Tuesday, September 21, 2004

Episode Seven

All the housemembers in the kitchen except one going on about how Deborah sucks. Guess who was missing.

Rhonda announces publicity photos are going to be taken today for the show. She tells them to dress "how you want the world to see you".

Rhonda talks over the photo shoot, about how today was a real opportunity for Deborah's redemption, how getting photos taken together is a real bonding moment for the group. But instead Deborah stays away from the group off to the side, all by herself.

They have a meeting afterward, each one saying what their outfit means about them. I'm a dude so I blacked out on this part. All I know is Kim's ensemble shows the least cleavage of anything she's worn yet, and this makes me sad.

Rhonda has them describe what would be the worst thing someone could say about their fashion sense. Then she gives the assignment for them to intentionally dress that way.

Kim's hooker walk [I'll explain later]... ohhhhhhhh. Sexy as hell.

Deborah is again crying on the phone, saying she's going to leave. Again.

Towanda has a dream about her fish. She says every time she has one, someone around her has become pregnant. And it's never her.

Kim goes on a field trip with Iyanla, the purpose purportedly to be for Kim to "draw on a new level of herself". Iyanla blindfolds her and leaves her in the woods. All it looks like to me is some sort of revenge on white folk for slavery. "Your Jag can't help you now, 'Massa'!"

Rhonda confronts Deborah about her cellphone conversation outside the van. Deb says the reason she wasn't honest about it is because the sex she had was with someone else's husband.

Rhonda wonders how to handle the dishonesty. She doesn't care about the sex. She cares about Deborah telling everyone over and over against that she's been celibate for six years. At the very least she didn't have to do that.

Rhonda says she'll have to meet with the other life coaches to discuss the situation, where Deb stays or goes.

Cut back to Kim blindfolded in the forest. Iyanla's still not far away, but man, this shit was kinda dangerous. She could've tripped and smashed her head into a hole. Once again it's a life lesson, that Kim should ask for help in life to get around.

Amy frrom Season One is back that night. The girls come out of their rooms all dressed in the worst nightmares of how people would view them. Jennifer-- frumpy. Towanda-- homely. Sinae- old [nice shawl]. Deb-- age inappropriate [heh, she looked like a four year old rapper]. Josie-- blase. Kim-- hooker [wearing less cleavage than before even! And a shirt unfortunately putting too much emphasis on her belly].

Rhonda gives them each a framed pic of the photo they took today.

Heh. And then she makes them go out dressed the way they are.

While they were out, Rhonda meets with Iyanla and the egg head dude. Iyanla's opinion about Deborah's explanations: "It's a lie, it's a scam, she still hasn't come clean." I agree.

The girls are out at a bar. Their waiter calls them "the seven dwarves on crack". Frumpy, Homely, etc.

Cut back to Rhonda really trying to sell that she feels this is an opportunity to heal the root causes of what's screwing with Deborah. Egghead dude agrees with everybody-- he thinks she's still lying, but he also agrees there's a chance to undo Deborah's need to do that and get her healthy again.


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