[Bad Sisters - General Discussion]

I am only 1/3 of the way through episode five and JP just killed the cat.  I am now 1000% sure he killed his sister's cat!! and maybe also his sister!

[S19.E11: Finale Part I]

13 hours ago, SassyCat said:

Rachel also has that shiny crap all around her lips again , like she cant keep the gloss from slipping off and going all over her upper lip. Very distracting.

She also looks like she had a nose job!!

[S19.E11: Finale Part I]

14 hours ago, JenE4 said:

I almost wonder whether they purposefully told her to look stoic because she keeps vacillating between having a completely blank face and an occasional small smile.

By the end the contrast between Rachel's sad face ("I'm always fighting back tears, Jesse") and Gaby's smiling one made me think that Gabby got the ring and Rachel got nothing.  And while I can't stand Rachel and think she just wanted to "win" the ring, I hate that the show has come down to this and was always going to come down to this.

[S15.E10: Moody Monthiversaries]

14 hours ago, ECM1231 said:

Alexis's pink skin tight jumpsuit....OY!

with matching gloves!!!! does she want to look like a pink female Gumby?

while I'm at it, Morgan walks like a lumberjack.  For someone who is athletic, she seems so uncomfortable and joyless in her own body.  Agree with everyone else who said that she was way too hard on Binh.

Alexis has reached new heights of passive-aggression, smugness, and narcissism on this episode.  Her behavior at the dinner was appalling--you're so wonderful because you choose (unlike your "passionate" husband whom you treat like a child) to "regulate yourself" and say nothing.  But as was discussed at the After Party, you communicate volumes about your contempt with your facial expressions.  Then when your husband pushes you to speak, you make yourself the victim and start crying about how you're HURT and it STILL HURTS.  A bravura performance!! Her smug apology for shit stirring at the After Party was so self-congratulatory and made me stabby.  Justin is no prize but she is torturing him at this point.

I may be alone in this but I think Mitch has made some progress.  His reaction to Kirsten's complaint at dinner was surprisingly mature.  At the after party he was showing some real self-awareness and seemed genuinely regretful.  He was also impressed by Kirsten standing up for herself.  I have hopes for these two.  I also think Mitch has a great sense of humor and a quick wit, when he is not on his soapbox, and I find that very appealing.

[S15.E10: Moody Monthiversaries]

14 hours ago, ECM1231 said:

Alexis's pink skin tight jumpsuit....OY!

with matching gloves!!!! does she want to look like a pink female Gumby?

while I'm at it, Morgan walks like a lumberjack.  For someone who is athletic, she seems so uncomfortable and joyless in her own body.  Agree with everyone else who said that she was way too hard on Binh.

[S19.E10: Week 9: Overnight Dates Part 2]

29 minutes ago, MissPriss said:

After watching every show, my first impressions have been validated. Gabby is her authentic self, warts and all. Even her baby voice.
Rachel is an actress, and a bad one at that. Rachel is totally aware of the cameras and saccharine sweet. She leaves a bitter aftertaste. 
My two shallow comments. Rachel can’t hold a candle to Gabby and needs a stylist STAT! She’s either gained weight or dresses like she has. Gabby has a killer body. If I had to compete with that, I’d overeat too. Secondly, the longer the season goes, the more Rachel tries to emulate Gabby’s voice. Now THAT is truly “nails on a chalkboard”! 

I love Rachel's curves and think they're both hot in different ways. Sometimes I want to feed Gabby some pasta and tell her to calm down.  But the rest of your post--couldn't agree more.

[S19.E09: Week 9: Overnight Dates Part 1]

8 minutes ago, dizzyd said:

That’s one thing we didn’t get in this split season, a 2/1 date because those were epic. Kasey was legendary but there’ve been other strandees since then right? Didn’t Becca leave David in the desert, Taylor was left in a swamp, Ashley I was left in the badlands, Chad was left in the woods and I wish he’d stayed there, someone was left on an uninhabited Island. 

The idea of a split season may have sounded cool to them but with the limited time, it’s counterproductive to finding a forever mate which is the end goal advertised but that’s not the mandatory aspiration of most of the contestants which is popularity and has never been productions end goal, that’s just numbers and $ which have been slightly better than Michelle’s season 🤷🏻‍♀️

agreed! instead of a two on one date, we got a repeat date yesterday with that dumb lover's leap.  Talk about low budget!!

