Kicking things off with Heidi and Spencer, this episode is basically the culmination of the Holly problem. Spencer vents to Stephanie at the coffeehouse about how Holly is always around and as a result he can’t get any work done at his “office” (who does this fool think he’s kidding? He sits on his ass all day watching TV and playing on his computer.). Anyway, Spencer eventually confronts Heidi with an ultimatum that either he will move out or Holly has to move out. So much for family. Heidi then turned around and confronts Holly about needing to get a job and find a new place, and Holly seems oblivious to the fact that Spencer wants her out. I guess Heidi got the brains in that family…yeah…right…
Audrina is out in the dating world with some Australian guy named Cory. Things seem to be going well until Audrina brings Cory to a party in Malibu with LC and Whitney. Once there, the broskis show up and make things awkward because they talk to LC about how Justin is their broski and a bigger issue is an impending trip to Cabo for Brody’s birthday, which Justin has been invited to and Audrina has been invited to. It wouldn’t be so bad, except for the fact that Audrina kind of sort of mentioned it to Cory and invited him along…not broski approved.
Irrelevant but worth noting, the last scene involved Audrina and Justin in the pool at her house. They seemed to confirm that they were no longer an item when Justin said that while in Cabo he would have a “free pass” (translation being that he can hook up with whatever biddies he wants to). Somehow things turned to Audrina taking her top off and making out with Justin in the pool. Yes, that actually happened.
The following episode tied directly into the above, as it took place on the controversial Cabo trip. No doubt they went down in a private plane (I sometimes wonder if these kids even know what Coach means outside of being an overpriced designer). Awkwardly enough, Justin and Audrina were expected to share a room, a situation that was quickly remedied by LC encouraging Audrina to stay in her room. Later, Justin awkwardly (it sucks, I really can’t think of a more perfect word to describe most events revolving around Audrina) confronts Audrina at dinner about how he noticed her bag rolling out of their room (they argued semantics for awhile until it was finally clarified that Audrina was physically present and moving her bag out of his room to LC’s room, as if this needed to be clarified). Actually, in short, Justin acts like a douche to Audrina the entire trip, teasing her about her new guy that she apparently left him for, even though he was a total douche when they were together so he’s got no right to really be mad. Trick of the trade: never look for logic and reason when it comes to “The Hills.” Just don’t bother. Try and walk away.
So Spencer and Heidi found themselves in a post-Holly situation, and without that dramatic situation, they naturally had to scrounge up a new one. What better way than grilling Stephanie’s new boyfriend on a double date. Rather than politely talk and enjoy each other’s company, Spencer and Heidi proceed to air out their dirty laundry bringing up topics ranging from LC to Brody to Holly, and there was even enough time to mention the recent Doug/Stephanie situation. That went well. Just when you think Spencer and Heidi are about to make nice with other people, you realize these two idiots deserve to be alone with each other.
I never have high hopes for an episode of “The Hills” because “The Hills” sucks. I actually dread watching it. I can’t lie though. After the last episode, my interest certainly piqued a bit. Epic disappointment. Once again the fact that LC and Heidi used to be friends and can’t seem to reconcile things is forced down her throat as Holly meets LC for drinks and tries to subtly mention her sister. Heidi follows this up by sending LC a good old fashioned letter, which LC shares with Whitney. LC manages to make a somewhat insightful comment to Whitney, saying how she can’t believe that after all this time, “Heidi just can’t blame Spencer.” We watch “The Hills” and know that their fallout was because of Spencer. Heidi lives “The Hills” and doesn’t realize that Spencer is at fault. I guess no one ever said she was smart.
Audrina starts dating other people. She goes on two dates with one particular guy, and completely fails to get through either one without mentioning Justin. The first time it’s disregarded by both parties, but the second time the guy actually says something about it, and it looks like he gets wise and recognizes that they are not about to enter a lasting relationship. Later on, Audrina goes out with Justin and they talk about how she’s dating other people, and he seems completely unfazed. This guy, like…I don’t even know. I swear that one day he needs to donate his brain to science, because one of life’s greatest mysteries is definitely what goes on in his head. It’s frightening how nothing ever seems to affect him in any way, but I guess we’ll just never figure this guy out.
