Tag Archives: Shahs of Sunset

Aug24

August 23, 2018 – Cassandra Wakes Up, Shams Passes On, Stephanie Plans a Party & Friday’s Cure

Posted on by
Standard

What I Watched Today

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

 

General Hospital

Jason and Carly play pool. They toast to Jonah. Jason adds, and to Carly; she did good. She says she had support.

Elizabeth tells Franco that she has faith in him. He says he loves her. She tells him that his task comes with challenges. He says he has a bullet proof plan. It’s so flawless, the WSB will make him an honorary agent. He thinks his spy name should be Double Franco.

At the station, Robert is on the phone saying he needs a progress report or lack thereof immediately. Jordan tells him, since he’s set up shop there, she’d like an update on Anna. Where is she?

Not Klein – who IMDb lists as Carson, so we’ll go with that, since it’s easier to type – tells Finn, live and in person, here’s his patient. Anna says, Cassandra Pierce. Carson tells her that he was just going to say that. Finn says, no way can he save this patient.

Lucy sees Doc at the bar. He looks at her strangely, and she asks, what’s the matter?

At Ferncliff, a straitjacketed Ryan yells for help. Orderly Gordon comes into his room. Ryan – who I’m thinking isn’t really Ryan – says Gordon has to help him. He’s not supposed to be there.

Doc says he’s fine, but Lucy says, no he’s not. He’s drinking by himself, alone on his birthday. Doc says his birthday wasn’t in the forefront of his mind. Lucy says that’s unacceptable. He should be with someone who appreciates the importance of the day. He does have someone – Laura – and Lucy says that explains why he’s so downtrodden. His current wife forgot his birthday. Doc downs the rest of his drink, and asks for another.

Carly tells Jason that Josslyn talked Michael into taking her out on the speedboat, and everyone else is occupied, so it’s okay for her to be hanging out. That used to be her main focus. It’s funny how someone so selfish with time is worried about everyone else. She asks if someone told him the night that met, she’d be a wife and mother, and taking care of so many people, would he have believed it? He says, not a chance.

Elizabeth tells Franco to stick to the budget. He says he has to get going, and walks away. Kiki asks if everything is okay. Franco comes back, and asks Kiki to tell the love of his life she worries too much. Kiki doesn’t know what they’re talking about, and decides to stay out of it. Franco tells Elizabeth that if he doesn’t make it back alive, he’d like a simple funeral. Kiki asks where he’s going, and Elizabeth says he’s going shopping for school supplies and clothes – with all three boys.

Robert tells Jordan that he knows their last location. She says, but not the current one? He says he found medication at the scene that Anna uses; they must be treating her. Jordan says, so they need her alive, even though Finn is the main target. Robert still thinks the tracker was the best way to go, but now he doesn’t know where the hell they are.

Finn says Cassandra tried to kill them. Carson says that’s not his problem. Finn asks, if it was him, would he try to go out of his way to help someone who would kill him. Carson says, probably not, unless he was being held at gunpoint. Anna says, just do it. Finn says he doesn’t want to. She says, he’s a doctor; he’s supposed to heal, so just do that. He looks at Cassandra’s bloodwork, and says the virus is spreading. He suddenly says, no, no, no, and grabs a box of surgical masks out of the cabinet. He tells Anna to put one on. He tells them if the numbers are accurate, the virus is contagious. He says they’ve had prolonged exposure, and Carson says no one told them about this. Finn asks who they’ve had treating her. Obviously not an expert in mutating viruses. Nice work, fellas. Now they’re all at risk. Carson shows him the medication she’s been given, and he says whatever they’re using isn’t working. It’s getting rid of the non-contagious cells, and the others are surviving. He suggest they have minimal exposure, and gives Carson a list of what he needs. He says if any of them have what she does, he’s not sure there’s anything he can do to stop it.

Franco and the boys sit in the park. Cameron suggests they go to the carnival, but Franco says they’ve gotten zero things done that are on the list; he doesn’t think so, and besides, isn’t it a little early 90s? After they do the stuff on the list, they can check it out. Cameron says the carnival has everything they need; rides, food, games. Aiden wants pencils with Princess Calenda of Everwood on them, and Cameron says, those are for girls.

Kiki tells Elizabeth that she donated the money from the lawsuit to an equal treatment program. It was never about the money. She only wanted to expose him and make GH safer. David is in the vicinity, and wonders why they’re standing around talking. He asks Kiki what she’s waiting for; hop to it.

Carson balks, and Finn tells him the more time they waste, the greater the chances of the infection spreading. Anna says this is the fault of their expert. If Finn says she’s contagious, she’s contagious. Finn says, or they could rely on their own medical expertise. Carson and his thug leave with the list. Finn tells Anna, she’s not contagious. And if she was, the masks would be useless. Anna says, there she is. He says it’s his job keep her alive, and look like he’s making progress. Anna says it will give them time to figure out how to escape. \Carly tells Jason that Julian has been working Mike. Jason says they’re taking steps, and she suggests they take bigger ones. Julian knows something is up, and the longer it takes, the messier it will get.

Doc tells Lucy that he and Laura will celebrate when get home. He’s just preoccupied about work. His birthday hasn’t crossed his mind once. Lucy knows they’re not close anymore, and she get that it’s her fault. She’s loved him in one fashion or another for the best part of her life. She tells him not to pretend she doesn’t know when he’s feeling something.

Ryan tells Gordon that he’s not okay, and neither are a lot of other people. There’s a very dangerous man on the loose in Port Charles.

Cameron tells Aiden, good luck making it through third grade with a princess on his pencils. Aiden gets up and runs off. Franco follows him. Jake tells Cameron he’s in trouble.

David says he’s a respected physician, and Kiki says he was. He tells her that he’s filed an appeal, and expects the verdict to be overturned. He hopes she didn’t spend the money. He’s going to need it back. He gets a text, and says the chief of staff just summoned him. She must have heard from his new lawyer, and wants to apologize for the inconvenience he’s been subjected to. Let his patients know he’ll be there shortly.

Chase joins Robert and Jordan. He says no one told him that his brother was missing. He’d appreciate any information. Robert says he was with Anna in her previous location, but he lost them. Chase asks what he can do, and Jordan says, nothing. He’s too close. He asks if Anna isn’t Robert’s ex and the mother of his child, and isn’t she one of Jordan’s closest friends? He barely knows his brother. They’re closer to Anna than he is to Finn. Robert says if he dies now, Chase won’t have a chance to know him.

Finn prepares a syringe. He despises Cassandra, but she’s important to someone. They spent time and money to recover her. Anna thinks the source must be inside the WSB, which is of concern. She would like her to survive, and if possible, wake up, even though she knows Cassandra is demented. Finn puts something into the tube connected to Cassandra. Anna asks what the odds are, but Finn suggests they not talk about the odds. They’ll know soon enough.

Carly needs Jason to hear her. She says Julian would love to ruin Sonny, especially if he’s an innocent bystander. What could be more innocent than uncovering a crime? If he finds out the truth, he’ll exploit it. Jason says all he knows is that Mike and Charlie are connected. Carly says, so they wait and watch? Jason says, for now. She tells him not to wait too long. He knows a bad situation will only get worse.

Ryan tells Gordon that he knows the doctors say he’s insane, and he’s here for his own protection, but he’s not a patient; he’s a prisoner. While he’s free to destroy everything Ryan loves. Gordon doesn’t know what to tell him; he’s sorry. Ryan says every day he’s in there, he takes more from him. Gordon asks if there’s anything he can do to help him.

Kiki wonders how it’s possible that David is still working there. Elizabeth asks if she’s talked to Monica. Kiki tells her about Griff getting suspended, and says whatever he did can’t be worse than what David did. Elizabeth says there’s not a nurse on staff who’s willing to lift a finger for him. Kiki had their back; now they have hers.

Cameron says he was just protecting Aiden. Jake says he hurt Aiden’s feelings. Franco tells Aiden that it was a crummy thing to do. He doesn’t need to listen; Cameron doesn’t know what he’s talking about with Beverly Evergreen. Aiden says it’s Calenda of Everwood. Franco tells Aiden about an artist who took a pile of elephant poo and put it on a canvas. He sold them for millions. People like what they like, and no one should tell anyone what they should like. He says Cameron made a mistake. He needs to apologize, and then they can go to the store, and Franco will get him the pencils. Aiden says he doesn’t want them anymore.

Doc appreciates Lucy’s concern. Lucy says, but he wants her to butt out. He says, if she doesn’t mind. She says she knows when he’s going to a dark, broody place. He tells her to stop it. If there are things he’s not sharing, it means he has other people in his life to share them with. Carly apologizes for interrupting, but Lucy says they’re wrapped up, so it’s perfect timing glad. Doc says he owes Jason his thanks. His methods are unorthodox, but he did what Doc couldn’t to keep Carly safe. Jason is glad he got there in time, and Doc shudders to think what would have happened if he hadn’t. Carly says she wasn’t very nice when they last met, but looking back, Doc was kind and fair. She was less than appreciative. She thanks him, and asks what happened to the patient next to her. Doc says thanks to her, all of the staff and administration were replaced. Her neighbor is getting the best of care. He’s seeing to it personally.

Finn tells Anna what Cassandra has is pretty rare, unless you’re going to out of the way places. Cassandra stirs, and Finn says, wow; it worked. He asks if she can hear him. Anna tells her to wake up. Cassandra asks what happened, and Anna says they’ve been waiting for her.

Franco comes back with Aiden, and Cameron asks if they’re ready to go. Franco asks if he has something to say to his little brother first. Cameran says sorry about what he said. Jake says he like Princess Calenda, and Aiden says he doesn’t like her anymore. He wants to go home. Franco supposes he can order school supplies online. He tells Jake to take Aiden to get some ice cream; whatever they want. He tells Cameron to stay there. Cameron asks if this is how Franco is punishing him, by not letting him get ice cream. Franco says he wanted to talk in private. What he did was wrong. Cameron says, better him than Aiden’s class. Franco says that’s a crap apology, and Cameron says at least it’s not an apology for killing people. Did the people Franco hurt buy his apology?

Kiki says Griff gets suspended, and David still gets to roam the halls. David comes back, carrying an empty box. Kiki asks if something is wrong. He says he just got fired. Elizabeth says, what a terrible loss. How will they ever recover?

Doc talks to Laura on the phone. He thanks her, and says it’s been a peaceful birthday… That’s what he told Lucy. They’ll do it up right when she gets home. He’s sorry he hasn’t been better about being in touch; he’s had a lot on his mind… He misses her too. He tells her to come home soon, and that he loves her. Lucy has brought a peace offering – a cupcake with a candle in it. She knows she overstepped. She apologizes, saying, old habits die hard. He knows she meant well. She says she did, so please accept this birthday cupcake from an old friend who’s learning to maintain the proper distance, He thanks her, and she asks if he wants to make a wish. He says he’ll do that later, but it’s very thoughtful. He tells her goodnight, and when he’s gone, she says, okay, Doc. I’ll make a wish for you.

Jordan congratulates Chase. He’s officially the liaison to the WSB. Robert says, he’s green, and too invasive, like an untrained puppy. Jordan says he’s a good detective with fresh eyes and good ideas. Chase is all his. Robert says, no way, and Jordan tells him, her turf, her rules. Robert says he has the firing squad ready. Jordan tells Chase that he’s kidding. She says, no surprises from either of them, and she wants to be apprised of every step. Robert tells Chase that he might work for Jordan, but do exactly as he says. Chase says, got it.

Cassandra asks why Finn and Anna aren’t dead, and Finn says, always a charmer. Anna says all she needs to know is that she’s alive, and they’re there in order for her to stay that way. Cassandra wonders why they’d do that, and Anna says it’s a lot to take in. They woke her to find out who helped her escape. If she helps them, they won’t turn her over to the WSB. She tells them, go to hell.

Carly tells Jason that Doc thinks she should go back to therapy. He’s kind, intuitive, and discreet. Jason says, if she says so. She asks if he doesn’t agree, and he says he understands why Doc turned him in, but he was wrong. It was also wrong of him to take off for Europe. He doesn’t trust Doc’s judgement. If Carly thinks she needs it, go back, but he doesn’t think she does. Carly says she doesn’t either; she just wanted to hear him say it. He says she’s definitely sane. Not always practical or logical, but sane. She loves that he knows it, and that she’s free. Ferncliff is just a bad memory, but she feels guilty about the patients that are still stuck.

Ryan thanks Gordon. He says Gordon is kind. Better than the staff who used to be there. He genuinely wants to help. He asks Gordon not to tell anyone they spoke, especially his doctor. If finds out told who really is he’ll kill him

Franco says Cameron can file a request and get the transcript of his trial – it’s public record – but they’re not having a conversation about what he’s done. They’re talking about what Cameron just did to Aiden. Cameron says he’s known Aiden a long time, and knows what he needs. Franco says he doesn’t need a bully to make him feel smaller than he feels already. Cameron says he’s not bully, but he’s seen them, and the fastest way to get picked on is bringing girl pencils, dolls or stuffed animals to school. It doesn’t matter how many lectures the teachers give. If Franco cares about Aiden, don’t get him the pencils. Elizabeth calls, and asks Franco how it’s going. He says the boys are keeping him busy.

David asks Kiki if she thinks this is over. She says, judging by the box, yeah.  David says he’s suing the hospital for wrongful termination, and her for defamation. She says, in that case, she looks forward to testifying against him again. He tells her that he’s going to bring this place to its knees, but she doesn’t see that as happening.

Robert explains to Chase about how Cassandra was abducted while being transferred to another medical facility. They expect Finn to treat her. Chase says, so if they find Finn, they find Cassandra? Robert says Finn and Cassandra have a colorful history. He adds that he needs fresh coffee, and Chase says, thanks; he takes his black.

Anna tells Cassandra to let her clarify. She doesn’t have a choice. She’s been in a coma for eight months. Finn adds, courtesy of her own designer cocktail. He loves the irony. She contracted a rare blood disorder, and finally got the rare, incurable disease she wanted. If he cures her, he’ll name it after her; it’s her version of Christmas. Anna tells her to pretend she’s unconscious, and they’ll sneak her past their captors. She’ll tell them who the captors are, and only then will Finn treat her. Cassandra asks what if she refuses? Anna says the only reason she’s conscious is because Finn is an excellent chemist. Right now, that’s the only thing keeping her conscious. Finn tells her it’s going to wear off. Anna says, it’s her choice. Pretend she’s in a coma and help them, or she goes back to being in a real one, and theirs will be the last faces she sees. What will it be?

Jason tells Carly that it was wrong for her to be at Ferncliff, but he saw some dangerous and bad people in there. She says that’s why she’s grateful to Doc. She trusts him.

Doc visits Ryan, telling Gordon that he can be alone with the patient. Gordon leaves. Doc and Ryan look at each other. Doc brings out the birthday cupcake, and lights the candle. He says, happy birthday brother; make a wish.

Carly tells Jason that she knows Doc has her best interest at heart.

Tomorrow, Chase asks Robert to let him help, Ava wants to hurt Griff like she hurts, and Mike asks if someone is there.

Shahs of Sunset

Reza goes to Mike’s place. He can’t believe how good it looks. He asks what they’re doing for MJ. She never said the things she was saying last night at the hospital. In his interview, Mike says seeing Shams broke his heart in way he can’t explain. Reza says she’s never said, that’s it, before. Mike says there was no response when she was speaking to him. Reza calls MJ, and asks if Shams is still with them, but he passed away. He asks what she needs. She just wants quiet time. She tried to comfort him as much as possible. Reza says they know with certainty there was nothing more she could have done. She should be proud of herself. She has someone who loves her, and Shams went knowing those things. In his interview, Reza says Shams was the first adult he came out to, and it was as if he was telling Shams his favorite color. A Persian adult accepting him was revolutionary, and it made him think he could tell his parents and live an authentic life. He tells her than he and Mike would be honored to have a dinner for her, and do a Persian feast in honor of Shams. Mike is worried for her. Reza says, it’s too much.

GG plays with her cats. The phone rings. It’s Reza. He tells her MJ’s dad passed away that morning. He just spoke with her, and he and Mike are throwing together a dinner party to get her out of the house. He asks if she can make it to Mike’s around five. She says let her know if they need any help.

Reza checks to see what mike has in the way of food, and says he’ll place a flower order. Mike looks for a cutting board. Reza says he’s holding a sausage and a knife, and looks like a gay serial killer.

Shervin and GG go to the florist. GG thinks MJ is in denial. She talked as though he was walking out of the hospital. She’s afraid MJ’s strength is being confused with her being in shock. If she hasn’t properly mourned, it will come out in other ways. Shervin says they’re all hurt and sad, but also scared for their turn. Shams is the first parent of their group to pass away. GG says the Persian holidays are around the corner, and Shervin says they have to make sure to keep her included.

Mike straightens up his place, and gets ready for the dinner.

Reza never shared MJ’s optimistic view that her dad would walk her down the aisle, but for her, the hope has kept her going. He says, whatever she needs, he’s there. This is rough. I knew it was coming, but I’ve had a bad day, and they’re all crying, so I’m crying. I know what it’s like to lose a father you’re very close to.

Shervin brings a huge vase of flowers. Reza brings a ton of food. They toast to Shams. Mike’s glad to have them over, but wishes it was under other circumstances. Reza says regardless of where they’re at, they come together when they need to. As members of the Persian community, they gather around the person who’s lost a loved one. Everyone is supposed to make sure you’re fed and prop you up, so you can just breathe. Mike says it’s not a somber occasion. They need to enjoy life while they have it. Mike says he’s dying young. Reza wants to ask an inappropriate question before MJ gets there – what happens with the wedding? Shervin says she has to move forward. They can’t let her stop. Nema arrives.

Nema has a place in Venice, and is letting Erica have the other place. In his interview, he says he’s more confused than ever. He’s enamored of GG, screwed up, and Erica asked for a break. It’s the first time he’s on his own, and wonders if it’s worth it. Vida comes in, followed by Sammy, who we haven’t seen in ages. More flowers arrive.

Tommy pulls up with MJ. He tells her that she looks pretty. She says Mike doesn’t have any curtains yet, and everyone is staring. She doesn’t want the whole attention thing, and Tommy says he’s got her. In his interview, Tommy says the first thing she has to admit to everyone, is that Shams is gone and not coming back. He doesn’t know if she’s ready. They go inside.

MJ thanks everyone for coming. GG tells MJ that if she has an eighth of what Shams had, she’s set. They hug a bunch of times. Reza says the rice is conflict free, kosher, and vegan. Pedram from New Orleans is there. He’s also MJ’s dress designer. Nema says Mona couldn’t be there, and feels badly about it. MJ wants to know who her florist is – hashtag, wedding coming up. Reza is glad she still has a sense of humor. Tommy wishes he knew what to do and could take the pain. A friend tells him, it’s these moments that prove who you are and what the two of you have.

Vida says they did everything for him. In her interview, Vida says Shams loved her since she was a teenager. They weren’t like other divorced couples; they were friends. We see clips of them. She says Shams was her family. MJ says she’s seeing her mother maternal in a way she’s never felt. Underneath her complains and sharp delivery, is a resilient, strong woman who’s there to be a protector, and it’s beautiful.

Reza takes MJ aside. They’re supposed to go for a fitting on Friday. He wants to honor and respect her wishes, and whatever she wants to do. She doesn’t want to cancel anything. She wants her dad to feel her love, but doesn’t want to turn into a basket case. Reza says what stands out most was that he lived. He was a cool-ass cat, regardless of what’s going on. In his interview, Reza says he’s glad she’s not falling into a sinkhole. It would be a mistake to stop the momentum.

Nema always thought the Persian guy was the one in the Speedo, wearing tons of gold and repelling women, but then he started hanging with these guys. Destiney brings halvah, and explains it’s something you make when someone has passed away. It’s a sweet dish, and looks really good. She felt she had to do it. Reza thanks everyone for coming on short notice. Obviously, they all love MJ like he does. MJ feels the love and support. She says her mom is amazing, having sat next to him for so long. Vida is glad she did. Shams had thirteen siblings that he brought to the US, and he helped hundreds of people. MJ says she obviously never wanted this to happen. She misses him so much, and is scared of the future. When the shock passes, she’ll think of their times together and push through. She hopes he comes back as a ghost. She wants him at the wedding and in the labor room. I think she means delivery room. She wants to celebrate his life.

GG goes to see a Persian lawyer. She needs a divorce, and Persians keep it real. The lawyer asks questions like when they got married, and when it ended. In her interview, GG is starting to feel anger slipping through cracks, and doesn’t want to be that person. She needs for it to end. It’s tricky, and you have to make sure you trust someone to do the right job. She says, shalom, Shalom. She’s putting herself first. She doesn’t need someone to be whole. She’s whole on her own.

In the car, Reza says the OC is suffocating. MJ asks if they need passports. Reza says literally every woman is the whitest and the blondest, and even old women have fake boobs up to here. MJ says it’s the first dress conversation. They had a wake, and she saw her father this morning. Reza doesn’t know how she did it. She says there was a big change; one at the housewarming. We flash back to Mike telling her not to put things on pause for her dad. She says she wasn’t ready to hear it, but the second time was in Israel. We see a clip of Mike telling her to move forward. In his interview, Mike says when his grandfather died, it was unexpected, and it ate at him that he never had the chance to tell him things he wanted to say. MJ had her chance. He says, big goals, big dreams, no time to waste; get moving. They have drinks and eat Cheetos in the car. MJ says she brought glasses that are actually glass. Mike says she’s saying that because he has Solo cups at home.

Nema has everyone gather at a restaurant for Mona’ s birthday. He tells his friend Annette that she’ the buffer for him with GG and Erica. Annette asks who he’s trying to impress, but he doesn’t know. Adam arrives, followed by Shervin and GG. In his interview, GG says Nema is like her boy toy, and she wants to look better when she might see him. He’s sweet without expectations, although she’s sure she knows what he wants. She finds out Erica is coming, and asks Nema if Erica is going to kill her. He says they had issues before, and it has nothing to do with her. Erica and Mona walk in. In her interview, GG says it’s awkward, and takes massive cojones. She tells Erica that hard liquor makes her violent. In his interview, Nema says Erica is aware that GG is the girl he tried to kiss. GG is like a fire breathing dragon. She can choose to spare your life or burn you to a crisp. Erica isn’t a pushover, so it’s like playing Russian roulette. Nema can’t hear what they’re talking about, and says the best-case scenario is Erica saying she can’t blame GG, and has a crazy idea – let’s share Nema, and the three of them can make out. Yeah. In his dreams. Nema toasts to Mona, his little big sister. He loves her, and she’s his best friend. Everyone starts dancing and drinks some more.

Nema tells Destiney sometimes you love the right person, but have to figure it out. Destiney says he wasted years to end up telling Erica that he needed to figure himself out. In her interview, she says Nema wants both cakes. Nema feels horrible, but has to accept he can’t give Erica what she deserves. The only way was to pull off the Band-Aid.

Mike and Reza hum the wedding march as they walk into the bridal shop. Pedram greets them. MJ says her wedding dress has to be sexy and show off her assets. Reza says it should be like a gaggle of gay minions is holding everything where it needs to be, without an actual crowd of gays around her. MJ brings out a bodysuit to wear underneath, and Mike asks if she needs help. Reza tries on a veil. Mike checks on MJ, who’s now crying in her dress. He dries her tears, and says, it’s all good. They’ll go at her pace.

Reza asks MJ if it’s too early. In her interview, MJ says her dad isn’t walking her down the aisle. Reza tells her that she looks beautiful, even when she’s crying. He has something he wanted to share with her. He leaves for a moment, and Mike says her father will never leave her. He’s here, just not in physical form. He’s not suffering, and he’s looking down on her. Reza gives her a box. It’s his man-of-honor thank you gift. MJ takes out a Cartier bracelet, and Reza puts it on her. In his interview, Mike knows she’s going to bounce back with him and Reza around to protect and love her. He’s a softie when it comes to MJ, and promised Shams on his deathbed that he’d make sure she was okay.

MJ comes out in her dress. Reza says, talk about hourglass. It’s fabulous. Sleeveless, form-fitting with a fishtail hem, and lots of bling. In her interview, MJ says her dad had the most infinite amount of faith a parent could have in a child. When she would pout, he’d make her laugh and say, no sissies. She has to be able to push through.

The episode was dedicated to memory of Shams Javid – 1934-2018.

Next time – September 6th – GG goes to a sex shop, Reza gets a smoky eye, MJ asks Tommy if he even wants to get married, and a shower that’s drowning in drama.

The Real Housewives of Dallas

At D’Andra’s party, Bill takes the mic, and asks if everyone is ready for a surprise. LeeAnne and Rick are getting married tonight. In her interview D’Andra says, if you’re dragging your feet, there are deeper issues. Rich says he sharted. It’s a joke, and everyone keeps drinking. Bill thanks everyone for coming, and introduces D’Andra and Jeremy. D’Andra confesses that within five minutes of meeting Jeremy, she knew he was the man she was going to marry. Jeremy says within three minutes, he was having sex with her. They’re here because they love all of them. Jeremy met the woman of his dreams, and he’s still horny. In her interview, LeeAnne says she’s looking forward to celebrating a fourth anniversary with Rich, but she needs a wedding first.

Stephanie tells LeeAnne that she gets depressed if she drinks. LeeAnne thinks when you get older, the balance gets worse. Two years ago, she needed to get help; she tried to kill herself twice. Stephanie says she did when she was twenty-two. She just wanted the pain to stop. In her interview, Stephanie says she lost all her friends during a bad break-up. She wanted a way out. LeeAnne thinks the best thing to help yourself, is to help someone else. LeeAnne says you don’t think about it or feel it as much. Stephanie is afraid it will happen again. She opened up to LeeAnne, because she uses the negative things in her life to help other people. She thought if she shared herself, LeeAnne would understand. They just have different viewpoints.

There’s a group photo shoot. Brandi had said she wasn’t coming, but shows up anyway. Stephanie screams and claps. Cary finds D’Andra. Brandi asks to talk to her a minute. In her interview, Brandi says D’Andra has been talking sh*t about her around town, saying she’s a drug addict. She’s been taking the high road. She knows tonight is important to D’Andra, so she’s there to support her, even if she’s being a bitch. D’Andra is confused that she’s there. Brandi says if they have an issue, they need to put it aside. D’Andra says she wanted to be friends, but thought Brandi didn’t like her. Brandi says she’s never not liked her. LeeAnne and the others gravitate over. D’Andra wants to get to know Brandi. In her interview, Brandi says Stephanie is wasted (she is!), but she doesn’t blame her. She has to drink to be around LeeAnne. In her interview, Cary says Stephanie has had about twenty-seven drinks. She’s A-OK. Cary and Brandi help Stephanie to the car. She tries to climb on a stone lion and falls, but Brandi catches her.

The next day, vent planner Rachel visits Stephanie, who is totally hungover. She thinks the house done enough for a party. Rachel thinks it’s perfect for a party. The pool in the living room is officially gone. Stephanie gives us a tour, and tells us the renovations came to $1.7 million. She says Brandi is going to introduce the new baby. The only people who know are immediate family and Cary. She’s calling it Bubbles and Bru. Everyone will probably think she can’t spell, but it stands for Bruin. Rachel envisions a wall of champagne glasses. Stephanie calls Brandi and asks if there’s anything in particular she wants. Brandi says, sleep. She’s excited, even if she doesn’t sound that way. Stephanie is glad she showed up at D’Andra’s party. Brandi says she wants to address the Adderall issue. Stephanie admits to having fun with LeeAnne. She seems to be in a good place. Brandi says she should make the effort. In her interview, Brandi says she’s going to have to invite LeeAnne and D’Andra, or it will be about how they got left out instead of Bruin.

In her interview, D’Andra says that she and her mother got through the party, but in the office, they act like the other doesn’t exist. Communication has to happen. D’Andra talks to her assistant about their flagship product, Green Miracle. She says, when a product has been around for twenty-five years, you have to change it up now and then. She wanted to confront her mother about it, but she’s afraid Dee will blow up and walk away from their mother/daughter relationship if she doesn’t get her way. D’Andra and Dee have a sit down.

D’Andra says they need to discuss the travel sizes, and soft pouch packaging. Dee says the product’s customers are really her customers; she doesn’t want to lose them. D’Andra doesn’t see how they would lose them, and Dee says they’re not doing it. D’Andra is confused (for the second time tonight). She says Dee gave her the key to the company, and she’s supposed to make decisions. She knows what the cost will be, and will take it from her salary; she doesn’t need money. Dee thinks it would be a mistake, and D’Andra says she’s not stupid. Dee says sometimes being an only child can be difficult. Mothers and daughters can be jealous of each other, especially if they’re good looking. Wow. I don’t think that’s D’Andra’s problem, but she just gave herself away. D’Andra says she’s never been jealous. They’re both popular. In her interview, D’Andra asks who’s jealous of who? She’s young, her skin is flawless, she’s happily married, and her face moves when has an expression. D’Andra says Dee was raving, and Dee accuses D’Andra of verbal abuse. D’Andra says that’s totally bullsh*t; she started it. She was trying to explain something to her. Dee says she’s not talking to her anymore today. D’Andra says she can separate her company. She just needs to get an investor. Dee says she doesn’t give a rip what D’Andra does. In her interview, D’Andra says her mother manipulation tactic is controlling the money; her inheritance and her salary. Until she relinquishes control of the finances, they’ll never have a mother/daughter relationship.

Stephanie’s parents visit. Mother Susan feels like it’s not Stephanie’s house yet. Grandfather Papa and Grandmother Nanny want to have a blessing. Susan says, when you invite the Lord in, He’ll come. They say a prayer. In her interview, Stephanie says she grew up Pentecostal, and they spoke in tongues. She was afraid it would freak Travis out, since he grew up Catholic. The dog bugs Papa while they’re praying. Papa says, the dog was getting on that prayer. In her interview, Stephanie says, a lot of people use sage to bless a house, but the Lord has more power. Amen to that. She feels better; it’s the power of prayer.

Stephanie tells Susan about D’Andra’s party, and how she sat by LeeAnne. She thought she’d make a bridge, and be open. She shared about how she tried to commit suicide, which her mom was there for. In her interview, Stephanie explains that she was with a guy who didn’t make her feel like a worthy person. She wasn’t good enough, and felt judged. They broke up, and she lost all her friends. She couldn’t handle it. She starts to get weepy, and says she doesn’t talk about this. She tells Susan, people like pretty packages. Continuing with her interview, she says she took a load of pills, but her mom was home. She stumbled into her room, and her mom called the ambulance. Susan thanks Stephanie for coming to her. Stephanie tells us it affected her relationship with her family. They have a fear that wasn’t there before. She feels badly, because they’re amazing, and shouldn’t have to live in fear. Susan asks if her conversation with LeeAnne ended on good note. Stephanie says she doesn’t want to fight anymore. Susan says she had the opportunity to see how they’re the same. She thinks people are quick to judge. They don’t give hurting people the opportunity to be real, and just pile on more pain. Susan is a smart lady.

