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She thought she was covering for Kristina when really she was covering for Sonny unknowingly.

Well THAT I knew about. It's the Terminator 3 tea for me. lol.

OMG with all that Sophia Bush tea!!!

And the funny thing is I forgot, too...and Sam and Lucas had enough scenes together that I should not have forgotten that. lol. Oooo...thank you for the tip. He really does. Something else to look forward to.

All she does is give faces. *proceeds to pose just like Shady Phae Phae* lol. Oh, Mrs. Quad... I agree. A hot mess!!! True, but you know Apollo will ALWAYS be her storyline. 50Cynt called that right.

Maintaining...

@Cheap21 well...

I knew you would.

That's not in question. Especially since Jill should be back for it as well.

Hehe. Seems that way.

hehe

At this point...that might be best given all of the KM mess.

It's coming apparently. And rightfully so. I may not like the writing, but that has very little to do with the actress. She does what she's given. And I'm sure she will have a bright future.

Yay!!!

Yeah. I have said that I felt KM's exit would be a Friday cliffhanger while Lulu waking up would be the following Friday cliffhanger. Let's see how it goes.

Ana was such wasted potential...and that was back when Fen WASN'T gay and LL and ZT had good chemistry. And I'm always here for Yolanda being around in some form.

RHOP Oh so back!!! You betta bounce back, RHOP!!! After some hard if still entertaining seasons to get through, I do feel RHOP is definitely back to the early and fun vibe of the first 5 and half seasons. Wise chess moves (and some OGs getting a BTS talk-to) and the injection of new blood is really making this season bloom for me. Cuz those newbies are on ready...HWs AND FOHs. It is giving me RHOM!!! Especially this episode that had a lot of people...old and new...and also a LOT going on as we head into the first cast trip. The only thing that I can think of that might wreck it will be how this La Dame vs Messy Mia feud goes. While there IS a minor battle going on with La Dame and Gizelle for who gets to mentor the newbies (with La Dame winning so far), that is a battle that has been, for the most part, light-hearted with no chances of it getting toxic. But the battle with Messy Mia... It's clear that Production is behind Mia. She's messy. She's giving. She will put it all out there. However, La Dame in all her over-the-top glory...IS the show, too. And when activated...KUUUUUREN...DON'T...PLAY. Just look at her giving an old school dragging of Ashley in this episode that would not be out of place in Season 3/4. La Dame still got it. And Production loves that. However, both ladies have no problem getting waaaay down. And they both have mess going on. With La Dame, it's the DUI case that has the potential for the season to go dark if she doesn't take accountability. For Mia, it's her Tale of Two Dads which is a very touchy subject that also has potential to take the season dark. Given that BOTH ladies have no problem going there, but want to keep the show light...it will be interesting to see if they can keep that balance as they feud with each other. Cuz that last scene with them alone in the car. I couldn't help, but think of RuPaul and the final lip sync. RHOP only has room for one Queen on a Throne. And that's been La Dame for 8 seasons while Mia's debatably popularity has grown in the last couple of years. Mia was clearly testing La Dame's defenses in that car. And La Dame clearly knew she was going to do so since they were the only ones in that car. So...may the best diva win. And please don't f@#$ up the rebirth of this show doing so. GIZELLE. While this is all going on...Gizelle is going to Gizelle. lol. She was no dummy this episode and I was just like Wendy watching her apologize to all the ladies. Smart move. She already saw that the newbies were already joining La Dame's circle over her circle, so she needs to play nice. At least until La Dame trips herself up. A smart move in a season where Gizelle has been coming off great so far. And this episode was another highlight. We got to see her kids...who we got to watch grow up right before our eyes...AND KAL!!! who has always humanized Gizelle even more than Robyn. I could have done without Pastor Holy Whore. And the audience was ON Gizelle's side over the fundraiser. So she needed the ladies to be on her side. So she handled that VERY well. ASHLEY. Every which way, but loose, hunni!!!!!!!!!!!!! To think that the newbies and La Dame are giving Ashley the Robyn Dixon Special. And by that, I meant that they were not stopping with coming for her, dragging her, calling her out for her mess. For too long, Ashley would come in and start mess, but get away with it. NOT THIS TIME!!! Her mess at the fundraiser by not letting the ladies know that they were disinvited. Her chasing after the ladies for a donation. Her spilling Stacey's tea. As if we didn't see that coming. She even held her own with La Dame BUT STILL...GOT DRAGGED. The idea of that 3 vs 1 dragging (that Stacey set up...hehe...getting her lickback I see) is going to live in my head rent free for a few more days. Lol. She might not have story, but Stacey (and especially FOH Jassi) seem determined to keep their heels on her neck. WENDY. Talk about a blast from the past!!! While I'm still not sure if that YT channel is to be believed anymore, I do remember the stories from Season 5 about