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I thought the episode was gold. Definitely the best in a long, long time. I was laughing all the way through. Carl for the win: The president who advanced the Domino Theory was Roe v Wade. It was such a throwback episode, with the kids all gathered around the message from Ian, and then the frenetic energy at the breakfast table the next morning. Lip didn't bother me for once. He wasn't sanctimonious. He wasn't rescuing anyone--finally! I like Deb in the role as the savior better than Lip anyway. I really liked the way the Fiona story resolved itself. She got mad lucky, yet she has nothing left. Kev's sentimentality turned me off, but Vee rescued that storyline in the ninth inning. I also thought Frank was at his best here. It's always interesting when there is someone around to match his crazy. Well done, show.

I certainly don't want to probe into your private life too much, but...would you feel comfortable sharing the circumstances that led you to decide to divorce? I think a lot of everyone's problem--the ladies and the viewers--is that Gina's divorcing for seemingly no reason. I don't know any personal divorce horror stories, nor am I devoutly religious, and I still find the whole thing jarring and sad (with a dose of selfishness for good measure). Gina never said she was an atheist, did she? (And I'm not saying you said she said it; I am just saying I have seen the words "Gina" and "atheist" all over these boards) What I heard from Gina was, "I don't even know if I believe in Gawd," which would make her perhaps an agnostic, but certainly not an atheist. However, going back to the quoted post, Gina is a free person. She can just say, "I don't discuss [politics, religion, sports, whatever] at the table," and then, if they continue to pursue the topic with her, they're the assholes. I think it is just as valid for people to question one's "atheism" the way it has become fashionable to question one's Christianity. Gina, having admitted to having watched the show in the past, should know, at the least, that Shannon, Vicki and Tamra are all Christians. (And she knows Emily married someone who thinks they're going to go to their own planet after they die). Yet she still put that info out there at a dinner party. Maybe...Gina, know thy audience? It's why I don't discuss my politics at holiday dinners. I don't feel like educating the relatives all night. If I were to open up and say "I hate government policy x" in a room full of "policy x" supporters, they're all going to come for me. And if I'm not ready for the onslaught, that's my problem. Now...if I wanted a paycheck and wanted to keep y'all's attention? I would totally make provocative statements and wait for the melee to ensue. So it's all about what's motivating us.

I had a lot of intrigue about this surgery, and this article seems accurate, as it complemented some of Contessa's comments last night. She tested negative for BRCA so insurance didn't cover it, but the entire procedure was only $20k. I had a strong feeling--call it women's intuition--that Contessa was going to get her reconstruction done at the same time as the double mastectomy. And she went bigger, apparently, from an A to a B. Which is terrific. If she's a working mother, I'm glad she did it in one shot. Is it weird that I'm wondering about her niples though? Not much was said about the nipples. I have a feeling they were not removed and tattooed back on, all while she was under general anesthesia. More will be revealed, I guess... I am not a fan of Jarrett right off the top. There are already seven full-time cast members. It's a sad state when the producers have to introduce a new dentist (wonder if Mariah talks to her) and give same new dentist a party in the same episode. She just seemed a little too eager to jump into the Frey. Was I the only one who got shades of Genise? What the fuck was up with Quad's outfit last night? A dress that made her otherwise fine chest look like struggle titties along with industrial strength straps? Give me Simone's $100 shoes (which I loved on her, but would hate on Ericka Jayne) 1,000 times over and some eye bleach, please! Call me unbothered my Ayden's inquiries into Greg's whereabouts. Last time I checked, it was permissible to ask where one's spouse was at a social gathering. Had Mariah just changed the subject rather than repeating (and repeating) "don't say that," we might have been saved an awkward situation. Save me Quad's histrionics next week. When she is human--as she was this episode--and just made a straight-faced joke that Greg could be found in a hotel room, I could kinda sorta like her. A good sense of humor can really save an otherwise faulty person (see: Simone, Heavenly). When she starts in with the dramatics and the histrionics and the voice-wavering and the hysterical voice-shaking while hysterically crying, I am all Toya, like, "Girl, bye. Bye...bitch."

