What I Watched Today

(rambling, random thoughts & annoyingly detailed recaps from real time TV watching)

 

 

General Hospital

Anna asks Valentin what he’s doing in her house. He says she broke into his, so he’s just returning the favor

Finn tells Cassandra that she’s fine. She says she thought he’d be different, and he says he is. He has a few more test results coming back, but thinks it’s good news. He was cautiously optimistic, but thinks she’s in the clear. He tells her that in this instance, he likes being wrong as much as he likes being right. Cassandra is bummed that she won’t have an excuse to see him now.

Franco leaves Elizabeth a phone message. He notices the door to the art therapy room is open.

Elizabeth visits Real Jason. She says she needed to see him again, and he says it’s him – Jason.

Other Jason tells Sam he was so focused on realizing who he is, he didn’t think about how it must be for her. She says it’s definitely not how she thought the launch party would end up. He promises they’ll figure out what’s going on, and find out what that man wants. He’s a fraud, a stranger, and part of a set up. Other Jason says he’s her husband. Sam says he is her husband; the man she loves. They’ve built a life together, and have Scout and Danny. She has no doubt. He says that means a lot, but needs to hear her say the words, I know you’re Jason Morgan.

Anna tells Valentin he has no business being there, and she’s within her rights to shoot him. He says that would probably be a bad idea, since there are no signs of forced entry, and he’s standing there drinking hot tea. He asks if Finn is missing her, and she tells him that’s none of his business. He wonders if their relationship is just a performance to get to him. Anna calls him narcissistic. He says so it’s not for his benefit, just like it’s a coincidence Finn is treating Cassandra.

Cassandra tells Finn  that she heard he broke up with Anna. Finn says he prefers to keep his personal life separate from his patients. She says his professionalism is what captured her attention. He says he’s sorry he dragged her here for nothing, and guesses she’s going to head back to Monaco now. Cassandra tells him, no, she’s decided to stay in Port Charles for the time being.

Scotty tells Alexis about Julian getting beat up in prison. She says trouble follows him, and Scotty says that last week, he was beaten within an inch of his life. He was lucky this time. It wasn’t his first fight, and he’s obviously being targeted. Alexis says he has to take it up with the warden, but Scotty says they’ll just tell him the state doesn’t have the budget for enough guards. That’s where she comes in.

Other Jason says Sonny and Carly are one thing. That hurts bad enough, but he needs her to know that the man in jail isn’t Danny’s father, and not the man who vowed to live the rest of his life with her. He asks if she can tell him that she knows. She says, Jason, but his phone rings. It’s Curtis. Sam looks entirely unconvinced. She flashes back to Real Jason in the hospital, saying, it’s me.

Elizabeth says it’s true; Jake saw him in the park. Real Jason says he was cutting through and saw them. It didn’t make sense. Jake had called her mom, but he was too young to be Cam, and too old to be Aiden. He said Jake’s name, and when he saw him, he knew it was Jake; it was like nothing had happened to him. Elizabeth explains that Helena staged the accident to torture Luke, and Real Jason says Sonny told him. He tells her that Sonny is working on getting him out, but Diane wants him to plead temporary insanity, and he’s not crazy. He meant to go after Franco and would do it again.

Franco talks to himself, saying the door was not open. Diane comes to the door, and he says not now. She says too bad. He’s pressing charges against someone who saved Sam, and he’s in jail. Franco says it’s where he belongs; he was blindsided. Diane says he provoked him, and Franco says how, by just standing there? Diane says he had a momentary outburst of rage, which is understandable given their history. He’s been gone for the last five years, saw Franco as a threat, and acted accordingly. Franco says good luck with selling that to a judge; he belongs in jail.

Other Jason tells Curtis to send it over. He tells Sam that he asked Curtis to look into the man pretending to be him, and he possibly found something. Curtis sends Other Jason a picture of Franco’s sketch of Jason’s old face.

Elizabeth tells Real Jason that a lot has changed. Life has gone on, and the people too. Franco has changed. Real Jason says Carly told him that Franco had a brain tumor and she almost married him. He says she doesn’t make the best decisions when she’s backed into a corner. Elizabeth wonders if he feels the same way about her. He says all he knows is Franco had Michael raped in prison, and Sam thought she’d been raped. He doesn’t care about the tumor. All he cares about are the people Franco hurt.

