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The highlight of this episode was that scene with Angela talkling to the camera with her bra stuffed full of everything a white trash woman needs. It was like a tactical bra. Instead of an extra mag for your gun, she's got an extra box of Marlboros, just in case.

Larissa abandoneed her children and came to America with dreams of living the gold digger life in Las Vegas. When you find yourself begging to be let into in a cement block house in the middle of the night to sit on a cheap bed with Christmas lights on the wall, arguing about ownership of an old phone and what a broke gay guy said about your vagina, you have failed in your mission. Go home.

Kalani was just being mean when she told Asuelo that he was making out with his mother. Sure, the kiss went on for a wierdly long while, and at least from one angle it looked like it was on the lips. But the man child was seeing his mother after a long time away and she was showing affection without demanding his wallet. Even if it looked odd to Kalani, she could have let him have that moment without turning it into something ugly. I mean, really, telling your husband that he was "making out" with his mom? That's seriously crass and hurtful. Probably even more for an innocent like Auselo from his culture. I thought at first that she was just lightly teasing, and when Asuelo demonstrated the kisses on Kalani it seemed they were going to brush it away with some playfulness. Nope, Kalani had to keep insisting it was something ugly until she succeeded in making her husband feel bad about being greeted so warmly by his mother. I don't blame him for walking off. Then Kalani talks to the camera with her big innocent cow eyes and says, "What? He's just so sensitive." Typical mean ass bully bitch behavior.

It's good that Paul cares about his dogs and wants to treat them well. But if you're penniless and calling your mom to come buy dog food, you shouldn't be in a pet store buying pricey dog food (it looked like Blue Buffalo, which I buy for my dogs) and browsing the ridiculously overpriced dog treats. I think he said three tracheas for $18, which actually is less than what I'd pay at a local store, but those are real luxury treats. I think he walked out with two of them. While you're stone cold broke, you should buy a reasonably priced, healthy but not top-tier, dog food at the Publix they showed just outside in the same shopping center. And buy the luxury dog treats after you're getting a paycheck. Btw, these 90 day shows are getting less and less fun to watch as I learn more about the scripted, fake stuff. It's bad enough when you know the producers "facilitate" things with money or behind-the-scenes arrangements, but it ruins the guilty pleasure of watching when I know the people arguing are just doing it for the camera and are friendly in real life, or that some parts of their lives are just made up.

Sigh... we were waiting to see how the Mexican love story would go bad, and Kenny turns out to be yet another American who commits himself to living in a foreign land without doing even minimal research on what to expect and how to adapt. I do more research for a week long vacation trip abroad than they do for moving there permanently. And the sheer rudeness of going to someone else's home land, especially your partner's, and being offended by the little things of daily life. Armando was excited to show him the candy cart that he loved as a child, and Kenny immediately turns his nose up and says it's gross and full of germs? That had to hurt his partner, but Kenny didn't care. It's like inviting someone to your home and having them sneer at your way of life, your furnishings, your food, your income level. Just inexcusable. Can't look at that clown hair Kenny the same way now.

When manchild Asuela was on the bridge talking to his father-in-law, I was hoping he would find a way to say something like, "I'm in a culture where I don't fit in, I miss my homeland and my family, and my father isn't here to give me the advice and guidance I need. Can you do that for me? Can you be the father figure I need and help me do better?" Of course, he'd say it in a more childlike way because I genuinely think he has the mentality of a much younger person. Then his scary father-in-law would take him under his wing and help him become a better man. But I know, that's way too much to expect from this show. Libby's comments about wanting American food at her wedding were outrageous. It's ONE MEAL. Can her family not take on a sense of adventure and explore her husband's culture for just the duration of a reception? Eastern European food is not so strange. Heavy on the meat, some of it unfamiliar, but there would be plenty of vegetables and starches too. If you can't fill your American belly, for god's sake just get a sandwich later. Libby is just another American who marries someone from another country without bothering to learn or appreciate any of their culture. Who goes to be baptised (!) without taking the time to learn what it means and how to act? Her whole attitude is so dismissive and contemptuous of her husband's culture, religion, and his family.

I could hardly watch the footage of Steven with his monstrous legs and feet, and his personality is even worse. What a thoroughly revolting person. And then some woman married him and moved him in with her daughter??!! Unbeleivable. And his mention of having sex, ugh, that made me queasy. I'm now intensely curious about what kind of woman would marry him and live with him. I know there are all kinds of wierd relationships with women seeking out convicts and such, and I know some people can just overlook physicial issues when the person is otherwise a nice human being. But that's not Steven.

Anyone else noticing that David and Lana never speak of anything from their 7-year online relationship? No pet names, no call backs to their experiences together, no inside jokes, no reference to anything suggesting they have been in communication -- and supposedly in love -- for a very long time? They speak through the translator as if they have just met and are strangers having awkward chitchat. For Lana, of course, this is because she is most likely not the person(s) that has been talking with David all this time and keeping him on the hook for more money. That's probaby somebody just working in a cubicle somewhere. If he asked her about something they discussed or referenced some line of conversation that evolved over 7 years, she would have no clue. But why doesn't David make any reference to that? He talks to her as if they have not had this very long ongoing communication. Over 7 years, wouldn't you know a little about her family, what she does for a living, her interests, any setbacks in life, etc.? Wouldn't he say "How's your aunt who broke her leg falling off the hay wagon last month? Any luck getting that water heater fixed? How's your nephew doing in school?"

I think the Varya visit played out this way: Geoffrey was responding to her texts enough to lead her on a bit, rather than completely shutting her out like he said he was doing. When the new gf asked him at dinner if he was replying to Varya's texts, he hesitated and looked all shifty eyed, clearly seemed to be lying. So Varya has just enough response from him to think he's still interested. The TLC producers egg her on, telling her they know that he's just hurt and downplaying his feelings now, but they know he'd really love for her to give him another chance. Then they tell her they can get her a quick visa, pay for her trip to America (she's said whe wanted to see America), and maybe some kind of appearance bonus payment. Maybe they'll introduce her to some entertainment industry people while she's there and she'll get a job? She says sure, why not? She's genuinely interested in giving Geoffrey another shot and gets excited about the trip and the fun craziness of suprising him at home -- which the producers have told her would be warmly received, because they know Geoffrey is still in love with her. In North Carolina, the producers tell Geoffrey they want to come by at a certain time to get some at-home footage with his new gf. So he makes sure the gf is there at the appointed time. The camera crew leads the taxi to the house and when they get out the dogs are familiar enough with the camera crew folks (and they're old and dopey enough) that they don't get excited or aggressive. They do come to check out Varya but she shoos them off and the dogs figure it's okay because she's with these people they know. Varya rings the doorbell. Geoffrey answers, expecting just the camera crew. He's genuinely suprised to see Varya, is stiff in greeting her because the gf is nearby. Gf didn't know anything about Varya coming, thought it would be just the camera crew. Her reaction to Varya is genuine, and Varya's reaction to gf is genuine because she'd been led to believe Geoffrey was still pining for her and would be thrilled to see her. Geoffrey stands there with a grin on his face as he realizes two women are fighting over him. TLC camera crew high fives each other on their successful operation.