Cary doesn’t know where anything is in her kitchen. They’re remodeling, and living in her parents’ second home. Mark says the construction is moving along. Cary says it started with her closet, and now it’s the entire house. They have to get back before her parents come home from Palm Springs; she doesn’t want to be living with them. Zuri calls Cary and Mark by their first names, and Cary calls her precocious. In her interview, Cary feels like she missed out on the moments with her dad that Zuri and Mark have. She’s afraid she’s going to break something, and her parents are particular. They like everything just-so, but her brain doesn’t work that way. Mark says she’s particular, and is also the one to break something.

LeeAnne meets Jeanette, her stylist. She’s getting a private fashion show. In her interview, LeeAnne says she wanted to create a dress, but wasn’t sure how. A model comes out in a prototype. It’s an LBD, but with pieces that snap on. We see a shoulder ruffle and fishtail hem. LeeAnne wanted to make something a woman could wear all kinds of ways – the infinity dress. She’s the dress, and the additions are lessons learned. This is so cool! Long sleeves are snapped on, and we see various ways the dress can be worn. LeeAnne’s ultimate dream is to be on a shopping network. She says, if she can transform herself, she can transform the world. I would totally buy this. It’s it’s like that Norma Kamali dress you can wear different ways, but better, and much more practical.

Brandi has three kids, a dog, and a rabbit, and a husband. It’s a lot to take care of. It’s her life now. She has twenty minutes to get ready for the party at Stephanie’s house.

Stephanie wants the party to be everything for Brandi. The three Fs – food, floral, and fun. And alcohol. Three Fs and an A. In her interview, Brandi says when Bryan is home, he’s all in, but sometimes it’s too much for her by herself. She comes in, and starts to cry, saying, it’s so beautiful! It is. There’s even a cotton candy machine. She’s overwhelmed with gratitude. In her interview, she says she wouldn’t have the baby if not for Stephanie. Stephanie tells Brandi to hide in the bedroom until the guests come.

Kameron gets there first. Court looks really tiny next to her. No wonder he’s so controlling. Napoleon Complex. Kameron thinks it’s rude for the hostess not to be there to greet the guests. Brandi and Stephanie talk about LeeAnne at last year’s Halloween party. Stephanie says LeeAnne seems good right now. In her interview, Brandi says, Stephanie is in a better place with LeeAnne. She’s not there yet, but she’s making an effort. Stephanie goes downstairs.

Kameron tells Stephanie that she figured it out. There’s too much blue. What if Bru is a little boy’s name. She doesn’t think it’s Stephanie, so it has to be Brandi. In her interview, Stephanie thinks Kameron should give up dog food and start a detective agency. She tells Kameron that she has a surrogate. On the side, she tells Travis to keep it going for thirty minutes. Kameron is all excited, saying. no one else knows.

Stephanie tells Brandi what happened with Kameron. In her interview, Stephanie says if she has to pop a child out of her who-ha, she’ll do it. Nothing is ruining the surprise. Cary arrives, bearing a gift. In her interview, Carly says coming from where they were last year, this speaks volumes. Brandi has a big heart, and this proves it. Stephanie lets Cary know what she told Kameron, and pretends Brandi isn’t there yet. D’Andra and LeeAnne arrive (not together). Stephanie tells LeeAnne how much she enjoyed her company. In her interview, Stephanie says LeeAnne was scary as hell before. Keep meditating.

Stephanie asks everyone into the main room. She says, God had a special plan, and tells everyone to welcome her favorite ginger family, with new baby boy Bruin Charles. Brandi, Bryan, and the kids come downstairs. In her interview, Kameron says, are you kidding me? This isn’t a baby announcement; it’s a baby delivery.

Next time, Kameron thinks they should go on a trip, Cary gets naked, and the trip doesn’t go as planned.

🍦 I’m Not, But It Is…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa2nLEhUcZ0

Aug17

August 16, 2018 – Josslyn Confesses, Nema Comes Clean, the Dallas Wives Return, Possible Bachelorette & One More

Posted on by
Standard

What I Watched Today

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

 

General Hospital

Jason meets Sonny at Pizzulo’s. He tells Sonny, no way can Julian afford any of the bids he’s been given. Sonny says the expansion project won’t be happening, and the dead body will stay where it is. Jason says, for now.

At Charlie’s, Jordan tells Curtis they’ve barely started planning for the wedding. He asks if she’s stressed, but she says, no. Him? He says, just the opposite. They do have something to talk about though. Chondra.

Julian tells Kim that he’s trying to honor their agreement, and keep his hands and business clean. Sonny has every contractor in his back pocket. Margaux overhears, and asks him to tell her more about Sonny’s pockets. Doesn’t she have anything else to do? The only time we see her is when she’s getting food, eating food, or spilling food on other people.

Sam asks Kristina how Parker is. She wants the juicy stuff she can’t say in front of mom. Kristina says, you first.

Stella visits Michael at the Quartermaine’s. She says she came to look in on him. Monica sent her. She’s sorry about his son.

Terry and Elizabeth are excited to finally be working together. I’m excited about Elizabeth’s messy bun that has hair sticking straight up from the top. Elizabeth says Terry doesn’t know how glad she is to see her. Cameron is totally busted. He got caught shoplifting. Terry starts laughing, and Elizabeth asks her why. Terry says she knows why.

Josslyn comes home, and Carly asks to talk to her. She knows Josslyn has been shoplifting. She found the clothes with the sensors and tags. Josslyn says she can explain. Carly says she’d better think about it first. She’s going to believe what Josslyn tells her, but if she finds out later Josslyn was lying, she’s going to put herself in a hole that will be tough to dig out of. She asks Josslyn to answer truthfully. Did she steal the clothes? Josslyn admits she did, and says she didn’t really want them. Carly says she stashed them in her grandfather’s closet, and Josslyn says she didn’t know what to do with them. Carly asks why, and Josslyn says she was in the store, saw them, and did it. Carly says she probably felt good getting away with it. Josslyn says she hasn’t felt good in a long time. Carly can’t imagine what it’s been like for her, confused and lonely, but that’s not the way to deal with it. She asks what’s driving her to do such a thing, and Josslyn doesn’t want to say; it’s too awful. Carly asks if it has to with Nelle. Josslyn says she believed the awful things Nelle said about Carly, and she knows Carly would have stuck by her if the roles were reversed. She wonders what’s wrong with her.

Sam wonders where to start, and Kristina tells her start when Jason got back. Sam says she was in the hospital, and Jason came to visit. As soon as she opened her eyes, she knew it was him, and the man she was married to, wasn’t him. Her first gigantic mistake was that she didn’t tell Drew. She was in love with him, and didn’t know what to do. She was confused, and did the only thing she knew to do; reassure Drew that she loved him. It was true, but so much of her wanted to be around Jason. She knew it was Jason, and lied to her husband. Kristina is like, wow, and Sam says, welcome to my life.

Elizabeth admits to Terry that she was a terrible teenager, but she wonders where this is coming from. Cameron had a good year academically, socially, and athletically. Terry asks, who is this kid? Elizabeth says he keeps it together all the time. She’s the one Elizabeth never has to worry about. Terry says, maybe that’s the problem.

Curtis tells Jordan that Chondra took a job in Port Charles. Jordan asks if that was before or after she knew he was living there. He doesn’t know and doesn’t care. He’s here for Jordan, and didn’t reach out to her. Jordan says they both know who did and why.

Kim introduces Margaux to Julian. She says he must be Charlie. He says his name is on the pub, but that’s not his name. He tells her that he’s Julian Jerome; she must have heard that name before. She says, almost as much as Corinthos.

Sonny tells Jason about Al, an older guy who was in the business even longer than Skully. The night Joe gave the order, Al thought he was nervous. He told Sonny, the decision’s been made. Accept it, honor it, and don’t look back. He asked if Sonny could do that. Jason wonders what would have happened if he’d said he couldn’t. Sonny doesn’t know. He told Al and himself that he was capable of doing anything that night. Jason asks if he regrets it, and Sonny says, not for a second.

Kim thinks Margaux looks familiar. Margaux says they met the other day, but Kim says, before that. She asks if Margaux is sure they haven’t met before. Margaux says she must have one of those faces, and Kim says that must be it.

Jordan says she’s done everything to involve Stella in the wedding. She’s looked past Stella’s eyerolls and snide remarks, and the whole time she was planning to sabotage them. Curtis agrees it’s messed up, and Jordan says that doesn’t begin to describe it. She’s been kind, but that might not be an option any more when comes to his aunt.

Stella tells Michael that she knows it’s hard to ask for help, but there are special groups for parents who have lost infants. People think you didn’t have the baby long enough to love it, but he knows that’s not true. So will the other group members. He appreciates it, but says he has a handle on it, and knows how to move forward. Stella says he doesn’t look like his father, but he acts like him. She says there are variations of grief, and it doesn’t exist on a timetable. If you don’t deal with it, it can ambush you when you least expect it. He’s still dealing with his losses, and won’t be aware; he won’t see the traps right in front of him until he steps in them. She gives him some pamphlets, and tells him not to throw them in the trash as soon as she leaves. He says he’ll wait five minutes, and I’m shocked Michael has a sense of humor. Stella laughs, and says to call her any time.

Sam tells Kristina the night of the earthquake, she and Jason almost died. She couldn’t hide it anymore, and told him that she loved him; she always has and always will. She told him she knew the truth, and she had to tell Drew. She put it out there, and Drew couldn’t live with it, so he left her. Kristina says, it was Drew’s choice? Sam says it was the right decision. Kristina says it must have been; she seems free. Sam says probably because she can breathe again. it feels good.

Carly tells Josslyn nothing is wrong with her; Nelle is to blame. She acted like her kidney was a gift, but it wasn’t. Josslyn’s father saved her life. They can debate if he was morally correct, but that’s not the point. Josslyn asks what about Nelle’s dad? Carly says what he did was terrible, but it’s not her problem. It’s between Nelle and Frank. She’s sorry Nelle made her feel like she owed her. None of them do. Josslyn says Carly did at first. Carly says she thought Nelle was an innocent kind person. She snowed her and Michael. Josslyn says they figured it out, and Carly tells her she’s barely fifteen. Nelle showed her nothing but kindness. Why believe anything else? Josslyn says they told her, but Carly says Nelle is a master manipulator. She’s ill; a sociopath who tried to kill her brother. Josslyn says she chose Nelle over Carly. Why doesn’t Carly hate her?

Sam misses having partner, but working on who she is and what she wants is worth it. Kristina asks if that’s what Sam thinks she should do, and Sam asks what’s going on with Parker? Kristina says Parker is great. She got a position at the college and will be there at least another year, with a chance at tenure. Sam says she was talking about their relationship. Kristina says there’s nothing wrong. Parker is supportive, and they have fun together, but she’s a professor and has a life. Kristina feels like she’s drifting.

Terry tells Elizabeth she wouldn’t know, but she hears being the perfect one comes with stress. Elizabeth says she spends time with Jake and his issues, and Aiden is high maintenance. They’ve gotten the bulk of her attention because they needed it. She never had to much with Cameron because he’s on top of things. He and knows what needs to be done, and does it. Terry says he’s just a kid, and deserves as much attention from his wonderful mom.

Carly says nothing could make her stop loving Josslyn. Josslyn can make her upset, but Carly can promise she’d never stop loving her. She says people say they’re alike. Josslyn has her fire and determination, and her killer good looks, but has always had unconditional love. Carly didn’t have that until her twenties. Jason was the first to give it to her. It’s an incredible feeling of security. You can mess up big time, but know people won’t leave. Josslyn has had it her whole life; unwavering support. That doesn’t mean looking the other way when she’s being destructive, but she knows they’re there. She doesn’t love Josslyn because Josslyn is her biggest champion, but because she’s Josslyn. Like she loves Carly because she’s Carly. They hug.

Sonny tells Jason that he’s never had a problem eliminating a legitimate threat. Jason says it’s a necessary part of the business. Sonny says the funny part is he thought what would come back to bite him would be a decision he made or his ambition. He never thought it would be a decision Joe made. Jason says they’ll make sure it doesn’t happen. One way or another, they’ll make sure the body never resurfaces. Sonny says they have a lot of options. Jason has to meet Sam, and tells Sonny to let him know if he needs anything. They’re going to handle this.

Margaux wonders why Sonny would want to buy the pub, and Kim says his father has Alzheimer’s and has a history there. Margaux says, he wanted to buy it as a gift? Julian says, a gift he won’t remember. Kim says not everything is sinister. Margaux says, maybe, but when it comes to Sonny, she’s not so sure.

Jordan tells Curtis that they can’t have someone at their wedding who doesn’t wish them well. She’s done tiptoeing around Stella. She wants it to be the best day of their lives. Curtis does too, and she says then he has to tell his aunt that she can’t come. Stella walks in.

Elizabeth thinks she needs to spend time with Cameron. They could talk, just the two of them, no distractions. Terry says, a teenage son’s worst nightmare. Elizabeth doesn’t want him to feel left out. Terry says, he won’t. She knows because of the conversation they just had. Elizabeth is a damn good parent.

Josslyn missed talking to Carly. Carly says, her too. She asks if Josslyn missed her making sure her skirts aren’t too short, and Josslyn says with Carly, she knows where she stands. The night Carly left, she felt lost. She wanted it to stop. Carly gets it; the rush of realizing she didn’t get caught, but there’s emptiness afterwards. Josslyn says, totally. Josslyn wonders why she did it, and Carly says, everything else was spinning out of control. Maybe she thought she could gain more control over her life. Josslyn says she thought it would make things better, but Carly says it wasn’t he answer. Josslyn knows, and if it helps, she hasn’t done it since Carly got back. Carly tells Josslyn that she’ll be taking the clothes back, and admit what happened to the shop owner. Carly will compensate them (which doesn’t make sense if they’re bringing them back), and Josslyn is going to pay her back. If her camp job isn’t enough, she’ll bus tables at the MetroCourt. Josslyn asks if forgetting it happened isn’t an option, and Carly says they’re doing it first thing in morning. Josslyn wanted her back; she’s back. They hug.

Kristina finds Michael. She hugs him, and says she’s so sorry.

Kim tells Julian not to let the DA talk him into picking a fight with Sonny. If he goes back to the mob, she’ll be gone. She’s been honest from the beginning. They’re in a good place, and she hopes going toward to a better place. She’d hate to miss the opportunity. Julian says, him too. She says, then she’d have to go somewhere else for cortados. Julian says they’re not nearly as good. Kim asks if they’re on the same page. He says they are, and kisses her.

Stella asks if Curtis would prefer she not attend the wedding. He says she’s not giving him much choice. She owned up to calling Chondra, but how can he trust what comes out of her mouth? Stella asks how she’s supposed to trust that Jordan won’t cheat on him? Jordan says she’s done, and Curtis says, no one is going anywhere until they figure this out. I’m wondering if Stella thinks she’s marrying Jordan?

Carly wants to hang Josslyn’s athletic award in a place of honor. She’s bummed she wasn’t there, but Josslyn says Oscar’s mom took ten thousand pictures. Carly wants those too. Josslyn asks if she’s going to hang them up also, and Carly says only nine thousand, nine hundred, and ninety-nine of them. Sonny comes in and says it’s the greatest thing, seeing them smile. Josslyn tells him there’s something he should know. The clothes Mike found, she stole them. She’d been shoplifting; not anymore, but she did it a few times. She was overwhelmed, and it was her way of taking back control. She’s sorry. Sonny is too. She should have been able to come to him. Josslyn says he can’t blame himself for her bad decisions. He says she knows enough about what he does, that he must seem hypocritical. Now he’s her stepdad. Fair or unfair, their family is held to a different standard. The Feds are gunning for him, and come after those close to him who have the Corinthos name. Josslyn says, good thing she stuck with Jax. He says next time she’s thinking of breaking the law, don’t do it; come to him. And that applies to everything. Josslyn asks if she’s supposed to become nun, and Sonny says, that’s not the worst idea. Both Carly and Josslyn say, yes, it is.

Jason comes into Charlie’s, and tells Julian he’s meeting with Sam. Margaux suggests he sit and chat; take a load off.

Michael tells Kristina that he’s mad at himself; he knew better. Nelle drugged his father, and he ended up creating a child with her. Kristina says he didn’t get Nelle pregnant on purpose. He says he created a situation that got his mother sent to a mental institution. Kristina says she stayed out thanks to him. He says he got his child killed. Kristina says she checked with everyone, and the baby didn’t die because of the accident. It’s good for him to own up to his choices, but he can’t blame himself for his son’s death.

Sam arrives at Charlies. She gives Jason a permission slip to sign for Danny. Julian waves and Margaux asks if Sam is a friend of his. He says Sam is his daughter, and Margaux says she used to be married to Jason. He’s six degrees of Corinthos all over the place. He says, not by choice. Sam and Jason joke about Danny bringing home a pig for a pet. Sam asks if it’s her, or is something off with Margaux?

Elizabeth asks Terry how work is going, and she says, great. She does have one especially challenging case, but they’re in the business of hope. Kim apologizes for being late, and asks if Terry has time to go over bloodwork. They leave together.

Sonny says Josslyn is so well put together, he had no idea. He thought she was handling her mom’s absence better than he was. She says, except for shoplifting. Sonny says it could have been worse. She could have made a life mistake she can’t take back. Sonny says she handled it with poise and grace. Carly adds, and incredible courage. Sonny is proud of her. Carly says, not the stealing though. Sonny says she’s a rock star, and Carly says, like her mom.

Kristina tells Michael even if he’d lost control of the car out of negligence, it’s not reason his son is gone. Michael says he thought his son would be the one good thing to come out of this. He thought Nelle would be caught, and would have a child to raise and keep safe. Then, when Nelle put Jonah in his arms and told him he was gone, it didn’t compute. He looked down at this perfect, beautiful boy, and thought he’ll open his eyes and move; he’s going to breathe. But he didn’t. The first time he met his child, he was already dead. She hugs him.

Cutis tells Jordan and Stella that he loves them both. There has to be way to work it out and make things right. They both ask how, but he has no idea.

Sam tells Jason that it seems more personal with Margaux than business as usual. Jason agrees. He says she did seem bothered when she realized she’d made a mistake with Carly. Sam thinks it wasn’t after Carly. Jason says she does have a lock on Sonny, and it seems deeper than a take-down of a local crime boss.

Margaux asks Julian if he’s going after Sonny, or does his girlfriend call the shots. He suggests they get something straight. She doesn’t give a damn about him or his business. She wants him to provoke Sonny so she can be the one to take him down.

Jason tells Sam that Margaux wants to cause trouble for Sonny. Sam says, that means trouble for him.

Tomorrow, a surprise party. Margaux asks Drew for help, and Peter says Valentin owes him and he’s there to collect.

The Shahs of Sunset

Reza checks out the new construction. MJ comes by with a picnic basket. Seeing her stiletto boots, he tells her it’s not construction attire. The house was built in the 40s, and everything needed to go. In his interview, Reza says he and Adam can’t wait to move out of the condo. He’s getting older, and they want kids. He needs a lifestyle that’s more suburban and serene. He asks if he doesn’t he look all-American, picket fence? This is the new face of the American family – take it in. Reza wonders how drunk they were at the party. He got a list of their messiest moments of the evening, and we see clips. He says apparently, they got on stage and made a bad call. Reza says GG’s feelings were hurt. He wouldn’t trip over it, but he doesn’t know about her. MJ says GG is erratic. She has mad love for GG, but doesn’t feel like she owes her anything. In her interview, MJ says when GG was with Shalom, she was nicer. Now that she has personal problems, she’s having a hard time seeing others be happy. MJ wants one last toast, but Reza already finished his champagne. He spits his last sip back into the glass for the toast.

GG goes to a dermatologist for a tattoo removal. She has over twenty tattoos from all over the world, and when she was in Israel, she got one that says Shalom. She tells the nurse that it’s her husband’s name. She still likes the meaning, but doesn’t love him anymore. Destiney joins her. She ask if GG is having doubts, and says that word is not doing any good in her life. In her interview, Destiney says GG loved him, but needs to understand that keeping his name won’t heal her. It will just make it worse. Destiney films as thy do the laser treatment. GG screams. She says the pain is like a lot of heated nails stabbing her all over her body. She likes it. She yells, it’s burning! Destiney says it’s like her marriage. GG finds out she’ll need seven to nine treatments. Destiney says ,nine times of pain, and then she’s done.

Nema and Mona go out to dinner. Mona likes the setting, and says she goes for half food, half ambience In their interview, Nema (who I constantly want to call Rema, Neva, or anything but his name) says he and Mona are best friends. and involved more than they should be in each other’s lives. The producer asks if they’re ever mistaken as a couple. Nema says sometimes when they’re out. Mona says it makes her cringe. Nema says he wants to gag. No offense, dude. They toast, and Mona says toasting with water is bad luck, but she does it anyway. Mona asks what going on with GG. Nema says they have natural chemistry. It’s ridiculously inappropriate, and he wanted to tell Erica, but couldn’t get to that point. We see a clip of him telling Erica that he had a great time, and there was an instant connection with everyone. He says he instinctually knew something was wrong. Mona says she’s in an odd position. Nema is her brother, and she wants to have his back, but as a woman, she knows it’s not right, and she’s friends with Erica. He says nothing happened, but he wanted it to. He’s not ready to be fully entrenched with another woman. His marriage ended in divorce, and he’s not ready go down that road again. He says his biggest problem is that he acts before he thinks. Then he overthinks.

Reza says his dog Marty is aggressive when he meets new dogs, so they’re going on a walk with Mike and two of his dogs. They start walking, and Reza is glad the dogs are getting along. Mike kisses his French bulldog, and I love him for a millisecond. Reza says Marty might have made him a bunch of money. He attacked a giant dog at the dog park, and after Reza apologized to the owner, they started a conversation. The woman and her husband manufacture shampoo and conditioner, and she told him he has great hair. Then he asked her about investing. In his interview, Reza says he’s a hustler. As a Persian man, he was raised to be a money generating machine. One way is to befriend rich people. He wants to achieve financial success. If they open the door, he’s running in. He tells Mike it’s set-for-life money, but the voice in his head, Adam says the next big purchase is a baby. We flash back to the million times Adam has said he wants a baby. Reza’s own voice might not want to say what he wants. Mike says relationship advice 101 – keeping things from someone might cause a problem.

MJ and her cousin Sienna make lunch at MJ’s new house. In her interview, MJ says she was juggling too much, and hired Sienna. Her spirit animal is a twenty-year-old college graduate who’s half-Persian. Wedding planner Leanna arrives. MJ shows her pup Julio’s tuxedo collar. He’s going to be the ring bearer. Leanna tells them to fill her in on what’s been done, and Sienna says everything is pending. MJ wants the perfect wedding, and is going to pull it off in a hot month. They found a florist and cake artist on a streaming service. MJ says her dream wedding is where she looks like a forest nymph in an enchanted forest. She says she wants a room full of love, with no one bitching and moaning. The cake guy asks her to name a fashion designer she would like to see design a wedding, and she says, 1992 Versace. In her interview, she says the time crunch makes it easier. She can’t change her mind a thousand times.

Nema hikes with Erica and her dog. He tells her even when he complains, he’s happy to spend time with her. They stop and he says he has anxiety about a situation in Big Bear. He has to tell her something. He can’t escape how bad he feels; it’s been eating him alive. For Pete’s sake, you know by now she must be thinking he slept with somebody. It’s kind of noble and all, but just spit it out. He really seems like an idiot right now. Erica finally asks him what happened, and he says, there was almost a kiss. She asks how you almost kiss. He says they both started to move in, and then they both said no. She asks who stopped it, and he says – get this – it stopped on its own. We flash back to the almost kiss. She doesn’t believe him. I can understand why, after the fuss he made. He says he’s telling the whole truth. He wants to respect her. He knows she’s upset, and Erica says she’s boiling. Not about whats almost happened – everyone makes mistakes – but the deeper-rooted issue. Why, after they’ve been together this long, is he making that mistake? Maybe he doesn’t want to be in a serious relationship. He says he didn’t think he’d be going from wife to serious girlfriend, but she changed his perspective. He still has conflicts that are unresolved. In his interview, he says that his wife was dating before the marriage was done, and he felt like he was acting like a hypocrite. Erica says the next step is marriage, then a family. He’s throwing a wrench into it during the 7th inning. He says he told her that he didn’t want kids, and she’s ignoring that. Oh. That changes things. Not that I still don’t think he’s an idiot, but that’s a pretty big thing. If they’re not on the same page with that, they need to move on. In his interview, Nema says that Erica stood by as a friend during his divorce, and when he started dating again, it was natural. She’s been very patient, and deserves a guy with no baggage. He says he doesn’t want to waste her time, and she thinks they should take a break. He says he’s sorry, but wants to be honest, and not just give her lip-service. She says she’s getting angrier, and thinks they should go. She says she’s done.

MJ says her father had been stable for a year. Then he started suffering from shortness of breath, and it led to pneumonia. She’s hanging in there. We see a video of her with Shams in his hospital bed, and pictures of Shams over the years. She says he’s the most reliable, generous human, who has not given one person attitude ever. She wants to emulate him. She wants her relationships to be about lifting each other up not petty bullsh*t.

Destiney calls her mom from car, telling her that she’s going on a date. In her interview, Destiney says she met Alex at MJ’s event, and we see a clip of that. She says she’s not good at dating. She doesn’t allow anyone to get close. She doesn’t want to get hurt. Her mother says she’s happy as long as Destiney is happy. Destiney asks if her mom remembers her first date with Destiney’s father. Her mom says her man is the best man. He loves her so much. If she thinks about anything, he knows what she’s thinking. In her interview, Destiney explains that her father had to go back to Iran, and never came back. Her mother had three jobs and raised three girls. They were told, buck up, and be like a boy. They could be with anyone, and that person could just leave. Her biggest fear is having her children go through that pain.

Destiney is forty-five minutes late. Alex says she knows how to keep a man waiting. She pleads traffic, and he’s cool. She orders drink for him, and he says, already? but he loves. In her interview, Destiney says she needs a man who’s more Alpha than she is, and whose pepito (figure it out) is bigger than hers, so they won’t be intimidated. Destiney talks about working on her muscle car, and she has him hooked. She finds out his story is similar to hers. His father went back to Iran during the first Iraqi war, and didn’t come back. In her interview, Destiney says they connected on a different level. She says she’s heard a woman will fall for a man when he says something sad. Alex’s story got to her a little.

GG and Shervin go out to dinner. Did he just order Cheetos? Oh, Tito’s. I really did think he said Cheetos, and that they put them out like bar nuts or something. GG says MJ has been texting her, saying she hopes they can work things out. Why would she want to hear MJ’s lame ass reason why she’s an effing bitch? She has no more compassion for MJ. Shervin tells her to rise above it. In her interview, GG says she’s not there to be a punching bag. She wants MJ to say she effed up for once. Nema, Mona, and Mike show up. More friends join them. In his interview, Mike says there must be a secret hotline where Iranians tell each other where they’ll be. It’s like every Iranian is there. It’s an infestation. Uncle Fred tells GG if she gets tired of young guys, call him. Mike asks about Nema’s girlfriend. Nema says if he can’t be the guy she wants, she’s out. They’re going to live separately now. In his interview, Mike sees himself. Getting divorced screws you up. Nema didn’t wait long enough to heal first. Uncle Fred would do anything in the world for GG. Nema says this guy has him beat.

Reza says, don’t let gay thing fool you. He can chop trees, and demo property; a bitch is handy. Adam comes by the site, and Reza tells him come look. He hasn’t been there in a while; the walls are gone and the support framing was built. Reza tells him what each room is, and Adam says he wants a bigger closet. Reza says when Adam builds a house, he can have an extra closet. In his interview, Reza says that Adam is going full court press about the baby stuff. He sold his dream-house in Palm Springs so he could build a house he can raise a family in. Reza shows Adam how much has been spent on what. Adam asks if Reza thinks they’ll finish within their budget, and Reza says he does. In his interview, Reza says his dirty, little secret is that he wants to invest almost all of his retirement into a business. He’s a gambling man, and thinks it will pay off big.

Nema packs. In his interview, he says not growing up with his mom and sister, is a direct correlation to his relationships with women. It’s not working, and he has to figure out how to repair it, so his relationships aren’t constantly falling apart. He calls Mike while he’s in the car. He says he’s figuring out his next move. Mike says, as long as he’s moving forward, even 1%, he’s doing well. Don’t be in rush to figure it all out.

Mike calls Morgan. In his interview, he jokes that one of his jobs growing up big rig driver, and we see him driving a huge truck, and denting his own car trying to park. He says Morgan is his best friend. It’s awesome, but he wants to take it slow. He loads blankets into the truck. He tells us that the houses in his neighborhood are in the tens of millions, yet there are tents with homeless people nearby. He’s able-bodied, and is going to give them blankets and socks. The others meet him at the Sox warehouse. He’s giving out six hundred blankets and twelve thousand socks. Everyone in the group has donated. In his interview, Mike says GG and MJ contributed financially, but they’re not getting along. He can’t have them fighting in the background, and being distracting. The rest of the gang passes out the blankets and socks. In his interview, Nema says Persians are very philanthropic. They lived in an affluent culture that got turned upside down. When there’s a profound sense of loss, they feel a connection to the people affected. Mike wants to be the best version of himself, and help people at the same time.

MJ meets GG at a meditation garden. In her interview, GG says there was friendship and love before the hurt. We flash back to that. She says maybe the energy of the flowers and plants will come into them. Maybe not. MJ says she feels love for GG, and asks if she feels the same. GG says, oh yeah, but I’m not sure if it’s sarcasm. MJ says Reza was happy, and GG threw shade to hurt him. We flash back to GG saying MJ has a man of honor whose d*ck was inside of her. MJ says the look on her face says she doesn’t give a flying. She says GG can be ugly, and ugly isn’t her thing. GG say she can be ugly, but MJ’s thing is being nasty. MJ invited GG’s husband’s ex-wife to the party and announced it. MJ says, who cares if he’s been married before? totally missing the point. GG asks why she felt the need to go that low to hurt her? In her interview, GG says she tried to move past Shalom, but MJ woke up Lochnessa. GG says MJ brings him up in every conversation, and GG wants her to stop it. She says she wants to sh*t on everything MJ does. That’s what she deserves. She starts throwing things at MJ, and is ready to take off her hoops. MJ says she’s never hurt GG, and GG says she has. The first night at Big Bear, MJ tried to put her in line. We flash back to MJ telling GG she has effed up values. MJ says it was a joke, which is what a lot of people say when they get caught being a jerk. GG says it hurt her, and she wanted to hurt MJ back. She asks if they’re sisters. MJ asks for her hand, and sits with her on the steps. MJ says she loves GG so much. She wants to be her sister. They were sisters, but when GG hurts her, she thinks it’s a joke, and she’s been thinking the same. She suggests next time there’s a conflict, she’ll pull GG to the side, and tell her what’s bothering her. GG says if that’s what has to happen, a pull-to-the-side conversation. In her interview, MJ says she needs to be more patient, and maybe she can help save GG in some way. She loves that crazy bitch. They joke about GG’s sideburns. I’m not even sure what just happened.

Next time, Shams passes away, GG needs to get a legal divorce, and Nema brings Erica to meet the group. Not too awkward.

The Real Housewives of Dallas

A dog walking down the street, wearing a little hat!

