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Le sigh. I'm sure I will have some giggle moments, but I don't really care. How not unexpected now that Kandi is no longer on there. When this return does not bring anything, I WILL be online with those idiots who been saying it online for years that she will save the show and dragging them for sport though. And I agree. Is not the point of Kenya leaving the fact that she's a liability. Well, so is Shady Phae Phae. A PROVEN one at that...as someone said online. So...Bravo...what you planning?

Well, it gives Robert and Diane something to do at least. And I'm happy to see her. And yes, count me in the group that always see that heading and immediately think Vanessa Marcil. Same. I can't wait for the reveal on who it really in charge.

RHoDubai While it's on my mind, no new episode this week.

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I am watching recap and was about to say where my hot olympic pics at so yay!! lol.

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7-22 Other than me FF-ing through Chelesa having yet ANOTHER meltdown, that was decent. So have we taken the time to acknowledge that we have a YOUNG storyline going on for the first time in ages? I've been wondering if they were going to do something with Faith since she was back in town and broken up from Moses. And then Lucy is just wandering around. So I wonder if Lucy is going to start to obsess over Faith. Kinda like NEW BEST FRIEND. She does have that gene in her. Though that is not the way that I wanted a story to go with her, but I'm intrigued at least. And those Jack/Nikki scenes were great. Jack might be Nikki's closest friend, but no matter what she loathes Diane. So that is going to be a hard friendship. So it was good to see Jack put that on the table. I did laugh that Nikki followed him all the way from the Athletic Club back to Jabot.

In time.

7-23 I have to admit that I was touched by what Ridge said to Brooke. Sexy and beautiful has no age. And Brooke might have aged, but she still looks sexy as sin. And KKL has aged like wine and can totally pull it off. So I'm happy to see Brooke go for it. Steffy's head is going to explode though. lol. Them Will mentions. hehe. Hahahahahaha at Finn turning Hope all the way down. He told her to button up. Button up? I... Because outside of Sheila, it was clear in those embarrassing scenes how much they have in common. Well I have mixed feelings about Katie vs Poppy. Great scenes for sure. And it's nice to have Heather Tom going what she does best...female showdowns. That said...Katie butting into Bill's relationship. There's so much more she could be doing. And of course, I still wish it was Li doing the butting in.

Yay!!! I've know you been looking for ages. Good to see you're ready.

Now MADAME X was a pretty good album and definitely not chasing a trend. Though she did use some of her old tropes, it was nice to see Madonna exploring again.

A nice pivot.

SLC Okay, so Mary got online two hours after and said it was just a rumor. So hmmm. In other news...and she seems like she might be Full Time this season. Same. I've been saying that as well. What a difference a year (or two) makes. lol. She should have been like this from GO! Hehe. Your dislike for Lesa.

Your phone is just as crazy as my laptop which I think is still recovering from the outage given how it's acting or one of Microsoft forced updates. I totally believe that. That was how it was with I was more involved in theater and even cut across race lines. Funny that I'm now noticing it in hindsight. But omg!!! What you said about the writing department. Wow. The Catch-22 of it all. Just let people write! smh.

As much as I am saddened for poor Hollis, I wanted to say a very deep thank you for @slick jones for being sure it is attached to Shannen Doherty. Still very much devastated by her passing.

Of course he would go on a PR blitz, being as 'uppity' as he is accusing viewers of being. Still...good for Debbi. And good as well for Jensen. Who would have thought it? lol.

7-19 @carolineg you were not kidding about those bridge scenes. LOL!!! Those last two episodes were drags. It was like someone tried to take PM's cornerstone of holding insightful conversations that reveal character, but they don't have the 'touch' that he has for it. Cuz those Jason/Carly scenes...WOOF. I didn't mind the Chase/Dex scenes surprisingly. It was good to see Dex bond with somebody. And now that I think about that...it seems like the Dex hazing plot has vanished more or less. I also didn't mind the Cody/Tracy scenes, either. LOVE the Trina scenes where she talks about her grief. So well done. And yet it's backburnered. And you know I LOVE the Laura/Dante scenes with Lulu. I was really hoping with PM in as HW that Lulu would finally wake up. And this scene...I honestly wonder if it will still happen. Also loved seeing BLQ as a Boss. AS showing off those edges she used to use so well as a Tracy Jr. when Sonny tried to use her to fix Natalia's issue.

