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7-23 Are you serious? They finally get the soap romance with the longing between Jason and Britt...and they are SELLING it...and then they just dropped Austin into the middle of that like some fungus for some slapstick. Uhhhh...NO!!! Loving seeing Anna in Detective mode. And how slowly, but surely she is getting to the truth about Peter. And I've been enjoying seeing Curtis/Jordan/Portia playing out through most of this week. Meanwhile, the Shawn storyline has been flowing nicely...and Shawn's been looking FOINE!!! lol. And then here comes Stella to mess it up... THAT'S how you introduce a legacy kid. No wonder Oscar and Dev did not work. Here is a teen with connections with a built in story already (the stalker story) and he is already reenergizing the teen scene on top of that. Great.

Sadly.

I was wondering what DAYS news everyone was talking about...but wait...Eileen is back, Carrie, ANNND Sonny got recasted with... ME IS I'M IN!!!

WHAATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well, if that is true...Marge instigated, so she better be ready cuz Jen retaliates. Hahahahaha!!!! Same.

Hehe.

You remind me I need to finish my binge of EDGEMONT.

Just hmmm. That chest.

POTOMAC Now that the board is working... Filler it might be, but just like RHOA in its golden days even filler episodes can be fun. And in this case, I had a rough work day (and will be having a rougher week in another day or so with family) so I will take filler that makes me think less of my problems (almost caught up with GH and I see B&B will be dropped into my schedule due to that bombshell) and focus on fun. And I see Production was at it again!!!! I hollered at 'Candiace and Dorothy's Townhouse.' And I loved every reaction that they caught from other people. And I am always here for Kai to make an appearance though I was sadden to see him going with that silly storyline, but like I said elsewhere even Robyn ain't buying it and it SHOWS. And then Mia...AND? Granted she is not the second coming of Kenya Moore circa RHOA Season 5/6, but it was nice to see something slightly different going on with her other than her vs Wendy. And she gets points for doing 1 (with an assist by La Dame) vs 3 (Alaska-side note....why is everyone calling her this?, Robyn, and Gizelle) and holding her own. And also she OWN she was arrogant...something those girls wished they could do. And the first trip starts next week. Can't wait!!!! LA DAME. Still being quite vicious in Confessionals I see. And I loved that one with the golden choker/necklace. Granted she does not need to play nice with these heffas, but La Dame does appear to be a little...visibly annoyed at them. I prefer my Dame more unbothered. That said, her solo scenes are still great, a sign of a great Housewife. And look at her daughter! She has rarely appeared, but even I was like awwww she's grown. And yes, I loved that while Mia held her own against the Green Eyed Bandits that La Dame was there to keep everything straight and on the table. GIZELLE. Le sigh. I wish she would be more real. There honestly was a few flashes of that here. Pick on her I do and I do it well, but I have never knocked that she and Robyn have a real friendship and it's great that during the pandemic they decided to do a podcast. And I admit that I would be tempted to listen to it if I saw it in passing. Why? Because their friendship feels geniune. And same with her relationship with Kai which is why I looooooove seeing him and his shade. 'Not Ms. 4 degrees' lol. Even the tackiness of filming her daughter fail her driving test. Don't like it, but it was real. But I can also tell Production are trying their best to repair her face from her unmasking at the Reunion. It's a shame they are going about it all wrong per some tea Wendy gave out online about how they edit Gizelle a la Porsha last season on RHOA. Loved Mia needling her in that text since she knew it came DIRECTLY from Gizelle. And I would consider Mia vs the Green Eyed Bandits Round 1...a draw. ROBYN. Just trying to stay relevant. So...*shrugs* CANDIACE. Speaking of people and edits...I admit...they are doing hers right. How do I know? Because HER ALBUM IS COMING OUT NEXT MONTH!!!! I was just thinking her getting into her career was just storyline. Same with the bonus kids. Same with moving. But...out in the real world...she appears legit. As in...she might ACTUALLY be showing her life for good and for bad. And here she is being the voice of reason on that of that. Candiace? Did I see that right? Did I see her BREAK up a fight and not start one? WOW. And she's been touching on this on show. And while I don't want to be disappointed like I was during the transformation of Porsha from Princess of Thots to a mature woman, I have to say that she has been intriguing with the real stuff. Cuz she still has some fakery about her. And loved her brief kiki with La Dame when La Dame got to the pajama party. WENDY. Stay keeping up with the Jones...if you can...Girl. lol. I loved Mia drive-by shaded her in the fight when she tried to start more mess. That said...I was not feeling her this time around. *cough*secondseasoncurse*cough* ASHLEY. HA at someone online mentioning that she ain't letting Michael mess with her settlement money to start another failing business. Might be some true in that. And I hollered at her prepared she was. Such a Gemini mom. MIA. BOSS. Is she doing too much? Well...yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeahhhhhhhhhh!!! But that's a newbie for you. At least she is not giving us Jen Shah. JS. And any over the top-ness is being nicely balanced out by her family life (which a first season wife should use to humanize them) and her scenes with La Dame. And I love the shade @Cheap21 posted above. Get her!!!! Looking forward to the trip!!! @Cat wow at that Tom picture. How the mighty have fallen.