Sugar barks incessantly at Brandi’s newly adopted baby, Bruin. Brandi and Bryan had been trying to have a baby, and Stephanie texted her about adopting a baby boy. In her interview, Stephanie says she has a friend who runs an adoption agency. The baby has red hair and green eyes. We see a clip of Bryan saying it was meant to be. In her interview, Brandi talks about holding the baby for the first time, and how he took her finger and wouldn’t let go. He knew she was his mom. She had been talking to the girls about having a baby, but they’ve no time to process it; no nine-month pregnancy. it literally happened overnight. Brandi calls Stephanie on her way to baby shopping, and asks Stephanie to meet her.

LeeAnne has a private meditation session. In her interview, she says after she was challenged to change her behavior, she realized she didn’t want to go down the same rabbit hole, hoping for new destination. She’s trying a new approach. D’Andra joins her for support. In her interview, she says LeeAnne finds peace, she might not want to cut a bitch. The instructor’s name is David Sunshine, and yes, it’s his real name. They go into the lotus room, and David asks why LeeAnne is interested in mindfulness. LeeAnne says she has anger issues. She was abused as a child, and anything perceived as a threat isn’t tolerated.

He has them observe their thoughts passing through their minds without judgement. We flash back to LeeAnne being a complete a-hole. In her interview, LeeAnne says as long as she’s in control of herself, she can allow others to see a different side of her. He tells them to observe their thoughts, and let them pass. Geez, that’s it? LeeAnne sees why it balances whatever. Some weird word I didn’t catch.

Brandi looks at strollers. Stephanie comes in and starts crying when she sees Brandi with the baby. She holds him, and says it’s crazy how he looks like Brandi. In her interview, Stephanie says Brandi has found a purpose in life greater than herself. She noticed it when Brandi had the other kids, and she’s seeing it again. The baby was always hers.

D’Andra and Jeremy meet with a caterer about their 4th anniversary party. They do something special every year. In her interview, D’Andra tells us that four years in Dallas is like a lifetime. Apparently, marriages don’t last long there. It’s probably the heat. They’re having the party at a friend’s home; a beautiful mansion. She says when people attend her events, they know they’re getting a first-class experience. She and Jeremy do a tasting, and the caterers leave them to discuss. They go over the guest list. D’Andra says her mother coming, and it feels like a roller coaster, ripping her soul apart. In her interview, she explains how her mother turned over the reins of the company to her, felt threatened, and took them back. Since then, she hasn’t wanted to give the business up, and they’re not speaking. She tells Jeremy if she tells the truth, she feels punished. She thinks she’s at a crossroads, where she needs to stand up for herself. Jeremy tells her to quit trying to be peacemaker.

Kameron discusses her Sparkle Dog options with Court. She doesn’t have the man power look to expand, and needs a distributor. We flash back down the Sparkle Dog road. Court says if it’s taking this much time, he needs to see more profit. She says the only way to do that is getting a distributor. Court says it needs to happen or not. It will fly by its own or not. In her interview, Kameron says people think she’s a dumb Barbie who loves pink. When she decided to have a family, she realized she’d to give up some things, one of them being getting a master’s degree in textiles. She shows Court her idea for a promotional tote bag, but he’s not keen on the idea. He says she’s already taking enough time away from them. In her interview, Kameron says she could stay home and live the simple life, but she doesn’t want her daughter to think she should just get married and live off her husband’s money.

LeeAnne and Rich go shopping. Rich wears an eyepatch because of the deteriorating sight in one eye. LeeAnne says he also thinks pirates get more booty. They talk about he upcoming party, and LeeAnne says she’s owned her part in her feud with Cary, but what was said, can’t be taken back. We flash back to the whole I-have-my-hands debacle. She tells Rich that she’d like to sit with Cary before the anniversary party. He suggests calling her, and LeeAnne calls from the car. She tells Cary she’d like to sit down before D’Andra’s party. Cary is like, um, uh, oh, okay. LeeAnne thinks they should talk it out, one on one. He says, she sounded reluctant, but they’re just hands. She tells him, shut up.

Brandi and Stephanie go for mani/pedis. Must be nice. Stephanie loves that Brandi brought the baby. She wants to be like an aunt to him. They talk about the party. Stephanie says they’re supposed to wear black or gold. She’s sad Brandi won’t be there. Brandi says she’s happy. D’Andra has said things behind her back, and she didn’t want to accept an invitation when D’Andra clearly doesn’t like her. In her interview, she explains, among other things, D’Andra said she abuses Adderall, when it’s a medication that she’s prescribed. She thinks D’Andra should apologize, but that’s not happening. She says LeeAnne will be there too, and they didn’t end on a good note. We flash back to the reunion. Stephanie says Cary is meeting with LeeAnne. LeeAnne tried to blame her for everything. She’s a nasty, negative person. It’s a lot of crap to get thrown at you, and you don’t mess with family. In her interview, Stephanie says LeeAnne acts in a way that can be scary. She hopes therapy helps. She’d love nothing more than to have LeeAnne in a good place. Right now, it’s a sh*t show.

Cary hasn’t seen LeeAnne in a month. She doesn’t feel the need to go to every charity event, but wants to be able to be in the same room with her. LeeAnne is afraid Cary will say she wants to move forward, then talk sh*t about her the second she’s gone. She hopes Cary sees she’s trying and wants to move to a positive place. They meet for coffee. LeeAnne tells Cary that D’Andra’s party is coming up, and she wanted to see where they are. Cary isn’t at a point where she wants to be friends. She’s still hurt. LeeAnne says she wants to be happy, and wants Cary to be happy. They need to figure out how to respect one another. LeeAnne is afraid she’ll says something that will be misconstrued after it goes through the grapevine, and it’s not who she wants to be. Cary tells her, actions speak louder than words. LeeAnne says she also wants to keep owning her actions. Cary doesn’t want to talk about LeeAnne’s actions; it makes her sick, and there’s no reason to rehash. LeeAnne doesn’t know what to say, since this isn’t going the way she rehearsed it. She says she’s genuinely sorry, and doesn’t want to do that anymore. She wants to move on. They have many mutual friends, and need to have some sort of decency, so they can be in the same room. She wonders about the occasional lunch, but Cary’s not ready for that; she’s not there yet. LeeAnne says last year, her pet peeve was knowing that Cary was pissed when she was being nice. Cary says she also had to look in the mirror and tell herself not to sugarcoat things. In her interview, Cary says she would tell someone, sure, I’ll be your friend, when in the back of her mind, she was thinking, ugh. She doesn’t want to be intimidated into being a doormat, but she wants to be civil. LeeAnne puts her knife in the middle of the table, and says she’s laying down her sword. Cary does the same. In her interview, LeeAnn says they talked about real things and real feelings. She’s never spoken to this Cary. She asks Cary how the part-time thing is going, and Cary says she opened a laser center in the office. We flash back to her wanting to spend more time at home. She says it’s the best of both worlds. She’s taking it one day at a time. They clink coffee cups.

D’Andra shows the family her dress. Lots of sparkly appliques, and it drapes low in the back. She says they have a full house, with Jeremy’s family staying with them. Since she and her mom are not in a great place, his family means a lot. She’s meeting her mom later, and doesn’t know what to expect. She has anxiety.

LeeAnne tells Rich that she just wants to be peaceful and happy with him, their beagle, their terrier, and their friends. In her interview, she’s says they’ve been engaged a while, and still don’t have a wedding date. She was okay with it, but people are starting to ask. She tells him, let’s get married, and he does a spit-take. In her interview, she says he’s been married three times. She doesn’t want to push or he might back out. She tells Rich if she gets any animosity at the party, she’ll just say, sorry they feel that way, and move on. Rich says, it’s all good in the hood, which he should never say.

The place looks gorgeous. D’Andra moves the place cards around. She puts herself next to her mother, saying, keep your enemies closer. She’s not sure why Brandi isn’t coming. Jeremy tells her to relax. Martinis are shaken (not stirred), and the guests begin to arrive. It gets crowded pretty quickly. D’Andra sees her mom, downs a drink, and disappears. Maybe it’s a magic drink. In her interview, she says they’re true Texas women. They give a big Texas smile, and put their issues aside. They’re here to celebrate love. LeeAnne’s hair jewelry is exquisite; a jeweled crescent in the back. In her interview, Kameron says celebrating a 4th anniversary is odd. Maybe they’re doing it in dog years. Happy 28th anniversary! In her interview, Stephanie says she and Cary are in a good spot now. Referring to everyone’s outfits, Cary says, it’s a sparkling match, and tells D’Andra that she’s winning the marriage game. Dee intrudes on the conversation, and tries to take over. In her interview, D’Andra says everyone wants her mother to be their mother, until they’re in her place.

Leeanne and Cary hug. In her interview, Kameron is glad they’re not fighting; it’s exhausting. Dinner is served. In her interview, Stephanie says in her dreams, she’s had to sit next to LeeAnne at a dinner party, and it’s now a real-life nightmare. She’s pissed at D’Andra. LeeAnne’s name is misspelled; the last “e” being left off the place card. She toasts to the fun table. Dee tells D’Andra to thank her guests for coming. LeeAnne says people invite her to things because they know she’ll make an ass of herself. Stephanie says, her too. In her interview, D’Andra thought they might get along if Brandi wasn’t there, and it worked. In her interview, Stephanie thinks it’s weird that LeeAnne is being nice and wants to move forward. She wants to give her another chance.

Cary is happy Stephanie is having fun with LeeAnne, but truth be told, after a few glasses of wine, Stephanie has fun with anyone. Kameron feels a weight lifting, and is cautiously optimistic. In her interview, she says she’s excited about them coming this far. LeeAnne’s girlfriend Jenn freaks Rick out by announcing they’re getting married tonight. LeeAnne wonders if Rich is dragging his feet because of a bigger issue. She doesn’t understand the stall.

Next time, Brandi shows up at the party, Stephanie has a surrogate, and Dee accuses D’Andra of verbal abuse.

🌹 It Almost Makes Me Want to Watch…

Almost.

https://pagesix.com/2018/08/03/is-kathryn-dennis-the-next-bachelorette/?utm_source=maropost&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pagesixdaily&utm_content=20180804&mpweb=755-7164180-711673032

💪 You Can Do This…

OneDay

OneDay2

OneDay3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aug10

August 9, 2018 – The Trial Begins, MJ Announces Her Bridal Party, a Game, Three Truths & Act Busy

Posted on by
Standard

What I Watched Today

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

 

General Hospital

Carly takes in being back home. She missed the afternoon light, and someone has been smoking cigars in the house. Sonny asks if she’s mad at him, but she thinks it’s wonderful.

Francesca tells Elizabeth she’s been going through a lot. Elizabeth tells her not to be nervous, and just tell the truth. Ava asks to speak with Elizabeth. She says Franco is looking more intense than usual. Elizabeth says he’s probably just checking in. Ava thinks it might be counterproductive to annoy Kiki’s attorney before the trial starts. Franco tells Alexis that he’s trying to share vital information. Alexis says they’ll talk later; she’s about to try a case. He says, a case she’ll lose if they don’t talk right now.

Jordan and Curtis talk on separate phones. Jordan asks why Curtis wanted to meet at the MetroCourt. Is he working a case there? He says they’ve been busy, and he thought they could reconnect. Jordan says she’s in the middle of four cases, and has no time. The next we see them, they’re in bed.

Alexis asks Franco what’s so important that he’s interrupting her one second before the trial? It better be good. He says she has a potential midfield on her hands, and there’s one question she can’t ask. The judge comes in, and Alexis tells Franco to sit.

Sonny asks if Carly feels better, and she says, much. Lockup was a picnic compared to Ferncliff. She marvels at how easy it seems when you know you’re being released. Sonny says he’s sorry, but she says Nelle is a full out psycho; it’s on her. She didn’t see it coming. He says none of them did. She says now Michael is grieving. She knows the baby’s death wasn’t caused by the accident, but she blames Nelle. Sonny suggests they don’t give her any more time and energy. Carly agrees they have better things to focus on, and asks if Diane is getting Jason released. Sonny says she’s working on it, and Carly tells him it was fun in lockup. They talked all night long. Mike comes in, and Sonny says, look who’s home. Carly says she missed him.

Alexis says the defendant is a respected physician with impeccable credentials. No one is questioning his expertise or commitment and compassion as a physician. He’s also sexual predator. He can be both; they’re not mutually exclusive, and she’s going to prove that. Her client was a rising med student, and looked up to him as a mentor and role model. He betrayed that trust by coercing her to have sexual relations. Having the burden of proof means she must prove his inexcusable, inappropriate behavior was severe and pervasive. She feels confident that when the jury hears what transpired, they’ll find for the plaintiff.

Scotty says Alexis is a wonderful story teller, but they’re here to establish the truth. David is innocent. He sits back down, and David says, that’s it? Scotty says, let her spin her web. He’ll catch her in it. David says he’d better. Elizabeth is called as the first witness.

Mike tells his nurse that he’s off the clock. Where’s Felix? He wants to spend time with his daughter-in-law. Sonny tells Nurse Not-Felix that they’ve got it. Mike tells Carly that she’s looking good, and asks where she’s been keeping herself?

Alexis asks Elizabeth how it happened that Kiki went from nurses’ aid to med school. Elizabeth says David observed her, and after that, sought her out. He told her that she should think about becoming a doctor. He told her about the pre-med placement program, and became her champion. When she moved on to the Shadow program, doing rotation with select doctors, David was the first doctor she was going to work with. Alexis says, that’s a big deal. Elizabeth says, it should be, but after the first rotation ended, she found Kiki crying. She told Elizabeth that David had given her a negative evaluation, trashing her. and offered to revise it if she had sex with him. Alexis asks if he’d ever behaved that way before. Elizabeth says David tried to kiss Kiki, and when she resisted, he went from being super supportive to hyper-critical. Eventually, he tried to blackmail her into having sex.

When it’s Scotty’s turn, he asks Elizabeth if she’d ever noticed inappropriate behavior on David’s part. She says, no. He asks if, in her opinion, Kiki’s review was negative. She says, just the opposite.

Epiphany takes the stand, and says that after the first rotation, Kiki asked for it to be changed for her to be with another doctor. Scotty asks if she assigned the change. She says she didn’t have the authority, and besides, Kiki changed her mind. She didn’t understand what was going on, and then realized… Scotty asks if she’s a psychic, but Epiphany says she doesn’t need to be one to know when a girl is hurting or that a good-for-nothing, pompous man is the cause of it.

Carly tells Mike that she’s been away. She didn’t know if she’d make it back to her family. It was hard, but she knew if she kept believing, she’d find a way back to the people she loves. He says, like the one with the ruby slippers. Carly says, Dorothy, and he says, right; there’s no place like home. He wishes he could click his heels and find a way back to himself. Carly says he doesn’t need magic shoes. He’ll always be him, and always be their Mike, and they’ll be his family. That’s all that matters.

On the stand, Francesca says she had excellent grades and favorable performance reviews, until David. He was hyper-critical, citing mistakes she didn’t even make, saying it was a shame to watch her career go down the drain. He said he could help turn it around, but she had to give everything she had. He said nothing in life is free, and all she had to do was have sexual relations with him. She did, and after that, he left her alone. Alexis asks what If she hadn’t complied? Francesca says he could have had her fired. Alexis asks if she slept with him to keep her job, and she says, yes.

Mike says he left the checkerboard outside. Sonny says it’s not going to rain, but he goes out anyway. Carly tells Sonny that Mike seems fragile. Sonny says in the past few weeks, Mike has been going down a little. Nothing serious, but sometimes he’s his old self and those times are starting to grow further away. They hear a crash from outside, and run out.

Scotty asks Francesca is David used any physical force. Francesca says, did he rape her? No. Scotty says so it was consensual. She chose to sleep with him to help her career. She says, to keep her job. Scotty says she hasn’t moved up. Maybe she’s upset that she didn’t get more help. Alexis says he’s badgering the witness, and he has no further questions. David says he started wondering when his lawyer would show up. In redirect, Alexis asks if Francesca knows the legal definition of coercion? (She said coercement, but apparently, that’s the wrong word, so I’m changing it. Bad Alexis.) Francesca says, no, but she knows how it feels. Alexis says, *to compel by force, intimidation, and authority. Did she want to have sex with him? Francesca says, no. Did she express any desire for a personal relationship? Again, no. Alexis asks if she complied solely because of a threat to her employment, and she says, yes. Alexis says, that is coercion. She has no further questions.

*Coercion: the use of express or implied threats of violence or reprisal (as discharge from employment) or other intimidating behavior that puts a person in immediate fear of the consequences in order to compel that person to act against his or her will.

Franco texts Alexis that they have to talk asap. Ava is on the stand, and says she got a visit from David at the gallery one night. Alexis asks if he was a regular customer, but she says it was the first time she’d seen him. She was about to close, but wanted to take the opportunity to thank him. He said Kiki had loads of potential, but he wasn’t sure handle the pressure. Alexis asks, what kind of pressure. Ava thought she knew, but the timing seems suspect. She didn’t know at the time, but that night, Kiki was filing a formal complaint. She doesn’t think it was a coincidence. David tells Scotty, tear her to pieces, but he has no questions at this time. David asks what the hell he’s doing. Scotty says making Kiki’s mother a martyr is no good for their case.

Alexis says she has one more witness – Kiki.

At the hospital, Sonny wants to see Griff; Mike fell. Stella sees them, and asks what brought Mike there. He says, nothing, but Carly tells her that he fell. Stella says it doesn’t look serious, but let someone take a look, so son and daughter-in-law won’t worry. Stella grabs a doctor, and says this is her friend; take good care of him. She asks Mike if she can come with him, and Mike says, sure. They leave, and Carly says Stella is really good with him. Sonny says Stella can do no wrong as far as Mike is concerned.

In the examining room, Mike tells Stella that he’s a big boy. She doesn’t have to hold his hand – unless she wants to. She says it’s the least she can do after he gave her such great advice. It really helped with her nephew. He wishes he knew what she was thanking him for.

Basking in the afterglow, Curtis tells Jordan they have to do this on a regular basis, so the honeymoon never ends. Jordan says there needs to be a wedding first. Once things settle down, they’ll set a date, and it will be locked in stone. He gets out of bed, saying, if they’re going to set a date weddings ain’t cheap, and he’ll be damned if he’s skimping on the honeymoon. He goes into the shower, and his phone rings. Jordan sees there’s a message from Chondra.

Kiki says David had more faith than she had in herself. He cheered her on, and gave her letters of recommendation. He told her that he recognized talent, and championed it. She was flattered. Alexis asks when her opinion changed. Kiki says after she and her boyfriend broke up, David became more personal; touchy feely. He would seek her out. She was at The Floating Rib, and he sat with her, insisting he pay for her dinner and her organic chemistry exam. Alexis says it sounds harmless; something a mentor might do. That’s what Kiki thought. She came to his office to find a textbook that he’d happened to checkout. Out of nowhere, he gave her a first edition of Gray’s Anatomy. It was rare and expensive. She didn’t want to accept it, but he insisted. There were alarm bells, but she didn’t want to offend him. He told her she’d been accepted to the Shadow program. She was thrilled, but surprised. She figured she’d thought wrong about him. She was about to apologize for thinking the worst, when he put his hands on her shoulders, and began to give her a massage. David looks pissed, as she gives him a pointed look.

Alexis asks, what happened next? Kiki says as soon as she felt his hands on her, she froze. He moved his hands to her neck, saying she was too tense, while talking about the great opportunity she had. There were few who made it, but he’d see to it. She told him stop. Alexis says, did he? Kiki says, yes. He told her that she misunderstood, and he’d thought they were on the same page. It made her second guess herself. She tried to change shifts, and not go off alone with him. He caught her in the hall, and asked her to come to his office. He insisted. Alexis asks what transpired, and Kiki says he told her she’d been selected for the Shadow program. She got in because he pushed for her. Then he grabbed her and kissed her. Then it made sense. It was all a set-up so he could get her into bed. There were other students who were more qualified, and she skipped the line because David wanted sex with her. She told him to leave her alone; she was not interested. And she gave the book back. Alexis asks if that was the end of it, and Kiki says, no. He was just getting started.

Stella tells Mike that she’s squeamish, so she’s going to step out while he gets stitches. Mike says he’ll probably forget anyway. He asks what he said that helped so much with her nephew. She says he spoke about the power of love, and how it’s one thing that never goes away. Mike supposes that sounds like him; the way he used to be. He’s not that Mike anymore. He can feel that Mike leaving the station, like the last train to Far Rockaway. Stella tells him that he’s not alone. The doctor walks in.

Curtis tells Jordan that they have the room for the rest of the night. He’ll see her after work. Being passive/aggressive, Jordan says she figured he might have plans with Chondra, and tells him to check his phone messages. She asks if that’s the Chondra that Stella reached out to. He says he didn’t respond, and she says don’t let her stand in the way. He says he loves her, and wants to show her over and over again tonight. He kisses her and leaves. She looks skeptical.

Sonny is glad it’s nothing serious, but Stella says she thinks Mike’s condition has changed. Carly thinks he does seem different. Stella knows that Felix spoke to Sonny about other options, and asks if he’s thought about them. Sonny doesn’t think it’s time, and Stella says it’s not about what they think, but what Mike thinks. She says Sonny knows that deep down. Whatever is decided, he should include Mike while he still can. Don’t wait until he has to force him. The illness will take everything. Don’t let it take his dignity.

Kiki says David showed her a first draft of the evaluation; it was horrible. She was about to ask if she could still earn a good one, when he gave her the key to his hotel room. He wanted her to sleep with him. Alexis asks if he offered a positive evaluation provided she had sex with him, and Kiki says, yes. She ran out of the office. She wouldn’t sleep with him even if it destroyed her medical career. That’s when Elizabeth found her crying. She knew she had to do something; to speak up. She had to stop him. He can’t keep doing this. It’s not right.

Scotty says, no questions at this time. Everyone is like, what? David asks Scotty if he’s trying to throw the case. Scotty says he saw how the jury reacted, and asks David if he wants Kiki to get more sympathy. David says Scotty is his attorney; act like it, and use the photo. Scotty looks at the photo. Kiki looks so distressed in it, I don’t know how it could be construed as anything romantic. David tells Scotty, if he wants to win, do it his way. If he doesn’t use the photo, David will fire him and do it himself. The judge calls for a recess.

Lulu asks if there are any comments. Ava tells Kiki she’s proud of her, and Griff says she did great. Franco asks to talk to Griff, and pulls him into the hallway. Griff asks what’s wrong, and Franco says, he knows. Griff asks how he found out. Franco says, it doesn’t matter. His only concern is that Kiki is spared. Lulu tells them that they’re being called back.

Back home, Mike says all that trouble was for nothing. He got in worse scrapes when he was a kid. It seems like another lifetime; like it happened to someone else. He guesses it did. Sonny asks if he wants lunch, but Mike wants to lie down, and goes upstairs. Carly tells Sonny, maybe Stella is right, and it’s time to have that conversation with his dad.

Jordan sees Stella at the hospital. She says she wanted to check in with Stella about the wedding. She was under the impression they had her blessing. Stella says she supports what makes her nephew happy. Jordan says, then why set Chondra on her fiancé?

Scotty shows Kiki the photo, and asks if it’s familiar. She says she knows it. He tells the court to let the record state the plaintiff is in the arms of another doctor, and it doesn’t look like she’s complaining. He has no further questions. Alexis redirects. She says despite Scotty’s off-color innuendo, what’s going on in the photo? Kiki says it was taken after her first day in the Shadow program. David had been treating her like an intern, not a pre-med student. When she didn’t know an answer, he berated her. She was upset, and Griff was concerned. He was being a friend, and hugged her. Alexis asks how David got the picture, but Kiki doesn’t know. Alexis asks if she thinks it might have been ammunition, in case she came forward about his inappropriate behavior. Scotty objects, and she withdraws the question. She wants to call Griff to the stand. Scotty says he’s not on the list, but she says the relationship has been brought into question, and Griff can set the record straight. Griff takes the stand.

Sonny knows Stella is right, and he’ll eventually have to move Mike to a permanent care facility, but it’s Mike’s decision to make while he still can. Sonny doesn’t think Mike is ready; he isn’t. He asks if Carly thinks he’s making a mistake. She thinks it’s his call to make. She’s here to listen and do whatever she can to help, but the decision is between him and Mike. Sonny says he’s been spreading himself too thin. Carly says it’s too much for anyone to deal with. He says he’s not making excuses. Everything is going to be good because she’s home. They exchange I love yous.

Jordan says Stella claimed to be okay with the wedding, but she knew all along Stella was hoping something would go wrong to stop it. Stella agrees that she always liked Chondra, and made a point of checking in, but she also told her that Curtis was getting married. She tells Jordan not to worry. Chondra isn’t the type to take another woman’s man.

Curtis looks at the message from Chondra.

Griff is sworn in, and I say, f…udge. Franco and Scotty are texting, and Ava gets a text saying Griff and Kiki had sex.

Tomorrow, Ava asks Kiki if she’d like to tell her something, Doc suggests Carly come back to therapy, and Chase asks Jason if he doesn’t want justice.

The Shahs of Sunset

They really need to change their opening.

Reza tells everyone to rise and shine. The Shahs get ready for the day. Nema tells Mona all he could do is stare at GG last night. He’s crushing hard. In his interview, Nema says he has a girlfriend, and tried to kiss another girl. He’s screwed. GG says Reza plagiarized [sic] Mike’s cologne. Reza says the same for her boobs. They look bigger, and he asks if it’s the altitude.

Departure is noon. Reza has an announcement before they leave. He tells them he has the pleasure of being MJ’s man of honor at her wedding. GG asks how it feels for MJ to have a man of honor who had his d*ck inside of her. MJ asks if she wants to be in the bridal party, and GG tells her that she’s done; go ahead and spin it. Reza says they were teenagers. In her interview, MJ says it bothers her that GG is bottom dwelling, when she should be happy for her. If she’s a friend, she should act like one. If she wants to be in the bridal party, she has leaps and bounds to go. MJ says thanks for the warning, and tells Reza this happens with jealous, low-level haters. In his interview, Reza says GG knows what she’s doing, but she’s not taking away from his excitement. GG says everything with MJ is intentional. To come after her about her relationship, knowing it’s been damaging, is effed up.

Trainer Craig puts MJ through her paces. They go for a run. MJ wants to look good on her wedding day, and has used a personal trainer for the last six months. We see clips of MJ running; she tells us, with 36 triple-Ds. She has no time for bullsh*t, or friends who are about the bullsh*t. She does some planks.

After living in a WeHo condo, MJ has finally upgraded to a house with a beautiful view and glass walls. It’s a dream come true. When she comes home, Tommy is talking to Vida on the deck. In her interview, MJ says it’s funny. Now that her mother trusts Tommy, the floodgates opened. They have a lot in common; food and a love of cooking. We see a clip of them cooking together. Vida said if MJ doesn’t marry Tommy, she will. Vida talks about the Wedding March, but MJ nixes that.

Destiney and MJ meet at a humongous party store. They discuss MJ’s upcoming Valentine’s Day party that she wants Destiney to handle. MJ wants something that focuses on all love, not just couples’ love. She asks if Destiney got on Tinder. Destiney says her name and pictures are up there, but she needs a profile. MJ puts in some of Destiney’s likes and dislikes. She thinks Destiney should have more revealing pictures, and asks what Destiney thinks Tommy was attracted to, her personality? In her interview, Destiney is firm on no dirty nails, has to be circumcised, and no wearing briefs. Does she mean boxers? That doesn’t sound right. MJ tells her to have some red wine, get on Tinder, and just act like she’s communicating with someone. They buy nearly 800 bucks worth of candy.

The best thing about Mike is that he has three cute dogs. He says he took his home down to the studs, like how he rebuilt his life. His house represents the Mike who’s ready to be a husband and father one day. Reza comes by, and asks what’s going on when he sees everything everywhere. In his interview, he explains that Mike couldn’t deal with the house by himself. He shares a text from Mike – please help me pick out a mailbox asap – sent at 9:35 am. He’s put in hundreds of hours. We see clips of Reza basically guiding Mike through everything. Reza says he’s starting to get irritated. He’s spent a lot of time on bullsh*t that should have been handled. He wants it done right or it will reflect on him.

GG tells Destiney that MJ is too intense. Destiney says they’re on different frequencies. GG loves MJ, but come at her, and she’ll retaliate in the same manner. We flash back to GG going out of her mind and acting batsh*t crazy. Destiney says, everything is about timing. Her timing wasn’t proper. In her interview, Destiney says bickering is what sisters do, but it hurts because it’s your sister. They go to a bar to check out the guys. Destiney fixes the bartender’s tie. In her interview, Destiney says she tried Tinder, but it’s all, hey, what’s up, are you down to f***? That’s a no. GG says it looks like everyone is paired up. Destiney says it sucks all around.

Reza, Mike, and Nema meet for dinner. Reza says Mike’s house is almost at the finish line. Mike asks if Nema told his girlfriend about flirting with GG. Nema says, no, but he has to. In his interview, he says she’ll find out anyway. His sister is her best friend, they live together, she runs three of his companies, and these people are sociopaths. He can’t trust any of them. He tells the guys that he never played the field.

Mona joins GG and Destiney. Mona is wearing a tight bodysuit, and GG explains about a type of underwear that prevents camel toe. She says it was interesting seeing the brother and sister dynamic. They seem very close. In her interview, Destiney says she’s never seen a brother look at a sister that way. It’s 97% cute, and 3% hmm…  GG brings up Cruel Intentions, and Mona says she’s getting nauseous, and it’s not like that.

Shervin joins the guys at dinner. Reza says he’s the one to talk to about stepping out on a girlfriend. Shervin says, Mike too. Mike suggests keeping it in different area codes. Some amazing food is served. Shervin FaceTimes with GG, and Nema hopes she’s having fun. Reza says Nema wants to come clean. In her interview, GG says she backed away, and now he wants to tell his girlfriend. Nothing happened. And she’s right. For once, nothing happened. Reza makes fun of Nema, and does a very accurate imitation. He asks to talk to Shervin and Mike outside. They swear they’re not ditching Nema, and leaving him with the bill. Oh yes they are. The waiter brings the check, and Nema realizes they’re not coming back. Nema says, it’s hazing 101, and the waiter says, welcome to the family.

MJ and Vida visit a fertility doctor who went to high school with MJ. She wants her mom involved in the process. The doctor says she has healthy, genetically tested embryos for the future. In her interview, MJ explains that Vida was left out of a lot of her life. She didn’t even tell Vida she was getting married, but thinks now that it wasn’t the smartest choice, and decided to give the bitch a chance. Vida can be pretty mean. The doctor tells her the eggs will be waiting whenever she’s ready. In her interview, MJ says last year, she froze her eggs. She wants wedding, then baby, then three bikes riding off into the sunset. He says there’s no need to rush, but he’d like it to be sooner rather than later. MJ has been working hard to be in good shape. Vida says she can’t run in high heels. Vida tells the doctor that MJ’s dad is In the hospital. If something happens to him, she’ll be very hurt, and it can’t be during that time. The doctor says MJ’s love for her dad pushed her to do this fast. He says to think positive, give encouragement, and MJ will make them grandparents. He can’t wait to give all of the good news.