I looked at the first link as soon as I found out Emily claimed to be a lawyer, and it is such bullshit. We lawyers tend not to wear booby shirts when we post our pictures on our professional websites. We tend to favor business suits for our bios, and standard is a picture that encompasses the head and top of shoulders. I don't think I can unsee her freckled chest! Why should any client need to know the state of their attorney's (male or female) chest? I'm kind of throwing up in my mouth thinking about it. Also, let's look at the language that comprises her bio: "Emily Simpson is an associate in our Copyright Division. She is responsible for advocating for and protecting clients' intellectual property rights in copyright matters and other legal proceedings." I think at least 65% of the people who post on this site are capable of writing something better than that! It is so redundant. Let's unpack what it tells us...that she's a copyright lawyer...who works on copyright matters? Well, I'll be damned. But let's not fret, fellow readers, because she is also involved in other legal proceedings. Oh, thank God, because that is so descriptive and impressive that I feel like putting her on retainer right now, just in case I should have business interests arise in California and I need legal representation. Gee, if I didn't take her seriously before, I certainly take her seriously now. Although I think I missed the part of her bio that stated that she brushes and flosses every morning. She is a clown. Not an attorney in any meaningful sense of the phrase. She makes the rest of us female attorneys look better in comparison, though, I'll say that. I will give credit where where it's due. If she's a member of the bar of two states, great. But nothing on that website indicates to me that she is currently practicing law. If you googled my name, you would find my head shot and a legal bio from a firm for which I haven't worked in over six years. What we really need is a Meghan PI to call the firm, book a consultation with Emily Simpson, meet her at the appointed time in the office listed on her contact info, and get sound legal advice on copyright law, which is a very...intense and nuanced type of law to practice. If she can accomplish that, I would issue an apology to this entire website, and eat my hat, to boot. Because hell will freeze over before it happens. JMO.

I love this post! Yeah, I'm just as lost as you...to recap, Gina and Matt are best friends who are attracted to each other and have sex, but since they don't feel as if they are 'in love' at this moment in time, they are going to declare their marriage "irretrievably broken," to the courts and live separately, rotating in and out of the Orange County house in which Gina is currently living with the kids, and assets are not going to come up, because she's "not about money." And health insurance...well, that'll work itself out, and the important thing to remember is that most doctors who provide Botox and other elective procedures are cash doctors anyway, so...health insurance-smealth insurance... Oh, ok, then...why are you planning to rotate in and out of the OC house if the original problem arose from the fact that Matt is living in northern LA and cannot physically get to Orange County? Why are you worried about not seeing your (soon to be former) in-laws and nieces and nephews if Matt is your best friend? Why would "best friends" be discluded from such things? Why be upset about the bikinis you were going to wear to Cabo? Why can't you stil go to Cabo with your "best friend" if you all planned this vacation in advance? Because you're full of shit, is the likely answer. Gina confessed to something few Housewives ever do: when asked on Andy's show if she'd watched RHOC before becoming cast, she answered with an emphatic, "yeah!" So then do your homework sweetie, and come up with a good, consistent cover story as to what your family situation is and is not. And stop running your upper gums and lips up and down your face every time you talk, while you make wild, stiff gesticulations. No one from Long Island has ever done that. You look like Al Pacino having a stroke. Ooh, anyone pick up on the fact that she let it slip last night that she and Matt only met when's they were 22? That shuts down the narrative that she was trying to portray that people on Long Island meet their high school sweethearts, settle down, get married, and have babies together, all without a second thought. Girl, you were 22, not exactly a babe in the woods. I was in law school, 1,000 miles from home, when I was 22, and I too am from Lawng Guyland. If someone would have said "marriage" to me, I would have conjured up images of my parents (and Gina and I are just about the same age). Geez. I don't like her, but at least Brandi Redmond from RH of Dallas met her husband when they were 13. That's what I was picturing here. Not two adults who met in adulthood and decided to make adult decisions, and she is crying and blaming it on some non-existent Long Island culture. Girl, just admit that you were (are) a dumabass. Not to mention that Emily's daughter already has sisters...two half-sisters that appear to have mucho affection for her on Instagram. So this is not Emily wanting her daughter to have a sister--this is Emily wanting her daughter to have a sister that came from Emily. What a bitch. And if she's a 'practicing attorney' in the sense that most people understand that phrase, then I am the Queen of Sheba. Where are her offices located out of which she does 9-5 work, for starters? She's full of shit. I actually like Shane better than I like her.

That was 100% what I thought, but then I found this article on the Bravo website: https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/stephanie-hollman-shares-the-surprising-reason-why-husband-travis-hollman-is Apparently Travis's stepdad's family helped found Harvard, so Travis is allowed to attend through the 1650 charter or something. She's claiming it's the real deal, but I'm a skeptic, and I would put money on the fact that he is not taking three years to get a Harvard MBA full stop. The article is very vague. Add the fact that they are using Travis's "education" to shill their more-likely-than-not bullshit employee college initiative, and something is rotten in Cambridge. Ooh, according to this article, Stephanie monitors Travis's Lyft rides at Harvard in order to ensure he's going to class and not partying. Cause no one could ever, ever hire a private car to go to a party. Or ride a bicycle. I want to take this post out back, marry it, and have consensual sex with it.

