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Thanks for sharing the info, Spacefly. I feel sorry for her family, not just because of the embarrassment of her this season but in being related to such a trashy ho-bag with zero self-awareness. To me, Ashley seems to be stuck emotionally at around 14. It's all about "winning" to her and showing off. She seems to think that just because she's got a massive pair of boobs, it's all that's necessary. It may be, at least temporarily, for someone like Gary, who doesn't appear to bring much to the table (unless his wand shoots gold bricks out of it) and would soon tire of her anyhow but she's not likely to get someone who would appreciate her as anything more than a living, breathing sex doll. Wait until those cellulite dimples get bigger and the boobs start to droop. The whole time Gabi was saying that she was so disappointed in herself, etc., I was yelling at my tv "Then stop drinking!" That's actually good advice for all of them, other than Colin and Marcos. They all drink like it's their 21st birthday and first time to drink legally. They all drink like there's no tomorrow, then have to get up the next morning to prepare for charter, moaning and crying about how awful they feel. Zero sympathy from me, especially since half the crew is/was 30 and older. Daisy may be a very nice person but she's just not an effective chief stew. As soon as she became aware there were issues between Gabi and Ashley, and especially that Ashley was being insubordinate to Gabi, she should have nipped that in the bud. Immediately. She also should have told Ashley that she didn't want any more of Ashley playing run-tell-dat on Gabi. And it's beyond hypocritical for Daisy to tell Gabi (or anybody) that they need to stop drinking when every single morning after going out, Daisy says she's hung over, etc. Heck, one of the first things she said about the whole villa thing was that she needed to get lit. Why? Because she worked for two or three days? Girl, please. She was probably so drunk at the villa that she didn't even realize she kicked Gabi in the face at the pool. I'm amazed that no one drowned that afternoon (with the exception of Ashley and her flotation devices). I think Gabi was an excellent stew but with problems that were either caused by or exacerbated by alcohol and who didn't need to be in the close confines of a sailboat yacht. It was best for her to leave and while I'm sorry to see her go, it was the right move. I hope the new stew will be put into second stew position. From the previews, she looks pretty so Ashley will probably lose her mind. Speaking of, I don't believe Gary for a second that he has zero memory of being in the guest room with Ashley. At one point he said he didn't remember getting back to the boat from the villa, then at another, he said he remembered her foot massage. So which is it? I think these people use the "I don't remember" card way too often. If they truly don't remember, they are drinking way, way too much. I agree with posters upthread who said that if Ashley was the man in the scenario with Gary, it would be assault and rape. She is so aggressive, if I were Gary I'd be worried she'd rip my head off after mating, like a praying mantis.

I totally forgot about Adam running into that branch. That scene, along with Ashley's faceplant and Vicki Gunvalson from the OC Housewives getting nailed by a football are some of the greatest scenes ever.

Ashley falling off her bunk and face planting on the floor gave me a case of the warm fuzzies I don't often get while watching Bravo shows. It made me feel all was right in the world.

I have missed the last few weeks of MAFS due to work commitments . . . and I've realized I don't really care. I read the comments here and listen to YouTubers talk about it and I'm good. None of these folks should stay together so just end it now. Olajuwon is a chauvinistic, abusive pig, Katina is in a hostage situation, Lindsay and Mark both need therapy, independent of each other, Noi is a child, Steve is allergic to work, Jasmina has zero feels for Michael and Michael is afraid of her. Crazy to say but once Chris and Alyssa were done, so was this season pretty much. Mark down Mr. Feany, Sushi and the cats that own Lindsay and Mark as the only ones from this season I'd want to hang with. (I'm not counting Chris, since he's basically no longer on the show)

Team Gary on Coffeegate. Daisy should have taken his information and realized that these charter guests might be early risers and adjust her crew's schedules accordingly. She shouldn't have blown off Gary's concerns and said it was no big deal for Kelsie to make coffee. Maybe under normal circumstances but when deck crew is down a person, it is. I have a suspicion she wouldn't feel the same if Gabriela or Ass-ley had to pitch in for the deck crew, taking them away from doing cabins or something like that. Clearly firing Tom mid-charter was done for entertainment/ratings/whatever. Even if he weren't pulling his weight, he's still an extra body when needed, at least until the end of this charter. Sending him off and away in front of the guests seems especially cruel to me. Wait until this charter is over and then let him go when no one other than crew is aboard the boat. Ass-ley is nothing but a skeeze in my book. She dissed Tom until she clearly wasn't getting anywhere with Gary then hooked up with Tom, then said she prejudged him and he wasn't all that bad -- until he got in trouble and then suddenly she was back to her "this is why I don't like men my own age" b.s. and dissing him again. She's pretty vile. And I don't think her dislike for Gabriela has anything to do with racism. I think it's because Ass-ley is one of those females who is in competition with every other female. It started because Gabriela was made second stew and just exacerbated because Gary was kissing all over Gabriela (and maybe more). Producers, please, no more talent shows. It's ridiculous that we're expected to believe that charter guests who pay $$$$$ for a charter would want a talent show of any crew, much less crew they don't know. I love Marcos but he was wrong re: Gabriela. His food continues to look (and apparently taste) amazing. Colin continues to be awesome.

