Premiere! Nah Nah Nah . . . So You Think You Can Dance

Thursday night was the season premiere of the fifth installment of FOX's dance competition show So You Think You Can Dance.

This is 100 percent, without a doubt, my favorite show on television. There, I said it. Even more than Grey's Anatomy or Gossip Girl, SYTYCD (as its known to those of us that email about it constantly) is the one show I absolutely, positively, cannot live without.

Below find my list of the Top 10 Reasons Why Your Life Is Incomplete Without SYTYCD:

1) The sexy, uber talented, Wade Robson. Also known as the choreographer that broke up Justin and Britney, Wade is responsible for some of the most outrageous, mind bending, powerful routines on the show.

2) Tabitha and Napoleon. A husband and wife choreography duo, they joined the cast last season and choreographed two of my favorite dances "No Air" and "Bleeding Love".

3) Cat Deeley. The charming, funny, game-for-anything blond bombshell host that genuinely seems to care for the contestants. Move over, Ryan Seacrest.

4) Mary's hot tamale train. The Paula Abdul of the judging panel, Mary's highest honor is a ticket on her hot tamale train. Its cute to see how excited the contestants get when they are bestowed this spicy, hot gift.

5) The best playlist ever. Each episode I wind up downloading a song the show exposes me to and I wind up with an entire playlist of high energy, or emotionally charged jams by the end of the season.

6) Guest appearances from past winners - anyone else hoping for the return of Will?

7) Musical guests. Last summer (2008) a new artist called Lady GaGa appeared on the show in a blond wig, wearing a space suit like outfit (no pants) and the song was so weird that I fast forwarded the DVR through the performance. The song? "Just Dance". Clearly FOX knows something I don't about the next big thing.

8) Sonya. She only has one name, just like Madonna and she choreographs strange, dark contemporary routines that are surprisingly captivating. And oh yeah, she has a mohawk.

9) Mia Michaels. The contemporary choreographer is condescending and tough as nails as a judge, but she choreographs some of the most moving, emotional pieces.

10) Living vicariously through the incredible talent of these young, driven, passionate dancers and maybe even re-enacting the choreography in my living room. Maybe.

Check out the audition of my early favorite, Natalie Reid, who made it to the final two last year, and was cut, making way for her roommate Katie to advance to the final four dancers.

SYTYCD airs Wednesdays and Thursdays at 8:00pm on FOX.

Giddy For Glee

This Tuesday after the Kris vs. Glambert final duel on American Idol, FOX aired a special preview of its new Fall series Glee. The new show is the brain child of Ryan Murphy, the creator of Nip/Tuck and the short lived CW series Popular.

Murphy brings his quirkiness to this new project about a Spanish teacher (and former Glee club member), Mr. Schuester, who offers to take over the Glee club and restore it back to the glory days. Mr. Schuester looks and behaves like the adult version of Matt Saracen (of Friday Night Lights). He gracefully walks the fine line between awkward and endearing.

The Glee club consists of several misfits who will no doubt continue to entertain as this show moves ahead into it's first episodes. Meet the club:

1) Rachel - a dramatic, self obsessed, Broadway star wannabe. She has two fathers (a hilarious story about who is the biological father - perhaps both?) and she always put a gold star next to her name or signature. For star power, of course.
2) Finn - a star on the football team, who also loves to sing, thanks to his mother's one time, mullet sporting, landscaper boyfriend who rocks out to Journey tunes.
3) Mercedes - a self proclaimed Beyonce who refuses to play second fiddle to Rachel. She sings Aretha Franklin's "Respect" for her audition if that is any indication.
4) Arty - bullied because he is in a wheelchair, Arty actually has sick guitar skills.
5) Tina - half emo, half grunge. Not enough screen time to truly develop a story.
6) Kurt - barely on screen, but wants to the club to sing well together and bond.

I must admit, for the first 50 minutes of the show, although there were some funny moments, I wasn't terribly impressed. Richard Lawson, of Gawker.com agreed in his review of the show as well.