Mike and Reza go plant shopping. Mike wants an avocado tree, and Reza asks if that’s so he doesn’t have to spend as much on guacamole. Mike tells Reza he’s decided to pursue Morgan. We see a picture of them together, and he says they met at the gym. In true Mike fashion, he sabotaged it, thinking there was something better out there, and met Mona. He and Mona didn’t share the same philosophies, and Morgan is more what he’s looking for. Reza is supportive of Morgan, but says she’s very young. Mike insists that they’re on the same maturity level, although I’d be willing to bet – without even having met her – she’s more mature than he is. In his interview, Reza says Mike wants to please his mom, but he doesn’t like those girls. He wants big fake boobs, hair down to their tramp stamp, and puffed-up lips. As they shop, Reza explains it’s a textbook Persian maneuver 101. Buy one small item in a high-end store, and take mental inventory of what you can buy at the discount store. I like it! Mike says he’s bringing Morgan to MJ’s party. She’s tough.

The venue Destiney has picked out has something different going on in every room. She wants people to remember everything. It’s a cool place. Sort of like the old Danceteria times eight with a little Limelight thrown in. She shows everyone what and how to set up.

The guests arrive. They’re welcomed to the love den, and given drinks. Vida says MJ looks good, and MJ says that’s an effing first. Adam is surprised that Nema and Mona are brother and sister. He tells Reza that they seem more like husband and wife. Mike brings Morgan. Reza isn’t surprised that he could forget Morgan at the drop of a hat. Mike is shallow. He requires coddling and compliments, and Mona is not that girl. Me neither. In her interview, GG says she’s nervous to see Nema. It’s Valentine’s Day. Next thing you know, her phone will be ringing with a random number, and she’ll hear, hello, it’s Erica. You tried to make out with my boyfriend, and I’m not down with that.

Destiney welcomes everyone, and introduces MJ. MJ says the reason she wanted this love celebration, was to formally announce that she’s getting married April 21st. Tommy is with her dad tonight. She asks Reza to come up. She also introduces Craig and Brandon (Craig’s husband) as her bridesmen. GG tells Adam that MJ’s glam squad is her bridal team. MJ says it’s going to be a small wedding, but she wants all of them there. Adam blurts out, what about him? GG says they got kicked in the ass. They’re no competition for hot gays. Adam says MJ completely disregarded them. He leaves with GG. Outside, GG says she doesn’t know if she should be hurt. She’s sorry they have no hair and makeup skills. Craig joins them, and says he had no idea that was going to happen.

MJ takes Vida outside, and says the way she’s been present in MJ’s life lately means a lot. She wants Vida to play a bigger role in her life. I add, and a free babysitter in the future. She wants Vida’s support. Vida says she doesn’t like what she hears sometimes. Liking Tommy and him being a suitable husband are two different issues. In her interview, MJ says she’s done what she needs to do to show love by including her. If she’s not supportive, she doesn’t need to be included, and can be in the nosebleed section of her life. She wants Vida’s support going forward, but Vida doesn’t know. Destiney comes out, and asks if they’re okay.

Adam isn’t feeling it. MJ never mentioned anything and Reza didn’t either. How is he supposed to feel? Destiney tells MJ to enjoy her moment; it’s everyone else’s issue. Reza follows GG and Adam. Adam says he’s hurt; he wanted to be a part of it. Reza says if one of them benefits, they both do. GG asks Reza if he’d be okay if Adam was the man of honor for someone he once had sex with. Adam says maybe he has an issue, and Reza tells him to get over it. Nema tells GG, see what she just did. Adam says Reza will be walking down the aisle with someone he used to screw. In his interview, Reza says GG can start whatever she thinks she’s starting. Adam is tipsy, but she can’t eff his relationship up; it’s too strong for that bullsh*t. Reza says Adam and GG are being all kinds of extra, and he needs a moment.

Reza takes the mic. He says as man of honor – sorry GG, sorry Adam – he needs to make an announcement. It’s so good to be among friends, old friends and new friends. MJ adds, some friends teach you a lesson. Reza tells GG look behind her; there’s a good friend of his and MJ’s. MJ says she was also married to Shalom. GG realizes Shalom’s ex-wife is there, and smashes her glass. Her version of asking someone to hold her hoops. She tells Shervin to take her out of there. Outside, he tells her to relax. She tells him to stop touching her. He says she’s turning herself up. Why is she tripping? In her interview, GG says she could care less that she’s not in the wedding. She clearly doesn’t believe in marriage, but these were two people she thought were her friends. How could they do this?

Reza finds GG, who thanks him for the heads up. She says she wanted to meet Shalom’s ex and talk with her, but this way is effed up. Reza says she’s right; he’s sorry. He doesn’t want it to be a thing, and she says it is already. He goes back, and tells MJ that they poked the bear; they’re even. He wants to squash it. In her interview, MJ says she loves GG, but she’s always disappointed. She’s not enabling her friends if they’re acting like a-holes. When you do something sh*tty, don’t cry when something bad happens to you. 

MJ wants to talk to GG. They sit next to each other in silence. GG says that was a new level of low. MJ says she wants to be close to GG. Her heart is with GG, but she doesn’t have the energy for this. GG knows where she’s at; they talk every day. She’s made the effort to reach out and connect because she loves GG. If GG wants to reciprocate, do it. If not, make it clear what she wants. MJ says she’s dealing with her dying father, and GG is either there for her or against her. GG starts laughing, and MJ says, never mind. She walks away, saying, she tried.

Next time, GG gets her Shalom tattoo removed, Reza has a dirty secret that Adam doesn’t know, Nema tells his girlfriend about the almost kiss, and GG wants to fight MJ.

👀 GG and Mike were on Watch What Happens Live tonight, and GG’s misuse of the word plagiarize came up. They played a game called Can She Use It In A Sentence? and GG proved she was no dummy. A word was given, and Mike had to decide whether GG could do it. There were definitely words she didn’t know the meaning of, but as she pointed out, that wasn’t the game. As long as she successfully used them in a sentence that made sense, she was correct. Clever girl.

📣 Truth!

SetClock

WeekendFiveDays

MarleyTruth

⏳ Just a Matter of Time…

FridayBusy

Aug3

August 2, 2018 – Nelle Makes Her Escape, a New Season for the Shahs, the Return of Laura & ThisClose

Posted on by
Standard

What I Watched Today

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

 

General Hospital

Carly tells Jason that between Josslyn coming and knowing Michael is safe, she can breathe again. Jason says he got a text from the hospital, and Nelle is there; Michael is there too. Carly says it’s a beautiful morning, and Jason says, especially if you haven’t seen the sky in weeks. She says if Jason hadn’t gotten her out, they would have given her the ECT, and she doesn’t know if she’d recognize the sky again, much less herself. Jason says it’s over. No matter what else happens, she’s never going back to Ferncliff.

Sam and Curtis tell Mary Pat that they’re from the United Mental Health Institute in Washington DC. Curtis says they’ve come to discuss Caroline Corinthos’s escape.

Ava is at the docks, and starts to take the baby blanket out of her bag. Does she carry it everywhere? She flashes back to telling Nelle that she has it. She takes out a lighter, but Griff, who’s out for a run, comes by. He asks what she’s doing.

Chase is sleeping on Lulu’s couch. Rocco pokes at him, and wakes him up. He asks if Chase wants pancakes. Lulu says she told Rocco not to wake him, but Rocco thought might be hungry. Lulu asks if he doesn’t feel good, and Chase says, not at the moment.

Sonny tells Michael he doesn’t deserve this, and can always lean on him. Sonny promises he’s going to get through it. Michael thanks him, and Sonny asks if he’s ready to go. He says, not yet. He still needs answers.

Kim tells Nelle that she’s sorry about the baby. She’s doing remarkably well considering what she’s been through. Nelle asks if she’s going to be released, and Kim says physically, she’s fine. She has no reason to keep her. Nelle says as soon as she’s released, she’ll be sent off to jail.

Carly tells Jason about eating pizza with Josslyn. There was pleasure in eating real food, but her favorite part was talking and laughing with her daughter. She hates Nelle for a million reasons, but mostly for manipulating Josslyn. She’s blaming herself. Josslyn comes downstairs. She was afraid Carly left. Carly hugs her, and says she’d never leave without saying goodbye. Josslyn asks if she can come with them for a while. Carly would love that, but she and Josslyn’s father have an amicable custody agreement. If she took Josslyn on the run, it won’t be amicable anymore. Jason says, maybe there’s another way.

Mary Pat tells Curtis they’re taking the matter seriously. Curtis notes that Carly was in the maximum-security wing, and Mary Pat says she was extremely violent. Sam asks how she escaped, and Mary Pat says she was taken at gunpoint by a man who worked there under an assumed name. He was probably scoping out the security system. They’re reevaluating their vetting process. Sam asks how Carly was being handled, and Mary Pat tells her they were extremely professional. If she finds it was otherwise, a grievance will be filed. Curtis says Ferncliff is being shortlisted for an Innovative Program award. Sam says, congratulations.

Kim tells Nelle that she can’t keep her. What happened hasn’t affected her judgement of Nelle, but she’s recovered. Nelle says she hasn’t; her baby is dead. Kim is sorry for her loss. She’s going to find Michael so they can discuss some things.

Michael tells Sonny that he needs to see Kim. He asks if Sonny has seen Carly, and Sonny says Jason has her in a safe house. Michael asks if she knows about the baby, but he says, not yet. Michael says it would help a lot if Sonny told her and Josslyn. He’ll figure out how to tell the rest. Sonny tells him to deal with the doctor, and he’ll talk to Carly. Max is outside if Michael needs him. They hug.

Ava tells Griff that she needed to take walk. He’s surprised she came to the docks alone. She says she was thinking about Nelle. Her loss was extreme. Griff says it’s not the safest place at the docks, and Ava says she can take care of herself. He asks if she’s all right; she seems defensive. Ava says she’s sensitive when comes to Nelle these days. She remembers how Griff looked at her at the wedding when Carly came busting in saying Nelle sabotaged her, and must have had help. Griff says Carly looked at her, and for a moment, he did wonder, knowing how Ava feels about Carly. Ava says she did help Nelle.

Kim tells Nelle and Michael that she wanted them both to hear the results of the coroner’s report. The baby’s death is considered unexplained. Michael says there has to be a reason, but Kim says everything was fine at the last checkup. There were no predictors. She knows it’s little comfort, but it happens to 1200 babies a year. Michael says, for no reason? and Kim says there are any number of reasons. Nelle wonders if one could be an especially terrible car accident. She says, the crash killed the baby.

Josslyn asks how long they can stay there without getting caught, and Jason says there’s no way to know. Carly says they can’t stay; it’s too risky. Josslyn says it’s unfair. They know Nelle is a psycho; why can’t she just admit she lied about Carly pushing her? Carly says because they were fighting over a blanket. It was never found, and makes Nelle’s story more plausible. Josslyn says, no. It just means someone took the blanket.

Griff asks how Ava helped Nelle. Ava says she befriended Nelle. She was a pariah, and Ava could relate. She offered Nelle a job, but if she’s honest, she knew it would make Carly and Sonny angry. Griff says she was just helping someone who needed help. She says she commiserated with Nelle, and maybe it egged her on, and started her down a dangerous path. Griff asks if she helped her.

Lulu gives Chase ginger ale. He tells her that he’s sorry. He doesn’t remember anything after she offered him a ride. She says she gave him a ride home, but he couldn’t find his keys; he should call The Floating Rib later. He says he’s not much of a drinker, and she says last night was a special circumstance. He says, last night was a disaster. He met Nelle after her fiancé drowned under suspicious circumstances. Before he knew she was a murderer, he slept with her, trashed his career, and tanked the care. He was more careful this time. He planned it step by step, but didn’t plan on the baby dying.

Kim says the baby wasn’t injured from the crash, and the injuries Nelle sustained didn’t adversely affect the baby. Nelle doesn’t believe it, and thinks she’s just trying to make Michael feel better. It’s his fault. He was driving. Kim says nothing either of them did caused it. The baby was healthy during the last exam; thriving. The death certificate has been prepared, but the name was left blank. She’ll give them some time to decide if they want to keep it that way, or give the baby a name. She says she’s sorry for their loss, and leaves. Nelle guesses it doesn’t matter why the baby died. He’s gone, and there’s nothing they can do to bring him back. She wipes away tears, and Michael gives a side-eye.

Josslyn can’t believe Nelle knitted a blanket to look like Morgan’s. Carly says it wasn’t just any blanket; it was the blanket. She had to pry it out of his hands to wash it. It practically disintegrated, but she still has it. She has something from all of them, put away in a box in the attic, unless that bitch got her hands on it; then she’d have no memories. Josslyn says it’s her fault. She’s the one who believed and sided with Nelle over and over. Jason says Josslyn thought owed her because of the kidney transplant. She was paying a debt, and it’s honorable. It’s how she was raised. She wanted to give Nelle the benefit of the doubt. She believed in Nelle. Josslyn says over her own mom; she’s an idiot, and disloyal daughter. Jason says there will always be people who lie. It’s a life lesson; people have agendas and are after what they want. She can let them run her life and lead her where they want to go, or she can run her own life, and trust her own judgment; make her own decisions. If anything goes wrong, she’ll know why, because she’s the one who made the call. Carly says it’s hard trusting yourself, but better than lying to everyone else about what’s wrong in your life. That’s what Nelle did, and look where it got her. Josslyn can’t wait for the baby to come. Then they’ll never have to think about Nelle again.

Mary Pat says the Innovative Program award is the highest citation. Sam says, indeed it is. It’s the first Mary Pat has learned they were being considered, and Curtis says that’s by design. Advance notice gives an edge, and the facility can make enhancements before the decision is made. Pop-ins are customary. Sam says they want to make sure candidates adhere to the highest standards in patient care. They’re concerned about the escape. Mary Pat says there were extraordinary circumstances. Sam tells her they need to make extra sure the patient’s file is in order, and the highest standard of protocol was practiced. Mary Pat understands.

Ava tells Griff that Nelle had hoped the baby would bring her and Michael closer, but she had a sense Nelle was planning something. She didn’t want anything to do with it. Griff says, good thing she stayed out of it. She says in retrospect, the way Nelle was handling her problems with Carly was unsettling. She knows Carly can take care of herself, but it bothered her how Nelle reminded her of herself.

Michael asks Nelle if Jonah is still acceptable. She says it isn’t a contract; they’re talking about their child. He says, yes or no, and she says yes. She agreed when she thought they’d be happy together. He asks if that was before or after she used his brother’s memory to gaslight his mom; before or after she arranged to have him killed so she could take his money. She says, all I wanted is for us – and he says, there is no us. Their child is dead. It’s over. There’s nothing left. Nelle says she’s not lying down and letting him steamroll over if. She’ll contest a divorce. He says it won’t come to that. She says he can’t leave her with nothing; she’s still his wife. He say she’s not still his wife. She never was.

Sonny comes back to the safe house. Carly tells Josslyn to go into the kitchen, but Sonny says she needs to hear this. Michael’s baby died. Josslyn says it must be a mistake, and Carly asks, how? Sonny tells them that Nelle left Michael in the car after the crash. She seemed fine, but had the baby in the woods. Carly says, all alone. Sonny says Nelle told Michael that the baby wasn’t breathing. Josslyn says Nelle did it on purpose to hurt them even more. Carly says they’re not making this about Nelle. They loved the baby, and always will. Jason asks how Michael is, and Sonny says, strong and handing things, but he has a broken heart.

Chase thanks Lulu for talking him down. Lulu asks if he’s going to work, and if he’s sure he’s okay. He says Nelle will be ready to be transferred. She asks what’s next, and he say they have her full confession on tape. If everything goes as planned, her confession about Zack will send her to prison. Lulu asks, what about Carly? and he says, it’s not that easy. Nelle admitted to gaslighting her, but they need more proof, like the blanket resurfacing. He says there’s a baby to bury, and he has to remind himself that Nelle decide to rig the car. Lulu says, what if she had hired a real hit man? She wonders if Carly was right, and someone helped Nelle. Chase intends to find out.

Ava tells Griff, maybe Nelle thought of her as a role model. Nelle said she thought of her as a friend. Gruff says, then Nelle should have seen how hard she worked to overcome her past. Ava says she regrets her mistakes, and is moving on as a person. She wishes she had influenced Nelle. Griff says Nelle has no conscience, and a conscience defines the soul. All humans make bad choices. When you feel regret, and resolve to make it better and make amends, that’s your conscience speaking. Ava asks what would he know? Griff says he’s made mistakes. It’s figuring out what do afterward that makes the difference.

Nelle says she and Michael got married. The mayor officiated. He says they had a ceremony. She says she just lost a baby, and he says so did he. She suggests maybe they can heal together. She knows she messed up. She starts to cry, saying sometimes she gets crazy thoughts. She knows she can get help, but things get away from her, and she doesn’t know what’s going on. Like when she was little, and everything was taken away from her. Michael says maybe she’s mentally ill or a sociopath; he doesn’t care. Nelle asks how he can be so cold, and he says he took a page from her book; he’s following her lead. When it came time to sign the marriage certificate, Jason gave Ned a pen with the kind of ink that was on the flyer. He says Nelle left it on Carly’s car, went to Morgan’s grave sprayed his cologne on it. It was sadistic; working to make Carly think she was unhinged. The flyer turned out to be blank – like their marriage certificate. Nelle tells Michael that he said he loved her. He says it was a lie, a set-up. The prenup, the will, all of it. He starts to leave and says, by the way, he has a will. It’s filed in Diane’s office. Even if she’d managed to kill him, she wouldn’t have gotten a dime. She says he tricked her. He says he was protecting himself and his family. Too little too late, but at least it’s done. He walks out.

Sonny says Michael is still at the hospital. He wanted Sonny to tell her. Carly says he can’t be alone. Jason says no matter how strong Michael seems, this is the worst loss, and he needs somebody close there. Josslyn says she’ll go. She’s not under a police monitor. Jason says, not likely. Carly says she loves Josslyn so much, and Josslyn says she loves Carly so much too.

Ava wonders if Griff is thinking about the DNA test he took without permission; it’s not in the same realm. Griff says, a wrong is a wrong; degrees don’t matter. You can’t erase a mistake, but you can take responsibility for it and make up for the hurt you caused. Ava says it’s not always so straightforward. He says she can’t hold herself responsible for Nelle’s actions; Ava is nothing like her. Ava wonders how he can still believe in her. Griff says he’s seen her try to be better. Unlike Nelle, she has a conscience and soul, and wants to do good. He wishes she’d believe in herself. She says she’ll try. Now from the profound to the mundane. Does he want to come over for breakfast? Griff has to go to work, and Ava says she’s spending a few more minutes there, and going home. She thanks him for showing up at the right place at the right time, and saying the right things. He’s right. They’re just people. They make mistakes, but it’s what they do afterward that matters. They kiss, and Griff jogs off. Ava gets her bag, and calls Julian. She needs a favor. Nothing illegal. Quite the opposite.

Curtis says they’ve given a lot of thought to the layout of the dayroom. Mary Pat says it facilitates patient movement, while still allowing the staff to monitor them. She says many require close supervision. Curtis says the patients seem to benefit from interacting with one another, but she says it has to be limited. Some of them are sociopaths who will manipulate the other patients. Sam says everything is in order. She doesn’t think there will be pushback from the selection committee. Curtis hopes he’s there with congratulations the next time. Mary Pat says, from his lips. Outside, Curtis asks what San got, and she says, the consent form. She hopes that’s what Jason is looking for.

Carly tells Sonny that she can’t be there to comfort Michael, because she’s on the run to Canada. Sonny says, maybe not. He didn’t want to give her hope, but he’s working on something. He says the DA is going to cave soon. Nelle is a psychopath and a murderer. He thinks the DA will want to distance herself. Carly hopes so. Michael walks in. He asks where Josslyn is, and Carly says she left to be with him in the hospital. She has a lot to process. Michael feels guilty for her believing Nelle. Carly says he’s grieving a loss; they all are. Michael asks if it will get better. Carly says they’ll make it right somehow.

Chase gets to Nelle’s room, but finds it empty. He asks the guard where she is, and he says he only stepped away for a minute. Damn. A minute is all it takes, dude.

Jason asks Sam if there were any problems. She says Mary Pat didn’t suspect anything. She gives him the consent form. It’s signed, but Jason says it’s not Carly’s signature. If it’s not forged, she was drugged out of her mind. Sam wonders if it’s enough to get the DA to back off, but Jason isn’t sure. He thanks her, and she tells him to be careful. She’d rather he go to Canada than be visiting him in prison. He’s sorry for worrying her, but not for breaking Carly out. He’d do it again in a heartbeat. She says she’s always admired that about him.

Michael tells Sonny and Carly that they picked out a name for the birth – death certificate. Jonah. Sonny says it’s a symbol of peace. He was loved, and now he’s at peace.

Nelle heads down to the docks. Josslyn steps out, and asks where she thinks she’s going.

Tomorrow, Maxie says there’s something Nina isn’t telling her, Chase puts out an APB on Nelle, and Josslyn tells Nelle you messed with the wrong family, bitch.

The Shahs of Sunset

GG stands in the snow with a guy we don’t know. He wants to take her out. She says she’s married. He tells her a friendly dinner won’t kill anybody, and he wants to kiss her.

Two days earlier. Everyone packs for a ski trip. Adam asks Reza why they’re going to Big Bear if there’s no snow, and Reza thinks they have man-made snow. In his interview, Reza tells us that they bought a house, and he’s fronting the money for the renovation and upgrades. His husband wants a kid, and stressing between the house and baby pressure, he’s stretched thin. Adam is staying home to watch the furkids. Reza knows it’s selfish, but between vacation and baby pressure, he’s going.

Driver Vin picks everyone up, and champagne is popped – a 2002 Dom. Reza toasts to not breaking a limb and having a great ski trip. In his interview, Reza says growing up, his family went to Big Bear every year. He wants to continue the tradition of drinking, eating, and piling in the car with his nutty ass newfangled family. They talk about Asa being absent, and GG says people grow apart. In her interview, MJ says something is missing; maybe there’s less hate-oration in the air. We see clips of Asa from other seasons. MJ says after Asa drifted away, she and Reza are closer and there are no issues. She wonders why.

Mike met a girl named Mona, and says they’re friends – for now. We see a clip of them out to dinner. In his interview, Mike says she’s different than the girls he’s typically attracted to. She has a degree and is a vegan. He tells the others that she’s a dope chick, but never gives him compliments. Destiney says he’s used to having his ego stroked, and he says he has no ego. Everyone laughs hysterically. He says he’s met her brothers, and invited them out to hang out.

The group arrives at Big Bear. Shervin has to work, but is coming the next day. Private chef Desiree introduces herself. In his interview, Reza says he couldn’t find a five-star hotel, so he rented a cabin. Got a private chef, and made it five-star-ish. They all choose rooms, and it’s a lot less stressful than when the OC Housewives do. GG claims her territory by rolling on everything. Mike is hoping for some chemistry with Mona.

Oh man, the food. Destiney asks what’s up with GG and Shalom. GG says they just have to sign the papers, and Destiney says she has one under her belt. In her interview, GG says after they eloped, she saw frightening signs, and ended things immediately. Even though the marriage didn’t last, diamonds are forever. She tells Destiney that she tried. The second time around, it was amazing in the beginning. Then – she snaps her fingers – just like that. It’s not what she was looking for. Destiney says she needs a healthy relationship; it’s completely different. In her interview, Destiney sees through the bullsh*t. GG just wants to be loved, but puts up walls. She gets it because she’s that chick.

MJ calls Tommy. In her interview, she says we’re cordially invited to their marriage. It’s less than three months from now, so better find a dress, since it’s black tie. Her dad is still in the hospital, but she realizes she has to think about her future, so they’re planning the wedding. Dinner is served.

Reza toasts to his beautiful friends, who he loves so much. Mike asks if everyone is happy where they are. MJ thanks God for what she’s got. Mike isn’t content. After his marriage ended, he was partying and spreading his seed (who says that?), but he’s not a hunting tiger anymore. He’s done partying, and wants to have a family. They agree everyone has grown. Omg, the food.

Reza suggests they call it a night. Reza and MJ are sharing a room. She says Tommy trusts them. In his interview, Reza says not a lot of people are aware that he and MJ had sex. It was a onetime thing. MJ says that’s bullsh*t, but then says okay, they did. They were children, and he was just coming out of the closet. GG says the worst-case scenario is that she’ll have to share a bed with Shervin. Reza says if Shalom finds out, he’ll lose his effing mind. In her interview, GG thinks that was a low blow, but I’m not sure why.

In the morning, Reza tells everyone to rise and shine; he’s making a spread. The Shahs trickle into the kitchen. Destiney loves waking up to the food. Good. I’m not the only one obsessed with the food. GG says she has no sexual desire, and doesn’t know if it’s her libido or she got turned off by Shalom. MJ thinks GG still has an attachment to him, and she’s having emotional changes; she has to be tough. In her interview, GG says she’s never been in love, but Shalom was the closest to it, and it backfired. She starts to cry, and hides in the pantry, but MJ follows her. GG says she’s embarrassed, then wonders why there’s Jim Beam in the pantry. MJ suggests someone knew she’d be going in there to cry. She tells GG that she’s cutting herself off from her emotions.

Mona and her brother Nema arrive. Mike tells the others to make them feel welcome and be nice. Good luck with that. In their interview, Nema say he’s getting a front row seat to the love saga, and it’s super awkward. He doesn’t like seeing the flirtation. Mona says she almost got married a few years ago, and Mike says he had to suffer through many brunches with that idiot. Nema asks if GG is married. In his interview, Reza says he’s not the type to play Cupid, but if it can alter GG’s mood and get a guy some nookie (he says something in Farsi that sounds like humani), it’s a win-win. They decide to get geared up and head out.

Mona flirts with Mike. GG says she doesn’t respect snowboarders, and Nema says skiers are elitist. Reza tells Mike that Nema is feeling GG. When she’s out of earshot, Reza tells Nema that GG will skewer him, cook him up, and serve him to the peasants. Rema says he was picking up on that. Mona asks if he’s forgetting about his girlfriend, and he says he has a girl he’s dating. We see a picture of him and said girl, Erica. In his interview, Nema says it’s not perfect, but she was there as a friend when he went through a divorce. When he was ready to date, she was there and it seemed natural, but he never had the important time of being single. The bus comes to take them skiing.

Reza explains that the most important test to know your level of Persianality is the beshkan, or the Persian snap. Nema can’t do it, and Reza calls him a broke-ass Persian. Everyone tries, but most of them are broke-ass too. GG accidentally pokes herself in the eye. It’s done with the index fingers, but I can’t do it either. Destiney freaks a little about the chairlift, since she hasn’t skied since she was thirteen. She doesn’t want to be a p*ssy. Nema says, no way this ends well.

The skiing starts. Destiney falls. She talks to herself as she goes down the hill a second time. She knows she’ll fall, so why does she want to do this? She makes it, but then falls at the bottom of the hill. MJ is surprisingly good. Reza says everyone has their own style. MJ has a seductive method, and GG is angry, rigid, and straight up; plowing anything on her way down. He says it’s exactly like their personalities.

Mike flirts with Mona on the chairlift. In his interview, Mike thinks they’re attracted to one another. She did agree to come, and once she sees him snowboarding, it’s a done deal. It’s so funny how this dude thinks he’s all that.

They break for lunch. Alcohol and mass quantities of food are ordered. I think they order everything on the menu. Reza says GG was the best, and after her, MJ. Destiney says it was wonderful; she fell four times. They toast to friends. In his interview, Nema says the amount of food ordered was insane. It’s like he’s on National Geographic with Persians. Mona says Persians in LA tend to be cliquey because they grew up together, and if you don’t speak Farsi, it’s worse. In their interview, Mona and Nema talks about their weird upbringing. Their parents got divorced when they were still small, and they went to Iran to live with their grandparents while the divorce was going on. When they came back, they were told they could decide which parent to live with. Mona instinctively went to live with their mother in New York because she hadn’t seen her in so long. Their parents took that as her choosing her mother, and Nema saw a part of his father’s soul die, and went to live with him in LA. After college Mona moved to LA. MJ says, with all due respect, that’s effed up, having to choose. Thank God they’re reunited now. Reza has a fun night planned. GG, Mike, Mona, and Nema are going out, and the rest will stay home and enjoy each other’s company. In his interview, Mike wonders why Reza is sending Mona’s brother to c*ck block him.

Shervin arrives. Mona and GG get ready. Everyone has a shotski. Reza checks out Mike, and tries to stop him from wearing a hat, but it’s too late. Shervin thinks the date will be awkward, since Mike is close to Shalom, but tells GG, have fun; who cares? Nema says if Mona and Mike date, he’s going to ride Mike’s ass. Destiney says they’re like Angelina Jolie and her brother. If Mona gets an award, he’ll be there trying to stick his tongue in her mouth. Then she says she didn’t say that. Reza says their chariot awaits. Shervin tells them use a condom.

At the restaurant, GG says let’s get fat. Or did she mean phat? Nema asks about GG going through a divorce. She says from now on, she wants a contract with every relationship. She say she wants a kid with no emotions attached. Nema thinks that sounds great. In her interview, GG wants to be pregnant by this time next year. Nema asks what she wants, and GG says she wants sperm. He says he would do that. In her interview, GG says she’s looking for healthy and wealthy. He’s healthy, even if a little skinny, and drives a Lexus. Nema asks why Mike is winking at him, and Mike tells him not to worry; Nema isn’t his type

Destiney and MJ sit outside. MJ says she and Destiney suffer from same thing; feelings scare sh*t out of them. Destiney says she’s not lonely, but MJ says she has to breakdown the wall for a meaningful connection. Destiney says she was raised to buck up. She says she just has a mother, and she’s lost a lot of lovers because she kept her feelings and emotions hidden. She has lots of regrets. Some of them begged for her to hold their hand in public, or say I love you, and she couldn’t. MJ says Destiney is a bad ass bitch. She wants to get together a good profile for her on Tinder. Destiney is down with that.

Mona asks GG, after she has kids, what’s her ideal living situation; staying in LA or traveling? GG says, yes. Mona says she wants her kids to summer in Europe. She wants them to be cultured, and also homeschooled. Mike says she needs to find a gazillionaire if she wants her kids spending the summer in Europe. In his interview, Mike says he used to overlook it if a girl didn’t have the same philosophies as he does, thinking eventually they’d see eye to eye. Now, he’s not willing to go down the aisle with someone who doesn’t share his thoughts and values. He tells Mona that she’ll find a guy to give her everything she wants, because she’s stunning. Mona doesn’t know what to say, and GG goes, pfft!

MJ tells Reza that she loves her relationship with Adam now, and thinks he and Tommy should get together more often. She wants Reza to be her man of honor, and he gets very excited about giving a toast at the rehearsal dinner. He wants to do a photo montage as well.

The food comes. Mike says that GG and Nema share the same philosophy, but GG says she thinks Nema’s girlfriend doesn’t. Mike says, technically, Nema doesn’t have a girlfriend, but Nema admits he does. Mike asks why Nema is flirting with his friend, and Nema says, because she’s beautiful. GG says Nema is gangster, and gives him some of her steak, saying she doesn’t share food. Nema says it’s like second base. They toast to Reza.