Have no fear, Snarts. I fancy Marcos. I notice him every episode. Yummy. I had to look up "sket" because I'd never heard it before. According to Urban Dictionary, basically a whore with no concerns for morals. Well. I noticed how quickly Ashley threw Tom under the bus. She didn't confess to distracting him, she didn't say when she got up and went to check in on him, the wind wasn't blowing, anchor wasn't dragging. Nope. She told Daisy that Tom wasn't her boyfriend and she wasn't responsible. Even if Tom were her boyfriend, she's not responsible for his actions but that just proved what a shitty human being Ashley is. I think the truest statement Ashley made all night was that she didn't have female friends. No kidding. First of all, I have a feeling that Ashley sees all other females as competition. Secondly, she strikes me as someone who would sleep with your man in a second (or try to) and think nothing of it. Tom's behavior was terrible -- but so was Ashley's. I think immaturity and alcohol plays a very large part of it for Tom. He needs to stop drinking. Actually, the majority of this crew needs to stop drinking. While I may have thrown up in my mouth a little bit from Gabriela making out with Gary, I also had to thoroughly enjoy how much it pissed off Ashley. Ha ha. Daisy is quickly becoming one of the worst chief stews we've seen. She needs to have a discussion with Gabriela and Ashley - and NOT when they are drinking - and tell them that she doesn't care whether they like each other or not but they will respect one another and Ashley will give Gabriela the respect she deserves as second stew . . . or their jobs are on the line. Gabriela isn't wrong that Ashley should not be playing run-tell-dat to Daisy. Of course Daisy also needs to stop that. But she won't - the same way she (and others) won't tell Ashley to her face that what she did to Tom was pretty bad. I guess Ashley needs to be hit with a 2x4 to understand that Gary isn't likely to hit it. She is persistent. Embarrassing but persistent. I fear that Tom is not long for the boat. Between his friend's dad's illness and Ashley, his head is not in the game. Too bad that Kelsie isn't his supervisor. She has noticed it and has given him some encouraging, but firm, pep talks.

I'm not so certain she was being truthful there. Even way back in my drinking days, I never had so much to drink that I blacked out on entire events. I'm wondering is she's trying to save face by claiming that she doesn't remember. IF she is being truthful, she needs to realize she has a problem and stop drinking. (Of course some of these folks drink as if they are headed to the executioner the next morning.) Not just that but I wonder about the legalities and responsibilities of having a still-intoxicated crew working on a yacht. Captain Sandy made this an issue (as she should have) with a deckhand whose name escapes me at the moment, several seasons back when Hannah was the chief stew. Travis maybe? So Tom has a best friend whose father is dying? I am not questioning it or being snarky in any way but is it a requirement that every season has to have at least one crew member who has a family member/friend sick/dying or something? Ashley is THE. WORST. So she has no time for Tom until she's drunk off her ass and Gary is ignoring her, After banging it out in the guest cabin (did she ask permission?) now suddenly, Tom's not so bad. Run, Tom, run! #FreeTom And for the love of God, I hope you wrapped it up. And she is the third stew, which means you are under the second stew. Was this never explained to her? I don't understand what is so egregious about Gabrielle writing out the to-do list. If it were me, I would appreciate having a list, not just to keep myself on track but also as a CYA in case something wasn't done. Ashley's tits seem to have sucked all the oxygen away from her brain because she can't seem to figure that out. Daisy is partly to blame because she isn't squashing this immediately. She doesn't need to give a kindergarten pep talk about how everyone should get along during a tip meeting and in front of everyone else. She needs to sit Gabrielle and Ashley down and explain very clearly to Ashley that she is the third stew and therefore under Gabriella. I also think she needs to say that they need to just do their jobs and STFU but that's just me. That beach picnic was an embarrassment. Totally with Gabriella on that. At least get the chairs set up and a tablecloth on the table. Maybe the tent should have been last? Of course, if Ashley or Kelsie had their radios on, they would have heard the guests were preparing to depart the yacht and could have asked for more time -- and help. This isn't rocket science. Colin continues to be awesome. Loved his poking fun at the "dad bodies" of the deck crew. Ha ha. Marcos also continues to be awesome. His food and its presentation delivers.

