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NJ Siggy SUCKS. Good lord, what an assh*le. Dramatic and delusional. So extra. Delores has played it all wrong piggybacking on Siggy's ridiculousness. Danielle is absolutely fun and a breath of fiery fresh air this season. Margaret is a great addition. Teresa and Melissa on the same side of an argument is lethal. CHESHIRE I've watched all five episodes that have aired and I've actually enjoyed it quite a lot. I don't even notice Ampika isn't there. And I liked her!

GOOD. This show is an abomination and the Shapiros should be ashamed of themselves. Alexis is so iconic that I wish whoever is dumb/ambitious enough to take on the role a lot of luck because they will only ever be a pale imitation to Joan.

Sigh. No Joan, no Dynasty.

OC Sigh...Vicki and Tamra's coffee date was very frustrating. They're both at fault, but Tamra's unreasonable position that Vicki needs to grovel and that she's done nothing wrong is the death knell of this relationship. Vicki made me laugh when she was speaking to Koko. She is like that crazy aunt who pinches your cheeks as a child. Shannon looked HUGE in her dress with that belly dancer. That needed to be one size larger and 6 inches longer. She flipped out, again, with Diko's conversation with her. David is an albatross that she needs to get rid of. Peggy and Diko are awfully flashy. I hope they can really afford all those diamonds, otherwise this is going to be a really ugly fall for them. Kelly's family dynamics seem uncomfortable. Good for Lydia's mom for becoming as rich as Candy Spelling. Spend it, enjoy it, save it for a rainy day. Meghan actually got paid for this season? Really? She is worthless. DALLAS Another fun episode with the right balance of drama and comedy. The bust ups between Leann and Cary are interesting to watch because neither of them come into these fights with clean hands. Brandi's impression of Kameron as Big Bird was hilarious. She is a talented mimic. I enjoyed her and Stephanie's hunt for the dildo, that was funny. Kameron is so joyless that I enjoy seeing Brandi bother her. I agree that, aside from NYC, Dallas is my favourite franchise that's aired this year. It's fun.

I believe the BH filming schedule is as long as it appears because there is a midsummer hiatus so that the crew and cast can all have a summer break with their families. Lisa Rinna, for instance, goes up to Canada to the Hamlin family cottage. LVP often goes to the South of France to visit Ken's son, Warren, and his wife, Sue Vanner. Kyle usually has a family trip of some kind. In some respects, it probably helps the editors a lot because they can see where the show is heading and plan filming after hiatus effectively.

I have now seen both the premiere and the second episode and I enjoyed both, but I preferred the second episode by a country mile - I am Trump'd out and the premiere was too political. The scenes with Sean Hayes and the magnets were hilarious.

I'm glad that Esther sounds so happy and is enjoying herself...at the same time, the Shapiros are ridiculous if they think they have much to do with the original Dynasty being a success. Aaron Spelling said it: Joan saved the show. Nolan Miller's clothes helped. Tabloid fascination about Linda/John/Joan's rivalry helped too. But let's not forget the first season of Dynasty was not a ratings hit and THAT was down to the Shapiros.

Really interesting interview, isn't it? I think Gordon's view of Joan vs. Linda is probably right on...it's a very interesting comment that he thinks John Forsyth was in love with Linda (by himself, quietly), and that Joan was jealous of how everyone loved Linda despite Linda being a wholly mediocre actress but a lovely person. Gordon went to McGill University - Canada's finest university, which explains his exceptional diction. I thought it was really sweet that the two Steven's got him to see a surgeon about his ankle. And of course I love his take on the reboot. He loves to swear and does it beautifully. I hope has happier days ahead, for he does sound a bit sad and lonely.