Audrina and LC discuss their respective plot threads this episode and both provide relatively insightful thoughts (keep in mind who we’re talking about here). Audrina points out that she’s never be able to put Justin behind her until she meets a guy that completely makes her forget about Justin. LC takes this in, but really she’s thinking about her own life, and responds by posing the question of where they would all be if Heidi never met Spencer. This could be a fun episode for them to do, but because we are supposed to be completely convinced that this show is “real,” it’s probably a road that the writers…I mean the…ummm…producers will never go down.
The episode ends with a bit of a bang as Heidi and Holly talk about LC and the letter Heidi wrote to her. Spencer walks in, says a few things such as, “I’ll totally take responsibility for you and LC not being friends,” which leads to Holly and Spencer going head to head in an argument about Heidi’s life and friendship with LC.
Here it is, we reach ground zero (or maybe this would be considered the peak or apex or something of that nature) of the Stephanie/Doug debacle. While this is mildly irrelevant, I feel obligated to point out that while LC and Whitney are at the gym discussing Stephanie and Doug, LC’s personal trainer randomly joins the conversation and shares his opinion. This was weird. Then again, maybe it wasn’t that weird and he just figured that by weighing in with his thoughts on loyalty and friendship, LC or Whitney would fall madly in love with him. I guess strategically it’s a good move, but it really didn’t pay off so…meh, not so much I guess.
Alright, oddly enough, there’s a lot of ground to cover this episode, so I’ll try and be brief while also trying to be witty and entertaining along the way. LC confronts Stephanie about Doug, and Stephanie claims that he’s been calling her but she deleted his number, yet she is still planning on going to his pool party the following day because he invited her a few weeks ago and blah blah blah…somehow she expects no one to see through this bull. Suddenly she bears some serious family resemblance to Spencer. We then receive confirmation that Stephanie is full of it because she is out to dinner with Doug and they discuss how she’s in hot water with LC, and there’s no doubt that Brody is going to give her hell, so they need some sort of plan to avoid her taking the heat for their dinner dates and movie nights. Just when we think they’re in this together, Doug and Brody are talking and Doug is going on about he she’s the one acting desperate to hang out with him, and he keeps saying how he just wants to be friends. It’s about time we saw some real drama on this show. With everybody lying left and right, well, there’s absolutely bound to be some fireworks. And there are…
The Heidi/Spencer interlude…
Heidi’s mom surprises her with a visit, and Heidi surprises her mom with the fact that she is living with Spencer. Clearly Heidi’s mom has fallen behind on “The Hills” because it was pretty obvious at the end of last season that they would be moving back in together. Really. In any case, Spencer and Heidi’s mom do lunch, which goes absolutely horribly starting with Heidi’s mom remarking that it’s so nice of them to let Holly stay with them until she gets settled. Spencer spoils the moment by correcting her that it is “so nice of Heidi” to let Holly stay with them, whereas he is not very fond of the idea. Basically, Spencer is a total douscher to Heidi’s mom and she tells him that he is controlling and manipulative and…it was really an amazing scene because this guy has absolutely no idea how to get in the good graces of the potential in-laws. The following day, Heidi and her mom have lunch together, and obviously an argument ensues about her living situation with Spencer. Heidi’s mom does not approve, something I certainly could have seen coming. I’m a viewer and I don’t even approve of Heidi breathing the same air as Spencer, but to imagine Spencer dating someone who was my own flesh and blood…what a nightmare.
As for the pool party, things seem to be going well, even though everyone knows they aren’t going to stay that way. Brody makes the first move by approaching Stephanie about going behind LC’s back, and things get pretty damn awkward. Things get worse when Doug flips out at LC and Brody about how he doesn’t care about Stephanie and wants nothing to do with her. For plot purposes, Stephanie overhears and is very upset. Strangely enough LC comforts her, but then LC mentions a coffee date that she was unaware Doug and Stephanie went on, to which Stephanie attempted to feed her yet another bullshit excuse, but LC made a dramatic exit. Moral of the story: Avoid these jerkoff rich kids from “The Hills” at all costs.
