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The MOTHER! I don't know the backstory of these folks, but is the daughter the mother is siding with considered the meal ticket? Doesn't seem like she's done much since her glory days, so maybe it's just a case of the mother always having had a favorite?
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On 3/15/2023 at 1:15 AM, dancingdreamer said:
Bill and Jen , I think there's been more trouble in their marriage, than what's been shown. Olivia has heard them, and she's seen her mother have surgeries, she takes that all in. Last year, she said she could just get something fixed, like her mom. She needs to be away from the tv cameras, or she'll be in therapy for years.
I definitely think that marriage has been over for a while (since the big reveal of the affair, anyway - prior to that there seemed to be genuine affection). I feel bad for the kids, and O's behavior is heartbreaking. The way Jenn spoke about Bill at therapy is probably close to how she speaks to him at home, so he retreats. Or is smart enough to keep his yelling or demeaning off camera. She clings to him because she sees how much her mother DOESN'T (anymore) and she wants to keep him close. That said, I've witnessed dynamics where one parent indulges bad behavior and in fact encourages it to annoy the more conventional parent. Doesn't end well for anybody, including the kids.
Any "therapist" worth her salt would have confronted Jenn about the overt hostility and steered her to more healthy speech in terms of her anger and resentment. Instead we get "Wow, Bill's awfully silent." What exactly were his options, Dr. Freud? He went to this session as a favor to her for the show, knowing his affair would be discussed, and that would be embarrassing, instead she is intent on humiliating him, and you're sitting there chiding him for not responding in kind?
Still don't trust Looey, and the way he guides every conversation to egg on T's alienation from Joe. Love bomb, sweeps her away into living with his family, his family her new family, egging the kids on to knock Joe and Melissa, etc. They may all have agreed that the façade of Theresa's new happy love bubble needs to be maintained, hence bringing the kids in to diss their aunt/uncle so that T can sit there and blink and mouth platitudes.
Antonia's the only one I can believe because she hasn't said boo in 10 years on camera. That said, if the Giudice family basically moved in and took over because Joe G was incompetent, the kids might not be aware of behavior on their part that might make the Gorgas feel unwelcome. They may have issued invitations for the kids for this or that only to be told they had other plans. They may have asked if they could drive the kids to practice and been told everything was handled-- all the tricks people play to distance loved ones from others. Yes, the older kids are old enough to correspond, but I can fully see Joe Giudice saying "I don't want them mf-ers in my house" and everybody bowing to that. I'm sure they could've done better, but they're in a tough spot and i can see where contradicting the kids now might make things worse so they won't, painting them into a corner in terms of public perception. Or everything the kids said was true and they're liars.
I like the dark haired newcomer who had the party in her yard and NEIGHBORS!! She's as close to a genuine person as they have. Maybe not flashy enough for the show, but I hope she sticks around. Blonde girl is trying way too hard. Other long straight dark haired lady I keep forgetting is on the show until she's on screen and I still don't remember anything about her one way or another.
Poor Frank didn't realize he was kept on sufferance for the children and Dolores' twisted belief system that sacrificing herself was a great act of motherhood. We were always told he cheated... seems like there was a lot more. At any rate, the kids are grown and she doesn't need him for a storyline any more.
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I certainly wouldn't advise the entire abdominal reconstruction surgery until she's fully at goal. But removal of 30 lbs of skin off her midsection would enable her to live and move more comfortably AND reach the ultimate goal where the major surgery would be appropriate.
Not downplaying the fact that any skin removal surgery is major surgery. But I don't buy that an intermediate abdominal surgery wouldn't be warranted/beneficial. As I recall the surgeon wasn't saying she wasn't ready because there was too much fat still to lose there, making it a bleeding risk (as Dr. Now often does), but that she needed to maintain the weight loss for a year to optimize the final cosmetic effect.
It's possible that an initial surgery would be covered by insurance as medically indicated, but then the full body lift would be considered cosmetic, in which case the patient would have a hard decision to make - drastic improvement immediately and a large expense or living with major scarring/suboptimal looks, or living another year as is.
