SemiCharmedLife

Understatement of the year!!

We all know Britt and Marc have a fake storyline, but how is this all going to resolve? Marc was taking sex lessons from a pro to surprise Britt for her birthday?

Even the commercials have axe throwing!!!

Destinee? Why do they hate us so much? The baby is adorable, though.

Tayler finally seems to be on to Chance. I hope she comes to her senses before marrying him. I was questioning this, as well.

Hi Bunkies, It's time to get our snark on! I come here every Friday to watch these idiots make terrible decisions, so I can feel better about my life.😉

And, Lisa offered nothing in the way of reasons for college, except that she also went to college. If he wants to be successful at business, earning a degree in business, marketing, etc would be a start.

I think they were trying to make the point that Kathy's lawyers have squashed some of the stories. They are really angry that Kathy is using her clout to "silence" them. I remember Rinna was furious when Denise sent a cease and desist letter regarding the Brandi drama. Their plan to distract from Erika's latest blowup can't happen if Kathy is successful at a cover up.

Just enough to rent an outfit for the next occasion! (Rinna is regretting she let that comment slip, since we will now speculate on her looks being rented. She's got a garage full. of vintage fashions...why doesn't she wear some of those?)

I agree! I think Kyle might have been on board with the FF5 take down of Kathy, until she saw how far Rinna was taking it. They goaded Kathy until she truly had a meltdown and then Rinna was like a dog with a bone. No amount of apologizing on Kathy's part would satisfy Rinna until every last utterance was shared and Kathy's head was skewered on a spike. Kyle now realizes that she opened Pandora's box.

Wow, when an episode can rehabilitate Kyle's image, you know it is a doozy! If Kyle gets a backbone and continues to stand strong against the Gruesome Twosome, she may get the fan acceptance she's always craved. I'm dying to know if it was Rinna or Erika's publicist that went to the press-- maybe both?

I am so disappointed that Maricsa was eliminated. I thought she was a front runner, with her original flavors and creativity. When the judges critiqued her second dish, I did think she was going to be leaving, but then Lauren had a very hard shell on hers, and raw components. I thought Lauren's mistakes were worse than Maricsa's (but I'm not tasting the dishes) and she did win the first round, so I was surprised when they made the announcement.

She was definitely ... interesting. I don't think any other housewife filmed half the season from her closet (this was pre-covid, no less)! I think she was a liability with her racial microaggressions, and she opened herself up to all kinds of scrutiny regarding her "church" by being in the public eye. I read so much online about her - there would have been loads of tea to spill if she had continued on the show.

I agree, to a point. Courtney, the newbie, has no business being lead deckhand, even though she is taking initiative and doing her job well. I think it was at production's urging for Storm to appoint a lead, because it would cause drama amongst the three amigos. They were working fine as a team (barring Jason, who did his own thing), so there was no need to disrupt that by choosing a lead.

And, she would have left in a nanosecond had Sam been real. So her current anger toward Christine for leaving and breaking her vows is pure hypocrisy. Robyn throwing darts at Christine for not trying to make her marriage work is also hypocrisy since Robyn has left a marriage much shorter than what Christine endured. Not to mention that Robyn's favoritism and manipulations to be the only wife is what has destroyed Christine's relationship with Kody.

I think this is the most ridiculous firing (or quitting) in the history of BD franchises. Firstly, Courtney and Natalya both were in Storm's ear about Jason. Jason may not be the most upbeat deckhand, and he was definitely outside of the clique, but he did do his work and I think would have improved in the attitude department if he had been managed better. I thought Storm was being reasonable with his conversation last week, but Jason felt under appreciated and decided to quit. I'm glad he stayed for this last charter and did a good job. Secretly, I'm hoping they get a disaster of a deckhand for a replacement. I know, I'm bad! 😊

Part 2 of my Meri rant: I can't believe I forgot about Meri criticizing Christine's character. She said that Christine has been negative and sour looking since the early days of their marriage (I'm paraphrasing here). Meri, yes Meri, is saying THAT!?! Pot, meet kettle!

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I'm wondering if Kyle originally was in on the FF5 going after Kathy. She kind of set her up with the constant picking on her about her slippers, clothing, not supporting her tequila tasting. But, then when Kathy had her meltdown and maybe said some serious things about Kyle and the family, Kyle got nervous and wanted to backtrack. She saw how Rinna was going for blood and maybe had second thoughts. She still didn't stick up for Kathy when Rinna was calling her black hearted and so on, but she looked like she had just opened up Pandora's box. I can't wait to see how this will be addressed at the reunion!

Oh, yes! Kody and Robyn are their usual self-involved narcissists, but I was really upset with Meri, when she finally decided to say something this season. It seems, in her anger about Christine leaving and breaking her vows, Miss Self Righteous Meri has forgotten that she had an online affair with a catfish, who she was planning on leaving the family for. Everything Meri said tonight made me see red. She is so delusional. Her best karma would be living the crap life she has, waiting to see if Robyn will throw her some scraps from time to time.

THIS needs to happen! I would add one more HW, however, Rinna the Roach herself. Maybe she will get some of the abuse she has heaped upon the others. Revenge is sweet, baby!

I agree, especially since we see the same laminated dough technique every year in PASTRY week. I don't think we would be so disappointed in bread week if at least one of the challenges had bread as the main focal point. I'm also of the opinion that it is perfectly okay to repeat challenges from time to time. It won't get stale (pun intended 😉) if we occasionally see a challenge from a previous season. In fact, I would be interested to see how the baking has evolved (or not). They could also do a previous challenge, with a little twist on it, if they wanted to keep it fresh.

I agree that adding meat and fish to a traditional cake sounds less than appetizing. I think the term "cake" was more to describe the look of it. They seemed to be more of a layered sandwich with a savory "icing" of sorts. But, there was a lot going on in some of the dishes!

I thought some high points this week were: Syabira's showstopper - just beautifully decorated and the judges appreciated the taste. Janusz' creativity and finishing touches. (The flavors didn't sound that appealing to me, but he was going for something very traditionally British and I don't have experience with that.) James' marbled bread and cute pandas. Sandro's pizza - the stuffed crust sounded yummy. Even though her pizza was pretty basic, I would have dived into Carole's pizza. I loved that the cheese was overflowing- just my style! Congrats to Janusz for another turn at Star Baker. I'm glad everyone else stayed to bake another day!

Holy Canolli...I need to go watch a tearjerker to cheer myself up after that cry fest. See you all in a week! Have a good one!