Diane thinks Franco is deflecting. She wants to know what her former client is up to with her current client, and suggests he drop the charges. She doesn’t think he wants his ugly past dragged into it, and she’ll do it if she has to defend Real Jason. She says Franco has her number, and she has his. She leaves, and he notices the file cabinet was opened, and the sketch pad is turned to Jason’s old face.

Other Jason tells Sam that Curtis found the sketch in the art therapy room. He thinks it’s odd that Franco should be drawing his old face. Sam suggests he could have heard about what’s happening and it was a trigger. Curtis sends a picture of Andrew’s death certificate. Jason says Moore was his birth mother’s last name, and Sam notices that the birthday on the certificate is also his birthday.

Scotty tells Alexis that he’s working on getting Julian out of the general population, but she needs to talk to him, and tell him to stay away from the people targeting him; no more fights. Alexis asks how Scotty knows Julian didn’t instigate things just to get her there. Scotty says Julian didn’t want him to tell her. She says Julian does what he wants, and she can’t convince him otherwise. Scotty tells her that Julian thinks he has nothing to lose. She could give him a sliver of hope. Alexis says she’s fresh out. He says Julian has nothing to hang on to, and needs motivation to stay safe. He needs to stay alive.

Finn asks Cassandra how long she’ll be there. She says it’s to be determined. There’s a possible business opportunity for her there. Finn asks what kind, and she says she thought he kept his professional life separate. He says that’s his credo, but doesn’t have to be hers. She tells him that she deals in imports, and there’s a whole market there yet to be tapped.

Anna claims not to know anything about Finn treating Cassandra, and Valentin tells her not to lie. She obviously knows their history, and is using Cassandra to get to him. She asks if Cassandra reports to him or do they have something going on, and that’s what prompted his visit? Valentin says he misread the situation. He’d hoped they’d  reached a détente, or at least limited cooperation. She says he shouldn’t have broken in, and if he doesn’t leave, she’ll call the police. He says he’ll show himself out, adding that Cassandra might want to know she’s up to no good. Anna tells him to wait.

Alexis tells Scotty to call Ava. He says they both know the person who can influence Julian the most is her. He begs her to help keep Julian safe. Diane approaches, asking Alexis if Scotty is harassing her. Scotty tells her that Julian was badly beaten, and she tells him to take it up with the warden. Have them hold him in solitary. When he’s alone, he’s less likely to provoke anyone. Scotty tells Alexis that he said what he had to say; the rest is up to her. When he’s gone, Diane thinks there was more to it than Julian manipulating her through Scotty. Alexis tells Diane that Julian didn’t want her to know. He was almost killed, and the guards aren’t doing anything. Diane says he brought it on himself, and to tell her she’s not thinking of visiting.

Elizabeth tells Real Jason that Franco had a medical condition, and when the tumor was removed, he changed. They became friends; more than friends, because of Jake. Jake was troubled after what he went through with Helena. Franco helped him; he’s great with all the boys, and lives with them now. She asks if that changes anything for him, but Real Jason says no. Elizabeth says she didn’t come here to defend her relationship with Franco; there’s something he needs to know. Franco started digging into the past and found information that he didn’t know what to do with. Heather lied about Jason and Franco being twins. Scotty was Franco’s father, but Susan did have twins. She was afraid the Quartermaines would take them both, so she hid one. He asks if she thinks Sam’s husband is his twin.

Franco leaves another message for Elizabeth, asking if she’s been in his studio. Other Jason and Sam bust in. Other Jason tells him to start talking.

Diane tells Alexis that she’ll always be there for her, and she’s worried that Alexis isn’t taking care of herself. She’s just gotten Julian out of her system, and with one visit, she’ll end up devoting her entire career to getting him freed. Alexis says she has no illusions about Julian or their life together, and a thousand reasons not to care, but just because she doesn’t want him in her life, doesn’t mean she wants him dead.

Jason wants Franco to tell them everything he knows, but Franco says he’s just as much in the dark as they are. Sam shoves the phone in his face, showing him the death certificate photo, and suggesting they call Elizabeth. Other Jason asks what he knows about Andrew Moore. Franco says he’ll tell them everything he knows. Andrew was Other Jason’s twin brother. I’m not liking Other Jason right now, but I don’t know if they’re making me not like him on purpose.