I hope she's using compression garments - maybe she takes them off for the show. But I can also see where they'd be hard to get into and hot given that she is sleeveless 99% of the time.
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Same vibes from Louis on RHONJ. I swear, somebody should design a RED FLAGS course for teenage girls based solely on reality television. "THIS is behavior you need to spot and get away from ASAP." There's no end of cautionary tales.
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On 3/14/2023 at 10:35 AM, rur said:
I did think it interesting, though, that we saw him make the obligatory "Sandy did a good job" comments, though, considering the audience knows what he said when the series actually aired.
I assume he got a full debrief from Fraser (who he likes) and then was able to see for himself how Sandy treated people. Sure when he got on everybody was getting along and that was a point in her favor... except getting rid of Sandy might have been as much a pick me up as getting rid of Alyssa and Camille.
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Oh, I missed the R. Kelly mention. He's a sly guy, directing every conversation in every scene he's in, and she watches him very carefully as he does it so she doesn't step wrong.
There's looking at your spouse and watching your spouse and they give very different relationship vibes.
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5 hours ago, NowVoyager said:
Is anybody watching Kandi on "SWV & XScape: The Queens of R&B?"
Yes, and that Rocky guy sure likes the camera, doesn't he? Not liking the vibes off him at ALL, even without the claims of check stealing.
I'm liking this much more than the last Xscape spin off. Apparently these ladies are serious about settling old scores. I'm here for it.
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Well, there was also a war and Watergate, so it wasn't actually that much fun at the time...
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On 3/6/2023 at 5:50 PM, magdalene said:
Billy is kind of an outlier, usually these guys don't self-destruct until they make it big. No way is he done doing drugs, it ain't that easy to quit.
The ones that self-destruct before they make it never made it so you wouldn't know. Like ballplayers who never make the big leagues because they blow it in AAA. The people who tend to make it either make it really quickly in which case they haven't sunk that low yet, or they are able to control themselves at least until they're out of survival mode and everybody's handing them free drugs.
It's easier to be a functional addict/alcoholic if you can pull it together 90 minutes a night and the rest of the day teams of people are devoted to feeding/watering you and getting you where you need to be.
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Have to say this is a rare situation where the show outperforms the book by a long shot.
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It wasn't shown, but I assume that he told them about her breaking into her parents' house only to find they'd moved without telling her. Taking pills and being late would have been clearly visible to the reporter in the room (and not particularly big scandal in the mid 70s). The other story is what Billy had to trade to keep his kid out of it.
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16 hours ago, MrBuhBye said:
Did a licensed doctor actually refer to a patient’s vagina as Miss Kitty?
Vanessa had already used so many crude terms I assume it was a way of bonding with her without getting as crude as the patient already had.
I understand waiting to do skin removal surgery until the situation is optimal, but this isn't somebody with one shot via insurance who is going to be unhappy if she ends up with small batwings instead of no batwings because of a 10 lb weight shift. Wait on the arms/breasts/legs, sure -- but get that weight off her abdomen! Those wrap around surgeries are extreme and risky, but there certainly could be an intermediate surgery done with room for plastic surgery excellence to follow at a later date. This is a serious quality of life issue; I bet she'd trade a flat tummy in the long run for relief in the present with the hope of improvement later.
Maybe the difference is that Dr. Now is a general surgeon and not going for refined plastic surgery aesthetics, and this was a plastic surgeon who wants the best possible cosmetic result.
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I hate that they keep airing old stuff with new "first broadcast" dates attached. Thought a new season had started Tuesday night, but no.
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On 3/1/2023 at 12:38 AM, MrBuhBye said:
How many pounds would that baby be? I think she was exaggerating. BTW when is Darlene going to lose some weight? She was spilling out of that rascal.
Okay I googled it, the average 6-month-old girl is 16.2 pounds so I doubt Tammy was that big at birth.