But then it happened.

Under Finn's leadership and enthusiasm, the Glee club covers Journey's "Don't Stop Believin".

Just when you thought you could not possibly love that song anymore than you do at last call on a Thursday night, Glee will amplify your devotion by epic proportions. In fact, it is currently the number three download on the iTunes Top 100.

You cannot watch or listen to the Glee club's rendition without grinning ear to ear and belting out every word along with their performance.

Those glorious three minutes and fifty seconds won me over, and has me anxiously awaiting the September premiere of the show! If each episode includes one awesome cover, I'll be tuned in live every week just waiting for the reveal (and for a DVR addict, that's saying a lot).

Until then, don't stop believin.

9021-Uh-Oh!

This week's season finale of 90210 really delivered! Drama, unexpected plot twists, and a final cliff hanger moment!

Let's begin with Adriana, whose water broke at the prom during last week's episode. Adriana gives birth to a BEAUTIFUL baby girl and has a strange dream where Brenda appears dressed as Cleopatra, speaking in a tone belonging to a ghost or a person in a coma, where Brenda's father is in the hospital, dying and she can't say goodbye. I actually couldn't tell this scene was a dream until the giant, red, Chinese dragon appeared.

The dream occurred because Adriana was avoiding saying goodbye to her baby. But in the end, she does, with Brenda by her side. Brenda had just returned from a trip to China where she adopted a baby girl. She assured Adriana she was doing the right thing, and giving a true gift to the new parents. Said new parents named the gorgeous baby Maisey. Ick.

Out in the hospital lobby, Mr. and Mrs. Wilson are laughing and yawning and whispering after eating pot brownies at the school sponsored post-prom party. An absolutely adorable scene!!

At Naomi's house the post-prom party is raging. Naomi is at the hospital with Adriana, Annie is on clean up duty, and Liam is waiting patiently by the pool for Naomi to arrive (and draws a hilarious picture of Annie erupting like a volcano). Then the predator swoops in - Jen.

Pretending to be Naomi's neighbor Zelda (how creative) she asks Liam if all the gossip about him is true, and spills all of his deep, dark, secrets, as told to her earlier by Naomi. EVIL! She winds up sleeping with him, and when Naomi returns, she catches him in the buff in her bedroom!

Naomi immediately blames Annie, and screams at her in front of the entire party. Someone throws a drink in Annie's face and she runs out of the house, and in the most unflattering moment ever, she screams out into the front yard, with the drink dripping down her face. She grabs a bottle of vodka from the ice bucket and storms off. More on this later.

In another dramatic twist, Dixon confronts Ethan about his feelings for Silver. Ethan admits he does have a crush (evidence - Silver's prom photo in his jacket pocket) and in a surprising scene toward the end, Silver runs after Ethan to get some answers. They share a passionate kiss and Ethan gives her an ultimatum, "I don't want to be just friends. I want to be something, or I don't want to be anything." Ouch.

In the final two closing scenes, Liam is calling Naomi and leaving a message about how sorry he is, when two men in all black come and forcefully drag him off to military school!

Then, Annie, with the bottle of vodka by her side, seemingly hits a person in the road while driving home! She drives off, and a black Mercedes convertible pulls up behind the body (or what I think is a body) and the camera focuses on a West Beverly high school bumper sticker on the back of the Mercedes.

At first, I thought this might by Dylan's car (yes, please! let him make a return!) but after more critical thinking, I remembered Dylan's black convertible was a Porsche, not a Mercedes. And let's face it, he would never have a West Bev bumper sticker.

Did Annie really hit someone? Is it a member of the existing cast? Who is the driver of the Mercedes? A superb cliff hanger! Well done!

Want more scoop on the season finale and what's to come in season two? Check out Jessica Stroup's (Silver) interview with E! News.

Now that the season is over, the ladies of the cast have been hitting some parties and press events! The gold star goes to Jessica Stroup:

While the train wreck award goes to Shenae Grimes. Honey, PLEASE, get yourself a stylist. I'm begging you.