Elizabeth understands why Franco would think he and Real Jason were twins. She thought that at first, but it’s likely neither is Andrew. Franco found a death certificate showing he died as a child. She knows it’s a lot to process. Franco didn’t want to tell anyone, but she thought he had a right to know. Real Jason appreciates it. She tells him that she lied to Other Jason, and promised she’d never lie to him again.

Franco tells Other Jason that Susan hid the child with Betsy. He’d thought Andrew was his brother, then he was just gone. Betsy convinced him that he was an imaginary friend. He didn’t know the truth until recently. He saw the death certificate, and found out Andrew had died of a heart defect before age of four.

Valentin tells Anna to drop the cat and mouse stuff. If she wants him to be honest, she has to be honest with him. Anna says she knows he had a relationship with Cassandra, and was a jewel thief in a smash and grab ring. Valentin says she must also know he was never charged. He asks if the WSB has nothing better to do than dredge up old robbery charges, and she says that they think Cassandra is funneling her profits into synthetic opiates. He says she may have invited him to join her operation. Anna asks if he’s up to his neck in this. He tells her he’s a thief, a traitor, and has been known to kill, but he’s not a drug dealer. He’d never get involved in an enterprise like that.

Finn tells Cassandra that he doesn’t know a blue chip from a poker chip, and wonders if the imports are something he should invest in. She suggests they go out for a drink, unless the hospital gossip is wrong, and he and Anna are still together. He tells her that he’ll call when the results come in, and she says she’ll be around.

Alexis tells Diane that both she and Julian know there’s no future for them. The past can’t be undone. She can’t forget or forgive, but can’t help being upset. Diane tells her not to let her compassionate heart lead her on the roller coaster called Julian, and says she made the right decision not to visit.

Franco tells Other Jason that Betsy told him that Andrew died, and shows him the hard copy of the death certificate. He knows it’s a lot to process; putting the pieces together took a lot out of him. Other Jason wants to see the picture from the painting. Franco shows it to him, and says that’s him and his imaginary friend. For what it’s worth, he’s sorry. It’s not the ending he wanted, but maybe Other Jason can have peace of mind that the guy isn’t his brother. Other Jason and Sam start to leave with the picture. Franco protests, but Sam tells him to worry about what he’s done to the man with Jason’s face; he’s going to make Franco pay. Other Jason is out of earshot, and Franco asks Sam if he knows she thinks the other guy is Jason. She says it’s none business, but Real Jason is going to dismantle him.

Elizabeth tells Real Jason about how she kept the secret about Jake Doe, and made Nikolas keep silent. Now it seems inconceivable, but she felt she’d already lost so much with Jake and Lucky. She clung to him like a life raft. She was going to marry him, knowing he was already married to Sam. She’ll always regret that decision. Real Jason says she made a mistake, and can’t blame herself forever. He wonders if the real reason she kept the secret was deep down, she knew it wasn’t him.

Finn asks Deanna if she’s okay. She says she needs to clear her head. She just came from the OR where there was a scary opiate OD. She says it’s the third one this week.

Valentin says he has nothing to prove to Anna, but she says something struck a nerve. He tells her that he looks at this through the eyes of a father. It’s an epidemic that holds no distinction, and he doesn’t want it in his community. Anna tells him to go to Cassandra, and take her up on the offer to join her operation. He can be her spy.

Elizabeth says Nikolas believed Jake Doe was Jason, and she believed him. She still does. What about the DNA? Real Jason asks how she explains him or the things he knows, but she doesn’t know what to think. She came to tell him what she knows, and that’s it. He thanks her, saying it’s a place to start looking. She says she’ll talk to Franco about getting him out.

Franco leaves another message for Elizabeth, saying he’ll be there soon. He flashes back to telling Scotty that she’ll learn the truth, and learn he was a monster back then. Everything he’s done since wasn’t the byproduct of a tumor, but his actual DNA. Franco says that’s not going to happen. Not now. Not yet.

In the hallway, Other Jason looks at the photo. He tells Sam there’s a crazy guy laying claim to his life, kids, and his wife. Now he finds out he had a twin, but he died. Sam says maybe they can find out the truth. She has his back, no matter what.

Alexis visits Julian, who’s sporting a fresh haircut.

Tomorrow, Alexis asks if it’s payback, Cassandra tells Nina they’ll be good friends, and Valentin tells Anna to back off.

