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Jun21

June 20, 2016 – GH Not So Much, But the End of Charm & Returning Wives

Posted on June 21, 2016 by theresakp

What I Watched Today
(rambling, random thoughts & recaps from today’s real time TV watching)

General Hospital

I had a bit of an emergency, so I wasn’t able to live blog during GH. I was able to flip through the show though, and there really wasn’t a whole lot going on. The main takeaway point was that Alexis won’t talk without her lawyer.

The Real Housewives of the OC

Ugh! Meghan is back. I don’t care if she was right about Brooks, it’s her delivery and ageist attitude that I hate.

Tamra is taking menopause head-on and training for a fitness competition. She and Eddie have been married three years now and things are still going strong.

Meghan is having her kitchen redone. They’ve moved several times, and this time she’s taking charge and making it her home. She and Jimmy have also gotten into the candle business. Next is Tupperware. And they’re planning a baby using IVF. Jimmy had a vasectomy, but froze sperm beforehand. Lucky Meghan. She’s discussing baby fever as he stares, fascinated, at the candles and the barcodes on the candles.

Terry had promised to work less and spend more time with Heather and the kids, but is busier than ever. No one has spoken to Vicki since the Brooks debacle. Heather wants to get everyone together, as Terry recently had a false positive on a heart test and she’s thinking life is short. She wants some sort of making amends thing and Terry is skeptical that Vicki is ever going to have a mea culpa moment.

Brooks finally had the good sense to move out, although Vicki begged him not to. She’s never lived alone and isn’t liking it. The ten years I lived by myself was the best time of my life. If I’d had Vicki’s money, it would have been an even better time. She says that she misses Brooks – he was her best friend and she really loved him – but she wants her life and friendships back. She says she wasn’t a participant in the lie, but if she had it to do over again, she’d still defend her man.

Each OC girl talks about the stories Vicki was telling last season and we see flashbacks. Heather wants accountability, Tamra wants an apology and nothing will satisfy Shannon.

Shannon and David are doing well. She’s thrilled with the progress they’ve made in a year when the therapist predicted up to two years to get over infidelity. OMG – she has twin eleven-year-olds, and one of them is talking about dating already. What happened to Barbies and Girl Scouts? They talk about several topics at the family dinner, like getting a smaller house and getting a dog.

Meghan has an appointment at the fertility doctor and her mother comes along. She’d also had fertility issues and can relate. Meghan’s biggest fear is needles. She fainted when she got a tattoo (wow), so she’s pretty freaked when they have to take blood. Jimmy is off coaching somewhere. Afterward, they do the probe thing and it hurts pretty badly. I know she’s not exaggerating because I remember the Little Women episodes that involved IVF.

Heather has been building her house for two years and it’s ETA is 2020. Tamra is going with her to pick out some citrus trees. Heather talks about having a get together, and wonders about Vicki. Tamra says she gets the occasional text, but Vicki continues to play the victim. Heather asks if Shannon will be mad if she invites Vicki and Tamra says yes, but Heather needs to talk to her.

Meghan is out with new girl Kelly. They’ve been friends for about a year. Kelly used to vacation in the OC and her dream was to live there. I felt the same way about the shore. Believe me, that will change to a nightmare later, Kelly. Kelly also went through IVF, so they talk about that and also getting together with their husbands. Meghan tells Kelly about Heather’s party and invites her along.

Briana and Ryan are moving back to California and Vicki is making plans for the move. We flash back to all the mess with Brooks and Briana. Vicki says she doubts this would all be happening if Brooks was still in her life.

Heather calls Vicki and invites her to the party. She tells Vicki she can bring a guest and Vicki asks if she can bring Gina. Heather is surprised that Vicki didn’t sound like things were awkward. Dude, she sells real estate.

Shannon and Tamra are getting some kind of skin tightening treatment. Tamra says it hurts like a bitch, but in three months, you have a facelift. Apparently, Shannon and Tamra are good friends now. They both believe Vicki was involved in Brooks’s scam. Shannon isn’t thrilled to be going to a party with her, but says she can be cordial. Tamra wants to just sit down with Vicki and talk about it, but Shannon is more unforgiving, saying that faking an illness isn’t something she thinks she can get past.

Kelly’s mom and brother live with them. Kelly says they’re Mexican and that’s how they roll. Her husband is a lot older than she is and she says when they were dating, he was mistaken for her father, which didn’t sit well with him. I dunno. He looks pretty good. And all the women in the OC look younger than their husbands whether they are or not anyway. They also have a daughter and seem like a nice family. Kelly doesn’t seem like the type to stir the pot, but I’ll bet she takes sides.

Before Heather’s party, Gina and Vicki have a kiki. Gina looks great and I love Vicki’s haircut. Gina asks if groveling is going to be involved and Vicki asks Gina to help her through it, since she doesn’t want conflict.

Everyone arrives at the yacht Heather has chartered for the party. Tamra says her 40th birthday charter was like a fishing boat in comparison. Heather tells nearly every single person that they look gorgeous. Geez, you’re an actress. At least change it up a little. Kelly is introduced around. Shannon totally ignores Vicki, which isn’t being cordial. In her interview, she says there’s nothing Vicki could say to restore the friendship. Shannon tells Meghan that Vicki is “glomming” onto her friend, but Vicki and Kelly have already met a few times. At dinner, Meghan tells Kelly to be careful and Kelly pretty much tells her that she’ll form her own opinion. Score one for Kelly.

Heather gets up and makes a speech about the “wake up call” they had. In her interview, she says how irritating Terry can be, yet he’s the love of her life. She says they wanted to share an evening with the special people in their life – they weren’t available, so they called this group. BA-DUM-CHH! She makes a toast and everyone starts eating.

Vicki asks Heather to talk out on the deck. She thanks Heather for inviting her and asks her for forgiveness and to move on.

Next time, Heather only cares about Vivki’s involvement in the Brooks thing (can’t get rid of him), Eddie tells Tamra to stay out of Ryan’s business, and Kelly tells Shannon that she was standoffish

Southern Charm

It’s the finale, so this ought to be good.

We go back to the end of the last episode, where Thomas tells everyone off at his dinner party, they leave, and he kicks them out in retrospect.

Cooper shoves Thomas back inside. He comes back in laughing, calling them a bunch of wimps. He tells Cooper that they’re reptiles without a backbone. JD says typical Southern parties try to keep things light, but Thomas must be trying to start a new tradition. Kathryn says that Thomas was just speaking the truth and that no one is used to that or wants to hear it. She adds that Tennessee Williams wrote about it. Word.

The group goes back to one of their houses. Cameran says it wasn’t a dinner, it was a planned attack. Shep says Thomas is impulsive and when he drinks, it gets amplified. He tells everyone they should take the high road when it comes to Kathryn. This makes Landon ill. Craig says she’s just sticking up for her boyfriend, but Landon says Thomas is just her baby daddy.

Thomas asks Kathryn to stay over. Are they going for baby number three?

Craig talks to JD before work. He says he’s angry with himself for not having pursued law the way he should have. He says the bar is coming up and he doesn’t think he has enough time to study for the bar and work for JD at the same time. In his interview, JD says problem solved. So I guess Craig quit? Is that how they do it in the South?

Landon talks to her therapist about her pro and con list regarding having children. She says her husband saw her doing it, so she had him list what their lives would be like with and without children. It sounds like he really wants kids and she’s concerned that he might resent her if she doesn’t come around to his way of thinking. The therapist says that if this is due to childhood stuff, then it’s coming from fear. Cameran says she’s suffered from fear and anxiety her entire life.

Landon visits the latest addition to Dhep’s “dive bar collection.” He tells her he thinks they made a mature decision to stay friends after they gave it a go when she first came back to Charleston. He’s trying to find a nice way to tell her that he doesn’t feel the same way about her as she does about him.

Naomie is showing Craig her dress options for the Founder’s Ball. He says Naomie has changed his life and they tell each other everything. He tells her he hasn’t been completely forthright with her. He says he’s been using the work for JD as a crutch to avoid what he really wants to do. He says he wants to quit the job to study for the bat. She says she’s in.

Then I get an emergency alert monthly test on my screen. Thanks emergency alert system. I really appreciate you interrupting the show. It goes on forever and is so loud, I have to mute the TV.

Thomas meets with Whitney and JD for lunch. Whitney says he’s alienating himself from his friends. In his interview, Thomas says the message got lost in his delivery. Thomas tells them that he was in his cups and wants to make it right.

Thomas wants to use the Founder’s Ball as a vehicle to show everyone that he and Kathryn are getting it together. Kathryn says when she tried to talk to Landon calmly about things, Landon got insulting. Kathryn asks him what’s going on that she doesn’t understand. He says Landon is trying to undermine his and Kathryn’s relationship, but thinks she doesn’t really understand what she’s doing, which makes no sense. Kathryn says Thomas has to draw the line with Landon. In his interview, Thomas says he’ll say anything to placate Kathryn so that the family unit remains intact. He tells her that she is the oracle of reason and agrees.

Patricia is doing some kind of oxygen therapy. I can’t figure out how the machine works though. Whitney has come by to get some cuff-links. Everyone is getting ready for the ball. Shep says that Thomas picked on him at the dinner because up until then he had been picking on the women. Shep thinks that’s inappropriate and something for the women to sort out.

Landon doesn’t want to believe that Shep is a perpetual bachelor and says that deep down he wants the picket fence life. That may be so, but he doesn’t love you, Landon.

Landon visits Patricia, who’s allowing her to borrow some fancy stuff. Michael brings in some champagne. Landon says that Thomas called to apologize for the other night. If Landon doesn’t stop giggling in between sentences, I’m going to go out of my mind. Patricia shows her how do a “fur flip” and sit down in a fur coat. Landon borrows a really cool purple piece that Patricia bought in Monaco.

Kathryn asks if Thomas is going to apologize. He says he just wants to make sure he’s cool with everyone. When Kathryn asks about Landon, he says he’s not saying anything, but leaves out that he already did. It’s not the first time I’ve said this – a note to men – it’s not what you did that makes us so angry, but the fact you lied about it. And that includes lies of omission.

Let the ball commence! Shep walks in with Robyn, who’s a friend of Landon’s, and Landon’s reaction is worth watching the whole show. She can’t understand that if she was going by herself, why Shep wouldn’t ask her. She starts crying during her interview, but I find it difficult to feel sorry for her. He made it clear he wasn’t interested. Move on. Shep can tell that she’s disappointed, but rightly says that’s her problem.

Craig thinks everyone is fine with the Thomas thing. Cameran disagrees. When Thomas and Kathryn come in, they head straight to the bar without stopping at the tables. Kathryn sits at the table with the others while Thomas mingles. Shep comes by to say hi to Kathryn. Thomas pats Landon’s butt when he says hello, which is not missed by Kathryn, who goes to get another drink.

Kathryn approaches Landon and asks her to step in the hallway to talk. Kathryn tells Landon that she stirs the pot and tried to go after Thomas when she was pregnant with Julien. Landon runs to Thomas and says the three of them need to talk. She claims to want to squash the nonsense. Oh Lord, no wonder Kathryn gets so livid. Landon has the worst squeaky voice ever when she’s trying to make a point. Kathryn is right in that she sounds like a dolphin. Thomas insists there was never anything between him and Landon, as Landon babbles. Kathryn doesn’t believe it and tells Landon to shut-up.

Kathryn walks out. Landon babbles at Thomas, saying Kathryn can’t deal with the truth. Shep talks to Kathryn. Craig tells Landon they need to let each other speak, meaning that Landon has to let Kathryn finish a sentence before acting like Flipper. They go outside. Kathryn tells Landon she’s crazy and Landon says, no you. Kathryn tells her she needs to be accountable and she says she hasn’t done anything. Kathryn says she’s crazy then.

Kathryn calls Thomas out for cheating all over the place she tells him to tell the truth now and no more chances.

Just before we go to black, Robyn asks Shep if he thinks Landon is going to admit she slept with Thomas.

And along with Shep, I say, Whaaat?

Next time, reunion, part one.

Jun20

June 19, 2016 – Dragons & Dany, a Dallas Reunion & Shahs in Belize

Posted on June 20, 2016 by theresakp

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What I Watched Today
(rambling, random thoughts & recaps from today’s real time TV watching)

Game of Thrones

The ships attack Meereen. Tyrion tells Dany the rebirth of Meereen is the reason for the violence. He asks if she has a plan. Killing every last one of them is the way she wants to go. Tyrion talks about hidden wildfire and how it’s not difficult to destroy a city.

Dany and Tyrion meet with their enemies on the beach. The head guy tells Dany she made her own mess. Tyrion says they want to discuss terms of surrender. Dude gives a list of demands, like the dragons being slaughtered, but Dany says they want to discuss their surrender not hers. He says her reign is over and she say it hasn’t begun. Drogon flies down and Dany gets on his back. He is seriously cool.

The other dragons join Drogon in the sky. Now it’s triple cool.

Meanwhile, the Meereens are being slaughtered by the Sons of the Harpy. Everything stops when they hear the hoof-beats of Dany’s army coming. Dany and her dragons circle the ships. She tells them Dracarius and they do their fire thing. Bye-bye, ships.

Grey Worm tells the dudes on the beach they can give it up or die and all the soldiers throw down their weapons and run off. Tyrion says Dany is forgiving, and Missandei says that the queen has decreed one of them should die. Two of the three dudes push the third guy forward, saying he’s low born and they barely know him. Grey Worm cuts off the other two guys’ heads. Good one. Tyrion tells the remaining guy to let everyone know he lived by Dany’s mercy, but also tell them what happens when you mess with her.

Jon tells Sansa she doesn’t have to be there when he meets Ramsey, but she says she does. Ramsey rides up and says he’s missed her. He wants them to proclaim him Lord of Winterfell and he’ll forgive all their trespasses. He says why lead everyone to their death and there’s not need for a battle.

Jon says he’s right, there’s no need for thousands of men to die, just one of them. He suggests they end it the old way, mano-a-mano. Ramsey says he doesn’t know if he’d beat Jon, but his army would definitely beat his. Jon asks if Ramsey’s men would want to fight for him if they heard he wouldn’t fight for them. Ramsey asks if his little brother is worth the risk. Sansa asks how they know he has their brother and Ramsey throws down Shaggy’s head. Sansa tells him he’s dying either way.

Ramsey says he can’t wait to get with Sansa again and throws out a bunch of threats invovling his dogs. He rides off.

Jon says Ramsey’s weakness is his men are forced to fight for him. Davos says they have the number and they have the patience. It’s crucial that Ramsey charge them, not the other way around. Jon says he wanted to make Ramsey angry so he’ll come at them full tilt. Jon and Sansa speak alone. Sansa says she knows how Ramsey’s mind works. She says he lays traps and Jon says he’s over-confident. Jon says he’s defended the wall from worse. Sansa says he doesn’t know Ramsey. She says Rikkon is lost because he’s the true born son of Ned Stark. They argue. Sansa says she would have waited until they had more men. Jon says this is all they’re ever going to have and greater odds have been surmounted. Sansa says if Ramsey wins, she’s not going back to him and Jon says he’ll protect her. She says no one can protect her.

Jon asks Red Woman #2 if she has any advice. She says don’t lose. Jon says if he does, don’t bring him back. She says she serves the Lord of Light and only he can decide those things. Jon asks why he was brought back the first time. She says she doesn’t know; maybe he brought Jon there to die again. Just the thing you want to hear right before a battle.

Theon and Yara stand before Dany. She says they must be there to get her support for Yara becoming queen. Dany asks what’s wrong with Theon and he says he’s not fit to rule. Tyrion says they agree on that point. Dany says their fathers were evil men and they need to make the world a better place. Dany asks that they acknowledge her as queen of the seven kingdoms and if they do, she’ll help them. They shake on it.

It’s time for the battle of the bastards. There are like 6000 of Ramsey’s guys to Jon’s 60. Doesn’t John have a giant or two he can pull out? Ramsey rides forward leading Rikkon on a rope. Way to distract Jon Snow.

Ramsey pulls his sword out and Jon marches forward. Ramsey dramatically cuts Rikkon’s ropes. He tells Rikkon he wants to play a game and to run to his brother. As Rikkon starts to run, Ramsey puts an arrow in a bow. Job starts to ride toward Rikkon as the arrows fly. Just as Jon is about to reach Rikkon, Rikkon gets an arrow through the back.

Needless to say, Jon is mightily pissed. Ramsey smirks and Davos tells the men to prepare. The battle begins. Oh, there’s that giant. If nothing else, you’d think that would be disconcerting, since it’s doubtful they’ve ever seen one. Ramsey’s men shoot arrows into the air and Jon’s horse is down. He stands as Ramsey’s army rides forward.

Jon takes out his sword. WTF? Jon is in the middle of everything like General Custer at Little Big Horn in Little Big Man. He slices up a few guys. Now he’s like Tony Curtis during the pie fight in It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. Somehow, he is unscathed. He’s just that good. Or that angry. Or both.

Davos, who was supposed to wait for Ramsey to move forward, has had enough and proceeds with his men. The rest of Ramsey’s men go forward. Ramsey hangs behind like the coward he is. Oh shit. Ramsey’s men have surrounded Jon’s and made their shields into a wall. The Romans used to do that. They move forward with these spears sticking out, slicing up the men as they go. This gave me a headache.

The giant starts tossing guys round. The last ones in the middle fight like crazy. Ooh! The giant just ripped some guy in half. That was pretty good. Ramsey’s men close in. I have no idea what’s going on because it’s all shaky cam and sometimes blurry. Uh-oh. Jon almost gets squashed because it’s like a mosh pit, but manages to come up for air. Somehow, he, Davos and Tormund are still alive.

A trumpet is heard. Holy! Here comes back-up. It’s Littlefinger with the cavalry! Ha-ha! Ramsey’s face.

They bust through Ramsey’s wall of guys. Sansa watches with satisfaction. Jon, Tormund and the giant see Ramsey who runs away like a little girl. Well, rides anyway. Dammit! The big baby makes it back to his castle. He says their army is gone.

The castle gate is being broken open. The giant pops through. He’s covered with arrows and meets his end, but well done, good and faithful servant. The army comes in. Ramsey pops out and says he’s reconsidered one on one combat. Jon walks toward him fielding his arrows with a shield and proceeds to punch the living snot out of Ramsey as Sansa watches. The entire audience is satisfied. The Bolton banner comes down and the Stark banner goes up.

Applause. Just from me. On screen, they’re busy carting bodies around. Jon wants Rikkon buried next to their father. Sansa asks where Ramsey is.

Beaten to a bloody pulp in the dungeon. Sansa comes into the cell. He tells her their time together is almost at an end. She tells him everything about him and his house is going to disappear. Hahahahahahaha! Here come his dogs! He says they’ll never harm him and Sansa reminds him they haven’t been fed in a week. This is so good, I can’t stand it. Headache gone.

Sansa watches and I laugh, as the first dog pretty much takes Ramsey’s face off.

Touche.

Next time, who cares? I don’t think they can top this. Okay, next time, Cersei and Loras stand trial, Littlefinger wants something from Sansa, and Tyrion tells Dany the great game is terrtfying.

The Real Housewives of Dallas – Reunion

Because I forgot they were starting on the quarter hour, I missed the beginning. I come in while Leeanne is making excuses for being aggressive. I think I have her “story” memorized by now.

