S07.E15: Keep Chugging Away

[druzy]

Amber takes Leah on vacation to Florida.

Taylor takes Bentley on a boys trip to Jacksonville to visit their new clothing warehouse.

Mackenzie enrolls in college and talks about kids with Ryan.

Tyler and Nova visit Catelynn at her treatment facility.

This episode airs 3/19/18 

[GreatKazu]

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Amber takes Leah on vacation to Florida.

Taylor takes Bentley on a boys trip to Jacksonville to visit their new clothing warehouse.

Mackenzie enrolls in college and talks about kids with Ryan.

Tyler and Nova visit Catelynn at her treatment facility.

Leah goes with Amber on vacation to Florida because MTVs cameras are around. 

Taylor takes Bentley on a boys trip to Jacksonville to visit their warehouse that will house all their over-stocked t-shirts.

Mack pretends to enroll in college for her storyline while talking to a drugged out Ryan about the kids she plans on having with him while he is passed out in bed.

Tyler drags along Nova with him to visit Catelynn at the MTV paid get-away vacation because all of his sitters are in rehab. 

"Keep Chugging Away" - What Maci does in this episode. And every day of the week. 

Edited March 11, 2018 by GreatKazu

[druzy]

Previews:

Tyler, Nova and Catelynn’s family go to visit Catelynn in rehab.

Maci chats about how good of a father Taylor is to her children.

Amber’s brother talks to Andrew about his future with Amber.

[crazychicken]

3 hours ago, druzy said:

Previews:

Tyler, Nova and Catelynn’s family go to visit Catelynn in rehab.

Maci chats about how good of a father Taylor is to her children.

Amber’s brother talks to Andrew about his future with Amber.

Well that meeting between Cait & Ty Ty was hella awkward, she greets everybody first does the bare minimum hug and then turns her back. Even Ty Ty was not faking for the cameras.

[FlowerofCarnage]

On 3/10/2018 at 7:10 PM, GreatKazu said:

 

Taylor takes Bentley on a boys trip to Jacksonville to visit their warehouse that will house all their over-stocked t-shirts.

 

True, but it still quality time with a parent.

[GreatKazu]

1 hour ago, FlowerofCarnage said:

True, but it still quality time with a parent.

Yes, but it does not fit my snarky narrative. ?

[teapot]

On ‎3‎/‎15‎/‎2018 at 7:28 PM, crazychicken said:

Well that meeting between Cait & Ty Ty was hella awkward, she greets everybody first does the bare minimum hug and then turns her back. Even Ty Ty was not faking for the cameras.

also will poor Nova ever stop communicating entirely in animal noises?  Is anyone going to inform her that she is, in fact, a human girl-child?

[CofCinci]

“Keep Chugging Away”? Oh, Maci is writing a pregnancy guide book?

[GreatKazu]

1 hour ago, teapot said:

also will poor Nova ever stop communicating entirely in animal noises?  Is anyone going to inform her that she is, in fact, a human girl-child?

Nova can speak with Sophia in their feral language when they go visit the same therapist as adults. 

52 minutes ago, CofCinci said:

“Keep Chugging Away”? Oh, Maci is writing a pregnancy guide book?

That's all folks!  Winner chosen. 

Edited March 19, 2018 by GreatKazu

[ginger90]

[druzy]

A shipping facility for TTM- they are reaching for storylines.

[druzy]

Tyler and Cate's code word for rehab is "working". My uncle was "working" on a bridge for a few years when I was a kid. There are pictures of him posing in front of fake scenery backdrops. I don't think he was "working" where Cate was "working".

I feel bad for Nova. 

[lilmarysunshine]

Snarky comment ahead ... Maci needs to do something with Jayde’s hair. 

[Quilty]

Numatt is getting even more fat and gross. He gets winded while sitting on the couch talking to bubby.

[GreatKazu]

20 minutes ago, druzy said:

A shipping facility for TTM- they are reaching for storylines.

I'm telling you. Taylor has a shitload of boxes filled with unwanted TTM shirts. 