The Real Housewives of Orange County

IMO, the best thing so far this season was the girls getting Vicki the casserole.

Still in Iceland. Peggy visits Lydia’s room. Lydia has arranged a huge Viking dinner, but feels like it’s her responsibility to make sure everything is cool with Peggy. The girls are ready, and in her interview, Vicki says they’re misunderstanding Peggy. It’s mean girl hazing, but she’s staying out of it since it’s not her fight. The women stumble down the stone pathway to the limo in their heels.

Lydia says her take on the situation is that Peggy got upset because the girls were laughing, but they weren’t laughing at her. Peggy tells Lydia that she was hearing the baby cry for ten minutes straight. Lydia thinks Bridget must have been with her. Tamra calls Lydia, and leaves a message to just let them know everything is okay. Peggy says she heard Tamra, Meghan and Kelly, drunk, and she recorded it. In her interview, Lydia wonders why Peggy would do that. Probably because no one ever owns up to anything. Peggy says they’re laughing at her. Kelly made an insensitive comment about her father, and then they laughed about it. She says Kelly knows about her dad passing away. She explains to Lydia that Diko knows and likes Michael, so she’d suggested they speak. Lydia thinks Peggy misunderstood, and that she wasn’t thinking specifically about Peggy. Peggy begs to differ, and isn’t interested in having dinner with them.

The others get to the restaurant, and Tamra taunts the Viking guards at the door. The Viking dinner host comes out to greet them. Kelly compares them to the Buckingham Palace Guards. Inside, there are long wooden tables with bench seats, and pretty nice dishware for Vikings. Tamra notes that all the other dinner guests are male, and wearing similar sweaters. The host says they’ll be whooping it up Viking style with entertainment – singing and fighting. The other guests turn out to be a men’s chorus. I love a men’s chorus. Cocktails are ordered. The guards come in, and the ladies babble at them.

Tamra and Vicki high five, and take a selfie. In her interview, Shannon says it’s fine with her if Tamra wants to be friends with Vicki. Shannon yells, Skoal! The first course is lamb. Not my personal favorite, but the ladies are into it, and Meghan poses with a giant drumstick that mysteriously appeared. Another Skoal! Shannon says Vikings like a girl with a little meat on her – just sayin’.  Tamra tells Vicki to apologize, and she tries to get Shannon’s attention, but it’s one more Skoal! Vicki tells Shannon that she’s sorry. She misinterpreted a phone call, and wants to make peace. In her interview, Vicki explains that Shannon called her late one night, saying she was having serious situations with her husband. She wants to eat humble pie and move forward. Shannon appreciates it, but doesn’t want to go there. In her interview, Shannon thinks Vicki’s apology is bullsh*t. There’s no feeling, or sentiment, or remorse. Tamra tells Shannon not to eat the potatoes. Shut up, Tamra. Tamra wants Vicki to understand about Brooks. I wonder how strong the drinks are in this place, or have they just never sobered up? Shannon offers Tamra and Vicki her bathtub for two. In her interview, Kelly says Shannon is clearly jealous that Vicki and Tamra want to be friends again. Geez, ya think? Vicki says she doesn’t want their friendship to be on again, off again. She and Tamra apologize for hurting one another, and Vicki says they’re done and can move on.

Peggy decides to go to dinner, saying she came there for Lydia, and didn’t want her not going.

The Vikings get in a bar fight, and Tamra kibitzes. The chorus sings some background music when one of the Vikings wins the fight. This is really a cool place. Lydia and Peggy come in. While they’re getting seated, the men sing another song. Idiotic Shannon gets up and directs. Ugh. I like her less and less. Tamra tells her she looks beautiful, and Kelly apologizes, saying she doesn’t want Peggy to be uncomfortable. In her interview, Peggy says don’t do it, and you won’t have to apologize. Kelly says she doesn’t understand, and she can’t explain herself. In her interview, Kelly says she’s implementing the tools she learned in anger management, so she doesn’t get into a fist fight with Peggy. Peggy asks what she did. Tamra says she was defensive, and alcohol was involved. Peggy says she wasn’t drinking, and she said she saw them laughing. Shannon asks why assume it was about her, and Peggy shows them the video. She says Meghan’s baby was crying for like, ten minutes. Before she can finish, they all assume she’s criticizing Meghan’s mothering skills. Tamra says how dare she accuse Meghan of bad parenting. In her interview, Vicki says she feels badly for Peggy, since Tamra can be vicious. Peggy says she went down the hallway to see what going on, and they were laughing at her. Meghan starts crying. Vicki thinks them ganging up on Peggy is similar to what they did to Kelly in Ireland. She doesn’t want to be a part of it, since it’s not her fight. She thinks the best thing is to just leave. Tamra yammers about Meghan trying to train the baby. Maybe I should translate for Peggy. She thought the baby was crying for a while, so she went to investigate, and saw the bunch of them laughing about her. There.