Cary’s husband, Mark, joins the group. We find out that Cary got her first Birkin bag for her 40th birthday. Forgive me, but if I was going to drop that kind of cash for a bag, it wouldn’t be a Birkin. Am I the only woman on earth not impressed with that style? Cary addresses the rumors that she married Mark for his money and that she broke up his first marriage. Cary starts to cry, saying that she was joking about some of the things she said in her interviews. Since she is a rather sarcastic and funny person, I totally believe her.

Andy asks Cary about Leeanne spreading gossip. Cary says she would never go after a married man and Leeanne was very hurtful. She says she and Mark both have children and she doesn’t want them hearing negative stuff. As usual, Leeanne doesn’t admit to perpetuating rumors, but just says you shouldn’t drink and tweet, kind of winking. Then she tells some story about how Cary made Mark leave his wife after she married someone else to get his attention. Cary explains her 3-month marriage, like it’s anyone’s business, and they both say they didn’t have an affair before his divorce.

Stephanie asks Leeanne why she didn’t go straight to Cary, and Leeanne claims she did. Leeanne acts like a middle schooler, saying it’s not okay for her to spread rumors about Cary, but it’s okay for Cary to call her a social climber. Um…I don’t think those are close to being the same. And Leeanne is a social climber. While it might very well be just so she can get her charities on, it doesn’t make Cary’s point any less valid.

Mark argues with Leeanne and she asks if he needs a tampon. What adult talks like this? Cary tells Leeanne that the things she says are hurting other people, not just her. Leeanne says she doesn’t want to hurt anybody; that’s not what she does. Well, I don’t know who did it then. Andy asks what she does do and she says charity because that’s the only comeback she knows. Andy asks if spreading gossip is charity, and she continues to say that she was merely repeating something someone told her.

Then she tries to say that Cary had been saying things aout her too. She changes something Cary said in all kinds of ways. Cary says if anything she said came across like that, she’s sorry, and she’s actually proud of Leeanne and says a bunch of nice things about her that she doesn’t deserve. Leeanne manages to flip everything around to the point that Cary gets up and leaves the stage.

Andy calls out Tiffany for enabling Leeanne. Tiffany claims she came late to the game and makes some noise about how she tried her best given what she had to work with. Brandi tells Tiffany that she should have shut it down immediately and says that Heidi was only in the one scene to do Leeanne’s dirty work. Tiffany keeps trying to distance herself. Cary is back and says she knew the Heidi thing was a set-up.

Andy asks Leeanne how she’s going to move forward here. Leeanne says she apologizes for not handling things differently and privately with Cary. Leeanne says she’s sorry Cary is hurt and sorry that she’s the one who hurt her. She wants to hug it out. They hug and then Leeanne says something rude to Stephanie. Maybe Leeanne went on too many roller coasters as a carny kid.

Because Tiffany doesn’t have much going on outside of Leeanne, they talk about Aaron aka Keith Suburban. They talk about Tiffany and Leeanne’s friendship and Cary says Tiffany is different when she’s around Leeanne. Leeanne had made some stupid remark about Plano and has to apologize to the Twitterverse.

Andy asks Brandi about Bryan’s reaction to the season, in particular the strip club and the dinner he walked out on. Brandi says Bryan doesn’t like confrontation or talking about his feelings and didn’t want to hear it. He wasn’t too happy to be on camera and Brandi says they argued afterwards with him using the d-word. Brandi talks about how supportive Stephanie was and they talk about their friendship. Brandi says everything came out on a positive note though, and now Bryan travels less and sometimes the family comes along. They also renewed their vows.

Marie joins them. She says she’s nervous and excited. Tiffany wants to sit as far away from her as possible. Andy talks about Leeanne throwing her glass at Marie’s party. We go down the Memory Lane of Leeanne being a nutjob. We go over the plastic poop incident and how Leeanne tried to tarnish Brandi’s reputation. Leeanne acts like she’s five, cutting Stephanie off and when Stephanie graciously lets her go ahead, she refuses to talk.

Tiffany talks about having to defend Leeanne and how it got to be too much. We relive the scene when Leeanne left Marie’s party and slapped the trolley car. We move on to the texts about Leeanne from Marie. Marie claims she was worried about Leeanne and Tiffany says it was gossip and Marie is dangerous. All I can think about is how I want the necklace with the giant pearl that Marie is wearing in one of the flashbacks.

Marie lets Leeanne have it and Brandi is sitting there smiling. I have the feeling she doesn’t even realize it. Andy pushes things along to the Austin trip. We see numerous flashbacks, from the bus trip there to Leeanne’s threats against Marie.

Here comes Leeanne’s poopy pants story. Brandi explains how it started on the bus because she had to pee, and Marie immediately insists that she didn’t tell Taylor. I hate to admit I agree with her when Leeanne brings up that Taylor couldn’t have just made a lucky guess. Cary suggests they get over it already. Andy gets the real skinny, or poopy as it were, from Leeanne. Leeanne then jumps right to claiming Marie has bad temper tantrums, so she’s not the only one.

Tiffany says she’s been protective of Marie and something about keeping girl code. Andy asks what Marie’s reaction is and there’s total silence while Marie looks like a deer in headlights. Cary says she got scared during Leeanne’s craziness in Austin, while Tiffany claims she slept through it. Leeanne says that when she says it, killing someone means cutting them out of your life. Marie claims that Leeanne threw something at her and Leeanne claims otherwise, although Marie ended up getting a restraining order because Leeanne sent her threatening texts after the trip. Leeanne claims Marie was trashing her on social media. Andy asks where they go from here and Marie hopes they can come to an understanding and respect each other. Once again, Leeanne talks about her childhood and how she doesn’t “do hurt well.” Stephanie says as an adult, she needs to take ownership and get help. Thank you.

Leeanne starts to cry and says blah-blah-blah how she doesn’t like that part of her that’s the angry little girl. We bid Marie good-by. If she’s bucking for a spot on the show, she’ll have to do better than this.

Wrapping it up, Andy says they’ve all grown since they ended taping. They talk a bunch of therapy stuff and nobody says anything interesting. Tiffany uses the cliche that she’s “a work in progress.” Leeanne is in anger management. Apparently, she’s had therapy through the years and realized she’s not quite finished yet. What an understatement. She says when she gets hurt by people, it brings the childhood hurt back up. While she’s talking, I realize she gets hurt very easily in addition to her overreacting.

I guess that’s it. No three-parter for these Wives. We bid farewell to plastic poop and carnival rides.

The Shahs of Sunset

A capsule of what I missed last week. Tommy walking out on MJ, which I still don’t understand. She told her friend that when she told him what she needed, he said he was done. What the blip did she need? Jessica is playing a hot and cold game with Mike; and Reza is skeptical of GG having RA. Please, please do not say the M-word. I can’t take another storyline like that.

The best part though, was watching Asa work on her caftan fashion show. Instead of being all over the place like some reality personalities (ahem…Sonja) or having a line of something we never see (The Countess), we’re getting a bird’s eye view of the ground floor and both her and her family’s involvement in the business. The caftans are gorgeous, but so is Asa’s passion for her craft and love of detail.

On to this week…

The gang congregates at Shervin’s place. GG’s sister, Leila, joins them. We haven’t seen her for a while. Reza says he feels horrible for having missed the entire fashion show trying to help Mike get it together with Jessica. Reza thinks they need to get away from all the usual drama.

They discuss vacation destination options. GG’s cousin, Niva, suggests Belize. MJ is down with that, since she doesn’t want to go anywhere where the bugs are as big as her shoe. Me neither. Shervin talks to MJ about her break up with Tommy. In her interview, MJ says Tommy is afraid she’s going to turn into her mother. She tells Shervin maybe Tommy is right and she was too overbearing. Shervin thinks she’s self-sabatoging because she doesn’t want to take a risk.

Reza meets Jessica for dinner. He tells Mike about Belize and that he’s going to try and talk Jessica into the Belize trip. Mike isn’t cool about it; he doesn’t think his friends should be involved in his business. Reza tells him it has nothing to do with his and Jessica’s relationship; it’s strictly about the invite.

Jessica arrives and they get cocktails. I love how polite they are to their server. Definite points for that. Reza tells Jessica about the Belize trip. He says he thinks it would do both her and Mike good. Jessica starts to get teary and says she doesn’t think she’s going back to Mike.

Jessica tells Reza that Mike cheated on her. He asks if she’s 100% sure. She says the first time, she saw it with her own eyes. She said for years, he told her everything was a rumor. In her interview, she says she’ll always love Mike and wishes this was a nightmare she could wake up from. She tells Reza that until she’s sure she can trust him, she can’t move back in with him. Reza says that she knows what’s best for herself and he didn’t know that was going on, but has no sage advice. Reza says his hope is that they get back together, but he’s not telling Mike about the conversation. Jessica says she’ll think about the Belize trip. After she leaves, Reza calls Mike and says that he needs to let Jessica have space and time. He says she loves Mike, but she’s hurt.

MJ is on her way to meet GG. They’re getting their lashes done. She talks on the phone to Reza in the car and he says he’s not buying that GG has RA. MJ says she’s been with her to the doctor, but GG seems to be exaggerating what stage it’s at.

Adam can’t go on the Belize trip because of work. The rest of the group meets at Mike’s house to go to the airport. GG is a no show and when they call her, she says she’s not going to be on the flight, but that’s all they get from her. Shervin talks about how angry GG got when he questioned her about her illness and Reza insists that she’s not telling the truth. Shervin thinks GG needs something that gives her purpose and until she gets it, she’s going to need attention in other ways. In her interview, Asa says it’s not cool to exaggerate and illness, but she feels sorry for GG since she obviously has a deeper issue.

Mike says flying with his crew is like a three-ring circus. I’ll bet. He wonders how they’re even allowed on an airplane. When they get to the destination, they change to a much smaller plane. Reza says he never wants to fly in a plane so small he can touch the pilot’s shoulder again.

They go to a private villa that includes a butler. MJ calls Tommy and leaves a long message about the trip so far. She’s hoping she didn’t totally destroy the relationship. No need to say that the villa is fabulous. I don’t know what I’d do first, eat the spread laid out by the pool or get in the pool.

GG has taken a separate flight because she’s tired of the scrutiny from the others. In her interview, she says everyone seems to think she’s “one big lie,” but she’s going to have a good time regardless. She and Niva finally join everyone.

GG says it’s funny how a year ago, she and Mike wanted to kill each other and now she’s the closest to him. GG and Mike chat. MJ says she’s sorry she didn’t acknowledge that Jessica didn’t come. GG checks out her room, which is humongous.

It’s evening and everyone is still hanging around and in the pool. GG asks to talk to Reza. She says they made a deal during the camping trip that they would always be honest with each other. She tells him she heard that he said she was making up having RA. He owns that and she says it hurt her that he would think that. She says she had to process that and she didn’t want to be the old GG, and that’s why she took a different flight. In her interview, she asks if she needs to take anothe polygraph test.

Reza says everyone is saying things aren’t adding up and he wonders why she’s telling him things that aren’t adding up. He says that MJ told im the doctor never used the word “chemo.” GG says that her diagnosis came back and she’s going to need treatment. She asks if he’ll go with her. He says of course, but in his interview says he’s still skeptical.

Shervin says he’s starting to get wise to GG’s machinations. MJ calls Tommy’s voicemail again. Great. She’s being a stalker now. It is kind of mean of him not to answer her calls. Mike says he misses Jessica. Reza says he hoped she’d be there by now, but Mike says she’s not even answering his texts.

They sit down to another amazing spread. Asa says she’s already been eating all day. MJ has the idea to go around the table and “come clean” about something. Niva says he’s been enabling GG. GG says if one more person decides to discuss her RA, she’s going to flip out. Is this the place to be doing this though? On vacation? In his interview, Reza says it isn’t GG’s RA that makes her feel the way she does – it’s her drinking. Now she’s on a roll and tells everyone to look in the mirror. Well, she does have a point.

Niva says he cares about her, but she says she doesn’t think so. GG says she was in the middle of a pleasant conversation when all this started. Niva tries to turn around what he said, but it’s not working. In his interview, Shervin says GG has to hear the good with the bad and he’s glad Niva said what he did. Shervin and GG start to argue.

Shervin thinks GG isn’t being sincere. Reza says he’s tired and excuses himself. In his interview, he says the GGvention was a fail. The dinner breaks up and GG gets freaked out going back to her room in the dark.

Next time, exploring caverns and getting a massage, Reza wants Mike to fess up to Jessica, Mike doesn’t want to talk about it and says he’s done.

Hope all the fathers out there had a very Happy Father’s Day!

Jun18

June 18, 2016 – GH Times Two & Father’s Day Quotes

Posted on June 18, 2016 by theresakp

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What I Watched Today
(rambling, random thoughts & recaps from today’s real time TV watching)

General Hospital – Thursday

Andre apologizes to Jordan for how he handled things and tells her that he loves her. She doesn’t know what to say and wonders how he got to point B from their point A argument over Anna. Andre says he had to shrink himself and find out what was going on in his own head. He says it became clear that he cherishes her, even when she’s angry. He doesn’t expect saying I love you will fix things, but he wanted her to know how he really feels.

Monica asks Finn why the syringe and works were in his locker.

Curtis tells Valerie they should take the celebration elsewhere, but Hayden interrupts. She needs his help. Curtis says he’s not available for her right now, but she wants to know how to declare someone legally dead. He says she’ll have to wait until tomorrow or consult a lawyer. He tells her that friendship is a two-way street and he’s busy right now. Valerie says he’s all Hayden’s because she wants to celebrate with her fellow cadets.

Ava and Nicholas sit by the fire in the hotel lobby. Nicholas asks if she followed him and she says it’s the place she always stays while in London because it’s discreet. She says if she was going to turn him in, the police would be there by now, and the hotel is perfect for people with something to hide. He asks what she’s hiding.

Sam and Jason bask in the afterglow. Sam says life on the run is exciting and gives her a rush. She calls Spinelli who has gotten her the code for the alarm at the pawn shop. Jason asks if she’s sure she wants to do this herself. He says two heads are better than one, but she says she can be faster alone.

TJ gets a paid internship at GH. He and Molly celebrate.

Monica says she’ll have the syringe tested and has no choice but to suspend Finn’s duties in the meantime. He says he’s done nothing wrong. Tracy says Monica will suspend him over her dead body. Monica explains the situation and tells Tracy that a syringe was confiscated from his locker and she has no choice because he won’t tell her what it is. Tracy says if he’s a psychopath, why wouldn’t he have started with her. Finn says don’t worry, it’s all good. Tracy tells Monica she can kiss her job good-by.

Nicholas says he assumes the police would think he took a private plane and Ava says he should have taken it a step further and flown coach. He asks her what she wants. She says she wouldn’t mind a dinner companion. He asks again what she wants in exchange for her silence. She says the same thing she wanted on the plane, an explanation as to why he’s a dead man walking.

Hayden gives a glowing report to Valerie about Curtis.

Jordan says she once let her feelings trump her job and she doesn’t want it to happen again. Andre says he doesn’t expect her to say it back, he just wanted her to know. He says he’s not trying to manipulate her, just stating his position. He hopes she can get over the Anna thing, as his life would suck without her. They kiss. She says it feels amazing to know he loves her and as soon as she gets through the work piled on her desk, he’ll definitely see her again.

TJ introduces Molly to Curtis. Curtis says maybe they can spend some time together, but he’s on a date right now. Valerie asks to steal him away. She asks Curtis if it’s okay that she spend more time celebrating with her peeps, and he says he totally understands. He says she’s also given him the best idea he’s had in a long time.

The bartender tells Finn to get “that thing,” meaning Roxie, out of here. He says she’s a service animal and Hayden threatens to record the conversation. The bartender shrugs and asks what they’re having. They order and Hayden pets Roxie.

Ava says she was accused of murder, but what possessed Nicholas to ditch his wonderful life and deprive himself of his son and his son of him? She wonders if it’s Hayden. Nicholas says he’s not going to tell her what she wants to hear. Ava says that the only thing that could keep her away from her daughter is prison. Huck shows up saying what a coincidence.

Sam puts the code in the alarm and goes into the pawn shop. She gets the info she wants pretty quickly, but the owner comes out with a gun.

Jordan is startled when she walks in the office and Curtis is sitting there. He asks if Valerie kicked him to the curb, and he says she’s still celebrating. She says Valerie deserves the celebration. He goes down Memory Lane about being a cop and says he’d like to go back to it. Jordan thinks he’s just being nostalgic and says as good as he was at his job, he still blew his career. Curtis says not if you believe in second chances and asks her to help him become a cop again.

Molly says she’s left the house and she’s not coming back until Alexis gets a clue about Julian. TJ suggests they live together next semester. Molly says her dad should be okay with it, but what about Jordan? TJ says she should be fine with it too, and Molly suggests they talk to Sonny.

Monica tells Tracy to go ahead and try, but she has good reason for suspending Finn, and that all of the evidence points to him. She explains that one of his deceased patients had the same drug in them that Lucas did. Tracy says his syringe might contain something harmless, but Monica asks why he didn’t tell her then.

Hayden tells Finn that she had a bearded dragon as a kid because her father was allergic to furry pets. She says she named him Mr. Darcy. Finn asks if Nicholas was her Mr. Darcy. She says he came close, but like her pet, he disappeared one night.

Huck sits with Nicholas and Ava and starts babbling. Nicholas says they’re having a private conversation and would like to be alone. Huck invites them to dinner at his private manor and won’t take no for an answer.

Sam tells the shop owner that she didn’t take anything; she was just in a rush for her documents. He says whether he lets her go or not depends on how nice she can be. She pretends to go along with it and kicks him in the cajones. He reaches for the gun, but Jason pops out of nowhere and gets it first.

Curtis says he’s not just being sentimental. He’s investigated things and since he quit and wasn’t fired, and he’s still in good standing. He asks what he needs to do to convince her that he’s not using anymore. Jordan asks if he’s even talked to his sponsor. She asks what if he gets tempted. He says one thing about recovery is discovering the why, and his using drugs was a mistake. He also made it his job to tell Tommy that Jordan was creeping with Shawn and it affected a lot of people. He says if she doesn’t want to support him because of what he did, at least believe he’s punished himself more than anyone else ever could.

The shop owner says he’s going to call the cops and Jason says he doesn’t want to get on the bad side of Sonny. Jason tells him after this, he’s to take a month long vacation. Sam gets what she needs and Jason tells him to lie face down, turns out the lights, and they leave.

Ava thanks Huck for the invite and says “Niles” has been dodging fans. Huck says there will be none of that at his place. Nicholas says Ava can go, but no thanks for him. Ava says she’s not going without him and he has scripts to read before a meeting tomorrow. Huck leaves and Ava says she doesn’t think running into him was a coincidence.

Finn says he could use another drink and Hayden says he doesn’t look too good and asks if he has his insulin. He says he’ll be fine and she asks him to tell her the truth and asks if he’s really a diabetic.

Curtis says he pours out his heart and that’s all he gets? Jordan says he never expressed regret before. She says she had to give Tommy a reason to come home safe after he was deployed. Curtis says he’d give anything to relive the day and he would have made different choices. He says he loves TJ and he would never tell him that Shawn is his real father. Mic drop.