I'm going with Ashley. I think Tom's issue is that he's green on a sailboat but he seems willing to learn (although he does apparently have a temper). He's definitely super concerned about his hair and his cologne but that is likely age. I'm not quite sure why he had to apologize to Ashley when she was worse than he was the night before, nor do I understand why he is interested in her in the slightest. Especially after his remark on the first day that he hoped she had a good personality to go with her looks (boobs). She has proven that she does not. Honestly, so far she's like a female Gary from last season. She's apparently in the middle of a triangle and I have no idea why, other than big boobs. She's a pretty enough girl but her attitude is repulsive. She's sexing up a coworker on day one, less than 12 hours after meeting him, putting down another and three or four days later is basically telling that coworker she's horny and begging to be laid. It seems like I remember reading that these charter seasons are six weeks long in real time. Can some of these people not be "single" for six weeks? I don't get it. Ha! You win for the funniest comment. I would pay money to see Marcos wallop Charles with a frying pan. Daisy is a terrible manager. First, she drinks like a fish on the first day in front of her crew. No bueno. And now she wants to Gabriela and Ashley to work out their own differences. Um, that's what you're there for, Daisy. Gabriela definitely needs to let Daisy know that she cleaned up the bar, after Ashley was instructed to do so, and she also needs to put Daisy on notice that Ashley thinks the second and third stew designations are passe. (No doubt Ashley wouldn't feel that way if she were second stew.) My ex disagrees and has proven that yes, somebody CAN be that much of an asshole. These guests are disgusting. Getting booted off a plane for their behavior would immediately make me cancel their charter. They are going to be high maintenance, whining, complaining, miserable twits who will leave a bad tip and make sure to point out why their tip got dinged. I also don't understand why, if you are insistent on having X number of guests, and the boat only sleeps Y, you don't choose a larger boat. Was Captain Lee busy? We know Captain Sandy would jump in front of the camera for anything. But yeah, put more demands on the crew by having them split the master with a drape. Ugh. Marcos is a dream. I would not appreciate the charter guests coming into my galley but he's so easygoing. And his food looks delish. Gabriela is a solid stew and Kelsie appears to be a hard worker who doesn't complain. I think Tom may prove to be solid once he buckles down and gets more familiar with the boat. Ashley is clearly going to be the problem -- and nothing will be done. Daisy won't want to address it, which is clear since Gabriela went to Gary (Gary!) for advice. I will give Gary this -- he did give her good advice. Love Colin and Marcos. They are absolutely my type. Three episodes in and BDSY is far more interesting than BD was all last season.

Truer words, @featherhead . . . truer words. I finally watched this episode last night, after it sat on my DVR for two weeks and I was pretty entertained by it. I don't get the Gary love either -- it must be the bad boy thing -- but I do love the bromance between him and Colin. Happy to see Colin back. He seems like a nice guy, I adored his love for his dog last season, and he appears to be a hard worker. I think Gary probably works fairly hard too if Glenn offered him a full-time gig, but the editing monkeys are fond of showing him hanging out and smoking a lot. Ashley is clearly Sydney 2.0. How soon before Gary hooks up with her and then turns his attention elsewhere? And I have to say it's pretty shitty of Gary to remotely flirt with Ashley after hearing directly from Tom that Tom is crushing on her. And will Gary wash his hair this season? Marcos the chef, so far, is cool under pressure and his food looks awesome. I hope neither of these facts change. I cannot remember the female deckhand's name, but she seems like she knows what she's doing. And as pointed out above, the best thing is she's not Rayna. I didn't like or dislike Daisy last season but she's a pretty shitty supervisor, at least IMO, if she's drinking liquor straight from the bottle in front of her crew less than 12 hours after being introduced. Tacky, tacky, tacky. And why are they effing up the decks just before a charter starts? And drinking provisions? I don't get it. The primary is pretty foul when he's drinking. He was completely out of line with Gabriella - but she handled it pretty well. He should be ashamed watching this, between his comments to her and then his comment about his own junk size. Regarding Glenn sharing a cabin, I'm guessing it's either due to the size of the sailboat or production is occupying the true captain's cabin. Although I will say that Glenn's bunk looks wider than most of the other bunks. I would think in the "real" world, someone like Colin or Gary would share that cabin with Glenn and not a green deckhand like Tom or Jean-Luc. In fact, last season Gary was sharing with Glenn but switched with Jean-Luc because of JL being so tall and needing more space. Because I only said it once, Marcos' food looks AMAZING. So far, I'm in for this season. Spain is absolutely STUNNING. I love seeing it and I love hearing Glenn speak on how much he loves it (and lives there.)

