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I just saw an article from Variety.com that both Misha and Jared will have roles in the next season of "The Boys". The story called it a Supernatural reunion - that is totally correct since Jeffrey Dean Morgan is more than likely to be back for that season too and Jensen as Soldier Boy. I would melt in a puddle of goo if Kripke put all four men in a scene together.

I realize I've been hard on the parents about their interactions with Baylen, and after some thinking, I wondered... maybe something pretty devastating happened to her that puts them so on edge all the time. Speculation: She got badly hurt when she was younger because of TS, maybe ended up in the hospital, a parents worst nightmare. That could've put them on hyper alert to her actions and feelings. Or they could just be velcro parents.

We all know the stories about Kevin Jr. living the good life with Wendy's money (Uber eats, parties, etc.) and Wendy renting a nice apartment for him in Miami. In the last couple weeks, I've seen stories that it was Kevin stealing from his mothers Wells Fargo account and that's why they froze everything due to unusual activity. I never heard these accusations before - I know that bank locked her out but the part about Kevin being the culprit... most clues pointed to one of those leeches who were "taking care of her". Is this Kevin stuff old news and I somehow missed it? The gossip also said that when Wendy was confined to a facility and his funds were running low, Kevin got greedy and had "a middle aged woman" call in to Wells Fargo pretending to be Wendy and giving him access to her accounts. Now that Wendy has been showing signs of better cognition, she has been telling people her son is a thief. If its true, Kevin is a shitty son who used his mothers condition to embezzle from her.

Like I said before, this show is not good for my nitpick tendencies. Watching Baylen boohoo about Colin being missing during the couch delivery did not evoke sympathy, it made me roll my eyes. IMO the whole argument felt like a producers desperate attempt to create some drama in a pretty lackluster show... get those kids fighting right after they move in - trouble in paradise! Also, I didn't agree with that friend (or was it her sister?) telling Baylen that she needs to make sure that Colin knows he did wrong by not being available. That was aggressive. Then watching her dadda come and hug his widdle princess like she's a two year old with a booboo. He's not helping her mature at all. Yeesh.

Podcaster Kendall Rae posted an episode covering the TMZ story about Wendy being put in the "memory wing" of the facility she's being housed in. Kendall usually covers true crime stuff - this is her 2nd channel where she sits with friends and they just chat. Note: the first 1hour 15min is the four hosts having "girl talk". Scroll midway for the Wendy talk - they spend about 40 minutes discussing her. Link to Youtube is here

I'm a nitpicker about certain things and the way reality shows skew "reality" is something I can't help but notice. I wasn't targeting this show specifically - I had the same thing bug me when I used to watch Ina Garten's show on Food Network. Ina would ask her husband to run into town for some cheese for the recipe she was making...spontaneous-like. We watch Jeffrey get behind the wheel, pop into a cheese shop and wow! there's a camera there to record the whole interaction. I understand why it's done like this but still, it's my issue.

I'm hate watching at this point; I get no sincerity from this show. I find myself checking all the little things that are supposed to seem spontaneous, like when they go home goods shopping and they walk in like anyone would off the street but there are cameras already in the store as Baylen walks in. The producers of this show are hacks. Baylen and BF are moving into their new apartment with the whole family helping and, just by chance, a thunderstorm rolls in. Who would have guessed that thunder triggers Baylen! The sounds make her cover her ears and the stress causes her leg and foot to twist into a pretzel and she gets locked in this position. She's bent over like a crippled deer as mom, dad and BF all stand around giving her concerned looks and attention. It couldn't be just a normal "moving day" episode... Baylen's life is a constant source of drama!

Ajia Bell was full of feeble excuses for not paying Arnold Scott back. She was sure that she was going to get money out this guy with the usual gold digger lines (rent due, car needs repair, etc.) and he would gladly rain dollars onto her. Now she's crying when he didn't follow the script - he wants to be repaid! How dare he. Being asked for repayment caused her so much stress. Poor baby. I didn't stick around to see if Scott got money for his claim of being fired because of this office drama - I feel pretty certain that he didn't have any documents to support his claim on that. Right?

On a gossip site I visit every once in a while, the writer says that Britney Spears is on the bandwagon to get Wendy released from her guardianship. Britney has sympathy because she was in a similar situation for years - she was put under conservatorship by her father due to her alleged mental illness(es). Many folks felt that Britney got a raw deal and rallied for her to get out of that situation and I'm pretty sure I read that she was released in the last year or so. Maybe her voice/input will help Wendy and her family get out of this mess.

Tuned in after about 1+ years from the last time I peeked into the show and it was as mundane as I remember. She told a story about a movie role she had years ago and how much fun it was with her co-star. This segued into a story about her ending up at Neverland Ranch at a party and how her car died when all the guests were required to leave the grounds and MJ's guards giving her dirty looks because this delayed MJ's leaving the area. Riveting. I won't be checking in again for another year, most likely.

A new season has started and here's what I got after ditching this show for 9 months - a case involving a couple and an engagement ring. Plaintiff Hayden Peterson was tied up handling an emergency with his son from a previous relationship as defendant Laura Culpepper was giving birth to their first child together. Laura was so upset that her man was not by her side in the hospital that she broke up with him. Hayden wants his grandmothers heirloom ring back but Laura feels she deserves to keep it due to him being a bad boyfriend during the 5 years they were together. Of course, plaintiff got his ring back. There was a 2nd case involving a laptop that had a virus and was supposed to be fixed in time for a project but was still unusable. Ho hum. The show is still using well dressed actors, but the stories are still so blah and mundane.

I had given up on this show, but then I noticed that a new season has started and I got a bit curious about it. Has anyone been watching these new episodes... is it still a big stink bomb? I programmed tomorrow's episode (2/6/25) in my DVR to record and will check out whether it has any entertainment value or is still a trainwreck to avoid. I will give my findings later tom'w.

I hated this episode with the boyfriends parents pushing their religion on Baylen. Yeesh. Also the bike riding segment -- those parents treat her like a toddler. Are people with Tourettes eligible for SSI/Disability because I presume it could be hard to get a job. Will TLC cover her rent? I can guess that the rest of the episodes will play out with the countdown to Baylen's military boyfriend possibly being shipped out.

These TLC shows are so cookie-cutter: Find a person or group with something "different" (trans, 600lb, a bunch of kids, strict religion, little person, etc.), then make sure they have an available stock of friends or family on the sidelines to throw into the mix in order to pad out the episode because most of these TLC "stars" don't have the rizz to keep an audience riveted for a solid hour. These 'extra' people are also good to be there when the producers set up the phony premise of the week, like a party or operation or conference, so the main subject has someone to interact with. This show checks all the boxes. Already it is annoying with the family interviews, the boyfriend drama, a shopping and chatting montage, watching while the girl and her BF chat at the dog spa. It doesn't help that the main girl Baylen evokes no empathy - she just seems bratty.

The language teaching app Rosetta Stone has a hysterical ad: A man in a work cubicle is checking out Spanish words on his PC and "bailar" (to dance) comes up. Suddenly the guy is compelled to jump up and dance around the office, up some stairs and into a conference room. He makes flamenco dance gestures and ends up on the conference room table tapping his heels like an expert dancer. It's funny