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RHoDubai So watched Episode 3 and 4 in one sitting. First...Nina. It just occurred to me that Nina is from Dallas, right? And when she was sitting here talking to Caroline about her friend Claudia...it clicked? Wasn't Nina casted in what was going to be RHOD's reboot with Claudia Jordan???? Which of course made me go...does that mean Caroline knows Claudia Jordan, too? And then given who is showing up this week...it's not far-fetched either. Things that make me go hmmmm. And I agree with @NothinButAttitude...I like Nina's Zaddy. He could get it. These two episodes have been interesting to watch. I feel like everyone is giving so much to play with. Sara's background. Lesa's fashion show and watching her building her brand, the whole time we see her friendship with Ayan shining through. Brooks also working to build an empire and honestly showing so much for someone who is so messy. Nina brings the wealth that I would expect Caroline to have brought back in the day on LoL. But...that is probably why I might have to disagree with everyone else on her. Yes, on LoL, Caroline was the HBIC and ran everything. She knew the game in that world and how to play it. But it's becoming clear here this is a new world and a whole new game. She is NOT the only Alpha anymore. The tricks...like icing out someone...that would work on LoL are not going to work here. And like EricFake's current tagline on BH, that makes her even more dangerous. And dangerous...is STILL interesting. She is still somewhat transparent like she was on LoL with her losing her business. You can see that in this actual organic storyline about what happens when your young husband wants babies and you...are older and in a different stage of your life. However like I said...her attempt to ice out Ayan...yeah NO. She is too much the star, too much connected, and there is no way to do that when no one is going to bow down to her over Ayan. However...her targeting Lesa next...another move Caroline learned on LoL is also going to end badly for her, either. Nice attempt to keep herself relevant on a show with alphas, but she has miscalculated. And the plot twist of Sara being the one to tell on her to Ayan and Lesa was truly a chef's kiss. Outmatched? Time will tell. Outclassed? From what I've seeing of Lesa...YES. Sorry, Queen Bee. CAROLINE. Like I said above, Sergio asking for a child while she is long pass wanting one, like Sanya and Ross over on RHOA, is some organic drama. And it would be fascinating to watch because they are going to have some hard talks as well. Speaking of hard talks, it would be nice to see Caroline dive more into her work life post-LoL. Like I mentioned, she lost her company on that show. So she's...an influencer now? Seems like a downgrade to me. Though given what she is an influencer on, that does explain her face. Outside of that...who is Caroline Stansbury in this world? Sadly...no one. She needs to step it up. I do not think feuding with Lesa is the right move, but it should be fun to watch if COLLEGE HILL proved anything. AYAN. THE STAR!!! The last two episodes have continued to soften her nicely. And I love seeing it. Like I said, I love seeing her friendship with Lesa and her being a boss at the fashion show and having her back was great to watch. I even liked that she can be feuding with Caroline, but still able to have a conversation with her husband. See? She ain't all bad. And her frenemy relationship with Brooks is a hoot. Will her truce with Caroline stick? Probably not. Especially since Lesa is feuding with her. Should be fun to watch. MILAN. Over the last two episodes, all I saw was a real businesswoman and that was fascinating for me to watch. She was so sound. She was so motivated. And STILL being a mom. I am single and have always found it hard to get a work/life balance so especially lately as I appear to be at a crossroads, I liked to watch it. And in these episodes we got a little bit more of a picture of her husband. He seem plain to me tbh. But watching them have a disagreement...God, he loves that woman. And...he has a nice bubble. Okay, he's kinda foine with that accent. Just seeing Milan in her element at the fashion show was dazzling. There's just something about someone living their dream. It's...inspiring. And she also has an element of being able to feud *cough*collegehill*cough*. That mess that Caroline started...not a good look since Lesa has been trying to make peacemaker I felt between her and Ayan. And Lesa looked like she's good to go toe to toe with Caroline. BROOKS. Speaking of businesswomen, it sounded like Brooks had a sound business plan. That said, all she really brought was messiness. And I live for it. But she did not do much this past two episodes. NINA. I admit that the RHOD thought is making me side-eye her. That said...that party was the biz-ness!!! And the scene with her Zaddy and that license plate. WOW!!!! She most definitely screams wealth. And I LOVE her obsession with french fries. SAME. SARA. This lovely enigma. I loved getting more of her backstory in Episode 3. So she literally not only changed her personal life, but her professional life as well. And she did not even have to. She just followed her bliss. Le sigh. Again, given my own life this week that is just awe-inspiring to me. And her at the photoshoot...GIRL, YOU BETTER FLIRT!!! LOL!!! And she looked breathtaking in the red. No need to doubt. That said...Ooooo at her being messy by telling Lesa and Ayan what Caroline said about not going to the fashion show. Spicy. And this week brings Shady Phae Phae. Can't wait.

