Blairenda! Serblanda! Dasebla! I.E. Dan And Blair Make Out And Serena Sees Everything!

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The Setup On this week’s GOSSIP GIRL, Dan finally makes a move on former-nemesis-now-unrequited-love-interest Blair, which, despite her skinny-pregnancy, extremely complicated (and weirdly easily attainable) pre-nup, and looming problems with bruised and vengeful former boyfriend Chuck, Blair responds to. But then multi-hyphenate Serena (the multihyphenataion being Blair’s-best-friend-and-Dan’s-high-school-girlfriend-but-they-broke-up-and-got-back-together-a-bunch-of-times-and-now-Serena’s-into-him-again-but-Dan-isn’t-into-her) sees it all and uh oh! What Serena […]

New Game: Spot the Kodependency

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The Setup After Kourtney’s babydaddy Scott punches his fist through a mirror right after a fight with Kourtney, Kourtney decides it’s time to put up some boundaries and move on… ish. What Kourtney Says I’ll let Kourtney speak for herself. Back Up And Tell It Right Here’s the game. There are two video clips, each […]

Hey Khloe, Why You All Up In Your Sister’s Relationship Kjunk?

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The Setup On KEEPING UP WITH THE KARDASHIANS (of whatever season or spinoff I’m currently watching), Khloe sure hates Scott. What Khloe Says He’s bad for my sister QED I hate him. Back Up And Tell It Right This is actually very typical. Someone you love winds up in a relationship with someone you hate […]

“I’m Not Here To Make Friends!”

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Reality-show villains – like Elise from HELL’S KITCHEN for example – sure have a hard time doing two things at once. The Setup Elise is a reality-show staple, the contestant who has gotten into fights with more or less everyone on her team but sees everyone else as the problem. Her main techinques are the […]

The Duchess Of MalMouthie

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On the episode “My Fall From Grace,” I noticed Fergie (Duchess not pop star) continuously did this one thing that, IMHO, is going to keep her stuck in her groove unless she changes it. The Setup Despite her family’s money, Fergie had it pretty rough growing up. Her mom abandoned her at 12 to run […]

Oh, Tatum…

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On the episode “A Home Coming,” Tatum really struggles with a key first step in rebuilding broken relationships. The Setup Tatum is returning home to LA to try to mend her relationship with her father, Ryan, which has been busted since he abandoned her for Farrah Fawcett when she was 16. The day before she […]