Peggy says it’s not about Meghan; she’s a beautiful mom. She says they were drunk and laughing, and Shannon tells her zip it. In her interview, Lydia says it’s no surprise Shannon is freaking out. Shannon says she’s been nothing but kind to Peggy, and Peggy says ditto. Shannon starts flailing around like she does, and says Peggy questioned her about trusting her husband. Peggy says he didn’t tell her about the conversation he had with Diko. Tamra calls Diko a “little bitch,” because she’s mature and a Christian. Meghan gets all stupid and weepy. Kelly says if Peggy wants to throw a bomb, she’ll throw a nuke. Peggy walks out. She tells us she’s done with the trip, done with manipulation, done with the lies, and just done. In the limo, she says she’ll be taking her own jet home. And that, my dears, is how it’s done.

Vicki disappears, and shows up in the limo with Peggy. She says she doesn’t know what’s going on, but she’s out and not fighting. Peggy can’t believe Vicki didn’t have her back. Vicki says she’s not sticking up for people. She doesn’t want to get involved. At least she’s honest.

In the morning, Kelly has a hangover, and says she partied like a Viking in Iceland. It’s light all the time, and you don’t know when to stop drinking. Vicki calls her. Kelly says they were up until 3 am, but it looked like it was three in the afternoon. She tells Vicki that Peggy bounced. Her room was next door, and Kelly heard her moving around in the middle of the night, and looked out and saw her leaving. Kelly says at least she went back with them after Ireland. Vicki thinks it’s crazy, and they should never get to a place like that on a girls’ trip. She thinks the problem is culture acceptance. I think the problem is no one knows how to express or explain themselves without acting like jerks, and they don’t listen. I understand Peggy. She’s literal like an engineer, and she comes from a nationality of stoic people. Me too.

Lydia says Iceland was a fun experience, and she has great memories, but it’s a shame it had to end badly.

Back home, Vicki talks to Briana. She says Iceland is like the moon with all the volcanic rock. The girls drank, and she ended up in the hospital. She says Tamra and Shannon were nice, and made her a casserole. Not really. Meghan ordered it from the restaurant. She tells Briana that Tamra ended up crying in her lap. Briana jokes that she was paying her respects. Vicki says Tamra told her to apologize to Shannon, and she swears she’s never repeating anything again. Briana tells her that’s not possible. In her interview, Briana says it’s none of their business, but Vicki always speaks without thinking. Vicki is like, don’t tell me if you don’t want me to know.

Diko tells Peggy that she slept for two days like a bear. He’s afraid to see the next phone bill. She says she was disgusted. She thinks everything changed when Vicki got sick, and they’re looking for a new punching bag. She tells him they twisted what she said around, claiming she told Meghan that she was a bad mom. She thought Vicki was in on it, but that didn’t make sense. In her interview, Peggy says she expected Vicki to defend her. Diko says he needs a vacation from her vacation.

Tamra goes to the doctor with Shannon, who’s getting her bloodwork done. She’s been putting it off because she’s afraid of what the results will be. The doctor talks about her symptoms. She hit menopause young at 42, but stopped taking the hormones. Tamra tells her doing that makes people go crazy, and we flash back to Shannon’s craziness. The doctor says it’s fixable. The doctor suggests David come in too, but Shannon says that’s probably a no.