I'm wondering if Jo (Nancy) had a perm? EVERYONE had a perm back in the 80s. Or a body wave. But yeah, the bigger, fluffer hair would be more work than the ponytail (although I think Nancy looked gorgeous with it). Jo's wardrobe was very schizophrenic at times. She'd be in a t-shirt and jeans or camo pants one minute and the next, she was wearing the big boxy 80s blazer and shirts with buttoned up collars. Blair definitely could have tossed out a comment about how Jo's wardrobe was improving at least SOMEWHAT since she was finally choosing clothing that she couldn't purchase from the same place she bought her wrenchs . Or osmething like that. The Fort Lauderdale episodes are totally bizarre. I'm going solely on memory right now with the other girls but Blair was dressed like a bank manager and even Tootie was outfitted as if she were interviewing for a position in Blair's bank (were she an actual bank manager). It just seemed odd choices for college students on spring break. And then we get to Jo. I never thought of the Nena comparison, although apt. I always felt like Willy Wonka sent FOL some enlarged Oompa Loompa costumes in red. I remember people wearing stuff like this but I've always wondered if Nancy put on a little weight and wardrobe gave her the Lisa treatment but with an Oompa Loompa suit instead of western shirts and denim skirts. It's a completely weird choice and doesn't go with what she had been wearing -- or the fact they were in Florida on spring break. I mean, temps should have been in the 80s at least, if not hotter. Which fact alone makes me wonder why Blair (and possibly Tootie) would be wearing pantyhose and heels. The main thing I remember about the Fort Lauderdale episodes is Michael Damian as Flyman. I used to LOVE him way back in the day on Young & the Restless! I plead guilty to wearing the three-part ponytail like Jo did.

I used to have the boat shoes (I think we called them Docksiders too). And Dr. Scholls. And Jellys. The 80s were awesome. I loved Family Ties. Years later, I had a friend who had worked on Family Ties. He told me some interesting tidbits. He said that the show was initially a star vehicle for Meredith Baxter (then) Birney, who was the only "name" in the cast. Michael J. Fox exploded as Alex P. Keaton but MBB had been in the biz long enough to know that no matter who was the official "star," everyone on the show benefitted. My friend said that both MBB and MJF were really cool, nice people to everyone. HOWEVER, not so with Justine Bateman, who played Mallory. He said out of all the people he's EVER met in his life, she was one of the most vile. Condescending, talked down to people on set and had a really inflated head. He said she was thoroughly disliked by basically everyone on the FT set. He mentioned that once the show ended, she basically disappeared (at least for a few years) because her reputation very much proceeded her. That is one thing I will say for the "girls" on FOL. Nothing bad was written about them during the run of the show (outside of the terrible "Fats" of Life jokes) and they all apparently had real friendship on and off set. And they all went on to do other things in the industry.

We stand in unison, Mrs. Landingham! I also remember the pre-cell phone era and having to carry a dime or quarter) with you everywhere in case you needed to use a pay phone. It is pretty amazing to watch the Paris movie today and think that Natalie was what? 15? Tootie would have been 14 then and they were running around Paris unsupervised. I think the season before this, Tootie's parents would not allow her to go to New York with Mrs. G and the other girls so I can only imagine how they would react over her being completely unsupervised in Paris. Ha ha! By the time Blair and Jo start college, Blair was dressing like a 40-year-old executive or secretary. I blame the wardrobe department, who seemed to think that Lisa's healthy figure couldn't be put into jeans or something your average college student would wear, and the 80s. Heck, when the gang over at Beverly Hills 90210 were starting their freshman year of college a decade later, Kelly Taylor was going to class in little pastel suits (I remember them well.) At least by the time Natalie and Tootie were on campus, they were dressing a little more appropriately (although still very much in their 80s splendor.) p.s. - An interesting tidbit I remember reading or hearing: supposedly when she wasn't filming and on set, Lisa would be in camo/cargo pants with pockets and she'd usually have a book in one of those pockets that she'd be reading between takes. I think I heard that she was the least like her FOL counterpart out of the four of them.

Tootie had a special knack for whining and shouting -- whouting? Shining? Ha! I never noticed that. The cheese may stand alone but I love the Paris movie. Definitely the best out of the "Facts of Life Goes To" movie selection. The episode Asaad Kelada is talking about really shows how strong Nancy McKeon's acting was (and she was FOURTEEN) and how good the chemistry was with her and Lisa Whelchel. The frenemy vibe was already set up but it also showed that when push came to shove, Blair was going to stick up for Jo, no matter what. Regarding Margie Peters, yes. Eastland is supposed to be in upstate New York and in S1 the girls were running around in short shorts and tiny t-shirts in the autumn? I'm thinking not. And not a single NY accent in the bunch! I appreciated that in S2 we saw the girls in their school uniform the majority of the time -- unless it was clearly the weekend or they were doing something outside of school. You know, more realistic!