Tracy and Monica bicker. Tracy says Monica let a good man go while there’s still a murderer wandering around GH.

Finn asks Hayden to help him and Roxie get back to the hotel.

Back at the hideout, Jason asks if Sam’s okay that he came to check on her. She says yes, but she had it under control. She gives him the passports and says they’re headed to London.

Ava says she can give Nicholas a ride since she has a car coming in the morning for a meeting .He asks what that will cost and she says she’s on his side. He says he’ll take the ride then. She says to be ready at 6 am.

Huck hears them and says he’ll be waiting

Tomorrow, Maxie asks Nathan if he still wants to marry her, Sonny says Julian is finally getting what he deserves, and Curtis talks finances.

General Hospital – Friday

Jason says all they have to do is find Nicholas, bring him back and clear Jason’s name. There you go. It’s all very simple.

Nicholas (who is being played by someone else today) and Ava are at Huck’s place. Nicholas says they have to catch a flight, but Huck says that Heathrow is four hours away and they’re not going to make it to the airport on time. Did I miss something? What are they doing there in the first place and wouldn’t they already know how far away the airport is?

Laura takes Spencer to visit Doc. Spencer says he has to run his life with the course that’s been set for it, without his father, cracking me up. Doc says he understands why Spencer might not want to talk to him since they don’t know one another well, and Spencer asks if anyone ever really knows anyone.

The pictures are being taken for the Crimson real man issue and Curtis is doing some boxing moves. He looks all serious about it, and I’m thinking this actor must feel stupid right now. Maxie asks Nathan to talk in the other room. She says she loves him and she’s sorry she judged him. She says he shouldn’t be defined by one mistake. She forgives him and wants him to forgive himself. She asks if he still wants to get married and he says yes. She says good, because she wants to marry him too.

Paul and Anna are talking and Sonny interrupts, saying if it wasn’t for Anna they wouldn’t have anything on Julian and she should be there when he goes down. Paul says everyone is entitled to their opinions, but Sonny’s doesn’t count at the PCPD. He says he’s actually is on Anna’s side, but it was Jordan’s call. He tells them that evidence was recovered at Julian’s place.

Julian calls Alexis, saying he misses her and expects a warm welcome when he gets home. Oh man, he’s getting creepier by the second. This is way past not getting the hint. Kristina asks Alexis what’s wrong and Alexis makes something up. Since it’s obvious Julian wasn’t home the night before, Kristina asks how much trouble her mom is in.

Nina says she thinks she’s found the Crimson cover guy. Curtis says the more he shows, the more money she has to show. Julian walks in. Nina asks if he shouldn’t be in jail by now.

Laura tells Spencer if they could talk about his dad, they might both feel better. Spencer asks if Doc is trying to shrink him.

I did miss something. I guess Huck pretended he was going to take them to the airport. They fell asleep in the car and he took them to his house.

Sam and Jason get to the hotel where Ava and Nicholas were staying. Sam asks the desk clerk to have “Niles’s” room called, but the clerk says he checked out this morning.

Huck says the weather has taken a turn for the worse and they’ll never get through the fog. He tells them he’ll get some refreshments while they make other arrangements. He says there’s no choice since there’s nothing and no one for miles around.

Sonny asks what the evidence is and Paul says he can’t talk about pending cases. Sonny says he’ll find out anyway, so Paul might as well tell him now. Anna agrees they should tell him. Paul takes them into the interrogation room and Anna tells Sonny about the dagger. Sonny says Julian claims he has an alibi, but Paul says it’s not as iron-clad as Julian thinks. Anna tells Sonny not to do anything to screw things up.

Alexis tells Kristina the less she knows the better. She says the police think Julian is involved in a crime and they searched the house. Kristina asks if it’s Carrrlos’s murder. Alexis says she thinks nothing will come of it and Kristina says legally or personally? She tells Alexis she deserves better and Alexis tells her it’s going to be okay, because that’s the kind of lie moms tell.

Julian asks to talk to Nina. She asks why he put her on the spot with the police in telling them he was with her all night long. She says they both know that’s a lie.

Spencer says it’s best to move on now that Nicholas is lost to them. Doc says he understands and Spencer doesn’t have to talk to him. He gives Spencer money for the vending machine. Doc asks Laura if he can see Spencer on a formal basis, because he’s clearly holding something in. While at the vending machine, Spencer calls Nicholas, leaving a message that he has his father’s back and he should win an Oscar.

Nicholas and Ava can’t get any bars on their phone. Um…doesn’t Huck have a normal phone out in the country? Huck leaves to get them snacks and Ava tells Nicholas she’s calling the police the second she gets a chance. Nicholas tells her don’t you dare. I’m not liking this Nicholas. Where’s the real one?

The clerk won’t say where Nicholas went, but Sam makes up a story about Spencer needing him. The clerk won’t give up too much so she pushes some money his way and he goes on break. Sam looks at the paperwork and sees what flight Nicholas is supposed to return on.

Anna tells Paul that it’s better to keep Sonny in the loop so he won’t take matters into his own hands. Paul says he might anyway, but she says that if he’d wanted to kill Julian, Julian would be dead already. She says if Julian tries to leave town, Sonny will be there to stop him.

There’s a knock at Alexis’s door. It’s Sonny. She tells him Kristina is upstairs, but he says he’s there for Julian. She says he’s not there and Sonny tells her to call him and have him get home now.

Nina tells Julian she told the police he was there for a while, but the time was hazy. He says that’s good enough for him. She says she does remember seeing the stain on his shirt and believed it was red wine at the time. He asks if she told the cops about the shirt and she says they didn’t ask. She asks if it isn’t her civic duty to come forward. He asks what it will take for her to stay out of it and she says him naked on all fours. What?

Nathan says he has to leave, but tells Maxie to call him if Julian gives her any trouble. Nina tells Julian she doesn’t want to jump his bones, but she wants to put them in the real man issue. She says women are usually used as objects, so she’s literally making the men pose as such. She sees him as a coffee table she’s resting her feet on. Ha-ha! I like it.

Sonny tells Alexis he’d never take advantage of Carly’s love to save his own ass. Alexis tells him to get out. He says he will as soon as Julian gets back. She says she’ll call the police, but he says they’re already on their way and he’s going to watch Julian get arrested. Kristina comes downstairs and asks what’s up. Sonny says they’re just having a talk about nothing that concerns her. She leaves for wherever she goes now.

Alexis says Sonny is mistaken. She says the police took evidence, but she doesn’t think it will amount to anything. He says really, a murder weapon? She says there are lots of knives out there, but Sonny says not with Carrrlos’s blood on them

Paul tells Anna that he wants her there when Julian is questioned.

Doc tells Laura that if she needs to talk, he’s there. They discuss being friends. Laura says it’s funny how it took one of Helena’s sick games to bring them together. Doc says he did a little digging and hit pay dirt.

Sam calls somewhere, pretending to be Anna and asks to speak to the special agent for Heathrow. She says they have a wanted man on board a flight.

Nicolas and Ava argue about who’s in the wrong. They realize the door to the room is locked.

Laura asks what Doc found out. He says Lloyd and Lucy Johnson are real people and they’re behind the holding company that owns the disco. They also live in Port Charles. Laura says she can’t concentrate on this right now, and Doc says when she’s ready, they’ll pick up the trail.

Sam tells Jason the flight took off before she made the call, but Nicholas wasn’t on it. She wonders if he booked another flight to cover his tracks, but Jason wonders if he made it at all. She tells the desk clerk, who tells her that Nicholas had a companion.

Nicholas says there must be a mistake and Ava says yeah, theirs for coming there in the first place. Ava wants to try a window, but Nicholas says it’s 50 feet straight down.

Julian doesn’t see the need for him to participate and suggests Nina find real men on the street. She says none of them is her publisher who needs an alibi.

Anna asks Paul what the angle is. He says there isn’t one. He says she’s the one who holds sway over him. Anna says she’s just trying to find out if he has something else in mind. Nathan interrupts saying there’s a DNA match on the dagger.

Alexis tells Sonny Julian is in his office and if he wants to see an arrest, it’s probably going to be there. Sonny asks if she even cares.

Laura makes an appointment for Spencer with Doc. Spencer says he doesn’t need to talk. He says he hasn’t lost his father, but catches his own mistake and makes up something about Nicholas being in a better place. Yeah, London.

Ava suggests they jump Huck. Huck comes back and says he forgot to pay the bill and the phone has been shut off. He lives in a freakin’ manor and he doesn’t have someone who takes care of that? Nicholas says they’ll take their chances with the weather. Huck says he can’t allow them to leave and they haven’t yet begun.

The clerk describes Ava to Sam and Jason, and tells them good luck. When the clerk walks away, Sam checks the roster and tells Jason that Ava had checked in.

Nicholas tells Huck that Ava had a business meeting and will be missed. Huck says he doesn’t care about Nicholas; it’s Ava he wants.

Nina asks Maxie if Nathan is still around. Julian tells her he’ll pose for the magazine.

Sonny tells Alexis she’s getting out just in time before Julian dragged her down with him. There’s a knock at the door. Apparently, no one has a doorbell in Port Charles. It’s Nathan. He arrests Alexis for Carrrlos’s murder. This is a little odd to me, but I guess her prints are the only ones on it.

On Monday, Olivia asks Julian what’s going on, Sonny tells Nathan that Julian is the one he wants, and Nina asks Franco if he wants to get nakey.

Happy Father’s Day Quotes of the Week

When I come home, my daughter will run to the door and give me a big hug, and everything that’s happened that day just melts away.— Hugh Jackman

My father used to say that it’s never too late to do anything you wanted to do. And he said, ‘You never know what you can accomplish until you try. — Michael Jordan

When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years. — Mark Twain

Never raise your hand to your kids. It leaves your groin unprotected. — Red Buttons

I had the best father in the world, and I’ll always miss him. — me

Jun16

June 15, 2016 – GH & Twice the NYC

Posted on June 16, 2016 by theresakp

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What I Watched Today
(rambling, random thoughts & recaps from today’s real time TV watching)

General Hospital

Dante tells Jordan she needs some balance in her life and to get over to the bar. Dante makes nice with Curtis, and thanks him for including them in whatever this is. Oh, okay, it’s a surprise for Valerie. A congrats party for the PCPD graduates that Curtis has set up.

Andre wants Anna to know where he stands with her personally. Anna says the man who’s responsible for killing Duke is wandering around free and she’s been cut out of the loop. She says she put her neck on the line for Jordan way back when, but she’s not returning the favor. Andre says Jordan cares about her, but thinks she has a blind spot when it comes to Julian. Anna says she’s given Jordan a chance to redeem herself, but she’s not returning the favor. She thanks Andre for what he said on in court, but tells him if he doesn’t leave now, she’s going to unload on him. He tells her about the argument he had with Jordan and says it’s true, he has feelings for her. Oh no, not this “feelings for” business again.

Carly gives Sonny the skinny on what happened at the wedding. Sonny is glad things are catching up with Julian. Carly left before the good part though.

The hospital is drug testing and interviewing everyone with access to the drug dispensary. When Franco is done with the interview, he says if he was going to murder Lucas, it would be more original. Obrecht drags him off by the ear. Obrecht tells Franco that he’s always the first suspect for everything because of his criminal history and she’s the only one who has his back.

Monica asks Finn to do the drug test, but he says it’s not going to happen. Monica says she expects full cooperation from everyone. Finn says he’s a private citizen nd he’s not peeing in a cup to prove he’s not a drug addict.

Sonny has found information about an employee who moved out of town after Jocelyn’s kidney transplant, and asks Carly if she wants him to find her. Carly says it might open up a real can of worms, and he says it’s up to her. He says she might not like the answers she finds though.

Curtis says it’s high time Valerie, Dante and Lulu put the past behind them. Valerie says it’s past time.

Carly says if they find the kidney donor, they’ll be able to get a health background and know possible side effects; on the other hand, they could find out something ugly. Sonny says if he was in Carly’s position, he’d want to find out, but if it’s something bad, he’d keep it to himself. He says whatever she wants to do, he’s 100% behind her, and that it’s not like she went to the black market for a donor, so she shouldn’t take on guilt she doesn’t deserve.

An intern tells Elizabeth and Felix that Finn is all they’re interested in talking about. Elizabeth is next. Felix tells Finn that if they ask, he’ll have to tell them the truth.

Franco thanks Obrecht for her faith in him. She says she’d love to see his latest works. He says no one seems to like them, but she says she has a deep appreciation for genius. He says if she likes something, it’s hers. Monica comes by and Obrecht says Finn hasn’t checked in for his test. Monica says she’s on it. Obrecht tells Franco she has a special duty to attend to.

Andre says he’s attracted to Anna and they have a connection he’s tried to avoid. He says the more time he spends with her, the more time he wants to spend with her. He says it was completely unexpected and it won’t do either of them any good. He says going forward, he doesn’t want anything from her ever again. I have no clue what he’s babbling about.

Lulu congratulates Valerie and says it’s time the Spencers started being a family again. Dante’s phone rings. It’s the realtor. Curtis tells Valerie that she handled things nicely.

Sonny approaches Jordan at the bar. He wonders how long before Julian is charged, but she says she can’t talk to him about pending cases. Dante tells Sonny they lost their bid on the house they wanted. Curtis tells Jordan he’s glad she made it. She thanks him for throwing the party together. He says he’s made mistakes, but he’s not all bad.

Felix says Finn asked him for a muscle relaxant and he’ll have to tell them. Finn says to just tell the truth.

Carly enters and tells Elizabeth she has to talk to her about Jake.

Andre goes through the history of his and Anna’s relationship. He says he never intended to say anything about his romantic feelings for her, but they’re not going away. He says he can see a future with Jordan if he doesn’t blow it. He says feelings can’t be controlled, but actions can. Anna asks if their friendship is over and he says it has to be.

Jordan makes a toast, welcoming the new cadets. She says since they’re the first ones graduating under her watch, they hold a special place in her heart, and welcomes them to the fight for justice. She gives a special shout out to Valerie for getting past her roadblocks and being in the top 10% of her class.

Franco says he works with Jake, but Carly says Jason doesn’t want him in Jake’s life. Franco steps away and Carly talks to Elizabeth about wanting to know who the donor kidney belonged to. She asks if Elizabeth wants to know what she finds.

Monica tells Finn if he doesn’t submit to the drug test, she can’t protect him. He says there’s no way he’s taking it.

Obrecht sees there’s no one in the locker room and acts all sneaky around one of the lockers.

Lulu and Dante talk to Sonny about the disappointment of losing the house. He says they’ll get a house soon and I’m wondering if he bought the house for them. Sonny goes outside and calls someone. He says there’s something he needs done.

Curtis has a surprise for Valerie. He takes her aside.

Anna says she’s been dumped before, but this is a fresh take. Ha-ha! He says he just wanted to do the right thing. She says it doesn’t feel right and asks why they can’t be friends with boundaries. He says she’s strong enough for that, but he isn’t. She says she valued their friendship a lot. He says he did too, and leaves. Wow. What a noble dude. My hat’s off to him.

Monica asks why Finn refuses to clear his name. He says he’s not obligated to prove his innocence in this country. Obrecht enters and asks to talk to Monica. She tells Finn to stay where he is.

Elizabeth says she’d like to know what Carly finds out and maybe it will shed light on what happened to Jake. Carly tells her to be careful of Franco. She leaves and Elizabeth asks Franco if he was eavesdropping and he says yes. He says Carly wants them both to be miserable and maybe he deserves it, but she doesn’t. In regard to the kidney transplant, he says sometimes it’s better to be left in the dark.

Carly tells Finn she’s gotten some information about the kidney donor. As she gets in the elevator, she asks if he’s going down and he says yes, if Obrecht gets her way, leaving Carly puzzled. Monica tells Finn she’s got some disturbing news.

Carly calls Jax and leaves a message. Sonny says it sounds like she made a decision. She says she did and also talked to Elizabeth. Sonny says he’ll get his people on finding the employee, but it might take some time. Carly goes upstairs.

Curtis gives Valerie a good luck fifty cent piece with a dent in it. He says it saved his life once and he wants her to have it. He tells her about how he took a bullet and the coin in his pocket stopped it. She says if the story’s true, it’s amazing, but if it’s not, it’s a good one. He asks if she has plans for tonight. She says yes, and kisses him.

Dante gets a call. It’s the realtor. The other buyer pulled out of the deal. What did Sonny do?

Sonny tells Diane nice work. It sounds like he paid off the other buyer.

Anna gets a message on the dating site. Stan wants to buy her dinner. She thinks maybe she should ask Griff for an introduction to a convent.

Andre goes to Jordan’s office, where she lives now. He tells her he loves her.

Monica unwraps Finn’s syringe and says it was found in his locker

Tomorrow, Hayden asks Curtis for help, Finn says he nothing wrong, and Ava asks Nicholas why he wants to play dead.

Little Women NY

Katie is getting ready to have her baby. She wasn’t supposed to deliver for another week, but got stressed out from Lila and Dawn’s badgering. Lila feels badly about it, but claims they were just concerned and somehow shifts the blame to Katie’s mother, Kathie, telling them too much.

Lila tells Jason about what happened with their “concern.” Dawn brings up that PJ is living off of Katie’s mother. In her interview, Jazmin says she gets where they’re coming from, but it’s really none of their business (thank you).

Jazmin calls Jess who fills her in from the hospital. We see baby Kinzley, who is very cute with her little girly hat and was 6 pounds plus. So much for low birth weight concern. Jess tells them she went into labor after the argument at the laundromat, but Dawn insists the argument had nothing to do with it. Kinzley also has extra fingers, which Jazmin hopes isn’t attributed to Katie’s smoking. Please, please, just stop now.

Jess asks if Katie and PJ have decided what they’re doing with their living situation. In her interview, Jess says she’ll always be there for them, but they can’t all stay in the same apartment forever. Since there’s no answer to the question, she says she’ll have to come back to it later.

Kathie wants to make plans for everyone to see the baby. Katie says Jazmin and Jason are cool, but nixes Dawn and Lila. She says they’re the last people she wants to see and she doesn’t want them near Kinzley. Kathie suggests she be the bigger person, no pun intended. In her interview, Katie says her mother is delusional, but she’ll do it for Kinzley’s sake. I’m annoyed that she’s backing down on this. You can’t be friends with everybody and if someone is causing you stress, no reason to be around them.

Jazmin video chats with husband David. She feels defeated since she isn’t getting any gigs from her auditions. She misses David and wishes she could share her days with him.

Lila and Jazmin sit in the park. Dawn is joining them for lunch. She’s met a new guy who’s also a little person. She’s been texting David, but they haven’t discussed the humongous fight they had. Dawn asks Jazmin if she’s told David that Lila is bringing random men home and it’s bothering her. Jazmin tells Dawn that she doesn’t live with them, it’s between her and Lila, and she should mind her own business. Lila tells her she’s slut-shaming and Dawn says Lila did it to herself by telling them about her fun night. In her interview, Lila says she’s a single woman in NYC, availing herself of its resources, and maybe Dawn should give it a try. Seriously, it’s kind of sad that Lila can’t gossip about her date with her girlfriends without being judged. No sex in the little city here. When Dawn won’t let up, Lila says she’s had enough, and she and Jazmin leave Dawn sitting by herself.