[Chickabiddy]

I just love how willing and happy Cait was to put Tyler’s mom to work packing up and mailing T-shirt’s for HER business while she is away at camp treatment. She just seemed a little too thrilled for my taste. What a lazy heifer. 

[druzy]

Shut up Mack Truck. Just shut up! Ryan has ALWAYS been an absent father.

[Quilty]

Cate sees Nova for about a minute then sends her off to see horses with April. 

[VioletNevermind]

Good grief, this mindless “rehab” work.  Ugh.  Catelynn needs some real problems to deal with.  She would not have survived my 20s, that’s for damn sure.

I’ve given Tyler a shitload of grief over the years, but I feel genuinely sorry for him at this point.  That poor boy has a lot on his plate.

[poeticlicensed]

Bubba seems unconvinced about Numatts writing career. Numatt was tripping over his words. 

Why does Cate have go to treatment all the way across the country? Are there no facilities close to their home?

[GreatKazu]

2 minutes ago, poeticlicensed said:

Bubba seems unconvinced about Numatts writing career. Numatt was tripping over his words. 

Baby Huey speaks like his words have commas in between. Just like his Instagram posts. 

[druzy]

Sitting on a couch or lying on a bed is a prerequisite if you want to speak with Amber.

[Brooklynista]

Just so I’m clear...Mackenzie is studying nursing so Ryan can have easier access to drugs. Right?

[woodscommaelle]

I love how Jayde just took to that bed. She's my spirit child. 

[poeticlicensed]

2 minutes ago, Brooklynista said:

Just so I’m clear...Mackenzie is studying nursing so Ryan can have easier access to drugs. Right?

Nursing is a tough program . I cannot believe that Mac will make it all the way to 2021

[Quilty]

Maci has the cutest kids. I've always thought Bintley was a sweet boy and those kids show genuine love for each other. I enjoy seeing them.

[ClassyCourtHeels]

I like how everyone pretended Maci was gone for a month rather than just an extended weekend since she lasted three days on naked and afraid 

[Linny]

Amber's brother is the best, sitting there casually grilling Andrew on all the essential topics. This is a guy who clearly loves his sister and wants to protect her, since as he pointed out, Amber has a tendency to quickly latch onto men and to deny truths that make her uncomfortable. I'm not getting a manipulative vibe from Andrew like I did with Matt, but I do fear he's a freeloader. He was all too quick to move from California (and any cinematographer jobs there) to move in with Amber and write (and "I want to write" is a gentle way of saying "I'm unemployed"). 

Maverick and Jayde are so similar looking I sometimes have to look twice to tell them apart, but it was adorable watching Jayde get tucked into her new big girl bed. I agree with Maci, I think Taylor's a pretty good dad. He always seems genuinely happy to be with the kids and treats them all equally. And unlike Mackenzie, I have the expectation that a decent father should do more than half-ass try to have a role in his kid's life. I really can't see anything in Ryan to justify Mackenzie's cooing that he'll be "such a good dad." 

Nova eating raw onion is the polar opposite of Addie on TM2 eating Country Crock straight from the tub, but just as baffling. I love how everyone is having these heavy emotional conversations about Catelynn's trauma and recovery, and little Nova is bringing some much-needed levity with her excitement over seeing horses and eating onion. She really is a cute kid, and I hope things in her home will settle down and provide her stability.

I didn't miss Farrah at all. I don't hate her or wish her ill, but it was nice to watch an episode of TM free from her condescending comments and needless drama.

[Juniebaby]

I really think that Ryan has some mental issues in addition to his drug problems.  He just doesn’t look well and looks like he’s in his 40’s.  Mac is just an idiot.  Does she have any idea how difficult the nursing program is?  There are constant tests, homework, reports that have to be in and studying every single night.  She thinks she can get pregnant, have a baby and take care of the 2 kids they already have?  

Amber is so self centered, even on the rare occasion she has Leah around she either ignores her or talks about herself or the baby the whole time.  Boy is she giving Leah reasons to need therapy.

[Chris Knight]

I was more than half way thru this snoozer before I realized Farrah was gone.

Taylor is a good dad but what is with all these Teen Mom fools thinking they will "leave" these silly businesses to their children ? Amber said the same nonsense to Leah awhile back. People, these goofy businesses will be a memory a year from now, if not sooner.