They return to the cabin. Nema says he and GG have similar minds. GG thinks Mona is a potential match with Mike, but she wants someone genuine, yet extremely wealthy. Mike says they’re in sync on some philosophies, but not others. Mona says he hates her now, but he says he’s disappointed, and pouts. Mona can’t understand why he thinks someone with money is a bad guy, and someone with no money is a good guy. She asks how that’s worked out for him so far, and he asks how it’s worked out for her? Reza says Mike can’t put her in a box because she doesn’t make sense to him. In his interview, Reza says Mike judges value based on his desirability. When a woman isn’t willing to drop to her knees within twelve minutes, it hurts his ego. Mike thinks he and Mona will be great friends, since the viewpoints they do share are important.

Nema says GG is hot as hell, and his type. He wants to make out with her. In his interview, he says it’s rare when a girl causes him to throw rational thought out the door. His ex-wife was the first, and GG is the second. He asks GG to walk with him outside. He wants to be away from the eyes of the peanut gallery. He tells GG that he wants to ask her out. She wonders if his girlfriend is good with that, and she’s married. He says a friendly dinner never killed anyone. She says, no, but it could get her in some sh*t, and what if turns into more? He wants to kiss her, but that’s a no. She agrees to dinner. He just wants a little kiss, but she’s not ready. She says dinner first. In her interview, she says she doesn’t typically go for a guy like Nema, but he’s been sweet so far, so she’s giving him the benefit of the doubt, and going to let him know her little by little.

Next time, Destiney gets a Tinder profile, GG brings up Reza’s hook-up with MJ, and Vida says liking Tommy and thinking he’s suitable for marriage are two different issues.

🎵 Welcome Back…

And it’s not Mr. Kotter.

https://www.abc.soapsindepth.com/posts/genie-francis-return-general-hospital-163873?utm_medium=email&utm_source=SailthruHorizonDaily&utm_content=14030456&utm_campaign=ABCsid_ed_Newsletter_engaged_weekly%202018-07-31&utm_term=Master_ABCsid_sitesignups

🚶 You’ve Made It… Almost…

PupEscapeAttempt

AlmostThereGonnaMakeIt

FridayEve

 

Aug2

August 1, 2018 – Michael Says Goodbye to His Son, the Boat Ride from Hell, the Chefs Cook for Kids, No 24, Shahs Coming, a Passing & a Fair

Posted on by
Standard

What I Watched Today

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

 

Hopefully there are no major editing gaffs. I was very distracted by reruns of Whose Line Is It Anyway? on the UP channel. I forgot how hilariously funny that show was. And how much I love Wayne Brady.

General Hospital

Carly tells Sonny that she keeps imagining Michael trapped in the car with the gas tank leaking. Thank God Sonny got him out. Sonny says he’s fine, and there’s no permanent damage. Carly says Nelle must be disappointed. Jason says Michael is safe, and they need to think about leaving.

At the hospital, Sam asks Elizabeth if she can see Peter, but visiting hours are over. Elizabeth is surprised she’s not at Lucas’s place. Sam wonders why she’d be there, and Elizabeth asks if he didn’t call her. Sam realizes the baby must have arrived, and jets.

Lucas says, Wiley Cooper Jones. He’s finally here. After all the screenings, interviews, waiting, and praying, he shows up when Lucas is in the middle of surgery. He’s going to keep them on their toes. Lucas wonders how Brad did everything by himself. Brad says he managed, but Lucas is here now, and they’re together. Lucas says, they have a son. Brad says, they sure do, and he’s perfect.

Michael asks Nelle how it happened. She says she was suddenly on the side of the road. Maybe she was thrown from the car. He says she wasn’t. They talked, and she left him behind. Nelle says she doesn’t remember; maybe she was in shock. She felt the baby coming, and wanted to get help. She tried to fight the contractions as long as she could, but they kept coming. She gave birth alone, in the darkness, and realized the baby wasn’t crying.

At The Floating Rib, Lulu sees Chase at the bar. She says it’s been a while. He hasn’t taken her up on the offer of dinner yet. Even though Dante is away, Chase is still his partner. Chase says they should do that then.

Ava, Griff, and Kiki sit at one of the tables. Ava knows Kiki has a lot on her mind, and says David is going to get what’s coming to him – in court of course. Kiki says at the very least, she’ll give him one helluva fight. Ava tells her that they have to remind each other of what’s important; family and friends. Griff couldn’t agree more. Ava leaves to get another round. Griff says Kiki has been nursing her glass of wine all night. She says it’s not a good idea for her to drink too much. Her mom might figure out what they did.

Lulu tells Chase something is clearly wrong, and asks if he wants to talk. Chase guesses he can tell her. She’s family, and bound to find out. Michael and Nelle were in a terrible accident.

Carly tells Sonny that they’re going to Canada for three months. Jason says it could be more or less time. Sonny says if they get caught now, it’s all for nothing. Carly asks if they can wait a little longer, and Jason says he needs to take care of something. Sonny tells him to watch out; he’s a wanted man. After Jason leaves, Carly ask how Sonny is. He says was watching the footage from Michael’s car, and saw the crash. Then everything went to black. All he could think about was what if Michael died in the explosion. She says it didn’t happen. Michael is safe, and Nelle was stopped. He asks at what cost?

Lucas says Brad was right. He said Lucas would hold the baby in his arms, no matter what, and kept his promise. Brad says they wanted to be a family. Lucas asks where Brad went, and Brad tells him that Wiley was crying, and he heard a car ride calms babies down. Lucas says with newborns, it’s all about hearing the heartbeat. Brad says he can’t do without Lucas, and Lucas says he doesn’t have to. He may never put Wiley down again; he’s in love already. He says, not to jinx anything, but now they have to hope the birth mother doesn’t change her mind.

Nelle tells Michael that she tried everything to get the baby to start breathing, but nothing worked. The crash was too much. Michael says the first thing she told him was that she and the baby were fine. She says she was wrong. The crash killed him. Michael was too busy trying to get a confession, and didn’t pay attention to the road. He asks if she’s blaming him. She thought he’d be dead at the end of the night. Instead, their son is, because of her.

Sonny tells Carly that Nelle copped to killing Zack, rigging Michael’s car, and making her go crazy. Carly asks if Nelle admitted she didn’t push her. Sonny says Michael was trying to get her to admit it when the crash happened. She says at least Nelle’s credibility is nonexistent, and will cast serious doubt on her side of the story. He says Diane has a lot to work with. Carly asks if Diane came to see her at Ferncliff. Sonny says she got a court order for five minutes. She said Carly was in a straitjacket, and so heavily drugged, she barely remembered her name. Carly says it’s over now, and if she has to go to Canada, so be it. Sonny teases her about how she’ll like spending time with Jason. She says that was a long time ago. Now she wants him. They hug. Jason brings in Josslyn, who runs into Carly’s arms.

Lulu asks Chase what happened? He says there was a car crash; a van came out of nowhere. Michael got Nelle to confess to killing Zack and conspiring to kill Michael. He also got her to admit to gaslighting Carly. He tells Lulu that Michael is still alive. Ava joins them, saying she overheard. She tells Chase that Nelle works for her, and asks if she’s all right. Chase says she’s fine, but the baby didn’t survive.

Lucas shows Wiley to Sam, who holds him. Brad looks like a wreck. Lucas tells her that Brad said he has a great set of lungs, and Sam says the time for that goes by quick. Brad says that Lucas hasn’t eaten, and he’ll go out to get food.

Nelle asks how Michael can blame her; he was driving. It’s his fault. he hated her so much, he killed her baby. Elizabeth tells Michael that Nelle is in shock and grieving. Nelle says it’s his fault. He ruined everything. Elizabeth asks Nurse Courtney take Nelle to her room. She tells Michael that he can have all the time he needs to say goodbye.

Carly says she missed Josslyn so much. Josslyn says Jason said he’d bring her to Carly, and Carly thanks him. Sonny thinks they should give Carly and Josslyn some time alone. Jason tells Josslyn that she’s going to hear things that don’t make sense, but to listen; it’s the truth. They have proof. Sonny promises it will be okay, and he and Jason leave. Josslyn asks what happened with Michael, and Carly suggests they start with Ferncliff. Jason got her out. It was scary and fun. They kept running and didn’t look back. Josslyn wishes it had been sooner. No matter what happened with Nelle, Carly shouldn’t have been there. Carly says there are some things Josslyn needs to hear about Nelle.

Chase tells Ava the baby was stillborn. Ava goes back to the table. Chase tells Lulu it was his brilliant idea. It worked. Nelle took the bait, and asked him to help her kill Michael. She thought the car was rigged to crash, and when she wanted out, Michael refused to stop. She panicked and confessed. The crash was random; a van swerved into their lane, but them being there in the first place is on him. it’s his fault the baby died.

Kiki asks Ava if Michael and Nelle are okay. Ava says they’re at the hospital, so she’s going there. Griff says he’ll come too, but she doesn’t think they should overwhelm them. She tells Griff and Kiki to stay and enjoy themselves, and tells Griff to take care of Kiki. When she’s gone, Kiki says there’s something weird about her relationship with Nelle.

Elizabeth asks Michael to come with her. When he’s ready, she’ll take the baby. He says she’s not taking his son. Leave them alone. Brad watches.

Sam asks Lucas if everything is okay. It was a little weird the way Brad left. Lucas thinks it’s been a little overwhelming, getting everything they’ve wanted. Sam says they have more to lose, and tells him to relax. He might even learn to trust happiness. He says it’s not Wiley, but their marriage. It’s mostly been good, but they hit a rough patch last year. He didn’t like how upset Brad got when Finn gave away the cure for Blackwood Syndrome. His dreams of a big payday got the best of him. Since then, he’s stepped up, and reminded Lucas why he fell in love with him. It’s been amazing watching him grow.

Brad visits Nelle, and asks how she is. She says fine. They’re treating her pretty nicely. It pays to be a grieving mother. He says that’s not funny. She says, no it’s not, but it worked. For all anyone knows, she lost the baby, but she gave it to him. Brad says Michael is devastated, and she says, good. Now he knows how it feels. Brad doesn’t think he can keep it up. Lucas is already in love with the baby, and has no idea. She asks if he really thinks Lucas would forgive him. He’ll be arrested on the spot, and Lucas will lose his husband and son on the same night. Is that what Brad wants for him?

Ava sees Brad talking to Nelle. She moves to the side of the , so they can’t see her. I don’t know why any of this would be weird or clandestine, since Brad is Nelle’s friend and Ava is her boss.

Josslyn can’t believe Nelle wanted kill Michael. She tells Carly that she saw Nelle kissing Chase, and he didn’t seem to care. It makes sense now. Carly says Nelle will be going to prison for a long time. Michael has proof that she conspired to kill him, and she admitted she murdered Zack. Josslyn says she didn’t say what mattered – that Carly didn’t push her. Carly says she admitted to gaslighting her though. She wrote the note that led her to Morgan’s grave, and must have sprayed the cologne there. Josslyn says Nelle had a bottle of the cologne. Josslyn picked it up, and Nelle was weird about getting it back. Carly says Nelle had a lot to cover up. She’s not surprised Nelle lost track. Josslyn wonders why she didn’t believe Carly, but Carly tells her not to do this. Josslyn says when Carly needed her to believe the most, she didn’t stick up for her or say anything. Carly went to that awful place thinking Josslyn had turned her back. She’s so sorry. Carly tells her to stop, and hugs her. She doesn’t want Josslyn doing this. Nelle manipulated her and lied. Josslyn says she let her; she was stupid. Carly tells her not to blame herself. No one is to blame but Nelle.

Lucas asks if Sam is going to be a doting aunt, who will buy noisy toys that drive him crazy. I laugh, since my father and I used to find noisy toys for my niece to drive my sister crazy. Sam says she’s going to teach him to ride his first Harley. Lucas says he’s going to confiscate her leather jacket. Her phone rings. It’s Jason. He needs a favor, and she tells him, anything.

Griff tells Kiki there’s nothing weird. Nelle works at the gallery, and she and Ava are friends. She tells him, once more with feeling, and he says he wishes they weren’t close. Ava has a colorful past, but Nelle’s mistakes are in the present. Kiki wonders if he thinks Nelle brings out the worst in her mom, or it’s the other way around. He says he’s just projecting. He wants to believe Ava is hiding something, because he knows they’re hiding something from her.

Ava comes into Nelle’s room. She says she heard about the accident and the baby; she’s so sorry Nelle lost the baby. Nelle tells Brad that he needs to go home to his family, and thanks him for everything. He leaves, and Ava says she can’t imagine what Nelle is going through. Nelle says if she’s there to say, I told you so, just leave. Ava says she’s not here for that, and Nelle asks why she is. She made it clear they’re not friends. Ava must want to know if she gave her up as an accomplice. She can do that at any time, since there’s a cop right outside.

Sonny asks Elizabeth if Michael is okay. She says his injuries are superficial, and she’s sorry about the baby. Sonny is like, what?

Michael sits in the chapel holding the baby, and asks, why?

Sam meets Jason at the docks, and gives him an envelope. She asks if someone is watching his place, and he says, probably. He broke Carly out of Ferncliff, and they have to leave the country.

Josslyn asks if Carly can forgive her, and Carly says there’s nothing to forgive. Josslyn says her testimony put Carly behind bars, but Carly is proud she told the truth. She did what she had to even though it was hard. She doesn’t blame Josslyn; it’s not her fault. Nelle manipulated everyone. Josslyn says she took Nelle’s side, and guilted Carly into apologizing. Carly says no one makes her do anything she doesn’t want to. Josslyn says she should have known Carly didn’t push Nelle. She knew it wasn’t on purpose, but thought it was in the heat of the moment. It was easier to think Carly was losing it, than that Nelle was manipulating the family. She pushed Michael to get back together with Nelle. Carly says she wanted the baby to have two parents. Josslyn can’t believe Nelle is the mother of Michael’s baby. Carly says that’s a tough one. Josslyn asks what’s going to happen with the baby, and Carly tells her that he’ll probably be born behind bars. Nelle will never see him, and Michael will be a single parent. Josslyn says he won’t be alone. They’ll all help out. Carly says Josslyn is a wonderful aunt, and Josslyn says Carly is a wonderful grandma. Carly says, ugh; I am.

Sonny goes to the chapel. Michael asks if they want to take the baby. He just got there, and he’s not ready. He’d said if it came down to it, he would choose the baby. He would have given his life for the baby to live, and he failed him. Sonny says he didn’t cause the accident. Michael says he’s the one who set it up, and kept driving when Nelle asked him to stop. He’s the reason his son is dead.

Chase tells Lulu that an innocent bystander never died because of him. She says he can’t blame himself. Nelle murdered Zack, and wanted to murder Michael. She had to be stopped. No one wanted it to end this way, but no one wanted her to succeed either. He appreciates it. He says when saw Nelle walking on the side of the road, she didn’t even run. She just looked at him. She didn’t say the baby died; she didn’t have to. Somehow, he knew. That bundle was so still.

Kiki tells Griff that she’s got to go. Them being alone together makes her uncomfortable. He asks her to stay, since her mom said she’d be right back. It might seem weird if she just bolted. She says her mom can’t find out they slept together. Griff says it would break her heart. Kiki says after all this time, he doesn’t know her. She doesn’t get sad. She gets angry, and then she gets even. If she found out, she’d take them both down.

Ava asks if Nelle has been arrested. She says she was read her rights; no big thing. Since she was holding a dead baby, she doesn’t think she was completely responsible for her actions. Ava says, no handcuffs, and Nelle thinks it’s the PCPD’s idea of mercy. That could change at any time. Nelle suggests they settle it. Ava is wondering what she’s planning on telling the cops. Ava says, not that she was an accomplice. Nelle says she tampered with evidence, and that makes her an accomplice, but she’s not saying anything. She’s not giving them the satisfaction of saying Carly didn’t push her. She asks Ava to go. Ava tells Nelle that she’s really sorry about the baby, and leaves.

Sam asks how long Jason will be gone. He says maybe three months. Technically, Carly is a mental patient, so she won’t face charges. There’s no security footage, but there were eyewitnesses, and he had a gun. Sam thinks it will probably be more than three months. He says if it comes down to it, he’ll turn himself in. He’d rather be in prison than on the run. There’s too much for him in Port Charles. Sam thinks there must be something they can do. He says she was right about electroshock therapy being a voluntary procedure. A waiver has to be signed. Sonny didn’t sign anything, and Carly was too out of it to sign. Sam thinks they can go with that.

Josslyn and Carly have dinner. Josslyn says only her mom thinks frozen pizza is health food. Carly points out that it has protein, it’s easy to make, and it’s yummy. Josslyn says she missed Carly. Carly says when they’re done, she’ll have Max take Josslyn home. Sonny will keep her in the loop about her brother. Josslyn was hoping to spend the night there with Carly. Carly says she’d love that, and takes Josslyn’s’ hand.

Chase thanks Lulu for listening. He needs to call a car, but she says she’ll drive him home. He’s Dante’s partner, and that makes him family.

Ava comes back to The Floating Rib, and apologizes for running off. She tell them that Nelle lost the baby. Kiki leave to call Michael. Ava says she can’t imagine what Nelle is going through. Griff says it’s like Ava to stick by her.

Nelle tells the baby sweet drams in his happy home. Michael and his miserable family will never be able to find him, even though he’s right under their noses.

Brad tells Lucas the diner was closed. Lucas says, the all-night diner? and Brad says, weird, right? He thought of going somewhere else, but didn’t want to spend another moment away from Lucas and their son. Lucas says he’s really theirs. The baby smiles. Very cute. This one’s a keeper.

Sonny tells Michael that he can’t blame himself. Horrible things happen that they can’t control. Maybe it wasn’t meant to be. They don’t know the complications the baby might have had without the accident. Michael says he looks so perfect. Elizabeth comes in, and Michael asks if she’s there for his son. She says, only when he’s ready. He kisses the baby, says I love you, and gives him to Elizabeth. She leaves. Sonny hugs him, and Michael cries. Sonny has tears in his eyes, but stays strong for his son.

Tomorrow, someone wants to discuss Carly’s escape with Mary Pat, Lulu wonders if someone helped Nelle, and Jason promises Carly will never go back to Ferncliff.

The Real Housewives of New York City

At Casa Mattos, Bethenny never felt less relaxed. She feels like she’ been assaulted. Sonja asks if Bethenny and Carole are good. Bethenny says she talked to Carole, and it’s better than bad. Ramona says the worst part was the Dorinda and LuAnn thing. I have to mention the fabulous breakfast spread, since these trips are like food and water porn for me. LuAnn just wants coffee and to get to the island. It’s an hour and a half ride, which thrills no one. LuAnn feels sucker punched, and asks if Dorinda remembers what happened. Bethenny says she did last night, but she’s not sure about today. Carole says she didn’t want to feel lectured. LuAnn brings up Dorinda criticizing her for being The Countess. As far as I’m concerned, LuAnn will always be The Countess. LuAnn tells them to talk to Queen Latifah and Lady Gaga.

Dorinda joins the table, and LuAnn says they can all call her Lu, including Dorinda. Dorinda says after everything she’s done for LuAnn, and LuAnn asks what she’s done. Dorinda says she’ll do whatever she wants, and LuAnn says they saw that last night. In her interview, Sonja says something deeper is going on. LuAnn is reinventing herself, and Dorinda is spiraling. Dorinda insists LuAnn was lecturing her, and says she’s been there through everything. LuAnn thinks she doesn’t remember, and if she knew, she’d be mortified and apologize. Dorinda accuses LuAnn of being high on her horse this morning. Wow. Remove one word and that sentence takes on a whole new meaning. Dorinda tells LuAnn not to call her anymore. She almost got arrested for LuAnn. I’d love to know what that’s about, but she doesn’t go into it. In her interview, Dorinda thinks it’s the first time she’s seeing The Countess everyone else has spoken about. Bethenny tells Dorinda this is not what she wants to do, and Dorinda tells her to stay out of it. She was going to apologize to LuAnn, and humble her ass, but not when LuAnn is treating her like sh*t. In her interview, Ramona says they’re like a couple of roosters. They need to step aside, and not put on a crazy show. It’s too early.

Bethenny says LuAnn just got out of rehab. Everyone tells her not to get involved. Bethenny says Carole is in everyone’s business. In her interview, Bethenny says it’s not a good sign. They’re not one empanada into breakfast, and someone is going overboard. Dorinda leaves the table. In her interview, Dorinda says she doesn’t regret one moment, and if she wanted to, she could be meaner, but she’s holding back. Ramona says Dorinda is having fun, and doesn’t want to be told what to do. LuAnn says Dorinda is getting angry again, and Bethenny tells LuAnn she understands more than they know. Carole rolls her eyes, and Bethenny says it’s obvious Carole doesn’t like her. Carole says she hasn’t changed; she just doesn’t have 24/7 to respond to texts like she used to. That’s what changed. The time spent together has changed, and neither one  of them has enough time. Carole thinks they should cancel the boat trip.

Carole decides to take a breath. Tinsley says the trip is dark, and she feels depressed about it. She loves Cartagena, but it’s not happening. Bethenny and Carole aren’t feeling her, but it’s okay. Bethenny says she realizes she’s crying a lot, but never had a friendship disintegrate to this level. She doesn’t know if they’re each other’s kind of person. Ramona says different people come and go in your life. How insightful.

Dorinda decides to stay behind and go into town. Carole asks why she and LuAnn don’t talk quietly and privately, and steers her toward LuAnn. Dorinda says she will if LuAnn wants to. Carole says it’s only in front of everyone that it gets heated. Carole makes herself scarce. LuAnn and Dorinda hug, and Dorinda says she loves LuAnn. LuAnn says she knows, but there was so much anger. Dorinda though LuAnn was judging her, but LuAnn says that wasn’t how she felt, but Dorinda looked angry. Dorinda says she was happy, and only had one drink. She felt like LuAnn was coming down on her. If she needs to apologize, LuAnn should too. In her interview, Dorinda says they’re both responsible. LuAnn tells Dorinda that she’s sorry if Dorinda thought she was being judgmental. She reacted darkly, and then went apesh*t. Dorinda says LuAnn should be sorry for what she said, but she wants to move on, and promises it won’t happen again. LuAnn says Dorinda is a dear friend. They’ve been through a lot, and it’s one moment in ten or twelve years. In her interview, LuAnn says the things Dorinda said were so dark and angry toward her. She can’t forget; it hurt so much. When you’re slapped like that, it leaves a scar. Dorinda doesn’t want to repeat the evening, and LuAnn agrees. In her interview, LuAnn says it’s hard enough realizing the feelings Dorinda has for her. She’s going to put it, and not ruin the trip. She wants to enjoy the rest of the time. They hug again.

Bethenny talks to Sonja and Ramona, saying Carole was wrong to say what she did, given how sensitive they are right now. Why couldn’t she sit it out? She says she’s not giving up on the friendship, but thinks Carole doesn’t love her. Carole sits back down at the table, but Bethenny doesn’t notice, and keeps talking. She doesn’t think Carole needs to jump on everything. She’s been crying because of the deterioration of a friendship; it’s heartbreaking. They’re at code red, and Carole should let her talk, even if she’s being an idiot. It’s upsetting. Carole says she’s there, and I laugh. Bethenny says it was nothing she wouldn’t say to her face. Sonja says it’s the best communication they’ve had the whole trip. Carole says just because she’s not crying, doesn’t mean she’s not upset. In her interview, Carols says Bethenny acts like a twelve-year-old, playing the victim. Instead of acknowledging what she did, she says, you don’t like me anymore. Carole says everything one of them says, sets the other one off. Bethenny says she’s never experienced anything like this. Carole says Bethenny questioned the friendship, things were said, they talked about it, and she thought it was better. She suggests they just have a good time, and Bethenny agrees. In her interview, Bethenny says she’s emotionally bereft. Most relationships shouldn’t take this much work. It’s been a weird trip. As they leave, Carole mentions there’s a torture museum in town. Bethenny says, this is the torture museum. I went to one of those in Niagara Falls (Canadian side). It was the coolest thing, with all the medieval devices set up in wax figure tableaus. Sadly, the museum had a fire and is no more, but how weird must that have been?

They get to the boat, and champagne is waiting. They toast to a great time. Bethenny says she loves Carole, and she’s sorry. Carole says she feels the same. In her interview, Carole says Bethenny still didn’t own up, but for now, she’s going to take it. The boat leaves port. In her interview, Ramona says, the beach, swimming, pink champagne, and a yacht. They’re in their element, and they’re ready. Everyone takes selfies. Dorinda dances. They see little islands with houses on them, and Dorinda says, this is vacation. They arrive at a private island. In her interview, Bethenny says they’ve been in enclosed spaces, and they’re all animals and need to run wild. It’s real freedom and vacation. LuAnn thinks it’s very romantic, and wishes she was there with a guy.

The island has open rooms that look like a beach club. A few of the women poke at a crab on the boardwalk, and decide to put it in a hammock with Ramona. LuAnn gets in the hammock, and tells Ramona come on, hiding the crab. When Ramona gets in, LuAnn puts it on her, and Ramona scrambles around and squeals. In her interview, Ramona is glad she didn’t roll off and sprain her ankle worse. The poor crab ends up getting mangled.

The girls go swimming. Ramona moons, and Sonja flashes. They notice the price tag is still on Sonja’s bathing suit. She explains that she keeps the tags on in case her clothing goes to the consignment store. Tinsley says, eBay, gently used. In her interview, Tinsley says she even got her hair wet. She’s happy it’s going this well, and they’re finally having fun.

Dorinda sits on the dock. In her interview, Bethenny says Dorinda is sad, and she knows what it feels like. It’s been a weird vacation. Dorinda has done something she regrets, but doesn’t entirely remember. She says she’s rather make her feel better than let her sit in it. She and Dorinda take a walk. Dorinda says she wants to have fun and drinks, but not have people mad at her. Bethenny says she’s now a mental patient. Dorinda wondered what happened, but doesn’t think it went that way. Bethenny tells her not to beat herself up. Dorinda says she doesn’t need anyone to make it right. It’s not her goal to hurt people’s feelings. She starts to cry, and says she’s heartbroken. LuAnn is like family, and to hurt her is a bad thing. She wants to be a safe place all the time. Bethenny hugs her, and tells her to give herself a break. Just tell LuAnn she loves her, and give her a hug.

Sonja’s tag is gone, and I’m thinking, if she took it to the consignment shop, they would notice it had gotten wet anyway. Dorinda approaches LuAnn. She’s sorry she hurt her. LuAnn knows she is, and they hug. LuAnn says she loves and forgives her. In her interview, she says she felt like she did when she got let out of jail. She tells Dorinda that she’s not judging; she’s just worried. In her interview, LuAnn says when Dorinda gets in trouble over and over again, when she’s drinking and pointing her finger, anger is an issue. She needs to look at herself. Dorinda says she thought they were in a good place, and doesn’t know where this came from. LuAnn says she thought the same thing about herself, and bam!  In her interview, Dorinda says LuAnn is in a pink cloud post rehab place, and projecting, but she doesn’t need advice.

Lunch is ready. Carole and Bethenny sit quietly, and in her interview, Carole says Bethenny actually ran out of words. She’s shocked, but it’s good. Tinsley and Carole talk shopping, and Bethenny thinks it’s boring. In her interview, Carole says no one shops more than Bethenny, and no one is more obsessed with her own and everyone else’s clothing than Bethenny. Ramona says they’re all fashionistas. After lunch, they lie in the sun. Tinsley says she’s never slept better. Ramona says she found her man, and asks if she has any career plans. doesn’t she want to do something for herself? Tinsley says she worked hard, and now wants to be a wifey for once; she’s never been that. Ramona says she hasn’t either. In her interview, Ramona thinks it sounds shallow and empty. Ramona swings the hammock, and Tinsley spills red wine all over.

LuAnn and Sonja go over cabaret stuff. In her interview, LuAnn says just because she’s on vacation doesn’t mean her cabaret is. She says they need a beatboxer. She and Sonja get on the table. In her interview, Carole says she’s nervous for LuAnn. The show isn’t far away, and they definitely have kinks to work out. A woman comes in, and tells them the water is getting choppy. They have to go back.

They get in the boat. The wind is picking up. LuAnn is still looking for her phone, and the producer tells her to hustle; he’ll get it later. The coastguard called, and they have to jet. The water starts to get seriously rough. Ramona wants the captain to slow down, but Tinsley says this is normal. Sonja starts to freak, and Ramona is like ♫ La-la-la! ♫ In her interview, Tinsley says it doesn’t feel extreme to her. Sonja says she’s been on many boats, but never like this. It’s like an airplane with one propeller. She announces that she peed her pants, so if you see that suit in the store or on eBay, don’t buy it. (I added that last part.)

Wow. My stomach just lurched while watching, and Carole thinks she’s going to throw up. Sonja says Tinsley isn’t worried because she doesn’t have a kid, and Tinsley fails to see how that applies. Ramona says she can’t swim. In her interview, Bethenny says Carole is throwing up in a bowl, and while she’s trying to comfort her, a table and chairs come flying at them. Dorinda asks about lifejackets, and is told there’s one. In her interview, Bethenny says the waves were fifteen feet, and Dorinda is screaming they’re taking on water. We hear a siren. Everyone wonders where the life vests are, and Dorinda says she smells smoke.

Ramona and Sonja clutch each other. We see text, and it says the waters were so rough, filming had to stop for safety reasons. We look at a video of the town. Seventeen hours later. Bethenny says it was the boat from hell. LuAnn says she thought they were dying at sea. Even the camera people had to go down. Dorinda wondered if anyone called for help. Things were flying all around. There was smoke, and the boat wasn’t going forward. LuAnn says she was praying they didn’t capsize. The anchor was deployed, and they were trying to get it back. She says the captain ended up cutting it off with two swords a la Pirates of the Caribbean. They would have been killed otherwise. Bethenny says, no bueno.

Tinsley says it was super traumatic for everyone but her. She didn’t fear for her life, but can’t take away how the rest of them felt. Carole says she’s been to the most dangerous places, but it’s nothing compared to the boat. By the time they got back, they needed to decompress, and had some PTSD. No one got hurt, but everyone was like, wtf just happened? We see a clip of them dancing like maniacs. Dorinda says she just went to bed. Her nervous system was a mess, and she ran to the toilet all night. She wants to go home now. Tinsley says she doesn’t have diarrhea; she’s just hungover. She’s not that adventurous with food, and she and Bethenny didn’t eat the paella. Sonja says she had no toilet paper. In her interview, Bethenny says Ramona stole her toilet paper; it was a full-on diarrhea festival. Only she and Tinsley were fresh as daisies. Sonja says they got out of the boat, and then were swimming in sh*t. No offense to Columbia, but it never happened like this before. Tinsley says the trip wasn’t what they all hoped. It feels like the end couldn’t come soon enough.

They pack. Dorinda says it was literally and figuratively a sh*t show. She practically has to sit on her suitcase, and wonders why she always comes back with more than she left with. Um… because you went shopping? LuAnn says she left the ultimate gift on the bed. We see the maid scrubbing the mattress. Ew!

