Gray Bunny

LOL perfect gif for this moment. I'm totally a fan of this song now; it's giving my Chic C'est La Vie vibes.

I thought of that after I posted: Ah, yes, boarding school. So he can come out a disgruntled, angsty teen. (I'm not ready to accept seeing Chloe as the mother to a teenager, but Belle/Shawn's kid is like nearly 30 at this point, so...)

I'm a week behind, but just curious: any mention of Chloe's son Parker ever coming to live with her? Hotel hopping is all fun 'n games when you're single, but is she just letting Nancy raise him permanently?

Oh my. What a delight!

I love that color on Dolores.

Whether it be long-term strikes or global pandemics, DAYS will always be there with fresh new exciting episodes

Julie might disagree with you there...

Oh yeah, that girl was a hustler. And despite her icky machinations in her later years on RHONY, I'll never fully hate on her because of the incredible real-life humanitarian efforts she has done for victims of hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, Ukraine, etc. But yeah @Liberty City that would be amazing if the big B returned for RHUGT 5. It would be an absolute shi*show of awesomeness.

... and that's an immediate eyeroll for me. I want to see old money not instagram money. I suppose this is the more modern-day version of a Bethenny rags-to-riches tale? Yeah, I'll be hate-watching and see if it turns to love, just as I mock-watched Potomac's first clunky season (remember all the talk about etiquette?)

Wow, some real A-listers there. Best of luck with that. Geezus, Teck from 1999's Real World Hawaii? Blast from the past.

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say she's actually leaving permanently. As you said, she's still young and marketable and can be cast younger. Maybe she'd return in a few years (if the show still exists), but I don't think this is a 6-month/1-year break like everyone else's exits. That said, I think she's a great actress with great screen presence who can do comedy and drama. To think Gabi Hernandez used to be the butt of the joke years ago when she kept popping up and getting story (see: anything that happened prior to the Nick Fallon "murder" mystery) and yet somewhere along the path, she became a viable character to root for, IMO. I'll miss her.

No one experiences trauma in Salem unless they're kidnapped by an angry clown.

I think what happened with NYC (which so far blew up in Bravo's face; but we'll see how the new NYC fares) is eventually going to happen to other longstanding Housewives shows. A total retooling; a brand new cast; and/or completing retiring the OG's and letting certain city franchises die off. But who knows? I thought they were going to have a Come to Jesus moment when Russell Armstrong committed suicide yet they get pluggin' and chuggin' along and only got bigger and better (so to speak).

Agreed. I want flashbacks from all decades and all hairstyles.

Well since the Real Housewives are like modern day soap operas, the timespan of the arc from humble beginnings (50's) to burning out (2010's, etc.) is also truncated. In terms of quality, I think we're at the early/mid 2000's, with pop culture relevance still somewhere in the 90's. Yes, you are so correct about social media behind the scenes becoming a whole other separate storyline that the shows will hodge-podge together the following season so viewers who don't follow all that fodder can understand why so-and-so has beef with so-and-so. Like a printed magazine that hits the shelves when all the juicy details were already laid out in full online. The social media aspect, like you said, can hurt or help a show. On one hand, it stirs interest; on the other hand, no one gets the full story.

I'm sure she'll be back. Similarly, I thought Tripp had left but his return seems permanent. Or, "permanent."

Anyone going to her Celebration tour of her greatest hits? I'm going to the one in Chicago in August. 3rd time seeing her Madgesty

Surprise evil brother and sister. Didn't we do this a couple year's back with Orpheus' spawns? I can't remember much about the sister.

Shoot, I'm rooting for Sharon Case only because I like her and it'll hopefully prompt the writers to give her a storyline. I need Genoa City's #1 ho back in the thick of things.

I don't have a problem with Gina. I kinda don't get the disdain for her from the twitterverse/Insta etc. It's not like she's trying to take over the show or the show focuses too heavily on her. @NothinButAttitude I see both sides of the argument, but the bottom line is that these shows are like modern-day soap operas, and people want to see familiar faces year in and year out. Since New-RHONY hasn't debuted, the jury is still out. But I will say it's weird they're branding it as Season 14 of RHONY as opposed to considering it a new show at season 1. At the end of the day, it's a new show but with the old name. In regards to axing a large part of a cast, a massive overhaul with half the cast gutted didn't fare too well for RHONY when they went from S4 to S5. One thing people forget is that there was nearly a year and a half break between S5 and S6 (the clunkiest season of all, with Aviva coming and going from the opening; LuAnn's random appearances in the bumpers; an overall directionless season). The show did not air in 2013 at all. And for the most part, the interest in this franchise was no longer there. Had they not brought back Bethenny and had the successful addition of Dorinda, I would've thought they'd throw in the towel after the sixth season. The only time I can recall where half the cast was replaced and it worked out nicely was on OC when Gretchen, Alexis, and Lydia were booted and Shannon and Lizzie were brought on. But they still kept their top stars: Vicki, Tamra, and relatively new but successful Heather. You do bring up a great point in that many of these long-time castmembers throughout all the franchises are in fact past their expiration date. I think it's part of the reason why people are getting SO nasty and playing a game of Survivor, digging up family dirty that used to be untouched; they gotta keep stirring the pot to stay relevant and stay on the show. At the same time, most of the recent new castmembers are either lukewarm or total duds. There's very little standouts to become the next *big* thing like a Bethenny, Nene, Teresa, Vicki, etc. And those that try to become the next big thing come off as a performance, which the audience has caught on to. Which brings me to the return of Tamra. She's back because booting off the OG's and bringing on less than stellar newcomers backfired, and those that weren't booted (Gina, Emily, etc.) are mostly the B-team supporting players. The show needed a sure thing. Catch 22. Sorry for the long rant. [Side Note: I don't watch Miami so I can't comment on it]

By golly, before I die, I would like to see Katherine Kelly Lang nominated for Lead Actress and WIN. I don't care if B&B is the last soap opera standing and she can finally get a useless lil' trophy, she needs some sort of recognition. JMO.

They need to stop with the CGI stuff until they have actual money to pour into graphics that don't look like a Super Mario Bros. land. The sea and those islands in the background.... lawd... I used to consider Passions a soap opera parody, but they knew they were a joke. DAYS is trying to sell this as actual good stuff, which actually makes it worse.

Love it! LOL The bitch is back! Though I must admit my disappointment that Taylor didn't make the cut of being a full-time castmember. But it sounds like she's in it alot in friend group situations.

Good. And hey, if he doesn't make it to his 86th birthday, we have Queen Kamala waiting in the wings. It's a win/win for me.