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Once again, Angie proves to me that as a character, I can only ship her with intensive therapy. Remembering the convo she and Will had way back in the pool, where she said he was more broken than she is. That was very, very wrong. And there is no way she is working her program and steps because she hasn't taken responsibility with regard to the situation she put Will in. Unlike her coworkers, I wasn't happy she just got to come back with no restrictions or qualifications. She wasn't even busted back down to a beat cop, she gets to come back at her prior rank apparently. I don't think this was a good story choice by the showrunners, it makes it appear like Angie just got away with everything and in this climate, in the year 2025, I'm not sure that was a good decision. I'm not happy for Angie, and worse, it's breaking down the veil between a 'tv show' and reality for me because I'm just thinking about how all kinds of fucked up it would be to have a cop like her in real life and there's no way in Hell she should have a badge still, much less be a detective. The writers made her storyline and subsequent decisions so awful, and her comeback feels completely unearned, and we're just supposed to go along with that. As of right now, I have no use for the character anymore. And Nico being nicer to her than Will pissed me off too. Angie is the reason multiple people are dead, and Will is the reason you've had somewhere to live for the last 6 months, Nico. Maybe try to act like you understand that. 😒

And see, I assumed she was gonna move back and help run the ranch as the partner Diego wanted. That was a very open-ended ending for an HM movie lol. After sleeping on that last scene, I've decided that if actors don't want to do any decent kissing onscreen, they should just do movies with their significant others as their love interests. Don't subject the audience to these stiff, pursed lipped, Sister Michael Agnes said leave room for God, do you even really like this person kisses. We're already waiting for 2 fully grown adults to finally kiss at the 1:59 mark, at least put in some damn effort so we're not sitting here thinking 'Yas, gurl, give us nothing'. Just put her and Chris together in a bunch of movies like Alexa and Carlos and don't waste Juan Pablo on someone who isn't gonna generate just as much heat as he does. I think that's why I enjoyed his pairing with Sara Drew, she knows how to create chemistry with her scene partners. I like Julie Gonzalo overall but that last scene was a real letdown by her, for me.

Just finished watching some I can clarify. She was gonna use her savings and sell her condo to help pay off the loan and make sure Belinda had enough to start her restaurant. Since she got the job in Boston, she said she didn't need to live off her savings and she could just go back to renting an apartment. Because they never specified any amounts, the math was kinda murky. Honestly I was waiting for Diego's parents to come in and either pay off the loan or become the third investor. I thought maybe they had saved a ridiculous amount because they lived on the farm and the owners were generous with their wages since the father was born there. Julie and Juan Pablo had nice chemistry but it wasn't as good as he had with Sara Drew in Branching Out last year. They just replayed that Saturday, they had some hot kisses. Julia and Juan Pabo had some good moments but their kiss at the end was kinda tame and a bit of a letdown after their dancing scene. Maybe Julie is one of those actors that doesn't want too much intimacy because she's married. Sara didn't have that issue lol. And Juan Pablo is VERY nice to look at. I'll keep it clean here but my inner thoughts about him are straight wicked. 😈

I think Ava has been dating men with money for a long time, and has forgotten what it's like to date a regular guy. She's using 'poor' very loosely because to her, if they're not rich, they're poor lol. There's no 'middle class' for her, it's either one extreme or the other, and for me that tracks with her character. And I agree, why wouldn't O'Shon be attracted to her? She's obviously been in other relationships (with only wealthy men) so she's bringing something to the table. And, I think he really liked how she was standing up for Abbott kids and trying to get them what they need. It's the reason he's gone along with it and didn't report the new computers the golf course folks bought. Ava is a pill for sure, but we've also seen her grow over these past seasons. And she does care about the kids. 🤷🏽‍♀️ Edited to add: If we know nothing else about Ava, we do know she is about her bag, as evidenced by her many side hustles. She might be trying to make sure O'Shon, even though he's not wealthy, also stands on business. Because that is a huge part of her personality, she does need to make sure he respects that about her.

Is this a safe space? Eloise Mumford is growing on me... 🫣🤫

I think this is the only show in a really long time for me where I didn't want the kids yeeted into the sun (not counting the Abbott Elementary kids because they are AWESOME). So, good job, show. 😁

"Heather discovers". They got jokes lol.