All this, all day. D'Andra doesn't give a shit about Leeann's well-being; she is trying to get in petty digs, and it is infuriating her that she can't get a rise out of Leann. It's like, the calmer Leann stays, the more D'Andra loses her shit. This woman doesn't care about Leann and Rich finding wedded bliss because of a past relationship mistake that she doesn't want Leann to have to experience; she wants blood. I can understand--theoretically--one friend being strongly concerned about whether and when another friend was getting married. Perhaps if they lived in an Orthodox community, or if Leeann was 33 and she really wanted children, but Rich wouldn't put a (wedding) ring on it. Fine. Fair enough. But Leann is 50, has never been married, has been happy with this man for years, and expresses no wishes to have any children. Who cares if they are "engaged" until Leann is 60? Will D'Andra still be giving her shit then? How about at 70? The only way I can see D'Andra's point is if Leeann is seriously demanding that D'Andra throw her elaborate wedding parties, as she did last week. Now if I were D'Andra, that request might get me to go all Kameron "guuuuurl" on her ass, but nothing further. I wouldn't bring up the cheating unless I was seriously concerned that Leann could get an STD or have her heart broken, neither of which is pinging for me with D'Andra. I actually think she is, more and more, beginning to resemble a piece of human debris. They are both absolutely gorgeous though. Especially Leann. If this is 50, damn. Speaking of human debris, Brandi! Everything she does grates on me. She and I are definitely in bitch eating crackers territory. Why does she have to pick up the fucking dog every time the doorbell rings?!? The dog should be trained not to run out, because if it wants out enough, it could scramble out of Brandi's arms, and, not everyone entering the home wants to be met at eye level with a kid or dog. The more I view Brandi, the weaker I see her being. It just oozes out of her pores (I also can't stand to look at her; her jacked-up squinty eyes make me uncomfortable, but that's not her fault, so I guess I shouldn't harp on that too much...) But, my big question is, where the hell is Brian? This is a woman who has two healthy children, who just adopted a third, and she is seriously sleep-deprived and needs help...yet, conveniently, no one seems to make mention of the fact that her partner is absent. It's very jarring. And I don't believe he *needs* to work this much that he can never be present for filming. Maybe he wants to "work," and that should be addressed. There is nothing wrong with living in a 2,000 square foot home, driving a Jeep Grand Cherokee, and having a husband who is around to pitch in with child care. If Brandi is set on having this big life, then she needs to take full responsibility for this sleep-deprived thing, and I don't really want to hear any more about it... i also think Brandi is a horrible mother for the way she's treating those two little girls. They are clearly not the priority in her life right now, and it's affecting them. And, no Brandi, they're not "bitches." Maybe they're being brats cause of you, but they are your daughters, not bitches, and you are a sick bitch for calling them that on national TV. Calling a minor a bitch is the kind of thing adults whisper to each other in jest when no one is around to hear it. It's not something to be publicly preserved for infinity. I really think Brandi needs to get herself and her children off of reality TV. It's the last thing they need. What they do need is a behavioral therapist. Stephanie--also, I like ya, but discipline those boys! Don't put it all on their dad, who is off getting his--cough--bullshit--cough--certificate at Harvard Business Scool. They are getting too old and big for acting out and it being perceived as "cute." Zuri was alright, "flirting" with the boys, but what's up with all the kids on Bravo lately? They're doing my head in.

Girl, YASS, esp considering Brooklyn has "Hot & Naked Yoga," and BK is practically in her backyard, the way she'd have us believe it