Next time, as much as LuAnn wants to forgive Dorinda, Dorinda doesn’t know she needs to be forgiven; Carole gets a trophy, and Dorinda horns in on Ramona’s skincare launch.

🍴 On MasterChef, the contestants had to make an entrée for the toughest critics – six to nine-year-olds with big appetites. Besides being safe from elimination, the winning team would get their dish featured in Family Circle magazine. The chefs split into two teams, with Julia leading the red team, and SJ leading the blue. The blue team chose a New York strip steak, and the red team decided on filet mignon. While some effort was made to hide the vegetables, the chefs weren’t grasping children’s palates, and Gordon cautioned them about not making the steak too rare. I’m not sure many kids are into asparagus or truffles either. Julia’s team won, and SJ’s team had to don the black aprons for the pressure test. Mark was called out for being arrogant and not listening. His parents owning a diner seemed to make him think he knew everything. The test was making a box of a dozen cupcakes in ninety minutes. A cupcake takes seventy-five minutes to bake, according to Christina Tosi, who was a guest judge, bringing along her own box of cupcakes. They were so gorgeous, in that moment, I would have sold a kidney for one. She wanted to see culinary masterpieces, and the chefs were given a massive array of ingredients, including just about anything you could think of for decorating. Gerron included bourbon in his recipe, but Gordon said the cupcakes looked like they had too much to drink. They were pretty messy. Not that I could do any better, and would probably do worse. For all his knowledge, Mark didn’t even get all of his cupcakes in the box. To make it worse, he thought it was funny. Gordon didn’t think so, and said he was becoming unteachable. Gerron and Mark were on the chopping block – my girl Chelsea was safe on the red team – and, no surprise, Mark was out. His mentor Joe told him to open his mind up to the right people. He’s young, and the road is long. Mark claimed he was humbled, and learned that he doesn’t know it all. He couldn’t wait until the day he’d be serving the chefs in his own restaurant. Next time, the hottest challenge of the season, and a divided kitchen produces shocking results.

🔥 Tonight’s 24 Hours to Hell and Back was a repeat.

💎 Don’t forget – The Shahs of Sunset season premiere, Thursday (what I call tomorrow) at 9 pm.

😢 Sad News for the Kitchen…

Jessica Vogel, from the 2014 season of Hell’s Kitchen, has passed away at 34.

http://extratv.com/2018/08/01/hells-kitchen-contestant-jessica-vogel-dead-at-34/?adid=extra_eme_26668_2018-08-01_rightnow2

🎪 🎡 Seen At the County Fair Last Weekend…

In addition to a sausage sandwich and a corndog.

 

Jun19

June 18, 2018 – Peter’s Birthday, a Little Listing, Some Shahs, Good News & Monday

Posted on by
Standard

What I Watched Today

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

 

General Hospital

Sonny asks if Mike was in Croton when he buried the body. Mike says he was, and Sonny tells him that he and Jason dug for hours. All they found was a money clip and no body. Mike says he knows; he took it. He was trying to watch out for Sonny. Sonny tells him to focus on what’s important. Where did he take it?

Curtis, Jordan, and Stella look at the terrace at the MetroCourt. Curtis asks what Jordan and Stella think. Stella asks if he wants a Yelp review. He just wants to know if she approves of the place they’re choosing to get married. She says they want to prepare her. She asks when the big day is, and Jordan says that’s what they wanted to discuss.

Maxie holds James, telling him that soon she’ll be able to take him home. Outside the room, Lulu tells Amy that it’s a touching scene. Amy says James is the rock star of the hospital. She asks if Lulu is looking for interviews for her #GHTOO series. She’s set to go on record.

Nina sees Drew at The Floating Rib, and says she doesn’t think running into him is a coincidence. Drew asks what’s on her mind. She says, Peter, and the lies he told them. He asks if she’s okay, but she says, definitely not.

Julian wonders what Obrecht is doing walking in the woods. She tells him she’s, as the Americans put it, taking me time. She’s mourning her son in her own way. Kim is sorry for her loss. Julian tells her not to step on any snakes, but she says there are no snakes there. He insists there are, and tells her to look it up. I did. They’re rare. He thinks no one in their right mind would spend time in these woods, and she thanks him for his concern. They hear Peter scream.

Peter strains to get away from the rattlesnake on the bed.

Kim asks if they heard that. She says it sounds like someone is in trouble. This has the makings of a Scooby-Doo episode.

Mike tells Sonny, that night was quite a mess. He wanted to help, but figured Sonny wouldn’t let him, so he was determined to prove himself. Sonny says, so after years of not being around, he chose that night to take care of him? Mike says they both know he left Sonny and his mom, and was never there for him. He thought he could clean up after him this one time and protect him. If someone got caught, it would be him. He tells Sonny that lifting a dead body is a lot harder than dropping one in. Sonny asks where he took it, and Mike says he doesn’t need to worry. Sonny says he does. He needs to get on with his life. Mike say this part is kind of funny. Dante walks in, and Mike says, just in time. He was just about to tell a great story. He tells Dante that he’ll have to protect Sonny when he’s gone.

Jordan tells Stella that they haven’t set a date yet. Curtis tells her they wanted to make her a part of things. It’s a chance for them to come together as a family on their special day. Jordan says she likes the intimacy of the terrace, since the family is small. Stella says, too small. Curtis says they’re tight knit, and Stella raised them mighty. When they say their vows, he knows they’re continuing the legacy of love. Stella says it’s like the old Spinners song, Mighty Love. It’s all she ever wanted for them. She tells him not to settle for less. If his heart is set, take his time to make things perfect; it’s worth waiting for. She smiles. I have the feeling Stella isn’t as accepting as she appears to be, and wonder what she’s up to.

Drew tells Nina that none of it is her fault. He brought Peter in. Nina says Valentin knew the entire time, and went to great lengths to protect Peter. Drew repeats that it’s not her fault. She says she didn’t trust her instincts. She knew something was going on, and let Valentin talk her into doubting herself. Drew says he doesn’t hold her responsible. He doesn’t know what Peter’s agenda was, but he seemed highly successful. Nina says many sociopaths are. They change to fit into any situation. He was a great friend to Maxie, and the perfect COO. He even had all of Drew’s memories on a flash drive. Drew asks how she knew that. Oops.

Obrecht tells Kim that’s the sound of grief; another poor soul letting go. She screams back. Kim says she knows the sound of pain. Obrecht says her group is finding their way forward through terrible loss, and it’s painful work. She needs her therapy. She walks away from them, howling. Julian says it’s actually one of the saner things he’s seen her do.

Peter keeps pushing away from the snake.

Mike tells Dante that he was just telling his father something that happened with a car. Sonny says Dante is a cop, and has unsolved cases and unfinished business to attend to. Dante says he still has time for his grandfather. Mike says his son is there for his father, but sometimes a father is there for his son when he least expects it. It’s going to take more than a few minutes to get the finer details of the story. Sonny says they don’t have time for a story right now. Dante says he can make time, and Mike says it’s a story about Dante’s dad, him, and a rusted Ford Falcon.

Amy tells Lulu that GH is a great place to work, but the deep hierarchy structure definitely has a sexual bias factor. Women aren’t the only targets, but they tend to bear the brunt. Even though she hasn’t been overtly harassed, she’s been dismissed because she’s a woman. Male residents call her Nurse Ditz, and she’s heard worse things. She’s often been judged on her appearance, and dismissed because of it. Lulu says, amazingly well said. She’s been candid and brave. Amy says it’s her truth, but it’s also the truth of others. If they’re not talking, it’s not because they have nothing to say, but because they’re afraid. Even though GH is a great place, they still need to evolve.

Curtis has to check on an office space with Sam. He thanks Stella for coming, and for her blessing. After he’s gone, Jordan says Stella made her nephew happy. Stella says it’s all she ever wanted. She starts to leave, and Jordan asks if she’d mind joining her for a cup of tea. There’s more for them to talk about.

Nina tells Drew that Valentin must have told her about the flash drive. She thinks Anna told him. Drew says he’s given up on it, and Nina asks if he thinks it’s a lie and there never was a flash drive. He says Andre put a baseline map of his memories and the procedure on a flash drive, and supposedly Peter had it. Now it’s gone like he is.

Obrecht asks Peter, what’s the matter? She can hear him a mile away. She sees the snake, and doesn’t miss a beat. She gets a forked tool, picks it up, and puts it outside, saying, no harm done. Peter looks at her like she’s out of her mind.

Dante has to get back to work. Mike says it’s a good story with a helluva twist at the end, but Sonny tells Mike to check on his car. Mike goes back to the paper, and Sonny asks Dante what brought him by. Dante says he wants to talk about Carly in Ferncliff.

Maxie comes out, and Lulu says she hopes Maxie doesn’t mind her peeking in. Maxie says she’s hoping to bring James home soon. She figured Lulu must be doing a follow-up piece, and asks if there are leads on Peter… she means, Henrik.

Kim tells Julian it’s all clear int the tent; no snakes. He calls her his hero. She says, someone else might need one. She knows screams of pain. Julian says people are probably screaming because they’re stuck with Obrecht. He takes his shirt off, and Kim asks if he’s trying to distract her. He asks if it’s working.

Nina tells Drew it sounds like he’s come to terms with not knowing his past, and resigned himself to it. He says at different times, both Peter and Faison dangled the flash drive in front of him, but he turned them both down. He wants to live his life without them having anything over him. He suggests she do the same. Valentin covered for Peter, and hurt her, but being obsessed with Peter isn’t good. If he can let it go, she can too. She says she needs to figure out why she fell for his lies. If she ran into him again, how would she know he was telling the truth? Curtis joins them, and says, none of them may ever know. There’s been no trace of him.

Obrecht gives Peter the antibiotic. He cringes when she touches his wound. She tells him not to be a baby, and to toughen up. He forgot how to be a man when he stopped using his own last name. Peter can’t believe she still idolizes Faison when he killed her son. She says their relationship was too complex for a small mind to comprehend. Faison was a monster, but brilliant, and squandered his gifts. He would have been a tragic figure if he hadn’t been so ego driven.

Dante tells Sonny that the DA doesn’t like losing. No calls to sympathetic judges or staff to exert influence. It won’t work out well. Sonny asks if it’s an official warning, but Dante says just a son looking out for his father. He hopes Sonny listens for once. He hopes for a lot.

Jordan doesn’t expect Stella to welcome her with open arms. Too much has happened for that. She wishes she could make amends. Stella says she’d have to raise dead, and only our Lord can do that. She almost pushed Curtis away, but she doesn’t want to be like that. She cares about people; maybe too much. Maybe that’s why she’s a social worker. She’s mostly a woman who loves her family. A family that’s been broken, and Jordan is the cause of much of it. Jordan says they’ll always have Thomas between them, but what binds them is their common love for Curtis and TJ. They’re Stella’s family, and her heart. In her line of work, they say life is short. She’s not going to drag around the sins of her past. She owns them, but isn’t letting them own her. Instead, she’s going to take every day of her life to make Stella’s nephew happy.

Nina tells Curtis that’s unbelievable. He says there have been leads, but they’ve all been dead ends. Nina thanks Drew for giving her clarity, and has to get to work. She leaves, and Drew asks, what’s that about? Curtis doesn’t know. He tells Drew about looking at office space with Sam. Drew congratulates him on his new venture, and Curtis says his first case is directly connected to Drew.

Lulu tells Maxie that she hasn’t heard anything, but she’ll be the first to know if they catch Peter. She’s not too busy with her new story to keep tabs on the old one, but she’s here for Maxie and the baby. She has some gifts, and asks if Maxie is ready to have them brought to the apartment. Maxie says she’s getting the place ready to bring James home, but just to be clear, they’re not back to being besties. She forgave Lulu and is trying to move past it, but it’s not something that happens overnight. It’s not as simple as saying she’s over it.

Obrecht notices Peter relaxing, and says the antibiotics are starting to work. She offers him some ginger tea, saying it promotes healing. He says so does a hamburger. He sips the tea, telling her that a confession under duress is inadmissible. There will be a police investigation, and it won’t take long for them to figure it out. She’ll face criminal charges, and be locked away from her grandchild. How will that satisfy her? She tells him to worry about how he’s going to admit to aiding and abetting the most dangerous man in the world, and she’ll worry about her satisfaction.

Sonny tells Dante that he appreciates it. Dante says, be careful. Carly is already in Ferncliff. He doesn’t know how she’d handle it if he was locked up. He asks Mike, what’s the story about the car?

Drew tells Curtis that he loves the irony, since he just gave Nina a speech about moving forward. He tells Curtis to keep Sam safe. Curtis asks Drew to be his best man.

Stella says she appreciates the tea, and Jordan says she appreciates the talk. On her way to the elevator, Stella finds some keys on the floor, and gives them to the bartender.

Amy tells Maxie to let Lulu give her a ride home, and take care of her. Lulu says she’d love to give Maxie a ride. Maxie says she’ll go home and rest, and let Lulu keep her company. After Amy leaves, Lulu asks if any of that was real.

Kim puts lotion on Julian’s back. He says, if not for the bug bites, he’d be in Zen territory. He’s seeing the benefits of starry nights and those chocolate marshmallow things. Apparently, Julian is the only one on earth who doesn’t know what a s’more is. He says he’s actually grown fond of the close quarters and the scenery. They kiss, and start to get busy.

Peter tells Obrecht this window dressing is a fairytale for Nina. He knows she plans to kill him, but it won’t make up for Nathan’s death. Obrecht says it will therapeutic for her though. He asks why she’s bothering to heal him. She says Nina will feel better if he’s taken care of; her heart isn’t as closed. Peter says everyone is looking for him; the PCPD, the WSB, his mother. Obrecht says now he wants Anna as a mother. He says Anna won’t stop looking for him. Obrecht says she nearly forgot something. She tells him to close his eyes, and get ready for a surprise. She flicks on a lighter, and looks at the flame.

Dante tells Mike that he wants to hear the story; it sounds like a doozie. Sonny says he has to talk to Mike, and Dante says he can take a hint. He leaves, and Mike tells Sonny that he has a great boy. Sonny says he’s a lucky man. He wants to get back to the story about Croton. Where did Mike go next? Mike says, when? Sonny says, when he left the field. What was the surprising twist at the end of the story? Mike doesn’t know what he’s talking about.

Julian and Kim bask in the forest afterglow. Julian says, next time, he might want to do the planning. Kim asks what he has in mind. He says they’ve already done the great outdoors, so maybe an urban adventure. He knows just the place for room service. They get busy again.

Curtis tells Drew that he’ll understand if Drew isn’t in the headspace for a wedding. Drew says he’d be glad to be Curtis’s best man. Curtis says, it looks like everything is coming together, including Stella. They had lunch, and she was way civil. It might be gratuitous, but it looks like she’s on board.

Stella calls an old friend, telling them that she and Curtis both live in Port Charles now. It’s practically around the corner.

Lulu wants to help Maxie. Maxie asks if she’s sure, and Lulu says she’s worked enough for today. Maxie says she’d appreciate the help, but tells Lulu not to read into it. Lulu says she’s got it. She promised to take down Peter, and she will. She tells Maxie not to not to let her anger at the betrayal eat away at her. James deserves her attention; not Peter.

Nina sees Jordan while she’s getting coffee. She asks if Jordan can help her. Peter had a flash drive with key Crimson information on it. They’re having a hard time replicating it, and she asks if they found it in his things. Jordan says, no, and Nina flashes back to Peter saying it was in his hand, and he must have dropped it. She remembers him saying, it has everything Drew needs to be the man he used to be. Nina wonders how can she believe one more lie? She should leave him to Obrecht and be done with it. We see that the flash drive is in the MetroCourt lost and found.

Obrecht tell Peter to open his eyes. It’s not a hamburger, but something for his special day. She shows him a cupcake with a candle in it, and says, happy birthday, Henrik. She suggests he celebrate it like it’s his last. She tells him to make a wish. Peter looks sick.

Tomorrow, Finn tells Anna they can figure it out, Doc wants to give Franco a wedding gift, and Mary Pat says something is different about Carly.

🗽 On Million Dollar Listing New York, Steve made the mistake of doing business with an ex. When he explained she needed to lower the price, she lowered it right off the market. I got the distinct feeling that what she really wanted was to get back together with him. I like Steve, but sometimes he can be a real dimbulb. 50 Cent will be making an appearance next week, and Ryan is going to have a shot at a $200 million property – in China.

🌇 Bravo aired a mini trip down Shah Memory Lane tonight with The Shahs of Sunset: How They Got Here, which was basically clips from past seasons, and a little tease about the new season (the show’s 7th) coming up. The Shahs will be back on August 2nd at 9 pm. Will MJ get married? Will Mike lose it? Will Desiree find a man before she dies? Stay tuned.

💃 The Quotes of Sunset

http://www.bravotv.com/shahs-of-sunset/photos/the-quotes-of-sunset/item/9690956?embed=node-955871

🌞 Proof There is a God

It’s a helluva lot better news that Brittany and Jax getting engaged. I’ve been following Patricia Altschul on Twitter, and she must be ecstatic. She is not an Ashley fan.

https://radaronline.com/exclusives/2018/06/southern-charm-breakup-coming-thomas-ravenel-ashley-jacobs-amid-sexual-assault-allegations/?utm_source=email&em_hash=72048a93bc8188334dc1071a32fe8f3b

🃏 It’s the First Day of the Rest of Your Week

MondayMinions2

MondayHoliday

⏰ Otherwise known as hearing the ticking clock on 60 Minutes…

MondaySmonday

 

 

Jun12

June 11, 2018 – Carly is Sentenced, NYC Realtors Return, TV Tidbits & Bad Day

Posted on by
Standard

What I Watched Today

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

 

General Hospital

Finn tells Anna that he’s been meaning to apologize. When he told her that she was a step away from a robe and cat, he didn’t mean it. He guesses he can go now know, and starts to leave. Anna tells him to wait. He asks if she wants to talk some more. She says, no, but does he want to stay?

Nina hears moaning from the cabin. She walks in with a bouquet of wildflowers, and Obrecht says, how thoughtful. Peter is blindfolded and gagged, and children’s music is playing. Peter yells, make it stop! Nina looks at Obrecht, who shrugs.

Chase visits Maxie. She left her bag in the car when he brought her back from the hospital. She says she’s been looking for it, and she’s having a crappy day. He’s glad to make her day less crappy.

At the Quartermaine’s, Nelle talks to Michael about how accomplished Monica is. What more could a baby ask for in a grandmother? Michael suggests one not in prison. Nelle says his bitch mother is getting exactly what she deserves, but she’s just thinking it. Michael asks if she said something, but she tells him, not a word. She was just thinking about his mom and the trial. She’d do anything to spare his family pain. Michael feels the same way, but she says it’s out of her hands.

The DA asks if, other than her husband and children, Jason is closest to Carly. Does he know her better than anyone? He says, yes, and she asks if Carly was insane when she assaulted Nelle. He can’t answer that question, and the DA asks if he can’t or won’t.

Finn says the thing is… and Anna says, there’s always a thing. He says if he stays, he might not want to leave. She says that’s not the worst thing. He tells her, she’s saying that now, but if she’s looking for a bright ray of sunshine, it’s not him. She says that’s not her either. He says there’s also the timing. He doesn’t want this to happen because she had a bad day. Neither does she. He says she must be exhausted, and they have an early flight. He suggests they maybe just have breakfast, and she says they should do that for sure. He leaves, and leans against the door. She leans against the other side.

Nina tells Obrecht, enough. Peter begs Nina to please do something; Obrecht is crazy. Obrecht says he should be grateful he’s talking; therefore, breathing. He thanks her, and she tells him to smell his reward, pushing the flowers into his face. She asks if he doesn’t like flowers; her son’s grave is filled with them. Peter says if she kills him, it’s not going to bring Nathan back, and she says there’s only one way to find out. Nina takes his blindfold off, and he thanks her. She says she still hates him for what he did. He starts to say he’s sorry about Nathan, but she stops him. One thing she and Obrecht agree on is, he’s not allowed to say her brother’s name. She asks Obrecht if he’s eaten and had water. Obrecht says he has everything he needs, and pulls Nina outside. Nina is like, what the hell? and Obrecht says she’s doing what needs to be done. Nina says she wants justice, not vengeance.

Maxie tells Chase that she didn’t realize she dropped her bag. She says she’s been busy looking at pictures, and shows him a photo of James. He says James is adorable, and asks when he’ll be home. She says there’s no timetable, but it’s not soon enough. She has the nursery done thanks to… He asks if she and Nathan decorated it, and she says her husband started, but it didn’t get finished until after. He’s glad she had a friend to help. She says, not a real one; it was Peter. She’d rather not think about it. She finds the necklace Peter gave her in her bag.

Michael hopes his mom can come home, but if the worst happens, he hopes she gets the help she needs. Then she can come back and be a grandmother. Nelle tells him, that’s the spirit. Michael wonders if Drew is settling in, and Nelle says she’ll check on him. Michael asks if she’s sure she can deal with the stairs. She tells him if she doesn’t conquer her fears now, she won’t get over them. When she leaves the room, Michael calls Spinelli. He says sorry he had to cut him off, and asks if they can meet tonight. He’s waiting to hear from the courthouse. Nelle comes back, and asks if he’s talking to anyone she knows.

The DA asks Jason, yes or no? Was Carly insane when she assaulted Nelle? He remembers telling Carly that he’d always back her, even when he knows she’s wrong. The judge tells him to answer the question. He says he’s not a psychiatrist, and the DA says she’s not asking for a professional opinion. Diane objects, saying Jason has many skills, but psychiatry isn’t one of them. The objection is sustained. The DA has no further questions, and Jason steps down. The defense rests.

In the ending argument, the DA says Carly had a long, contentious history with Nelle. Nelle instigated the conflict, but even after she was pregnant, Carly clung to her hated, until it boiled over, and she tried to kill Nelle, and almost killed her grandchild. She’s angry and bitter. She knew what she was doing, and needs to pay for it.

Diane says, Carly was under the weight of the loss of her son, and the betrayal of someone she trusted. Nelle did everything to infiltrate her family. She asks the court for compassion, and to help Carly get the help she needs.

The judge says it’s late, but he’d like to resolve it as soon as possible. He’s going to deliberate right now, and will be back as soon as he weighs all this. The court is in recess. Everyone goes out to play on the swings and slide. Sorry. I had to.

Anna tosses her book aside, and Finn does the same in his room. He asks himself what he’s doing, and calls her. He says he just realized he forgot to tell her something. He’s embarrassed that it slipped his mind. He forgot to say goodnight. She says, okay, goodnight to him too. They go to a split screen, and we see them both in bed on the phone.

Carly is glad it’s over. Diane tells Jason, perfectly played, but she’s afraid they didn’t even dent the DA’s case. The DA comes over, and tells Diane, congratulations. However it turns out, the insanity defense was definitely a brilliant ploy. Sonny says there shouldn’t have even been a trial. They can come after him, but not his family. The DA advises him to tell his family members not to push pregnant women down the stairs. She wonders how Diane sleeps at night. Diane says, like a baby, but wonders how she does.

Michael says he’ll call back when he hears, and tells Nelle that Spinelli called to ask about his mom. His phone dings, and he says, there it is. She asks if there’s a verdict already. He says the defense rested, and the judge is going to make a decision by tonight. She wonders if that’s a good sign, and trusts the judge to make the best decision for everyone, especially the baby.

Maxie tells Chase that Peter might have vanished, but continues to haunt her. He gave her the necklace. She loved it. No surprise, since it was beautiful and expensive. She calls herself an idiot. She let Peter convince her the friendship was real; that he was real. She tosses the necklace into the trashcan.

Nina tells Obrecht that they agreed; no torture. Obrecht says she’s just playing music. It’s not torture; it’s persuasion. She tells Nina to think of Maxie and James, and remind herself of what’s at stake. Nina leaves. Obrecht goes back inside, and says she thought Nina would never leave, smiling at Peter.

Anna asks if Finn has a remedy for insomnia. As a matter-of-fact, he does. She asks if it’s over-the-counter, and he says it’s best if a doctor gives it direct. She wonders about side effects, and he says it can be habit forming, but if it’s administered correctly, it’s very effective. She asks how it’s administered, and he says it’s a home remedy and organic. She says, no chemicals then, and he says, some, but nothing the body doesn’t produce on its own. She asks if he’s suggesting a hands-on remedy, and he tells her, preferably from someone with years of training. She wonders if he’s had a lot of success, and he says he’s experienced, and has an intimate working knowledge of the human body. She laughs, and asks if it’s hot in here, or is it just her. He says, it’s her.

Obrecht arranges the flowers, and says it’s more like home now, and better than the high-security prison he’s destined for. He tells her that his father didn’t do her justice. She says he can’t believe anything Faison said, but he says Faison claimed she was the most brilliant woman he’d ever met. She says he can’t sweet talk her, and he says she’s obviously too smart. He’s past flattery, and moving to anger. She says he’d be wise not to anger her, and he says it’s one thing share. As much as Faison admired Obrecht, he got sentimental when he mentioned Anna. Obrecht crushes one of the blooms.

Chase tells Maxie that he doesn’t mean to overstep, but her late husband might have thought she should donate the necklace. She says he’s not wrong. She can hear Nathan saying it. He asks he can do the honors, and she tells him that she never wants to see it again. He tells her that he’ll get a receipt for tax purposes, and she says he sounds official. She thanks him for bringing her bag. He hopes she doesn’t mind him saying it, but she needs to stop blaming herself for what happened between her and Peter. She says she let him get close to her, and thought he was good and brave. Chase says it’s on him, not her. A lot of people are damn good liars, but sooner or later, they get what they deserve. She asks if he’s still talking about Peter, or does he have another liar in mind?

Nelle asks if Michael wants to go for a walk. Her phone rings. It’s the DA, who says she won’t sugar coat it. They had a strong case, but it’s not looking good. She tells Nelle to try not to worry. Even if the outcome isn’t what they hoped for, she’ll find a way to protect her and her baby. Nelle thanks her, and Michael asks if it’s bad news. She says it’s just that something she ordered isn’t in stock. She thinks they should go back to the courthouse, but he says it’s too emotional for her, and she’s supposed to avoid stress. She says it will be less stressful going there with him, than waiting and wondering. Whatever happens, they’ll face it together.

The DA approaches Jason in the hallway, telling him, nice footwork. He says he just told the truth. Sonny asks if there’s a problem. Diane says she hates to interrupt the inappropriate conversation that could get the DA disbarred, but the judge made his decision. They all go back in. Sonny tells Carly to hang in there.

Anna asks Finn if he’s ever wanted to hit the reset button, and fix the mistakes made in life. He says our mistakes bring us closer to the things we need. He made a lot before he got to her. Every moment of their lives has led to this one, and that’s good. If they go back and erase what they didn’t like about their lives, they might not know each other. How can he regret his life, when it led to her? Anna says there’s one do-over she’d like that involves them; New Year’s Eve. She’d like to bring in the new year with some hope and joy, and with him. She hears silence, and asks if he’s there. She says she must have sent him to sleep; she’s coming over. She throws on a robe, but he’s already at the door. This reminded me of the time I did fall asleep talking to a friend. The dial tone woke me up, and when I called back, my friend said he finally did it. He talked so long, he put me to sleep. In his defense, it was like, two in the morning.

Obrecht tells Peter no more talk of that scarecrow Anna, unless he enjoys being gagged. He says he wishes she’d been his mother; Anna threw him to the wolves. She says Nathan is dead, and he’s alive because of Anna. He says he had his father in his sites, and she interfered. His father was supposed to die, not Nathan. He tells her to let him go. Together, they can make her pay. Not just for what she’s done to him, but to Obrecht and her son.

Chase tells Maxie that in his line of work, there are a lot of liars and losers. She asks if he has an arch nemesis, but he thinks the term is a little over the top. Nina arrives, and hugs Maxie. She sees Chase, and asks if everything is okay. Maxie explains she left her bag in his car. Nina thinks he went above and beyond, but Maxie says he’s being nice; there’s no hidden agenda. Although one thing he returned was a reminder of what she wants to forget. Chase shows Nina the necklace, and she suggests they melt it down. Chase says, with Maxie’s permission, he’s giving it to charity, but maybe they can use it to track Peter. He might have used a credit card he’s still using. Nina says he might be someplace nearby, and Chase asks what makes her say that?

Michael asks if Nelle is up for it, and she says she can’t let him face it alone. They go into the courtroom.

The judge says there are no winners or losers in this case. He heard the testimonies, and weighed the expert opinions. He declares Carly not guilty by reason of insanity. Michael says, thank God; at least it’s not prison. Diane says they’ve already made arrangements for Shadybrook, where her client will get the treatment she deserves. The DA says the people demand the sentence she deserves.

Finn tells Anna that they probably don’t need their phones now. He’s six and a half months too late, but happy new year. He kisses her, and they start to get busy.

The DA strongly objects. Not because she lost the case, but she’s attempting to safeguard a mother and child in jeopardy. The judge tells her that he doesn’t need instruction on how to pass sentence. Carly isn’t denying she pushed Nelle and broke off appointments with her doctor. She remains a potential threat to herself and others, and he’s remanding her to Ferncliff, an institution for the criminally insane, until she’s cleared and ready to return to society. Carly shakes her head.

Peter says Anna is with Finn, while Obrecht is wasting time with him. Obrecht says she owes Finn. She’s grateful that she was fired. Now she can do as she chooses, to whom she chooses. He asks if she’s okay with them going on their merry way while she suffers. They can take Anna down and get back everything. She says he can’t give her back her son. and he talks like his father; empty promises. She throws the vase at the wall above the bed, and it shatters, everything raining down on Peter.

Nina tells Chase it’s possible. What if something happened, like an accident? Chase says they checked the hospitals. Maxie says it’s Peter they’re talking about. He doesn’t have accidents; he causes them. He walks away scot-free. She shows Nina James’s birth certificate, and says he’ll never know his father. He’ll just be a name on a piece of paper and old photos, because of Peter’s lies. Chase’s phone rings. He says it’s totally unrelated, but he has to take off. He tells them, no one can hide forever; they’ll find him. Maxie thinks Nina is being super weird, and asks if there’s something she wants to talk about.

Carly says, please, not Ferncliff. The judge says she needs treatment, not a vacation. Sonny tells her anything is better than Pentonville. Carly asks him to tell Josslyn that she loves her, and to keep the kids away from Nelle. Sonny says he’ll take care of Nelle, which is a brilliant thing to say in a courtroom. Jason tells her, don’t panic, and no shortcuts; promise him. He’ll get her out. Carly looks at Nelle, who gives her a sly smile.

Nina says she’s tempted to say, goodbye, good riddance, let’s move on. Maxie says that’s the healthy way, and she’s working on pulling it off. Nina thinks of the father James will never know. Whatever happens to Peter, he has it coming.

Obrecht says she has to hand it to Peter; he inherited his father’s talent. He says he didn’t mean to upset her. He’s just helping her realize they’re on the same side. She says he’s not on her side, and never was. She’s no longer engaging in his attempt at persuasion. Instead, he’s going to answer her questions and confess to his crimes. Does he understand? She leaves, and Peter reaches for a piece of glass on the blanket.