That poke though...mmmmmm. WOOF!!! *wets lips*

RHOM NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That was the finale? It was a 12 episode season. I guess TV has me used to 13 (or even 10) seasons now. Wow. lol. That said...it was a good finale. Poor Alexia. I knew it was coming. But that did not stop me from feeling some kind of way about her losing her mother. And yes, I was mildly triggered. She always has something happening with her. And as this season was over, there was the drama going on with Peter's latest (?) arrest. Le sigh. I thought it was a nice finale. It managed to close out all the stories that they had going on during the season. They had a strong sense of sisterhood among all the feuding. So I would put this right below Season 2 which is my favorite season of Miami and one of my favorite seasons of all time. It was that good. And I cannot wait for Season 5. My only problem was that they started strong with the recurring characters which was a hallmark of Miami very much. Not that the girls needed them, but it gave that extra telenovela flair. Like POTOMAC, I miss them already. Though I look forward to the Reunion. ALEXIA. Alexia, Alexia, Alexia. I was feeling all that drama with her mother. She thought she was going to have her wedding day after all the mess to get there. And then...life threw another curveball. One really cannot make this stuff up. And she had so much grace dealing with her mother's passing. And just as she was over that ordeal, here comes Peter again with some new mess. She was a standout during the season and I cannot wait for her telenovela life return. LISA. Hehe. 'Hello, Green.' It was unintentional humor, but I guess I can get it. She must have been happy when someone else showed up at the mourning in a color not black. That said...she understood the assignment at the end and dressed properly. Still it feels so weird seeing her and Lenny together knowing what was going on. And seeing him smile and seem happy so le sigh... GUERDY. Had a good season and her company has grown. And I loved that she was the glue to keep everyone together during this. After all, she knew loss. NICOLE. I cannot believe that Marysol and her were able to put their differences (and shade) aside. Says a lot about Marysol's friendship with Alexia. Says a lot about Nicole as a person as well. I doubt any truce won't last. LARSA. Yeeeah, she won that one. I was shocked to see her tear Adriana up. Usually it would be the other way around. But she did. Other than that, it was nice to see her go off in a new direction. And I loved the house shopping she did. JULIA. Julia ended the season like she began it: happy with Martina. I was not hating that at all. ADRIANA. SMH. I expected so much this week. She got good licks in at Larsa, but Larsa got her good. MARYSOL. WOW at Mama Elsa and Alexia's mother in the same cemetery. Bring on the reunion.

Since we know it'll be a minute before I watch, I'll be living the life through you. Out of all of them, I've been curious about Taylor. It seems everyone has been taking to her in a way that I don't feel they were before she stopped appearing on BH around Season 3. Speaking of OC, did you see the rumors about how next seasons appears to be taking the current BH season approach of overstacking the cast to see what sticks?

So worth a watch. 😜

First of all... @janea4old Mr. Zac Tinker is SINGLE *starts to fix his hair* Second of all...I saw the tribute episode. God, I could watch the Abbotts all day sometimes. I loved that Ashley and Traci invited Allie out to let her learn more about them. And those flashbacks!!! I loved the Traci vs Lauren rivalry (including when Lauren finally apologized to her...a scene I had heard of but never seen was shown). I love seeing Danny. I loved seeing early Brad/Traci. And then all of Ashley's scenes. It has been clear that Ashley was so John's daughter, but I rarely see early Ashley scenes so I was eating ALL of that up. I could see why Bill Bell liked to write for her. She was a great muse to write to. I do admit that the last 30 minutes had some funky dialogue for me, but overall I liked it all.

I admit that I was wondering why there are articles about RH's status all of a sudden. She was having story and it was trucking along. Now that I got to last week...I can see why. The abruptness of Finn all up in her story was the very definition of putting circle in a square peg and it showed.

LOL!!! I figured. It had flow...now...not so much and GH is a good actor but he is clearly propping which makes me already dislike the character.

Imma gonna mind my business, Nathan. RME. I'm back on Season 3 so I cannot wait to get to that episode. lol. Jealousy sure is a disease. Hope he gets well soon.

@xtr great to see your comments again and good to see someone else enjoying. I feel like at some point Shauna was mentioned. I just can't remember if they said she was still living at the house or if she had moved out. And I saw in the latest issue of SOD that Darin Brooks has a lot of projects he's working on (I want to say three off the top of my head, one a series for Apple+).