I think that particular "speech" of Mrs. Garrett's after Natalie's dad died was excellent and spot on. None of the other girls could understand exactly what Natalie was going through, as they all still had both their parents, but Mrs. G could. I think Charlotte Rae really excelled during moments like this. And yes -- of course Natalie's dad dying is ALL ABOUT TOOTIE because EVERYTHING was ALL ABOUT TOOTIE. Honestly, I would have had zero problem with Natalie bitch slapping Tootie into the next decade for being impatient that Natalie hasn't just gotten over it. I recall an episode in S3, I think, when Tootie lost her precious little mind over Jermaine Jackson and couldn't be bothered to help the girls with existing plans because she was going to New York to the concert and that was that (and Mrs. G demonstrated very suspect parenting decisions by actually caving to Tootie and taking her to the concert when Tootie stomped her feet and threw a tantrum.) I'm sorry but Tootie was my least favorite character out of the girls and Mrs. G (obviously). I always felt that S3 might have had the show's strongest drama-esque episodes. S1 was . . . well, S1. And things were falling into place and becoming cohesive in S2. S3 is when everything clicked. I do remember back in the early 80s when previously taboo subjects were all over the tv. I remember "Something About Amelia" with Ted Danson playing an incestuous child molesting father and Glenn Close as his wife. It was positively scandalous when it aired. Heck, even Little House on the Prairie had an episode about a girl that Albert liked who was raped (then ended up pregnant, of course, and had an unfortunate end courtesy of a ladder.) I've seen on other sites where "Fear Strikes Back" (S3E2) gets a lot of grief, but I think the show did a good job - considering FOL is a sitcom and they had 22 minutes to go from start to finish. I think the girls' responses were dead on for the characters and for being teens - no real response from Tootie, Blair wants to pretend like it didn't happen, Jo hopes that some jerk tries something with her so she can beat his ass and Natalie is afraid of the dark and constantly worries about her safety. I think Mrs. G gave another good talk by saying that while she didn't fear a rapist growing up in Wisconsin, she feared things, including lightning. And while it's not the same as the fear after being attacked, fear is fear. I also commend the show for not having the rapist caught by the end and wrap it up neatly.

Also Natalie was very quick to believe it -- and Natalie was the one who immediately called Nancy, Cindy and Sue Ann over to have Tootie blab to them about how Mrs. Garrett was loaded to the gills. That was a really good line and Kim Fields' delivery was spot on. Watched "Free Spirit" (S2E15) last night. I loved that we got to see something/someone from Mrs. Garrett's life. The writers did good in calling back to her former job of housekeeping for the Drummonds when Mrs. Garrett is telling Alex that dreams can change. Not sure that we ever heard of Natalie writing poetry again, although at least the writing part stuck. I was with Jo that Blair should not have gotten involved in any way over the fact that Mrs. Garrett was still supporting Alex (or sending him money). IMO, that would have not been her business if Mrs. Garrett was her actual mother but certainly not with Mrs. Garrett being their school dietician. And Jo's response to Blair saying that Mrs. Garrett always said they could talk to her about anything without fear ("She was talking about sex. This is personal!") was gold.