I'm sorry, I haven't gotten through all the content yet, but I just had to chime in: Gina is a world-class asshole. I can't believe it was only two (three?) episodes ago when I was cracking up to her (re?) meeting Shane, and her going, "It's fucking Shane!" loud enough for everyone to hear. Now...I hate her the most of all the current OC Housewives. Maybe it is a Long Island thing. My husband and I watch the show together, and we are both from Long Island, and nothing she says or does is true. That, right there, is irking the shit out of me. Just to clear things up, Gina is not from NYC, or an area adjacent to NYC. "Princesses of Long Island: OC" this is not, and it bothers me so much that she is portraying it as it is. Gina is from Suffolk County, and, more specifically, North Babylon, which is not high-income, not high class, not known for much, except for literal trash, and a horse farm that abuses animals. When you say "North Babylon" in Long Island, it as the equivalent of saying you are from...I dunno? Like, Paterson, NJ or, for the west coasters, it is like someone who claims to be from LA when they live in the Inland Empire. It's not a bad thing, per se, but is is misleading to act as if your area represents a population of three million. Plus, I'm not even gonna mention the racial division that is present in North Babylon, but "cosmopolitan" it is not... So, pardon my Reza slang, but bitch be from the ghetto/sticks, and she is now claiming the whole east coast (as she did last night to the Italian chef)??? Oh hell, naw. She has been blaming Long Island all season for her shit, and now I'm done with it. It's not even accurate. The stereotypical Long Islander is not encouraged to get married and procreate without a second thought. Maybe in her little neck of the woods. College is pretty much an obsession on Long Island, and no one is encouraged to pass Go or collect $200 at least until they've got a BA. If she claimed she and Matt met as undergrads at SUNY Oneonta, that would be much more authentic to Long Island dogma. There are people who marry within their clan, but it's certainly not part of the culture at large. So just shut up, bitch, with your teeth-baring and waving your hands with the nails pointed outward as if you are asking your manicurist if the shit is dry enough for you to leave (and it never is). The behavior she demonstrated at Vicki's was really just cray. It should not be attributed to a particular place, but if we are going there, lets at least be accurate in our assessment: most people who claim to be of Italian descent on Long Island claim to be Catholic. I have never met a non-Catholic person of Italian heritage on LI. But, suddenly, now she doesn't believe in God? Is it because she has an independent streak and decided to break with her religion and follow her inner child long ago, or is it because Catholicism prohibits divorce? Hmm... I just really don't like Gina and the platform Bravo has given her. I feel like we are being held hostage with her storyline, yet we have never even seen Matt. Why, then, should we be beholden to a storyline about a couple's breakup when we don't know half the couple? They flashed back to Jeana Keough for a micro-second last night, and I got all weepy for days gone by, when they used to let things hang out. Jeana and her absent husband and abusive children would never fail us, week in, week out. Where is Lynn Curtin getting evicted? Gretchen and Lynne shouting across a table about whether a woman had a "God right" to have the last word on parenting, just because she spread her legs and had a kid (Gretchen's words, not mine). This Gina...ugh, please be gone next season, and we can chalk this up to some Bravo casting blindness, like Peggy from last season... i guess I liked the idea of Gina for the beginning of the season; she didn't intentionally start shit; she sorta stayed in her lane. But miss me with the idea that you are not getting divorced (and she did deny the divorce on Andy's show before admitting it), but that this is just a "new phase" for your family. I don't remember being hysterically crying on the phone to my mom when my husband and I got engaged, because it is not an inherently sad event. Divorce--especially when young children are involved--is sad. The alternative may have been worse, but please don't treat your divorce like a neutral thing. Please pay it--and your failed marriage--some respect. I think that is all these ladies are asking (even though they kind of are making it all about them, but she should have been prepared for that). And, for the love of everything sacred lady, stop acting like Californians are martains. The problem is not Californians; the problem is that you are a rube. Deal with your shit, my God!