6-17 They gave Ms. Wu a henchman??? YASSSSSSSSS!!!! Boss Bitca!!! And she played that scene to the hilt. Just in case, anyone thought she was getting soft by how she interacted with Sonny...uh NOPE. This scene with Cody was just what the doctor ordered to remind everyone that Ms. Wu IS a MOB BOSS. Another thing I liked so far this week...Felicia vs Esme and Ryan. The writers are at least working overtime to find things for Kristian Wagner to do...something that I was at least worried about post-Peter's death but they keep having her pop up with things. And I liked they played the history between her and Ryan. Wise words Esme should probably listen to given how impatient Ryan is getting per that fantasy of his going off on Mac and tearing his noses off. Love Trina being pro-active about busting Esme. Though her and Joss should have chased that guy down. Speaking of Chase...mmmmmmm chest hair and beard back. And I was not hating on his bubble either. Can we keep Robert Adamson as Michael. He has the right vibe and he's easy on the eyes. Why do I feel that is not the end of Marshall's story. Schizophrenia? Not sure if I believe it. And if true, kinda anticlimactic. Ugh. Here I was excited for Liz. And I should have known better. And STILL this doctor has hijacked her story AND HER KIDS. And while I'm happy to see Wyatt (okay, the actor who is growing into a pretty decent actor from his OLTL days)...BOY, BYE. Can't Liz's story be about...LIZ? Or better yet...let it be about Laura and Liz. There is so much to mine there. And just NO to Carly and Jake. Though CM looks fit AF coming out of that pool, wet and all. All he was missing was his beard. Is Spinnili really going through all this trouble to pull a Cyrano on Britt or is he even Spin? Starting to wonder if this is a double story at this point. I am looking forward to the ELQ board meeting. It's gotten juicier as time has gone on. And I really want to see if Ned is going to wipe that smirk off Michael's face. Also liked Lucy was not forgotten. Hmmm...I at least feel Carly and Liz have gone the distance enough that I can believe in them burying the hatchet just due to being parents and their kids dating. However, I do wish they would not forget their history at times since Jason's spectre should make it easy for those two to get to feuding again like was mentioned above with how easy the writers on Y&R and OLTL always were ready to resurrect Jill/Kay, Dorian/Viki after periods where they were civil to each other. I cannot speak for Carly's friendships with Sam or even Olivia. Sam especially was pretty vicious so to see them as talk-tos will always be jarring for me.

Le sigh....

Yep, yep. And it is going to be vicious and I expect bombs on outside of work activities to be dropped. But...WOW. This makes me feel so kinda of way. I feel for all of my female friends right now. I know of one close friends that will be having to deal with a lot of our Arkansan female friends dealing with the ignorance of it all so my heart goes out to everyone. It was put out there into law for a reason. It had been there for decades for a reason. To see it just overturned...just...wow.

Well tbf...have we not always said that you could put ANY of the RHOA Housewives in any of the cities, and they would come across as a strong personality...whether it was someone like Nene all the way to someone like...hmmm Deshawn? Especially versus something like take a HW from another city and putting them in RHOA (cuz they would eat Erika Payne alive on that show). Kenya proved it with the first ALL STARS and it sounds like Shady Phae Phae and Eva the Diva are going to prove it with the second one.

YAAASSSSS!!!! I knew as soon as they announced they were heading back to MC that Brad would cook up a tale. CooL!!!

lol. Yep, yep. Payback from last week where Sheila was throwing her around like a rag doll.

Wait!!! I have a catfight coming?

@DramatistDreamer I know I'm looking forward to the episode as well. I love both actresses and characters so I am definitely curious and can't wait for the flashback. Show has been on point with that as of late for sure.

@Chris B not famous enough? lol. But yeah. The fact that my supervisor went to the concert and had video and you would have never known how they were earlier in the day. smh. And THANK YOU (and @Cat and @Soaplovers) for all the Linda tea. It was not registeriing that you all were talking about Brody Jenner (le sigh HILLS)'s mom. Wow. Small world and she did soooooo much I see. I'm intrigued. And that OC TEA??? I'm still working my way through the current OC season (I'm on the Heather/Gina in NY episode) and NJ, but I cannot believe it. I was happy to see Heather back, but she has to see that she needs an enemy to be relevant right now and Noella appears to be giving just that. I guess it is telling that Nicole and Noella are still friends though. And it makes the clips of Noella mentioning Nicole has a tale and she would not say what it was even more interesting.

6-8 Okay, where did Spencer/Esme/Nik/Ava go? That story has vanished just to deal with Josh Kelly's character's appearance. Any early predictions on who he is? I was thinking another Holt, making him another Q. That said...I did not see Dex working for Michael coming? Not sure how that is going to work out. If this was back when Michael disowned Sonny and took the Q name after AJ's death, I could see it. I don't know where it will go, but I hope it is messy. Yeah, I do feel like the Trina trial is treading water. I love how Laura is part of Liz's storyline given her own history with mental illnesses. Sorry though...the show seems like it is back in setup mode with no momentum. Le sigh.