the tension between Eddie's parents and Wendy. So it was nice to see it brought back up again. And it would appear her mother is up to no-good. Hopefully, we get some clarity on that this time around. Outside of that, Wendy's expression at Gizelle's apologies and Stacey dragging Ashley were perfection. STACEY. You continued to give Baby Kenya to me. Cuz her overdramatics at the fundraiser at getting kicked out was a hoot. And then her getting her lickback on Ashley with the triple tag-team between her, Jassi, and La Dame was great. She has a subtlety to her shade ('Beautiful from top to ankle' took me out) which is great to watch. Meanwhile, she also continued the recent trend of housewives with interesting backstory/individual drama going on because her and her man at the gym raised questions online. I don't want to start another 'is that man gay?' narrative, either, from TJ's (who I do find attractive, too, and a niiice bubble) actions at the gym. What I found interesting was her wording as she described their relationship. Most people would have said other women. Stacey did not. She said 'other partners.' And I raised an eyebrow. But the whole situation was interesting, so I am giving the benefit of the doubt. KEIARNA. And not to be outdone...Keiarna also continued the trend of housewives with interesting backstory/individual drama again this week. Did you see her mother? They could be SISTERS!!! WOW. Her relationship with Greg appears interesting, and it does not appear to be any 'man vs girl's mother' drama. I also respect that he runs his own business (mental health for teens at that) while Keiarna runs her own. Keiarna continued to be a great vibe. MESSY MIA. MMmm...I can't believe that I might say this aloud....but as a Ride-Or-Die for Messy Mia since Season 6...uh...this isn't a good look to me. And she's done some bad stuff that I still barely might go to bat for. I just don't like anything having to do with messing with kids. Perhaps it's triggering some things for me from my time of living with my sister and my nieces/nephews, but I don't like seeing her all over Inc with the kids around. Though I am happy she's happy. But in the same vein, she seems a little too quip to G...who even though it is HIS fault/choice to be with her...he is just coming across more sympathetic than she is. It's clear he cared about those kids. It feels like Mia is treating it all too much like a joke...rather than a relevant/resonating story. Which is making her appear as classless as tasteless as she claimed not to be as as she has a tendency to be. And that little comment from Jacqueline about Inc...oh, dear. But I've always said Mia's friendship with Jacqueline was ripe with potential for messy drama so not surprised. Meanwhile, Mia continued to come slowly, but surely for La Dame's throne. I can only assume she learned her lesson last season to not do a frontal assault because La Dame's stays on ready so this season (and from next week's preview), she is going to try to be more subtle about it. Sad because I love both, but intrigued at where it will go since they both have Production's backing. LA DAME. You know it says something when I saved her for last. She's usually FIRST when I talk about RHOP. She came off well this episode in spite of my worries. But again, her and Gizelle have not sat down yet to talk about the fundraiser...something Gizelle IS planning on bringing up on this cast trip. And with Messy Mia also coming for her...will someone(s) finally FIND Karen Huger? Time will tell. Until then, it was interesting to see that all the new girls are currently bowing to her throne. And she STILL got it as shown by her and Ashley tussling like the good ole days. And like I said above, La Dame was quick...and it showed on her face...to notice that her and Mia were alone in that car. Is she craftier than the gatekeeper though? Hmmm HONORABLE MENTIONS. JACQUELINE. Let me go ahead and get this off my chest. You all know I wanted Jacqueline back...but if she's just going to be Mia's lapdog...NO. That said she brought a little bit more to the mix this episode. From her teasing some of the old messiness in her friendship with Mia to the reveal that she has a man. AND SHE HAS KIDS? Now that I think about it they might have been mentioned, but it's been a minute. And seems like La Dame's about to get her together, too. So I hope to see more of the potential I saw in her to be around more than Mia's lapdog...a label that comes into play next week, too. JASSI. YES, YES, YES!!!! COME THRU WITH THAT CANDIACE ENERGY!!! LOL!!! She gave so many great one liners. I can't decide on 'Good night, Ashley. Bye, Ashley. Go to Bed. You Got Bags.' to 'Gangstas and Alcohol' to her 'But he was never in a serious relationship.' She's a great FOH so far and she really is not here for Ashley's antics and I'm loving it. Note the tea for her...it seems like she was going to have the flute, not Keiarna...but she got physical TWICE during filming of this season. So the question is...with who AND are we seeing it? VIVIEN. We know I will always be here for seeing Viv. So this episode was no different. She gives that classy high DMV society I feel that Cha Cha be trying and failing to convey on screen. But yes...RHOP feels like it's back. And I'm here for it as long as it stays in this vibe. Because the previews from next week looks good. And the clips already released are giving even more than the previews.