Vicki meets Peggy for coffee. Wow. Peggy looks young wearing hardly any makeup. Vicki has a present for Peggy – the fur hat from when they went shopping. In her interview, Peggy says she’s hurt and disappointed, and wouldn’t have done the same to Vicki. She tells Vicki that she’s confused. Vicki doesn’t want her to be upset, but says it’s not her fight, and she learned her lesson with Kelly last year. She got upset when Vicki didn’t defend her, but she doesn’t want to be in this place any more. Peggy appreciates it, but felt betrayed. Vicki says she doesn’t want Peggy to feel like she’s turning her back, but she is. She wouldn’t get mad if she was fighting with one of the others, and Peggy didn’t get involved. She asks if Peggy gets it, and she says she does, but I dunno. Vicki thinks they should all just be kind. She tells Peggy she would have left too, if she known Peggy was going. Peggy says, next time.

Shannon asks if anyone took the dog for walk when she was gone. David says he let the kids run wild while he was working out. In her interview, Shannon says her marriage is not doing well, and living in limbo is a kind of torture. She asks David to sit down. She says Meghan and Jim are launching their candle line, and Vicki is going to be there. They also want him there, but he doesn’t know how he feels about it. He thinks maybe he’ll go in, be supportive, and leave. He’s busy, but he can do the support thing and not deal with the crap. In her interview, Shannon says that David has checked out. No doubt about it. She’d rather he just say it, and if he’s done, go. She tells him to just go to the party, and that she’s worried about the dog. I’m worried about the dog. I’m worried if something happens with the dog, I’ll feel like I have to hate Shannon less. The dog is her only real ally.

Next time, Kelly’s mom gets a makeover, Vicki talks to Kelly about marriage, and Shannon calls Peggy a lunatic. I think the problem is that Shannon looks like a lunatic next to her, since Peggy is so calm all the time.

The Real Housewives of Dallas – Reunion: Part One

D’Andra always has the expression of a pageant queen. We see clips of some crazy stuff that’s happened throughout the season. We find out Kameron’s pink dog food is doing well. Told you. We start with Brandi and Stephanie.

We flash through their estrangement, when they hadn’t talked for almost four months. We revisit LeeAnne as Two-Face at Stephanie’s party. Stephanie says Brandi misinterpreted what she’d said on her Bravo blog. Brandi said there were things that bothered her, and she admits feeling excluded and jealous. She says she didn’t communicate when she was hurt, and apologizes for that. Stephanie says she had Brandi’s back, almost to the exclusion of her own household. Andy thinks they’re sweet. They talk about LeeAnne’s costume, and Stephanie says she felt bullied and attacked in her own home. LeeAnne says Stephanie’s confessionals about her are condescending. LeeAnne brings up her saying she didn’t care about LeeAnne having a flesh-eating bacterium, and Stephanie says it wasn’t a proud moment. D’Andra says she would have booted LeeAnne from the party.

Andy asks what LeeAnne would have done. She says she would have asked what she’d done to cause that reaction. She says they’ve both said vicious things She tells Andy she has PTSD, and those who have it don’t react normally. D’Andra thinks it’s an excuse, and Stephanie agrees. LeeAnne says Stephanie disrespected her story; she owns everything. Cary says owning is acknowledging, and then you change your behavior. Brandi says LeeAnne said Rich had PTSD, but never mentioned she did. LeeAnne says be careful, and she’s accused of being a bully. Brandi is pissed, because her family has been struggling with almost losing her brother.

Andy moves on. A viewer asks if Kameron is for real or a performance artist, Kameron says there are so many awful things going on in the world, why not live in a bubble? I’m in. Andy asks if it’s a pink bubble. Someone else asks if she’s aware dogs are color blind, but she says women buy the food. She knew what she was doing. I said that from the beginning. Kameron talks about how they mixed heart-shaped pink pieces with brown kibble. The dogs pooped pink when it was all the same color.

Andy says it started with an insult, and almost ended with a Dallas style throw down. Kameron and Brandi. We see clips of them talking about one another. Kameron saying Brandi has no social grace, and Brandi giving the others gifts in front of her. We see Brandi chasing Kameron with Sexual Chocolate. Kameron is asked why she looks down her nose because Brandi is from another zip code, and she asks how she’s doing that? She says Brandi uses her jokes to attack people, and it’s about how she acts, not about where she lives. Kameron says she was chased with a sex toy, and it was bullying. Stephanie say Kameron let loose on Twitter, and Kameron says she was defending herself. LeeAnne talks about Mark tweeting mean things about her. A viewer, who thought they had buried the hatchet, asks if Kameron and Brandi can ever be friends. Andy makes it clear that Brandi chose not to bring Sexual Chocolate to the reunion, despite his encouragement.