I don't think the cameras followed Kameron to Orlando, because I'm not sure she went to Orlando. There is at least a 50% chance she got to Dallas-Ft Worth, saw all he commotion, and said "fuck this." She is not using the private plane because this is a business trip, or because Court has it in NYC??? Things that make you go hmm... I am firmly in the camp that Rich does not want to get married (so then, why did you put a ring on it, asshole?), and I think he is funding this second-rate Kevin Lee, if only to tell the couple that they simply can't have a proper Dallas wedding without "x,y,z," thus, extending the life of the engagement to forever. LeeAnne, I know your hands are not knives, but make this one exception and use them to cut and run. I am coming around to Stephanie too, but, as I told my husband last night, if she and Travis are reaching into their pockets and spending one red cent personally on this college thing, and this is not some sham or tax write-off, I will eat my hat. I wonder how many crickets we would hear if an "employee" at that meeting raised his hand and said, "thank you Mr. Travis, but instead of pursuing higher education, I am starting my own side business, so if you would kindly transfer the 'tuition' money into my bank account, I would appreciate it." Chirp. D'andra is really losing her shit while showing her ass, and it's not making for a good combination. It's all over Dallas that she only has $200?? Take several seats, bitch. First of all, most people divide their funds into several accounts, and may have a good reason for keeping a bank account open, even if it has no activity, or a trivial amount of activity. So to take the allegation that "she has $200 in her bank account" so seriously and so hysterically makes methink the woman doth protest too much. Up until this epi, I thought D was rolling in it, and I thought the Al Gore lookalike hubby was bringing in a huge share of the dough. Now that she outed him in her ramblings as "retired," and she implied she was holding up the household financially, I have a new view of the Simmonses' finances. And it's not cause of anything Leanne said. What I found the most interesting and the most damning was the fact that D'andra put her western wear on the Company credit card. Dear, just google Duncan Hunter. Just...please don't start your own business. You are not equipped. I was suspicious of her last season her when she lost her fucking mind on Al Gore's son in the middle of the night and kicked him out of the house because he wasn't living up to some Hammurabi Code she had set forth for him, and then she realized what an asshole she was and took the whole thing back. Honey, erratic behavior worked for Steve Jobs. It doesn't suit you. I was suspicious of Brandi's adoption as soon as I heard about it pre-season. It just seemed way too "serendipitous" as Judge Judy would say, for a newborn baby boy with her and her husbands' complexion to come out of thin air right as filming began. Up until this point, I was not quite as cynical as my fellow posters, but I believe I may now join you on the dark side. I love those girls selling out their mom too. "She's always on her phone" horrified me. I would have liked to think that as soon as Brandi put the baby down, she would have devoted her time to the little girls, but they put that rumor to lie. Out of the mouths of babes, I guess. i am fine with Cary's decision to tell D'andra what Leeanne said about her bank account. You sign the Bravo dotted line, get ready to ride, ladies. After seeing this episode and what I read online, all I have to say to D'andra and Brandi is "fuck you." So you guys decided to be allies on the show and brokered some peace agreement along the lines of, "I'll stop telling people you're fat if you stop telling people about my Adderall"? Great, wonderful, let's see how long this lasts...

I'm not sure I get the reference to the defamation lawsuit. A full legal defense to defamation is truth. I don't see how talk of defamation could arise in the context on any lawsuit vis a vis this show. The interviewees could claim they were defrauded into doing the interview, but I'm sure the releases they sign are airtight, so that takes care of that. The people who made asses of themselves should just cop to it, and publicly say, basically "I played myself, damn." There is absolutely no excuse these people can give. Conversely, the people who weren't tricked, such as Bernie Sanders, Dick Cheney, and that guy from Utah should get some credit for keeping their wits about them in a coercive environment.

Not trying to be contrary, but how is there "nothing wrong" with a baby who, through no fault of its own, is born with congenital birth defects? From a cosmic perspective, that is actually one of the "wrongest" things I can imagine. I don't know where we have arrived as a society if we dub a sick child as having "nothing wrong." I understand the desire to refrain from judgment as it pertains to the choices of consenting adults, but I can't abide by a society that has slipped so far down the PC rabbit hole that we are now taking pains to say there is nothing wrong with something that is, indeed, by definition, wrong.

Oh ok, I got lost in the moving of goal posts. I thought we were discussing Louisa's objective options as she states them on the show. Seeing as how this is not a documentary, I took pains in my first post to say that according to the show, Luisa has options about her green card status, such as enrolling in school. If we are shifting to the subjective, and you are now saying that the show got it incredibly right that Luisa is in a shitty position through no fault of her own, I still disagree. It's not a "shitty position" to have to jump through hoops to get what you want in life. To me, that's a "difficult position." A "shitty situation" IMO, is when you have no options. Huge difference. Agree to disagree.

This is a classic either-or situation. Either the show got it (incredibly) right, and Luisa can get a green card by enrolling in school, or the show got it wrong (incredibly wrong), by stating that Luisa could get a green card by being in school. We can't have both, cause that's what she said.

Putting aside the real US law and just sticking to what we were presented with the four corners of the episode, Luisa could get a green card by enrolling in school. (Source: Luisa). So, why not sign up for some classes at Suffolk County Community College, and be on her way? She might even be able to qualifying for in-state tuition. Would it perhaps put off her plans to immediately do hospitality work in Miami with the Chinese? Hey Luisa--we all have dreams that get deferred. I believe Langston Hughes even wrote a poem about it. That, or she can rail instead against "this fucking country" (her words) for not giving her a driver's license and, apparently, legal status to do what she wants on demand, rendering her as helpless as a concubine in the face of Cole's demands. Whatever works for her. I know what I would pick. On a different note, my husband and I, who both grew up on Long Island, had no idea where that diner where Alison and Five Months Sober guy were eating. There is no highway structure like the one behind FMSG's head anywhere in eastern Suffolk County. It's very flat out there. There are no major highway intersections. The diner looked like it somewhere in the outer NYC boroughs, like Queens. Does anyone know where Alison's job is supposed to be located? Sometimes I feel like these show runners don't even attempt to understand Long Island's actual physical features. Hey, when Cole caught that kid "freebasing" lol, why did the kid run? If the kid truly thinks Cole in in no position to bust him for anything, why run? Oh yeah--drah-mah. This whole episode felt very claustrophobic to me. I never thought I'd be saying this, but I can't wait to return to LA (hanging head in shame).