I bet you did!!! Them doctors (THANK YOU TOYA!) about to make Shady Phae Phae WORK!!!

10-21 That was just uneven to me. But given the TV spot for this week, I assume that this week will be playing the beats. In those regards, there was some good to see. For me... LULU'S STORYLINE. So now those stakes are getting higher. The messing with her equipment. ANOTHER complication in the surgery. Lucky weaving Isaiah into the surgery. Sam getting Drew AND Jason to meet her on the Q's grounds...another one of those finality scenes. Laura being Laura and being beside herself. Good to see Kevin there for her. But a lot of beats going on. Also, another case of the filming style working against it. Because... BYE, BYE, VIOLET. ...I felt there were too many cuts to this one. And those scenes DID linger...for all the wrong reasons. Good acting, but like most, I'm just over Violet. Even though she is a nice beat to get Chase/BLQ to their next story beat. And I've VERY HAPPY someone kept their foot on FV's neck to make sure Finn made NO appearance to see her off. HOLLY VS ROBERT. Pretty good scenes. And a nice flashback. But otherwise I was meh-ing it because it did not have another room to breathe either. We know how I feel about Dante so I have no complaints there.

Same. When I first saw episodes of Y&R and kept track going up, I remember Alex Donnelley as Diane and her fights with MTS Nikki were legendary. So I could never get behind SW in her first stint. But decades later (and many acting jobs later), SW came back, and I LOVED that she was channeling a LOT of AD's Diane when Diane made it back to Genoa City after being revealed to be alive. And no more obvious than her first scenes with MTS Nikki...I was in awe. You would think she had been possessed by AD because she had the body language, the dialogue, and inflictions in her voice down. And I've been liking her ever since. And I do like that for the most part, her return has been progressively organic and she has been making it her own version of Diane. Then this mess with Kyle started. Ugh. But I'm happy that she is being used because she had become background most of this year. She definitely has become oh so watchable and consistently, too. Outside of EB, I don't think I've been invested completely in someone as soon as they come on screen when I'm watching other than Eileen Davidson.

10-18 It's so funny how the main story has gone from Brooke/Ridge/Taylee (thank God) to Carter/Hope. And I didn't mind it at all. Moreso when Carter's shirt came off like a piece of paper being blown in a gale of wind. And it was good to see his apartment again. One thing I can say about B&B, I never feel like they are short on sets. I liked the 'Will is working at Forrester' story was just a nice bonding moment between Will and Bill and not drama. Cuz if anyone would understand his reason for interning there (GIRLS) it would be the Stallion. lol. I am only sad at the clip for next(this) week because Will already has some sparks with some of the girl interns he has run into *cough*Amy*cough* I do love that Hope/Carter is happening under everyone's nose. More importantly, seeing it ON SCREEN. It makes it more organic. A decent week post-Wednesday.

@Antoyne where you at!!!

Love this!!! Even if for a little while.

So I take it they are going to stretch this out and right into November Sweeps...

A not good look at all. I feel like Trina is damned if they do, damned if they don't. Because my worry would be that very thing you mentioned about black/black couples and anyone that came after Spencer (like Gio with bad writing post-PM) was going to be a hard sell. And then...are they going to do another long slow burn like with Spencer or worse to make time until the end of TA's contract or do it quickly to shut everyone up...until the end of TA's contract. lol. I love all of those ideas...especially Spencer's brother. Bonus if we could get OriginalGia.