Switching gears. We flash back over D’Andra’s life this season. Keatin leaving home, and dealing with the business. Andy asks if Jeremy is getting a lot of attention, and D’Andra says she came out of the bathroom at the fair to find him with groupies. Andy asks why she was so hard on her stepson, and she says that it was Keatin’s second time living with them. They had him all set up to go to school, and he never got on the plane. Their relationship is great now, but she realizes they’re on different wavelengths.

We move along to LeeAnne’s therapy, and whether it’s helped with her explosive temper. We see clips of it not helping much, ending with her breaking the glass to get Cary’s attention. D’Andra thinks anger management has helped, but the rest don’t. Andy asks if breaking the glass was justified, and LeeAnne says no, but there was no police report; it wasn’t a serious situation. Stephanie thinks something must have happened. Andy asks if the rest of them feel safe around LeeAnne. Brandi says she was uncomfortable driving LeeAnne to surgery, while she was screaming about Cary. She doesn’t want to be put in that kind of situation. D’Andra says LeeAnne’s mouth gets her in trouble. Stephanie says she’s threatened people. It’s been off the wall when LeeAnne thinks no one was there, and there was no mic. LeeAnne says therapy opened her eyes. She lets the hurt child make choices when she’s in defense mode, because it’s a habit. As an adult, she has to find new ways to respond. D’Andra says when things don’t go as planned, LeeAnne flies off the handle. She’s seen LeeAnne make an effort, and is proud of her, but she still has a real problem, and needs to reign it in.

A tally is taken, and Kameron is the only one without a boob job. We see clips from LeeAnne’s surgery repercussions, and Cary talking about her doctor. We see LeeAnne and Brandi before the surgery, and LeeAnne threatening Cary, and the dinner where Cary called Brandi a liar. Andy says lots to unpack. Ha-ha! Yep. He asks Cary about plastic surgeon certifications, and LeeAnne says she never asked for Cary’s opinion. Cary understands where she’s coming from, but feels like she keeps getting sh*t on. Cary says sometimes she needs to take off her professional hat and put on her friend hat. All she wants is what’s best for everyone. Because the pot needs to be stirred, Andy asks about Cary telling Brandi that her doctor had killed someone? Brandi says to be fair, it was an offhand comment about a list of doctors. She didn’t want to get LeeAnne worked up.

Andy brings up LeeAnne threatening Cary. LeeAnne claims she doesn’t recall the conversation, between Xanax from home and what she’d been given prior to surgery. Brandi says it was the most uncomfortable private moment ever. She wasn’t expecting it, and was caught off guard. And LeeAnne was naked. LeeAnne wrote in blog that she thought Brandi was trying to bait her during the silences in between her sentences on the show. (This scene was done behind a closed door with subtitles.). Andy says the staff checked the tape, and Brandi said nothing. LeeAnne says then it was just her, spiraling out of control. Brandi thinks it’s another excuse. Cary asks what the endgame is, and LeeAnne says for Cary it’s her off the show. Cary says that’s not true. Stephanie says LeeAnne can’t be threatening people. LeeAnne insists she’s never made a physical move toward anyone. She uses her words poorly, and makes bad choices. She need to react differently.

D’Andra says if she continues to say things, people won’t feel safe. LeeAnne says when she’s upset, she uses words to tornado herself out of a corner. Stephanie reminds her about shattering the glass to make a point. LeeAnne insists she threw it behind her. She can only continue to try and be better; she can’t change the past. Brandi doesn’t think she means it; it’s a pattern. I have to give a shout out to Brandi’s eye makeup. It’s stunning. LeeAnne says she’s not the only one who says they’re sorry and still behaves badly. Andy asks Kameron for her reaction to LeeAnne, but Kameron says LeeAnne was under the influence of medication, and owns it.

Andy suggests bringing Mark out, and LeeAnne nearly has apoplexy. She thought it was a closed set. She gets up and walks off, saying it’s one sided. Cary says her husband deserves to be there, since he was talked about, and Kameron agrees. D’Andra says they should have been told ahead of time. Cary says she should have been told ahead of time that her husband would be trashed all season. If he wants to come out, he should.

LeeAnne flounders around outside, saying that a big security guy should come and control her because she’s dangerous. She walks out the exit door. Kameron says Mark can come out; he’s safe.

😱 To be continued…

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