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I think Javi could ask Kail to pass the milk and she'll turn it into a discussion about how they can't talk without fighting and how the milk has nothing to do with their therapy tools and divorce, divorce, divorce. He's calmly sat down multiple times to talk about what can be done and she halts all conversation by saying that, no, they can't talk because they always fight. How are you going to resolve anything if every time you sit down to talk, one side gives the same lecture over and over again? Also, put the damn phone down while driving, especially in the rain. It's telling that everything that Corey listed directly had to do with the girls (Gracie's breakfast, the lateness, the therapy) and Leah's only defense was saying that it seems like there is plotting against her. I understand her feeling overwhelmed (especially with Gracie in that household, DAMN), but that's exactly the reason she should give Corey more time.

Poor Addy. I just wanted them to reach behind and move that bookbag from her face. Leah and Jeremy, that is not an air bag substitute for babies. Was Ali back there? I didn't see her. She was either with someone else or they accidentally packed her in the back and never noticed.

"We need to change our visitation schedule because I can't be driving six hours to get Isaac to you." "Well, I'm planning on moving so that I'll be closer to him." "I don't want that either." WTF. Seriously, what was that? Was his car seat not locked into the car seat base (or whatever it's called) or something? The way it was shaking, it looked like they just plopped it in the back.

Lee Ann Edmonds has passed away.

It was their last day there, so maybe she was going for an early-morning swim after putting her luggage out. I don't remember seeing much of her after that.

Yeah, Carole's initial reaction (that we saw) right after Heather led her into Bethenny's room but before they went to Ramona's was "Oh my God, what is wrong with them?" She was questioning Dorinda just as much as Heather was right afterwards. She clearly wasn't cool with what happened, even if she wasn't as loud as Heather. Bethenny didn't immediately agree with her because she was trying to get the facts - she initially thought that they were angry because Ramona brought home a guy and she was thinking, "What are we, the Golden Girls, we can't bring home a damn guy?" (Which made little sense, because Blanche alone would out-sex all of these women.) When Carole said, no, LuAnn brought home a guy too and she was fine with it because LuAnn had made sure he left and that wasn't the case with Ramona, Bethenny said, "I totally get that [...] I get it, I wouldn't have liked that." Then the conversation switched to the Cursing Dinner. She didn't shrug it off, she agreed that she wouldn't have liked it either.

She basically did and Carole and Heather responded with "Okay" and walked out of her bedroom. When they were in the kitchen afterwards (but before LuAnn came down), Heather was complaining about Ramona and only Ramona. It's when LuAnn came down and told her to stop being uncool that the whole thing started up with LuAnn again. They weren't complaining about her having a man in her room - once she said she sent her man on his merry way, Heather pulled back. The only time LuAnn's guy was the focus was when Kristen said that he was married. After that, when everything looked like it cooled down a bit (no yelling), Heather was still focused on the sleeping naked dude while talking with LuAnn in the bedroom. I think that if LuAnn had left it at the conversation they had while she was still in bed and hadn't basically belittled Heather's concerns, then the bull's-eye would have solely been on Ramona.

There were also those rape allegations (one which was settled out of court and involved an actual castmate being assaulted by two others) that hit the Real World and one of its spin-offs a few years back. I'd be pissed off too if I woke up to just a bathroom separating me and a strange man that the rest of my castmates barely knew and were too drunk to handle.

I thought Bethenny meant that she's not eating at that very moment because she's busy with Sonja. She was trying to get LuAnn to go back to the table and leave them alone. LuAnn kept saying that people were waiting and they were going to start eating and Bethenny replied with "I'm not eating" - as in: I'm not eating right now, I'm arguing with Sonja. Go do whatever you want at the table and leave us alone.

I love the story of Dorinda's house and how her dad was finally able to go through the front door instead of the back after she ended up buying it. Bethenny can be abrasive but holy crap, is Heather annoying. Bethenny doesn't want to be friends with you, she doesn't want be enemies with you, she doesn't want to be anything to you except a co-worker - let it gooooooooooo. She doesn't want your help with her food, she doesn't want to talk to you about custody arrangements, she doesn't want to talk to you about Kristen's feelings, she doesn't want your fuckin' meatball, she obviously does not care about forming a relationship with you that's past greeting each other when you are in the same spot. I don't think either is jealous of the other one but there is a personality clash going on and while Bethenny is fine with not trying to force things, Heather isn't and that is irritating. Bethenny was actually nicer than I would have been because I would have told Heather to leave me the hell alone and go eat her meatball the second time she brought it up.

Yeah, Carole annoys me most of the time, but I really liked her during that Bethenny scene. That was the best way to react for Bethenny, especially since it ended up with them laughing over having to pay for the napkins Bethenny used. I do see a nice friendship forming since they complement each other.

Who could blame her, her mother dropped children almost every time she walked more than ten paces.

I think Jana is in the back, so the one parent is keeping track of them.

Pinch hitters in case one of the Duggar girls is down and out and Michelle and Jim Bob are faced with the prospect of having to take care of one of their own younger children.

The girls have smartphones, although with restrictions. The boys either have those old dumbphones or smartphones that are completely locked down with no internet access whatsoever. See here.

Here is the article. It's the Duggars, Cake Boss, Cheer Perfection, HBB, and Discovery Channel's Sons of Guns.

The police report mentioned that most of the victims lived with their parents, Michelle and Jim Bob.

Bethenny's nonverbal reaction to Sonja mentioning her friend, the swami priest, cracked me the hell up. She just looked so confused. And yet I still forget she's even on the show until she opens her mouth.

Yeah, the spell doesn't have to necessarily be bound to the person that cast it - spells have been bound to things like the moonstone or other people. Considering Kai made a point to say that if they tried to do away with the spell, both Elena and Bonnie would die instantly, I'm going to assume that it's bound to them somehow. I'm also guessing that the crypt spell is one that is tied to the life of the witch who cast it (in this case, Bonnie). I say this because I don't want next season to be one where they are running around trying to save Elena again, especially after those good-byes.

I'm guessing (hoping?) if it's just for the series finale (rather than an arc), it would be a flash-forward which takes place after Bonnie has lived a very long and happy life.

Characters are only worthy if they have sexual chemistry with a Salvatore. LOL at Enzo not even having a last name, though. What a well thought out character!

Well, I cried. Not just for the good-bye scenes (especially the ones with Bonnie and Jeremy), but because this was the Elena that I thought was awesome and that I missed. I wish she had returned sooner. I thought the dance was sort of weird, though. Like, hey, let's do some ballroom dancing while we're here! Well, that's a depressing thought. Someone keep an eye on Klaus' well-being because his fate could make all these vamps drop dead all at once.

Probably because he was hanging out with a group in which everyone was young enough to be his kids.

No, I meant if they all agreed that Bonnie should cut the tether. That she shouldn't be stuck with something like this for the rest of her life so that Elena would wake up. If the coma-curse thing is even happening because that sounds too weird for me.

Well, that'll be a way to show Bonnie she's more than than someone to be used when something dangerous needs to be done to help out another character.