Him and MTS have that ability to make you watch even the silliness of plot for sure. They are literally doing the same plot with him and Nick, Vi, & Adam from last year and yet Victor keeps it interesting. LOL. No worries. July is my busy social month so I totally understand. It is just sad to me that I called it. The Ashley storyline really and truly was their flagship storyline for so long that (outside of the Chancellor plot), once it stopped, the show got boring. Which was what I was afraid of. And yes! Same old plot, but EB and MTS are giving. Well, Billy, Lily, Devon, Nate, and Chance. Hmm I want to say Abby knows as well. Part of the current Devon/Lily rift is the fact that Billy took Lily in confidence about Jill and Devon has figured it out and feels a way. I honestly feel he has not last aired yet. Regardless of JG's writing...or unless TSJ and Steve Kent have issues with each other...Tucker does not seem like the type of character who would let someone take his company and not get his lick back. BUT I could be wrong.

SLC Rumors just popped up that Mary is separating from her husband/grandfather.

Well, well, well...mmmmm Well, well, well...mmmmm PREACH!!!

Oh my God yes. Though these last few weeks, Eric Braeden, Allison Lanier, Courtney Hope, and Ms. Audra (along with Michael Mealer being a prick as Kyle) have been the only thing really holding my interest.

Sadly, that practice appears to be slowly returning. Not looking forward to it. Well we had it gone for a good stretch re: propping. Alas... Same. It definitely ain't Eva. Cuz the fallout could have been more juicy than it is now.

Same for me here as well. They are not even trying. And worse...it shows. Because how can you finally give a heroine like Sharon a story and I am just either confused on what's going on or just rolling my eyes outright. And if anything is keeping my interest it's all the drama with Summer and when I get a Sally/Audra scene. Oh, and when Victor Victors. hehe.