Lightning round bonus question: What the hell do these kids do with their lives that they afford these ridiculous houses? (Ex. Doug has a ridiculously nice house, beach front with pool. WTF?)
In an attempt to stop relying so much on Heidi and Spencer, Holly tries to branch out by reaching out to LC because apparently she, LC, and Heidi used to be so close. Odd, we saw LC on “Laguna Beach,” which was pre-Heidi. LC and Heidi were friends for roughly a year before “The Hills” started, and we never saw or heard of Holly, so I’m sort of suspicious of what I can only assume to be a ret-con of Laguna-Hills history. Anyway, long story short, Holly texts LC, and LC makes a big dramatic deal about it to Whitney, who I would hope for damn sure has more important things on her mind than LC’s friend drama. After a bigger deal is made of things than necessary (which is really an underlying theme of this show), LC and Holly meet up and agree that they don’t want the Heidi/Spencer thing to affect their relationship.
As for Audrina, she was put in charge of a show for some band called the White Affair. The girls were invited and so was Justin, but the difference was that when the girls said they would definitely be there and Justin said he would definitely be there, the girls actually showed up. Are we really all that surprised that Justin didn’t show up? Anyway, the episode closes with LC and Heidi reminiscing about their friendship, respectively of course.
In the next episode, LC randomly went away to Italy, leaving Audrina and Lo to suddenly be BFFs. In LC’s absence, drama unfolded, starting with Stephanie approaching Audrina about how Doug asked her out, and she’s wondering if LC will care if she goes out with him. Rather than patiently wait a week, Stephanie goes on the date. Awkwardly enough, they run into Brody’s mom at the restaurant. Random enough for you?
Speaking of random, Audrina and Lo ran into Heidi and Spencer at Goa, where Heidi and Audrina reminisced about old times while Lo stood there looking awkward and pissy. Audrina agreed to having dinner with Heidi and Spencer, and bringing Justin along to round out what was already shaping up to be a hell of social gathering. At the social gathering of the century, Spencer opens up conversation by asking, “Did you guys see Batman?” Everyone nods and agrees about how good it was, but Spencer ruins the moment by suddenly saying, “Joker! Shoulda been called…Joker.” He continues to nod awkwardly as if anyone knows what he’s talking about, but nobody gets it, and I think Audrina was borderline creeped out. Well, this was fun…
LC returns, home a day or two early (who the hell comes home a few days early from Italy?), and asks that Lo and Audrina fill her in on the dirty dirty. They mention the Stephanie-Doug thing, which is awkward, but things get more awkward (this show is becoming one long awkward moment it seems) when Audrina admits to meeting up with Heidi and Spencer the other night. The episode closes with LC and Brody at dinner, where Brody in so many words says “I told you so” about Stephanie.
Brody was in casino jail. It wasn’t real jail. It wasn’t anything exciting like he was involved in a heist or killed a guy, it was for being involved in some sort of stupid fight on the casino floor. At the end of the last episode it should have said “To Be Disappointing” as opposed to “To Be Continued.”
Disappointments aside, big things were happening at People’s Revolution for Whitney. Kelly Cutrone sat down with LC and Whitney about working an event at Area, and of course the best news of all was that Whitney would be styling a performer named Lady Gaga. Unfortunately, I guess I’m not hip because I don’t know who Lady Gaga is and therefore could not share in the excitement, but I was still happy to see big important things happening for Whitney.
Heidi and Spencer are never short on drama, and once again Holly’s presence in LA continues to be a driving force in that drama. This time it’s because Spencer said something to Holly about moving out on behalf of both Heidi and himself, but Heidi never said anything about that and so in short, Heidi was angry. Heidi quickly tracks down Holly and explains that what Spencer said was untrue. Crisis averted.
And now ladies and gentlemen, for the main event. Audrina and LC need to talk. Audrina confides in Justin Bobby about her problems with LC and Lo and realizes that they really need to sort out their issues. Elsewhere, LC and Lo talk about Audrina and how they need to talk. Naturally, this is all leading up to one thing…LC and Audrina actually talking. I’m not gonna lie, it’s actually mildly exciting.
