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Is it only available on streaming services in the US? We were watching BBC America and the scroll reminded that the new season starts there on 1 January, but a review of their schedule that day includes no Dr. Who episodes.

Whether Bronwyn’s analysis of herself and the ladies was at all accurate, it sure resonated with me. Most people will hang with me, but I spent most of my life fighting for recognition, beginning with my parents and sister (my sister admitted to a friend of the family that she never wanted a sister and there were no other siblings). My sister, five years older than I, preceded me in school all of my public education. She was smarter than I (graduated fourth in her high school, while I only graduated 57th) and some of our mutual teachers would regularly ask me why I couldn’t be more like my sister. She passed in 2008 from cancer and I lost focus from the competition that no longer existed. Colored my life and, at 68 years old, I have few people I deeply trust. After two failed marriages, my third has been a joy. Hubby is wonderful and ‘gets me’. I understand Bronwyn’s ‘soliloquy’ completely.

I have to wonder, though I don’t care that much, whether it will be Jax or his ex that retains the spot on the show. I rather liked her and her name escapes me just now, but Jax should be relegated to the most backwater competition shows on streaming networks.

It’s why I wonder if Bronwyn will be back next season. She already sees that she hasn’t been accepted by the hags and it is causing friction with Todd. Depends on how much she thinks the show is worth the apparent aggravation. Were I her, no, it’s NOT worth it.

A show I don’t watch and probably won’t pick up now. Wondering if the reboot will keep the same name, VPR. I have to admit that I will probably watch the reboot because it was a lot more fun to watch VPR with struggling 20 year olds than it was in recent years. Do we know if this reboot will go to the Las Vegas location or stay in LA?

Watching the opening of the Macy’s parade in NYC. One of the special guests for the parade is one Ariana Madix. I doubt she will care if she no longer has VPR to fall back on. To be on the marquee for the Macy’s parade is a good sign that one has made it in NYC.

I am left feeling Bronwyn will not return next season. She simply doesn’t fit in and shouldn’t want to. Lisa rarely participates in these costume events if they don’t flatter her and let Lisa be Lisa. She is not interested in making believe she is someone else because she believes herself to be too fabulous.

Anecdotally, I had two bad marriages before my successful third marriage, still in progress. My daughter, from my first marriage, decided my third marriage was a smack in the face to her, despite watching me go through two failed marriages and a committed relationship or two in between. We are all but estranged now, for the only reason that I finally found a successful relationship and she wanted me all to herself.

Am watching this final episode for lack of anything else to do. Remind me: was Lisa guilty of what everyone was accusing her of? Was this something made out of nothing?

A few observations: They had the right idea at Christmas when Christine was discussing the evolving relationship with David with the older kids - wanting to have this discussion before Truely was there. But then they continued the discussion with Truely present and she was not comfortable. She absorbed herself into her book, but we cannot miss that she could still hear the ensuing discussion. Meri has Kody’s number. She was smacking him over the head with her explanation that she wasn’t buying his perception of things. Meri wasn’t going to Christmas with people that didn’t love her. Not sure who the people were that she did spend with, but good on her. Kody using Robyn as the reason Meri should still come shows just how sick he is. Glad she said no. Christine finally understanding Kody/Robyn now that she has her own wonderful relationship.

Then it just points out the phoniness of what the Browns were initially trying to sell us.

That there are, what, 13 kids among the three wives? I don’t wanna be too gross, but that he could do the deed at least 13 times and probably more with the three of them and not love them says more about him than it does about them.

I believe Gabe went through some counseling, possibly through his college. They have counseling at most universities now. Especially given he was the one who found his brother, I am sure Gabe has made good use of those services.

But is it a highly rated show now? The entire genre of Reality has taken a hit, but this season on SW is so bad, I cannot imagine they have a huge audience anymore.

I must’ve missed something. The guy seems to say he has some closet skeletons that need to be dealt with. Am I mistaken?