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what happened to the second part of the episode on the young woman who said she adopted her kid out, but it looks like her child is more likely dead? it says episode 149 but 150 was the angry woman who does not believe in being transgender? Uh OH! I am too involved. I might need Dr.P's "help".

I think this last catfish story might be my last. Phil gets so mean and even belligerent with these desperate people. He just hammered this last poor dummy. I get to blast her, you get to, but he should not be so self righteous. I agree with someone who posted about the catfished lady whose daughter kept laughing at her mom. He should have put a stop to that. The one slight redeeming thing he did say for the 1st time i have heard him, was that Phil will give her the info to help her possibly prosecute to get some of her money back. She won't probably tho. Maybe Phil's audience will give her some money. I think more of his viewers than I do of him and Robin. But why does he have to keep putting these poor souls down as they learn just how screwed they are??? It is hard to hear how often the family members need to say "I told her so". (we all assume that honey, now is not the time to rub it in).

and he grew some boobies too!

omg, let us PLEASE talk about the eye brows that K did to who was at least once , her friend. they were thicker than anyone could ever want to live with(for more than an hour) and these are permanent , right?

everyone i talk to and read thinks Nova is not attractive, but ME!! I think she is gorgeous and everything, high forehead and all. those eyes are so big!

I agree Vincent is a poor communicator, but from the second he spilled the bubbly, she sounded to me like her teasing got a bit mean and Vinc couldn't explain it.. She is bossy as hell.

it was magic at the circus-time when her legs FLEW straight up there. i bet the porn-watchers LOVE that move.(now i gotta gag a bit)

Did I hear Moriah say she wanted to get into the "production" of music? is that different from singing and producing music? I LOVED ethan last night too! I hate if i am sounding like i could possibly be defending Barry, but that stupid icky smirky/smile might be a nervous reaction. Cuz he was NOT happy. he is such a wimp I thot his eyes gave off a "I'm scared" look. The neck that turns the head was brilliantly timed and perfectly exacuted. I have mixed feelings about the younger 2 "escapees" going back to "the parents" supposedly to say i love you from Ethan and olivia and not include more support of them. They were just too nice. I DO get wanting/needing parental approval. At 50 i still wanted it . I hated how easily and skillfully Kim turned Ethan's visit around to make him look like the bad guy to the younger kids.

Maybe Jenny will catch on to their suicide -match-game and make it her turn to threaten suicide(if Summit doesn't marry her). I HATE how it is thrown around, since my thinking is no one there means it.

Well put, The old "opposites attract" philosophy is not always the best. It only works for some.

RealMe, can i call you realme? adding to your point, allowing for things like sugar, or freedom of decorating your bedroom, etc can be given baced on age, development. A benefit i think Mom has not allowed for herself is getting to watch HOW her kids handle the new choices.(then she could use her bossiness better, ha.. You can hear her saying in her low slow cracking creepy voice "YoU hAD TOo MUcH!!"). Editted to add: And as for the on-the-edge fat-shaming end of my post, i thot long and hard talking about posting about her weight. I, like you stay away from talking about someone's body weight. I am looking at it for purely the hypocriticalness of her own actions, and you got that.

First off, i will admit to really looking forward to watching the show and snarking with you guys. I would never admit this to anyone else, but since the internet can keep a secret, I feel safe. There is something so very odd to me that THAT mother and her pet-husband would allow their completely sheltered family to be on Da Teevee. In a series no less, and a second season even. Listening to her nothing good came of doing season one(except the big bucks for a fancy house with nothing to play with) The fact that crazy-mom allowed her "rebellious" daughter to live on her own at 17 is shocking. and rebellious? please, more like curious. Has mom never heard of a compromise. Keep that child home and let her wear her silly outfits. Maybe even let her see a (whispered voice) magazine on style or something . But her all or nothing attitude is shameful. I get scared thinking how naive what's-her-name is. But it is ok she live on her own(with her equally naive brother. If ANYTHING happened to her, her brother would not know how to handle it. How could he? Back to the cray-cray mom, I too believe she has a secret stack of sugary treats just for her. She probably made up the part of the bible that told her not to let children have sweets. She'd have to share. Does she seem the kind of person that likes to chare anything but her woes?. If it is not a secret compartment of wonder-treats then she is a lard-o. Maybe even a butter wrapper-licker! Broiled chicken did not give her that figure. ( this is the place to snark, right? ooohhh, i feel so mean, but it makes the rest of my world safer from our shared shut-in psychosis, it is a good thing). 3, i counted 3 times Wacky-mom said she would not let "that" happen to her younger kids. "That" being the world and how to navigate it. She's keeping them under her wings. Who is she trying to convince? SHE put them on a TV show!!! You know a burner phone from an older big brother is next. I just keep thinking we are being punked that someone so psyco about keeping the world away from her children would be happily signing up for reality tv. Instead of trying so hard to shelter and deprive these kids, let them blossom! Let them breath. She can't even trust in herself that so far they are turning out great! She can't give herself credit even, she is so wound-up on rules, and imposed isolationism. okay, i feel better, but Lord-Mom might be the type to let my secret crush on this show out. She seems that type. On a lighter note, I hope we get to see more of the middle brother, who is now the oldest boy at home(is he the only boy left?) he was darling in the second episode. Oh 1 more thing, I laughed SO hard at the giant insect (is her name Miria??) wore on her eye lids. It could have been me, but i think her eye lashes/slash/ insect, grew as the notes she was singing got higher. and higher.

