Lizzing

Did Sutton get confused and thought she was on OC, and that's why she brought Fireball to Kyle's house? I get she gave them some great swag bags, but I'd be inspecting them for tell-tale signs of knockoffs after she turns up with a $15 hostess gift. Now, if we could get Aaron and Vicki in a cancer-centric conversation, it may even get more off the rails crazy. Speaking of Aaron's tin foil nonsense, for once I appreciated Rinna's camera awarness, because she did a perfect Jim Halpert direct look into the camera. This one look and giving us the gift of Sutton are the only 2 things Rinna might get my thanks for. Still loving Sutton: she said exactly what I thought about Teddi (boring and boring times two with the preggo storyline---see also MKE). Plus she's stupid, catty, and loud & proud about it. If she hadn't been at the dinner party, there wouldn't have been an episode. No one else is bringing even a scintilla of conflict so far and at least this is all happening on camera.

I'm in the camp that Rios did it. If he choked Jesse out, like the police instructor demonstrated, he could have slit his throat without much blood on him (Rios). As for other suspects, chefs often use non-serrated blades and Rabbi's sons don't know how to get away clean from a murder scene without any DNA. And, because snark is king in these parts, someone should investigate Jesse's friend for murdering Ave Maria. My dogs howling at the moon are more on key.

The lackluster houses really struck me too. Hate or love them, Camille, LVP, and Adrienne had some good house porn. For the current cast, I really only like Kyle's house, and that's for the house, not the shitastic Faye decor or the location. (Erica's and Rinna's houses could be improved upon with a top to bottom reno--there's a ton of unrealized potential in both.) The others are just kinda contractor-grade blah, making the pre-reno $30K dumps in Laurel on Home Town look super interesting (at least they're genuine Craftsman with historical details). LOL! Either way, Sutton is only 2-3 years older than me, and I would have sworn she's Ramona's age or older. The crows feet and lines under her eyes are worse than my mother's and she's in her 70s. Whilst in NYC, Sutton should have skipped NYFW and sat her ass in Dr. Sharon Giese's office waiting for an appointment. OTOH, her aged before her time appearance adds to her general delusion that she's cooler, hipper, and more fabulous than she actually is. How she didn't make the final cut as a full time cast member escapes me.

It may be an unpopular opinion, but I liked hearing the prdocuers' questions the ladies in their interview segments. And did anyone else catch the RHOBH mug in Denise's kitchen cabinet? The logo was at first facing the camera, but then suddenly turned around so the logo was no longer visible. And this is before Denise intentionally breaks the 4th wall by saying "Bravo" to stop filming. I might be in my own corner, but I love Sutton for the show. She is a horrible, shallow, vapid, nasty bitch, and super unapologetic about it, and that's what this show needs. I never really want to like any of the HWs, and she provides delicious hate-watching so far. Her fashion alone is worth it--she looks weird in everything we've seen her in, and she's beyond clueless about it. It may be designer, but she's making Vicki's season 1 brown pants look well-fitted. Rubber, clearly. Kids are sticky. 😉

So we're pretty deep in the season, and it looks like Yolanda isn't going to the UK. So this means that her story is basically an episode of Catfish, except it's taken us 18 hours of TV to essentially get through the first 15 minutes of a Catfish episode. We're not even up to the reverse image search yet! Yolanda is on the wrong show and it's a shame Sharp cast her here. Hell, at least with Caesar we got to see some nice beaches and with David we get to see some off the beaten path Ukranian locales, as well as a stellar restaurant manager. All we get with Yolanda is damn juice bars and an AirBnB---again, things that are regularly on Catfish.

Clearly this couple watched The War of the Roses and took it as a primer on how to handle a divorce, and not a cautionary tale. 😁 The show explained that the son ran around with a GoPro when around his mother because he wanted to keep a record of her insanity, but I wondered if that was also why the "you're stupid" conversation with the neighbor was recorded on a cell phone, the one neighbor kept the damaging voice mail, and the other neighbors had doorbell cameras. Plenty of people have Rings and the like to prevent theft, sure, but in all those "Fear Thy Neighbor" episodes on ID, the cops never can do anything unless they have video evidence of one neighbor harassing another. Were the other neighbors suspicious of the wife and/or the family that had the cops called so often and decided documentation was good precaution? But yeah, it seemed like the prosecutor rushed the case. Were there no wire taps and other investigations into communication between the wife & the contractor? That wasn't mentioned (though I do know Dateline leaves out salient details frequently).

If I'm not mistaken, Dorinda's sister & mother both live near her Blue Stone Manor, so she couldn't talk to them about her reno problems? Not that they could solve them, but just general venting and talking about local contractors to use? And ITA, John's business experience would make him a great person to lend an ear and a shoulder. How does John never having been married or have kids factor into being supportive for home renovationss? I've not done either yet handled my renos when I got dinged by a windstorm. I got all the HVAC, roofing, and foundation stuff fixed without being a generalized bitch to everyone I know. Ugh, she just bugs me so much. I think with Bethenny being gone, my annoyance with Dorinda is going to amplify. As for the others, I find their predictable craziness kind of oddly reassuring in these crazy times. Lu being a diva, Ramona never quite getting hosting right, Sonja stirring the pot, and Tinsely talking about Scott...comforting clockwork. LOL But Leah should get that tramp stamp removed--the font was horrid.