Halfway through the first installation of season five; just finished (re?)watching Fateful Consequences. i agree with everybody. Season 5 Is just not funny, and it drags. The female cop gave me some initial hope--she just steps into the scene and I want to laugh, and Maebe is really bringing it, but... just no. It's boring. It's tedious. Nothing is unexpected or clever anymore. Between Buster and Gob, it feels so desperate. i don't just dislike Ron Howard on my screen; I have a visceral reaction to him. It's like he is supposed to show up with his toothy grin and we're just supposed to start laughing apropos of nothing. All the self-referential voiceovers are not ironic, they are just annoying and obvious. I thought back to seasons 1-3 when Ron Howard said, "it was arrested development...hey, that's the name of this show," and I wanted to weep at its sheer understatedness. Nor could I stand Rebel Alley in seasons four or five. This show really knew how to do self-centered, clueless, oblivious, hideous women with aplomb--Lindsay, Lucille, Jesse the public relations person, Rita Leeds, Kitty Sanchez, Maggie Lizer to an extent, and Ms Barerly and Sally Sitwell still performed. Rebel Alley, with her inexplicable foreign accent is charmless. I don't find her PSAs funny, and I feel bad for her son Lem. She's just an oblivious bitch. Nothing subtle there. Despite its Ron and Rebel-centeredness, I really like season four. It just can't be compared to seasons 1-3 IMO, with seasons 1-3 being some of the best television ever made. But damn if I didn't enjoy P-hound, fake block, the in-flight magazine, sudden valley becoming a haven for people on the sex offender list, Austerity, Herbert Love, Ophelia Love, everything sexually mature about George, er, MaHarris (the matador pants!), Ann, the Christian talk show, Michael driving the car for "that search engine," Lucille's Chinese prison family, Perfecto, the ostrich, a four-way roommate scenario where twins get half a vote, Getaway, the Methodone Clinic, the trip(s) to India, and the roofie circle.. Could have lived without DeBrie and Marky Mark. They were gross. The wall stuff was fun, but using the land in Mexico as an executive retreat fell a little flat for me. With the remix, I give it a solid A-. How can you rate any show where someone can say "daddy needs to get his rocks off" without guile any lower? Season 5 reached a new low when they managed to make a trip to Mexico unfunny. Can we ditch this beach house and the old age home, and get back Franklin? Or at least Ice the Bounty Hunter?

I am honestly asking, what was "amazing" about her? And what was "powerful" about the track?? I couldn't even hear it, other than some offshoot of "put down that gun," which was repetitive, but not the least bit catchy. It is just cliched beyond words for a minor to spout off naively against violence and excpect to get accolades for it, yet here we are. I just...don't get it. I care about her back story zero. The back story can inspire the art, but the art needs to stand alone. Her rapping was also disappointing from a technical standpoint. She didn't have cool rhymes or use language uniquely or ironically. I was very bored. There was nothing interesting or innovative about her. All I have to do is flip on Drop the Mic and I am entertained and--even though the participants on DTM are amateurs with regard to rap skill--they are hilarious and...talented to a degree. I would much rather watch people spit water in each others' mouths. It's more artistic and much more original. At least the water lunatics were thinking, "how can we push the envelope?" as opposed to to falling back on something that was supposed to pull at our heart strings, but fell flat. You can be a sympathetic figure and use that pain as a vehicle to create something powerful, but this...was not that. This was middle school talent show fodder.

It was oddly satisfying to hear the plastic surgeon tell Jax that the effects of shrinking his jaw with Botox would be minimal. Three thousand miles to the east, you could hear Bethenny Frankel's nose grow while she simultaneously demanded a retraction

So now we can say "hypochondriac," but not "Munchausen's"? Mm-kay...

