Irritable

My hope is that if she really IS crying because she slept with one of the men and the others found out about it, that it's because she feels bad for hurting someone's feelings, not because she feels like she shouldn't have sex with whomever she pleases. If one or more of the other guys genuinely felt betrayed and shocked because she had sex with someone else while she was still supposedly deciding which one would be her "husband" and they thought Kaitlyn truly had feelings for them, then that would suck for anyone in that position. I think a grown single woman is allowed to have as much sex with as many partners as she cares to, but that doesn't mean poor timing in doing so isn't going to create conflict. Making a decision to have sex before the scheduled Fantasy Suite stage of the process means she was opening herself up to exactly what appears to have happened, so there are emotional consequences, not for being a "slut", but for doing something that she had to know would create huge, ugly waves if it got out. I'll be pissed if this really does turn out to be just another round of slut shaming instead of about what problems having sex with one man while another man thinks you might love him can create. In my opinion, this situation is not slutty, but it IS bad form. Not to mention I see nothing appealing about Nick whatsoever, so if that's who she couldn't stop herself from having sex with, then I am wholly perplexed, just like I was when Andi was so hot for him. I can only guess he has some kind of wicked pheromones that put women under a spell.

I'm personally not really comfortable with the idea that any girl who is under 18 years old is qualified or emotionally equipped to be considered the one in charge when it comes to doing illegal pornography. I feel that Traci happened to be a strong enough person to pull her way out from underneath it eventually, but I will always be of the belief that at the time when it happened, her vulnerability and desperation were exploited by adult scumbags who belong in prison, and that even if she did manage to come out of it all "okay", none of it is actually okay, for her, or anyone that age.

Traci Lords seems like a really lovely person. Mr. Irritable and I both had terrible upbringings, and that made our bond incredibly strong - sometimes you really do need to be with someone who gets "it" - whatever your personal "it" is, and I love that Traci and her "king" found that in each other. I agree that the "king" thing was being played up for the show, and that it's not an actual weird/gross situation in their lives. Their son seems loved and happy, and is being brought up in a healthy environment where material possessions don't rule his life...seems rather idyllic to me. It's a shame her porn past can't just be cut away and discarded like the cancer it is, but she has done an admirable job of pushing forward, taking control of her own life and making it what she wanted it to be instead of a repeat of her upbringing. I have to think she's pretty inspirational for a lot of girls who ran away from home and did regrettable things because they were desperate that they later want to overcome. Jackee and her ex-husband seemed kind of like playmates, only she's the bossy one on the playground. I don't understand their relationship at all, as far as the being married part. Why did a man who is so obviously gay and presumably way out of the closet bother marrying a woman? Or was I supposed to think he's just a really effeminate straight man? Jackee herself used the word flamboyant to describe him, so if I was to be fooled that their marriage was in any way a real marriage, it didn't work. The way she leaves her boxes all over, and stuff just piled up and sitting around everywhere would drive me insane. He seems like a really kind man who also happens to be terrified of Jackee if her temper gets going, which is why he never asks her to put her shit somewhere besides all over the house. It's strange to me that a middle aged woman who has worked as a successful actress for most of her adult life is essentially living as a sloppy roommate in someone else's house. Her comments about often finding herself alone in spite of her career were sad, but also point to a larger problem, which is clearly that Jackee has issues which prevent people from wanting to be her companion. She clings to her ex-husband because he is the only one who wants to be around her, but that can't be truly fulfilling for either one of them. Heartbreaking, really.

I loved the shit out of Kathryn's bird flip! She threw her entire body into it, and I respect that. Plus she was flipping off Landon, and I don't care if people flip off Landon. If it were directed toward Cameran or Shep, then I would be over here saying, "Heeeeey, woah now! That's crossing the line!".

It's almost like adding insult to injury to have Britt not get the votes to be TB, and then the only guy who was interested enough in her to follow up ends up being the most boring singer/songwriter in the world. I imagined her sitting there, with the cameraman focused in on her, pretending to cry while she waited to see how many of the guys came running after her, and then when it's just him, she says "Oh." and shuts the door in his face. And then goes back to trying to figure out how to get her own reality TV show where she is the whole star, and the only star, while the camera follows her around as she wanders through life being stupefyingly perfect. Buh-bye, Britt! It was fun watching you short-circuit as you tried to process the information that you didn't "win"! This group of guys is just so cheesy that it seems like the finalists are already so obvious. I did get distracted at the end, though - she did cut the stripper lawyer loose, right? PLEASE SAY YES.