The Woofie video & the Claire & Mitch routine were cute, as was Phil misinterpreting Jay's request for a spoon. Seeing as the writers had the whole season to wrap the show up, they did a poor job for most characters. It wasn't great, but it could have been a lot worse....I'm still pissed at the HIMYM ending and can't watch it in rerun. At least with this, the nightly reruns won't have me diving for the remote.

Lily's last scene with Cam and Mitch needs to be the textbook example of lampshading Flanderization. That's 2 tv tropes in one--and I'm kind of impressed at its laziness. I'm sure there are other examples of it out there, but I can't think of one that made the point of what not to do so succinctly. And call me crazy--y'all won't be the first--but I felt Mitch's dance to "Time of My Life" was supposed to be a kind of sideways reference David dancing to "Simply The Best" on Schitt's Creek. But it didn't work, as it was not the perfect balance of cring-worthy & poignant to reach that goal. The one bright spot of this show, and of a performer who hasn't stooped to phoning it in, at least to my eyes, is Ty Burrell. His commitment to being a python-hunting Easter Bunny was still strong. (I'll also always stan Ed O'Neill, but that's based on more than MF.)

OK, maybe this is very pedantic, and yet, maybe I've found my people here...so stay with me on the math. Lily challenges the adoption of the new child because Can mis *currently* 48 and Mitch is 44. Lily then says that when the new child graduates from HS, Cam will be 68, and Mitch 62 but not until June. So this ep must take place after June (whatever date is Mitch's b-day). And previous mentions of Mitch's b-day has been far earlier in the year than June. Lookid, this is what my OCD personality and very, *very* often reairing on USA does to one. I'm not proud of it.

Kind of a pearlized white, actually. He claims the wooden lining is for aesthetics, but maybe it muffles screams too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqkwQQL2IHQ

Jenna was disingenuous when she said Madison should have woken her up--the alarm went off on the whole boat when the guests were partying. Glenn & Byron both woke up. You'd think that everyone should have gotten up just to make sure that the boat wasn't in distress. At that point, Jenna could have seen that things were in the shitter with the guests. Also, no doubt Jenna would have bitched to anyone who would listen (ahem, only Adam) if Madison got her up to help with the rowdy party. ITA @F8.--if I'm on a luxury yacht and I want food, even late in the night, I want more than veggies & hummus...which was exactly what I was eating while watching from my couch. I don't equate "what I got on sale at Costco last week" with "things I need to tip $6,667 a day for." It's got to be, at a bare minimum, what would be on the late night 24 hour room service menu at a good hotel. It was the second night these guests wanted late night food--Adam could have prepped something in anticipation while the dudes were off the boat and given instructions on how to finish it for whomever was on lates. He's just lazy as shit. As for the whole Adam/Jenna drama, they both came off as nuts for different reasons, but damn if it didn't make me smile when she told him he should just head off and live alone in his van. It's like she's been reading these boards for a few years. LOL I still *want* to like this show, but it is kind of slow. It's much better than the last season of the original--I mean, Paget actually though perhaps sexism was at play when the guests would listen to the male crew members but not the female members. That would be a bridge too far for those shitheads on BD original. I hope it gets better--the woman next week who only sniffs food could be a fun stark target.

Yolanda's story has to be 100% fake. First, I don't buy that she lives in the condo they show her in. There is NOTHING personal about it--she's an involved mom of 6, and all the kids seem to get along and hang out together, and there's not ONE single photo of them anywhere in the house? Last episode, we saw a photo of all of them together, sitting on a staircase--a staircase different than the one in the condo. And in the previews, we see her in her bedroom, which is just a made-up mattress on the floor, with nothing else around. Not even a lamp or phone charger. And I find it incredibly hard to believe she's live 52 years on this planet and never once heard an actual British accent. Not even a promo for a movie? A Helen Miren ad for Olay? Williams may be the least fake thing about her story. I'm pretty sure this Avery is dumber than the last one--at least Avery 1.0 had the excuse of youth. 2.0 doesn't and has 2 kids, ffs.

Thank you! Jenna looked like someone I'd seen on TV before and I was trying to figure it out. It's been a while since I've seen 24 and I don't watch Grey's. I want to like the captain, but he's either really a slacker or really up for production shenanigans for the boat to be in that state of disarray the day before they were to pick up the first guests. Either option can lead to a weird season. The aerial photography of Greece is stunning, however.