I think these are horrible parents. They seem blinded to the results of their harden beliefs. I too was saddened hearing Ethan say what he missed, and Micah saying none were allowed friends. It has stilted their learning/maturing. There is something creepy about Dad's smile. And he is your basic fugly guy. how in the WORLD did a mildly attractive woman mate with a man so basic and produce remarkably gorgeous children(that all look alike to me). Is something off there? Ethan(the oldest boy right?) is lucky he found a partner that will help raise him moderately. She might be on the bitchy side, but that is all he knows. He could have gotten super rebellious and found a wife that would really take him own a dark path. the parents should be grateful their older kids are making good choices as they are, considering how sheltered they were. If Mom and Dad were more enlightened, less insecure, they would step back and give themselves credit that they instilled rightous values, trust in themselves they did it right. I don't think they did it right, but they seem to be telling us they know it all.(esp. mom, and dad seems a bit scared of Mom. i bet she can be very very scary) Taking all (safe)choices away from young children can result in terrible rebellion later. I am intrigued by this semi-awful semi-scripted (semi) show. and i too wish we could get more in depth with how Mom handled the tragic death of the run-over child. But i bet this is all we get because what we saw was all she did. She does not strike me a one full of depth. Come to think of it she also has a creepster smile. One more thing, didn't we learn last season that Mom went to college and partied hard, wasted the money and that is why going to college is worthless? I wanna know more about her parents. I want dad to just stay in the shed.

how did Brittney understand what that Jordanian was saying if she is not good at the language? It was not said in English was it?

Lisa would have hopped out of her seat to tell all the great things she's done for them, but she forgot to be thoghful.

I am SO glad you brought this up/ not good advertising for Ed if he is indeed a decorator

i LOVE Liza with a Z. that was so very much fun. ty ty ty.

I swear i remember Lana saying she understands English fine. she said speaking it is harder, or something like that. you BET she understands and like you said, she plays dumb.

I am not the Maci-hater that many are(i know we don't really hate, but those 2 words go together so well), like a well oiled machine) that many here are, but i signed up when she made me take Ryan's side on the wrestler weigh issue.(not so much as the over scheduled thing, different sports/different seasons). Also, I bet Bennie has friends, but they have good parents that don't let them on TV.(it was mentioned that his wrestle buddies were going to be at that private school next )(raising hand here that i also went to a private school, and i had a mixed bag of love/hate for it.No regrets tho. it gave me that extra hand-up going into college, that I needed. I think when Cory said to Taylor, that he felt bad that he had everything his Chey wanted, he was gleeful. it was a true case of him being, sorry/no sorry. I agree it was over share, but i loved Taylor's dry respond "she'll be ok" hahaha. So will Taylor. I wonder if Taylor wore white at that party cuz she might never get to at a wedding.

Do I have to buy a subscription to hear Katie Joy you tube pod cast?

Tt might be the first time Deb read it.(ghost writer perhaps??)

scary for whom? a ramdom walker going by is my bet for who should be scared(with that crew)

i was waiting for the dare. something, whatsa gonna do about it Michael?

I have never seen anything on this show that i can truly appreciate until i watched last night's. The way maddie spoke about how to raise a child with birth defects touched my heart in ways perhaps only someone that has similar birth defects can. I was born with 2 fingers on each hand and no forearms.(my bff told me once, "geej? none of us have 4 arms). I was born many decades(gasp) ago when similar babies were born were left to die(did you see that episode on "Call the Midwife"?.) My poor mother had a terrible time with strangers telling her i was too ugly to be in public, and she should have let me die, other rejections from even close family.(I looked a lot like shirley temple.) I was lucky to be raised by parents that let me bloom, blossum, be me. Back in the early 60's public schools tried to keep me out, even tho i needed little extra attention and had no issues of brain malfunctions . As i grew up and started to learn something was 'wrong' with me, it was only the public that gave me hard times. It was only the public that taught me something was "wrong" not different. My cute 'liddle' arms never held me back.(well if i had wanted to be an acrobat, or bank robber, maybe). I ended up growing up to be very outgoing, kinda funny,friendly person. I see that GORGEOUS baby doing wonderfully also. People these days are so accepting, kids are more worldly in how everyone has differences, and generally speaking it is a far more accepting place and time to grow up "different". There is a HUGE difference in being born a certain way, than loosing a limb, sight, etc later in life.it means i never knew anything different. I learned to tie my shoes at the same time, but in a different way. I never mourned the loss of fingers or length of arms since i never knew differently. Only thing i wished my folks would have known to tell me early on is:" people stare at movie stars too". This got more personal than the thread normally is used for, but i am SO impressed with maddie and caleb's attitude. Don't confuse that with my feelings of their irresponsibility in going to a cut rate birthing center.