I accidentally posted the first time too early, and of course, by the end of the episode Drunk Ryan was no longer funny, and I'm glad Chris Harrison showed him the door. One of the guys was shown as a "Former Investment Banker", which I thought was odd. Does that mean he's currently unemployed? And if so, then shouldn't it say his name, age, and "Unemployed"? Can you just pick anything to be your identifier on these shows, because if you can then there needs to be a moratorium on "Fitness Trainer" and "Personal Trainer" that forces people to be more creative about their descriptors. And if you can go with something you used to be but no longer are, that opens up an interesting bunch of options. When Britt said she's an "all or nothing" person, that explained why she seemed so surprised that any of the guys expressed interest in Kaitlyn. She had already decided in her head that she was going to be The Bachelorette (which I was pretty amazed she was saying right out loud), and must have assumed that meant she would get all the votes and all the attention. She understands enough about how society works to say to the camera that it's okay that some guys were more into Kaitlyn, but you could tell she was genuinely and completely flummoxed by it. She understood it would be possible, but she never thought it could actually happen! A full season of Britt would be so tiresome. I really think all she needs as a companion is a mirror, so she can look over any time and see her favorite person, and do what she loves to do most - preen. If Kaitlyn somehow makes it through, I hope she loses the lame jokes. She can be funnysometimes when it happens organically, but her rehearsed material is no good. The guy who drew Chris Harrison on a triceratops had BETTER make it a fair way through the season. I would love it if the Law School Stripper gets cut on the first round.

And once again, Whitney is rendered unable to use his words when trying to talk about someone having heterosexual intercourse. All he can ever muster up are hand gestures and grunts. Cameran's talking head about TRav doing better when he's involved in politics, and then remembering he was in an office when he got busted for cocaine was great.

WOW. Everything about this new season is even more gross than I expected it to be, and that is saying a whole lot. Something about the way Britt never says she's nervous, she only ever says she's excited, makes me roll my eyes. It's like she thinks that's an adorable way of saying she's confident without seeming conceited, but it reads as full on vanity to me. I get that she's pretty but she's not funny, interesting, doesn't seem intelligent or particularly kind, so who cares? Oh right...this parade of strippers, personal trainers and car spokesmen (???) who like to take their shirts off and exercise on television do. Perfect. The "Is that soap or tissues?" comment was golden. HA! Team Kaitlyn, all the way. Not that I am holding out even a speck of hope that she is going to get more votes than Britt, but between the two of them, no matter what the circumstances, I will always be Team Kaitlyn. I guess I'm keeping my fingers crossed that Britt is going on day 6 of no showers and that her pits are ripe enough to tip votes over in Kaitlyn's favor. Her ombre hair looks just awful - when will this dreadful hair trend finally be over? Drunk and "Horned Up" Ryan was pretty much exactly what I like to see on this show. Heckling the drenched "Amateur Sex Coach" (gross.) who drove up in a hot tub car was great, we need more of that. However, the dentist who drove up in a cupcake? Loathe as I am to admit this, he might be my favorite as an actual contender so far. The Don Draper lookalike wasn't bad, but he's yet another personal trainer, so meh. Hang on...does the super creepy "healer" have a black eye? I need to know more about that!

Why has Norma started wearing women's clothing designed to look like men's clothing? I'd been noticing the masculine pants lately because they are so different from her previous style with the dresses, and the suit and tie she wore to visit the mental health facility seemed an odd choice. Is it to help the viewers better differentiate Real Norma from "Norma"? Is she an Annie Lenox fan? When they showed "Norma" pulling Bradley out of the car, I honestly thought for a second that Norman had changed into a dress and wig that he had packed for the trip. Took me out of the seriousness of the moment a little, but once I realized what was going on I thought it was a good choice. Boy, money sure talks when you're waiting for human organs. What did it take, about 5 minute for lungs to become available once Emma's dad was able to make the big donation? So sad, but for Emma I'm glad. I'm rooting for her and Dylan so hard! Normally, I wouldn't find a man committing murder for a woman sexy, but something about the way Romero takes down bad guys in a hot second to protect himself and Norma is a little yummy. Kiss the man, Norma! I can't decide if I'm glad or not that we don't know how old Norma will be when Norman kills her. I feel like the show could continue without her, but I don't want it to, so I'm hopeful her death is the series finale. In the movie, Norman wasn't very old when Mother was all shriveled and mummified in the house...mid-20's-ish, or so. Poor thing ...she tries so hard! :(

