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I think this is my least favorite episode. After a big improvement from last season this seemed to fall back into the trap of being sort of ridiculous and sort of boring. Lots of interesting threads were introduced and then dropped without making anything of them. Why was the girls accommodation denied ? What exactly was the school so nervous about? Students maybe exaggerating learning disabilities to get test time is hardly a new idea or very earth shattering. I doubt it would impact the school. And finally, people make false confessions all the time. The police know this. The job (theoretically) isn’t to put somebody in jail it’s to arrest the right person. One more thing. That was the oldest looking 18 year old ever. The actresses playing mother and daughter looked maybe 10 years apart in age.

Oh my god I have been like Jim Garrison with Shannon’s phone. “Back and to the left. Was it a magic phone?” That photo is my personal Zapruder Film. Someone please explain where the phone was and how Shannon got it back!!!!

Good clarification. When I said Tamara decided to use Tough Love I meant more in a buzz wordy sense. I think she decided that at this point to just start yelling because she was frustrated and she knows that’s a thing you can get away with if you’re yelling at a person with substance abuse problems. I do not think she sat down and had a look into herself to find the best way to love Shannon.

Earlier I posted about how in the Shannon-John-Alexis debacle I actually think they are all sort of right but they are all absolutely assholes. I feel the same way about Tamara-Shannon and Tamara-Jenn. I think Ryan is a scummy dude who has probably said some really foul things to Tamara and has been shady all over town but Jenn was too dickamatized to care. I think Tamara was at one point worried and frustrated with her friend but it became about proving herself “right” and Tamara just went off the rails attacking Ryan and Jenn’s relationship. I think in the days after the DUI Shannon tried to blame John for what went down that night (He knew I was in a bad place and made me leave! I would have been fine driving if he hadn’t yelled at me! I was so upset I crashed into a house!) and Tamara started calling bullshit. I also think Shannon was drinking during her program and calling people from rehab to drunkenly tell them she’s not an alcoholic. I think Tamara lost her patience and decided to go “tough love” on Shannon. But again it became about being “right” and she went off the rails trying to prove Shannon was in the wrong. In both cases, I don’t think Tamara is wrong about what she’s saying but she’s so cruel in her delivery that it stops mattering.

It cracked me up how everyone was so quick to believe Ryan was 💯 guilty. I think they all like Jenn and tried to like Ryan for her sake but man…once the story broke they were all like “yup. Guilty as sin. Total dirt bag.” I had a solid 3 or 4 episodes of not hating Shannon. That’s a good run for me, but we’re back baby! Good god she is the worst kind of emotional vampire. Every time she’s either a) not getting enough attention or b) being held accountable for her own actions the tears and the hysterical flailing start. She’s not done with anything. That woman loves drama more than Shakespeare. I can’t stand Alexis or Johnny J either. This is one of those arguments where I think everyone is actually right and everyone is a terrible person. I think John is a user. I think Shannon has been getting drunk and accusing him of all manner of shit for years. I think Alexis loves rubbing her relationship in Shannon’s face. I think the $75 was a loan and Shannon knew it. I think John was a fool to loan her money. They are all messy assholes.

I HATED the ring! I agree that real or fake the design was cheap looking. It didn’t look expensive to me, it looked like something you’d get at a low end jewelry store.

Wow. Horrible episode mostly all around. The Bad: Tamara. You are vile. Maybe the worst person on Bravo and that is a very high bar. Heather. I get what you’re saying about the information not really being private but you should have kept your mouth shut. And learn to apologize. Shannon. Shut the fuck up. If you don’t like people feeling like you’re using them to spin a narrative on TV STOP DOING IT. You told Heather in camera on purpose. And then you went on a podcast and then you talked about it everywhere! You are not the victim you think you are. Also you absolutely did Gina dirty. And you were never bothered by Tamara’s behavior before she turned on you so shut up. Katie. I’m sorry having your adult daughter spread gossip she got from babysitting 8 year olds? That is fucking weird. The good-ish Jenn. You seem sweet but lord…you are making some very bad decisions and it’s not going to be Tamara’s fault when this blows up for you. Emily. You were good. You stayed out of it mostly and backed up Gina. The Good: Gina. 👏👏👏Stellar episode for you. You saw through all the bullshit. You did not fall for either Heather, Tamara, or Shannon’s games. And you looked cute as hell doing it.

