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It's not just you. I had been feeling that way for a while. I knew Marco was angry about Sonny kidnapping him, but he has fallen so easily into Sidwell's world like he's Johnny Z without any conflict when I feel like I remember him having just as much an issue being close to his father as he did his mother.

I must have missed in the episodes I missed cuz Willow and Drew are set to be married...AGAIN? REALLY? Drew still comes across obsessed. Willow (thank you, Kate) still comes across unhinged. Not to mention like she shot him.

Yep, yep, ugh. Hmmm I see.

Not a snake! lol. Now you know that would make Michael jealous. ;P

First of all, I resent bringing my Russian ex into this! Second of all...thank you for the pictures. :) Thank you for the tea. ;)

And just to add on to the Chase discussion, JS looked like he can play dark...another direction to take him since we have a good cop in Nathan (assuming it IS him) and they are pretty interchangeable enough that they can do something different with Chase and keep a good cop in Nathan. Like when Michael and Willow were having the affair and they started to tease that dark side in Chase before they chickened out.

I'll say this much since my busy December schedule made me forget some episodes... The gasp I let out when that body turned up in Laura's trunk. Of course, I'm here for Laura being in main story. And then...lost the episodes...lol. So I am glad this show still does recap. So smart of Laura to go to Sonny for that. Probably the only moment where his being a mobster made sense. Though I did roll my eyes when she got into it with Martin about Sonny and his 'code.' GIRL, BYE. And I see I'm so invested in Rocco and I felt Dante coming to see him would wind up hurting him.

Hmmmm Yeah, even this show was having an event every week starting out if not every other week. I miss that.

Very. I am hoping that this is leading to his exit storyline. IKR!!!! And Nicole was looking oh so good. YES. His everything for me. But yes.

I agree. All things aside, it WAS good music. Same. HAHAHAHHAHA Very much makes sense. I see why GV was excited to do him. Same.

Yeah, I am in the minority as well because I did like it. HOWEVER, you can't hype that up and then...give us nothing. Granted the synopsis for the week looks great, but that is stuff that all could have happened at Winterfest. And I really wanted to see Bill as MC.

You know I love you so I don't mind differing on Lil Mo. That's because Heather HAS been gunning for Lisa since she was Fabulous Ice back in Season 1. She has clearly been waaaaay too obsessed with being her friend and hurting her when she doesn't get her way. And her maneuvering this season (from what I've watched so far of it) has been more of the same.

Honestly...I liked Rachel, Boz, Sutton, Amanda, and Dorit. It felt like old school HW taglines. That said...Sutton and Dorit were my faves. We know how I feel about EricFake. As for Ms. Be-Honest-I'm-Not-Being-Shady Vyle...

Finally sitting down for Winterfest. GV had me at first frame. Ted can STAY...PRESSED. Early faves clothes-wise is Nicole, Andre, Dani (it's sooo Dani I can't hate it), and especially Vernon with his suave fox self. And I hollered (and rewind) Naomi shading Hayley. It goes look like Andre/Dani/Bill/Hayley are already going to be the focus this week and as they are A story I have NO problem with that. And I'm enjoying all the extras. Not to mention seeing all the regulars and supporting characters mingling.

Hehe. Oh, her. But I agree. Collectively I don't like them at all. I would say that I like Angie, Lisa surprisingly, and Mary for me. I don't even hate Meredith or Whit's but I have to watch them move. Heather's is a dumpster fire.

RHOP Monique is on WWHL tonight.

SLC WOW. Already? aka The collective REUNION looks.

Very late than never, but HEEEY JOEY BUCHANAN, HEY!!!!

Love is love. Great post as well @DeliaIrisFan

I thought that was just me. Lol. I feel the same all the time even on slow episodes days. I can look at Ambyr's hair for dayssss even as I'm hating Eva. And we know I can talk about bubbles for weeks. :) Same. More please.

I thought that was just me. Lol. I feel the same all the time even on slow episodes days. I can look at Ambyr's hair for dayssss even as I'm hating Eva. And we know I can talk about bubbles for weeks. :) Same. More please.