This season, all the PTcast are wearing the same outfits every episode (for the most part--some things are different, like Molly's head band). We know from Elizabeth's Reddit post that they actually shoot on location. But I also heard from the podcast The Fraudcast* that the cast aren't given whole episodes to comment on--only certain scenes. That's probably because (1) they get all of the PT cast commenting on the same moments and (2) Sharp edits the regular 90 Day eps up until the last minute and they have to match what goes in PT with what was just aired on the regular episodes. If you haven't checked out The Fraudcast, be warned that it is a spoiler podcast. So if you don't want to be spoiled, don't listen to it.

I still like Pillow Talk better than the regular episodes, especially this season. But I've now added the challenge of spotting different filming days for the PT crew. Like in this episode, Molly's headband changes and something red on her back kitchen counter appears and disappears with the headband change and Loren's cup goes from white to green and back again with her sweater coming on and off. Tim & Veronica have grown on me; they're not my favs but they're much better than Pao & Russ and Stacey & Darcey.

I loooovvvved The Addams Family as a kid and it pains me every time someone forgets that the lovely Carolyn Jones was Morticia decades before Anjelica Houston. Now all three of these dudes are dead to me. (LOL...jk...kinda) Anyone know how much of a break there was between tapings? All 3 guys tonight seemed a little slower and I wondered if it was the length of the day coming into effect.

Oddly enough, I instantly knew this because of Drunk History! 😄

LeeAnne's constant use of "I'm going to be totally honest..." and similar in front of sentences is a dead giveaway she's lying her ass off. It was so prevalent, it could be a drinking game. This show has run its course for me. Four years of hearing about troubled childhoods, trailers, trashiness, charity, farts, and tequila is enough. They should just scrap it, and maybe focus on SLC or pick a different Texas city.

While matzo ball soup is indeed an odd choice for a meal in super-hot Thailand, I am utterly perplexed that a trained chef seemingly never heard of matzo. I can accept that it isn't his wheelhouse, but complete ignorance is odd at best.

Just how big of a bottle of vodka did they get at the club? I have a 1.75L around the house for holiday gatherings, and it looks tiny by comparison. They all (save for maybe Courtney) need to slow down drinking that much in that heat. Ashton's behavior--both the outburst and the unwanted kissing--in the cab was, IMO, worse that that dipshit deckie who got booted off by Eddie (remember--the crew went to a little island for an overnight stay and Eddie tossed his ass to the curb either that night or the next morning). That guy was disrespectful, but we didn't see him physically go after much smaller crewmates. It seemed like there was something edited out of the exchange about mothers in the cab. First, the guys are making light of Tanner's mom, then Kate asks how Ashton's mom is, and he loses his shit. But later on, in the crew mess, she implies she was trying to take up for Tanner & stop the guys from mocking his mother. I wonder if that did happen (it didn't on screen). But in any event, Ashton was a complete asshole and out of line. Unless Kate called Ashon's mother a cock-juggling whore (TM Joao), he has no reason to go off the rails over a casual aside mentioning his mother.

Probably as excited I was to see the Costco tiramisu! Almost got one last week, but opted for the tres leches instead. Jasmin & Blake are so dull. I don't even know how they made the cut for the show. Was there not one other couple out there who were more exciting than this? I don't have high hope that something entertaining will come out of their story. So Mursel continued to lie to his parents, in "telling the truth" about Anna's boys. He let them believe that he only found out she had kids once he got to the US. He is a total shitheel and Anna should be embarrassed she ever brought him over. I've think that Natalie & her mom's apartment is fake. There is no personal touch anywhere--no pictures anywhere, no religious iconography, no decorations of any kind. Hardly any furniture anywhere, nothing on the counter, nada. Gotta be AirBnB.

Vicki is from Chicago, so she should have had to read at least The Old Man & The Sea in 9th grade. My theory is she did know who Hemingway was at one point, but too many tumbles and super-dirty martinis knocked the knowledge out of her brain. Emily's hair is full of extension, so I must amend my prior comment that they all are obsessed with cheap extensions to all the blondes are cheap extension obsessed. Emily has discussed several times this season that she has stress-induced alopecia, multiple bald spots, and uses extensions and/or filler pieces in her hair. So I don't know exactly how healthy it is, but it certainly looks more natural and better maintained than Gina's, Shannon's & Braunwyn's yellow messes.

Gina needs to keep her hair that shorter length. It improved her looks greatly. Yeah, color correction is still necessary, but the cut was a step in the right direction. I know it won't last because these women are obsessed with cheap extensions. Never will understand why they won't put in the effort and cash to get actually well-done extensions. I did kinda chuckle at Gina & Emily sharing a little hotel bathroom; juxtapose that with the RHONY ladies' fully staffed white marble house last season, which was even kind of a down grade for NY. OC is soooo low rent.

Maybe when Sasha's dad acquired the shirt, he didn't know what it meant, decided not to use any internet translation sites, and just rolled with it. But I have a hard time that he didn't know the meaning of shirt's text at the time of filming. Sasha's English is pretty good and it's come out that Emily's portrayed lack of Russian proficiency is another Matt Sharp fiction. One of them probably did say something and he was fully aware and ok with the shirt for filming. I kinda figure Sasha's parents are weird, given that they produced Sasha.