Oh I’m not sympathetic. I’m with you. Shannon creates her own misery through bad decisions and then starts in on her “woe is me” routine. If it was because she couldn’t afford insurance (which I doubt) then why is she taking John on expensive trips instead of buying even a basic health plan? If it’s for other reasons why isn’t she addressing those reasons? And can you imagine if Shannon had gotten the news Heather did? Lord help us. The crying would never end. I’ve never liked John (always thought there was something off about him) and Alexis is being terrible. But I can’t say I’m exactly sympathetic to Shannon. I find her to be just a manipulative with her constant helpless Shannon routine. How many years are people expected to feel sorry for Shannon before she just starts making better decisions?

I guess anything is possible but Covered California has a lot of plans available and a yearly mammogram should be included in the wellness portion of even the cheapest plan. i think a more likely scenario is that the mammogram gives her anxiety so she avoids them. That or she read some BS article about the how they actually give you cancer.

I wish Shannon would do something different with her hair color. That super blond shade she and a lot of middle aged women favor is pretty unflattering in my opinion. I call it menopausal blond (and yes I am menopausal myself). I think women gravitate toward it because they think it looks young but I think it’s harsh against the skin and ages most people. I wonder how Shannon would look with a softer, darker blond.

Maybe. However Shannon hasn’t really shown a great ability to stop talking about things. She generally can’t help herself from harping on the ways she feels she’s been wronged.

Shannon has Dr Moon practically on retainer but she’s a 60 year old woman who hasn’t had a mammogram in 10 years? What. The. Actual. Fuck. She had created her own misery through her own bad decisions. Also Shannon running away from dinner because she “confided in a friend” and now she’s betrayed? Oh fuck off. You talked to Heather on camera to present John as an uncaring shit. I believe John is an uncaring shit, but that wasn’t a private conversation. That was propaganda. It may have been true propaganda but stop acting like you didn’t do that on camera on purpose! I know I’m alone on my island over here but sometimes I really can’t with Shannon’s bullshit. I’ve even found her more sympathetic this season than I normally do, but..come on! You are on a reality show Shannon and you came to play. That’s fine, but don’t act like you don’t know it. And can someone please tell me how Shannon sent John pictures of her injured face that night if the damn night went off the rails because she lost her phone? Nothing Shannon has said about that night makes a lick of sense.

Emily is still crying over this fashion show shit? Jesus. Emily as the only heavy woman in a family full of naturally skinny cousins I get it but, learn to cope.

Thank you! I didn’t understand the point of the app as either a piece of technology or as a plot devise. Much like you, I don’t really understand what it does. It sends you video and text messages based off of your internet searches? Is it banking on the idea there are enough men and women out there that want the sensitive hipster Aiden from Sex & the City guy Eli seems to be to keep the business afloat or are there other Elis you can pick from (Eli 1.0 is really not my type)? What’s the point of Eli not letting you break up? Is it all just a hard sales pitch to get you to renew your contract? Speaking of…$80 a month! Holy Hell that’s expensive. I don’t spend that much on my boyfriend and he’s an actual person. I don’t get it as a plot device either. Like why? Why is it there. Why couldn’t he just be a guy she went on a few dates with. I kept waiting to find out that he used the app to track her location so he knew where she would be and then show up but it didn’t seem to matter. But then they didn’t address things I had questions about. Like how did they both end up in the park? Did she lure him there to kill him? Was it a coincidence? Did he follow her there and she got scared? Was he stalking her? Or did he have a reason to show up to the same yoga studio? Were the letters the main thing (not that the letters were ok) but was he sending gifts? Showing up at her home? Was he talking to other people about her? What was happening exactly. i have questions.

I’m jut now watching S1 and yeah…the vibe is interesting between the two of them. My guess is that Whitney and her dad used to party together. Maybe when Whitney and her husband were having the affair they all partied together and Whitney and husband stoped the hard stuff and got their shit together. That’s my guess anyway. Whitney is weird as hell. Maybe it all makes more sense in later seasons.