I know several people (of average adult weight) that were >10 lbs at birth for no particular reason at all, and I believe diabetic mothers typically have heavier babies. I don't know if their mom had diabetes, but I think several of the siblings do, so it's not out of the question. I can easily believe 12 or 13 lbs that became 16 over the years of telling the story.
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It will be interesting to watch Vanessa's personality as she continues to transform. How much of the obnoxious, over the top stuff is bluster to cover insecurity because of her weight? Choosing to becoming the center of attention for being loud and crazy instead of/or at least in addition to being the center of attention for her size? Large people have often adopted "class clown" as a personality because it's a socially acceptable role for a large person to play.
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On 3/4/2023 at 3:32 PM, Tipsymcstagger said:
Man did I feel sorry for those poor bastards on the mobile bar. Not only did they now have to deal with an additional half ton of crass, screeching harpies on the ride…but you just know that none of those ladies were actually making any real effort in propelling that thing forward. Way to kill a buzz...
I generally assume in situations like this that production staff or friends of the proprietor are used to fill out spaces that should have other people in them. A two hour pub tour shot for reality tv could take 6 hrs and no paying customer would put up with it. Might get people to sign up for free booze ride in return for being a reality tv show "extra," however.
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On 3/3/2023 at 12:03 AM, MrBuhBye said:
They should make it non refundable for people who flake at the last minute. But I think it was a misleading ending and she will end up doing it.
Hospitals don't like operating rooms and staff not working and generating $. Flaking out costs $$. Now maybe this is for the show and in real life she canceled the night before, but just not showing up for surgery might screw future chances for elective surgery at that location.
I once lost 60 lbs and only went down 1 bra size. The next ten lbs went down 2 bra sizes, and suddenly people could "see" it. Bodies are weird.
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9 hours ago, PsychoKlown said:
Methinks Tina likes to play the victim card. Nope, I can’t do anything for myself because everyone is dependent on me What a saint
And when she suffers health issues from neglecting her health concerns…the visiting caretakers will all write on her chart “What a Saint”
The sad thing is, they'll say "If only she'd taken care of herself better and gotten that surgery."
I too deal with weight issues, but if they make you lose 50-100 lbs to get the surgery... do you really need the surgery? As we've seen on all these shows, it's just a "tool" (can you hear Dr. Now?) and most of them fail it anyway. In the meantime they've completely savaged their digestive systems (which to be fair, they've also done by overeating). Going from 500 to 300 lbs is still a victory of sorts.
New medications show promise to be equally effective to bariatric surgery. We'll see down the line if they are safer, but hopefully there will be solutions which aren't quite so drastic. That might help people like Tina who can't make the leap.
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On 1/21/2022 at 1:53 AM, Blergh said:
I thought it was a bit ludicrous for James to have been literally running around the Yorkshire Dales in the late 1930's attired in track shorts, a sleeveless shirt and track shoes! I mean, NO ONE would have done that in the UK back then unless they were student track athletes running around their own campus tracks (or maybe running with their teammates around the campuses).
My great uncle was born in 1903 and a lifelong runner who was definitely considered eccentric for running around suburban Boston in shorts in the 30s... and 40s and 50s and 60s. Then in the 70s "jogging" became a thing but he couldn't run so much any more!
On 2/21/2022 at 7:37 AM, Dehumidifier said:So James' barely-getting-by parents paid for him to go to vet school? Anyone know if that is realistic?
Same great uncle was raised next to the pit at the tannery where his father worked. Became a dentist. Combination of being very smart and getting scholarships, working to save every nickel, and tuition really not being that high, all things considered. And parents who valued education and wanted their kids to get ahead (not universal, sadly).
A different great uncle was a fireman, at a time when they used horses to pull the firetrucks. So in WWI he was assigned to a cannon company (horses pulled the cannon). He was gassed and came back "different" per my grandmother. I always assumed it was PTSD from the war itself, but learning about his work with the horses makes me wonder how much equine suffering he witnessed in addition to human suffering. He too might have been assigned to kill them at the end.