[S19.E09: Week 9: Overnight Dates Part 1]

3 hours ago, nlkm9 said:

whether or not they "did the deed" they were obviously VERY VERY physically intimate. no difference in my mind. either way shes a hypocrite.

Given that Rachel has very little to say in general and almost nothing to say to Aven in particular (seriously their whole conversation was nothing but empty cliche), there is absolutely no doubt in my mind that she will get physical with all three guys.  No judgment here at all--that's the show--but I agree that there is real cognitive dissonance going on here.  I wonder what's going to happen with Zach--looks like he will get hurt.

[Bad Sisters - General Discussion]

Did JP's mother have dementia?  the blithe way she was talking about him drowning frogs made me wonder. He could have killed the sister without the mother knowing perhaps?  Just a thought!

[Bad Sisters - General Discussion]

I think Jean Paul killed his sister and took her cat.  That's what Becka's gaze at the photo implied, for me at least.

[S15.E09: Are You Going to Gaslight Me?]

1 minute ago, Crashcourse said:

Well, actually, she is for 8 weeks. 

Yes in reality--but marriage IS FOR LIFE, AND IS NOT FOR PUNKS, as Pastor Cal is always telling us! :)

[S15.E09: Are You Going to Gaslight Me?]

1 minute ago, Empress1 said:

I think he corrected Krysten when he said they were going to Party City because they were actually going to a more “sustainable” place - maybe they were renting instead of buying (which makes more sense).

too bad she isn't just "renting" him!!

[S15.E09: Are You Going to Gaslight Me?]

2 minutes ago, Starlight925 said:

Exactly.  Either way, Krysten loses.  Mitch either throws a tantrum about having to wear the shirt, or he throws a tantrum about not being let in on the joke.

I saw the original prank video a few months ago, so I knew what this was.  A lazy production stunt, a direct ripoff from something that's already been done.  But all the guys took it in a good-natured manner, except crybaby Mitch.

Krysten has handled this whole sham-marriage like a champ.  I hope she says No on DD.  Mitch showed his true self in that bathroom, thinking he was unheard by the cameras, not realizing that the microphones were still on.

Speaking in 1st person is a flag, Krysten.  A flag.

Similar to last season's Lindy, whose bathroom tirade changed the world's opinion of her.

George doesn't like this.  Nope, George doesn't like this at all.

sorry did this by accident

[S15.E09: Are You Going to Gaslight Me?]

3 hours ago, Lindz said:

What behavior hasn't Lindy shown? She should know some behaviors are unacceptable, just ask Michaela. 😅 Maybe she shouldn't act a damn fool & retire it permanently.

I know many of us don't like Lindy and it started early on with people hating on her just because she talked a lot. I can see why for many of us, she has gone too far.  I personally still like her.  And she is definitely not Michaela!  Not even close!

[S15.E09: Are You Going to Gaslight Me?]

Alexis has a very annoying habit in group settings of smugly commenting on what others say in a very low tone only Justin can hear.  During the honeymoon she did it with him so they could both feel superior to all the other couples since they were so HAPPY and the others didn't know marriage the way they did--LOL.  Now that they're having troubles, she does it to show him she knows better than the therapist and to undermine him while he speaks.  I hate it and I think the editors give us subtitles when she does it so we can see how smug and superior and "insightful" she is.

[S19.E08: Men Tell All]

8 hours ago, eyelash said:

According to Reality Steve, the free cruise has to be take by the end of 2022 and is a transatlantic cruise, meaning the ship is repositioning between Europe and the US.  You have to either travel Miami-to-Barcelona or vice versa at the very end of the cruising season.  The ports where the ship docks are considered more refueling and reprovisioning stops as opposed to top tourist destinations.  Not quite the sunny, port-filled cruise the audience members might be imagining!

Barcelona sounds pretty good to me.

[S19.E08: Men Tell All]

13 hours ago, Lamb18 said:

Cool, a free cruise! There is a lady in the audience wearing an orange dress who looks like Bob Hope wearing a dark long hair wig.

speaking of the audience, what was the deal with the guy in the dark curly wig?? what was I missing?  ETA: should have read the thread before asking--thank you!!