So I have gone back to my FOL DVD set and started watching again (don't judge.) Season 2 was like watching a different show over S1. Everything was more solid and our core group of girls can definitely generally handle comedy and drama much better than some of the S1 girls. I noticed, unfortunately, that S2i is also when the Tootie-centric episodes begin. Nothing against Kim Fields, who was good very early and then good after she was an adult but Tootie was downright insufferable at times. I'm not sure what the writers' fascination with her was. Anyhow, she was definitely in the insufferable category IMO in "Who Am I?" (S2E4). Of course the character of Fred also came off pretty poorly so they were matched well, I guess. So we learn in this episode that not only is Tootie the best dancer in school, who has taught all the girls at Eastland the moves, she also designs clothing. Did we ever hear anything else about her designing after this episode? And we're supposed to believe that Tootie made that dress for Blair in a week? In between school, working at the cafeteria, seeing Fred, and meeting up with other black students to share their experience? Um, okay. Too bad FOL didn't show Mrs. Garrett helping Tootie with sewing it or something and then having the discussion about Tootie's conflicted feelings. Hope that Tootie and Carl won the dance contest (held in the cafeteria, of course, and not the gym) and each got a new portable stereo . . . with a tape deck! "Gossip" (S2E9) of course had to be centered around Tootie - although maybe Natalie, the journalist, could also have been the gossip. Besides Tootie's huffing and puffing and early onset shouting, the worst part of the episode for me was that Tootie actually got a punishment benefiting her crime (would not happen often) and the other girls (including Nancy, Cindy and Sue Ann) decide they will help her. Huh? They didn't even sleep on it and decide they also partook in the gossip (maybe except for Jo and Blair) and were guilty too and then decide to help? Nope. Just immediately jumped in, which would teach Tootie that maybe she wasn't in the wrong after all. I don't know, it just bugged me. I mean, Mrs. Garrett could have lost her job but well, it was Tootie, so . . . "Breaking Point" (S2E10) deals with the heavy subject of teen suicide but instead of introducing us to Cynthia in an earlier episode, she's intro'd and outro'd in 22 minutes or less. Maybe there should have been a part 1, where we meet Cynthia and see the campaigns for student council president, etc. Oh well. OF COURSE Tootie gets a gift from Cynthia for being "nice" and then Tootie is the one who has to shriek that she found Cynthia. I'm pretty sure that Natalie went to Cynthia's room to interview her for the school newspaper and Tootie was tagging along so NATALIE was there also. And as I've seen elsewhere, the teen hotline or support group is mentioned but we never hear of it again (and given some of the upcoming storylines from S2 and S3, the girls may have needed it.) "Pretty Babies" (S2E13), once again Tootie is at the forefront. While it's a relatively enjoyable episode, it's pretty farfetched. I doubt a famous photographer would be traipsing through Peekskill looking for the "new face of the 80s!" A modeling scout maybe. But even if he were, wouldn't they want to set up meetings with him in the auditorium? Nope. It's the cafeteria again! I would think the lighting in there, especially bouncing off the green plaid sofa, would be hideous. Wouldn't he want to have some head shots of each girl? Maybe take some test shots? Nope! This episode Tootie is into taking pictures. Again, did we ever hear of her being into photography before or since? So this Jonathan Dutton looks at six girls at Eastland (pretty sure Blair was no. 6) and then calls the whole thing off once he spots Tootie. And Tootie's parents are apparently in agreement with her attempting this and going to New York with Mrs. Garrett and the girls (although the following season she wouldn't be allowed to go, leading to her taking off on her own and meeting up with teen hooker Kristy). So Jonathan Dutton is a famous photographer with no one else in his studio? Where is his assistant? The makeup people? The wardrobe people? If they are hiding in the back, it's understandable after seeing what Tootie is in. This was in 1981. I remember 1981. That was the year Princess Diana was introduced to the world, when frilly, romantic blouses were in, when culottes were in. Tootie is dressed like it's 1977 with her bejeweled headband and hanging beads and multicolor outfit. I mean, even 14-year-old Reena (12!) is at least wearing a long gown like many of the models did wear in the fashion mags. So the photographer then puts Tootie on a stool to take snaps? Huh? And the still shots that were shown, supposedly of the photographs he's taking, were godawful. Ugh. The whole thing just made no sense. Good on Mrs. Garrett for calling out that a naked child should have zero to do with perfume. When the photographer said that Tootie needed to lose 8 pounds (exactly 8, not 10!) I couldn't help but think how the show never did that to Natalie - and good on them for it.

THANK YOU!! My biggest problem with The Little Chill (besides the fact that FOL should have made this either an hour episode or a two-parter so they could show appropriate flashbacks) was the ridiculousness of the storylines. Why go to the trouble of bringing Nancy, Sue Ann and Cindy back and write this crap? Cindy is a fashion model and is hungry (yawn). Nancy (gasp!) went to Poundtown and became an After School Special on "consequences." Sue Ann wears massive shoulder pads and is somehow the VP of a big, important company -- what? -- two years out of college? If this episode was to show the grass isn't always greener, etc., why not have Cindy on her way out as a model and trying to figure out what she's going to do with the rest of her life? Why are the girls (other than Tootie and maybe Natalie) acting so SHOCKED that Nancy and Roger were sexually active? They would have been together more than seven years at that point -- and they're adults. Are we supposed to believe that out of the seven girls present, only Nancy has lost her v-card? Did Nancy ever consider not going through with the pregnancy (i.e., the "consequence")? And Sue Ann -- exactly what @GHScorpiosRule said. Maybe the other girls are too dense to realize that no one 22 years old would already be the VP of a company their parent doesn't own but surely Blair would know. Blair and Sue Ann seemed to routinely butt heads in S1 so why wouldn't Blair call her out now? Obviously, Nancy, Cindy and Sue Ann don't stay in touch because none of them seemed to know what was going on in the others' lives. And we never heard another word about them -- no follow up as in invitations to Nancy's wedding or mentioning that she'd had her baby or a throwaway line about seeing Cindy on a magazine cover. Yeah, I know. I'm expecting too much out of FOL.