Pratt Park: Rollercoasters & Ferris Wheels

This week on The Hills Stephanie Pratt finally got fired from People's Revolution. Let's face it, she bombed the interview, and Kelly only gave her the gig as a favor to Lauren. And as promised, Kelly made Lauren fire Stephanie, if she were ever to screw up. Which of course, she did.

When Lauren actually delivered the news to Stephanie, Stephanie began crying and asked "Should I like, leave?" Lauren, perplexed, says, "I can't imagine you'd want to stay." HA!

Stephanie also had another gem of a moment while out to drinks with Audrina and two of the guys from the band White Tie Affair. The guitarist Sean, takes a liking to Stephanie, and then reveals he has a girlfriend back home. Stephanie turns to Audrina and says "We have to go NOW." Its not like he said he wants to murder you, or show you his dungeon. He just said he has a girlfriend, but its complicated. Geesh!

At camp Speidi, Heidi's "real" dad Bill is in town. Spencer officially asks for his permission to marry Heidi, and he allows it, reminding Spencer he carries a large gun. Oh boy.

Spencer proposes to Heidi on the ferris wheel at the Santa Monica pier, despite her saying she is afraid of heights. Um, not exactly the best location for the proposal is it then, Spencer?

Before revealing the ring, Spencer asks if Heidi is ready to get married for real. She says "You would need to apologize to my mom, make up with Lauren, and I want the big, dream wedding." Despite her list of demands, he pulls out the ring, and as if blinded by the bling fairy, she says "This makes up for a lot!" I cannot even comment.

In previews for next week, Spencer calls Lauren to make up, and Heidi asks Stephanie to invite Lauren to her wedding. Um, ask yourself!

Stephanie winds up at a Kelly Cutrone party and stupidly approaches the beast saying she messed up at People's Revolution because "its really hard when the boss is never there," to which Kelly snaps back "Now you're going to blame me for your ineptitude?" Here we go. Just ask Allie on The City how it feels to be the target of Kelly's rage.

During commercials of the show, MTV was showing clips of the finale and playing an acoustic version of the theme song, Natasha Beddingfield's "Unwritten". It sounded SO amazing! I must find and download it!

Looking forward to heads rolling next week!

You Know You Love Me, XOXO

This week's season finale of Gossip Girl was a bit . . . jumbled. It was clear the writers wanted to tie up loose ends, but also add in some new twists to leaving you wanting more. Sadly, the whole hour felt a little discombobulated.

Let's begin with Serena not wearing her graduation cap, but nearly the tassel in her hair. Really? A tad too non-conformist, even for you, GG. And Chuck's salmon colored shirt and tie beneath his gown - tres distracting! And harsh on the eyes. Usually I am a fan of Chuck Bass' brightly colored duds, but this was a fail.

As Serena & Co. try to uncover the true identity of Gossip Girl, there is a brief moment where it appears she could in fact be a "he", and be Eric's boyfriend Jonathan! Now things are getting interesting! Just as I was applauding an unpredictable plot twist, it turns out he merely hacked into GG's email over Spring Break.

As the year comes to an end, the means girls must pass the baton, or in this case, the headband, to a new queen bee. Apparently Little J has some competition in the new girl, Emma. As if the mean girls would EVER accept a transfer student into their circle. Inconsistent and unlikely!

In the end Little J triumphs and the ladies protest "But she's from Brooklyn!" To which Blair responds, "Haven't you ever heard of a foreign queen? Plus, her dad is marrying Lily Bass which makes her richer than all of you." Well played B!

In addition to crowing her replacement, Blair is also making her final attempts to hear those ever important, three little words from Chuck. In a touching scene with her normally cold mother, Blair explains "I hope he is finally ready to love me the way Cyrus loves you." Awww!! SO CUTE!