And just like that, I was back. lol. THIS.

WOW!!!!

Ugh. Well, if he's Drew, that explains why the writers have started to move forward with Sam/Dante. However, I doubt Sam is going to want to be paired with him.

#FACTS

POTOMAC Saturday shade...

7-19-21 Wow. So the pilot is FakeChloe's brother!???? Color me surprised.

Well...DISCUSS!!!!

LOL!!! I know you told me this a long time ago, but I guess at some point in the middle of one of our conversation my mind gendered flipped. My apologies. No, I like how you said it better than I did IMHO re: Family Karma. I am really looking forward to sitting down to watch it (along with SUMMER HOUSE with the comeuppance of Hannah and BD SAILING YACHT for the baby drama and foine Colin). Don't get me wrong! lol. LeeAnne would totally come back just do 'I told you so's on those heffas. lol. But her not being there and those girls having to work while she was off doing her own thing was the best revenge. And Claudia won't mind standing up for other people. Did you see her take on Megan Kelly I believe over Naomi Osaka?

@FrenchBug82 what DaytimeFan said. The people in the clip (all of the cast actually) have long history, long established before and in Season 1 so I'm not surprised that it sounds like it boils over in Season 2. The clip is for @Cat who I got into FAMILY KARMA in Season 1. So I know he will get it when he sees it. But if you want a show about culture, family, and drama, but not toxic I do highly recommend it for a good watch. Like the past season of BD: SAILING YACHT (which I'm midway through) and SUMMER HOUSE, I will get around to watching Season 2 of FAMILY KARMA. Just been extremely busy with my personal and professional life and well...my shows have suffered. In time...;) I at least saw the undies scene with the guys and I hollered. I agree on Claudia. Perhaps she can be a FOH? I am sorry that I might have been wrong about one of the girls when I mentioned them rumored. But it seems like the newbies are somewhat friends with who is left so it will be interesting to see how it goes. I don't like that Twitter fanbase seem to be angry about such a drama change a la NY Season 5, but let's see if this turns out to be true before we get angry. I knew you would want you some Kary so for you I am sorry. Yeah, I know people are saying 'but Bill has a REAL job.' but since they are really playing up Louis and the new girl's husband...I will wait and see until we get a trailer. Do I think LeeAnne is living her best life? Honestly...yes. As a matter of fact, earlier today I was surprised to see her online, back on the charity circuit, talking about domestic violence I believe. And other than when Brandi brought her up at the reunion this year and she of course made that response video I posted, LeeAnne has been surprisingly low key. Even that wedding planner of hers has ceased to be messy. However yes, she did cast a long shadow. And this past season proved that. While other HW shows had to deal with the pandemic, DALLAS came across soo bad. OC and RHOA were not much better, but they had big enough personalities to keep some interest. Outside of the soap opera nature of D'Andra and newbie TIffany and Kary, what did DALLAS have? But that said, I would love to see LeeAnne back postSeason5. Like you, I always felt her and D'Andra were two sides of the same coin. And clearly, one cannot be much without the other. They nutured as well as enabled each other in a way that made for fascinating television. And I live for any situation where you mention her being the cliffhanger at the end of an episode just to shock everybody. TEAM PRETTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well...

Speaking of Family Karma, I have to get on watching Season 2 when I get a chance. And I saw Armit's grandma passed today. And for speaking of soapy...for you...

THIS. So behind this week.

7-19 Day 2 of the Pool and we get Shirtless Brando, Shirtless Dante (WOOF!!!), and Shirtless Chase. I have such mixed feelings over this Austin storyline. He has now taken Peter's place in my heart for 'I don't love to hate, I just hate' character. That said, the writing for it is hitting on so much stuff and then the sense of menace he just had in this conversation with Monica. I felt my eyes water seeing the wall of the pictures of all those GH legacy characters. Especially Steve and Alan. It was just a great conversation between Austin and Monica...like they were playing cat and mouse. And I love that Jason and Brooklyn seem to have Austin's number. Speaking of which, it was nice to have those scenes of Michael, Ned, and Brooklyn talking strategy. Poor Lenny. And now another near-miss. How long has Sonny been gone now? 6/7 months? Time to get some movement in Nixon Falls. Ha! At the lingering Novak threat. Good to see he is still lingering around. Great to see Dante/Chase talking. Also great to see the writers are setting up for Maxie temporarary exit. I feel like so much is being touched on and I love it when that happens. I feel like this week was like last week's but better structured. There is so much going on that even when a story I like takes a day or two or a week off...there is always something good going on or a character I want to see is on and that is cool.

NJ Where's Bill? But lol.