Katie loves being a new mom, but could use some rest. The second Jess comes in, she gets handed the baby. One of the spare fingers falls off (this is normal) when Jess is changing her and Jess nearly freaks out. Kathie wants to keep it, like a first baby tooth or lock of hair, and Jess says she’s like Hannibal Lecter or something. As soon as Katie is up, Jess gives her the baby back and suggests she get the one who got her pregnant to help.

Lila and Jazmin go to Times Square. Jazmin tells her that she’s missing David and wants to give up on the acting thing. Lila says it’s hard to relate because she’s single and still in selfish mode, but she understands how difficult it is for a little person to follow their dreams.

Jess tells Katie that when she first came, she didn’t want Katie to be alone, but now Katie’s mother, PJ and the baby have joined them, and she feels like she’s not living her own life. She can’t even bring a date home. She suggests that PJ help to look for a new place. She says she’s not telling her to pack up this second, but she doesn’t want them lollygagging for too long. Katie says she wants to get the mom thing down before moving, but she’ll talk to PJ.

Katie and PJ have been discussing whether to stay in NYC or go back to Seattle. Kathie says if they go back to living with her, PJ is going to have to find a job. In her interview, Jess says PJ needs to man up and take care of his family. Katie says she appreciates everything her mom has done, but her judgments are the price she has to pay. Jess is staying out of it because Katie has enough to deal with. Kathie and PJ argue and the baby starts crying. It’s also the day of the sip and see, and Jess says she’ll be seriously pissed if people can’t behave themselves around a newborn.

Jess says inviting Dawn and Lila is asking for trouble and I agree. There is seriously something wrong with those girls. Dawn tells Jess, Kathie and Katie about what happened at the park. In her interview, Dawn says she can’t believe Jazmin stuck up for Lila and she was just being honest as a friend. Another one who uses the honest card to get away with being nasty.

Lila comes in and says she could hear Dawn talking about her from the elevator. She says how dare Dawn broadcast her confidential info? Dawn says she was concerned (another euphemism in this group) and Lila says she’s a gossipy little yenta. Jess tells them that Kinzley is ready to come out, so take their argument into the bedroom.

Lila asks Dawn how dare she talk about Lila’s business? She came to see the baby and the first thing she hears is Dawn bashing her. Once again, Dawn says she’s just a concerned friend. Dawn claims they have a real friendship and she cares. Lila tells her to get the blip away from her.

She calls Dawn a sick bitch and walks out. Dawn follows with that creepy smile on her face. Lila tells Jason to keep Dawn away. Dawn keeps smiling and acts like nothing happened. Katie says she should have known better than to let them come over and the baby is upset now.

Jason and Jazmin go to Lila, who feels terrible about taking the attention from Kinzley. She decides to put on her big girl panties and go back in. In her interview, she says holding Kinzley puts everything in perspective. She tells the baby she’s her slutty Auntie Lila.

It’s the finale and Lila is proud that she got through so much without drinking. Dawn says she’s not going to stop telling the truth just because people don’t want to hear it. Although I imagine at some point there will be no one left to listen. Lila is no longer speaking to Dawn.

Jazmin got a one-way ticket to Florida to see David and Katie and PJ went back to Seattle. There was no mention of him getting a job though. Jasan continues to stay living in NYC and having a long distance relationship with DJ. Jess has embraced motherhood – with her dog ChiChi.

I assume there will be a fiery reunion.

The Real Housewives of New York City

Sonja takes a break from whatever work she does to have girl time with The Countess. The Countess wonders what the name of Sonja’s assistant is, when she’s only worked for Sonja for two years. The Countess thinks Sonja should apologize to Bethenny, but Sonja says she’s not a competing brand and Bethenny is just taking it personally. Well, yeah. Most of us would. Sonja moves on to Dorinda excluding her because Bethenny was at her party. Sonja has also decided she’s not drinking any more. At least in front of this group.

The Countess tells Sonja she’s found her soul mate (bleh) and she’s moving out. She starts talking about getting married and Sonja asks how long she’s been dating Tom. The Countess says a whole six weeks. She tries to cover for herself in her interview, by saying soul mate Tom had a one-night stand with Sonja. Sonja asks if she’s sure about this and in her interview says she’s been “doing” Tom forever. TMI all around.

Bethenny has everyone meet at a restaurant, minus The Countess and Sonja. Jules’s father has been sick and her husband is having a hard time dealing with the kids on his own. Bethenny wants to have a girls’ trip to Mexico to do a tequila tasting. Dorinda asks if The Countess is coming. Bethenny says it’s up to them. Ramona says she’s fun on a girls’ trip, but Carole says she’s not going if The Countess is. Bethenny says if Carole doesn’t go, she doesn’t want to do it. Bethenny is also concerned about Sonja, especially the way she drinks. The vote is no.

Carole visits Bethenny. Over the holidays, they went to the Bahamas together with their men and they talk about the trip. Carole talks about her relationships and how she never gets too serious. She had an epiphany after fostering a kitten and nearly having a nervous breakdown when she had to give the kitten up. In her interview, she talks about the people in her life who she’s lost. She realizes that she’s set up her life to be temporary. She wonders if it’s because of her husband’s death or if, because he had cancer when they got married, she’s always been like this. Interesting. Bethenny says Carole can’t get out of a relationship and she can’t get in.

Dorinda and Sonja go for a manicure. Dorinda asks about Ramona and Sonja says she’s been hot and cold. Dorinda thinks Ramona has taken sides, but not Sonja’s side. Dorinda tells her about the trip to Mexico and says she doesn’t think Sonja and The Countess are invited. Wow. She’s really the bearer of glad tidings today. I hope she’s footing the bill for the manicure.

Sonja says things are going well for both her and The Countess and they should be celebrating all together. She tells Dorinda that she’s quit drinking and Dorinda is happy about that, since she believes Sonja has been self-medicating. Dorinda says that Sonja needs to drop the Tipsy Girl thing or it might cost her friendships. Sonja balks at that, but Dorinda says she’s coming from a good place and still thinks she made the right decision about the Berkshires.

Carole brings a large, heavy terrarium to Adam’s place because it didn’t look good in hers. He’s making a chocolate cake. She wants to read the book proposal to him while he’s baking. In her interview, she says it’s still not perfect working together, but they’ve found a rhythm, and that her culinary skills have gone backward since dating Adam because there’s no reason to cook any more. Adam breaks out his guitar and they discuss the book while he jams.

Ramona wants to give The Countess a hair makeover. She’s partnered with some people who have done her hair in the past. The Countess seems to think everything is okay between her and Bethenny. And Carole. She is truly delusional. In her interview, Ramona says she’s not about to make The Countess any wiser. The Countess talks about a psychic who told her she was going to meet a guy within two weeks, she met Tom, and now he wants to marry her.

Even Ramona is startled at the amount of time The Countess has known Tom. She tells The Countess that Tom calls his ex every day to tell her he loves her and gave her a gold bracelet for Christmas. The Countess is like, thanks for raining on my parade, and Ramona’s daughter agrees. The Countess doesn’t believe it. Ramona says she’s happy for her and The Countess is appeased, although Ramona adds time will tell.

John and Dorinda meet Jules and Michael for dinner. Michael makes a hot nanny joke and Jules isn’t pleased. She’s not too happy about Michael making them late either. Dorinda says it’s never 50/50 in a relationship. Jules talks about finding a nanny and Michael suggests her mother, which is brilliant since her father is in the hospital. Jules has alopecia from stress.

Michael is always on the phone and this is also annoying Jules. The couples toast to the new year. Dorinda says there’s a lot of pressure on men to be productive in New York. Dorinda starts to get sloshed and give forth marital advice.

Bethenny and The Countess meet for drinks. Bethenny is having some health issues. The Countess barely acknowledges that and tells her all about the soul mate and getting married. In her interview, Bethenny says The Countess studied pre-wed in college. Ha-ha! The Countess tells Bethenny what Ramona said about Tom, and wonders why Ramona would even say anything. She says some people are friends with their exes. Bethenny thinks that Ramona is just concerned. The Countess moves on to Tom having dated Sonja and claims it was only once or twice because Tom told her so.

Bethenny isn’t feeling well and says she’s got to go. The Countess asks if she’s invited to Mexica. In her interview, Bethenny says she had every intention of inviting her, but changed her mind throughout the course of the conversation. She tells The Countess she doesn’t want to discuss it right now and The Countess suggests another glass of wine.

Bethenny asks The Countess if she’s taken crystal meth tonight. <snort!> She tells The Countess that she didn’t invite her on the trip partly because of the what’s gone on between them, although they’re past that, but Carole isn’t happy about sharing a trip with her. The Countess says she thought they were cool. Bethenny says The Countess talks a lot, but doesn’t listen. The Countess says she comes from a big family and that’s why she’s like that. Bethenny starts to say something and The Countess interrupts by saying she’d love to come and jumps up. She leaves, and leaves Bethenny with the bill. Is this a reality star thing? Another one who wants to go to a party to which they’re deliberately not invited.

Next time, Bethenny tells Carole what happened with The Countess, Dorinda says there might be a change in plans, and Ramona role plays with The Countess.

Note: Jules just filed for divorce from Michael, shocking everybody. Apparently, she caught her husband cheating. Sigh. This definitely colored the episode for me and had me reading more (whether valid or not) into certain things.

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June 14, 2016 – GH & Below Deck Brawling

Posted on June 15, 2016 by theresakp

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What I Watched Today
(rambling, random thoughts & recaps from today’s real time TV watching)

General Hospital

Sam peruses the Post-It note flowchart. There’s a knock at the door. It’s Aldo. He hands Jason a briefcase saying, compliments of the boss.

Ava tells Nicholas don’t bother faking an accent, it’s more trouble than it’s worth. Ava tries to engage Nicholas in conversation and he says he’s tired and wants to sleep. The flight attendant gives them nuts and calls him Mr. Carradine (pronounced like Cassadine). Geez, he couldn’t do better than that? Nicholas pretends Ava has mistaken him for someone else. She takes a selfie of the two of them, wondering how much someone would pay for it.

Emma is doing something on the computer and asks Felicia for help with what the initials WSB stand for. She says she’s working on something for Anna’s birthday. Felicia asks if she’s getting Anna a dog and makes a plug for rescues. Emma plugs rescues back and wisely says you should never surprise a person with a pet. My sister and I learned this the hard way by getting our father a dog. Everything turned out fine, but at first I thought my father was going to put me and the dog in a box and send us both back to New York, especially after the dog ate the phone. Emma says she doesn’t want Anna to feel alone when she goes back to Berkeley and is checking out a dating website.

Anna asks Jordan about the search of Julian’s house. Jordan says she knows they’re supposed to share intelligence, but Anna isn’t getting anywhere near the case. She says Anna still blames Julian for Duke’s death and she’s doing her a favor keeping her away from it. She’s afraid Anna will compromise the investigation and doesn’t want Julian getting off on a technicality.

Nathan finds the dagger and says he may have the murder weapon. Julian is like, how can you be sure? Nathan pulls out paperwork and says it should be easy to compare to the wounds. Yeah, I would imagine it has a pretty distinctive blade. Alexis explains where the dagger came from. So what? Why is that any reason Julian wouldn’t use it? Nathan tells them not to leave town and takes the dagger with him.

What the what is with Julian’s hair all slicked back? No. Just no.

Jason opens the briefcase. He gives Sam some cash to hang on to in case they get separated and says they’re going to the border.

Ava wonders if she should tweet the photo and Nicholas asks what it will take for her not to post it. She says phonies and frauds have to stick together and she’s just goofing on him. She says she hopes his plan has taken his son into account. He says he appreciates her concern, but he’s good.

Jason and Sam go to the fake passport guy. He takes some cash and their passports. While he’s in the back, Sam checks the computer and Jason looks through the file cabinet, trying to find out what name Nicholas used.

Felicia tells Emma she should show the site to Anna first. Emma asks what if Anna doesn’t want to follow through? Felicia says that’s kind of the point and asks if Anna said she was lonely. Emma says no, but it’s not something she would talk about.

Andre enters Jordan’s office. Anna suggests they ask his opinion, since he’s counseled her and knows if she can be professional. She admits she’s made errors, but says she’s cleared her professional record and deserves to be part of bringing Julian to justice. Andre says sorry, he can’t back her up.

Julian tells Alexis he was extremely careful in covering his tracks, but he forgot about the murder weapon. Isn’t that kind of a main factor? It doesn’t sound like he’s very good at being a criminal. Alexis says it’s not like he left DNA on the knife. Julian takes her remark as her caring what happens to him, but she says that’s not the case.

Ava wonders with all Nicholas has, why he wants to leave it all behind. He says it serves his purpose for people to believe he’s dead. Ava asks if he thinks it serves her purpose to allow him to continue the ruse? A guy leans across the aisle and says he thinks he knows Nicholas.

Felicia says Emma’s heart is in the right place, but she can’t rush healing. She says they just need to make sure Anna knows they love her and when she’s ready for help, be there to give it. She leaves to answer the phone and Emma finishes the profile and hits enter.

Andre says he can’t side with Anna on this. Anna leaves and Jordan tells Andre that Anna refuses to back down and she’s sorry he got put in the middle. He says don’t thank him yet.

Julian, who is starting to creep me out, insists Alexis still loves him, but Alexis says leave her out of his delusions. She says she did it for Lucas, not him, and she was going to take the shirt in, but Julian got to it first. He says she loves him more than she hates him and she says she’s divorcing him. Yep. Nothing says love like divorce.

The passport guy comes back and says Jason and Sam will have their new passports in a day or so.

Nicholas tells the stranger he’s mistaken. He says he knows he’s seen Nicholas before. He suddenly thinks Nicholas is an actor and Ava tells him he’s right. He introduces himself as Huck and Nicholas says he’s Niles Carradine, which Ava says is the pseudonym he uses while he’s in between movies and makes up a bunch of other stuff.

Julian says they’re not getting a divorce. Julian says he has to change her mind, but Alexis says she’s already called Diane. She says she never wants to see him again and once the kids find out what he’s done, they won’t either. Julian whines that they can fix it and to give him a chance. Alexis says she can’t do this one more day. He suggests a marriage counselor and both Alexis and I laugh. She says what will they say? They’ve reached impasse because he can’t stop murdering people? She says whatever is in the past, it’s over now. He killed Carrrlos and killed their relationship.

Anna comes to say good-by to Emma. Felicia asks if she wants to talk about anything. She says a couple of people she thought she knew and could trust betrayed her. Felicia says she hasn’t been a good friend either and asks if Anna is happy by herself. She asks if it isn’t time for Anna to start socializing, but Anna says hell to the no. Felicia says there are a lot of good men out there, but Anna says she’s not ready for that.

Andre says he thinks Anna would be an asset. Jordan is puzzled and he says although he agreed with Joran, it was because he didn’t want to contradict her authority. Jordan gets testy and says she didn’t ask for his opinion. He says sorry for the mistake and Jordan says he wouldn’t have made one if he’d been honest about his feelings for Anna. This girl just won’t let that go.

Julian doesn’t want to accept the marriage is over and says this will pass. He says their vows were like a contract, but Alexis says it became null and void when based on a lie. She says she loved who she thought he was and who he promised to be, and now she sees who he is or who he’s become, and she can’t be married to him. She says her life is a mess and they’re done. She needs to focus on putting things back together without him.

Emma says good-by to Anna. Mac and Felicia are taking her back and having a mini-vacation. Felicia asks Anna to think about what she said. Anna says she has enough on her plate.

Andre says (for the millionth time) that he doesn’t have romantic feelings for Anna. Jordan suggests he see a shrink because his actions say different. As usual, insecure Jordan goes overboard. Andre says his feelings for Jordan grow every day and he thought he’d been clear about that. He says if he was interested in Anna he’d pursue her, but they’re just friends. Jordan says she’s not so sure. He suggests they take it out of the office, but she says she has to work. He says he’ll go because she asked him to, not because he wants to.

Jason says as soon as they find out where Nicholas is headed, they can follow. He says after they pick up the passports, they’ll find out what name he’s using and go after him. He makes it sound easier than I think it’s going to be.

Ava tells Nicholas he’s welcome for the background story for his character. She says it’s not like he’s going to see the guy again. Huck, sleeping in his seat, opens his eyes a little. Hmm… They land and Ava says she feels for Nicholas and hopes she didn’t stress him out joking around. She says he’s put her in her favorite position – the one where she’s owed a favor.

Sam is getting frustrated with the laptop, trying to figure out where Nicholas was headed. They’re about to make dinner and Jason remembers “this.” He brings up another time that was similar. She says as long as they’re together everything is fine.

Huck thanks Nicholas for the autograph. He suggests dinner at his house near London, but Nicholas takes a pass. When he and Ava leave, Huck makes a call saying, you’ll never guess who was on the plane and to prepare the “blue room” for company. This could be interesting.

There’s a knock at Anna’s door. It’s Andre.

Julian says if Alexis leaves now, how is it going to look? She says she doesn’t care. She says that without any evidence, he’s not going to prison and will get off scot-free. (And yes, it’s spelled that way. I was surprised too.)

Nathan tells Jordan about the dagger. It matches the wounds and someone missed a spot in cleaning it.

Julian says he’ll check into the MetroCourt and will be back when things cool down. Alexis says she’ll change the locks. Um…that’s illegal when he lives there. I don’t watch People’s Court for nothin’. He says he’ll break down the door. He tells Alexis they’re going to stay married and when he said til death do us part, he meant it. He’s really creeping me out now.

Tomorrow, Anna tells Andre to leave, Val and Curtis double date with Dante and Lulu (that seems weird, so I don’t know if I’m interpreting that right), and Sonny tells Carly she might not like the answers she finds.

Below Deck Mediterranean

There’s a conflict between Ben and Hannah in regard to what dinner courses are called. Hannah made the mistake of thinking an entree is an appetizer, but didn’t bother to tell Ben until late in the dinner game. Ben sends out the kebabs to add another main, entree or whatever you’d like to call it. Ben says Hannah won’t admit she’s the one to blame, but I have the feeling she doesn’t admit easily to a mistake.

Ben, complete with epaulets to show he’s serious, approaches Captain Mark and tells him what happened with the course mix-up. Hannah is annoyed that Ben didn’t come to her first, but he did. The captain says he’s never had a crew member dress up to tell him about a problem before and hopes that they can just work it out on their own because he doesn’t really want to get involved.

Hannah and Julia are discussing the issue and Hannah starts crying. She says it’s the ultimate betrayal. Geez, I thought she was tougher than this.

Julia tells Jen about Bobby trying to kiss her and follows it with telling her about Ben and Hannah’s altercation. Danny tells Bryan about the same thing. Bryan says the relationship between chef and chief stew is always difficult and he tells Danny they need to stay out of it. Telling Danny not to do something is like putting a red flag in front of a bull. Ben makes sure breakfast is perfect.

It’s time to dock. The guests have a last toast and the crew gets ready to say good-by and get their tip. Hannah stands with her arms folded like the professional she is…not. The farewells are said and the envelope is passed after the primary says they had a fabulous time and last night’s dinner was as romantic as they’d hoped for.