RHoDubai Not as good as last week's. I still enjoyed it very much, though. And I wonder if it is going to be a thing for the last few episodes of things going left in the last 10 minutes. Cuz I was irked that they left it on a cliffhanger (though it has already been leaked online ). So the Bali trip begins. And for once, Sergio WILL NOT be there. Though I loved the prank Stanbury pulled on the girls with him. See...Househusband got growth. lol. But it was nice, clean fun. Even Brook's eventual arrival did not take away from it for me. She actually gave good moments...an overdue discussion with Stanbury and more of her friendship with Ayan which I mentioned that is missed by me this season. The Brooks/Taleen drama was forced put to the backburner. And then...that ending. Grrr...that cliffhanger. Sticking to the episode itself...and not the spoilers all online that I actually broke down and watched hehe...It was VERY well done. And like the saying goes...be careful what you wish for. As I've been discussing...the real battle going on on this show is the rivalry between Caroline Stanbury and Lesa Milan. And if the show was going to go there, I said constantly that I would be down for it if the Caroline Stanbury from Ladies of London came out to play. And so far, Stanbury has been bringing her A game, playing a game of chess that Lesa has been keeping up with move for move. I just mentioned the other day that I didn't think we would get a scene like the Ladies of London scene where Stanbury won in her battle over Caprice, banishing her from her house. I...STAND...CORRECTED. And that brings us to the moment that I've been waiting for all season...the start of the fallout between Ayan and Lesa. I still have questions and perhaps they will be answered in full next episode. Even outside of the spoiled next week clips. That said...MY thoughts? Yes, it was a very complicated chess move. No one's hands are clean...except for debatably Caroline Stanbury. lol. She just pulled an LVP move, and I don't hate on her for it. She was simply given the information and waited until the perfect moment to use it. That the move was built off of all the plot threads of this season (even some from last season) was chef's kiss for me. Poor, poor Sara. We have all picked up on her and her image she chose to show the show. It's a running joke this season and gave us our first fight this season from Ayan. We know from this season that Lesa always have some recordings...whether she records it herself or it's sent to her. And so far this season...the main drama has been Brooks vs Taleen. And of course, the foreshadowing and spotlight on the Ayan/Lesa friendship. And as a subplot...the friction between Stanbury and Sara. So perfection that the break between the two friends come from a voicemail of Sara that may or may not be shady toward Brooks that was sent to Lesa who sent it to Ayan (in her defense, she wanted her BFF's opinion which tracks) who played it for Stanbury and Taleen. And that's me keeping it simple because it has layers due to all I say above. The recording does seem out of context...since it's really about Taleen and not really Brooks at all...but that does not make it any less damaging. Stanbury did that. She did not know it was from Lesa so it's safe to say she did it because she was definitely not feeling the Brooks/Sara duo and was trying to find a way to break that up. But...that was not the friendship damaged. And Ayan knew she damaged it when the first words out of her mouth was to Lesa. 'I'm sorry.' Sorry? Why? Because a BFF wouldn't have shared a video that was given in confidence...a shady one at that...and not given her BFF a heads-up she played it. And Ayan not only played it, but she played it for the main rival of her BFF...something Ayan knew. For that reason alone...and I suspect there's more to it due to the clips...I'm firmly Team Lesa. But...well-done. Stanbury 1, Milan 0. STANBURY. And still having a great season. She might have struggled last season on how it is to be a Housewife, but she continues to go from strength to strength. And showing off two new HW strength this episode. One was being able to have a sense of humor about yourself. She had it with Sergio. And LOVED the prank they pulled on the girls because it's TRUE. The other was the art of the HW takedown. lol. Sad to say, but Stanbury has found her new Juliets in Ayan and Taleen which means she can be the Queen Bee and manage to be able to keep her hands somewhat clean. After all, Ayan gave her the info to use; she did not go looking for it. Which brings me to the fact she's not afraid to use said info and she looked cat that ate the canary when she dropped the voicemail. Meanwhile, I loved her and Brooks finally had that conversation (in a beautiful backdrop of netting and water sailing by--GOOD WORK, CAMERAS!!), and she looked fabulous all the way through. If there was any doubt who the HBIC is...Stanbury let everyone know...coming back leading the pack. TALEEN. So mixed feelings about her this episode. I felt the scene pre-Bali with her husband was phony...though I felt her husband was sincere. She tried to start with Ayan like she did with Lesa in Episode 2 when Ayan was simply asking questions since Ayan was smart enough to leave the dinner party early. Perhaps you don't remember anything because you were drunk. RME. And her little sly remarks made me feel annoyed. At least Saba Wannabe was trying for a moment. Why are you even here taking up space? SARA. I can't help watching Sara this episode without thinking about her interview. I had no idea that her and Stanbury appear to fall out at some point. And it's because of her closeness to Brooks? I was not sure yet. The audience had been enjoying the running joke of Sara and her 'Holier Than Thou' gimmick. And Ayan getting a video on her tracks due to their early conflict as well as her friendship with Lesa. I feel the video might be much ado about nothing since all these ladies gossip about each other. And Sara did argue about her image. She did not bug me. All I saw was Sara having Brooks's back and getting along with all the ladies. Of course, I like the Brooks/Sara duo (and Lesa makes 3). BROOKS. DIVA. lol. And proud of it. She was so messy playing the 'is she going to show up?' game. Of course, she is. We all have seen the promos. lol. And I liked Lesa picking on her to not be messy. So ironic that she did nothing to kill the vibe, and it was all the OTHER ladies. She had a good episode. We got to see her very-little-seen-this-season friendship with Ayan. I really liked that her and Stanbury actually talked. And then like I said...her with Sara is always a ki-ki. AYAN. I felt she showed that video for two reasons. One was that she wanted to curry favor with Stanbury...something easy to do since they both have had an issue with Sara. And she wanted to stick it to Sara over her image. Neither were good looks. And she sacrificed her friendship with Lesa to do it. Just a bad look for her. Baaaad. LESA. Well I'm going to call a spade a spade. It has occurred to me that while Lesa did say on camera (and later on on WWHL) that she sent the voicemail because she did not seem to understand what Sara was saying, it also appeared that she was pot-stirring. And it's easy to believe that because she's done that a few times this season. It's not the first time she has taken up Ayan's battles. Look at Season 1 with Stanbury. So it's plausible that she wanted to use the voicemail in Ayan's issues with Sara. That said...STILL...she was the BFF and surely said it in confidence. So Ayan shouldn't have used it. Moreso because Ayan knew she was in the wrong with that 'I'm sorry.' Ayan cannot be surprised that Lesa's hurt. And she shouldn't be surprised that Lesa's really hurt because there was NO heads-up, and Ayan did it for STANBURY. It was messy. Good episode. And given the already released clips for next week...I can't wait for next episode.