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Why is anyone encouraging GG to have a baby? GG is legitimately an antisocial head case. She’s so far gone from “normal” she can’t even pretend like the rest of them do. What will she do when she can’t get the baby to stop crying?

Other than the FBI guys, I don't trust any of these people. I don't even think most of them think what they did was wrong. It's funny how people justify and soft-peddle their involvement, but are also weirdly amused and impressed by what they did. In particular, the way Jerry Columbo's brother talks about him so admiringly is creepy. Also, when Jerry Columbo died, all of his stuff belongs to his wife, buddy. Why would you have any dibs on his baseball cards?

It doesn’t matter what kind of goofy, mocking, high pitched voice you use to repeat him asking “Why did it take Lisa Vanderpump asking for you to fire the pastor?”, he was right-it did take Lisa Vanderpump asking for them to fire the pastor.

Dolores really thinks Jennifer is justified in throwing silverware at Melissa because Melissa said Jackie was “winning” for saving her money? That doesn’t seem like Dolores’ style. Dolores seems like she takes elevation from verbal altercation to possible physical altercation seriously. Remember when she told Jennifer she should get her ass kicked for breaking the glass? Even Danielle was like Jennifer, don’t try it with Dolores.

Is Katie actually getting paid to be on this show? At least Ariana is willing to “work” to justify her inclusion. Katie is just a slug.

These shows only work if it’s believable that all of the women are invested in being part of the social circle. They don’t have to all be friends, but we have to believe they care about their standing with the other women and want to be included. That’s why the shows don’t work when there’s a huge age gap-it’s not believable a 60 yo and a 30 yo would be hanging out together. When LVP made it clear she didn’t consider any of the other RHoBH her equals, she had to go. Nene is the same. She obviously doesn’t want to spend time with these women, doesn’t value any of them and doesn’t care about any of them, and (unlike Bethany or Teresa), she’s not even willing to fake it. And unlike BH, the rest of the Atlanta women, in particular Porscha and Kandi, have stepped up and provided fodder for the show that doesn’t have anything to do with Nene. I don’t understand why they brought her back.

Buckwheat absolutely kills me. How exciting this must be for the cast! But, yeah, poor Pete having to follow Gumby.

Todd married on to third base and thinks he hit a triple.

I actually thought it sounded like a charter school, since she and her husband are on "the board" and they are giving lots of money, which is something common at charter schools. My guess is it's some type of performing arts school, right? And Bronwyn is an asshole, but what she said about the benefits of public schools for kids with special needs is dead on and Gina reacted like an idiot with a huge chip on her shoulder. I don't doubt for a second that if she won the lottery Gina would send her kid to the "bougiest private school" she could, even if they couldn't provide the services her kid needs. She's such a wanna-be. Magnet, charter, or run of the mill public school, they are obligated to provide services to kids, and the level of resources are far beyond what virtually any private school could provide (if they would even take your special needs kid). I missed what Gina's daughter's issues are?

The worst part of this boring, trash season is that Vicky can say, "I told you so!" I think the security guy grabbed Deb’s arm while she was heading into a restricted area to use the bathroom. Which can happen if you try to go into a restricted area without permission. And the woman wasn’t being professional, but my guess is she got sick of dealing with these Z-listers obnoxiousness at the event and she went off when Deb started acting like some big, scary man threw her against a wall.

Gross Steve with his parka and stupid coffee cup and giant swath of chest hair. Douchebag.

I caught the PBS American Masters on Loretta Lynn a couple weeks ago (it was from 2016), and Jack White is in it, again marveling at Loretta's lyrics and songwriting. He's so in awe of her-it's like a puzzle he can't quit figure out. He actually cries about it! And, jeez, back when he was in the White Stripes, with that Edward Scissorshands hair, I never would have guessed he was so cute and dimply.