In a very steamy strip scene, Blair almost coerces the words out of Chuck, but she gets interrupted by a Gossip Girl blast. During her second tearful attempt, she realizes its time to give up.

Just when we thought it would never happen, and we were sure Chuck had disappeared to Europe to find some foreign, female concubines, he returns with gifts for Blair from each country he visited. He finally does say "I love you too" and they embrace, and kiss, and Blair asks "Can you say it twice?" Very cute. At long last, our drama king and queen are ruling the Upper East side kingdom together.

Now onto the twists leading into next season!

1) Gossip Girl is coming to college! I mean, of course. How could she not?
2) Georgina has asked to be Blair's roommate. Oh boy, this is going to get ugly.
3) Scott, who I can only assume is Lily and Rufus' son (based on his magazine photo of them) has come to NYC to track down his birth parents.
4) Carter has located Serena's father! I knew they introduced him in the flashback episode for a reason!

Not Gossip Girl's finest hour of television, but a lot to look forward to in the Fall! I am already trying to decide which girl Scott will hook up with first. Care to place a bet?

007

I can count on one hand the number of times I have sobbed watching a television show. I am not talking one glistening tear or a few whimpers and then a good, hearty blow of the nose. I am talking full on, uncontrolled sobbing. There was the season finale of the first season of the O.C. when Ryan moved back to Chino and Seth took his boat and sailed away, the season finale of Grey's where Denny Duquette dies, and then this past Thursday night.

This week's two hour end to the fifth season of Grey's Anatomy (Can you believe it's already been five seasons?) was a tear jerker, to put it mildly. The show started off on a cute note when Izzie introduced her new husband to all her cancer patient friends. One girl asks to see Alex's rear and responds "That is quality booty". Very adorable moment! That scene also introduces a special guest star, Liza Weil, also know as Paris Gellar from Gilmore Girls!

The show also had a second notable guest star, QB 1, Matt Saracen, from Friday Night Lights, also know as actor Zach Gilford. Zach plays a young man who has returned from Iraq due to a leg injury and wants nothing more than to go back. George, helping Hunt to treat the patient, bonds with Zach when he discovers they are both outcasts in their own families, and have made a family of their colleagues. Treating this particular patient, in conjunction with being mentored by Hunt, inspires George to enlist in the army. More on that later.

Also toward to the beginning of the episode, Mark tells Lexi he wants to buy a house or condo and wants her to move in with him. This is met by laughter from Lexi, who says she wants to wait 10 years before living with a man! Mark said he was thinking more like one year. Uh oh, honeymoon's over!

This episode the Chief makes some final attempts to keep Dr. Bailey from joining the PEDS program (peds, as in pediatrics). He tries to woo her with new surgical robots, and when Dr. Robbins gets wind of this, she confronts the Chief and starts crying. In a cute moment, she explains to the Chief she has a problem challenging authority and she cries when she is angry. I couldn't help but laugh.

The team working on treating Izzie's new tumor convinces her to have surgery to remove the tumor. She agrees, but only if they let her sign a DNR - do not resuscitate. Alex, has a very harsh reaction to this and screams at her "Do you want me to cut L-Vad wires? Tear up the DNR!" For those of you who need a refresher, in a moment of panic, and in an attempt to save Denny Duquette, Izzie cut his L-vad wire to bump him up the heart donor list. This is a reference that eludes to the fact that Alex is now in the same place Izzie was with Denny. This will be important later.

On the Christina/Owen front, Christina convinces Owen its time to finally let his mother know he is back from Iraq, and go see her. Christina goes with him and the next day Hunt tells her he slept through the night, without nightmares for the first time in months. Awww, precious. She's positively impacting his life.

Back at the hospital Dr. Robbins lets Bailey know she got the PEDS fellowship. She says "Welcome to the PEDS program, we're gonna get you a pair of wheeley sneaks!" HA! Can't even picture it.

Inspired by all of the dying patients around her, Meredith decides she wants to go down to City Hall and marry Derek today. She shares the news with Christina who immediately gives her something old (her grocery list), something new (her favorite pen) and something blue (her blue post its). Very cute!