Diane says the only other option was guilty, and twenty-five to life. While draconian, the judge’s decision is by no means final. Sonny asks what they should do, and Diane says, nothing to get Carly in more trouble. If they feel the need to intervene, let her know. When she’s gone, Jason asks, what do they do now? Sonny says, just wait, but Jason says he can’t.

Carly sits in a cell. She says, whatever it takes, she’s going home.

In the empty courtroom, Nelle tells the baby that her plan worked like a charm. Now Granny Carly is in the snake pit where she belongs, and she’ll get everything she’s ever wanted. Chase walks in and says, it’s been a long time, calling her Janelle.

Tomorrow, Obrecht needs Nina to come back, Peter screams, Spinelli has what he needs to unmask Nelle’s shenanigans, and Nelle accuses Chase of stalking her.

🗽 Million Dollar Listing New York premiered its new season tonight. Steve Gold is back, minus the long hair, and new father Fredrik showed penthouses to Rebel Wilson. Ryan had a seminar, but Steve threw shade at him, claiming the reason people have left his employ is that he doesn’t pay them enough. Ryan told Steve that he didn’t know squat.

💝 The Girlfriend’s Guide to Divorce is back on Thursday, June 14th at 10 pm.

🌇 The Shahs of Sunset: How They Got Here will air on Monday, June 18th at 9 pm.

💩 And It’s Only Monday…

FreshPrinceWeek

 

 

Rebel Wilson penthouse Fredrik steve gold back

 

Oct30

October 29, 2017 – The Shahs Reunion Comes to An End, a Triple Attack & Silver Shamrock

Posted on by
Standard

What I Watched Today

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

 

 

Shahs of Sunset – Reunion Part Two

I’m still trying to get over the fact Destiney was on People’s Couch and I didn’t realize it.

Asa asks Reza if he believes her about not getting IVF treatments to have her son. He does, but hates himself for having doubts. She says she and MJ aren’t friends like that. Shervin says Asa doesn’t reciprocate, and that’s why MJ is hurt. Asa insists MJ never wanted good for her, and crossed the line. We flash back to MJ not wanting to hug her after finding out she’s pregnant. MJ says she was shocked and disappointed that it was six months before any of them were included. Asa tells MJ she’s lost all respect for her. Reza tells Asa that she doesn’t understand MJ and what she’s been going through. MJ tells Asa about crocheting a blanket for baby Soltan, and Asa says, the bastard child. They break for lunch.

Backstage, Mike is upset, and GG says it seems like Asa hates them. MJ brings up Asa’s comment on racism, and Mike jokingly asks if she’s talking about him. Asa overhears and isn’t happy. GG asks for the paramedics. She’s having a panic attack, and says she just smoked some weed. She tells the paramedic how cute he is.

Back to the reunion. Andy says it was a season of new beginnings for GG. Her anger levels turned down, but not completely off. A viewer asks about GG’s sobriety. She says she was never practicing sobriety, and shows us her vaporizer. We flash back to her fight with her sister Layla on Thanksgiving, and GG says she can’t anymore. Mike doesn’t think the relationship can be healed – there’s been too much damage. We find out he’s hooked up with Layla in the past. Andy is surprised that Reza and GG reconciled. Reza says hating her was taking up energy and space in his head and heart, and was a lot of work. He either had to let it go or let her go. GG doesn’t think it would have happened if his friends hasn’t pointed out to him that she’d changed. Reza tells us that they were just in Palm Springs together. Now the song Layla will be my earworm for a while. You’re welcome.

We revisit GG getting her hearing aid. She didn’t know how deaf she was, but notices now when the batteries need to be replaced. Andy says by the time he found her wedding registry, he heard the marriage was over. Reza is willing to guarantee that there are relatives on Shalom’s side who didn’t want to go to the wedding, and that’s why they just had a civil ceremony. GG says she kept asking if he was sure things were cool with Shalom’s family, and he insisted it was. Andy asks where things are at now, and she tells him that they’re trying to get to know each other, since they didn’t before. Wow – that’s some ring. Andy reminds her that she has a Shalom tattoo, and she claims she doesn’t regret it, but talks about a fight they had and how she slashed the tattoo to show him that she didn’t care. Mike says that’s some serious sh*t. She says information came out that he’d been married before, and applied for a green card. A lot of people thought that was his reason for wanting to marry her. His ex was also on the reality show Dash Dolls about the Kardashian boutique.

Andy says, guess what? We invited Shalom here! GG is mad, and everyone is surprised. Shalom comes out, and Andy asks how he would define their relationship. He says they’re working on it and trying to figure it out. Andy asks if him snapchatting his abs to her was the deciding factor. and brings up the green card issue. Shalom says there are plenty of women he could marry for that reason, and they’d accept a cheaper ring. Andy asks if he’s attracted to women on reality shows, but he says his ex was only on one for about two weeks. We flash back to Shalom being upset about GG kissing her scene partner in the play. Shalom says it was really bad, and he apologized to everyone. He comes from Persian/Jewish family, and 90% were against him getting married. After a few drinks and people talking in his ear, he realized he had a proposal happening in Times Square. Asa says it was weird. Andy asks why they broke up, and Shalom doesn’t know. GG says whether it was true or not, the gossip was hurting her, but he only sees it from his point of view. She tells him that he got overbearing, and when they got married, she got a call from E! News, saying Shalom wanted to do a story. Shalom says one day she loves him, and the next, she hates him. Shervin asks why try again, and he says he still loves her. He’s confused about her feelings though. Andy points out they don’t have a prenup. Reza says he’s a good guy. He likes GG, but likes Shalom more. Mike says together they might be like oil and water, even if they’re both good people. GG says at this point they’re going to see if something is worth saving. They’re taking it one day at a time. Andy says the good news is, she’ll always have the tattoo. خداحافظ, Shalom. (That’s goodbye in Persian.)

They talk moms. Reza says Mike’s mom is more thug than all the rest put together. Andy ask if Mike relies on her too much, and he says he doesn’t have to. Reza adds that she’s omnipresent in his life. Andy asks why there’s an obsession with Mike’s dool and where it goes. Mike corrects that to where they think it goes, and says it started in Mexico, and never stopped. We flash back to MJ catching a glimpse of “Russel the love muscle.” Mike thinks it’s funny, and Reza says it’s like that one shady relative you have who’s always up to no good.

Andy reads a raise your hand viewer question, and tells them raise their hands if they think Mike is as much of a man whore as ever, but only Reza thinks so. Next, Andy asks who thinks he’s slept with Jessica in the past year. That would be everyone. Mike says it’s complicated. It’s sad, and he felt it ended prematurely because of how he treated her, but now he’s the better version of Mike. Andy asks if he’s seen the email Jessica sent to his mom, but he says no, and has never brought it up. MJ wonders why. He says his mom stepped in when Jessica lost hers. They had a connection outside of him, and it was between them. He doesn’t feel it’s his business. Reza thinks Jessica feels that if it’s not cool with his mom, it’s not cool with Mike. Mike says been divorced for about a year, and they’ve both dated. The whole thing broke his heart, and he cries when he watches the show. Andy asks what’s the number one thing he learned. Mike says a lot, but the main thing is you have to be open and honest in a relationship, and be present and real.

Adam joins the group – his first reunion. He and Reza just celebrated a year of marriage, and Andy asks what Adam thinks of the new Reza. He says he has more closet space since Reza lost weight. Andy asks who he’s closest to out of the friends, and Adam says Asa has become a close friend. She’s the one person who reached out to him after Thailand. GG says Reza has changed a lot. In the beginning, he was rebellious, but he’s calmed down. Mike says his tone is different, and the way he talks about Adam. He wants to be a better person because of Adam. MJ says he fights hard daily to make himself better. A viewer asks if he’s been faithful, and Reza says 100%. He did the don’t ask don’t tell in another relationship, and it didn’t work, but there might come a time for that conversation down the road. Andy points out how upset Adam was about Reza using the divorce card; he felt disposable. Ada says it brought up Thailand for him again, and was hurtful. It’s one thing to think it, but another to say it to your partner. A viewer thinks it’s weird that Reza compares being faithful to alcoholism, using the one day at a time credo. Reza says it helps him as a person who had infidelity in his life.

They discuss what religion their child will be, and Adam says he’s converting to Judaism. Andy asks if having a baby pings Reza’s commitment issues. Reza prays they’ll be together for the long haul, since he comes from a broken home. Adam says he plans for future, but it’s always one day at a time (the phrase of the night). Mike commends it, and loves them both.

Reza says they’ve decided on surrogacy, and adoption can be an option later. They sold their house in Palm Springs, and just closed on a new one, which is a surprise to everybody. Mike says that explains why Reza has been MIA. Reza says once they move in, they can deal with baby stuff. Mike is upset that he didn’t tell them, but he wanted it to be a surprise. Reza says now Mike knows how he felt about Asa’s pregnancy. Asa mentions she didn’t even know Mike had a company until she saw him with the shoes.

Andy tells us Asa’s reluctance to share was a sore point this season, but has bubbled up in the past. He asks about MJ being offended, and MJ says she’s been open, and it hurt her feelings that Asa wasn’t. Reza says as friend he gets it, but as for being a cast member on a reality show, it’s effed up. From that aspect, it bothers him. From friend aspect, he loves Jermaine, who never has negative word to say. Asa says he has his own right not to sign a contract. She tells them that she’s been open about financial struggles, and was labeled the poor one, even though that wasn’t exactly the case. That’s why people are rooting for her success now. GG says it’s a contradiction, how she claims she doesn’t want to get involved, but wants to know everything that happens with the others. She asks why Asa is on the show. Asa says it’s says amazing platform, and GG says the rest of them are bleeding for the world to see, and Asa should tell her facts. Asa continues, saying she has political and social convictions, and wants as many people as possible to see that. Mike thinks its all surface stuff. He has issues with her; she brings only superficial things to the show. Everyone talks at once, so I can’t understand what anyone is saying. Andy tells Asa that’s what she brings to the show, but why is she on the show. Asa says wants her voice heard, just like anyone else. Mike asks why make him sound like racist, instead of using the opportunity to talk about her interracial relationship? He loves her, but doesn’t like the person she became this season. She insists she’s taken the side of other cast members who have been ganged up on, and calls Mike a follower. He says he stands on his own, and asks why she’s continuing if she doesn’t want to show her life? Andy says she’s at a crossroads. Jermaine doesn’t want to be on the show or have Soltan on it, so where does she go from here? Asa tells him that her brain is on her baby, and she doesn’t know. Andy asks if she still cares about her friends.

Asa talks about looking at old videos of their travels, and getting sad. It was a difficult season, and she thought they weren’t happy for her. She believes in the future, and believes there’s hope, but has thinking to do. MJ says every time she bared her soul to Asa, it was her way of being a sister and forming a lifelong friendship. She says it sucks. Asa remembers beautiful moments, but MJ’s back stabbing and being two-faced deteriorated the friendship. If there’s no loyalty or respect, there’s nothing to build on. Mike is sad for the group thinks it will change after today.

Andy asks where they go from here, and Reza says if he and GG can get from where they were to where they are now, anything can happen. At the end of the day, they’re family, and should cherish their relationships. Andy says maybe Shervin’s girlfriend will be at the next reunion. Reza wants Shervin’s publicist’s number, since he did so well with his monologues. Andy hopes Reza and Adam will be pregnant by then; MJ as well. He wonders if GG and Shalom will still be together, and she says she’s a serial monogamist.

Asa says that some of the relationships are frayed, but her most important relationship is at home. She feels changed, being responsible for her son, who won’t eat unless she feeds him. Andy attempts to says something about them all being good friends in Persian. Reza toasts to all of them. Asa can’t leave fast enough.

Backstage, MJ says it was the dumbest day of her life. Reza asks if she thinks she and Asa will reconcile, but that’s a no. Asa tells Mike that she really doesn’t think he’s a racist, and changing her tune, GG thanks Shalom for coming.

🚑 Married to Medicine will be returning next Sunday at 10 pm.

The Walking Dead

We see close-ups of the main characters from Alexandria, Hilltop, and the Kingdom.

At an outpost, the Saviors work at getting their weapons in shape. Mara tries to call Little Roy on the radio, but there’s no answer. She finally reaches Todd, and tells him to lock the stairwell on every floor. A group led by Aaron zooms up in the reinforced trucks, and shoots everything up.

Another group, led by Jesus, sees a moat of zombies outside another outpost. Morgan says they just need the right timing. If the Saviors fire first, the rest will be alerted. He tells Diane not to give them time to fire a gun. One of the others asks Morgan if he needs to be covered, but he says he doesn’t die. Okay…

Carol and Ezekiel recover from the grenade that was lobbed at them last week. Zombies are pouring out of the clinic, and the group shoots, stabs, and axes them. Carol asks where the guy with the grenade went. If he tells the Saviors they’re here, it’s over before it started. Ezekiel is confident that’s not going to happen, and they’ll find him. Their comrades are back to the staging area, and will release Shiva if necessary. He claims certain victory, and Carol looks impressed.

Aaron and his group continue shooting the place up. Aaron is really into it. Rick and Daryl get inside with a small group.

Morgan teases the zombie barricade. Two guards walk toward them to see what’s going on. Diane shoots them in the head with arrows.

Jesus, Tara, and some others go in with Morgan. Diane whistles, and the rest come in silently. Tom says kill the bitches is written on the wall. Wtf? They spread out. Morgan hears someone talking. He waits outside the door, telling the other guys with him to hold up.

Rick looks at the map. Daryl says upstairs. He kicks open a door.

Mara says the Alexandrians are too chicken sh*t to move in, and tells the Saviors to push them back. There’s lot of machine gunning, and Aaron says don’t let them through. He tells his group to move in.

Morgan and two other guys bust into a room, shooting the first guy they see. Several men pop out from behind him, and shoot them. I go, what?! because I wonder why Morgan wasn’t faster on the draw.

Daryl and Rick climb on top of an elevator cab and go to another floor. Rick says they’d be faster if they split up.

Tara and Jesus find a man alone in a room. He begs them not to shoot him. He starts sniffling, saying his name is Dean, and Tara points out he peed his pants. Tara wants to shoot, but Jesus tells her to wait; the man has his hands up. She says they have a job to do. They hear shooting, and Jesus tells her to check it out while he covers Dean.

Diane tells Tara to be ready. They don’t know if Morgan is alive. Dean tells Jesus that he’s just a worker, brought from the Sanctuary to cook and clean; he had to leave his wife and kids. Jesus tells Tara that they don’t want to hurt the workers. He’s not shooting someone with their hands up or letting her. She sees Maggie’s prenatal vitamins, and says they stole medical supplies from Hilltop just because they could. Dean takes this opportunity to grab Jesus’s gun from him, and get him in a hold. Dean tells them it’s hard to piss yourself on purpose. He crushes the vitamins, and says they’re ruined, like that dumb bitch Maggie. She’s just going to die anyway, like they are, but for now, he’s taking them with him for an insurance policy. Dean keeps talking, and apparently never saw The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, where Tuco says, “If you have to shoot, shoot, don’t talk.”. While he’s babbling, Jesus gets his gun back, and ties him up. Tara still wants to kill him, saying it’s not about revenge, it’s about getting the job done, but he won’t let her, insisting Maggie will listen to him.

Diane asks Jesus if there’s another way out, and he says to follow him. It looks like Morgan is dead. Nope, not quite. The armor pieces he’s wearing saved him. He sits up, grabs his gun, and runs to catch up.

Gunfire is still happening outside. Mara realizes it’s not good for them, and one of the dead Saviors attacks her, biting out a piece of her throat.

Ezekiel’s group is in the woods looking for grenade guy. Carol says if he made it back, the Saviors know they’re coming. Ezekiel says they’ll be ready regardless. Carol asks him if he knows that it’s not just a few walkers. He says he does, yet still smiles. She asks why, and he says he has supreme confidence. His job is to project certainty. In other words, fake it till you make it. It’s what he’s done and does; he leads people forward in darkness. Carol says they might not make it or win, but Ezekiel has no fantasy of failure this day. They move forward as they move the very world forward.

Daryl sneaks around with his crossbow. I wonder how hard It must be to be sneaky with a crossbow. Props to him. He looks into a room, and sees the remains of food and handcuffs attached to a pipe. He slides back out. Rick goes down another way, and looks in a bedroom that’s empty. Suddenly a dude comes out of nowhere, and punches him out. Rick tries shooting him, but dude is too fast. Rick kicks him in the face, and he slams Rick against a wall. Rick gets him in a chokehold, and asks where they are. Dude says there are no guns. He struggles free, and Rick piggybacks him, continuing to choke him. He sees a hook on he sees a hook on the wall and impales the guy on it. Like Billy did with that guard in Midnight Express, except it’s through his eyeball.

Morgan goes through the building, shooting anything moving.

Jesus and his group circle around the back. He tells them not to shoot right away, but Diane says if they shoot first, someone dies. A Savior opens a big garage door. Jesus tells him to drop his gun and surrender. He does since there’s fifty of them to his one, but his back up comes out, and he tells them to put their guns down; they’re surrounded. Tara tells Jesus that even if Maggie listens to him, Rick will listen to her. All the Saviors lower their weapons.

Morgan keeps shooting people. I assume it’s people; we don’t actually see what he’s shooting. He looks supremely pissed. He comes out into the sunlight, and walks toward the others. In his head, he hears Rick saying, we have to come for them, before they come for us. Where there’s life, there’s possibility.  Morgan walks up to a Savior who says he knows him, and asks if he was transferred too. It’s the dude who took Morgan’s staff, and killed Benjamin. Morgan is about to shoot him, and Jesus tells him to lower the gun. Morgan says they came here to kill them; they’re supposed to. Jesus says they surrendered; it’s not what we do, and Morgan asks, what do we do? And in my head, I think, do-be-do-be-do.

Rick goes back out into another room. It’s a nursery, complete with a baby sleeping in a crib. Rick shakes his head, and I wonder if the guy he killed is her father. Rick gets all weepy like he does on occasion, and I say, there’s no time for that now, Rick. He sees himself in the mirror, and walks away.

Carol sees blood on a leaf, and they follow the trail. Is there a hairdresser in the group? Carol’s hair looks fabulous. Ezekiel says, there! and starts to run. He stops and lowers his gun. He says their friends have arrived. We see Shiva take a man down up ahead.

Aaron’s group isn’t done yet. There’s still tons of shooting going on. How many freaking people do they have? Aaron’s husband, Eric, gets shot. Aaron ducks down and runs to a car. He gets in and floors it to Eric. He asks if Eric is okay, and Eric shows him the gunshot wound. Aaron helps him out of there. Hard to tell if he’ll make it.

Ezekiel says there it is, our certain victory. He’s not glad for anyone’s death, and Carol says she knows. Knight dude, whose name I don’t remember, holds out the radio. The Saviors know they’re coming. Knight dude says the jig is up. Ezekiel says no; their journey won’t end in retreat. Knight dude says, but they know we’re coming, and Ezekiel says, indeed they do. He raises his sword and laughs. Carol smiles. Yeah, he’s cooler than cool. He’s one of my reasons for sticking with the show. Him, and Negan. And peer pressure.

Rick looks in another room. He looks at a photo, and says, dammit!  A man walks in with a gun, and tells Rick to keep his hands down, and turn around slow. The man says, hi, Rick, and Rick says, Morales. Rick says he was in Atlanta. Morales says it was a long time ago. It’s over. He called the Saviors back, and they’re coming.

We see close-ups of everyone’s faces again, like in the beginning. Everyone looks tired, but Ezekiel is still smiling. Carol is too, as much as Carol smiles.

Morales cocks his gun.

Next time, Ezekiel says their first victory will deliver the second, and the second will deliver the third. They will not lose one of their ranks. That is one optimistic guy.

🎃 No Halloween is Complete Without It…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7-uC0LDllM

 

Oct23

October 22, 2017 – A Shah Reunion, a Dead Return, Random TV Thoughts & Creepy Costumes

Posted on by
Standard

What I Watched Today

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

 

 

Shahs of Sunset – Reunion Part One

As usual, the venue is gorgeous, an old Hollywood theater, and there’s an incredible spread of food. Andy asks the Shahs who would play each of them in a movie, and everyone is totally unrealistic, except for Shervin, who says Kahl Drago from Game of Thrones (Jason Momoa). He doesn’t have the body, but damn if he doesn’t look like him. Reza has lost his mustache and forty-three pounds. We see before and after pictures. Andy asks who has had work done, and MJ finds that offensive. Asa says people are open about what they want to be open about, and insists MJ’s lips are not her own. GG and Mike start arguing, and Andy moves on.

He asks how Asa is enjoying motherhood, and she says it’s magical and difficult. We don’t get any photos though, because Jermaine wants to be private about that. She’s hoping to Instagram some in the future. There haven’t been any playdates yet, but Janet Jackson and Asa’s babies are only two weeks apart, so she expects it will happen. She says her relationship being bi-racial caused extra conversation. Mike says Asa turned his inquiry about getting married into something else. MJ wonders why Asa can’t just answer questions honestly. Mike says she went on a social media rant about racism, and isn’t the righteous person she claims to be. He thinks she’s hyper-sensitive, but she says she’s just more aware. Mike didn’t mean to offend anyone, he just wanted her to share. Asa claims he has casual racism. Whatever that is.

The Shahs were the first show to travel to Israel, making Bravo history. Woohoo. Andy asks GG about Reza saying eff Iran, and why it upset her. She says her family is from there. Reza says it’s a terrorist country, and until there’s another gay Persian on the stage, no one else can contradict his opinion. Shervin make noises about the people of Iran, and Reza says he didn’t mean the kindergarteners, he meant the government, and should have said Islamic Republic. Andy talks about them causing a commotion that wasn’t aired, and we see a clip of them getting kicked out of a restaurant. Reza explains that the owner wanted more money, and when a producer said, “no problem,” he heard “no” and “problem,” and misunderstood. They talk about the city where Asa thought the Muslims and Jews were intermingling well, and Reza says it was more like a Muslim ghetto. Mike says they seemed aggressive to the people there, getting in their faces with cameras. Asa thinks they had a certain vibe that they were giving off.

They talk about the Western Wall. Mike says the feeling was remarkable. Reza says he literally felt something embrace him, and felt an energy from the Wall. GG starts to say something, and Mike says to be careful, since he stuck up for her. She felt the Wall was a barrier, and talks about someone saying “jihad” to her. Mike says there are idiots everywhere, but he knew what she meant and had her back.

Next up is MJ. Vida and Tommy join the group. Andy wonders what MJ was smoking to live in her mother’s apartment complex. MJ says it’s the winter of her father’s life, and she wanted to be close by. She tells us he’s doing much better, but she’d expected to be on a totally different life plan. We flash back to MJ and Tommy arguing about having kids. MJ says she was in a panic at the time, but when she saw the show, she knew how much Tommy loved and supported her. Tommy says it was a tough year for her, and he didn’t want to throw his reluctance to have kids at her too, but now the time is right. Vida again says she’s not ready to be a grandmother. She says the parents have to be ready for responsibility. MJ is annoyed that her mother is still discouraging her, and Reza suggests she’s projecting. Andy asks if Vida was ready when she had MJ, and after a pause, Vida says she didn’t plan it. Reza says she should end with icing on it, like saying she was happy once she had MJ. She does say she’s started to like Tommy, and everyone’s mouths drop open. GG says hell has officially frozen over. Vida says she’ll marry Tommy if MJ doesn’t, and I wonder what on earth happened. Andy asks when the wedding is, and Tommy says whenever MJ is ready. Andy offers to officiate.

He asks who has changed the most for the better, and Vida thinks it’s Mike; he’s more mature and relaxed. He asks what about the worst, and she calls Asa ungrateful. She owes everything she has to the show, but doesn’t even watch it. If she doesn’t like an opinion, she gets negative, because she’s only interested in promoting herself. How did Vida become so insightful? Is MJ slipping Vida weed edibles or something?

Destiney was on People’s Couch! Omg, I hadn’t realized that. I loved that show, and now that they mention it, I wonder why I didn’t recognize her or even her voice. We see a clip. A viewer says there’s undeniable sexual tension between Mike and Destiney. Really? I don’t think so. Destiney says they’re both hot-headed individuals, and it wouldn’t be healthy for anyone. She talks about what she wants in a man, and someone suggests Shervin, but she says there are no penises on that stage for her.

Nice segue to Shervin and Annalise’s relationship. Shervin tells them it’s an open relationship, which is news to everyone, but he says she didn’t want it shared. Andy asks if anyone believes it, and they all say no. Destiney says she was Shervin’s number one fan, until she hit a nerve asking him about cheating, and he came at her. We flash back, and Andy calls it a half-assed confession. Shervin gets Annalise on FaceTime. MJ leaves the stage. Andy asks Annalise if they have an open relationship. She tells him that she thinks it’s foolish to expect monogamy when she’s on the other side of the world. She’s not dating anyone else, but could if she wanted to. Annalise says you can’t cheat on someone if it’s not exclusive. We say g’day, and she’s gone. MJ thinks it was rehearsed. I think it’s one-sided openness, and she’s letting him cheat on her.

Andy tells us another bone of contention was MJ using the word bastard, but MJ insists there was no venom behind it. Asa says she expected more from Reza, but he says he can’t control what someone else says or how they feel. We flash back to Asa telling MJ it’s an ugly word, and MJ saying she was referring to herself. Reza deflects, saying Asa has claimed she’d had no hormonal treatments, then revealed she had frozen embryos. She’d confided in him about it previously, and he says he never told anyone, so he was shocked. Asa gets it, but says he’s smart, and she can’t believe he was thrown off by what she said. Reza says she answered so casually about the embryos, he was floored. He wondered what else was going to come out. He tells her that’s why they’re where they are in their relationship.

Andy asks why it wasn’t shared earlier. Reza says Asa asked him not to say anything, but he wished she and MJ would have had an honest conversation. Asa says their relationship wasn’t like that, but MJ says at the time, they had exchanges on a regular basis. Andy asks if Asa can’t see how it would raise questions. He asks if she went through IVF, and she says not with her son, but for the embryos, like an insurance policy. She felt hurt, because she had discussed it with Reza before. Andy asks if Asa understands how she put Reza in an awkward position. He asks if the group believes her, but only Mike does. The camera goes to Reza…

To be continued.

Next time, Mike and Jessica are discussed, Shalom joins the group, Reza’s faithfulness is questioned, and more Asa and MJ angst.

The Walking Dead – Episode 100

I hate when they start off all weird. We see a shot of flowers, a cane, Rick, and an alarm clock. Rick is standing over a grave.

Everyone is getting ready for battle. Rick gives a mini-speech, telling them Jesus said his world would get bigger, and it did. They found each other. The world is theirs, and they’ve come together, for it it’s theirs by right. At the Sanctuary, Dwight gets a note via arrowgram that says, tomorrow. Rick says anyone with common ground, it’s theirs too, but those who want it to be theirs alone, they end them. They don’t celebrate it or have shame. Only one person has to die and he’ll kill them himself. Dwight sends an arrow note back to Daryl. Rick says they’ll keep making the world bigger together. Ezekiel says together bound forever. He who sheds his blood today will be his brother. Shiva growls. Maggie says they may have to live in uncertainty, but have to keep faith in each other. If they can hold onto that, the future and world are theirs.

Tara and Carol sit on a bridge, where a billion zombies are passing underneath.

Rick does what he does best, ponders.

A bearded Rick opens his eyes. He hears music.

Carl goes on a gas run. He finds a bunch of cars near a gas station that have been halfway stripped, some with rotting corpses in them. Someone says, hi, and we all crap our pants. He draws his gun. The guy says he’s been shot at and had a microwave at him, but his mom said helping a traveler is everything. He gets not trusting people. Carl looks around as the man talks. He says he understands Carl doesn’t know him, but he hasn’t eaten in a few days and Carl might not even be real. He reveals himself. Carl draws his gun, but the guy raises his hands, and says, it’s cool. Someone else starts shooting at him, and the guy jets. Rick appears, telling Carl that they were supposed to meet at the intersection. Carl isn’t happy with Rick shooting at a defenseless person, and Rick says he just shot over his head; he wanted him to be gone. Carl says he’s not a spy, not one of them. Rick hopes he makes it. Carl says there isn’t going to be enough. Rick asks enough what, and Carl says, hope. Carl walks off, and Rick gazes at a slow-moving zombie.

A Savior in a lookout tower is shot, and falls to the ground, where a zombie is overjoyed that a picnic lunch just dropped from heaven. Daryl scratches a lookout off of his list, and picks off another guy. He makes strike marks on his gun, along with updating the list. Morgan impales one of the lookouts, which surprises me. Father Gabriel tells Rick that everyone is ready; is he? Rick says one person brought it to this. Gabriel says it always starts with one person, adding this did, meaning their group at Alexandria. Rick says it’s not about him.

Rick says goodbye to Judith, who is in college now. Not really; she’s a toddler. He kisses Michonne, and hugs Carl. He says this is the end, and drives away in a caravan of cars and trucks, shielded with corrugated iron panels. Carl tells Michonne he knows she wanted to go; he did too. She says it hurts, but they have to defend this place.

A guy teases a zombie chained to a tree. Rick knocks him out, and he goes through the guy’s stuff. Dude says Rick’s boy is gonna die. Rick lets the zombie go, and I say, ah-ha! in a Nelson voice.

Everyone gathers in a big field like it’s a soccer match. They all chit chat. Shiva gets off her tour bus a school bus. Maggie says she needs to be there for the first part. Rick is concerned about her pregnancy, but she says she can wage war through the second trimester. She has one more fight, and she’s gonna be there. Ezekiel says Hilltop lost their doctor, but there’s one at The Kingdom. He says they can join him, but Jesus says they’ll get theirs back. Ezekiel says on this day, they reshape the world for the children to come. Rick says Hilltop is lucky to have Maggie, and she says he made her someone worth following. He tells her next time, he’ll be following her.

Daryl, Tara, Gabriel and Carol wait at the bridge. Tara counts down, but nothing happens. Here comes the zombie horde, and Tara says she was close. The group walks off, leaving a car behind that blows up.

Negan’s people come out. This is like a Sharks and Jets rumble. Regina says she wants blood, and Dwight says maybe she’ll get lucky.

Daryl and company string a wire across the road.

The guards on the roof of the Sanctuary are picked off by Rick’s people. The caravan drives in past the line of chained up zombies. I feel sorry for them. They must get really bored. Rick’s people draw their guns. They shoot in the air. This is a rumble.

Negan comes out and says, well, sh*t. Sorry, he was in a meeting. I hope they don’t kill him. He’s one of the few senses of humor this show has going for it. And Eugene.

We see Rick with teary eyes, some flowers, and older-looking Rick with a beard. Why? Why do they do this? I hate this cryptic stuff. Bearded Rick get up. Everything is cool, and he’s with Michonne in a beautiful house.

Negan isn’t exactly feeling he has a reason to shoot, He cares about his people. he doesn’t want to play whose d*ck is bigger. His is, and they know it, but if it wasn’t, he could accept it. He’s not going to let people die over it, like Rick is about to. He asks what the hell he can do for him. Rick calls out the Hilltoppers and Eugene. He says they have chance to survive. They can live if they surrender. He can’t guarantee that at any time but right now.