Audrina takes the first step and approaches LC and for a minute, it looks like LC is going to blow it by immediately jumping on the offensive explaining how she tries so hard to be her friend but she feels like Audrina has lost interest. LC is feeling “pathetic” and tired of making Audrina be her friend. Fortunately, Audrina keeps a level head and counters LC’s attack, saying that they can’t just keep drudging up the past, they have to move forward and focus on the present if their friendship is ever going to work again. Eventually, after some tears are shed (LC’s classic one tear running down the cheek that she brushes away while her eyes roll upward diagonally as if to say, “I’m not gonna cry…”) they realize that they both just want to be friends. They hug. And all the scene is really missing is a sudden but gentle kiss between them. It never happened though.
So the whole gang is Vegas bound! Yes! Well, not the whole gang. Basically it’s LC, Lo, Stephanie, Brody, Doug, and Frankie out on the town for some good times. Lo fired up our imaginations early on in the episode by asking LC, “So, who you gonna hook up with? Doug or Brody?” No clear response by LC, but I’ll ruin the surprise. Neither. She hooks up with neither. At best, LC might have come close to hooking up with Stephanie, but that didn’t happen either.
In any case, LC fills us in on why Audrina didn’t come:
-LC and Lo and friends were out, and Audrina and her other friends were out
-LC tried to say, but Audrina didn’t seem to respond
-When she finally talked to Audrina, Audrina responded, “I’m out with my friends.”
This makes Audrina look pretty bad. But shortly therafter we got her side of the story, in which she explains to a co-worker that she was in the middle of a conversation when LC was calling her name, and she was trying not to be rude to her friend by cutting her off. Fairly legitimate in my opinion. Case closed.
And now, we’ll switch gears briefly to check in with the Heidi and Spencer front. Heidi arrives home to find Spencer playing arcade games. Heidi comments, “You look like you’re working hard,” to which Spencer scoffs, “Yeah, working hard on my high score.” This is one of those killer lines said by one broski in which another broski must step in and slap him a high five. The only problem is that Spencer has no broskis left because…well…Spencer is the least likable person on television…and in real life.
More Heidi/Spencer drama occurs later in the episode when Spencer shows up at Bolthouse while Heidi’s busy at work. He makes her come downstairs because they need to discuss “serious stuff.” Apparently Holly, Heidi’s sister, erased 3 shows from his tivo. If I was ever asked to make a list of “serious stuff” it would probably include starving children in Africa, the war, hurricane victims…basically depressing topics. I’m not so sure that I’d have the stones to consider my tivo “serious stuff.” Yeah…
Back to Vegas…
While LC, Stephanie, Brody, and Doug are at dinner Stephanie confronts Brody about why he would tell LC not to trust her. Awkward dinner topic. There’s a bit of a blowout and then a bit of a meltdown, and suddenly the Vegas trip is not so fun. The event culminates with Stephanie beginning to cry and a dramatic exit by LC and Stephanie. Lesson learned. When out to dinner on a fun trip, don’t bring up awkward subjects that will inevitably lead to a fight.
The following morning Frankie announces that he got a call from Brody. Brody’s in jail. To be continued…
All is not well in LA as Stephanie Pratt and LC are faced with conflict at multiple ends over their friendship. This episode opens with a rattled Spencer venting to Heidi about his theory that Stephanie and LC are just friends in a clever attempt to make him mad. I wonder if Spencer ever had a nightmare about a post-apocalyptic future where the world and people’s actions did not revolve around him. On the other end of things, we find Brody and LC out to dinner, where Brody warns LC that he thinks Stephanie may have ulterior motives. Brody’s theory actually makes Spencer’s theory sound poetic and insightful. Supposing Stephanie actually did have an ulterior motive, what could that possibly be? She’s spying on LC for Heidi and Spencer? Or perhaps she’s entered LC’s life merely to sabotage all of LC’s relationships? Then again, I guess she could always be a sleeper agent for the fallen Soviet Union sent to LA to start the spread of communism across the states. Man, does this show keep you guessing or what.