Captain Mark says it was a tough night with miscommunication in the galley. The tip is actually smaller than usual, $13,500 – $1,125 each. He thanks Danny for staying on the right track and gives the crew a day at the beach. Hannah says she’s obviously not getting fired and needs to get of the boat and get some Grey Goose into her. Bobby is hoping to hook up with Julia on the beach, but I have news for him – she’s not interested.

Drinking starts immediately. Bobby bugs Julia until she finally walks away. She gives her boyfriend a call and complains. Bryan gives a speech about the American Revolution and moves on to World War II. Ben says he’s like a Bugatti and goes from zero to drunk in about two seconds.

Ben tells Julia he’s to blame as much as she is and apologizes for being a dick. Ben clarifies what the courses are to be called. He says he went to the captain just in case the tip was short and was blamed on the dinner. Hannah says she would never do that to him. In her interview, she says he’s like an adorable puppy who chews on your expensive shoes, but you still love him. They hug it out. Danny is happy that the day was drama free.

Julia, Danny and Bobby congregate in Jen’s bunk room, with Julia being unsuccessful at getting away from Bobby in there. Bobby acts like an idiot, showing them a “mangina,” and Jen is disgusted. I’m just perplexed as to why he would do this. Julia is pissed that Bobby is telling the others she’s flirting with him. The crew plays cards and drinks some more. Julia asks Bobby for a word. She tells him she’s been with her boyfriend for two years and isn’t interested in anyone else. He says she’s flirty and she says she’s just a friendly person and doesn’t want it misconstrued. She asks him to quit chasing her around. He says he’s not going to lie, he likes her, but he’ll honor her wishes.

Bryan and Danny talk on the deck. Bryan tells Danny not to take Ben’s side in arguments because it’s none of their business. Danny says, so he can’t have any opinions and Bryan says thats’ right and he doesn’t want to piss off Hannah. In her interview, Jen says Bryan is a bad boss and an immature, misogynistic, condescending borderline alcoholic. Wow. I’ve had bosses like that though. Somehow the Danny and Bryan talk that started off well turns into an quarrel, and Bryan gets in Danny’s face, telling Danny that yachting isn’t for him. Danny says they’re done and walks away. In his interview, Danny says his father is an alcoholic and he’s used to not backing down from aggression.

Commercial break with important information. The Real Housewives of Dallas Reunon is on Sunday, June 19 at 9 pm. Thanks Bravo. Like my Sunday night show juggling isn’t hard enough as it is.

The next group of guests are “bachelors looking for target rich environments and interested in meeting single women in an exotic locale.” Oddly enough, they’re going to what Hannah calls “the gay capital of Europe.” Did these bachelors do any research before planning their itinerary?

Danny tells Jen about his argument with Bryan. Bryan comes up the stairs and he asks what they’re talking about. Danny says him, but since he’s not allowed to have an opinion, he can’t give Bryan the details. Bryan asks why Danny can’t just be a yes man and says Danny fights him on everything. They go back and forth. Danny says he does his job. Bryan says he doesn’t really and he’s trying to help him. Danny says he just wants to instigate and Bryan says he’s the problem solver. Danny says more like problem creator.

Bobby says he’s going to respect Julia’s space and not flirt anymore, even though he’s not happy about it. He tells Bryan about what happened and how he feels badly about the situation. He claims she flirts just as much, but told him he’s taking it too far. Julia tells Hannah about what happened and says her boyfriend isn’t too happy about it and would like to punch Bobby out.

The new guests arrive, Steve being the primary.Tiffany says she was hoping for some bachelors, but not this age. Yep. When they’re this age (40s-50s), there’s a reason why they’re not married. They seems like okay guys, but we’ll see once the drinking starts.

Hannah has a migraine. She says she has no history of them, so I wonder if it’s really a migraine. The guests ask if the crew can party with them, but Bryan says no. Steve says the tip depends on the drinking, so it’s a yes. Danny says he’ll find them some girls. A ferry is coming in, so they have to get out of port quickly.

Bobby has been avoiding Julia and wonders if she notices. Ugh! What are we, 14? We already covered note passing in one episode. He and Danny have a discussion about flirting.

Steve wants Danny, Bryan and Bobby to accompany them to shore and says he’ll make sure they don’t drink. The captain calls Bryan to the bridge and explains. He says they can’t spare all three of them though, and says the logical choice is Bobby and Danny. I laugh like crazy over Bryan’s face because he thought it was going to be him and Bobby.

Bobby is stoked, but not so much because of Danny coming along. Danny immediately chats up a bunch of girls who are way too young for the guys on this charter. He kind of acts like a cruise director and orders a drink in a giant watermelon with a million straws for everyone. In his interview, Bobby says Danny has no game and is spending the charter guests’ money, but it looks like the guests are having fun, so…

Next time, another altercation between Hannah and Ben, Julia feels caught in the middle, and extra 8 guests show up.

More important information. Flipping Out‘s two night premiere starts on Wednesday, July 13.

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June 13, 2016 – GH, Dallas Finale & Southern Harm

Posted on June 14, 2016 by theresakp

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What I Watched Today
(rambling, random thoughts & recaps from today’s real time TV watching)

General Hospital

While Spinelli is on the phone, trying to get info about Claudette, Nathan comes back to the apartment. Nathan asks why Spinelli looks guilty. Spinelli says Nathan reeks of culpability for what he did. When Nathan asks what Maxie told Spinelli, Spinelli says, everything.

Maxie asks Griff for help. He tells her she’d be better off talking with friends or family, but she says she needs someone objective. She tells him about how Nathan walked in on Claudette and her lover and shot him. Griff says it sound like he acted in the heat of the moment, not in cold blood.

Jason meets with Sam. She says the prayer service was sad and it was all she could do not to tell everyone that Nicholas is tricking them. She also relays Dante’s message, that he’s grateful to Jason for saving his life. She asks if he found proof Nicholas is still alive.

Hayden tells Naomi she’s convinced Nicholas is gone.

Alexis tells Julian she’s going to just leave and he can explain it to everyone. He tells her to act normal for Lucas’s sake. Lucas enters with Carly, Bobbie and Brad.

Spinelli tells Nathan that Maxie deserves better. He says she’s glacial to give her trust and acts shallow to keep people at arm’s length. He says she invested her heart and made herself vulnerable to Nathan and he shattered her fragile trust. Nathan says he realizes all that, but wonders how Spinelli just showed up at this particular time.

Jason tells Sam about overhearing Spencer and Emma, and says he thinks Spencer knows Nicholas is alive. Sam wonders if she should talk to Spencer, but Jason says no. Jason thinks maybe Nicholas needs them. He remembers how Nicholas saved his life during the hotel fire and wonders how he fell so far. Sam says they have to find him.

Brad and Lucas thank Alexis and Julian for letting them have the wedding in their home. Lucas says that Julian and Alexis are a shining example of a solid couple. How he can’t sense the tension between them, I have no clue. Carly asks Alexis why she’s upset and if hypocrisy is weighing her down. I hate when Carly does this stuff. I mean, is this really appropriate right now? And who is she to talk? Like I’m so sure she’s never covered for Sonny.

Ava tells Julian that the cops came to see her and they’re looking at him for Carrrlos’s murder. He says there’s a loose end he can’t control and Ava asks if it’s Alexis. Ava asks what Alexis has on him, but Julian says the less she knows the better and he’s sorry he brought her into it.

Spinelli says his visit has nothing to do with what’s up with Maxie. Nathan says he hasn’t forgotten how Spinelli tried to break them up. Spinelli says Maxie might have been better off with him, but he and Ellie are solid. He tells Nathan to shape up or he’ll have to answer to him. Spinelli leaves and Nathan gets a call.

Griff says Nathan’s actions don’t sound premeditated. Maxie asks if he’s making excuses for Nathan.

Hayden tells Naomi that as much as they fought, what she and Nicholas had was real. She shows Naomi the picture that Nicholas sent of the diamonds. She says if she’d just decided to come home, Nicholas might still be alive.

Jason shows Sam a paper he found at Windemere from someone who does fake passports, but even better, he scored Nicolas’s laptop. Really? He wouldn’t have taken that?

Naomi talks about selling the diamonds, but Hayden says they’re gone. She says the Feds searched the hosue and all they found was the inventory. In true soap timing, two agents show up saying Hayden’s fingerprints are on the inventory.

Sam can’t get into Nicholas’s laptop, but Spinelli shows up just in time. He just goes from house to house, fixing stuff. Jason tells him that he’s regained a lot of his memory and he remembers his friend now. Spinelli is thrilled and says he missed him. Jason says ditto and Spinelli hugs Sam because hugging Jason is to awkward.

Maxie says she doesn’t know if she can let it go. Griff says everyone involved was in the wrong and Nathan had the gun on him; it’s not like he went out and got it. Maxie says Nathan isn’t the man she thought he was, but Griff asks if he isn’t still a good man, and adds he must be tortured by what he did. He says one mistake doesn’t define you and if it did, he’d be hiding in a cave. Maxie asks what mistake Griff made.

Julian suggests Ava leave the country. She says she has a piece of art that might be advantageous to show overseas. Because there’s no internet. She tells Julian to enjoy the wedding and good luck with Alexis.

I guess Lucy isn’t around because some stranger comes to marry Lucas and Brad. Julian tells them to get married before something else goes wrong. As they’re about to say their vows, there’s a knock at the door. It’s Nathan with another officer. Nathan apologizes for the interruption, but says he has a search warrant.

Griff tells Maxie he saves his confessions for church. Maxie wonders what happened to the guy Nathan shot. Griff says maybe he had his own problems, or it took a bullet to make him realize his wrongs and he felt just as bad as Nathan .

Julian tells them Alexis is representing him and she asks to see the warrant. Nathan goes upstairs while the officer keeps an eye on Julian. The wedding continues. Nathan and Brad have written their own vows.

Sam points Spinelli to the laptop. He says the hard drive has been wiped clean. Jason asks if he can do something and he says nothing is ever truly deleted and he’s been working on a recovery program.

The agent says they’ll have to take Hayden in. Naomi steps up and says she’s the one who blew the whistle on her husband, so they know they can trust her. She says that of course Hayden’s fingerprints are on the inventory. Before she discovered her husband’s ponzi scheme, she was updating their insurance on their assets. She goes down Memory Lane and says she asked Hayden to enter the inventory into a computer, and that’s why her fingerprints are on it. She says she has no idea what happened to the necklace and suggests either her husband hid it or an agent absconded with it. The agent bristles at that, but Naomi is like, come on, it’s not unheard of. She says there’s no evidence to support either scenario and her daughter is as innocent as the clients were. She says Hayden also just lost her husband, so back off.

Spinelli says it’s glorious to see Jason and Sam back together.The computer makes a bugle call sound like at the start of a race and the information pops up. Nicholas was planning to get away on a shipping vessel.

Ava calls Sonny from the plane and tells him she’s leaving town on business. She asks if Avery is awake and asks Sonny to put her near the phone.

Nathan comes down from upstairs. He starts to look through the living room. Alexis looks at Julian and looks away when he catches her.

The wedding vows continue. Brad and Lucas exchange rings. They kiss, confetti is thrown, and a champagne toast is made. Finally. The guys say thanks for letting them have the wedding there and the party breaks up. Julian and Alexis are left alone with Nathan and the officer. Nathan shows them the dagger.

Maxie admits that if she was defined by all the mistakes she made, no one would love her, and if there was no forgiveness, she’d be in the cave with Griff. She says Nathan is not that person with the gun, and she loves him. She says whatever is making Griff so sad, he’s not that person either.

The agent tells Hayden she might have her mother snowed, but not them and they’ll be back. Hayden asks her mother what the catch is. She says when she locates the diamonds, to remember what her mother did for her. She has to leave to attend her prison wives therapy group and asks Hayden if she’ll be okay by herself. She says she can see that Hayden really loved Nicholas and she’s truly sorry for her loss. She tells Hayden to give herself time to grieve.

Spinelli says there are three possible choices as to where Nicholas went and he bookmarked them. He has to leave and gets all happy again about Sam and Jason being together. Sam says she can’t believe Nicholas left, allowing his family to grieve and Jason to take the rap. There’s a knock at the door.

Nicholas is seated next to Ava on the plane.

Tomorrow, Nathan has found the murder weapon, a guy on the plane recognizes Nicholas, and Andre can’t side with…someone.

The Real Housewives of Dallas

Another chapter in the soap opera that is Leeanne.

We start off with the usual topic – poop – but this time it’s Travis wanting the dog picked up after. He and Stephanie discuss the Brian Nelson party – whatever that is. She suggests they remove “the nekkid girl,” who was there last year, from the guest list. Travis asks if Leeanne is coming and says people he works with are coming, so she can’t act crazy. Stephanie says she’ll take responsibility. Travis brings out the dreaded list and Stephanie says she can do it herself. She says if she can handle a birthday party, she can handle other stuff and doesn’t want any more lists. Travis agrees, but wants her to make sure that dog poop is picked up. Hmm…have Brandi or Leeanne been visiting the backyard?

Tiffany and Leeanne go to the gym. Leeanne says Tiffany has a 12-pack while she has a keg. Tiffany is house hunting again and Aaron is actually interested. The House of Blues gig has already led to some other things. Leeanne is still freaked at her own behavior in Austin. She says she’s a fun person until she’s not. Okay… They talk about the upcoming party and Tiffany isn’t looking forward to seeing Marie, who she thinks should own up to spreading the Leeanne crapping-her-pants story. Leeanne isn’t looking forward to seeing Cary. Tiffany suggests they skip it, but Leeanne says they’ll think she’s hiding after her display of temper.

Mark tells Cary that she’s out of Grey Goose and wonders if she had the gays over again. Ha-ha! They discuss getting out of town. Cary isn’t looking forward to the event either. She tells Mark about Leeanne spreading rumors that she’s a homewrecker. She says no one stands up to Leeanne because she’s a bully, and since she did, Leeanne is gunning for her.Mark shows her some pictures of fabulous over-priced houses in Switzerland. Cary suggests they stay in a hotel and meet with a realtor. Mark agrees.

Brandi and Bryan are getting the kids ready to go to Stephanie’s Brian Nelson party. (Who the blip is that anyway?) Brandi is happy that she and Bryan were able to communicate and Bryan realized he hasn’t been there for her the way he should be.

Cortney, Tiffany’s friend and realtor, shows her and Aaron a super modern looking home. he backyard is a little disappointing and there are a lot of construction noises. Aaron is concerned about interference with his recording and Tiffany suggests a studio. The realtor says they should get in before the neighborhood blows up. She says there’s another interested couple and they should move quickly. Aaron wonders how he can be in Nashville and in Dallas with Tiffany at the same time, but he wants to try with the Dallas thing. This is blowing my mind – a man who cares enough about his woman to change locations for her. A professional artist no less.

Brandi and family go bowling. Bryan talks to Brandi about wanting to get together with family on the 4th of July. In her interview, Brandi says that when Bryan got a clue, he decided he’d like their little girls to want to marry a man like him. Aww! Bryan has definitely improved.

It’s the day before the party and Brandi goes to Stephanie’s place to help with doody duty. They chat about Leeanne. Stephanie thinks all of the women have something on each other, and that Marie and Leeanne have an unhealthy relationship. Brandi says she’s glad to have a normal best friend and they jump on the trampoline.

Leeanne rehashes the Grace Project speech with Rich. She’s thinking of turning speaking into a career and is meeting with someone about it. Rich thinks she’s good at it and inspires many women. Yeah, when she’s not threatening them. She tells Rich it bothers her that she can bring her old anger to the surface so easily. She says she’d love to bury it, but it’s still a part of her and snowballs fast. She says it makes her flash back to being abandoned. She says she has to work one it. That’s nice and all, but as Dr. Phil would say, how’s that workin’ for ya? She needs therapy. Professional therapy.

Leeanne meets with Jeff Crilley, who works with speakers. They discuss her story and she says the fact that she’s even still alive is a miracle. She also wants to write her memoir, Designed to Shine, the title coming from something her grandmother used to say. Jeff tells her she doesn’t need a book and another staff member says it sounds like she’s still going through the healing process. In her interview, Leeanne says that just because she’s telling her story doesn’t mean she’s still there, and if she inspires and helps others, her story and life will have purpose. I’m floored that a total stranger picked up on something here. Leeanne might not still “be there,” but she reacts to things as though she is. Jeff discusses the monetary side, and says if they do their job right, eventually she can make a whole lot of cash.

Stephanie wants to discuss coordinating outfits for the party, but Bryan wants to run down his mental list. Stephanie is very on top of things, even without a list. She tells him you can lick the grass, it’s so clean.

Cary says the Brian Nelson party is a big social gala event. Okay, so I know that much now. Sigh. She discusses Leeanne with her hairdresser.

There are hundreds of people at the party. And lots of drinking. Leeanne feels she needs to show everyone she’s not the horrible person she was in Austin. Stephanie says she’s surprised to see Leeanne and should have uninvited her. In her interview, Cary says Marie is terrified of Leeanne, but wants to pretend like nothing happened. She and Stephanie discuss Leeanne spreading rumors about Cary. Cary says she wishes Leeanne would just say something to her face.

Cary tells Tiffany that Leeanne won’t even make eye contact. She says that Leeanne can’t be both a victim and a bully. Tiffany says that Leeanne isn’t being a bully just to be a bully, but it’s a reaction to things from her childhood. In her interview, Cary says that Tiffany is cool one on one, but when she’s with Leeanne, she’s like Leeanne’s lap dog.

More drinking. Some eating, but more drinking than eating. Tiffany is annoyed that Marie is having a good time with the other girls. She wants Marie to tell the truth about repeating the poopy Leeanne story. Marie says she didn’t repeat the story, and Tiffany says she’s lying. In her interview, Leeanne says this is the wrong place to be doing this and for once, we’re in agreement. Cary asks to talk to Leeanne.

Leeanne says she gets that Cary doesn’t approve of her and Cary says she can’t say anything without Leeanne turning it around somehow. She says Leeanne hasn’t been honest with her. Leeanne says she feels like Cary is manipulating the other girls to gang up on her. She says something in Cary doesn’t like her and she’s okay with that. Cary says one minute Leeanne plays the victim and the next she’s a bully. In her interview Cary says everyone has gone through things when they were younger, but that doesn’t give anyone an excuse for being an a-hole as an adult. As usual, Leeanne trashes Cary’s character and runs away, with Cary telling her she’s full of it. I wish she would have brought up Leeanne spreading those rumors, since I’d like to hear Leeanne’s response to that.

Leeanne runs back to Tiffany. In her interview, Tiffany says she left LA to get away from the crazies and ended up in a hotbed of other crazies, but she goes home with Aaron, so it’s all good.

This is the finale. Leeanne has gone to anger management. Good. And Rich still hasn’t proposed. Good.

Stephanie an Brandi jump in the pool with their clothing on.

It should be one helluva reunion.I see from the commercials that Andy will be donning his glasses for the occasion.

Southern Charm

Whitney introduces Patricia to her Pug granddog, Chauncey. This is all Whitney will ever have going for him – a really, really cute dog.

Craig visits Kathryn and sees baby Julien. Kathryn tells Craig that something is clicking with her and Thomas (bleh).