Morgan goes down to the road.

Negan asks, what about me? Rick says he told Negan twice. Negan tells Rick that he has no idea the sh*t that’s about to go down. Does he think he has the numbers for this fight? He doesn’t. Simon brings out Gregory, who says Hilltop stands with Negan and the Saviors. Any Hilltoppers who support Rick are no longer welcome in the colony. Negan says, and… Gregory tell them that they’re families will be thrown out and left to fend for themselves. Go home now, or there will be no home to go back to. Maggie tells Jesus to do what he needs to do, and he says all he has are a bunch of books and old lobster bib. Negan tells them to go back to separating wheat or whatever they do. Maggie says doesn’t look like anyone is going. Jesus says Hilltop stands with Maggie.

Morgan pikes a zombie. He sees a car coming.

Simon says (tee-hee) he’s invested a lot in Gregory, and he’s disappointed. He pushes Gregory down the stairs.

Cars come. Morgan waits. Sh*t blows up.

Negan says it sound like sh*t (the word of the night) is going down. Negan looks pretty pissed, and Rick asks if he’s going to make him count. Negan smiles. Rick counts down from ten, but when he gets to seven, starts to shoot

Lots of shooting back and forth. Negan and company go inside. Rick’s people shoot out the windows.

Morgan joins Carol, Tara, and Daryl. Carol says it’s starting, and the zombies arrive. Daryl waits while the others go ahead. He rides forward of the horde, and shoots, creating an explosion.

Rick and company shoot up everything. Daryl continues to blow stuff up. The zombie horde keeps walking. A stray zombie wanders by when Daryl sets off one of his explosions. Cool. A truck drives into the Sanctuary gate and explodes. Negan limps out. Rick is relentless with his machine gun. Gabriel says they have to leave now. Rick messes around with a Polaroid camera. I don’t know if now is the time to take candid snaps.

An entrance for the zombie horde has been opened up by the truck. Gabriel is about to leave in one of the cars, and sees Gregory. Leave him, you idiot. He doesn’t listen to me, and dashes over to Gregory. They’re being shot at, but Gabriel tells him to wait for their moment. Gregory doesn’t wait. He runs to Gabriel’s car, and drives off, because he’s a selfish a-hole.

Carl goes back to the gas station. He leaves cans of food with a note that says, sorry. The new guy watches.

Rick’s group regroups. Ezekiel smiles.

Daryl tells Rick they can wait until tomorrow. Rick says they can’t. Gabriel stopped to get him when Negan almost killed him. It isn’t about him.

Morgan asks if one of the Hilltoppers can hit the guard with an arrow. She says she wouldn’t bet on it, but I would, because she does. They open a gate. Is this the back way? Someone lobs a grenade at them, and there’s a lot of smoke.

Tons of zombies are walking into the Sanctuary. Gabriel jets through them, and goes inside a trailer. Negan says he hopes Gabriel has his sh*ttin’ pants on, because he’s about to sh*t his pants. Negan laughs. Gabriel gulps. Tons of zombies scratch and scrabble at the trailer. We see a crane shot of all the zombies descending on the Sanctuary.

Judith runs to bearded Rick, babbling about an owl. Michonne tells him the festival is being taken very seriously. Judith wants to see the owl, and they go outside. It’s all beautiful and green.

Teary-eyed Rick talks to his people. He says mercy prevails over his land. He doesn’t want to wait for it anymore. They don’t either. They don’t have to start tomorrow. Right now, with everything they’ve borne and endured, everything they’ve risen above, if they start right now, no matter what comes next, they’ve won. They’ve already won.

😪 The episode was dedicated to John Bernecker and George Romero. John was a stuntman who worked on Walking Dead’s eighth season who died from a head injury he sustained in a fall. George, who also passed away this year, is the man who started it all with Night of the Living Dead, the first zombie allegory. My personal favorite is Dawn of the Dead, the perfect statement on consumerism. I also recommend Martin, a gem of a vampire film, but it’s hard to find. I had the pleasure of meeting George at a screening at the Waverly Theater in Greenwich Village, home of the original Rocky Horror Picture Show.

🎭 Glad to hear UnReal will be returning February 26, 2018. I’m not sure they’ll be able to top the real Bachelor in Paradise debacle that recently happened though.

💍 I’m still following the 90 Day Fiancé franchise, and taking notes. It’s been a helluva busy month, and then someone threw Halloween in there. Hey, we do a whole theme with the dogs here. All right, I do a whole theme. I’ve also been watching My Giant Life, which follows some very tall girls. Like the shows with little people, the struggle is real to live in an average height world.

🏡 Channel Zero: No End House continues to intrigue, although I’ve had to watch it On Demand due to TV scheduling conflicts. It’s very weird, and I’m not so sure I know what’s going on all the time, but it’s not as weird as last season, where I really had no idea what was going on with that monster made of teeth. This season brought us a house that the characters are exploring – it just appeared out of nowhere – where each room holds a different terror. The last couple of episodes brought them to a room that opened to a parallel town. At first, they thought they’d found a way out, but then realized they were stuck with no way out. The dead were alive again, a doppelganger insisted he was a better version of his double, and no one knew who was real. Offbeat and odd, but I like it.

For Your Halloween Viewing Pleasure…

👻 Creepy Vintage Costumes 👻

HalloweenCostume HalloweenCostume4

HalloweenCostume5 HalloweenCostume2

HalloweenCostume3

Oct16

October 15, 2017 – The Sun Sets on the Shahs & Fear the Super Long Finale

Posted on by
Standard

What I Watched Today

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

 

 

Two finales tonight.

Shahs of Sunset

Reza is meeting with event planner Kevin Lee, but GG gets there first. She shows Kevin her ring. In her interview, she explains how things happened fast with Shalom, even though they’d lived in the sane building for years. She says it’s not a normal relationship, but she’s not normal. Reza walks in saying Kevin’s signature phrase, chi, chi, chi! He shows Reza the décor for the Persian Winter Ball. I love this stuff – white branches and tiny white lights, candles, subtle sparkles of snow, and beautiful flowers in whites and greens. GG tells him that she talked to Jessica, who said she reached out to his mom, but Sue totally shut it down. Reza says her intentions are to protect her son, but Mike needs to say it’s his road and he’s the one traveling it. GG asks who’s going to let her know. Reza says she is. She says she’s Mike’s momma, but Reza says there’s a mitzva in her path, and she has to embrace it. Talk to her as one Persian woman to another.

Vida whines in the back seat of the car as Tommy drives. MJ is bringing Christmas to her father in matching PJs with Tommy. She calls Vida an effing bitch. She hasn’t seen Shams in over a month. Tommy is like goddammit! It’s Christmas; shut up!

Tommy sets up a tree in Shams’s room. MJ even brought dogs Ziggy and Toya in little Santa suits. Vida acts like a different person – a nice, normal person, giving Shams accolades for talking and eating. MJ says after her parents got married, he wasn’t the romantic guy Vida thought he was, and she didn’t stick around to make it work. They take a family photo. MJ tells us that Vida thinks since it didn’t work for her, it’s not going to work for MJ either.

Eez Not Right is Reza’s play, and he’s excited to see it on the theater marquee. He and MJ have been practicing for a few weeks. MJ arrives, and says she’s going to knock his socks off. She tells us that she took acting in high school. Monica Lewinsky and Eric Menendez were in her class. A guy in one of my acting classes, who was also a scene partner of mine, made headlines too, but sadly, it was because he was murdered by Jack Henry Abbott. MJ says that Eric was good at tennis. She suggests they rehearse, and stumbles over her lines. Reza says he should have gotten GG, but they laugh their asses off.

Tonight is just for friends and family, but if Reza gets the reaction he’s hoping for, he’s taking it on the road. Asa is on bedrest, and he’s disappointed she can’t be there. His method to not laugh on stage is thinking of nasty things, that no one needs to see here. Reza starts laughing the second he sees MJ on stage, so it didn’t work anyway. The play is basically about two grandmothers discussing the upcoming marriage of their grandsons, one of them feeling that it’s an outrage. We come to find out that the grandmother isn’t upset because it’s a gay marriage, but that one is a Muslim and one is a Jew. In his interview, Mike says that in the melting pot we call America, Iranians are now intermixing, and parents don’t understand. They want their children to “stick to their own kind,” and he’s a perfect example. We flash back to Sue discouraging him marrying Jessica. The play is well received. Reza says that he’s spent his journey wondering where fits in religiously, but now feels like it’s a closed chapter. He’s hoping the play might do some good, and people will learn. I’d totally pay to see it.

At Reza’s condo, the cats go nuts. Adam says they need a house. Reza says they’re getting one. He says that it’s obvious Adam doesn’t want to foster or adopt, and it looks like they’re going the surrogacy route, which requires a lot of coin. Reza is cashing out on his vacation house for a new house and beginning the baby process. Adam talks about having a chicken coop, but Reza makes fun of it, saying chicken are stupid. When he compares Adam to a chicken, Adam has enough. He says Reza talks down to him, and shuts him down. In his interview, Reza doesn’t like being dismissed when he’s been doing a lot of compromising. He thinks they need the Torah right now.

Reza visits Asa. Her place is filled with all kinds of cool baby stuff. She tells him that she can’t eat much. She’s been trying to do some work, but has no energy. She feels like she’s neglecting everything else that needs her. Reza asks if she feels a disconnect from everyone, but she says it’s more of a connect with herself. She was hurt for a while. She felt attacked and ganged up on, and who needs it when they’re pregnant? They’ve been in the same mindset for six years, and Asa has grown out of it. She needs to do her, and if she sees them, she sees him. She wants love and support right now, and after that, she’ll see.

The set up for the winter ball beings. Kevin calls it magic and fabulous, and it is. In addition to the aforementioned decorations, there are also big illuminated snowflakes everywhere. Reza goes to a kiki at MJ’s, whose condo looks amazing now. My mouth fell open. It’s like Martha Stewart was there. After the blow out with Tommy, MJ got a dose of reality that she needed to deal with. Once they put the pieces back together, she felt strong, and needed to execute the things she let fall by the wayside.

Reza asks Adam what’s wrong. He says Reza has been disrespectful and dismissive, and it makes him question the relationship. He says Reza goes for divorce card immediately in an argument. For him to throw that out makes Adam feel disposable. We flash back to before they were married, when Reza was hesitant. In his interview, Adam says he never wants to feel that way again; the way he felt when Reza called off the wedding. Reza says he doesn’t speak up a lot in the relationship, and the first time he does, Adam is dismissive.

Mike walks in, and tells Adam he can cry later. Everyone is astounded at the way the place looks. MJ wants Adam and Reza to finish the conversation. Adam says it’s stupid, and didn’t want to have it in the first place. He just wants to move on.

Mike says it’s not just a ball; it’s a Persian ball. Everyone is in tuxes and furs (most of them fake), and there’s a buffet like no other. Tommy says the food is ridiculous. I love to hear these guys talk about the food. I’ve never had Persian food, but I’m dying to, especially when I watch this show. GG shows off her ring. Reza says don’t run around the party, flashing or stabbing people with ring. At a Persian party, they’ll come to you.

Fake snow falls MJ inhales some. Mike’s mom arrives, and he gives her a wrist corsage. Like it’s the prom. Reza tells GG she’s the conduit. GG says it’s hard enough to talk to someone’s mom, but talking to a Persian mom? You don’t do that. She wants Mike to be happy, and goes for the tequila.

MJ suggests the moms go out together, so they can talk about how the kids never listen. GG takes Mike’s mom aside, and tells her that he still loves Jessica. She knows he’s hurt, and feels for him. GG brings up the email Jessica sent Sue. She thought it was sweet of her to apologize. Mike interrupts, and asks what they’re talking about. GG says she was telling his mom something, and he says it better not be what he thinks. GG says she’s not saying anything wrong. Mike steps away, and GG says maybe Sue could give Jessica another chance. We all make mistakes. Sue agrees, but says she was like a mother to Jessica, and if you leave, nothing can be fixed. She says sometimes you make a mistake that can’t be reversed.  They go to the buffet.

Mike asks GG what she was talking to his mother about. She says they’ve known each other forever, and he her not to get involved in something that’s not her business. She’s already caused enough problems in his life. We flash back to GG accusing him of hitting on her in Turkey. GG tells him that she only told Sue that his heart seemed to be with Jessica. Mike says his mother is there for a good time, not to talk about things that have nothing to do with her. GG is upsetting her. GG says talk to Reza. He’s the one who said she had to speak up, because Mike is scared to. Mike says it’s not her effing business. It’s his effing life and he’ll handle it.

Reza tells Mike that Jessica sent his mom and email. She was super apologetic, and super loving, wanting to get back together. He says if Mike doesn’t try one more time, thirty years from now, he’ll wonder what might have happened if he had. In his interview, Reza says he can’t believe how an almost 40-year-old, muscly Persian has his mom pulling the strings. You can’t live to make others happy; the outcome is always a disaster. Mike tells Sue that if she sees something he doesn’t, she should say something; he values her opinion. But at the end of the day, his decisions are his, and he’s a grown man. It’s his choice if he and Jessica get back together.

MJ asks Adam what’s going on. Adam says he and Reza had an argument, and Reza’s initial reaction was to leave. It reminds him of Thailand. It’s hurtful, and makes him want to reevaluate being married. MJ tells him that he doesn’t want to start the new year without a clean slate. Reza joins them. MJ says Adam told her about Reza using divorce as a threat. Adam says it makes him wonder if he married the wrong person, and his emotional mindset goes back to when Reza backed out at the last minute. Then he pulls back. Reza apologizes, saying it wasn’t his intention. He said it in the heat of the moment. He loves Adam, and he’s sorry.

In his interview, Reza tells us this stage of adulthood is hard. Growing up doesn’t mean he can’t have fun. He’s not the same, but better. Not just him, everyone is in the same spot. Asa got off the path to have a kid, but the rest keep growing, keep loving, and keep laughing. It’s who they are, regardless of how old they get. Reza announces that GG prepared something.

GG thanks everyone. She says it’s been an amazing year, and being selfish, her year was revolutionary. She went to Israel, realized how much she loves Shalom, and he put ring on it.

A month later. They get married, just the two of them, by a justice of the peace.

Two months later, they split.

Reza tells us, who says they saw that annulment coming? He did. I did too, but I think they’re back together again.

I’m going to miss these guys. I’m always sad when the season is over.

Fear the Walking Dead

Part One

We see a shopping cart filled with zombie heads, snapping at each other. Nick pushes the cart down the street, lopping off heads, and tossing them in. Okay, wth now? He takes them to the bartender at the Bizarre, who chops off their faces, and digs around for the brain stems. He says the longer the wait, the greater the risk of infection, but some people say it’s a high worth dying for. The Proctors will pay for as many fresh ones as he can bring. It helps them to fight longer, harder, and without sleep. Nick asks who they’re fighting, and the bartender doesn’t know, but thinks they’re gearing up for something big. Nick says he’ll keep harvesting as long as he keeps getting paid.

Troy watches people doing busywork.  Everyone looks like they’re having a decent time. Nick has a drink, and Troy leads him away. He says he’s been talking to the Proctors, and thinks they’re in trouble.

Madison looks out over the dam, and Victor asks what she sees. She tells him a murky mud pit, and he tells her to see past that to corn, melons, beans, irrigation, agriculture, and cattle. Isn’t the country what she wanted? She says she wanted a future for her kids, and maybe grandkids to spoil. Christmas surrounded by babies, and roasting a turkey. He figured she was more the sandwich type, but she says she used to make iced angel cookies with the kids. She’d thought they could have that life at the ranch. Victor says she can have that there. He says they can build paradise, and her kids can come home to it. He tells her to picture it, but she doesn’t know about that. He tells her that she needs some liquid imagination. What you call scotch.

Diana tries to talk Alicia into selling her hair again, telling her that she’s sitting on a goldmine. They good-naturedly banter back and forth, and suddenly, the car is T-boned by another car. Diana tells Alicia to get out, and a bunch of guys jump out of the other car. Diana fights with them, an Alicia slashes at them with her knife. One guy tries to take their gun out of the car, but Alicia grabs him. While she’s dealing with that, Diana clocks another with her pickax, but gets hurt. Alicia gets the gun and starts shooting into the air. She tells them to get out now, and they run. She should kill one just to send a message. Alicia tells Diana not to look, and makes a tourniquet for her wound.

Walker visits Daniel, and gives him Ofelia’s rosary. Daniel says the questions keep turning; why her? Walker says he wonders if he had been there, if he could have stopped it. He doesn’t know the answers though, because he wasn’t there.

Madison bogarts the scotch bottle. Victor says he can’t blame the kids for striking out on their own. Madison says they’re her kids, so she can. She wonders how long until The Odyssey, The Iliad, and The Bible are forgotten. Victor says they’ll write new stories. She tells him out with it; the scotch wasn’t just for her. He asks if she’s killed anyone. Has he met her? She says she’s had to, and he says he hasn’t. She says he’s lucky, but his day will come. He suspects she’s right, and she tells him it drives some people mad, and never gets you what you want, but it gets easier. Daniel approaches, and says her son is here.

Troy tells then that he found weapons and boats. The Proctors have no regard for human life, and will turn the water off, holding it hostage. Daniel says there are three entryways. They’ll post guards at each, and pick them off at the bridge. Efrain thinks they should blow up the dam. Release the river to the people. Daniel says whoever wants to leave, should go, but whoever stays has to help defend them. Victor thinks Madison and Nick should go. Troy says he’ll help, but Daniel questions his loyalty. Troy says he’s the one who gave them the information, and Madison vouches for him.

Outside, Madison tells Nick she hopes he’s using clean works. He says he’s not using; it’s something else. She says they need to get out before the Proctors show up. They’re worse than anything else they’ve seen. Madison says she’ll decide after he eats.

Walker is packing up his stuff. He tells Daniel that he’s going to look for some people who went north. He thinks Daniel is honorable, but he’s not willing to die for his cause. He says he and Crazy Dog will scout the road on their way out. Daniel tells him good walking, and they shake hands. Oh man, I hope they don’t kill Walker off.

Alicia brings Diana to a medic. He asks if she can assist, and she says she has no formal training, but was a hospital volunteer. The guy says degrees are worthless anyway. He lost his license in the 90s over a misunderstanding with a lady patient. Alicia advises him not to have a misunderstanding with Diana, who’s good with a pickax. He tells her he has another surgery to do, and could use an extra pair of hands. She seems like a quick study, and he just needs her to hand instruments to him and keep the patient occupied.

Nick looks in the refrigerator, and it looks like mine when it’s not a pay week. Victor tells him that he and Madison have to get out of there. He knows something that makes the narcos look like church ladies. He’s dealt with the Proctors before, and they intend to take all the land between there and the Gulf Coast. He’s supposed to help them get in, and part of the deal was to protect his family. He wants to cut a deal to protect his friends, as well as get himself set up. Nick asks if Madison knows, and Victor says she’ll tell Daniel. If Daniel finds out, He’ll kill him. He tells Nick to get Madison out.

Nick sees Daniel. Daniel tells him that Madison is wiring the dam with a friend, and he wants to ask him something. Was he with Ofelia when she got bitten. Nick explains that he wasn’t trapped in the bunker; he was outside. Daniel asks if he saw it coming, and Nick says not until it was too late. It came out of the wilderness. Troy saw it, and warned him. They thought they could redirect it, but it was already too close and too big. Nick says Ofelia was in the bunker with Alicia. Daniel gets up and padlocks the door. Wtf? He says Nick is lying.

Daniel says Nick knows his background. Nick says he interrogated people in the military. He asks if Daniel is going to torture him, and tells him it’s not what Ofelia would want. Daniel says she’s dead, Nick says she’d thought Daniel had changed, and Daniel says she thought wrong. His mother is wrong too. People don’t change; they walk in circles. He tells Nick to sit. I call Daniel a sh*tball.

Troy tells Madison that life is funny. They walk in circles, and here they all are together in Mexico. They plant explosives as they talk. He tells Madison that the trading post isn’t good for him – or Nick. He knows she’s worried, and had a right to be; they had quite a night, He never felt scared before, but he felt fear. Nick is his only friend; they’re like brothers. Madison thanks him for looking after Nick, and says keep doing that. Troy makes a derogatory comment about Mexicans, and she says not to talk like that; they’re guests. Troy says they were guests at his ranch. Now they’re a blended family. He says he got right with everything that happened, and asks if they’re good. She says they are.

Daniel asks why Nick is lying about Troy. Nick says he didn’t kill Ofelia, but Daniel believes that. What he doesn’t believe is that the horde materialized out of thin air. It needs a shepherd, someone to lead it. Daniel asks Nick to tell him; he doesn’t want to force him.

Doctor Eddie introduces Alicia to Proctor John as his new assistant. She wonders what happened to the old on. John asks who she is, and she says Alicia from Los Angeles. She asks if he’s the leader of this place, and he tells her, good guess. He explains that he’s a humble MC from SoCal, but has plans for expansion. The only thing stopping him is a growth on his spine; he’s becoming paralyzed. Eddie has been doing the best he can, but the pills are dulling his mind, and it’s time for surgery. Her only job is to assist, and if it’s successful, she has an amazing opportunity to come to Texas and beyond. She asks what if it isn’t, and he says if it fails, everyone in the room will be executed, starting with Eddie. This should give them incentive to do their best.

Daniel tells Nick that only three people could have done it – him, Jake or Troy. Nick takes a deep breath, and says Jake. Daniel says Troy, but Nick says no. He’s an SOB, a bigot, and a killer, but he loved the ranch, and wouldn’t have put it in jeopardy. Jake did it when he found out Nick killed his father. He couldn’t take it, and destroyed the ranch to save. It. Eventually, the horde he led killed him. Daniel tells Nick that his mother will be happy to see him, and gives him the key to the lock.

Alicia doesn’t think it’s safe, not putting John under, but Eddie says it’s her job to keep him still. She distracts John by asking him about the safest place he can remember. He talks to her about his aunt and uncle. Eddie cuts into his back, and Alicia asks questions. Eddie says he can see the tumor, and they talk about Santa Barbara. Even though he’s the one wide awake during surgery with barely a whimper, John call Alicia a tough kid. She says he has no idea. He finally screams.

Daniel looks at water coming out of a pipe, and says it should be pumping west, not dumping there. Victor is sure Lila has it under control.

Troy explains the detonator to Madison, and says they have to get out. Nick shows up, and tells them about Victor selling them out. He says if Daniel sees Troy, he’ll want to kill him. Madison asks why, and Troy says he led the horde to the ranch. She tells him it wasn’t right, but he says the Indians had it. She says they all had it, but he says not all, she exiled him. Madison says she let him live. After all they did to keep the peace, he took everything from her. Troy says what about what she took from him? He lost his father and his brother. She says he got them killed and had no right. He says he had every right; it was his home. He’d do it all again, and she would too. He says she understands, and suddenly, she whacks him with a hammer. He sinks to his knees, and she hits him again. He rolls down an incline, dead. Nick looks sick, and I gasp out loud. Nick is like, whoa. Madison takes the detonator and leaves.

After John recovers for a whole five minutes, Madison asks him if he can wiggle his toes. After a few tries, he sits up. He calls Eddie a bastard, but says he had faith in him the whole time. Eddie is a freakin’ miracle worker. He asks if Alicia is ready to hit the road. She asks if she has a choice, and he says not really, and holds out his hand.

At the dam, Lola says the water is running the wrong way. Victor tells her to step away, and holds a gun on her. Daniel says he knows who Victor is. He’s not his friend, but he’s a con man, not a killer. He tries to get Victor to give him the gun, but that’s a no, and they struggle. The gun goes off, and Daniel ends up getting shot in the chin. It’s not a fatal shot, but he’s down, and Lola runs to him. Victor keeps the gun on them.

The Proctors go through the tunnels. Nick and Madison see them coming, and run. The Proctors are all over the place in a couple of seconds. There’s a gunfight between them and the guards, with walk-on characters dropping like flies. Efrain gets shot through the window of the office. Victor tells Madison and Nick that they have to hide. He unlocks a door, and they go inside. He asks for the detonator, and says he’ll do everything in his power to prevent harm from coming to them. Madison gives him the device. He locks the door from the outside.

Part Two

Winter Wonderland plays while Madison rinses the potatoes in a pretty cabin. She sees a car coming, and goes out on the porch. She walks out to meet the car, and passes the graves of everyone on the ranch who has passed. She sees Nick with Luci and a baby. She looks down to Alicia’s grave. She wants to see the baby, but Luci won’t let her. She follows them back to their car. They get in and drive away.

Alicia and John take a boat to the dam. Alicia sees dead people floating in the water. They’re met by the rest of John’s men – and Victor. He tells John that someone knew they were coming, and it was beyond his control, but all is well. John doesn’t think so, since there are corpses in the drinking water. They were told to secure the dam. Victor says that’s what they’re doing. John says he’ll get a full accounting later. He wants the grand tour, and plan to be persuasive. Alicia quietly asks Victor about her mother, and he says she’s hidden. Nick came to warn them. She asks, now what? and he says to trust him; he can get them out.

Nick asks Madison if she’d kill him too. She tells him that’s insane, but he asks if she didn’t wish for that call when he was using. She says she never wished him dead; what kind of a mother would she be. He says honest maybe. She tells him that Troy needed to be put down; it’s the world they live in. Nick says they always lived in that world; it’s just that now it’s okay. She says one day he’ll have no choice, and Nick says not with her. Madison says she’s never hurt him. He asks hat if it was necessary, and she tells him to stop it. They hear shots being fired outside.

Lola tends to Daniel. He says the two of them will escape. He waits while she goes up the ladder to the dam.

Alicia admires John’s high pain threshold, and he asks how she knows Victor. She says he helped her family get out of LA. Her mother and Victor were friends, and she thought her mother might be there. John asks her mother’s name, and says she is there. She was one of Victor’s deal points; they were to spare her. He hopes she hasn’t been killed yet. Alicia asks if he’ll spare Madison if she’s alive. He says she was part of a larger negotiation that collapsed, but Alicia has served him well in a short time. Can she continue to do so, and can he trust her? She asks again if he’ll spare her mother, and he says he will if she’ll come on board his ship and sail for what’s left of Houston.

Nick and Madison hear someone coming in, and wait on either side of the door. Victor says he told them to leave, but they had to be stubborn. Alicia is there with Proctor John. Maybe he likes her enough to let them go, but don’t bet on it. He gives them uniforms, saying he’s going to walk them out right under the Proctors noses. Madison says his time has come, hasn’t it? He says just please put on the uniforms. Madison says he killed someone, and asks who it was. Victor says Daniel. He did it for her. He didn’t kill him though; he was alive when Victor left, but it was the worst thing that ever happened. He let Lola go. Even though she’d said it gets easier, he couldn’t do it. Nick says there’s hope for him yet.

Lola sneaks into the office, and sees Efrain dead. No time to grieve though. She cocks her gun.

Victor holds a gun on Madison and Nick, who are in uniform. There are people being shot, and tossed off the bridge up ahead, but he tells them to just keep walking. A guard stops them, and Victor tells him that Proctor John wants him to dispose of these traitors personally. They go past, but Lola runs toward John, shooting, and John kills her. He asks what fresh hell is this? Well, there’s the pot calling the kettle black.

Daniel opens his eyes.

John is mystified. He thought “water queen” Lola was dead, and she turned back up like a whack-a-mole trying to assassinate him. Victor says he can explain, but John doesn’t want to hear it. He tells Alicia to go to her joyful family reunion. She and Madison hug. He asks what role Nick plays in the family drama. He asks Nick where Troy is, and Nick says his mom killed him. John tells “Alicia from Los Angeles” that she has a perverse family. He says he’ll have to kill them, but he’ll kill her first so she doesn’t have to watch.

John tells them to say they’re goodbyes. Nick hugs Victor, and tells him, safe travels. I’m assuming the detonator switched hands. Victor tells John that there’s something in the end game that he didn’t plan on. They didn’t have enough guns to defend the dam, so they wired it with explosives. John orders Victors tongue taken out. Victor fumbles around in his pockets, looking for he detonator, but Nick takes it out. He says it’s armed, and Victor tells him don’t touch the other button. Nick asks if he means the one that says detonate.

Madison takes the turkey out of the oven, and brings it to a table of guests. Daniel, Jeremiah, Troy, some other dead guy whose name I don’t remember, and Walker are there. There’s an empty chair at the head of the table. Walker gets ready to carve. Victor comes to the door, with a pile of gifts and flowers. Madison shows him in. She lifts the cover on the turkey, and it’s Jeremiah’s head on the platter.  Walker has cut off his head, and the blood gushes from his body, still in the seat, flooding the table. Victor leaves, and Madison follows him, but sees nothing except gravestones outside. A plane flies overhead.

Nick holds up the detonator. John says his play, and makes the guards lower their guns. Nick tells him that his mom and sister get to take the Zodiac across the lake. Alicia wants him to come, but John say the detonator will be out of range, and he’ll lose his leverage. Madison and Alicia leave. Nick tells Victor to take care of them. John insists they won’t survive, but Nick tells him not to be so sure. John is interested to see how it plays out, but it won’t be well for Nick either way. Nick isn’t afraid to die, and John calls it junkie bravado. He asks if the detonator is real.

Daniel stumbles out, and kicks some guard ass. Quite well for a man who’s just been shot in the face.

John calls the lake a modern Euphrates. It needs managing. They can’t just give it away. He says Nick can help, but Nick says it’s just one more thing to control. Alicia has trouble getting the boat going, but the engine finally turns over. John says Nick was born for violence, and Nick says he killed the last man who said that. John tells him, like mother, like son; he needs to harness the fury or get stampeded. A war is waiting. The boat stalls.

Daniel sees Lola lying dead on the bridge. He puts Ofelia’s rosary beads in her hand. They’re giving me a heart attack with this boat, which is still giving them a hard time. John wants the detonator, but shots from a sniper interrupt him. From a hillside, Walker tells Crazy dog, nice shot. John says this is a new wrinkle, but not a game changer, since apparently, he’s a real optimist. He thinks Nick is bluffing, and his family isn’t far enough away. More shots are fired, and somehow all the bullets go around Nick. Daniel gets closer, and starts to shoot. Nick sees the boat speed away. He hits the button.

The dam blows to smithereens, and the bridge cracks don the middle. John is led away by one of his men, and everything starts crumbling. Walker and Crazy Dog watch the boat. Crazy Dog says they’ll be drawn into the flood if they don’t step on it. He and Walker decide to head north. We see the water flood the inside of the dam, covering Efrain and Troy’s bodies. Daniel grabs Nick, and the boat gets sucked under the bridge.

Madison walks among the gravestones. She kneels at Jeremiah’s grave, and his hand pops out of the ground Carrie White style. He grabs Madison and drags her into the ground. In the real world, she’s under the water, and starts to sink among the debris, Her hand reaches out of the earth, and Travis pulls her out. She slips back, alternately into the water again. She opens her eyes, swims to the top, and breaches the surface. She gasps for air and swims to shore. People are running around with buckets, and getting water. A little girl sees her, and says, hola. The camera pans out on the newly freed water.

Next week, The Walking Dead 100th episode, preceded by a marathon.

DogLifeCartoon

PeanutsGoodNight