I felt bad for finding Shep's impersonation of Craig so funny. There's no reason in the world why I should feel bad about that, what is happening to me??? If that fancy dinner outside was during the summer, then they were eating rather late. It doesn't start getting dark until around 8:00 pm in the summer on the East coast. Sort of ironic to me, because growing up in the South I was a transplant from the West coast, and when staying over at my Southern friends' houses I was always struck by how early they ate "supper"...usually before 6:00 pm. Maybe it's different if you're Southern and super wealthy. Whitney walking just a few steps away from the table to smoke a cigarette was SUPER refined and classy! My husband goes to Jekyll Island every year for a business trip, and I've never gone with him but he always describes it as being generally stinky. He says the beaches are nasty, and usually there are a lot of dead sea creatures that have washed up. The hotel he stayed in a couple of years ago was being treated for bedbugs. I can only assume that the Southern Charm group was staying on the other side of the island from where conventioneers have to go. It makes me really uncomfortable watching Kathryn drink until she devolves into a screaming trashy redneck. Yes, Whitney is an ass and I understand why she becomes so frustrated by him, but UGH, I wish she would mature and not act like she's fresh out of prison every time he pisses her off. I don't believe for one second that the things TRav tells Whitney about Kathryn are actually "blood curdling". Well, maybe they are to Whitney because the idea of Thomas in a relationship with a woman is so revolting, but to regular people I'm pretty sure their arguments are rather standard and what we would expect, nothing particularly sinister or shocking. Even if Kathryn is drunk during some of their arguments we have already seen she's not capable of coming up with anything particularly slick or damaging to say. I'm willing to believe that cameras didn't catch Craig and Kathryn going out on a golf cart at 3:00 am. It's not like these people are on Big Brother with every word and action being taped 24 / 7 - the cameramen are eventually going to go to bed once the production manager decides that filmworthy activities are over for the night. If it appeared that everyone had retired to their rooms for the night, I can see C & K managing to slip away undocumented. The two of them together makes sense in a way, but a relationship would be a disaster. They'd just enable each other's unhealthy behaviors until they spun so far out of control that I'm afraid the whole thing would end in a Sid and Nancy kind of situation. Everything about Thomas' election antics bores me. Even if he had won, I would be bored, but knowing he lost makes it all that much more bleh.

When Nev was sitting with Dewan in his kitchen and asked what his insecurities were, I leaned forward expecting to hear something about his condition instead of lack of a father figure (which is still awful) - I thought his head looked misshapen, and that there were some huge scars on his skull. I can't help but wonder if as a child he had a disorder that caused stunted growth because his head was so large for his body. I didn't think he was ugly, and certainly no worse looking than Stephanie, who was nothing special in the looks department even after photoshopping away her skin issues. She really does seem to think she's hot shit. Maybe I'm just gullible, but when Nev and Max encourage the person to make some kind of parting peace with the catfish, I always believe they are doing it for the right reasons (sounds like I'm on The Bachelor), and not because they are trying to create extra drama. For whatever reason, I think Nev is a genuinely good and kind person.