On 3/8/2022 at 4:34 PM, peacheslatour said:Veterinary work will break you if you don't have the right temperament. I had to quit because I couldn't cut it.
A friend of mine was present when Ruffian came out of anesthesia and injured herself and had to be put down. She couldn't get over it and went full time into rehabilitating (much less injured) horses.
On 2/2/2023 at 2:06 PM, DonnaMae said:I don't consider having a daily walk with a person as dating.
I'm nosy. If I saw two neighbors walking daily I'd at least WONDER. Might dismiss it, but I'd wonder.
On 2/13/2023 at 1:38 PM, possibilities said:Where were all the refugee children going to stay? Did they send them to a central facility? I don't see where that would be in Skeldale. So did they seek volunteers to each take one child? How did that work?
My boss and his family escaped Vienna and got to London. Only months later, he and his brother were evacuated to the countryside. The people who were supposed to take them didn't show up at the train station. They were "given" to another family who had a farm and were very good to them. But barely speaking English, you can imagine the trauma.
They were Jewish. I have no idea if their host family tried to introduce them to the Magic of Christmas, but I certainly didn't like that storyline here. Sure, the kid would be curious, but this episode was a weird combination of everybody being wonderfully open minded and interested in learning about Hannukah without any seeming appreciation that singing Christian hymns at a church might not be something her parents would be thrilled about or that she might feel uneasy about.
On 2/13/2023 at 2:20 PM, Daff said:I am sure you are quite correct on the procedure, but the script was written in a way that could cause viewer confusion. Helen’s father sat at the table as the official told him what would happen and for how long. He did actually say the words, “then your cows will be returned to you.” That made no sense to me, as with how contagious Bovine TB is, why would you move them at all. After thinking about it, the frequent inspections, signs at the gate, and probably not being able to even let them graze the fields, I figured they meant: “Return your cows to your CARE.” (and leave you alone)
I think he said the paper was literally signing over legal authority to the herd (which would remain physically in place), and "returned to you" meant the process would be reversed. So he literally no longer owned them (though I assume was compelled to continue feeding/watering them!) during the process.
I definitely see Siegfried/Mrs. Hall endgame and I'm fine with it.
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4 hours ago, aghst said:
She stayed for 5 charters or about 2 weeks since most of these charters are 2 days. But she left because her gf was having surgery. Bravo could have found another captain if Lee wasn't ready to come back. It would have been difficult but I can't fault her for wanting to be with someone who's having surgery.
I definitely agree she should have been there for surgery. Maybe it was the way it was edited - something like "I had to leave the day before Valentine's Day and that's a big sacrifice for a relationship" not "My wife had surgery scheduled in the near future, so that's a big sacrifice to be away at that time."
I came way with the impression that going in she either had a hard deadline to be back for the surgery or the surgery came up while she was away.
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Interesting that she said she was leaving whether he came back or not. Hope that doesn't mean he came back earlier than he should have because the show didn't want to hire yet another replacement captain.
That said, if you're over 50 and being apart on Valentine's Day is "a big sacrifice for your relationship"... grow up!
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Ah, I missed the Harris' age part.
Now I'm thinking of her line in the discussion with Fred about numbers "well, slept with..."
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On 2/18/2023 at 12:17 PM, Starlight925 said:
So, I live in a "no-state-income-tax" state.
The great news? No state income tax.
The bad news? They gotta get it from somewhere. The best place for them to get your $$ is from....you guessed it....your property. Our property taxes are double, triple other states.
Not to mention all the amenities they start demanding because they want life just like it was in the higher tax place they left... only without the taxes. Doesn't work that way. In the meantime, the regular people who already lived there who don't have 10,000 sq ft houses watch their bills rise and rise.
I assume the proximity to the other houses is because they're basically building walled city states and the front is just a facade for the street. Life is lived inside and out back where you can't see the neighbors.