Now, remember Whitney’s brief fling in the solo spotlight last week? This episode actually featured her out on a date, completely non-LC involved. While Whitney was supposed to meet up with her boss Kelly Cutrone along with a few other co-workers and a male model named Alex, Kelly cancelled once Whitney and Alex were seated, leaving them all by their lonesome. And here’s the best part: the next time we see Whitney and LC chatting at work, Whitney is the one telling LC about her life. Kelly Cutrone “totally” set her up with Alex, an elaborate scheme to get Whitney out into the dating world. And hey, that’s where she should be. Let’s face it, Whitney’s hot. It’s about time we see her get scooped up.
And of course, we must not forget LC’s love life with Doug…or lack there of. Here’s the dirty dirty. LC confided in Stephanie about how while Doug is a *really* great guy, she just doesn’t see there being much of a future for them. And then, finally, LC went to Doug and talked about just being friends. So now they’re just friends. Neat.
Yes, once again I am behind on “The Hills” but updates are in progress. In any case, season 4’s second episode kicked off with LC and Doug reminiscing about prom pictures, clearly MTV’s little way of forcing this sudden relationship down our throats as if it’s going to work out. This irrelevant scene is followed by another irrelevant yet very significant scene due to the fact that it is entirely Whitney-centric. That’s right. Whitney is out with co-workers from People’s Revolution and there is no sign of LC, Heidi, or Audrina. In any case, her boss, Kelly Cutrone, gives a very intense so-called pep talk to everyone which has absolutely nothing to do with the rest of the episode, which is why it is irrelevant. I guess the real point of the scene was that…well…the scene was entirely focused on Whitney’s life! This makes more sense towards the end of the episode when we find out Kim Cutrone has given Whitney a major promotion, allowing Whitney to shadow her and take a more active role in People’s Revolution. Not only has Whitney scored her own scene, but she scored a sweeter position at work. She’s just snagging promotions all over the place!
Moving on, the crux of this episode lay in Stephanie Pratt’s birthday party, an event that brought together LC and Brody’s entourage and Heidi and Spencer’s whole…well, Heidi and Spencer. Granted, even before Heidi and Spencer rolled in and broke up the fiesta, tensions ran high when Lo and Audrina faced each other for, what we can assume to be, possibly their first major confrontation since Audrina uttered those famous words, “We’ll never be friends.” Lo smirked obnoxiously and greeted Audrina, “How are you?” to which Audrina responds, “I’m good,” and Lo, needing desperately to get the last word states, “Good. I’m glad we talked.”
Soon after, Heidi and Spencer showed up, causing Brody and Frankie to bounce on account of, “All this is, is drama!” Guests dwindled down, until finally it was just Stephanie, Heidi, and Spencer sitting together awkwardly. This was some birthday party. Definitely one to remember.
Finally, the episode winds down with one final confrontation between Stephanie and Spencer, in which Spencer feels the need to talk about “what went down last night,” and accuses her of jumping ship and rolling with his enemies. Didn’t he have this same conversation with Brody regarding Brody and LC hanging out, thereby ending that friendship? He goes on further, explaining rather articulately that she’s his sister and he can’t make her “un-my-sister,” but he wants to while she rolls with that posse. Her eyes well up with tears as she explains that that’s “like, the most hurtful, like, thing that like, you could like say.”
All said and done, I guess Stephanie Pratt’s birthday party went pretty well.
And we’re back. Let me first acknowledge that I have not posted in forever, but I’m back and hopefully I’ll soon report on my favorite summer blockbusters, but right now, it’s “The Hills” time. Season 4, strap yourselves in.
The obvious update is what the hell happened to Heidi after blowing off Brent Bolthouse at the end of last season. In short, the Heidster is on thin ice in the work place, but I guess the upshot is she’s back together with Spencer. That is an upshot, right?
But of course, no season of “The Hills” is complete without some guy in LC’s life…enter Doug. Doug’s a guy that LC apparently dated back in high school, and so currently they seem to be dancing around the prospect of a relationship. When LC filled in Whitney/us about Doug, it must be noted that Whitney was much more animated and excited than usual, leading me to believe that after 3 seasons of asking LC about her life, Whitney’s life has become utterly consumed by living vicariously through LC. LC’s little victories have now become her little victories. I’ll have to wait for more supportive evidence in future episodes.
