that I think I rolled my eyes. 8 looks in 4 days? 2 a day...not including needed time for conceiving, sketching, shopping, patterning, finishing and all the rest. Didn't the old regular PR give the finalists something like 2 months to do their collections? And we know the judges will be picking apart things for unfinished hems, a crooked zipper and garbage like that. Even if they're given help this is another set up to fail. The only plus here is we're spared 8 wrapped, tacked jumpsuits from Sam. I'm wondering the reason; obviously $ comes to mind but really--they couldn't give them a damn week even?