NothinButAttitude

I don't mind Tinsley. She doesn't bother me. I do wish that she'd get her hustle on, and get back to being the businesswoman we used to know her as. I like that she is the gentle soul amongst these women. I don't think NY needs to fire anyone this year; however, they do need to add a housewife for their 10th season ... Jill.

Mallet and Mindy would've been hot along with Roger being involved. It would've been so fun for Mallet to have been investigating Roger and trying to find his mistress only to discover it was Mindy, who he was falling in love with. That would've been explosive. Mallet being paired with Harley was just boring. I found Harley to be boring and whiney when she was with Mallet. I don't think she truly got her spunk back until she came back in the mid 90s. But GL is stupid for letting Kim Simms slip out their reach. I would've given her the world if I was EP to ensure she signed on again. I can't see her as Ashley, but I could've totally seen her being the perfect Jennifer recast. Her Jennifer alongside Mark Valley's Jack would've been HOT! Kim Simms is MY Mindy. I started watching as a young boy when she was Mindy. I knew Krista as Tina, as I didn't know about Andrea Evans, who'd previously played the role. Krista is OK as Mindy, but Kim Simms was IT for me. Krista's Mindy seems to be more comedic and girl next door-ish. Meanwhile, Kim's Mindy exuded sex appeal and was vampish. Kim is one of the few times in soaps I prefer the recast to the original.

Again, why can't we have teens and girl friendships/sisterhood like Kat and Bridget? Nowadays, most female soap characters aren't remotely close. Not even if they are related. I loved Bridget and Kat on the fire escape sharing their fears, concerns, plotting, and joking with one another. The scenes with Billy/Vanessa were cute. However, poor Billy just could not handle a strong woman like Vanessa at times. I think later in life he grew to, but at this time, he couldn't. I am not caring about this Mallet/Francesca story. IMO, I always felt that Mark Derwin's Mallet had stellar chemistry with Kimberly Simms' Mindy. Boggles my mind how Nancy Curlee didn't put these two together. Especially since I didn't care for Mallet/Harley either, who are about to start soon. Love Roger but he can be a dolt at times. Him showing up at Mindy's office was just careless. I don't get either how he couldn't pick up on the tension with Alex too. When Alex starts turning on the charm and being syrupy sweet, Roger should've known Alex was onto him.

You're welcome! I'm rooting for Karen too. I don't believe anything Cha-Cha is saying. She's just putting that out there b/c all the women know about that fireman she's bedding.

Potomac reunion for those who can't see it:

Potomac reunion has been released: http://people.com/tv/real-housewives-potomac-season-2-trailer-exclusive-first-look/ It looks damn messy! These women are putting all of their business out. S3 is gonna be a mess.

^ Now you know that once Luann got her new title (as the deluded Mrs. D"Agustino), her old self was gonna rear its ugly face again. I'm just itching for the moment that she goes around giving the ladies etiquette tips again like she did in early seasons.

Same. I hate how she acts as if she's aloof--just above the entire situation and claims she wants a show showing women positively; however, she continues to exploit these women and put them in situations to create the drama. Just cut the bullsh-t, Shaunie!

RHONY: I love Dorinda when she is drunk and bad. I don't know why Sonja keeps wanting to go toe to toe with Dorinda when she knows she cannot handle her. Sonja truly needs to let go of this tiff she was with Dorinda over the Berkshires. She invited you this year. Be happy. Dorinda also had me rolling over the fact that she left her luggage all the way in NYC heading to Vermont. Only Dorinda... Ramona AND Bethenny got on my nerves this episode. Bethenny needs to let go of her anger with Ramona. You don't like her, OK. But stop saying you'll be cordial when you're nothing of the sort. Also, I didn't like how Bethenny (of all people) lessened Tinsley's traumatic experience and wrote her off. This is the same b-tch that has spent the past 2 seasons talking about her mess of a marriage to Jason. Why can't Tinsley share hers? With Ramona, she was a twat about the rooms. You didn't get the best room, get over it. Be happy that Bethenny (well production TBH) invited you. Sneak peek of next week's episode: I cannot wait for Dorinda to go in on Luann. It's tiring. You're married. We all know it. Now shut up about it. The easy part is done. Let's see if you can make it over the true hurdle, Luann. And Bethenny is full of sh-t in the clip. She knows damn well that Luann has been talking about marrying Tom all damn season. Also, her defending Luann is ludicrous. You were just dissing Luann and her union an episode ago. Now you wanna defend her? Enough, Bethenny.