Cameron was right about Shep being so much more attractive with that haircut. I've always thought he was pretty cute in an overly toothy kind of way, but this episode I was finding him absolutely hot. Daaaaamn. I can see why Craig has a hard time taking his friends' concern seriously - well, except Cameran's, because she's not hypocritical at all in her worries for him. It would be hard to listen to your drunk friends who are constantly joining you for all the partying to tell you you're partying too much. I don't know what the answer is for him, but I hope he doesn't blow it. I tried Googling whether or not he passed the bar in February, but couldn't find anything on it. I hope he did. Jennifer grosses me out, with her overly oiled up giant plastic boobs. I don't like her face, either, which I realize isn't her fault, but she is just very ew to me. I'm looking forward to seeing Tom and Kathryn's new place. Hate that Cameran didn't get to make a big sale, though. Boo. Cameron is such a rare jewel, in that she is effortlessly beautiful, she has great style, a sense of humor, she's intelligent, entertaining, fun, appropriately mature for her age...basically an embodiment of what many people would consider The Whole Package, and yet it's impossible to even be jealous of her. I just find myself thinking I'm glad things are going well for her because she's pretty awesome, and it's the awesome people I want to see enjoying a good life. I think that's why I haaaaaate Kim Zolciak's guts so hard - she is the opposite of Cameran in every way and gets to live this lavish life, always by running through someone else's money. It pisses me off to no end when grotesque human piles of garbage like Kim get everything they want, and then gloat about how they deserve it. Cameran is ten thousand times the human being Kim is. Autocorrect keeps changing the spelling of Cameran's name and frankly, I'm tired of going back and fixing it. I've always wanted to see inside the Palmer House! Yay! This show gives me everything I need, and I love it so.

Fantastic. All of it. My only distraction was Dylan wearing his leather jacket all the time, in the house, in the morning for breakfast, laying down in it and falling asleep... is it some kind of in-joke I'm not getting, the reason why Dylan must constantly wear that jacket indoors? I love that when Norma buys clothes to modernize herself, she goes with 1970's Hooker as a style guide. I was sad to see the Mercedes go, it was one of the characters on this show. I guess the therapist should be worrying about more than just losing his license now that he knows one of the secrets of the Bates family, but if he gets killed I won't be upset because he sleeves me out for some reason I can't place. My need for Emma and Dylan to run away and live together as happily as possible has become visceral. Knowing bad things are coming for them is physically painful for me. Mr. Irritable said that every episode this season feels like a season finale, and I have to agree with him. Love that Romero is still such a bad ass... it's the quiet ones you have to watch out for!

I'm marathoning this for the first time, and am 13 episodes into Season One. I'm confused about whether I'm supposed to like Smash? It seems that all the other characters like him, and his mom is certainly great and enjoyable to watch, but I CANNOT STAND HIM, and if I'm supposed to enjoy his "confidence" which to me reads as unearned cockiness, then I'm apparently missing something big. Despite my love of Jason, I was kind of hoping Lyla and Tim would stay together. That's probably wrong of me, but they were just so very pretty together. Julie's hair always looks like it needs to be brushed, or washed, or maybe like she should use less gel, or perhaps try blowdrying instead of letting it air dry. That's way too much hair to just have hanging around so limp and dirty looking.

She thought she was making a big point by having him do all the "work" she would normally have to do to take care of the baby overnight, but it didn't look like he had much of a problem handling things. I'm sure she expected him to tell her that he had no idea how much she did and that he was sorry for trivializing her role, his eyes have been opened, etc. etc., but...............that very much didn't happen.

True, Amber did cry too much, but she always seemed to have a good reason for it. Mae Whitman has been the best at crying convincingly on cue all the way back since Hope Floats. I might even have to see "The DUFF" against all my better judgment, just because I love her so much.

It's tiresome how often men still to this day love to blame hormones when their wimminfolk dare to get all up in a tizzy. Women never get upset for valid reasons, it can only be because they've had a baby or are on their period HAW HAW! Such a cliché.

This is one of the very best things I have ever read and I want to start incorporating it into my daily conversations. I have been marathoning this show on Netflix, and it has taken me all the way to the middle of Season 5 to finally hate Zeek a little less. Like others, I also strongly dislike the actor, but I've been able to set that aside for other people if their characters are endearing, so I think most of my problem is with Zeek himself. Ugh. Amber is by far my favorite out of everyone. Mae Whitman plays her perfectly and her lines are just good. With another character, the fact that every guy who meets her falls hard for her in 2 seconds would annoy me, but with Amber I'll allow it. With Sarah, however, all these men that find her so fascinating and amazing...I don't get it. The kid who plays Drew is endearing because his smile is so sweet, but to be honest, as nice as his character is, he's also incredibly bland. He's not funny or interesting, he's just nice with a cute face. Bores me to death. I've come around to Christina. Monica Potter's scenes with baby Nora were so good and natural that I suddenly saw her more as the image of kind, loving perfection she's supposed to be on the show. The campaign was stupid and a waste of time, but I guess in a way it was nice that she got to do something besides just be a great mom all the time. Love Jasmine and Jabbar, they make Crosby tolerable for me. That whole family unit grew on me pretty quickly, and I was surprised because normally the "Guess what, you have a kid you didn't know about!" plot gets on my damn nerves.