On 2/23/2023 at 11:31 PM, SilverLake0315 said:I was really struggling to find Altman’s fault in this situation. He asked if she wanted to stay at the house. She said yes. What am I missing, Heather?
From what I gather, she wasn't included in the planning phase. As others have pointed out, they had a schedule, so she had to know what was going on. Sounds like she was trying to justify to herself that she couldn't go anyway because of her workload, but then it just festered until it blew up. She was tearful when she said she had to stay and work - the developer saw it, and so did the camera, but not her husband.
That said, she's a grown woman and has to speak up. I think the deeper issue is that in these situations "speaking up" amounts to asking over and over to be included, begging, if you will. You're not a principal player if you constantly have to ask if you can come, too. Maybe she had shrugged it off and figured she'd work and do makeup but the reality of the camera crew and everybody else leaving while she stayed back like Flagg's uninvolved boyfriend was a bad look for the client.
Whatever, there was no excuse for her behavior at dinner. That's a fight you have in the privacy of your room (camera crew optional).
Josh... I felt for Tracy in the moment and later as the enormity of it landed on her. Not just that it happened, but that it would air, and her daughter would have to deal with it. I do agree that she had let things slide letting her daughter air her antagonism so openly - inviting children into adult-style banter generally doesn't end well because one side or another crosses a line.
As for Josh, the temperature in that car dropped about 50 degrees when he said that, and even after Tracy slapped him he kept grinning, pleased with himself. No, he can't read a room.
Josh's boyfriend acquitted himself well, but he has cartoon character features (couldn't say which one). Good looking, but he looks like a drawing.
I like the director's house pretty much as is structurally. Take out the dark bars and heavy draperies and the ugly wallpaper and I think you could still make it adorable without making it antiseptic.
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Was I the only one who thought Fraser was running off the ship to throw himself into Captain Lee's arms, only to see he was getting the cake?
I took Lee's statements to mean he was panicked about his symptoms and the doctor basically told him it was sciatica and it sucked but it was a pain issue not a sign of anything more sinister that needed immediate correction and he decided to tough it out. (Not dismissing the impact of great pain on one's ability to function, just saying that sitting on a boat in the Caribbean as you suffer increasing pain would be a frightening situation that you'd want to get to the bottom of ASAP.) So maybe all along it was "I need to get home for a drs appt and a CAT scan and best case scenario I'll need to miss 2 charters" as opposed to the open ended situation we were presented with. (Obviously had the testing/examination showed something that would have changed everything).
Both Hayley (finally learned her name this week!) and Rachel need to tone things down. I noticed the last Below Deck rerun show where the old deckies watch episodes most of them visibly and audibly being disgusted by some of Rachel's statements. I hope production takes a hint. Even if they say nothing to her they don't have to air every scatological comment, especially when she's spiraling out trying to be funny.
I was confused by the "they're the nicest people" "I wish everybody was that nice" comments from the crew and wonder if they truly were super nice (except for LaQuish) and maybe a little demanding, but the staff extrapolated their niceness to expectations of a big tip, and once they got the small tip they were angry and blasted them in their talking heads? If it weren't for LaQuish's demands and the gay guy's attraction to Fraser, did they provide any show content at all other than wardrobe changes?
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Lyrics and stuff: Book Talk
in Daisy Jones And The Six
· Edited by kassa
I didn't care for the book (deleted it out of my kindle library and I hardly ever do that) and was surprised they made it into a series. I'm enjoying the series, but you are correct - it isn't quite cake. But what is the missing ingredient? The cast is doing well with what they've been given so it's not the acting. The ingredient was missing from the book as well.
Why does "That Thing You Do" work? Because the characters once loved and supported each other and had fun before it all went to hell? I can buy that the non-Billy folks in The Six have a genuine loving bond with each other, as illustrated in their living together scenes and fond reminiscences about each other. It's never been shown how any of them have anything more than a business relationship with Billy or Daisy or vice versa.