6-13 So...Phyllis exploded and it broke up her and Jack. Shammmme. *side-eye* Not surprised, but I have to say those scenes were pretty good. I liked that Jack did factor in the fact that they had been here before and how hard it was for him to forgive Phyllis and be open. And now she BAMF!!! Perfect for Diane to move in on him. So I see a Jill sighting! I see a Nikki vs Diane sighting! I have really liked this meager party. It was nice to see Nate override Devon. The potential for a rivalry has been there since this latest recast. And I loved the flashback since I was just stopping regularly viewing when the Nate/Elena affair happened. I wish Olivia would show up and gain this some traction. And we know I'm loving some Imani. Yesssss, she's slowly and surely making her move. I think they are all going to underestimate her. So watch out.

6-16 oOOOOO how I hollered at Sheila throwing Li around like a rag doll. You know you are crazy when Sheila is calling YOU cray cray. That said...I've been enjoying Battle of the Mamas since Li went to visit Sheila in jail...gonly for Sheila to escape (nice to have cameo from Ken!!!). And watching Ridge and Taylor panic was telling. Speaking of telling...HOPE stumbled onto the Eric/Donna affair. Katie must have been missing. That said...it was nice to see a Katie sighting a few days ago. And I loled at Bridget getting roped into the story as well. To pivot off the comments from a few days back (and liked you liked it @Soapsuds) Scott Clifton has even improved on his bod since the last time I saw it and I know his workout routine so jealous. It's weird that the Paris/Zende/Carter triangle has now turned into Carter just using her to get over Quinn...who he is not over. That is just sad for Paris. I guess Mama Grace was right.

RHOM So they all woke up and chose violence? Oh, this episode was great!!! Alexia's bachalorelette party. Alexia has been mostly background the last few episodes regardless of being the basis to the current Nicole vs Marysol feud. It was nice to see the pivot. I had almost forgotten about the wedding. And what happened that day. Meanwhile, the rivalry between Adriana and Larsa hit a new level this week. From the pop shots at the start of the season to last week's bout to ignoring each other outside of Confessionals, it has been fun to watch. But right now...Julia is Adriana's weakness and even if Larsa felt some kind of way about how Julia voiced her opinion, she knew Adriana would see it as an attack and suuuuuure enough. LOL!!! I was looking forward to the 'IT'S LARSA!!!' moment because apparently it became a meme right before I watched so I hollered and rewinded cuz Guerdy was giving great reaction shots. To Be Continued? WHY??? Things were just getting great. Can't wait for next week. ALEXIA. I should not have even doubted. Alexia is after all the Queen of this telenovela. And all Queens need rest so the minions can have the limelight. But here she is back again with the wedding. The foreshadowing with her and Peter talking about her mother reminded me how this was going to end. Le sigh. And I am sure she is side-eyeing Nicole who might be trying for her crown. Alexia is just a lightning rod for drama. And loving her at her own party so far. Cuz that penis was hehehehe. NICOLE. Well darn, girl!!! You go right ahead and end Marysol. She gathered Marysol with the swiftness. She has been giving good so far in this feud, but so has Marysol. But she really was no nonsense about it and gathered Marysol flawlessly. No stutter. Nothing. I had no choice, but to be in awe. GUERDY. Oooooo how I've been looking forward to this drama since the trailer. It looked so flawless on her. I liked she was trying to mediate all the fighting that broke out at the dinner. LISA. I also liked she was being fun again. And also trying to get everyone to get along. She was being more of a fun BFF than Marysol. LARSA. I get it. When someone gives an opinion of you...one you might not like and it feels random on top of that, I would lash out a bit, too. So I liked Guerdy was trying to get Larsa to hear Julia out. However, I also see where Larsa was coming from. How random. And Julia's been nice but from Larsa's perspective meek. Given the rivalry going on with her and Adriana, she had the right to side-eye her. JULIA. I do think Julia was being genuine. After all, she has been mentioning her thoughts about what Larsa said since the start of Marysol vs Nicole during the 'Least Trust' game. However...she picked the wrong time to say anything. Especually in front of Adriana whom Larsa is feuding with. MARYSOL. You lost that one. Sorry. Nicole ate her up. ADRIANA. Started gathering and I was living. Next week Adriana vs Larsa Round 3? I'm here for it. One more episode after that and a reunion I believe. Sad it is about to be over for me.