Yeah, BTG as of late does feel like it is having problems with momentum. I still enjoy watching it (and rewatching it), but it would be nice if it would get back to one event a week. Or like I said...if they would focus on one of their A stories with stories around it like it did at the start, it would be doing better I feel. Right now, it just feels like scenes with no connectivity. It was part of the reason that I loved the start of Winterfest because it started to tie scenes and storylines together again. And then it started to get momentum. I was so disappointed that the momentum got lost in the middle of November. It appeared it has been picking up again, but I hope they will do better. Next week is reading good so fingers crossed. Same. Something I never thought I would say about GH. lol. In their second year, the writers appear to have found a way (even with their writing tics) to manage to keep momentum while shifting from storylines to storylines. I even mentioned last month in the thread that it really feels like they are telling a giant umbrella story because right now so many of their storylines move and have the ability to affect the other storylines going on parallel to it at the same time. And that's high praise for those writers coming from me. Looking forward to binging a little bit later on. Awww. Hopefully good week this coming week. :)

12-1 Linear notes... The bubbles and onions were bubbling and onioning...hehe. And I really love how Timon looked in that shirt...and he was in it most of the week so mmm. I said it the first time when I watched it that I felt like Monday was going to be a good episode with rewatch value. And it came across even better. I know from glancing through that a few of you like Christopher Dunn, but he's been my less favorite of the breakdown writers. So I'm surprised how much this episode just flows and how much I like it. I think for me it was just the stories involved. I'm always here for Vernon/BIll scenes. The follow-through on the Dark Derek storyline and him finally getting to read Ashley down. Seeing the POTOMAC girls gave me Dani/Vanessa scenes. And of course Smitty vs Joey. I can't believe that this beat is being played with Joey and Martin. So I continue to feel that the Martin's Secret storyline is still in play.

Awwww

RHOP Now...that I have wiggle room...the Monique of it all! Production knew we were waiting and hoping for the day that Monique came back in some form. The vet that went out guns blazing who had THE rivalry with Gizelle. A rivalry that was long, hard, and vicious. She's second only to Karen in a rivalry with Gizelle that gave a true (but not toxic) housewife battle. So finding out she was returning made fans excited. So of course, Production teased it all the way out for weeks. From the start of the trip...and some people thought she was popping up next episode and ignored it was a FLASHFORWARD. To the episode that I am going to talk about now. Like Production, I'm going to be a tease, too. lol. It was nice to see her finally since so much was set up with her. The link with Stacey about Chris Samuels which was THE storyline so far this season. Not to mention where she stood with Gizelle due to what I said above. So far, we don't get to that until the end with a TO BE CONTINUED. Cuz Production will milk it. That said...I thought the episode was good. It was a typical GOOD Housewives episode with us getting individual scenes as we built up to the World Pride event and Monique's return. I thought it was fun, easy, and breezy like the best RHOM episodes. This show is having such a great season. GIZELLE. She really is having a good season, ain't she? I really cannot believe that she circled back to the drama surrounding her father's will. I was interested in it last season and was surprised that it had been not mentioned much. And I'm also surprised no one has dug it up on the fandom. So good to see more of it. It goes without saying that building up to her and Monique face-to-face was good to watch. And we...got a hug? Okkkk. hehe. WENDY. I really can't decide if Production is on her side or not so it's interesting to watch. When it was Robyn Juan's Roommate, you could feel and see the shade with Production. I feel they respect Wendy, but they don't seem to be covering for her, either. So...hmmm. Still having a great season, but just saying. And her confronting Stacey over the cannabis business name was hilarious. And I hollered at her shade at Ashley cuz yes...the gays do deserve better than her singing voice. ASHLEY. The perfect person to reintroduce Monique since they are friends in real life. And that the show got to it quickly (along with montages throughout) was well-done. Cuz if anyone is going to ask questions...friend or not...as the audience's proxy, it will be Ash. Overall, I like how Monique was giving Dr. Nicole as a FOH over on RHOM. STACEY. And STILL...she rises. She was great at her photoshoot. She was great at her brunch with Wendy where she got confronted by her over the business. I'm surprised the two of them are so good as friends given that Wendy has gotten close to Gizelle and it's been Gizelle vs Stacey for a good part of the season. KEIARNA. I continue to be surprised she got Greg to film. TIA. She continues to be a masterclass on how a new housewife should move. And her family scenes this episode were good. Her dynamic with her kids is just full of content cuz why is her daughter calling the police on kids she don't! lol. I can't. ANGEL. Can we switch her out for her sister? Cuz in that one scene, her sister acted like she could hold her own better and read some of the ladies down? lol. Angel continued to just come across bad. Cuz why did she say 'those women?' Why can't you say it to their faces? JS. SIDENOTE...given the build to Jassi's wedding...I'm surprised that it came and went soooo quickly. Edited down? So...Monique is finally back...and so far it was done beautifully.