I love when they talk about Loser Matt, his skeletons, his lack of a job, etc. Where is old Uppah Class these days, anyway ?

I would feel really foolish if I were Catelynn, rushed off to emergency "therapy", and my mom and husband are commiserating about how all I do is sleep all day. Why does her Dad  (forget his name) have a longer list of issues than Mother of the Year April ?

[jumper sage]

45 minutes ago, druzy said:

Shut up Mack Truck. Just shut up! Ryan has ALWAYS been an absent father.

OMG!  He is a horrible father.  How can she, in good conscience say he WILL BE a great dad?  I nearly fell off the couch laughing.

23 minutes ago, Brooklynista said:

Just so I’m clear...Mackenzie is studying nursing so Ryan can have easier access to drugs. Right?

It that's her goal she is sadly mistaken.  

[GreatKazu]

5 minutes ago, Linny said:

Amber's brother is the best, sitting there casually grilling Andrew on all the essential topics. This is a guy who clearly loves his sister and wants to protect her, since as he pointed out, Amber has a tendency to quickly latch onto men and to deny truths that make her uncomfortable. I'm not getting a manipulative vibe from Andrew like I did with Matt, but I do fear he's a freeloader. He was all too quick to move from California (and any cinematographer jobs there) to move in with Amber and write (and "I want to write" is a gentle way of saying "I'm unemployed"). 

 

Shawn gets major side-eye from me. He doesn't help his sister by telling her how people are "jealous" of her which is why she gets the negative reaction she does from people. Why are Amber's family so afraid of telling her the truth? Shawn has gone to bat for Amber by tweeting crap to people who only are stating the obvious and reminding Amber of the facts:

 

[JocelynCavanaugh]

3 minutes ago, Juniebaby said:

I really think that Ryan has some mental issues in addition to his drug problems.  He just doesn’t look well and looks like he’s in his 40’s.  Mac is just an idiot.

Others have speculated that sustained a TBI in that terrible car wreck a few years ago, and I think that's plausible.

I just left your last sentence in because I enjoy it.

[druzy]

I wasn't paying attention to the preview for next week. Were Larry and Jen encouraging Ryan and Mac to procreate?

[pheebs]

You know when the most interesting TV is watching Rhiiine eat spaghetti (grossly) that this show is played.

April seems quite snarky about the "list of concerns." Rehab? More like a joke. No one believes this shit. Because it's, well, just shit.

Amber? Will you take some goddamn cash and go lie down on a Dr's. table somewhere  and get that split earlobe fixed? It's all I can see anymore. So gross.

Maci, et al, is sooooo boring. Just snoozeville. Let's watch her buy furniture! Yay!

By the way, I now know I have the same stove as MackTruck. I see a grease fire in my future.

Were you all as mind-numbingly bored as I was tonight?

Just kill it already. I'ts so done.

Edited March 20, 2018 by pheebs
Too many "o's."

[ClassyCourtHeels]

I’m confused as to why Taylor and Maci are paying for some warehouse in Florida.

 

If it was me, I’d just build a storage/work shed in my backyard. They seem to have a decent amount of land. Although I’m not sure of the cost compare but it seems like getting a medium sized shed in the backyard would be cheaper than paying rent for this place in Jacksonville and hiring some girl to manage it.

 

Also maybe I’m a snob because my kids all have pottery barned out rooms but Jade’s bed was hideous. 

Edited March 20, 2018 by ClassyCourtHeels

[GreatKazu]

11 minutes ago, Juniebaby said:

I really think that Ryan has some mental issues in addition to his drug problems.  He just doesn’t look well and looks like he’s in his 40’s.  

Drugs will do that to people. It burns through their brain cells and cause irreparable damage. http://www.narconon.org/drug-abuse/methamphetamine/brain-damage.html

People who abuse meth appear to be mentally stunted, mentally unstable, they will become paranoid, and delusional:

Mind: The heavy abuse of methamphetamine can cause lasting changes in personality and intelligence. A report from the Office of National Drug Control Policy noted that combined methamphetamine and crack cocaine abuse can result in a severe decline in IQ.