Van Jones was caught on video by pro-Trump ground saying that the Russia story is a "nothingburger." I'm so sick of him (Van Jones that is).

Yes! I forgot from watching that arc on YT that Diane has a tumultuous history with Vanessa too. It would've been interesting to see how Diane interacted with Alan Michael. Wasn't Alan courting or married to Hope around the time he was messing with Diane?

That could've been a more reasonable, but which era of the show do you think Diane would've later fit into? The mid to late 80s? The mid 90s and onwards when Alan returned with Ron Raines?

But you have to appreciate the fact that writers during that time punished evil characters whether it was jail time or even worse ... death. Nowadays, Diane would still be on the canvas eating up airtime and going unpunished. That's what I loved about Bill Bell. He was a firm advocate that evil characters had to pay for their crimes. I think he was once quoted saying that Sheila was an exception thanks to Kimberlin Brown's performance; however, he was one who all for punishing characters.

Maybe that's the problem with me (re: Johnny). His cowardice doesn't go anywhere. I'm betting money that we'll hear Derek share his experience while Johnny listens like a brick wall, and then have this epiphany to speak up then. However, he'll revert back to his usual ways a week later having learned nothing. The writers don't know WTF to do with Keegan if you ask me. I think they wanna make him into a bad boy, but fail to see that he is disgusting at this point and people just want him to go away. Sucks b/c I think Zack Morris is a good actor.

You can't turn Keegan around at this point. He's too damaged now. He's like Old Yeller. They might as well take him out back and put him down. Knowing EE, they'll probably keep him forever and a day, but fans will be over him (if they already aren't). He'll be like Phil--a character who has long overstayed his welcome and keeps getting away with murder. The turning point for Keegan after the bus crash and the show seemed to tease that they were gonna put him in Denise's orbit. Another possible turning point for Keegan was him admitting the wrongdoing he did to Louise, but placing him in yet another heinous act has put another nail in his coffin. When it comes to Lee, he was under pressure to keep Whitney's bland a** happy, which set off all these other events. I think he is weak but his depression comes into play too. Johnny is just written as weak and delicate point, blank, period.

Ev & Jackie are both trash and are each other's karma. I hope the both destroy each other. Miserable hags.

Lee was not a pansy. His depression held him back from doing a lot. Johnny has been this way from day one. Mick and Linda treat him like he's something delicate compared to the other kids. Soap characters can be vile but there is a limit. Keegan ain't been on the show a damn year, and he's done the most heinous acts in a short period of time. I don't see him having longevity at all b/c of this.

Lord. Y'all are tarnishing Harding Lemay on this forum as of late. He is truly a man of great talent but many insecurities.

I'm sorry but it is not a good story when we're supposed to be feeling remorse for Keegan post the reveal he lied about sleeping with Louise. It's overkill. The character is too vile. Bullying Bex, assaulted Emerald, fabricating sexual assault on Louise, now is homophobic. And Johnny standing by watching might lead to some good scenes, but it still makes Johnny come off as weak, which I find to be suspicious. Just odd that out of all the boisterous, strong Carters that Johnny (the one gay character in the family) would be written as the pansy.

http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/news/a831824/eastenders-catch-up-derek-keegan-johnny-homophobia/ And they wonder why Keegan is not well-received with fans and won't last long on the canvas. He's too f-cking vile! There's nothing good about him. He just moves from one disgusting plot to the next. Are there no boundaries for the character? Johnny is a p-ssy to just stand there and allow Keegan to do that. He's another character I just don't care for. Too damn wimpy for me.

God I miss her so much. I wish her nothing but the best. She truly deserves the world.