I must commend Chris for not even giving Pastor Cal a chance to try and "PaigeandChris" him and encourage him to stay with Ms. I'm-a-fucking-nice-person and instead announced that it was his decision day. You go, Chris. So of course Alyssa turns on the fake tears because SHE'S WORKED SO HARD at this. Yeah, girl. You've worked hard at demeaning, emasculating and torturing Chris in the seven days you've been around him (I won't say know him because she never gave him a chance.) So now you wanted to slow things down and whatever else bullshit you said because you both have big dogs and you have a dog allergy? Excuse me but I distinctly remember Alyssa saying that she rescued dogs. So you can rescue dogs with your "dog allergy" but Chris' dog is a different story? Girl, please, just admit you have a Chris allergy. And suuuuuure, you had fun paddle boarding with him. Wasn't that the same activity you told production you wanted to do because then you wouldn't have to really talk or spend actual time with him? And tennis? Wasn't that the activity where you indicated that Chris had "aggressive" hand gestures and told production that you hated him? But right, we're supposed to believe that you now want to try to get to know him and work through things? Girl, bye. Muscular men of Boston, be forewarned that Alyssa is on the loose and she's got 10 wedding dresses! I wish Chris the best. He demonstrated incredible restraint and courtesy in the face of being matched with a whiny toddler who is a fucking nice person. When he meets the right person, he'll be a great husband. Boy, O sure was hyper about showing Katina his "crib." I'm sorry, O, but that kitchen is nobody's style unless you're one of the Golden Girls. Pastor Cal, why are you pushing Katina and O to get it popping? Why not respect their decision to wait? That said, following this week's episode I think Katina and O are the couple most likely to make it. (And this opinion, of course, is always subject to change.) Noi certainly came across as inflexible this episode. Don't get me wrong -- I'm with her on the LED disco lights. Those are okay for Steve's gym area but throughout the house? Um, no. But he was absolutely correct on future children. She wants three and only three and she won't budge because her image of a perfect marriage and perfect family equals three kids (shouldn't this has been something to probe further, "experts," before you got her married?) Noi, honey, when if you can't physically have three? What if you can only have two or one or none? What if you have a child that has special needs or requires more attention and money? I'm not forgetting you, Steve. I have zero problems with freelance work -- but when you have a wife and possibly children in the future, you do need to work. I get that fulltime work can play havoc with your creativity -- but so can a family. Let's be real. If your creative ventures is that important to you, maybe marriage wasn't the best choice. Just saying. And regarding Noi's dog, I get you don't want him sleeping in the bed with you. I am an animal person and have no issue with that but I understand not everyone is an animal person. Work on eventually getting the dog to sleep in his own bed and get a pooper scooper, for heaven's sake. Michael and Jasmina are both a hot mess. I don't necessarily think it's a death sign when one person (Jasmina, in this case) chooses to spend one night in her own apartment before moving into the shared apartment. The problem is when someone has no intentions of moving in (look at you Zach, looking at you, Alyssa) at all. Michael flat out lied about living with a female (or females, since he apparently has two female roommates). Unacceptable, Michael. And according to Jasmina, when the cameras are off, Michael talks down to her and in a very aggressive way (Alyssa wants to know what his hand gestures look like though). Honestly, that surprises me, given that Michael was raised in a house full of women and is very close with his sisters. In any event, Jasmina and Michael have zero joy. She looks miserable with him and he looks as though he doesn't know how to act around her. They won't make it. Lindsey and Mark. Oh boy. I will give Lindsey credit for helping Mark with his bedbug (ewww) situation. That whole situation seems sketchy to me. Did he have bedbugs when he left for the honeymoon? Or did the bedbugs turn up as mysteriously as the no-cats clause in his lease? Seems to me that the landlady is either miffed to be losing her tenant/son to Lindsey or there was something else going on between Mark and the landlady and she was pissed about Mark doing MAFS and so decided to punish him while he was on his honeymoon by evicting him. Whatever, it doesn't add up. I personally saw nothing wrong with Lindsey's apartment and given that Mark has just come from a bedbug-infested joint, he definitely shouldn't have been criticizing about anything. I know that Lindsey said that Mark's personality did a dramatic change when the cameras were off. I'm not sure about this one because Mark does have a lot going on -- he just married a stranger, got evicted from his home, is moving in with Lindsey, his grandmother is apparently very frail and he has a pre-existing situation with his mother. That's a lot for anyone. So is that why Mark is acting out or is acting out what Mark does whenever he's under stress? And Lindsey herself is A LOT so maybe she should sit this one out. I think Lindsey and Mark could potentially make it but they both blow hot and cold and go zero to 60 in no time, so I don't know.

Clearly it is since Alyssa claims to hate Chris and I don't think she's properly met him.

How is Tai gainfully employed? Never mind that she dresses about as unprofessionally as possible (although I get that the deceased have no issue with her boobs hanging out 24/7) but she invites Boston to her place of work to try to throw a beat down on her? And the name of the establishment was clearly shown. I don't get it. Of course, I also don't get how Tai can be so very offended by Hottie having another woman when she's got multiple other men on the side. Honestly, I would be offended solely by the name Hottie. So Indie drove all the way from Maryland to Cleveland without once thinking that maybe she should contact Harry's halfway house to verify that he would actually have visitation? She should be slapped on that count alone. I have no sympathy for her being an idiot but I feel sorry for her daughter, who is being dragged along in Indie's delusions. I guess the real question now is will Indie continue staying in that dumpy motel? Who is responsible for Gabby's sense of entitlement? She annoys the ever-loving crap out of me. Chris is an idiot for sending this very basic woman $60k. His mother and sister clearly don't trust her (therefore making them exponentially smarter than Chris). Dalton's mother Lisa seems like a lovely woman. How did she end up with Dalton for a son? Maybe Haley will finally wake up? Santiba has some good girlfriends. I'm with Kim, the blonde friend. I'd be calling up Talsey's fiancée too. Santiba was crazy for planning to leave her friends, her mother, her job and what appears to be a nice house to move south, where she's never been for a man she's never met.