A current meth user can become so disorganized that he is unable to cope with daily life. His risk of becoming aggressive, nervous, irritable, violent, suicidal, delusional or psychotic is very high. Some people suffer from schizophrenia. These mental effects may improve but not disappear after a person stops abusing the drug.

Former methamphetamine users suffer from anxiety, paranoia and depression that do not necessarily cease when the drug use stops. After ceasing use of this drug, a former user can suffer from an inability to experience any pleasure. This effect alone is enough to send some people back to use of the drug.

Is Ryan a meth or heroin user? Either way, drug abuse has fucked up his brain. 

Edited March 20, 2018 by GreatKazu

[druzy]

[Caseysgirl]

Bubba is the one sensible person on this show!  He asked good questions (although he may have accepted some rather half assed answers) and speaks the truth about  Amber. Amazing she didn't scream at him the way she does everyone else.  Did MTV spring for the entire family to fly there? Oh, Cate, nice of you to tell Tyler  to stop stressing when he is the one you left behind for another one of your vacations, not at the local psych center or rehab but the fancy spa with the animals and ponds mile and mile away.  You don't look suicidal to me ( after 1 week! )  Mackenzie, I guess MTV is your " resource" that's allowing you to go back to school because it sure isn't Ryan. Ryan has no self awareness at all - he was never a good father, he just had good parents.  Also, I recall Maci calling off the engagement, not him, but I could be wrong, it's been a few years.    None of these stories have captured my interest and I think that it's time to end it, with perhaps an update once a year. 

[ghoulina]

Bubby is halfway there. He asks the important questions, but then he just accepts the vague answers at face value. "Everyone should be writing"? Really?

Notice Amber even has to lay in bed when visiting with her brother!

 

I thought it was interesting that Cate mentioned the list of issues to work through with her dad was much longer than her mom's. I kind of want to know more about that. 

I'm no therapist, but it seemed like the instructions they were giving family were basically to just walk on eggshells around Cate. I do feel for her, I really do. But I have to wonder if coddling, including by MTV, isn't part of the problem. 

 

Maci's scenes are boring as fuck. But seeing Taylor with Bentley and Bentley with his siblings just melts my icy heart. 

Ryan was being all nice this episode. Talking about babies and smuggling. High, high....he's both high. 

Mack is really selling her "teen mom" plight, isn't she? But now she can go back to school because she has so many "resources"....i.e. TM ?. 

If she truly thinks Ryan was never an absent dad, she's never watched this show or is a delusional bitch. And we know she watched the show!

[GreatKazu]

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Bubby is halfway there. He asks the important questions, but then he just accepts the vague answers at face value. "Everyone should be writing"? Really?

That is typical Shawn. He accepts what is thrown at him by the dick of the year while he enables his sister.  He is not helping at all. He is there for his paycheck. 

[Juniebaby]

After reading this message board, I just realized Farrah wasn’t on.  I didn’t miss her.

[GreatKazu]

Just now, Juniebaby said:

After reading this message board, I just realized Farrah wasn’t on.  I didn’t miss her.

Yeah, instead we get addicts and people who abuse mental health facilities. 

[FlowerofCarnage]

Nursing school? You don't need that in order to administer Narcan to your addict husband.

My 40 year-old self wants Nova Lou Who's ladybug backpack. Don't judge me!

[druzy]

[Kalamityjayne]

I legit thought in that flashback with Matt it was NuMatt when they kept showing him from the back and side. 

 

NuMatts lips make me very uncomfortable. They’re so gross and are highlighted by the raccoon that curls itself around his lower face. And oh he’s a screenwriter. Sure Jan.

 

Mackenzie NEEDS Maci to be hung up on Rine doesn’t she? Why are they so sure she’s still in love with Rine and why do they say it every single episode?

 

Rine doesn’t like the diaper stage, or the crawling stage or the potty training stage or the going to school stage or any stage in between.  But sure, go ahead and have a baby. 

 

My kid “their baby is gonna be ugly.”

 

Well...