I am a bit surprised that so many are defending Margaret, but with the caveat that referencing Hitler was somehow inappropriate or thoughtless or insensitive. She was making a point. Often the fastest way to make a point is by going to extremes, and God knows it's hard to get a word in around these women, so you've got to get in and make that point. Margaret was trying to say that the collateral damage that someone causes should not be irrelevant to one's decision as to whether to ally with him or her. Let's be real--Margaret is not going to be able to say that and be heard over the din, so she went to a topic every one would get--Hitler. Sure, she could have used another tyrant, but are we really to believe that Siggy, let alone Teresa, Melissa, Dolores, and Danielle, are going to have working knowledge of the ways of Pol Pot or Stalin or Ceausescu? To quote Gob from Arrested Development, "Come on!" I gotta love Siggy's rule that you can't mention Hitler unless you're referencing the Holocaust. Someone needs to tell Bryant Gumbel that he just offended Siggy by mentioning "Hitler in the 1936 Olympics" on his sports show. And I'm sorry that Siggy's father was victimized in the Holocaust, but that does not prevent someone from mentioning Hitler. Someone's going to mention it, dear. It's Godwin's law. Grow a thicker skin. If I was going to cherry-pick and be disturbed by one of their behaviors as of late, it is, hands-down, Dolores getting all up in Melissa's face for...what, exactly? For asking a question? Dolores is such a shady bitch, and her actions this season are increasingly bordering on violence. To me, what she did to Melissa was worse than throwing glasses, even abroad. It's probably even worse than throwing out "anti-Semite," which was so patently ridiculous that it could have been ignored. You don't put your hands on someone or get in their face. Dirty, thirsty bitch. Condescending. Rude. The way she shut Margaret down for referencing Hitler the morning after the fight was so smug and sanctimonious that it reminded me exactly of Caroline Manzo. Dolores is a surrogate for Caroline Manzo. She is doing her bidding. It is Siggy who better sleep with one eye open (though she probably sleeps with both eyes open with that face pulled so tight), because just as Caroline turned on Teresa (and Jacqueline and Dina), so too will Dolores turn on Siggy, as soon as Siggy fails to fill Dolores's pathological need to rally against friends in favor of psychos, in an effort to fill the vast vacuum of nothing that is her life.

What are you referring to vis a vis "this cast" and their "racial blinders"? Who has said "the 'n'" word? What happened?

This episode had no charisma. It felt disjointed, and way too much emphasis on people who are not Housewives. My take--if Andy didn't think your life or your storyline was interesting enough to garner you a peach, I don't care too much about you either. These women aren't friends, they don't hang out, and it's painfully obvious. Nene's return doesn't give me as much disgust as I thought it might. I think it's because the vacuum of evil left by Phaedra could have been filled with almost anyone on earth, and I would have been relieved to be rid of Phaedra. Sort of a reverse Stockholm Syndrome... Sheree--I am not a fan of the storyline, not because it's domestic violence per se, but because it's being dealt with irresponsibly IMO. First of all, if you're really trying to work through an issue from your past, you go to a therapist, not a "life coach" with an office constructed solely of clear glass windows. Yeah, I'm a high profile woman like Sheree Whitfield, and I really want my "therapy" to be witnessed by your receptionist and anyone who happens to be in the waiting room. I know a lot of this is for a storyline, but, the story is that Sheree needs help getting past her pain and her shame over being abused in a past relationship, and one of the goals of said therapy is to be able to speak openly about it with her children. So Sheree tells life coach she's ashamed, and life coach doesn't respond by talking to her about what a wasted emotion shame is, how it helps no one; he just tells her, basically, to suck it up and talk to her kids. If she knew how to do that, why would she be seeking therapy/life coaching in the first place?!? That is some who gon check me boo shit right there for me. Everyone else: it was so annoying to see Porsha wasting the meat, but I don't blame her on the Shamea/wedding front. Was that a bridal shower or a bachelorette party? It seemed like a hybrid. I may be alone, but I find those wiener/penis games so stupid. Cynthia, you are beautiful, but I do not need to see you bathe, your date looked like your contemporary, not your son, but putting you through a surprise photo shoot is super creepy and weird (felt the same way when some loser tried the same thing on Millionaire Matchmaker back in the day), and seventeen is too young to let your daughter go on an interstate sojourn to see her boyfriend. I kind of wish Nene had been around to put a kibosh on that thing. Remember a few seasons ago when Cynthia told Nene that her daughter had a boyfriend, Arthur, and Nene clutched her breast in outrage ("Arthur!") One of my favorite Nene moments ever, and I don't like Nene. Don't care about Lauren. Don't really like her. Don't really care about Shamea either, though I'm curious about this husband. Also, loved the shade that Porsha will be quick to jump on a flight as long as it's to see a man. Kenya needs some therapy (or a life coach ?), because it seems like every single interaction she has with a man becomes chaotic, complicated, and dark very quickly. And she said that she and Marc didn't date for several months after meeting because she had to work on herself first, so this is the improved Kenya! Time will tell.

