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lol, The Waltons crossed my mind as well. Were the writers being deliberately referential to that iconically wholesome t.v. series? It's always more like One Step Beyond or The Outer Limits at Hallmark as far as I'm concerned.....

The strange thing I find is that all this saturation is just a cover for, imo, the absence of anything relatable in terms of the human experience. It's as though scripts were written by automatons who can only replicate emotion through the most superficial of aspects. I watch these productions as though they were horror movies.

Was fascinated by Reunited at Christmas. I am not exaggerating when I tell you that IN EVERY SENTENCE out of each character's mouth, Christmas was mentioned. And mentioned. And mentioned. I realize that the, uh, hallmark of Hallmark is pounding home their holiday themes, but this was taking it to surreal heights. "Hey, they're lighting the Christmas tree in town. Remember when we celebrated Christmas as a family? Christmas wasn't Christmas until everyone opened their presents. I want Christmas to be like that again. Christmas is the most wonderful time of year....." (cue Twilight Zone theme)

Why do so many of those male romantic leads (except for the princes in those ridiculous "foreign" countries) look like they suffer from acromegaly? Thick, jutting jaws, weird facial angles.....very creepy, lol. Did a drive-by of Hallmark today and their Invasion of the Body Snachers Christmas movies. All the usual suspects: hot chocolate, gingerbread competitions, gazebos, dead relatives, halting prissy speech patterns ("How.....are.....you.....doing?") Eyes Wide Shut holiday decorations (but w/o the Kubrick irony), sophomoric Pride & Prejudice references, bizarre, out-of-the-blue (literally?) allusions to aliens and robots, endless babbling about advertising pitches, cheesy production values, amateurish and just plain bad acting, zero emotional content.

I predict the producers will make the brothers move in together and fake screaming matches.

I believe this. The bottom-feeding producers are going to gin up huge fights between poor Justin and disgusting Steven in the next hour by asking (or should I say demanding) them to recreate fights from their childhood.

Khloe to Kris: "We're whoring you out" Kris: "That's what I do best" They certainly know how to control the narrative.

Sounds about right to me. It's all about money and family. Money coming first.

I do feel some sympathy for MJ but she's basically a tough old bird, lol -- apparently the apple doesn't fall far from the tree in terms of her daughter. Then again, the ruthless PMK seems to be in a category of her own. I remember one episode in which Kris acknowledges that, as a control freak, she often pushes aside or downright ignores people or situations she can't do anything about, and she included her mother's health in those categories.

From Kris Jenner's body language it looks to me like she doesn't much care for her mother.

@chickenella, I am not in need of that link but thank you nonetheless. Wishing you continued good health and a long, long life.

Thank you, @ThereButFor. I am really glad to know that in many cases it's treatable. I guess Kelly was just too far gone, but I was still very shocked by her death.

I'm confused -- isn't congestive heart failure basically a death sentence? How did Kelly pass all those medical tests to qualify for weight loss surgery?

Me three. Could hardly believe it, especially on the Riviera!

Gotta love Adrian! She's apparently very loyal to her friends/clients.

That was a surprise to me too! She probably also has an apartment in Paris. Her sweet Texas friend's singing voice sounded like someone stepped on a cat. I missed the opening scenes. He better just find a regular day job, lol.

I am pulverized by this latest development.

((Shivering))

Did I hear correctly? She would want her appendix as a souvenir if it has to be taken out? And Dr. Now saying "We can't give body parts back to the patient" I am officially creeped out.

lol, and how could I forget all the "right nows"?

The same damn scripts and vocal inflections in the signature l-o-n-g sentence. "So I have to BLAH BLAH BLAH because if I don't BLAH BLAH BLAH so BLAH BLAH BLAH because BLAH BLAH BLAH so BLAH BLAH BLAH my last chance BLAH BLAH BLAH because I have to do this BLAH BLAH BLAH so I'm determined to BLAH BLAH BLAH because BLAH BLAH BLAH and I can't let BLAH BLAH BLAH so BLAH BLAH BLAH and I know BLAH BLAH BLAH because the stress BLAH BLAH BLAH so I need to BLAH BLAH BLAH and I feel good about BLAH BLAH BLAH...…."

I'm waiting for the small dog.

Have not seen it but will never forget the 1958 movie "The Vikings" with Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Ernest Borgnine and Janet Leigh, especially that creepy scene where the old witch is intoning "Odin! Odin!"

Just what exactly is the "Viking lifestyle"??

The producer-driven scripts about "long" distances are always ridiculous. I remember one episode in Provence where the husband said that a 20 minute round trip commute into town might be a deal breaker, lol.