OC Another snooze of an episode building up to next week's coffee with Vicki and Tamra. I do enjoy watching Vicki with her grandsons and Steve. She really needs to lock Steve down. I'm glad Peggy isn't taking David Beador's assholish questioning of her cancer lying down. The bottom line is this: Diko and Peggy have not articulated what happened to Peggy well but they are not making up that she had a double mastectomy and that she did so because of concerns about cancer. Shannon's marriage is dead. Deader than a fur coat. Her mother seemed nice, but the type to keep up appearances. Megan remains tirelessly irrelevant. Some have said Lydia is doing the show for money reasons...look at her mom's house! It's HUGE! Like, Aaron Spelling huge. DALLAS I loved this episode. Lots of fun. Kameron is such a pill. A joyless snob. I enjoy the Carey vs. Leanne stuff because they're evenly matched. Brandi blowing up everyone's gossip is great to watch. It torches any hope she has of maintaining friendships, but I don't think she cares. When Stephanie Facetimed Travis and he had at least 4 chins on display lying back in bed and she remarked "Hi Sexy" I couldn't help but find their marriage a little charming.

The lady doth protest too much...

Suing a network is always career suicide. I've yet to see anyone come out of that situation and still have anywhere near the career they had going in.

Shannon really showed her ass this episode on OC - it's going to be very difficult, nigh on impossible, for her to wriggle out of the basic fact that she's trying to ice Vicki out of the show. Her jealousy and obsession was on full display and she really made a fool out of herself. Lydia decimated Shannon. It was great to hear someone flat out admit they dislike someone else. Why is Giraffe still on the show? She is totally irrelevant and I skip all of her scenes. The interesting thing is that Vicki has such a varied life that she still has a storyline after all these years. The rest of them don't. She is their storyline and they should be wary of how they've attacked her.

They are bringing it!

Dorit wished LVP a happy birthday with an affectionate message and picture of them...so perhaps her betrayal is either overblown or nonexistent?

TamaraTattles has an axe to grind with LVP - she's never seemed to like her. Lisa and Ken are business owners with a lot of employees. In the litigious USA employees so employers all the time. I've read a very different account about the dog shelter lawsuit that's much more favourable to Ken and Lisa. This newest one about the dog clothes is a new angle. Ultimately, lawsuits happen for a myriad reasons and not always with any basis in reality.

Spotted Jeana - loved seeing her. And given how awful Vicki looked in that dress, Jeana's "you look so beautiful" was subtle hilarity.

Jeana was there? I have another shot to see the episode this evening - when did she pop up? Meghan sucks. None of us deserve to endure watching her cry and whine. Dallas: "Sometimes the best way to mend a broken heart is to moisturize your face" - Stephanie. Amen. Amen. Amen.

I feel like Andy just doesn't like a lot of the Housewives full stop, not even because they've clashed with his faves. It's long been argued in some of the better reality tv blogs that Andy doesn't like women and that these shows are his expression of misogyny. I'm not sure about that opinion, but Andy definitely has his favourites (as you've listed) and not one of them is an independent woman in the vein of LVP who can run on their own steam.

I am always into Kyle being dragged. What I am not into is LVP being betrayed. If Dorit did that, after the lengths LVP went to last season defending her, then she is disgusting. Anyone near Dorit should be careful because if she'd be disloyal to LVP she'd do it to anyone. Erika is climbing that Housewives power ladder, but her weave is going to get caught in those rungs and she will plummet. It's not a matter of if but when. I can't help but enjoy that photo with Rinna giving us full Taylor McBride. After all the crap she's pulled I still can't hate Rinna.

There are only two decent ones in the bunch...and let's face it, Dawn's is a ripoff of LVP's...

I just saw the Luann interview...it was good. Luann was clearly affected by this breakup and of course Carole, that bitch, didn't reach out. If Carole wants to tangle with Luann again, then fine, but Luann will smoke Carole like she didn't know could happen. I just want Luann to have fun and recapture her single Lu magic. I also want her to buy a small jewel box of an apartment in Manhattan. In Dorinda news:

Stacey and Seema are two duds, so if these other two are duds that's nearly half the cast!

Love Lauren's tagline. She is never afraid to be self deprecating. 9 housewives is ridiculous.

+1 to all of this. I cannot stand Meghan - she deserves everything that comes her way - and then some. What a bitch.

NYC has been the best housewives franchise, for sheer enjoyment, for several seasons now. They should bring back everyone from this season and ponder the return of Jill to destabilize Bethenny.