Why is Jennifer suddenly standing around in gold lame' shorts telling Kathryn what she oughta do? I thought Kathryn's description of Whitney as a little troll was pretty accurate. He really is just a bit too mean to her, considering she's T-Rav's baby mama. She's not JUST a shameless strumpet who can just be dismissed, she is in Thomas' life for the long haul, so poking and prodding her when she is already pissed off isn't going to make her go away. There's nothing Southern or charming about him being cruel to her just because he feels superior enough that he can make fun of her to her face and everyone will laugh along. Bad form, Whitney. Did anyone show up to the painfully underattended fundraiser that isn't already part of Thomas' inner circle? Wouldn't most of these people have already made their contributions? I appreciated that Shep coughed up some cash and then said he wished he could get it back. I think Craig is harboring a huge, deep-seated crush on Cameran that has him feeling down because she's unattainable but so often right in front of him, so he parties and hooks up with women to try to stave off some of the sadness of his situation. Hi, I'm Irritable, and I'm not a psychologist but I do sometimes play one on the internet. The Dr. is IN.

I thought I was on the verge of figuring something out because I decided that Chick and Norma's new teacher friend were played by the same actor, and were going to turn out to be brothers, possibly twins, who were on some kind of mission to infiltrate themselves into Norma and Caleb's lives for a mysterious reason that would be revealed later. But they are not played by the same guy, and I just need to calm the hell down because there is already enough creepy, mysterious stuff going on this season.

Yes! How DID they do that fall of Caleb's shot from above? It was CRAZY and made me curl up in a whining ball.

Never thought I would say this, but Kathryn made some good points tonight. And she wore better clothes. I laughed out loud when Shep described Whitney as being less of a beach and sun person and more of a bat that hangs upside down in the dark. The best. How does Cameran stay so thin eating that garbage? Those premade mashed potatoes taste horrible to me, and the sodium is off the charts. I'm not a fan of Stouffer's either, but maybe it could be passable for a minute. Either way, you cannot eat those things and maintain such a tiny figure. Maybe she just nibbles on the bagged salad and lets her husband eat most of the other "food".

Me, too. He can break my heart like a pro, sometimes with almost imperceptible shifts in expression, and I feel that he doesn't necessarily get the recognition of talent he deserves. I love the way the writers keep the icky rolling in the dialog, like when Norma said to Norman, "I'm going to go get out of these clothes" instead of "I'm going to change clothes" like a mother would normally say to her son. Always tweaking little things to ramp the Ew Factor up just a little higher.

When Nia said the reason she always turns into a screeching, soul-eating wendigo the moment things don't go her way is because she's so "passionate about sportsmanship", I guffawed right out loud. She needs to never, ever, ever, ever, ever be on TV again, ever. What a stinking piece of delusional garbage. Leroy wasn't at his best this season, but he hasn't yet burned through all the goodwill he had built up with me since all the way back to his days on RW. I'm glad he won some money, and I don't think he necessarily would have if Nia had been his partner. I could definitely see her quitting at several points along the way. I have no idea how it was okayed to let these people climb up a mountain at such a steep angle without being attached to anything. One slip, one stumble, and they could have fallen a terrible, horrible, bouncing, rocky long distance. I wish they at least showed them being picked up by helicopter after they finished. Asking them to make their own way back down seems pretty cruel. And still dangerous.

Accidental double post, so I will use it to say that I was just now starting on "Parenthood", but I might have to watch a different show in between because it's too weird to see Lorelai be someone else's mother. She sounds like the same character in her speech patterns and inflections, and her hair is the same, and in the first few minutes of the pilot my brain got all confused, first from seeing Peter Krause jogging like he did on "Six Feet Under", and then from seeing her physically attack her very unRory "new" daughter. Guess I need to decompress a little.