I didn't know there was a forum for this show. I came looking for Cat vs Dog, Jackson Galaxy's new show, but I actually have more things to say here... I think Petra is likely far and away the best surgeon there. Jeff is always asking for her "small hands" in helping with placing a bone. I don't think it's necessarily the "small" he wants; it's the uber-capable hands. I wonder why she doesn't meet with human clients. She seems like she might not have very much interest in people, as compared to animals. I loved when Jeff said that they were living above the vet's office and sometimes Petra would be hanging with a cat or dog until 2 or 3 am. She is awesome. And I'm pretty sure that vet with the man bun wasn't really operating on the black dog with the shattered leg. When Jeff is operating on the Pitbull with the mango seed, there are several background scenes of Petra working on the front half of a black dog about the same size as the dog with the shattered leg. I think the Man Bun was there just to make a narrative. BTW, the Man Bun guy has the worst bedside manner with human owners EVER. It was disgraceful to watch him slouch in a corner of the examining room and sort of mumble to the owners of the black dog--who had come like 1,000 miles--that the dog was doing well, but that they'd have to wait and see. There was no eye contact..if I was the owner, I would NOT drive the dog back to KC without speaking to a responsible, articulate professional, because this guy? Does not inspire confidence. And this criticism is not just directed at the Man Bun, but that dog was not using its leg. Judging by the picture they drew on the white board and the x-ray, that dog's leg wasn't broken, it was shattered. I've not seen a leg that bad on this show. And the dog looked like he was in so much pain when he got there! I really don't think it was the right decision to drive him to PPP. Just amputate locally...not my call. Oh well. This is the third instance I can think of just recently on this show where a dog has its leg operated on, and they say the dog is fine, but it's clearly not fine. The first was Daphne from the Indian reservation. Then there was last week with the Bloodhound puppy. And now there is this week with the black dog. Notice we never got a more recent update on the black dog? I suspect it's because there was no good news to share... I really like the other Dr Jeff. I think his bedside manner with humans is terrific. He is very kind. I love that they go to these other farms to help out. I just hope this ostrich farm was ethical. I know nothing about birds--nothing--but did that neck laceration not look fresh? It looked purple, not red. I got a bit of a Yankee Circus vibe off this farm, but Jeff didn't seem concerned, so what do I know? I am like everyone else in that I think it's so admirable and worthwhile for the practice to put such a high premium on neutering. I also think it's great to involve the high school students (as long as it's voluntary on their part). I also think there is a special type of ignorant viscousness that allows someone to choose not to neuter their animal because they don't want it to lose its "manhood" or some other bullshit. I too have no idea why an adoption agency would release an animal to a new home without fixing the animal first...it's like being penny wise and a pound foolish, and I would look into those agencies. At the same time, I think Dr Jeff almost takes too much responsibility off of the owner. He said something last night to the effect that many people "don't have the hundred or hundred and fifty dollars" to spay or neuter their animal. Well... why is that? If someone is going to elect to adopt an animal in the USA, they should be willing and able to drop some money on it when the need arises. If the animal needs special food, or medicine, or a trainer for a behavioral problem, the onus is on the owner to make that happen, I would think. Anything Dr Jeff does to help ease this burden is terrific, but I do feel like it's time better spent when they go to a part of Mexico where the people absolutely cannot afford any veterinary treatment. In the US, I do worry about what economists call the "free rider" problem. For example, that quirky older man with the white beard and the really cute Siamese (?) cat presented as someone who could have afforded to fix his animal for the full cost of $150. Maybe he couldn't afford it. I don't know for sure. I just feel like there is a warning flag there if someone adopts an animal, but then can't afford to get it neutered or spayed. Is this person in the best financial situation to be adopting an animal? What if the animal was just found, and the finder decides to keep it, as opposed to someone who goes out of their way to adopt an animal? Does the former group have different ethical responsibilities than the latter? I tend to think so, but it's something I grapple with...tough questions. No easy answers.

I'm not so sure no one would take Sin. Even though Kroy isn't close with his parents anymore, he's got to have some ties to people in Montana, people who live a rural life, where the dog will be around farm animals and possibly a few mature adults. Sin is a very good looking dog. I guess I'm adding another contour here--dogs' looks matter (whether that's right or not). Im just sorry this storyline is going into next week. It's depressing. And what the hell is Brielle doing meeting with the weird, sweaty, tie-wearing trainer? What sense or perspective could she possibly add to this discussion? It has nothing to do with social media or collagen injected to the face.

I thought we were rid of Cheat-Rod after the one painful episode... Now he's back, admiring the "diversity" of pitchers who are identical twins. SMH.