Where was “huddles” (ugh) during their quiet dinner with the pampered puppy, who should be their only baby, and during their earlier scene?  Do they ever have any of the current kids they have to even decide to have a baby together? 

 

That scene with Taylor putting the bed together- Rines future kid would be sleeping in the bed box waiting on him to finish it for weeks until Larry came to finish it. Of course Larry wouldn’t be able to because Rine stole his tools.

 

Mackenzie’s friend seems like she is sensible and Macktruck is such a small person that she can’t take any blame for anything or believe Rine, who she probably sees as an extension of herself, ever did wrong. All you have to do is watch one episode and know he’s a shit excuse for a dad.  When has he tried “SO hard “ on anything?

 

Delusional dipshits.

 

Also on the delusional dipshit front: 

 

Amber and NuMatt talking about marriage. They can just join their caboose to Mack’s “hot mess express” is She the only person left saying that hackneyed trite saying?

 

April has quite a script to learn in order Tyler is going to be the next to rehab. He looks dead exhausted and overwhelmed in every scene. I didn’t realize she’d only been away a week for this filming until they said so. I’d have guessed a Month. 

 

Cates dad looks... normal?  So they both had one normal seeming parent and one crack fiend? Not to say he didn’t do drugs idk If I’ve ever seen him, but he doesn’t look like a meth head like butch and April. ... and Cate.

 

I’m glad Amber is giving us new scenery. Florida couches are way better than Indiana couches.  Also serving us brother in bed instead of the normal slug and Ogre in bed.

[eskimo]

Cate is really dismissive of anything Tyler vents about.  Cate to Tyler: "All you have to do is just.....".  Well all you have to do, Cate, is just......  So STFU.  It makes me crazy when people who lament their burdens dismiss other peoples burdens.  Of all people she should understand the feeling of being overwhelmed.  (For the sake of argument we'll say she's overwhelmed.  My point is she claims to know the feeling.)  But with Tyler she's got a real 'get over it' attitude.  I'd like to see where his resentment meter sits right about now. 

[Marley]

Lmao Mackenzie actually said Ryan would be a good dad? One of the most hilarious things I’ve seen on this show. Please I’d like one example of him ever being a good dad. I bet there isn’t one from the million years this show has been on. 

And then she gets all offended that the dog is eating spaghetti off of one of their plates? Please lol look at her gross husband sitting across from her. Why is the dog eating so much spaghetti anyways give it good dog food. These 2 morons can’t even properly take care of a dog lol.

So great for Leah she got to go to Florida for her birth mothers new baby daddy’s 1st meeting with her brother. Whoopee. Amber is such a stupid slug. Her new guy is a joke too. He moved cause he likes seasons and is gonna be a writer now?  Lmao ok I’m sure. He also seems not all there.

Maci was zzz and Jaydes bed seemed lame. Maci’s kids are super cute with each other tho.

[FrankieTankie]

I swear maci and Taylor are brother and sister ..... they both look like they have eating disorders and wtf is up with the guys on this show with dirty fucking nasty beards .... dirt balls 

 

Matt 2.0 is creepy af ..... it’s not long before he’s wearing a bed sheet around the house like that dump truck Slamber .... Gary is a walking heart attack.... he’s like a life sized milk dud ... I feel sorry for his ding bat wife when is sexy time in the horse stall I.e their bed.

 

The Buck tooth bandit Mack is one Pathetic whore .... telling her friend that good ol dead eyes is a great father .... I think Riiiiiiiiiiine got her on the smack now ..... I’m still waiting for a scene of Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine at work or being somewhat productive but I have a feeling I’m going to be waiting awhile .... those two are just horrible human beings please mtv cancel the show so these 2 dead beats lose their mtv money and have to deal with the real world ..... 

[WhosThatGirl]

Well. That was boring. You guys.. I think I’m out? I don’t watch live anymore(Vanderpump Rules takes over that’s more fun and lively) but god.. this was painful even to watch on dvr. I don’t think I can do it anymore? Don’t  get me wrong I’ll come and read your comments but I didn’t think I can watch the show itself anymore unless you guys tell me something I may need to see. But otherwise I’m just not into it anymore.