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I legitimately LIKED tonight's episode after last week's unspeakable crapfest. The conversations actually pushed forward character.

I agree. It was good soap!

I'm digging Veronica. I know a lot of people aren't feeling the actress, but I like her a lot. She plays good bitch.

The characterization of Celine the maid is absurdly inconsistent.

Veronica is a witch. I hope someone plugs a bullet in that old, delusional broad.

She certainly stepped up her acting game this week. "Tall. BUSTY. Natural looking BLACK girls. That's all your father and I will ACCEPT."

Well, that last scene actually packed an emotional punch.

Missed this piece, but Racialicious goes in on both Tyler Perry and Oprah Winfrey.

Tyler Perry Hates Black Women: 5 Thoughts on The Haves and Have Nots

http://www.racialicious.com/2013/06/03/tyler-perry-hates-black-women-5-thoughts-on-the-haves-and-have-nots/

The writing's better tonight. The dialogue in the scene with Candace and David had a nice snap and crackle to it. "You better take that stick out of your ass. Unless you're into that sort of thing..."

I find Crystal Fox really credible (especially in her breakdown scenes - the repeating of "Help me, Jesus!"), and Tika's a blast, but otherwise this show's nearly unwatchable, even with the eye candy of Candace's brother and Wyatt.

Has there been an episode of this show in which a woman did not physically attack another woman? Just curious.

Hannah: "You have lost your mind"

Candice: "No, I never found it Momma. After growing up in a house with your crazy ass" *runs to the bed and tears away all the sheets & throws a pillow at Hannah*

OY. I cringed at that bit of dialogue. Not even Tika could make that work.

This show is sort of a mess, but damn, if Tika's not selling this to the hilt. She's fabulous as a bitch.

And John Schneider is in that Tony Goldwyn/Scott Bakula club of men who just get sexier with age.

Kenya tanked at the reunion. She thought whipping that ridiculous fan would make her stand out, but she just wilted in the face of Phaedra. She had to have been humiliated.

Porsha, who was a dud during much of the season, was riveting in that final part of the reunion. That speech was a trainwreck, but damn it, it had people talking. "Poor Porsha" was trending No. 1 that night.

Kenya's presence has really rejuvenated this show. Phaedra and Cynthia were really flailing last season, and they are bringing it this year, and it's all because of Ms. Moore.

"Something in the buttermilk ain't clean!" Phaedra kills me. LMAO.

Looking forward to seeing what Porsha brings to the table next week.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3nIG6GM2wc&feature=player_embedded

BH Opening!

I miss Camille's dress flip.

I want someone to post the scene in which Jill is making love to John Abbott but fantasizing about Josh Taylor's Jed.

Hottest scene I've seen on daytime ever.

Barr's a really good actress. She had chemistry with a lot of the women on the show and with men as friends, but in terms of romantic chem, that factor was lacking with her. I still miss her, though, and her not getting even a one-day exit story to explain her absence was totally insulting to her and the fans.

Damn, why couldn't she have been a late-in-life lesbian? I would have bought it.

I've had "Beds are Burning" by Midnight Oil in my head for the past two days. Don't know why.

Songs I like right now:

The Cribs - "Moving Pictures"

Girls Aloud - "Sexy No No No"

New Young Pony Club - "The Bomb"

The National - "Mistaken For Strangers"

Rihanna - "Don't Stop the Music"

Maximo Park - "Our Velocity"

Groove Armada ft. Mutya Buena - "Song 4 Mutya" (love that song, Huntress)

Robyn ft. Kleerup - "With Every Heartbeat"

Timbaland ft. One Republic - "Apologize"

Timbaland ft. Keri Hilson - "The Way I Are"