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Kim Richards is the ultimate puppetmaster... Nene and Kenya have nothing on her. http://www.chicagonow.com/confessions-coffeeholic/2015/02/rhobh-drama-queens-review/

It undercut the close relationship Augusta and Julia always had. Augusta did a lot of questionable things, but the one thing that was always evident was that she cared and loved her sister... so for her to fall in love with the guy that raped her sister was just wrong. Perhaps, if she had fallen for him before he'd raped Julia.. then shown the conflict she had over having feelings for him.. then it might have worked.. might.. being the key word

Courtney and Hans had a show-down of sorts.. and there was an explosion and Courtney was trapped under the rubble. I think Andy was taking pictures of the site and I don't recall if he knew it was Courtney under the rubble or not. I do remember once Courtney found out, she exploded.. stating he cared more about getting the story/perfect photo as opposed to human life.. or something like that. She left him and moved out of the country. He then sought comfort from unbalanced Janice.. who was an interesting character that I was surprised lasted almost two years before being carted off to prison (Kim tackling Janice to prevent her from escaping was pretty awesome)

Katie served the self-sacrificing role much better imho. Didn't she always step aside anytime a guy had interest in someone other then herself? I don't think a character like Katie would exist nowadays on a soap.

Don't get the love for.nene or Kenya... to be honest. I enjoyed when they were friends, same with nene and Kim. RHOA this season has been too much shade and not enough sunlight to.balance it out.

I was rewatching some of the 25th Anniversary episodes on Youtube. It was fun to see all the history, flashbacks, and also seeds being planted for future story. I always wondered how much of the 4 year stint Donna Swarjeski was her vision vs. Harding Lemay's? The one thing I noticed was Olivia Matthews being introduced and her eyeing Sam right off the bat while her aunt Pat warned her about making trouble.. and Olivia stating what had happened in the past wasn't her fault.. then Pat saying 'it never is your fault'. To me, it looked like the set-up for Olivia/Sam/Amanda triangle that played out into 1992. It was just like Rachel/Steve/Alice except that the roles were reversed... Rachel's daughter Amanda was the nice one.. while Alice's niece Olivia was the trouble maker. An interesting triangle that was marred by Sam being recast a couple of times. I also thought it a shame Olivia was never mentioned again after she left in 1992.. she had a couple of important ties still left on the show up through 1999 including her half-sister Josie.. and also the Cory's due to her daughter being Mac's great-grand daughter. Another example of the show not mining its history for story. Though I liked that Olivia wasn't all bad, she had a great friendship with Jenna.. plus close working ties with Dean and Jake as well. Nowadays, the 'bad' character never seems to have friends or an active life outside of snagging a man/woman.

Sad if true.

While I do agree with what Faye R said, the problem is that Faye is just as toxic and as trashy as Brandi is. People also disliked Faye going all the way back to the OJ Simpson trial. I'd rather Taylor come back over Faye R anyday.

Actually I liked MES better as Frannie, even though JM was pretty good as Frannie as well.

Reading up on the 1981 monthly summaries, I was surprised to see Vanessa and Ed being so chummy throughout most of 1981 with Rita getting jealous but still wanting to divorce him. I just didnt see Vanessa and Ed as being friendly with one another.. do you think she was inserted in there with the abrupt departure of Holly?

Do you think the Colby's failed cause it was too much like Dynasty? Spinoffs are difficult to make succeed in any genre...but shouldn't there be elements that set the spinoff apart from the parent show? Knots landing and Dallas were similar yet different...same with Rhoda and Mary Tyler Moore.

I do agree that Marland wasn't the end all, be all of head-writers. He had his strengths especially with writing a community and being able to be a great breakdown writer and pacing. However, he always wanted to introduce a lower income/working class family onto his show while also featuring a teen romance as well at the same time. I think Marland's creation of the Reardon's was better then the Snyders at least at intergrating the family into the fabric of the show. Plus, I thought Pam Long wrote the Reardon's just as good as Marland did. I do agree she didn't quite get Nola/Quint.. but in her defense, they were kind of losing their uniqueness before she'd shown up to be head-writer. Though I think she wrote Nola way better then she did Quint. Plus, she gave Tony more layers as well. If what you said about the actress not agreeing with Hope being an alcoholic is true.. then I can see why she was fired. Hope being an alcoholic totally made sense given the toxic state of her marriage to Alan and having a young child causing her stress. Plus, her uncle and grandfather were alcoholics.. and addiction is genetic as well as environmental. I think Pam Long had a great handle on Hope's character, and I forsaw having a War of the Roses story brewing between Alan/Hope.. and I could have easily seen Alexandra being an ally against Hope especially if Alan was threatening to keep Alan Michael from her. You also mentioned the actress playing Hilary having writing aspirations?? Did the actress want to write on the show, or was she trying to dictate story? It looked like the show flirted with Fletcher/Hilary.. as well as hint at a Tony/Annabelle/Jim/Hilary quadangle before Hilary was killed off. Killing Hillary kind of doomed Jim's character and he was written off a few short months later (or did the actor choose to leave). It's a shame the show killed Hillary because she would have been useful in 1988/1989 when Roger/Holly came back into the picture due to her ties to them.

