Bethenny Ever After (from 4/18)

I can't believe we're starting the episode with the "filler" therapist stuff.  However, a few seconds in I realize that this is just a little preface to the actual episode. Flashback to one week before Thanksgiving.

B is preparing to go to LA to do the first Skating with the Stars episode.

Is it just me or is it annoying that she wears Skinnygirl clothes? I mean, that would be like me walking around with a shirt that says Aimless Small Potatoes. Oh my god. I should walk around wearing a shirt that says Aimless Small Potatoes!

Although, that might direct people's attention to my boobs since "small potatoes" across the chest might imply I'm talking about the little ladies. I'll have to get a hat or a fanny pack. How great would a fanny pack be? Fanny packs should really be less taboo because they just seem so convenient.

Sorry...back to the show.

Gina has some bad news about her health. She needs to have surgery Friday so she's leaving. It has something to do with "women problems" so it has to be something with her breasts or uterus. I hope she's ok. Everyone is crying, including Jason who chokes up a bit.


The Hoppy family arrives in LA and take a walk down Rodeo Drive. B points out that LA has a lot of douchebags with small penises driving Ferraris.  I've never been there but that's what I imagine as well.

Since B wants to move there, Jason asks whereabouts they would live. He doesn't want to live anywhere near where O.J. lived.

B is practicing her skating. She really is a lot better than I would have expected. I guess I'm just in awe because I truly can't stand up on ice. I live in New England. I can make it to my car on the icy driveway but that's about it. And sometimes not even then.

Later on they drive around Beverly Hills and see a house they like so they roam through the yard and hop the gate. They get to the backyard and Jason says "Oh shit, there's a pool?" I don't think I've ever heard Jason swear before.

They start to panic and not want to leave fingerprints anywhere. They hop the gate again and as they are sitting in the car in the driveway discussing whether or not Jason broke his thumb when he was helping B over the gate he notices a woman across the street so they speed away. I love it.

At dinner they discuss maybe moving out to LA. Jason is such a sweetheart and he says he'll be happy where ever they live as long as he's with Bethenny, Bryn and Cookie. I love that he included Cookie.

Here we go again about the relationship with Jason's parents. I can't even type about it.

It is the Skating with the Stars performance and I feel embarrassed for her. She's good but I feel like it is super cheesy.  She gets some bad comments from the judges and bad scores. I didn't watch the show so I have no idea how the other people did but I thought she did pretty well.

Gina obviously watched the episode on TV and since her surgery went well she's full steam Gina again. She leaves B a message about how great she did in the skating but how she wants to *BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP*. I assume something terrible about the judges.

They travel home for Thanksgiving. The turkey is a disaster - the oven stops working and the turkey is raw. B is freaking out. She seems to be blaming Julie because she was supposed to get the oven taken care of beforehand.

Thanksgiving will be without turkey because even if the oven is fixed it will be 95 hours before it is ready according to B.

Back to the therapist - he asks her about Thanksgivings when she was a child and she explains a Thanksgiving scenario where her mother would freak out if something went wrong and everyone was walking on eggshells. B sees a connection and I can't believe that the therapist actually did some therapy in this episode.

It always goes back to the parents, I guess. Should I start saving for my son's future therapy already?