Thomas meets JD (who is apparently bucking for a permanent spot on the show) for lunch. Thomas felt the paternity talk at his shower wasn’t appropriate. He adds that Kathryn is doing a 180 and being the sweet Kathryn he loves. He’s going to have a baby unveiling at his house. JD asks if he’s inviting Whitney and Patricia and Thomas says no, but he is going to invite Landon.

Landon and her sister are having coconut soup, which makes my stomach flip, but it’s Landon’s favorite. Landon also makes my stomach flip. Her sister is worried about Landon’s lack of stability. Landon says both of her sisters have a lot going on and she’s floundering. She lets slip about confessing her love for Shep. Her sister suggests that Landon and Shep get drunk and have sex.

Shep tells Cameran about Landon’s confession. He says he was speechless. Cameran asks if he’s attracted to Landon. He says they made out once when she first came back to Charleston. He asks if they should give it a shot and Cameran says they should. I would only tell Shep this if I hated him.

Thomas (bleh) visits Kathryn and the kids. He does seem like a good father. In his interview, he says they’re not in a traditional marriage, but it’s times like this when he thinks it could work out. He tells her that he scratched Whitney and Patricia from the party list and she thanks him. She asks why he’s inviting Landon though, since he said he doesn’t want unsupportive people there. In his interview, Thomas says Landon has a million dollar smile, but I call it vapidity. Thomas asks Kathryn to be the bigger person, but Kathryn says she doesn’t want to go if Landon’s there.

Thomas (bleh) threatens to cancel the dinner. He wants to leave and Kathryn says no, they need to talk it out, so he climbs out the window. I’m not kidding. Not wanting to fall into old patterns, Kathryn decides to be the voice of reason and tells Thomas that it’s okay, he can invite Landon. He comes back in the window, and she tells him just make sure to have her back in case anything happens and he says that sounds fair. In her interview, Kathryn says she doesn’t want to lose the relationship she’s waited so long for. And now we know why Thomas is such a good father. He’s a child.

Cameran stops by Craig’s place and tells him about seeing a therapist regarding not wanting kids. She says before they got serious, she let her husband know that it wasn’t something she was interested in. They discuss going to Thomas’s party. Craig thinks Kathryn has changed for the better. Cameran agrees the party might be a good test to see if Thomas and Kathryn can behave like normal people.

Cooper and Kathryn go shopping. Jennifer calls and asks if Kathryn is going to be around this weekend and Kathryn makes excuses. She tells Jennifer she’ll call her back. Cooper asks what’s up with that and Kathryn says she’s been rethinking the Jennifer friendship.

Landon visits Patricia. I swear Landon can talk without her smile moving. It’s the weirdest thing and possibly a pageant talent. She tells Patricia about professing her love to Shep and how he just laughed. Patricia says no man is worth crying over and to move on. She suggests Landon turn up her look a notch. She also suggests Thomas as an alternative, but even Landon is smart enough to know that’s a bad idea.

Shep and his mother have lunch. Shep says in comparison to his siblings, he’s treading water. They talk about Shep’s romantic life and what he’s looking for. His mom says the older he gets, the more likely he’ll be to find the right person. Shep says he doesn’t want to disappoint everyone. He tells her about Landon and puts his head in his hands. Ha-ha! He thinks either it happens in the beginning or it doesn’t happen. His mom says sometimes it does happen later. He says Landon has a lot of great qualities, but she can be a pit bull. His mom is pretty chill about the whole thing and says things will happen when they happen. Lots of happenings.

Thomas (bleh) gets ready for his party. In her interview, Landon says she’s excited for Shep to see her all dressed up. Well, I can’t believe that has never happened before. In her interview, Kathryn says despite all the friction, no matter how the rest behave, she’s going to be on point.

Hors d’oeuvres are passed and JD asks for a house tour. I will give Thomas this, he had a beautiful job done with the house and I love that he didn’t modernize it too much. Kathryn grits her teeth when Landon comes in and I don’t blame her, hearing that screechy voice. In his interview, Shep says he refuses to have an awkward moment and in hers, Landon says she doesn’t know what to do. Cooper suggests Kathryn play hostess and break the ice with Landon.

Thomas seats everyone for dinner. Cooper is the poor man’s Truman Capote, the way he’s skulking around, practically taking notes. Thomas thanks them for coming and for being supportive. He says it wouldn’t be a true Ravenel dinner without some words of wisdom from the host. Wait for it…

He talks like he’s reading The Charge of the Light Brigade, and says he wants to offer words of wisdom to each of them. He tells Kathryn he’s proud of her and optimistic about the future. He tells Cameran she reminds him of his self-righteous, sanctimonious sisters. Cameran asks why he even wants her there and Craig needs a dictionary because he doesn’t know what the big words mean. Thomas tells Craig to just be real and stop being what he’s not. He suggests Shep take a look at Cameran and compares it to cleaning up a rusty something-or-other. What? He tells Landon she’s been catty and disrespectful to Kathryn and immediately Landon whines that she tried to be Kathryn’s friend. Kathryn feels vindicated, and Craig tells Thomas to be gentle. Thomas says he’d like them to be friends and Shep says it’s his fault more than anyone else’s. Thomas replies, asking Shep how much money he gets from his mommy for allowance and gets all kinds of insulting. Then he yells that he’s being attacked and tells everyone to get out. He asks Shep if he wants to step outside.

Well, bless Thomas’s heart. Isn’t he the fireball tonight.

Thomas says Shep can’t take the competition, but Shep says he doesn’t have to, because Thomas is the lesser man. On the patio, JD says he takes this as a stand for Kathryn. Cooper tries to get Thomas to settle down and Thomas tells everyone to get out again. Landon says she’s been a good friend to Thomas and Kathryn tells her she hasn’t. The group all squeezes into a golf cart. Thomas tells them to get off his property. He goes out to the street, hurling more insults at them, while Cooper continues to try and calm him down.

Next time – the finale – the group discusses the evening, Shep and Landon discuss possibilities, Craig tells Naomie he hasn’t been truthful, the Founders Ball happens, Kathryn says Thomas should ditch Landon, and Kathryn and Landon have it out. It’s going to be a busy night.

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June 12, 2016 – No Shahs, Just a Throne Game

Posted on June 13, 2016 by theresakp

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Because I watched the Tonys – what a shame Hamilton was such a loser – hahaha! – just kidding – congratulations to them – I only saw the first half of Shahs of Sunset. No doubt I’ll catch up with them later, but the takeaway point I was left with was that Tommy is done with MJ. What? He took his clothes and everything. I thought they were making babies together, and now this? Quel disappointment. I also don’t want Vida to be right.

Game of Thrones

We’re back at that play about the Lannisters. Lady Crane has taken Arya’s advice and put more anger in her monologue. The crowd goes wild. And I keep thinking about that carrot cake in my refrigerator.

Lady Crane is about to have her usual apres-monologue booze, when she hears Arya backstage. Arya is practically bleeding to death. Lady Crane dresses her wounds and tells Arya how she came to learn nursing; she was always stitching up her bad boy boyfriends. Lady Crane asks Arya to come with the troupe, but Arya say she can’t. She says there’s someone with no name after her. They talk for a while and Lady Crane gives Arya something to help her sleep.

A bunch of guys sit by a fire in the forest, jackassing around. I guess they’re the guys who killed The Hound’s peeps because he strolls right up and slaughters them.

Cool! It’s the market in Meereen. I’d love to haggle there. A woman makes a speech to a small crowd about how they should support Dany and wait for her. Tyrion and Varys stroll through the market. Tyrion hopes that Varys is right about his mission. Varys says if he doesn’t come back Tyrion will know he was wrong. That’s the spirit! Tyrion says he’ll miss Varys, and they part company.

The High Sparrow sends messengers to ask for Cersei. She says he can come see her, but the head messenger insists. Cersei says the Sparrow promised she could stay in the Red Keep until her trial, but the messenger says, oh no he didn’t. The Mountain comes out in his armor. The messenger says if Cersei doesn’t come willingly, there will be violence. Cersei says she chooses violence and The Mountain makes quick work of one of the messengers. Cersei tells the pretty startled speaker of the group that the Sparrow can come visit her any time.

A bunch of soldiers approach Brienne and Pod. She says she’s there to talk to Jaime and says she has his sword. At the camp, Bron goofs on Pod and then wonders if Brienne and Jaime are doing the nasty in the tent. Bron offers to give Pod fighting lessons. He immediately smacks Pod and says lesson number one is to understand that everyone wants to hit you.

Jaime and Brienne talk in the tent. She tells him about Sansa and says she’s come for The Blackfish. She tells Jaime that Sansa intends to take back her seat at Winterfell. She says he’s a knight and she knows there’s honor in him. and that he should take Riverrun without bloodshed. She says she’ll help him if he helps her. Jaime tells her The Blackfish is more stubborn than she is, but all right. Brienne asks for his word that if she helps him take Riverrun, he’ll give them safe passage. He agrees.

Brienne gives Oathkeeper to Jaime, saying that he gave it to her for a purpose and she’s achieved the purpose. He says it’s hers and always will be. Brienne tells him that if The Blackfish doesn’t surrender, honor compels her to fight on his side. Jaime says he understands and hopes it doesn’t come to that.

The Blackfish tells Brienne that he hasn’t seen Sansa since she was a kid and he doesn’t care. She tells him that Jaime is the one who sent her to get Sansa and she’s sworn to protect Sansa until she dies. She shows him the letter. He says he doesn’t have enough men to help Sansa take Winterfell. Brienne says he still has more than Sansa does. The Blackfish says he has his own home to defend and if Jaime wants the castle, he’ll have to take it. Brienne tells Pod to send Sansa a message that she failed.

Cersei is told that there’s to be a royal announcement in the throne room, but her place is in the gallery. Ouch! Tommen speaks about the faith and the crown, and how the Father judges them all. He announces when Loras’s and Cersei’s trials will be, adding there will be no more trial by combat. Uh-oh, there goes Cersei’s plan. He says it isn’t fair and helps the defendant to escape judgment, which I have to agree is true.

A maester sidles up to Cersei. He says he’s investigated a rumor and it’s about to blow the lid off the place. I’m paraphrasing.

Tyrion tells Greyworm and Missandei that Meereen has been reborn. Neither one of them is a drinker, but he insists they have a drink with him. He toasts to Dany and says anyone not drinking is disrespectful to their queen. Greyworm isn’t impressed with fermentation. Tyrion says he’d like to have his own vineyard and call his wine The Imp’s Delight. He tells a three-guys-walk-into-a-bar joke, but neither one of them get it. Missandei is liking the wine and Tyrion asks her to tell a joke. After she does, Greyworm tells her it’s the worst joke he’s ever heard. They start to relax and laugh a little, and suddenly Greyworm jumps up and runs out.

A load of ships are coming in and Missandei says the masters are back for their property.

Jaime apologizes to Edmure for the way the Freys treated him. Edmure says his uncle will never surrender the castle, so Jaime is wasting his time. Jaime says The Blackfish is an old guy and Edmure has a son now. Edmure says he’s never seen his son. Jaime says going against the crown has consequences. They go back and forth with Edmure finally calling Jaime an evil man. He asks how Jaime lives with himself.

Jaime says Edmure’s sister once hit him in the head with a rock and they sort of laugh. Jaime says he admired Catelyn. Edmure tells Jaime not to talk about her. Jaime says she was a lot like Cersei and would do anything to protect her children. Edmure asks what he really wants. Jaime says he loves Cersei and she needs him. He says he’ll do whatever he can to take Riverrun and get back to her. He says none of them mean anything to him except her. He’ll kill all the Tullys if he has to.

Edmure approaches the castle, saying he’s the rightful Lord of Riverrun and demands entry. The Blackfish tells the gatekeeper not to let him in, but the gatekeeper says he’s sworn to serve the Lord of Riverrun. The Blackfish says he’s not obeying the Lord of Riverrun; he’s obeying Jaime Lannister. The Blackfish says he’ll have his head first and the gatekeeper says The Blackfish is not the Lord of Riverrun. The Blackfish puts his sword away, since he can’t argue with that, and the drawbridge is lowered.

Edmure goes inside, saying nothing to The Blackfish. He goes upstairs and is welcomed home. He tells the gatekeeper that everyone is to lay down their arms and to open the gates. Jaime looks at the Freys like, ah-ha (in Nelson voice), I was right. The soldiers enter Riverrun. Edmure says to hand The Blackfish over to the Freys for poetic justice.

Brienne and Pod are leaving. Brienne tells The Blackfish to come with them, but he says it’s his family home and he hasn’t had a proper sword fight in years. I give him props for his chutzpah.

Jaime is told The Blackfish died fighting. He looks out over the castle wall and sees Brienne and Pod leaving in a boat. He and Brienne wave to each other. I guess they’ll always be friends, eh?

Meanwhile, Meereen is being bombarded with fire bombs from the ships. Greyworm is arguing with Tyrion. Greyworm says the army needs to wait for the masters to come to them and not go to the beach. Suddenly, a bunch of Ninja type guys come in and bow down. Dany has arrived.

The Hound hears people in the forest. He sees some guys about to be hung. The hangmen are Beric and Thoros from the Brotherhood Without Banners. The Hound realizes the hangees are part of the gang who killed Brother Ray and the others, and finds out they were also part of the Brotherhood. He wants to deal with them, but compromises with taking out two. He wants to use his ax, but Beric says they only do hanging. Again there’s a compromise where The Hound can cut off some fingers or something. He also takes a pair of boots from one of the dead guys.

The Hound shares supper with his old friends. Beric asks him to join them. The Hound says he tried that and it didn’t work. Beric tells him they need good men to help them. The Hound says last time they met, Beric wanted him dead. Beric says that the Lord of Light spared The Hound for a reason. He tells The Hound he can still help more than he’s harmed and it’s not too late.

Arya is recovering at Lady Crane’s place. A guy stops by while Arya is sleeping and Lady Crane gets a vial from the top of a cabinet.

Arya is startled awake and finds Lady Crane totally butchered. The Waif appears and says if Arya had done her job, Lady Crane would have died painlessly. Arya jumps from the balcony and runs, The Waif behind her. She’s pretty freakin’ fast too. They run through Braavos. Finally Arya looses The Waif, but gets herself lost.

Arya walks through a steam-room into the market and there’s The Waif. Arya jumps over a wall and takes an amazing tumble down a whole lot of stairs, upsetting quite a few merchants. She’s hurt, but manages to crawl away, The Waif trailing her. Why, I don’t know, but Arya goes through an alleyway where there’s no way out. The Waif follows with a knife.

Arya is crouched in a dark room. The Waif closes the door and tells Arya it will be over soon. Arya has Needle, but the Waif says that won’t help her.

Jaqen sees a trail of blood leading to the pool. He goes downstairs to where the faces are. He sees The Waif’s face among them. Behind him, Arya says he told The Waif not to kill her. He says yes and that finally a girl is no one. She says the girl is Arya Stark of Winterfell and she’s going home. Jaqen smiles. Kind of.

Next time, Jon is ready for war, and war it is. Looks like a doozie.

Jun11

June 10, 2016 – GH or Not to GH, No Shot at Hamilton & a Quote

Posted on June 11, 2016 by theresakp

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(rambling, random thoughts & recaps from today’s real time TV watching)

General Hospital – Thursday

A prayer service for Nicholas is being held at Windemere. Lulu and Dante arrive. Laura says she felt they could support each other. Spencer escorts Emma to the kitchen for cookies. Elizabeth tells Hayden she wants a truce.

Alexis tells Julian he’s holding the proof he killed somene, so how can he ask if there’s a chance for them? He says he still loves her and doesn’t want to lose her. Bleh. She asks if he loved her when he ripped the shirt out of her hand and grabbed her arm. He tells her he’s trying to protect them. She tries to get the shirt back again, and when he pulls it away, she says he’s the only one he’s trying to protect. He tries to turn it around, intimating that she took vows and she’s not standing by him. Boo-hoo. She says he’s not the only one who could get in trouble.

Griff tells Lucas that if God was testing him by putting Carrrlos in his path, he’s not sure if he passed the test. He says he’s on a leave of absence from his diocese. Lucas wonders how Griff feels about his gayness. Griff tells Lucas that he and his church don’t always see eye to eye, along with some kumbaya stuff, but says that has nothing to do with him keeping his being a priest a secret.

Spinelli shows up at Maxie and Nathan’s. They’re still arguing and he suggests coming back after they’ve kissed and made up. Maxie says that won’t be happening. Spinelli says statistics say arguments like these usually lead to a night of passion. He goes to make some tea and Nathan tells Maxie he’ll always regret his actions with Claudette. Maxie tells Nathan she needs time to process everything. He leaves and Spinelli asks Maxie what’s going on.

Sam wants to look for evidence during the gathering at Windemere, but Jason says the others might be wise to her. He’s going to take a boat to the other side of the island and sneak in. He says the cops are only looking for the obvious, but he’ll know what he’s looking for when he finds it. He says Nicholas was desperate, and desperate men make mistakes. He tells her to stick with the group and he’ll text her when he’s done.

Elizabeth tells Hayden that for tonight, they’re here for Nicholas. When that’s over, they can go back to hating each other.

Spencer asks if Emma knows what kind of party she’s at. Emma says they’re getting together to pray for his father’s return. Spencer says he knows for a fact that Nicholas isn’t coming back. Hayden goes to the door and Naomi is there. Naomi says she’s there for moral support and Hayden says Naomi is there to look for the diamonds. She blames Hayden for losing them and goes in to the drawing room.

Laura and Lulu are concerned about Spencer, but Lulu says Dante is doing his best to get through to him. Dante tells Spencer there’s no evidence to prove his father isn’t coming back. Spencer says it’s better to accept the obvious. He doesn’t want to grieve for his father twice.

Alexis tells Julian since he has the shirt, he wins. All he has to do is destroy it. Without evidence, the only thing she has is hearsay. He says he loves her. She tells him he can have her or get away with murder, but not both. He leaves with the shirt and she dissolves into tears.

Alexis calls Diane and tells her something came up and she can’t explain right now. She says the evidence is gone and she can’t get it back, but she’s not letting Julian get away with murder. Julian barbecues the shirt.

Spinelli says when he received Maxie’s call about her engagement, little did he know things would deteriorate so quickly. She says something about Nathan’s first wife. When Spinelli looks surprised, she says yeah, he forgot to mention it to her too, and explains how the details came out.

Nathan sees Griff at the hospital. He says Griff managed to save his life and ruin it at the same time.

Hayden introduces her mother to Laura. Laura says her hope is that Nicholas will return to them. When Laura steps away, Naomi asks Hayden if she thinks Nicholas is coming back. She says no, but she wishes he would. Laura thanks everyone for coming. She says they’re all missing Nicholas and hoping for answers and wishing for the best. Spencer says Nicholas is gone and the drawing room doors open.

Jason skulks around Nicholas’s bedroom. He checks the trash, like no one would have done that.

Sam enters the drawing room. Dante asks where Jason is and she says she wishes she knew. Like he’d be showing up there in the first place. Lulu thanks Laura for arranging everything. She says she wants to be drawing on her love for Nicholas, but her fear is overpowering her feelings. She says seeing all of them makes her feel less alone. Spencer asks to be excused and leaves with Emma.

Jason goes through drawers and finds a notepad.