Izzie does go through with the surgery and when she comes out, she can't remember anything for more than five minutes. When the team discovered she may have lost her memory, my heart sank. You could see the sadness in all of their faces. Little did I know, it would get much worse.

After learning that George has enlisted in the army, Callie and Bailey decide to stage an intervention. Their proposal to the group was so brilliantly written it deserves a direct quote:

Bailey: At 6:00pm your idiotic colleague George O’Malley will finish his surgery with the Chief.
Callie: And at 6:00pm you will be standing beside us in the O.R. hallway prepared to join in an intervention.
Bailey: What polite company might call an intervention though, I’m not sure interventions involve whooping people on the behind with a belt.
Alex: What, he’s got a drinking problem now?
Meredith: He joined the army.
Christina: What?
Alex: 007? He can’t go to the army. He’s the guy who gets killed.
Christina: He’s the guy who gets killed cleaning his own gun!
Bailey: Grey is going to coax him back as a loving friend. You (pointing to Christina) are going to use logic and reason to point out the idiocy of his ways. Stevens will make sad cancer eyes and if all of that doesn’t work, Karev you are going pull out your “I was raised out back with the trash cans” roots and just beat the crap out of him.
Alex: 6:00pm?
Callie: 6:00pm.

This is the kind of humor that used to be constant when Grey's first started several seasons ago! I miss the hilarious Dr. Bailey commands!

Curious about whether or not therapy really works for people, Christina asks Meredith if therapy helped her. She responds and Christina says "You really have changed. I'm going to hug you now" (this after earlier saying they don't hug, that's not what they do). Very cute exchange!

Christina goes down to the basement, to the vent, to think about Owen. He comes down there to do some thinking of his own and discovers her there pacing. The exchange goes as follows:

Christina: I (breath) love (breath) you (deep breath).
Hunt: I love you too.
Christina: No. Just. . . I love you. I said, I love you. Me. Christina Yang. (Long pause) You traumatized me.
Hunt: I know, I am so sorry!
Christina: No, damn it! Its not about the choking! Its like you come here and then you pull out my icicle and you made my love you! I don't want to! I can't breathe (long pause) without you!
Hunt: You can do this. We can do this. All you have to do is meet me half way. All you to do is say "yes".

GAH! These are exactly the kind of heart wrenching scenes that Grey's delivers over and over again. Too extremely tortured souls, clinging onto each other for dear life, and afraid to just give in.

Upstairs Bailey tells the Chief that her husband Tucker told her if she took the PEDS fellowship he would divorce her. She starts crying and explains she is not ready to be a single mother and take on a new specialty. The Chief tries to comfort her, but she doesn't want a pat on the back or a hug. He says, in a father-like voice "Ok, I'll just stand here with you". This kind of vulnerability from Bailey can only be matched by her breakdown during the episode where she gives birth. She tries so hard to wait for her husband, who is on the operating table with a serious head injury. Its been that long since we've seen the emotional side of Miranda Bailey.

Mer and Der had planned to get hitched at City Hall, but between Izzie, and the emergency trauma patient - John Doe, they haven't had a spare minute. They decide to write their vows and sign them. They use Christina's pen and post-its (her something old, new and blue for Meredith) and they make promises to each other, sign the sheet, and hang it in Meredith's locker for safe keeping. CUTE!!! SO happy Mer and Der are back together again! All that fighting and hiding in the woods was just no good!

After the vows, Meredith heads in to check on John Doe, an unidentified male who jumped in front of a bus to save a woman about to be hit. He has severe internal injuries, a cut open arm, a smashed in skull, a mangled face and several other serious injuries. Up to this point he has not been ID-ed, and the team has been referring to him as John Doe.