So the "experts" are keeping a close eye on the situation with Chris and Alyssa (on the last day or so of the honeymoon? Great job) and their remedy is to force them to do an activity together? Are these fools not watching the same footage I am? Alyssa has treated Chris worse than something found on the bottom of your shoe after walking through a dog park, she refused to talk to him on camera, refuses to talk to him off camera, and in this episode, actually told production that she hates him and he's an a$$hole. No amount of tennis or counseling or anything else is going to fix what's wrong with Alyssa. I've seen some pretty shady things on MAFS in the past but I cannot recall any other time when one spouse peaced out at the wedding reception and then refused to tell the other spouse exactly what was going on. Alyssa was given the chance by Chris and by Katina and Jasmina at that dinner where no one appeared to eat dinner to say she's out. And she wouldn't do it. Why? I think she wants for him to officially call it quits so she can play victim. She tells him that she's not going to discuss it with him at the table with everyone else around (although she's already pretty much told Katina and Jasmina that she finds him repulsive and she's had multiple conversations with him about why it's not going to work -- LIE). Hopefully Katina and Jasmina realized that Alyssa is a lying liar who lies after hearing everything that Chris said at the table. I demand that the "experts" apologize to Chris and his entire family for subjecting him to this. It's disgusting. Alyssa is living in some crazy ass world if she thinks that she can move into the MAFS apartment, without Chris, and still be part of the "experiment" and hang out with "her girls." Um, bitch, it doesn't work that way. No one is interested in you hanging out with Jasmina and Katina (because we know Lindsey hates her and Noi is too busy with Steve). Nope. I will, however, still watch if Chris is on his own hanging out with the guys. Why are the producers treating her like a toddler throwing a tantrum or a bomb that's going to explode? No, Chris does not need to give her more time to decide if she wants to even try to get to know him. Nope. No way. No, ma'am. And so far as Dr. Viviana saying they can't force anyone to get on a plane and leave San Juan, they can refuse to film Alyssa. And they can also check her out of the hotel and stopping footing her bill for a separate room. What's she going to do? Go stay with Katina and/or Jasmina? As much as I appreciate that Lindsey was not drunk off her ass this episode, this is one time I wished she would have gone ahead and said what was on her mind when Alyssa was crying and doing her woe is me. Hang in there, Chris. You seem like a good, solid man who will find his forever person. It's just not this sea beast MAFS saddled you with.

This isn't about black vs. white or gay vs. straight. It's also not about privilege, although if you want to talk about privilege, let's talk about Rayna bring up how Heather used the word every time she got any kind of criticism and/or broke out into tears. And let's talk about how when what went down with Heather was not given proper context. Respectfully disagree that it's okay for Rayna to use the word. IMO, it's a vile, ugly word and shouldn't be used by ANYONE. Frankly, it's equal to a parent telling their child not to curse and punishing the child for cursing while every other word out of their mouth is cussing. EXACTLY. Thank you.

And you know that Eddie falsely accused Rayna of saying the word how? I'm not a fan of Eddie's but I don't see him bringing that up without a very good reason (i.e., it actually happened.) Heather took responsibility for what she said. Multiple times. Did Rayna? Or is it okay for Rayna to use that vile word because she's black? Why wasn't Rayna held to the same standard as Heather or anyone else? Wes definitely did not deserve the treatment he got from Rayna -- which was racist, IMO -- but I wager he'll never get an apology from her because she's incapable of admitting she's wrong.

Rayna can fuck right off and Andy along with her. This was nothing but a showcase to demonstrate why Rayna couldn't tell Heather why she was so upset - because she might be portrayed as an angry black woman -- while simultaneously telling Heather that she forgave her and then continue bringing up how upset she was all season. Complete bullshit IMO. I didn't even finish watching the entire thing because I was sick to death of the Rayna Show. Was Eddie on the same boat the rest of us were because he claimed never to have seen an issue with Rayna's drinking. Umm . . . maybe the fact that she was angry all season long and then crying when she was given props? Pretty convenient that Eddie claimed that Rayna said the homophobic "f" word when she was drinking and yet production couldn't seem to find any footage. I call shenanigans. Wes came off very well -- and he doesn't owe Rayna jack. I would rather have heard more about Rachel's food and her school bus. After this season, I may be out with BD.

Typical deflection from Rayna. She's a garbage human being. I hope never to see her on my tv again.