Spinelli says it didn’t sound like happiest of unions and the green card thing is illegal. He says maybe Nathan didn’t want to relive it. Maxie says they got past it and started planning the wedding, but that was just the tip of the iceberg. She wants to tell him the rest, but Nathan made her swear not to. He asks for a hint. She says she can’t talk about it to anyone and suddenly spaces out for a moment. She says she has to go and she’ll talk to him later.

Nathan tells Griff that he said to be honest and now Maxie doesn’t want to be with him any more. Geez, isn’t Nathan a little old to be blaming the people he takes advice from when it backfires? Griff says he’s sorry to hear that, but he can’t get any more involved than he is already. He suggests they see a therapist or talk to family members, but whatever they decide, leave him out of it.

Lucas goes to Julian and Alexis’s place, and Alexis let’s him in. He thanks her for volunteering the house for his and Brad’s wedding and she has no idea what he’s talking about. He says Julian told them they could have the wedding there – tonight. Lucas can see how surprised she is and says he’ll change the date, but she says no, they should go ahead. He tells her he’s glad Julian found her. When he leaves, Alexis relives finding out that Julian killed Carrrlos. She’s about to get out the dagger when Julian walks in. What have I said about his timing? He asks if he shouldn’t have come back and she says where else should he be an hour before his son’s wedding that he didn’t bother telling her about.

Spencer gives Emma a handmade heart to remember him by and I wonder if he used the diamonds on it. Jason watches unbeknownst to them. Emma asks where Spencer is going and he says nowhere, but she’ll be going back to California. When they leave, Jason comes back out of his hiding place.

Hayden says if Nicholas could see all of them there, nothing would stop him from coming back to them. Laura asks for a moment of silence to pray for his safe return. Naomi whisper asks to Hayden who else knows about the diamonds.

Dante asks if there’s anything Sam can tell him about where Jason is. She says the only thing he said was for her not to go anywhere. Dante says Jason saved his life and he’s grateful. She says if she hears from him, she’ll tell him to contact Dante. When Dante leaves, Elizabeth tells Sam to tell Jason to be careful because something is very wrong.

Maxie runs into the hospital and asks Griff to put on his priest hat because she has to talk to someone about her fiance. He says he’s the last person she should talk to.

Spinelli is trying to get information about Claudette when Nathan comes back.

Naomi asks Elizabeth how long she’s lived in Port Charles. Laura goes to check on Spencer and sees him with Emma. Spencer tells her again he knows Nicholas isn’t coming back.

Jason texts Sam that he’s out. Dante goes into the hallway to make a call and asks for a tail on Sam who just left.

Julian asks Alexis if they can move past it. She asks how he could throw their future away. He says he never thought they’d be in this position; he thought they were a team and were still together.

Tomorrow, Hayden tells Naomi they’re having her arrested, Ava skips town, and Spinelli uncovers some dirt.

General Hospital – Friday

Today, GH was pre-empted and ABC showed a repeat because of the Mohammed Ali funeral in some areas.

So, in lieu of that, I have a little tirade.

Hamilton

Normally, I don’t write about theatre, but at one time I was on Broadway – okay, it was 103rd Street and Broadway, but technically, it was still Broadway – so I feel compelled to air my grievances about the discouraging way the tickets for this are being handled.

I keep praying I either wake up rich so I could afford to see it, or wake up stupid so that I no longer want to. While it’s not bad enough tickets are already astronomically priced and the show is sold out until January, in order to combat scalping, ticket prices are rising even higher for this particular show. That’s right, instead of punishing the people breaking the law, the audience is being penalized.(While it’s not a crime to resell a ticket, it is if you’re going to rob someone blind, not to mention the problem of fake tickets), I guess they figure fewer scalpers will shell out the original price and don’t care if the people wanting to see the show have to suffer for that. Supposedly, as a consolation prize, they will be adding more tickets to the daily lottery. Oh yay! My odds will be a percentage of a percentage of a percent better now.

Part of the charm of this show is that it’s about a nobody’s rise from poverty to being a key figure in forming a new nation, as well as the casting being all inclusive. However, the rest of us nobodies are being excluded by our bank balances. I’m disappointed that Lin-Manuel Miranda isn’t being vocal about this. Especially since he’s spoken out about other forms of audience rip-offs.

Lest you think an actor has no say in the matter, I don’t buy that. As a matter-of-fact, I personally blame Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane for the original exorbitant rise in ticket prices. It happened during their run in The Producers when they insisted on more money because they were now big stars, and apparently cared less about the work and those who would like to see it, than their wallets. There have certainly been musicians in the past who have stepped in and stopped such thievery of their fans, but Broadway actors seem to have ceased caring.

That’s sad, coming from a place where the work, and the enjoyment of the audience, should be first and foremost. And everyone should get a fair shot at tickets.

Quote of the Week

If you don’t try at anything, you can’t fail. April (Kate Winslet) in Revolutionary Road.

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June 8, 2016 – GH, Big Apple Little Women & Wives

Posted on June 9, 2016 by theresakp

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What I Watched Today
(rambling, random thoughts & recaps from today’s real time TV watching)

General Hospital

Sonny tells Ava that messing with Morgan is going to cost her. Sonny says he saw her name in the log book at the hospital and wants to know what she told Morgan. She says she’s trying to protect her daughter.

Andre is pleased with Morgan’s progress. He starts to tell Morgan that he’s ready for release and Morgan stops him. Morgan says he feels settled where he is and Andre asks if he thinks he’d be unsettled in the outside world. Morgan says it’s safe at the hospital.

Tracy walks in on Kiki and Dillon. Kiki says she has to jet, but she’s looking forward to their date. Tracy asks Dillon when this happened. Dillon says he’s a grown man and refuses to have this conversation with his mother. Tracy says she has more important things to discuss anyway – she wants photos of baby Edward in the rose garden. He says he’s happy to do it as long as she realizes she’s not baby Eduardo‘s mother, Sabrrrina is.

Paul and Anna start to question Sabrrrina when Michael comes in with a lawyer. Sabrrrina says she’s been advised of her rights and wants to talk. She thanks Michael, but says she knew she was breaking the law and wants to give her full cooperation.

Julian asks if Alexis is looking for the shirt that’s in his hand. D’oh! She’d better make something up quick. She says yep, that’s what she was looking for. She says she hated what he did so she held on to the evidence. He says that’s the most honest she’s been in days. He asks if she was going to turn him in and she says she changed her mind.

Sabrrrina says she knows what she did was wrong, but Carrrlos was her baby’s father and she thought she had nothing left in Port Charles. Anna asks if Carrrlos ever talked about Duke’s murder or Julian. Sabrrrina says he never discussed those things with her. Paul is disappointed.

Ava says Kiki was shot because of Morgan and she’s not letting it happen again. Sonny says the shooting was ultimately her fault. She says Morgan is bi-polar and has shown manic behavior. Sonny says he’s on his meds now and getting better. Ava says he wants Kiki to take care of him the way Carly takes care of Sonny. He says it’s not the same thing and Ava says he’s right, Carly is a ruthless bitch who will never leave Sonny as long as he has money, and Kiki isn’t equipped to deal with Morgan’s problems.

Andre tells Morgan he knows what happens when he doesn’t take his meds or go to therapy. Morgan says it’s better than it was in the beginning. He says he feels like an outsider and a freak though, so he thinks it would be better to stay there.

Julian asks why she changed her mind and Alexis says because of Lucas. She saw how he tended to his son and saw the man she fell in love with, and decided to destroy the shirt. Julian says how about they destroy it together? You know, one of those fun, bonding activities that couples do.

Sonny says he understands how bi-polar affects a person, but he also knows Morgan is better and thinks he and Kiki should decide what they want to do. He says because of Ava, Morgan struggled and crashed more, and that she played with his fears and insecurities. He says for Avery’s sake, he’s going to let her live, but if she keeps messing with his son, she won’t like how he retaliates.

Morgan says once he leaves, everything centers around how he manages his illness, and what if he messes up? Andre says everyone messes up and his best advice is for Morgan to embrace his future, and due to his hard work, he’ll have a future. He says they’ll establish a transition plan where he sees Andre privately. Andre says he’ll have a job and a social life and a whole lot more, and that’s his professional opinion.

Paul tells Anna he can’t risk letting Sabrrrina go. Anna says she has significant ties to Port Charles, starting with her child, and if they need her, she’ll cooperate.

Tracy says Sabrrrina aided and abetted a fugitive. Dillon says Michael has gotten her legal representation. Tracy says Edward needs a mother’s guidance and while she’s made mistakes, she’s not Medea. (No, that’s Helena – my own inside joke since I saw Constance Towers in Medea on Broadway. ) Dillon says Tracy was the perfect mother for him, just like Sabrrrina will be the perfect mother for Edward.

Julian says once the shirt is gone, this will finally be over. He’s about to put it in the fire and Alexis grabs it back. Julian says she was never going to destroy the shirt; she was going to give it to the cops and that’s why Diane was there. He says he’d hoped he was wrong, but she’s been lying to him this whole time. Alexis says, no, you.

She says he lied to her even before they were married. She says there’s no justification for any of it. He’s sworn he was out and did it for her and their children. She says instead he brought the mob into her life and their children’s lives. She goes on a little about all men being the same and Julian stupidly insists he did it for them.

Anna tells Paul it will do no good to separate Sabrrrina from her son. Paul tells Sabrrrina he’s decided to drop the charges, but his office is trusting her to stick around in case they need her to testify. She leaves with Michael and her almost lawyer. Sabrrrina tells Anna she plans on doing everything she can to repay her kindness and Anna says just be a good mother to her son and that will be enough.

Sonny visits Morgan and tells him he knows about Ava. Morgan says it was his decision to break up with Kiki and Sonny is intruding. Sonny says he’s proud of what Morgan has accomplished and will support whatever decisions he makes, as long as someone else isn’t yanking his chain.

Ava sees Kiki in the park. Kiki is wearing the most precious summer dress that has tiny buttons going down it. Ava says Kiki looks happy. Kiki says she and Dillon had a great time at the concert and they’re going on a date. Ava says he seems like a very nice young man. Ava asks if Kiki wants to get some lemonade and talk about her date. Kiki suggests they keep their interests separate since things are calm now.

Tracy and Dillon look over the pictures, which he’s taken in record time. Michael and Sabrrrina come in and Michael says the charges were dropped. Sabrrrina asks where her son is. Tracy says the baby is sleeping. Sabrrrina says the easiest thing would be for them to move back in with Felix. Tracy suggests she move in there. She says she likes having the baby there and since Sabrrina’s legal situation has changed, she’s calling family services to have custody returned, providing Sabrrrina never disappears again. Sabrrrina says she values Tracy’s friendship and she’s stuck with her now. I’m glad they made up. I’ve always had girlfriends of all ages and you don’t often see a female friendship like this on TV shows.

Anna asks Paul what this favor is going to cost her. Paul says he’d like to wipe the slate clean and leave their mistakes in the past. He says second chances are rare, and he got one, so she owes him nothing. She says she wants something from him then.

Julian says he’s never had as strong a bond with anyone and didn’t realize it was conditional. Alexis says she didn’t know refraining from homicide was a condition. He grabs the shirt back and asks her if she’s willing to throw everything away. He grabs her arm. Man, I would so punch this dude in the face at this point.

Sonny tells Morgan it’s okay if they don’t agree on everything. Morgan says it’s good to feel that Sonny has his back though. He tells Sonny about his conversation with Andre and that he’ll be getting out soon.

Ava asks Kiki if she’d like to go to the mall and do some shopping. No interference or meddling, she just wants to get something new for Kiki to wear on her date.

In the hallway, Dillon tells Tracy he’s proud of her. She says she’ll get the best of both worlds, having the baby with her without the responsibility. Sabrrrina asks Michael if he’s okay with her staying there and he says they have plenty of time to talk about everything.

Anna tells Paul her first priority is to build a case against Julian. She wants her old position back as special investigator for the DA. Paul says short of a miracle there’s no way to tie Julian to Duke’s murder. She says she can build a case against him for Carrrlos’s murder though.

Julian apologizes. He tells Alexis if she turns the shirt over to the police, he goes to prison, and is it worth throwing everything away for someone like Carrrlos? He asks if their marriage still has a chance.

Tomorrow, Spinelli!, Alexis says either Julian can have her or get away with murder, and Dante tells Spencer there’s no evidence his father was murdered.

Little Women NY

In lieu of getting Lila out of the baby shower, Jess walks out. Jason asks Lila if she forgot what happened when Terra came to her party and what an asshat she was about it. Dawn interjects that Katie needs all the help she can get which has nothing to do with this. Jason tells her to shut up. (Thank you.) Lila insists it isn’t the same thing and actually she’s right, since Katie specifically said she didn’t want her at the shower beforehand. Since I’m not in a great mood to begin with, this is infuriating me. If it wasn’t for the fact that Katie is having difficulty already, I wish she’d show up and kick Lila out herself.

Jess says she’s not going to miss her best friend’s baby shower and clearly Lila isn’t leaving, so she’s just going to roll with it. Katie comes in wondering wtf Lila is doing there. Lila says that Katie didn’t acknowledge her which is rude. No. What’s rude is showing up at a party you’re not invited to. Katie talks to Jess in the bedroom who suggests they just get it over with. Katie says she’ll give it an hour.

Jason asks about the doctor visit. Katie says the baby is six pounds, but she’s still keeping her in for another week. When Katie opens her gift, Lila forces herself into a picture with Katie. Jess gives Katie some gag gifts which Lila doesn’t understand. In her interview, Jess says she might have given Katie some douche, but Lila is one.

Lila takes Katie aside and apologizes for past stuff and says she wants to be there for Katie. She keeps saying she’s there out of love, but how is it love making a pregnant woman’s blood pressure skyrocket? Lila says that Jess seems like a guard dog, keeping them from getting to know one another. She tells Katie that Jess is drinking whiskey. Oh horrors! A drink? At a party?? What is she thinking??? Basically Lila has nothing good to say about Jess and both Katie and I wish she’d disappear.

Jason rehashes the Terra thing with Jazmin, relating it to Lila showing up at the shower. Lila pops in and doesn’t understand the comparison. She says Terra didn’t come with good intentions. How she came to this conclusion, I have no clue, since she started screaming in Terra’s face the second she saw her. Lila also doesn’t seem to get that it was Jason’s party too, and Terra was his friend. He says she could have sucked it up. Lila is so delusional. Jazmin says she’s done with the both of them arguing. Reality TV, where people consistently show up at parties they’re not invited to.

DJ and Jason go out for drinks. Jason says it’s tough with DJ living in another state, and he needs nights like this to get away from the drama in his own apartment. DJ asks if Jason wants to move in with him, but Jason doesn’t want to move to Connecticut. DJ says at some point, he’ll either have to get a job in New York, or Jason will have to make the move to live with him. Jason says it’s either here or LA for him.

PJ and Katie take a baby prep class where they learn swaddling, diaper changing and such. They don’t seem very prepared, since they don’t even have a car seat. Katie wonders how something so little can require so much stuff. Well, let me tell you about all the stuff I have for my little dogs. I’m quite sure I’ll meet my end slipping on a dog toy. Katie says it’s exciting, but overwhelming, and wonders how they’re paying for everything. She’s concerned that PJ doesn’t realize how much responsibility a baby is.

Dawn’s friend, Doris, is in town and they get together with Lila. Doris is also a paralegal. They discuss dating. Lila has been on Tinder and had a date last night. Dawn is apalled that Lila is having random men she’s met online come over. Dawn says maybe meeting for coffee is a better idea, but Lila says it’s not coffee she’s looking for. While I can’t stand Dawn’s delivery, I have to agree that this probably isn’t safe.

Stupid moronic busybodies Dawn and Lila meet with Katie’s mother, so they can stick their nose in someone else’s business. Katie’s mother says PJ hasn’t been as responsible as she’d like him to be. Lila says the reason she pushed herself into the party was because she’s worried about Katie. They ask about PJ’s employment. Katie’s mother says she’s been supplementing them while PJ works on his music. Dawn expresses her concern over his lack of employment and says she’ll talk to him. Because that’s totally appropriate. I’m starting to despise these two at this point. Seriously, it seems like there’s something wrong with them.

Jason video chats with his brother, Jonathan, who is pretty cute. Jason tells him about PJ wanting him to move in, but he’s worried about his parents accepting that he’s gay. Jonathan thinks he should wait before making any more moves, since their parents are just getting used to him moving away from home. Jason is afraid DJ will leave him. Jonathan says he should be careful, since this is his first relationship, and that if DJ really cares about him, he should be willing to wait. Good advice. Jason is too young to make major changes in his life for someone else.

Jazmin meets her trainer, Mike, in Central Park. She invites Jess, who is glad for a drama free afternoon. They talk about how gaining even two pounds can be excessive for a little person. They talk about Katie and PJ. Jazmin hopes that PJ doesn’t look to Jess for all the answers. Jess says she has no problem telling PJ to figure it out for himself. OMG – none of my friends has ever had their nose this far into my business without me asking them to.

Katie is at the laundromat. Lila and Dawn come to help and she hopes that they’re not going to just piss her off. In her interview, Dawn has a lot to say about PJ. She tells Katie that she and Lila had lunch with her mom. She says she’s concerned about PJ not helping her enough. In her interview, Katie says their help is turning into the opposite of help. Katie tries to explain that she loves PJ. They barrage her with questions and Dawn says PJ should be more of a man. Katie says their nitpicking is getting annoying and maybe that’s why the both of them are single. She starts to get angry and says she’s sick of them being in her business. A lot of what she says is bleeped. Katie walks out, the two morons trailing behind her.

Dawn grasps at Katie for a hug. Lila has the good sense to leave, but Dawn keeps harping at Katie about PJ. Dawn says she and Lila will finish up the clothes and drop them off. In her interview, Katie says whenever she’s around these two, her blood pressure rises and she starts to cramp. She calls her mother who thinks they should head for the hospital. She calls PJ and tells him her mother thinks she’s going into labor and they’re picking him up on the way to the hospital.

In the car, Katie tells her mother and PJ about what happened at the laundromat. She says she doesn’t need her mother conspiring with “those two little snobs and airing her business.” She tells her mother she’s glad she’s there, but she wishes she could keep her mouth shut around the judgmental ones.

Next time, there’s concern about the baby flippig, Dawn outs Lila about Tinder, Lila gives Dawn a good push <snort>.

The Real Housewives of New York City

Bethenny tells The Countess that she shouldn’t send someone an apology and then talk smack about them. She says no one can have an honest conversation with her because she’s not honest. She brings up what The Countess has said about Carole, and The Countess has the audacity to say she wishes Carole well. Carole says she constantly criticizes her for having a relationship with a younger man when she dates younger men all the time. The Countess claims she owns her stuff. Carole says there’s been no end to the ugly things The Countess has said about her.

Dorinda pulls out a Twister game and Jules is on board. The argument in the kitchen continues while they play.

Bethenny says women feel like The Countess is the person they don’t want their men around.

Meanwhile, at Chateau Morgan, the interns are assisting Sonja in making a care package for her daughter, who’s away at school. She claims she’s going to stop drinking. Not because she needs to, but just to shut the others up.

