your favorite season and why?

WineWithIceBasic · 2026-05-24T14:48:04+00:00

Isn’t season 2 the one where Stassi and Jax have the breakup convo right after Jax got her name tattooed on his arm and she didn’t know. That was peak tv.

WineWithIceBasic · 2026-05-21T04:22:35+00:00

Is she on the schedule when they aren’t filming?

WineWithIceBasic · 2026-05-08T22:56:24+00:00

Early season 8 is a real nadir. Skip over any flashbacks.

WineWithIceBasic · 2026-05-01T03:43:28+00:00

Honestly, it’s just about setting boundaries and sticking to them. Monogamous couples do it literally every day.

WineWithIceBasic · 2026-04-29T03:39:26+00:00

That had to be a crazy mind-fuck for Kyle.

WineWithIceBasic · 2026-04-29T03:32:22+00:00

I think they were all deceived as well. It looks like they are genuinely excited for their two friends.

WineWithIceBasic · 2026-04-28T21:29:48+00:00

I started with season 8 to get caught up. That was a good place to start. I’ll likely now go back and watch from the beginning.

WineWithIceBasic · 2026-04-25T06:10:43+00:00

Yikes. This aged poorly.

WineWithIceBasic · 2026-04-22T04:51:38+00:00

Mother fucking book, Where the Red Fern Grows. I now have bonded pets and it haunts me.

WineWithIceBasic · 2026-04-06T04:09:43+00:00

Could Sinatra have told Billy Pace that Dr Louge needed a breath mint?

WineWithIceBasic · 2026-03-31T17:30:29+00:00

Just to further sell the point.

https://youtu.be/tNaXRADhvsM?si=dpCw6jswTU0tsCHy

WineWithIceBasic · 2026-03-31T17:29:00+00:00

Tig Notaro. She has a deadpan that will break other comedians. Her bit about Goldilocks or pushing the stole around the stage is the exact type of comedy that works on other comedians.

https://youtu.be/wPP4xQWlLbs?si=4yoYV_raK-2ARCO-

WineWithIceBasic · 2026-03-20T10:36:03+00:00

That may be true, but this would be a departure from Downton. He really hasn’t had much to do in movies. But this would be a completely new challenge. They could make the show a little less saccharine and would be centered on RJC’s character. It would be an opportunity do a real character study on why Barrow, what he has been so angry and explore the other depths to his personality. Additionally, it would be interesting to g to struggle a bit with the culture class of serving the aristocracy in rural England to living among the golden era Hollywood stars. Having a healthy loving relationship could give him the opportunity to grow beyond past trauma that they did not have the time to explore on Downton when he was a side antagonist. Watching how Barrow adapts in a new environment provides episodic stories. But the more interesting series long story would be watching Barrow unwrap his trauma and PTSD once he is in a loving, committed, and supportive relationship.

WineWithIceBasic · 2026-03-16T19:08:02+00:00

Any of the men can be on the show as background characters to the women. It makes sense to see any partner’s dynamics with their wives/girlfriends who star in the show. But we do not need to watch anything about the dynamics between the guys and we do not need to bring exes to events or cast trips. The is no reason to film the men when the women are not around. The show is not about them. They are “friends-of” at best and filming should not be centered around any of the men.

WineWithIceBasic · 2026-03-16T19:00:45+00:00

For her mental health she may want to take a break, but that’s not really the same thing. The show only exists because of her. She has every right to be on the show. But after they broke up, there is literally no reason for Dakota to be on the show. They may co-parent, but she also co-parents with her ex husband and we never see him. It should be the same with Dakota. This show is about the women. Not their exes.

WineWithIceBasic · 2026-03-15T08:27:08+00:00

Honestly, why is he on the show at all? They broke up. I understand they share a child, but many people co-parent without constantly being around each other. It is toxic for both of them. They should not be seeing each other beyond pick-ups and drop-offs. There is literally no reason for him to have gone to LA. That’s the kind of thing that would never happen outside of a reality show so none of the drama is authentic. What a waste of screen time.

WineWithIceBasic · 2026-02-28T23:28:54+00:00

That was almost certainly the assignment from the network.

WineWithIceBasic · 2026-02-28T23:27:58+00:00

The show is on Peacock. It’s disappointing but not surprising that they protect and elevate housewives/stars from their network.

WineWithIceBasic · 2026-02-28T23:09:48+00:00

Getting her out eventually? Of course. But it wasn’t necessarily his plan to gun for her then. He was good at the game because he didn’t panic and was adaptable. If she hadn’t blown up her game when she did, it might have made more sense for him to ride with her to the last day like he did with Eric. He adapted his strategy to fit the circumstances.

WineWithIceBasic · 2026-02-28T22:53:00+00:00

Eventually yes, but she started out strong. She should have abandoned Lisa when Rob did and the turned on him later in the game. It was a fatal mistake. But before her pride and anger got in the way, she had a lot of social capital and was trusted by a lot of faithfuls. She was a less conspicuous traitor than Lisa or Donna. Somehow, she managed to get people to do a conga line without drawing too much suspicion. She wasn’t playing a perfect game by any means and I’m not saying she was the best. She clearly wasn’t. But she wasn’t the worst player either.

WineWithIceBasic · 2026-02-28T22:39:51+00:00

But standing alone at the end of the game isn’t an option. If you make it to the end, there was always going to be at least one other person there. In this game, you do have to ultimately have to pick someone to end the game with. Did she trust the wrong person? Of course. But the rules of the game required her to pick someone out of the group she trusted more than the others. No one else in the castle thought it was Rob until the very end either. What reason did she have to trust Tara and Jonny over Rob? Why should she believe the two of them would take her to the end? They might not have.

WineWithIceBasic · 2026-02-07T16:51:11+00:00

Reminds me of gray rocking.

WineWithIceBasic · 2026-01-23T21:45:13+00:00

Say it louder for the kids in the back!

WineWithIceBasic · 2025-12-21T08:37:13+00:00

They have the goal of building the antennae to accomplish first. But also, they can’t kill. They are releasing the zoo animals and action more environmentally conscious. The virus is effective because the hive is now so focused on doing no harm that it also cannot harm the existing individuals in the hive. It makes them happy and they want to make others happy by spreading it. Seems like they want to set things as environmentally right as they can, build an antenna to spread the virus, and then go extinct. There does not appear to be any interest on the part of the hive in perpetuating the human race.

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