I'm cutting Sunny a lot of slack. Her caregiver was murdered, she was kidnapped, terrorized, and thought she was gonna die. She was stuffed in a trunk and being taken to be killed, managed to escape the trunk, and then had to hide from and fight off her attacker, a cop. Rafael also mentioned that she has emotional issues - there was medication for her at the house - and she had some kind of puzzle box to help calm her so she may be on the spectrum. And on top of all that, she's a 14 year old kid, sleeping in a strange house with a woman she just met, after enduring all of the above. Now if this continues, I will reevaluate but for now, Imma let it slide and give her some grace. 🤷🏽‍♀️

Ok, I can get down with a goblin energy, face-palming-into-the-floor Ormewood. This version can stay, just yeet the rest of the family, please. I really enjoyed this episode. Agreed about Angie and her lack of remorse. It reminds me of when she was injured and slept with her doctor and then blackmailed him into signing her return to work papers. She has to use an app to write her own statement of remorse? Good grief, gurl. She's still all about Angie and is oblivious to her own patterns of behavior. She looks the other way for a guy she doesn't even know? Another reason for me to only ship Angie and intensive therapy because her judgment is severely compromised. I'm honestly not getting any sense from her that she truly understands she fucked up badly, or that this will change her for the better. She's saying the words but her actions ain't syncing up. Amanda and a teenager. That should be fun. I really like Rafael, he knows who he is, but I really hope Wilbur is able to get him out of that life and not have to kill him. If we aren't getting MPG back, it would be nice to have Rafael as a recurring friend who's known Will a really long time. And bonus, more Marla Gibbs as grandma! I'm imagining Rafael making friends with Betty, and for some reason I feel like that would be amazing. I feel like he'd have Bad Bitch Betty custom fitted in all the designer labels and a diamond encrusted collar. Betty deserves some shine in her golden years. 😄 Glad Faith and Will made up. Them trying to decide if they should hug it out was hilarious.

While I'm not opposed to Nick getting some loving, I agree 100% with this. The sister seems so dopey and immature, so unless they give her a personality transplant, I'm not looking forward to her return. I would've even preferred Vance's daughter, if they aged her up a bit. At least she's an agent and appears intelligent. Knight's sister strikes me as flighty and not very smart.

Since HGTV is flooding the zone with promos about this 'Flip Off' between Tarek and Christina, I feel like HG is low key trying to be messy. I know T & C wanna remain relevant on the channel to promote their businesses but if you look at this from a psychological point of view, it almost feels like they're doing this to see if T & C would end up back together. Christina has been through how many relationships since divorcing Tarek, and he turned around and married a younger clone of her so I feel like there might be some unresolved feelings for both of them. Putting on my armchair therapist hat, I gotta wonder why Heather would agree to it, besides the publicity. She appears to be basically an extra, at least in the promos. I'm wondering how much HGTV plans on showcasing the relationship between T & C versus T & H as a couple versus Christina. I don't even care about the flips, I am interested in seeing this messy dynamic though lol.

Oh I agree they have a right to be angry that he disappeared without a word, I meant that they're on Angie's side and not his for his decision to arrest her. I hope they're at least sympathetic to both sides and don't make him out to be a villain. I also do like Ormewood's friendship with the two women, I just don't want it to cloud his reason with regards to Angie's actions and why Will did what he did. He can be both protective and yet understand the position Will was in once he learned the truth after murder teen's killing spree. Part of my problem with her actions is that she did project her own history onto murder teen and assumed she would do what Angie believes she herself would've done (take it as a second chance and move on) instead of seeing murder teen as her own person who could react very differently. She was young, with a good lawyer she could've probably gotten probation, considering the guy's history as a sex pest. To me, that showed her lack of judgment more than anything. I'd like to see her getting real help for her damage. Maybe we will find out she has been in therapy, mandated as part of her agreement. Better yet, she realized how bad she fucked up and sought out help on her own. I don't hate the character at all. They've just made her so damaged that all I want for her is get the help she needs.

And see, this is what's gonna piss me off, if everyone is coddling Angie and mad at Will. On top of all the illegal shit she did with murder teen, she wanted to bring Will into her chaos and lie for her too. Again, these are not the choices of a true recovering addict nor someone who has been in therapy. ANGIE was in the wrong. ANGIE made those choices that brought her to where she is today, being a security guard in a gated community. She honestly shouldn't get her job back because people died and her judgement is extremely poor but I understand they want her back in the mix. In the real world, there would probably be protests over her getting her job back, and there should be. But she really shouldn't be a police officer anymore, under any circumstances. So I will be very heated if they decide to act like Wilbur is the bad guy here.

Way back in S1, before we knew about Amanda being the one to find Will in the trash, we were told they met when Will was a teen and had gotten into some trouble. So I'm guessing (strictly speculation, no spoilers) whatever trouble that was, involved Rafael and we will get to see a flashback of that event and it will tie into Amanda finding him again. That makes the most sense to me, as far as what Rafael was referring to when saying he took the fall for Will.