Bethenny says The Countess brings out something in other women. She uses Ramona as an example and The Countess says Ramona is miffed because she wants to date the guy The Countess is dating. Bethenny says the bottom line is that she criticizes others for the same things she does. The Countess says that only Bethenny thinks that, but Carole concurs that The Countess has that reputation. The Countess tries to drag Dorinda into it and in her interview, Dorinda says she wants to burn her house down right now.

In her interview, The Countess says they can’t burn her because she’s Teflon. Um… Bethenny tells her that saying she’s mentoring Sonja is demented. The Countess says she’s concerned for Sonja and she just wants her to know she cares. Dorinda isn’t thrilled about The Countess being upset. The Countess says Bethenny is trying to take Sonja down because of the Tipsy Girl thing, but Bethenny says she wants nothing to do with that. She adds that The Countess wasn’t there, so she’s only discussing what’s between the two of them, not between her and Sonja.

They sit down to eat, as if anyone has an appetite. Santa arrives! Santa asks who’s been naughty or nice, and passes out gifts. I’m not sure who Santa is, but I don’t think Santa is a guy. The gifts are personalized wine glasses that hold an entire bottle. Just what this group needs. In her interview, Carole says she’s tired of pretending and doesn’t want to be around The Countess anymore. She leaves the table. Bethenny says she’s sorry for the way she spoke, but The Countess is cunning and crafty.

Ramona tells The Countess that she has the habit of moving in on other women’s men because she needs the attention that someone else is getting. She gives her an example of when she was flirting with a guy and went to the ladies room. When she returned, The Countess refused to give her the seat back. The Countess says she likes to flirt and Bethenny calls her a barracuda. Bethenny says the bottom line is that she’s not a girl’s girl. The Countess insists she has never stolen a man away from anyone, but that’s not exactly what Bethenny and Ramona are talking about. I can identify with this. I’ve met those women who don’t like other women. One time, at a dinner after a show I’d worked on, one of the cast members had shown some interest in me and we were talking. Another girl actually squeezed a chair in between us and turned her back to me. This is the kind of crap The Countess pulls. And just for the record, I was the one who ended up going out with him.

The Countess says she just doesn’t see it the same way. Like Bill Murray in Meatballs, Bethenny says it just doesn’t matter and decides to go to bed, even though it’s only nine o’clock. Dorinda asks The Countess if she understands now why she didn’t want Sonja there. The Countess says she loves Dorinda, but it’s a real shitshow. In her interview, Dorinda says no matter what you present to them, this group can ruin it.

In the morning, Bethenny tells Carole she has an argument hangover. She can’t believe she said the things she did. They both agree that if they were told any of the things Bethenny said, it would be over. Bethenny has plans to just put her jacket on over her pajamas and get in the car.

Jules says despite the insanity, she was able to relax and didn’t even call her kids. Bethenny and Carole sneak out without saying good-by. When they’re noticed, they think better of it and go back in after loading the car. We flash back to when they ditched everyone at Jules’s place. Bethenny apologizes to Dorinda, who takes it like a champ. In her interview, Dorinda says it wasn’t very respectful.

The Countess tells Dorinda what a gorgeous place she has. Dorinda had been hopeful that everyone would relax and enjoy the holidays. As the others depart, she says she loves them for coming, but also loves them for leaving.

Jules and Michael are still looking for a nanny. She says she’s been so busy, her armpit hairs are three inches long. Eww! Unless you’re in Europe. She makes some coffee and actually gets it right. My Lord, what has this woman done her whole life that she can’t multi-task in the shower or brew coffee?

Carole visits Bethenny who makes avocado toast. Carole doesn’t feel like The Countess was sincere with her apology, but it’s fine since not everyone has to be friends. Bethenny says she wasn’t trying to slut shame, she just doesn’t like the hypocrisy. She says she gets possessed by the devil in the Berkshires and is never going there again.

Yet another holiday party at a restaurant with Ramona as hostess. She has the ill-conceived notion that somehow everyone will get along. The Countess arrives first. Ramona tells her that she should have apologized to Carole sooner. She also says she told Sonja to stop sounding like a broken record and make things right with Bethenny about the Tipsy Girl business. No. She should just shut up altogether.

Everyone arrives and the appetizers are passed. The Countess sits next to Bethenny, who really doesn’t want to talk to her. Carole is on Bethenny’s other side and The Countess talks over her, telling Carole that she’s sincerely sorry for the things she said. Carole says she appreciates it. In her interview, Carole says this apology seems slightly more sincere. The Countess tries to apologize to Bethenny again. Bethenny says she didn’t mean to get crazy, but the Skinny Girl thing set her off. She says The Countess just needs to say for once that she had nothing to do with it, and she does. So are we putting this to bed now?

They talk about The Countess’s boyfriend and how he might be “the one.”In her interview, Bethenny says The Countess has relationships in dog years, by the second date, she has her wedding dress ready. Bethenny excuses herself to use the phone and Sonja arrives. In her interview, Sonja says she kept getting texts from the Berkshires that if she doesn’t drop Skinny Girl, Bethenny will never talk to her again, but not from Bethenny.

Ramona tries to get Sonja to talk to Bethenny, who disappears like Houdini. Ramona reports to The Countess that Sonja is being stubborn, so The Countess confronts Sonja. She claims that Sonja said she was dropping the whole thing and fixing it with Bethenny. Sonja says she never said any such thing. Dorinda says it’s a good thing she wasn’t in the Berkshires. Sonja says if Bethenny wanted to talk to her, she would. Ramona says she needs to fix it, but Sonja says she’s not going to chase her down. Apparently, Sonja was the text happy one over the weekend. Sonja gets loud, trying to correct the misconceptions about her texts.

Sonja says that she might have been able to communicate with Bethenny in the Berkshires and gets on Dorinda’s case for excluding her. Dorinda says she didn’t think it would be a healthy environment and she stands by her decision. Sonja whines that they gang up on her all the time and leaves.

The Countess tells her not to leave and she whines some more. She says she tried to talk to Bethenny, but she left. She screeches at The Countess in the stairwell, repeating herself. She says Carole told her Bethenny had no hard feelings, so what are these? Soft boiled? Okay, that was kind of funny.

In her interview, Carole says she thinks Sonja is a decent person, but doesn’t think she even thought about Bethenny when she saw the opportunity to make money. Ramona makes a happy holidays, God bless us every one toast.

Next time, The Countess talks about getting married, Ramona tells The Countess about Tom, another couples dinner and The Countess annoys Bethenny.

Jun8

June 7, 2016 – GH & Below the Mediterranean Deck

Posted on June 8, 2016 by theresakp

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What I Watched Today
(rambling, random thoughts & recaps from today’s real time TV watching)

General Hospital

Maxie comes back to the apartment and Nathan asks her if they’re still together. He says they can work through it. She says they have something they need to talk about. She asks why he’s been lying to her throughout their entire relationship. She asks would he have lied to her their entire life if he hadn’t blurted something out when he was on medication? Nathan says probably. He explains again what happened with Claudette and says when he realized her lover wasn’t going to press charges, he just wanted to forget. Maxie says she’s not upset because he made a mistake, but because she thought he was the one person who wouldn’t lie to her. (Note this clue, fellas – we’re never nearly as mad about the thing you did as you lying about it.) Maxie says he had the opportunity to tell her everything when she found the glove, but he chose to continue lying. She says lies she’s told have affected every relationship in her life and she knows now that real love comes from trust. Now the trust is broken, and she’s not sure she can get it back.

Kristina invites Aaron over, telling him she has a great opportunity for him. She makes him cover his eyes and talks about how impressed he was with Sonny. She gives him a bag of Corinthos Coffee and says her dad has agreed to let him sell it. He tells her how much he appreciates it and how cool she is.

The morning after the Glamour Boys concert, Kiki brings breakfast to Dillon at the office. He says she deserves something in return.

Morgan pouts, thinking about seeing Dillon kiss Kiki. Sonny comes in and asks why he’s so upset. Morgan says it’s just a game he was playing that he sucks at, but Sonny isn’t buying it. Sonny brings up how Morgan wanted to leave the Nurses Ball early. He asks Morgan what happened when he went backstage and Morgan tells him about Dillon and Kiki.

Ava sees Julian at the hospital. He tells her Lucas is going to make a full recovery. She wonders why Alexis isn’t there.

She isn’t there because she’s meeting Diane in the park. Diane asks what happened to their plan to turn Julian in and Alexis says she didn’t want to do that in the middle of Lucas being in a coma. Diane says since the prognosis is good now, she can turn Julian in and avoid prosecution herself.

Kiki opens the box and it’s a T-shirt from the Glamour Boys concert. They talk about how she was in love with them once and how they haven’t aged well. He gives her a second shirt to sell “and put her little sister through college.” Good luck with that. He probably believes that elephant Beanie goes for five grand on eBay too. He asks Kiki to go on a real date with him.

Julian tells Ava that Alexis had to deal with some legal problems. Ava says that’s a vague excuse. She asks about Carrrlos’s death, but Julian says there’s nothing to connect him to it and he’s in the clear.

Diane tells Alexis she has to turn the evidence into the police immediately. She says she has something else to do first. Diane realizes that Alexis wants to give Julian a heads up. She tells Alexis how he rewarded Carrrlos for not turning him in by stabbing him to death, and says it will be the last thing Alexis ever does if she warns him.

Morgan tells Sonny about how he told Kiki to move on. He uses the word “we,” and Sonny wonders what Morgan isn’t telling him.

Ava doesn’t think that Alexis will keep Julian’s secret. Julian says no matter how much he loves Alexis, it doesn’t change who he is. He says if the investigation into Carrrlos’s death gets any traction, he has the resources to silence whoever permanently.

Aaron says it’s not that he’s completely blown away, but he doesn’t have the funds for a food cart right now. Kristina tells him that there’s a place for sale and maybe he could run it. She suggests setting up a meeting with Sonny. He tells Kristina how wonderful she is again and they kiss.

Kiki tells Dillon she’s still not over Morgan. He says he felt something when they kissed and he’s pretty sure she did too. She doesn’t deny it, but says that doesn’t mean she’s over Morgan.

Sonny asks Morgan who helped him decide to break things off with Kiki.

Ava says she’s glad Julian has his bases covered for both their sakes. She says she thinks Kiki is also realizing she needs to move on with her life and not depend on someone as unstable as Morgan. Julian says Morgan won’t be in the hospital forever, but Ava says he’s not going to pull Kiki back into his orbit.

Alexis tells Diane that Julian would never hurt her. Diane says the best case scenario is that he pulls out all the romantic stops to get her not to tell the police. She says if Alexis doesn’t turn him in today, she continues to be an accessory and could get disbarred and possibly go to prison. Alexis says it boggles her mind that she got into this position in the first place and wonders what’s wrong with her. Diane says she doesn’t fault Alexis for following her heart, but she’s risking her career and her freedom. Alexis says she’ll do it today.

Nathan says he was ashamed and didn’t want anyone to know. Maxie asks if Dante knew. Nathan says he never told anyone. He says when he met her, he felt like he was getting a second chance to be the man he wanted to be and her hero. She says what’s amusing is that she had decided to stop snooping around because she loved him that much. And we all get it, right? Griff is the guy he shot.

Aaron says he has to whip up a business plan. Kristina says to let her know when he puts something together. She says Sonny isn’t easy to impress, but he likes Aaron. Aaron says he’s more concerned with impressing Sonny’s daughter and Kristina says she likes him too. They start to kiss, but Aaron says he doesn’t want to meet her mother under these circumstances and he’s late for class anyway.

Alexis says she’ll get the shirt and meet Diane at the police station. Diane says to let her do all the talking. She says the PCPD has been after Julian forever and this will go in Alexis’s favor. Alexis is concerned that Julian is going to be arrested at the hospital.

Ava has to leave and Julian says he’ll let Lucas know she was there. She says Kiki bounced back and she’s sure Lucas will too. Julian wonders why Ava thinks Morgan is no longer a problem. Ava says sometimes it’s best to keep one’s actions private.

Morgan tells Sonny he’s there to learn how to deal with his own life and to stop grilling him. Sonny says okay and leaves. Because he can’t really let it go, Sonny tells the nurse at the desk he forgot to log in so he can take a look at the log book. He asks her for a glass of water and when she leaves, he flips through it. He sees Ava’s name. The nurse returns with his water and Sonny tells her she doesn’t even realize how much she helped.

Nathan tells Maxie nothing has changed and he loves her with his whole heart. She says she’s scared another secret will come out or another lie is around the corner. He says that’s not going to happen, but she says she’s not sure she can just go on faith. It would be poetic justice if Nathan lost Maxie to Griff.

Kiki asks if Dillon still has feelings for Lulu and he says no, but it took a lot of time to get over. She says because Morgan was her first love, she felt like they had a connection nothing could destroy. Even after he told her to go away, she wasn’t sure she really should. She brings up how Morgan slept with “Aunt Denise,” who was really her mother. She says they’ve survived a lot and she’s not sure if she’s supposed to give up on him. Dillon says that when he’s confused about something, he tries to put it into one of his scripts. He says using the words Kiki has, like “crazy” and “twisted,” it’s probably not a love story he’d be rooting for. He’d also still like to take her out.

Alexis arrives home. She makes sure she’s by herself and takes out that ratty, stinking shirt. Uh-oh. It’s gone.

Kristina goes to the park and daydreams about Aaron. She calls Parker and leaves a message that she needs to see her.

Nathan asks if Maxie still loves him and she doesn’t know how to answer. She says she’s made so many mistakes in her life, she can’t afford another one.

Dillon tells Kiki if getting on Jerry Springer has been on her bucket list, she’s on her way. She says that’s the first time she’s laughed about all that mess. She has to leave and he kisses her.

Morgan broods over a picture of Kiki on his iPad. And deletes it. He deletes photos of them together.

Sonny pops out from behind a tree in the park and tells Ava she’s been very busy.

Julian finds Alexis digging around and says looking for this? He has the shirt.

Tomorrow. Sonny tells Ava to quit messing with Morgan, Dillon tells Tracy about Kiki, and Alexis says as a matter-of-fact, that is what she was looking for.

Below Deck Mediterranean

Bryan tells Danny what a crappy worker he is. In his interview, Danny says Bryan should back off of him, which I might agree with if Danny hadn’t been the one drunkenly bringing it up. Bobby flirts with Julia and Ben asks Hannah for a chat.

Ben apologizes for not having Hannah’s back in the altercation with Danny. In return, he gets a drunken mini tirade about how abusive he was. He says he wasn’t exactly abusive, but apologizes again and that seems to squelch it. He says Hannah is the most emotional chief stew he’s worked with, which I find ironic because she doesn’t expect anyone else to have feelings.

Everyone stumbles back to the boat. Tiffany gets in the hot tub and Bryan decides to make his move. He tells Tiffany that he’s really not a frat boy and they make out. There’s a bunch of drunk talk that even the subtitles can’t make sense of. Bryan brags to the camera that he might bang Tiffany tonight and then almost breaks his neck getting back into the hot tub.

Like the drunken idiot he is, he tells Tiffany he might bang her, and then tells her to sit on his thumb. I’m not kidding. Is that his word for something else? No surprise, it doesn’t go over well. Since the response isn’t what he wants, he calls her a “dragon drunk bitch” and leaves. Tiffany tells us that he would have scored had he not been such a d-bag.

The next morning Bobby and Bryan rehash their night off. Bobby is stuck on Julia, except she has a boyfriend and just likes to flirt. Tiffany tells the girls how inappropriate Bryan was and it sounds like Bryan doesn’t remember a whole lot.

Danny is helping Jen do something or other, and Bryan tells him next time check in with him first because he’s going to micro-manage this kid to death now. Plus, he’s hungover.

Captain Mark passes out the info for the next charter. Four guests, two couples and it sounds like the guys run a business together. One of them is also having a seven-month relationship anniversary. Since the gig doesn’t start until tomorrow, Ben asks Hannah if she wants to go out for drinks and appetizers. Hannah is hesitant because of getting mixed signals from him. Ben says he fluctuates and she says okay, she’ll go. Danny, Jen and Bobby try to get into the same bunk and Danny gets stuck. Ah, the yachting life!

Ben and Hannah go ashore. It must be fun to eat in all these faraway places. I just thought, are there American diners in Greece? Hannah and Ben make small talk and trade stories. They talk about the crew. Ben says he and Danny have a secret connection and Hannah asks if it’s because they both have a crush on her. What? I think Ben thinks she’s hot, but I didn’t get that vibe from Danny.

Downtime on board seems like a college dorm. It’s an hour before charter and the crew puts the final touches on the boat. Ben has heard the last time these same guests chartered, it wasn’t exactly smooth sailing. We flash back to an original Below Deck episode, but there isn’t enough for me to recall this bunch. Nope. Don’t remember them.

There’s awkwardness (awkwardity?) between Tiffany and Bryan. We’re off to a great start since the primary, Alan, didn’t tell anyone he can’t eat tuna, which is about to be served. Hannah has to be the bearer of bad tidings to Ben, who says it would have been nice to know beforehand, but manages to change direction quickly and the guests are pleased.

Alan’s girlfriend discusses their “anniversary” with Hannah. She wants a Valentine’s Day theme. Ben and I both roll our eyes. The guests go off on jet skis and do some cliff diving. When they return, Tiffany meets them with shots. Alan says he doesn’t know which is more dangerous, Tiffany’s shots or the cliff. I vote for doing shots on the cliff.

There’s a mayday call from a small boat nearby. They’re taking on water and going down quickly. The deckhands try to help as Captain Mark radios the coastguard, who says they’ll be there immediately. Bryan says he never saw the deckhands work so hard and maybe they should sink once in a while. The guests wear life-vests during their next meal, although I’m not sure it’s a joke.

At cocktail hour, Alan orders an espresso martini, says it’s the worst one he’s ever had and sends it back. He goes to the galley and asks Hannah if she’s ever made an espresso martini before. She says hundreds and he begs to differ. She makes another with him watching and he likes that one. All she did was put in more espresso. In her interview, she suggests instead of being insulting, he could have just asked for a stronger one.

The guests get in the hot tub. Ben and Hannah discuss the next days activities. Julia tells her boyfriend about Bobby being a creeper and says in her interview that the distance between them makes things difficult. Bobby whispers to Bryan that the guests see something between him and Julia, which confirms to him that she’s interested.

Hannah gets a masseuse for the guests, while Ben works on the anniversary dinner. She’s also gotten some violinists to play during the meal. I’m not sure how romantic a dinner can be with another couple there though. I see Danny sneak a bite of something in the kitchen.

The entree is five of the biggest shrimp I’ve ever seen, which I realize is oxymoron-ish. Hannah seems to think there are three courses, even though Ben clearly said he was going with two. He looks really confused when she radios about needing the entrees. Hannah goes to the galley and Ben goes over what they said. This could possibly suck because one of the guests didn’t finish her prawns since she didn’t want to get too full. Ben offers the kebabs they originally passed on for a canape, but Hannah tells him it’s okay as is. He feels like she’s not telling him something and he’s right. She never mentions the guest who didn’t finish.

Hannah decides to asks the guests if they’d like another course or go straight to desert. They’re down with the kebabs. Ben is just a tad miffed. He gives Hannah a mini lecture on communication.

Next time, a charter of single guys, Ben and Hannah argue, and Danny antagonizes Bryan.