After reading my review/blog on this past weeks of BH, more thoughts of have into my mind. So far, I think season 5 of RHOBH has been a stellar season.. ranked way higher then season 3 and 4 for me thus far. It's too early to determine if ranks up there with season 1 yet, but it certainly is fighting season 2 for the second best season of this franchise for me thus far. Ever since Game Night in season 2, Kyle and Brandi have had a lot of tension in their interactions with one another. I think Kyle held off on attacking Brandi due to the backlash she received during Game Night. However, there have been times that Brandi/Kyle have thrown a little shade at one another since season 2. For example.. Season 2 reunion: When brandi basically sent a text calling kyle a C u next tuesday and Kyle got the text. And they were both calling each other mean spice, etc. Season 3: Kyle saying she missed Brandi.. both of her faces I still think Kyle was the one to fill Faye R. in on Brandi and Faye R was basically the puppet guided by the puppet master called Kyle. During the end of season 3, Kyle tried to say that Brandi and Faye had had issues for a long time, and Brandi said she had never really spoken to Faye much before the dinner show-down and Kyle had this look that indicated she was lying. Also, during the Palm Springs trip.. brandi whispered to Kim that not everyone wanted to see her succeed in being sober but didn't reveal whom she was speaking of till the... Season 3 reunion: When Brandi came out and said that she believed Kyle didn't want Kim to stay sober, which made Kyle come after her a bit at the reunion. Season 4: When the girls were in Palm Springs.. while Brandi spent most of the time being mean to Joyce... there was one scene when Brandi got drunk.. and she started to insult and come after Kyle. Kyle sternly asked her if she had done anything to deserve this treatment since Game Night.. Brandi said no, then backed off and went after Joyce again. I think the end of season 4 where Kyle and Brandi were hanging out was more due to their issues with Lisa V. then any sort of start of friendship between the two girls... an unholy alliance if you will. And even the few times both of them have hung out was to talk about Lisa V. So when you lay out all these instances, I'm just amazed it took so long for Kyle and Brandi to start fighting. As a result of things festering for a couple of years, it explains why both appear to be so heated with one another. On the other hand, Kim spent two plus years being upset with Brandi.. and Brandi basically had to grovel and do pet tricks before Kim would eventually embrace with her. So I think on one hand, Brandi is being so protective of Kim because of the two plus years it took for Kim to forgive her... and also to stick to Kyle.. and for camera time

Well Donna was the original veteran set to be killed off during the stalker storyline, and all the seeds of that were in place. However, when word got out, fans were outraged so JFP & Depriest had to change the intended victim. Rumour had it that they went to a focus group where Paulina and Frankie were scored the lowest and I guess Frankie was chosen by Depriest. Also there was talk when backlash was set to eropt over killing Frankie that JFP tried to have it so that Frankie would be persumed dead but Depriest was dead set on killing her.

Well a superhero procedural would be a switch to a season long arc.

I've often wondered if Kim has a form of asbergers? She seems bery ill at ease in social settings, shy, and eccentric. Also she seems more relaxed when on something... and I think this relapse was due to her body being used to.not having drugs or alcohol in it.

There was an article back in early September of Kyle, Lisa V. And Eileen shopping and having a ball. And I watched the WWHL episode with Eileen..she was a pretty good sport...and I loved during the word association game, she wouldn't say anything about Brandi. Not sure if she had nothing to say, or she was trying to think of something nice to say.

I liked when Maggie first came in and Rachel tried to be a parental figure...it was comical seeing Rachel try to parent someone that was rough around the edges as she had been in her youth. It seemed like there was a writer change cause that was dropped fairly quickly. Maggie was best when written as an anti heroine like when she first started... much more then as a heroine (when she was involved with Tomas.. and they had that brief Tomas/brandy/Maggie triangle). I think when JFP came in, characters changed personalities.... Paulina went from.fiesty and headstrong to some weepy pill addict that was subserviant to Joe.....Vicki went from hot head to a Marley clone...Maggie went from anti heroine to heroine to full on scheming witch... and I don't get how the cass is Maggie's father story got green lit. Wasn't Maggie conceived before Cass joined the show? Or was it after?

Well someone heard she had been filming stuff regarding her business just no more baby talk Lizzie. We will have enough of that with Tamara being a grandmother lol

Fixed!

Last night's episode of RHOBH was a mix of aftermath, buildup for next episode events, and a dash of filler to balance everything out. http://www.chicagonow.com/confessions-coffeeholic/2015/01/rhobh-its-just-a-scratch-review/

I just hope Atlanta doesn't have a 30 episode season like last year (or it felt like one). I'd much rather the shows go back to 13 to 15 episode seasons plus a one or two part reunion. RHOC had a two part reunion last year and it didn't feel like too much filler was added either.

I think Atlanta should have cut porsha and Phaedra and added Claudia and demetria as housewives. BH and OC did some adjusting to their cast for their recent seasons....OC had a great season 9 due to one of their new.additions and how everyone reacted to.her...while BH seems to.have had a new lease in life after a horrid season 4.

It sounds like Gary Tomlin needed a strong co head writer to help him study the history of the show like Pam Long had with Nancy Curlee over at GL. Alice was a huge character in the 60s and 70s, and having the original actress come back right at the 20th anniversary of the show should have perhaps tipped Tomlin off that this character was important. In fact, wasn't her return one the main reasons the show had a decent increase in ratings during that era? I'm going to guess that her and Rachel didn't really interact all that much during that year long stint except for the one scene of Rachel having amnesia with Alice tearfully saying that she couldn't disclose to Rachel parts of their history due to it being painful to her still.

I don't know.. it seems like Chesire started with the drama right away instead of going with a slow burn. i don't care about any of these women, and I'm one of those people that love the house porn, food porn, and vacation porn.. with tension thrown in for fun effect.