Yeah, I get what they were doing, as outlined by Marty Stewart (?): Cash was the embodiment of country music, someone from an impoverished background, self-taught, soul-bearing, and open to new influences, ever-changing. But, Cash's story must also be the most covered, well-trod biography in country music history. I would have liked a greater focus on stars whose stories aren't all ready known. Also, I've been off Roseanne Cash since the third episode, when she talked negatively about her mother wanting a quiet life and worrying about her daughters' safety. I get it-your dad is the legend, your dad and June had a Great Love, your dad paid your bills and still does, but your dad did your mom dirty in a very hurtful, humiliating way. It is mighty cold for a daughter to rundown her mother like that.

I was very surprised to hear he'd written Walk the Line for his first wife. I remember clearly in the movie, Reese Witherspoon as June cussing out Johnny (Joaquin Phoenix) for being a messy drunk and saying to him, "You can't walk the line.", and that was the inspiration for him to write the song. I realize it wasn't a documentary, but that's a pretty significant, brazen revision of history! Johnny Cash's voice never appealed to me. I think maybe it was too deep for my taste.

My goodness, Roger Miller found the Patsy Cline plane wreckage?! This show wrecks me every night.

Lord have mercy. Hank Williams breaks my heart. And I love Vince Gill. Today (9.17) would have been Hank’s 96th birthday. Well done, Ken Burns.

Ralph Peer, the man who first recorded Fiddling John Carson, looked so much like Donald Trump I started laughing when the picture came up. Burns' style is apt for country music, a genre rooted in oral histories, as demonstrated beautifully tonight by Dolly herself.

Kaitlyn definitely seems like a snob, and this cast is definitely trashy. But she's married to Brody freaking Jenner, who is very trashy and who is one degree of separation away from the current gold standard of trashy behavior. Isn't she also an "influencer"? Which seems like an industry comprised mainly of trashy people. And of course since filming she’s gone on a world tour of trashy behavior herself. So what is it about Jason and Ashley that makes them so bad? They seem sort of suburban/uncool, but is that really that bad? Are they super religious or politically conservative? That's the only thing I can think of that someone in Kaitlynn’s universe would actually find objectionable. This series wasn't great, but I thought it was kind of interesting. I ended up even liking-ish Justin Bobby.

I don't like Vicki (of course) but I do think she is the quintessential OC housewives. The OC franchise hallmark is slightly debauched, déclassé women living garishly, with a thin veneer of glamour masking a sketchy foundation. Vicki, with her multiple facelifts, ill-fitting, shiny clothes, gaudy jewelry, home with a grotto, rented Mercedes...and $70,000 in retirement savings embodies that. Shannon has too much money and her taste is too good. Tamra doesn't seem interested in bling or lavish living. Gina and Emily can't even front like they have money. There's got to be more Alexis Bellino's walking around the OC pretending to be rich. Come on.

I don't mind Tyler. To be blunt, Bravo tends to feature the most unlikeable, stereotypical, bitchy, queeny gay men on their shows (Frederick is an exception), and Tyler isn't like that all. He seems like a nice, upbeat guy who works hard. Steve, on the other hand, sucks.

Does Spencer not have Megan Edmond's face?

And he was/is? the stay at home parent! If the roles were reversed, he would be getting the lion's share of the blame for how badly the kids behave. It's also pretty terrible for the person who the kids spent so much of their young lives with to go on TV and show them such contempt. I will say, in the upper middle class, college-educated, white collar cohort that Emily and Shane and I all exist in, many of the SAHDs are like Shane: They aren't SAHDs because they enjoy it or have a knack for it or because childcare costs would negate their salaries. They stay-at-home because they can't get along with people in the workforce, everything is drama and conflict, so, by default they stay-at-home and do a half-assed job of it, shoving a lot of the labor a stay-at-home parent usually does back on to their working wife.

Does being on this show help Steve’s career? Who watches him and thinks they’d want him to work for them? Ryan was right, Steve is an arrogant, lazy douche.

I feel like they have been crazy re-editing this show since Kaitlynn is now with Miley Cyrus, putting back in stuff about her marriage to Brody, etc. I wonder if they will find the footage Spencer claims exists, of him talking to Brody about how Brody and Kaitlynn were never legally married because he didn't want her to have a right to his money.

Gina is so up Shannon’s ass. Embarrassing.