John Doe takes Meredith's hand and wants to write something on her palm. He tried this after his first surgery but he was too weak. He traces: 0. Meredith says "O" and he does it again. She says "O". Then he writes 7. She look at him, and he does it one more time: 0-0-7. Meredith looks at his face and asks "Double 0-7?" then he grabbed onto her hand tightly and she screams. "IT'S GEORGE! JOHN DOE IS GEORGE!" And I am sobbing. Absolutely beside myself that this mangled face belongs to sweet, kind, unconditionally supportive George O'Malley.

For those who do not remember, George was nicknamed 007 back in season one when he was trapped in an elevator with a patient and Dr. Burke has to give him instructions through a tiny hole in the floor. One of the other residents, thinking George didn't have what it takes, said "looks like we have ourselves a 007" (license to kill). Karev found that hilarious, and continued to call George that through all five seasons. Including earlier in the episode during the conversation about the intervention.

As if we weren't sad enough already, Alex discovers Izzie has regained her memory and as he is hugging and kissing her, and telling her he loves her, her body goes limp in his arms. She signed a DNR so they are not supposed to try and save her, but the Chief says, "screw the DNR!" and they grab a crash cart.

Then, in the closing scene, Izzie hallucinates herself in her prom dress, getting into the elevator to go upstairs (just like the episode where they have the prom, and she gets in the elevator to go upstairs to check on Denny, only to discover him dead. In fact, I would bet its the old footage.). She presses the button to go up, and when the elevator doors open, who is standing there? George. With a crew cut and dressed in an army uniform. I am now not only sobbing, but short of breath and rocking back and forth on the couch saying "no, no, no, no!"

And scene.
Honestly, I have been emotional about television shows before, but this episode left me absolutely destroyed. I could not fall asleep that night, and welled with tears thinking about it the next morning. Those of us who are faithful readers of Perez Hilton and US Weekly Magazine know that both Katherine Heigel and T.R. Knight have expressed interest in leaving the show, so if their characters were to be killed off or sent away, that would be no surprise. But for George to exit the show in such a horrifying, completely devastating way, well, I was just not ready for that!

In my personal opinion, Izzie is not dead. If she could hallucinate Denny (who is really dead) then she could also hallucinate George. I think in next season's opener, we will find her still living and the team will continue to find a way to treat her.

I do hope next season Meredith and Derek have a real wedding (or at least make it legal). I also hope Hunt and Christina continue to work towards a healthy relationship. I'm ok with Mark and Lexi breaking up. I'd also like to see Callie tempted by another woman. As long as we're going down the lesbian path, why not go all in?

Now that Grey's is on hiatus, I will turn my attention to FOX's "So You Think You Can Dance" premiering next Thursday night, May 21st.

Bravo to Shonda Rhimes and team for an absolutely superb final episode!

Prom. Need I Say More?

Its prom week in Beverly Hills and the whole gang is panicked about who they will take as their date. Dixon hopes he can convince Silver to show her face at school again, Naomi has her fingers, toes and eyes crossed Liam will ask, and Annie and Ethan are totally bewildered and lost.

In an adorable scene, Liam calls to ask Naomi to prom and although she acts breezy on the phone, as soon as she hangs up she SCREAMS and jumps for joy on her bed and then runs around her room. I think we're all guilty of that exact same reaction at one point in our high school lives.

I was thrilled to see that at the prom the band performing was The Veronicas whose song "Untouched" has been on constant rotation in my car and on my iPod.

When prom queen is announced, the write-in winner is Silver! As a prom-hater she winds up giving a speech about hating conformity and thanking everyone for reminding her exactly who she is. Not exactly upbeat, but ok. Her speech inspires Ethan to give up his bid to a prestigious summer lacrosse camp and instead visit his Dad in Montana and go backpacking. Ethan personally thanks Silver for her speech.

For about three episodes now they writers have been building Ethan's attraction to Silver. First the two of them sitting outside, alone when she reveals she is going to Catholic school. Then his speech about "every man is an island" and now this! I foresee a hook up in next week's season finale.