Rachel's outfit in Salem--short green nighty with long wool coat--was a new fashion low not just for her but for the series.

[S15.E08: Party Ways]

10 hours ago, ECM1231 said:

Yes, it's HER name, as well as her father's, but again the wife ( her mother) took her husband's name and it was given to their children. That's why I could never understand feminists who made a big deal out of married women keeping their maiden name, which all began with a MAN. The mother's name was always dropped. Some couples hyphenate , which is a good compromise, I guess.

I never had an issue  taking my husband's last name. We're both Italian -American with names ending in a vowel, but my surname is way easier to pronounce. Telemarketers really butcher the pronunciation.

As with so many other things involving women and their lives, as long as it is a choice and not an imposition/requirement, I can see either side.  If you've been publishing for years and then get married, changing your name can make things confusing.

[S15.E08: Party Ways]

I agree that Lindy was acting entitled and overly demanding by insisting Miguel put her on his insurance--but let's not forget that she was reacting to his insistence that she give up her name, and I don't think that was fair of him (I get where Kirsten was coming from but taking a name or not is a matter of choice, the insurance thing is a different kind of issue).  I found his calm response to her being upset unsettling rather than impressive.  He kept saying, both during the fight and when they made up after, "I don't like this version of you."  Dude--screw you! that is so patronizing and withholding.  If my husband said that to me when we fought, I would get even more enraged!! Is it her job only to please him? She was right to say that they each had sides the other wouldn't like.  He is far from perfect and he can be a real cold fish.

[S19.E07: Week 7]

14 hours ago, Adeejay said:

Rachel was wrong for that.  In the history of this franchise, I would bet good money that just about every Lead had a family they didn't want to meet, knowing how they felt. But they put on their big girl/boy pants and did what they had to do.  I am sure Tyler's family went to great lengths for this meeting.  The least she could have done was break bread with them.  

I get that in some ways she was being kind--why get his hopes up?  but if you factor in her earlier cancelling of a group date because of that ass Logan, my verdict is that she is immature and self-involved.

[S19.E07: Week 7]

14 hours ago, Lamb18 said:

Wow, the editing crew sure got that video put together fast! Especially since the hot tub date was just a few days before the events in this episode.

it amazes me how 50% of her relationship with Zach, minimal as it has been, involves reminiscing and watching themselves on video.

[S15.E07: Real Life Reckoning]

1 hour ago, StatisticalOutlier said:

She said it's the sculpture she mentioned in her speech, and I'm not sure what speech but I do remember in a previous episode (maybe even in the wedding one) she said that in her bid for body positivity, she'd made a mold of her vagina.  And maybe even identified the friend who helped??

I'm all for body positivity and if she wants to wear clothes that cling and look sexy (even if it means your boobs will hit your chin when you're horseback riding with no bra), then good for her, truly--I admire that.  But displaying images of your body on your living room wall is next level and not in a good way IMO.  Didn't Myrla also have a wall of photos of herself, although G rather than X rated?

If my kid did a portrait of me in whatever medium I would proudly display it, out of pride in him!

[S15.E07: Real Life Reckoning]

1 hour ago, Kimboweena said:

Ok, the dog drama overshadowed everything else about Alexis and Justin. Did anyone else catch the scene when they were at her place, and she held up the vajayjay, um, sculpture? Really didn't need to see that!

LOLLL thank you for noticing that!!! And the painting he wanted to put on the bathroom wall (for x-rated purposes I am assuming) of her butt?? I wonder if the vagina sculpture was also done of her own anatomy (??).  Her narcissism is off the charts! did you know she was proposed to three times??? (lol)

[S15.E07: Real Life Reckoning]

On 8/17/2022 at 5:10 PM, kristen111 said:

WOW .. Love the apartments and furnishings.  Chill out Statia.  She’s already giving Nate instructions where to put their stuff.  Go with the flow and don’t be a nag.  No wonder these marriages don’t last.  Don’t sweat the small stuff.

good lord, Stacia, stay out of his cabinets and stop judging! also why do we have to have a decorative tray on the bed?  do we live in a hotel?

[S19.E06: Week 6]

I would also add that this show's idea of "high fashion" for Rachel is so 80s! To me she looks like an Alexis Carrington wannabe with those big sleeves, or maybe more of a Krystal.