In an interesting scene, Liam and Naomi are sitting outside alone and she tries to get him to admit that he likes her. He bought her a black orchid corsage (which is her favorite flower) and she is convinced that's a sign. He does wind up opening up to her about his family, and then he takes her hand into his. They are sitting on a movie lot and it begins to "snow". He takes her hand and starts dancing with her in the snow.

To be honest, I'm not convinced Liam is into Naomi. I think he's the kind of bad boy that knows exactly what you want to hear.

This episode we also learned more about Naomi's sister Jen. First, she maxed out Naomi's credit card to furnish their house. Second, apparently she is MARRIED to someone named Olivier. I knew she was trouble for the second she arrived. I can't wait until Naomi takes off those blinders and sees her for who she really is.

In previews for next week Naomi decides to host a post prom party at her house. It seems Liam has a wandering eye and Naomi finds him half naked in a bedroom upstairs. She blames Annie, but my finger is pointing at Jen. Stay tuned, the final episode of the season next Tuesday!

Premiere! Real Housewives of New Jersey

Last night was the premiere of the Real Housewives of New Jersey, the newest installment of the very popular BRAVO TV franchise the Real Housewives. Previous seasons included: Orange County, New York and Atlanta.

I first heard grumblings that this show was in the works over a year ago. Once it was confirmed, I was practically salivating waiting to watch the 30 minute sneak peak special.

The sneak peak drew me in and left me wanting more, more, more!

Things I learned in the first hour of the show:

1) Caroline is the female reincarnation of Tony Soprano
2) Caroline's oldest son Albie is my future husband. Gorgeous, charming, looks great in a suit, loves his family and attending law school
3) In New Jersey, boobs are called "bubbies"
4) Working for a catering business means you travel 24/7. Just ask Dina's MIA husband
5) If you ever need someone to check out your date across the bar, call Jacqueline, she has the monster binoculars
6) When living in New Jersey, one must decorate their entire house in floral, or other large pattern wall paper

Pearls of wisdom from the Real Housewives of New Jersey and their children:

"I hear the economy's crashing, so that's why I pay cash" - Teresa, paying for her $120,000 worth of furniture for her new dream house

"I didn't want to go house shopping, because I just skeeve looking at other people's houses. I don't want to live in somebody else's house, that's gross" - Teresa

"I like that she's a young mom. She's like the mom from Mean Girls" - Ashley, Jacqueline's daughter

"I actually was a model. I worked with the Ford agency. I got to meet a lot of celebrities, or shall I say, they got to meet me. I was engaged 19 times prior to getting married. He was number 20" - Danielle

"I had an American Express black card. I was the only person who had one in the state of New Jersey. I actually got mine before Madonna did" - Danielle

"Its not even a matter of - oh yeah, I want to own a strip club because its the coolest job in the world. Its just recession proof" - Chris, Caroline's youngest son

"Let's run a respectable strip club. One that Mommy can be proud of " - Caroline

"If I had a fat, old Mom, I would hate it" - Lexi, Dina's daughter

"Its very important to keep yourself presentable. Especially as a wife. You don't want to become a mother and let yourself go. I don't believe in that at all. I think you should always be like your husband's girlfriend. Otherwise, he will go out and get a girlfriend" - Dina

Only one episode in, and I am already completely hooked! Bada bing!

To hold you over until next week, check out this great profile of the ladies on Gawker.com

The People Revolt

This week on The Hills, Stephanie Pratt finally showed a direct relation to her brother Spencer by landing herself in the D-bag category.

As the worst intern to ever walk the floor at People's Revolution, Stephanie majorly screws Lauren out of key items she needs to style an important photo shoot. Stephanie is too busy man hunting to help out, and the whole situation causes Kelly to snap and demand that Lauren fire Steph. When Lauren explains Stephanie was on her lunch break during the crisis, Kelly replies "I haven't had a lunch break in five years!"

Over at the Speidi camp Heidi confronts bartender Stacy and calls her a home wrecker. Heidi proudly retells the story to Spencer and says "I dare you to find another Stacy." Really, Heidi? Are you giving him that challenge?

Audrina, wearing that hideous black, Boy George hat yet again, tries to break things off with Justin Bobby once and for all. Looking like he climbed out of a sewer, he actually puts up a fight. Something tells me, he's not out of the picture.

Next week, Lauren and Brody have dinner and Brody gloats saying "I told you so" about Lauren hiring Steph to work at People's Revolution. Lauren has to actually fire Stephanie, testing their friendship.

In an interesting twist, Heidi's biological dad (who we have not yet met) comes to L.A. Next episode Spencer proposes to Heidi (again) this time on a ferris wheel, with a new ring. We've all seen the pictures, they are now officially married.

I find myself wishing for a Whitney Port cameo. Or perhaps a Stephen Coletti reappearance? This season needs an injection of past favorites.

Flashback Alert! The Story of Lily Rhodes

This week on Gossip Girl the usual Upper East Side drama was spliced with flashbacks from Lily's youth. Born as Lily Rhodes and recently uprooted from New York to L.A., Lily is having a difficult time finding her place. She gets expelled from school and decides to ditch her life living with her mother, to find her older, rebellious sister Carol - the family's black sheep (recognizable by her black hair. No coincidence there).

On the quest to find Carol, Lily meets a very handsome young man and explains if she doesn't find her sister she will have to become a prostitute (naturally). She goes on the most fantastic and humorous rant about all the reasons that would be a bad path. Uh, duh!

This bus boy knight in shining armor offers to help her and encourages her to change out of her preppy clothes. When she is finally rocking a more L.A./Madonna look, he looks her and up and down and she coyly responds "Is this the moment where you fall in love with me?" LOVE IT! Great line. Coy, cheeky, cute, sassy, all rolled into one!

Flash forward a few hours- Lily, reunited with Carol gets into a brawl at a party with a tall, blonde music video producer, last name: Van der Woodsen! WHAT? Is this Lily's future husband? Serena and Eric's father? It can't be. How would they cross paths again? We'll never know since according to Perez Hilton's recent post, the GG spin off has been canceled! They set us up, and now we'll never know the truth!

I for one would like to see older sister Carol appear in a present day episode. I can't decide who should play her. Early 50s, dark hair, free spirited, looks like she may have done a lot of drugs in a past life . . . . perhaps Goldie Hawn or Kim Cattrall? In brunette wigs of course!

I was incredibly skeptical of this spin off/flashback idea, but I actually wound up loving it. I'm a little sad to hear the spin off has been canned. Perhaps with some praise from the fans, it can resurrected!

Back in present day, its prom! Blair, who has kept a scrapbook of every piece of her dream night is surprised to hear the school is having a contest for prom queen. In one of the best lines of the night she says, "We don't do prom queen. That's for suburban schools and the lame teen comedies that are set at them." ZING! Love it!

The mean girls have actually instated the competition to humiliate Blair by nominating her, then stuffing the ballot with cards for Nelli Yuki. Chuck to the rescue - he overhears their plan and removes all the Nelli ballots, replacing them with 100 cards for Blair. Blair catches him red handed, but misreads the situation and thinks he is sabotaging her.

While on stage, accepting her crown, Chuck asks Serena to give Blair the key to the pent house at the Palace. Serena says, why are you doing this? Chuck responds "You didn't think you were the only one who knew about the scrapbook, did you?" And my heart is MELTING. Chuck! You love her, what's the problem? In the words of Gossip Girl herself "Who knew the mother Chucker could also play fairy godmother." Brilliant!

In previews for next week a Gossip Girl blast causes uproar through out the school and Serena takes charge announcing "Gossip Girl is going down!" Will she finally be revealed? You know you love her, xoxo.

The previews also show a heart wrenching scene of Chuck and Blair, with Blair holding Chuck's face in her hands pleading "Tell me you love me." My heart can't take it! I need them to be together! Fingers crossed for those three little words come next week.