Actually seeing LC and Doug in action on their date was absolutely priceless. Doug smiles and asks LC, “So what’ve you been up to the past four years?” How dumb is this guy that he asks the girl who has spent the last 4-5 years living her day to day life on MTV for the entertainment of millions. If he wanted to know what LC’s been up to, all he ever had to do was turn on MTV. Right off the bat this question shows us that Doug is not hip to the jive of popular culture because he doesn’t watch “The Hills.” He’s on screen for 30 seconds and we already know he’s an idiot. Anyway, Doug’s ignorant question is followed up by LC commenting on how she thinks “your drink can tell a lot about you.” Doug casually says, “So what’s a beer say about me?” LC smiles flirtatiously and responds, “That…you’re a guy’s guy.” Nobody can write dialog as juicy as this.
Crucial to this episode, as was crucial to the end of last season, is the tension between Audrina and Lo. I gotta say, just watching it feels awkward. Audrina actually defined Lo as “super bitchy” to a co-worker, and after seeing the way Lo acted towards the end of season 3, I can’t exactly argue with that.
Things really heated up at Audrina’s birthday party where LC and Lo had to navigate their way through Audrina’s sketchball friends. Granted, LC’s friends Doug and Frankie showed up…in matching Lakers jerseys…like a couple of tools (just an offhanded and very necessary note I had to make). But yeah, so things got worse between Audrina and Lo because Lo decided to sit upstairs and play with the dog, being basically an anti-social bitch rather than being downstairs bettering her relationship with Audrina. LC tries to reason with Lo about how she can’t stand the awkwardness between them and that Lo had to try and talk to Audrina. As Lo grabbed a piece of cake, LC said, “You’re gonna get cake on your dress” or “you just got cake on your dress,” one of the two. Lo turns to LC and says, “I already had cake on my dress,” then dramatically exits. I’m left sitting in front of the television in awe of what these last few words meant. Was Lo being metaphorical on some level well beyond the understanding of MTV viewers. Whatever she was really saying, I could tell…it was heartbreaking. It was staggering. It was genius.
We’ll table that for a moment and give a brief overview of what happened in Heidi and Spencer’s imperfect little world. Well, Heidi’s sister Holly came to visit, unbeknown to Spencer, who was less than welcoming towards her. Essentially, he was rude and bratty for her entire visit, unhappy with an unwelcome guest. I’m 90% sure this could be considered some MTV twist on dramatic irony, being that Spencer spent most of season 3 imposing on his sister in her apartment. At the end of Holly’s visit, Heidi says she is welcome anytime, and when Holly expresses interest in possibly moving out to LA, Heidi extends an open invite to crash at their place, much to Spencer’s eye-rolling dismay. Talk about a season subplot set-up!
And finally, the showdown. Audrina and Lo dish it out with each other, going back and forth, each of them stating their position that they are not at fault for Audrina feeling ostracized. Clearly though, they really don’t listen to each other and are more interested in proving that one is less at fault than the other. The battle culminates with Audrina rising up and epically proclaiming, “It’s just, I really don’t care. We’ll never be friends.” And so, Lo retreats, and clips from the coming season air…
The second major finale of the week…”The Hills.” I didn’t like this finale, because it really wasn’t finale-ish. The last episode before the break they took from December through April was more finale-ish than this one (like LC and Whitney going to Paris and Heidi dramatically driving back to Colorado). Nothing was vaguely conclusive about this episode!
Alright, so Audrina is having living issues with LC and Lo, so one might think she would move out in this episode or there would be some resolve. None! LC confronted Audrina about it, which ended in tears when Audrina declared that “Lo is driving us apart.” That’s like, all that happened with them. We watch this show week after week because it’s supposed to be interesting. That is what happened with LC. That was the most interesting thing going on in her life. I think my mom is making porkchops for dinner, why doesn’t MTV give me a reality show because of that? Wow.
Meanwhile, in more interesting news, Spencer chased after Heidi. If you recall, Heidi went with Brent Bolthouse about a job that would require Heidi to leave the Hills. Not necessarily the show, “The Hills,” but like, the Hills as in the LA area. Spencer, like an ass, interrupted Heidi’s dinner with prospective bosses, which could’ve blown the entire deal for Heidi, proving once again that Spencer has to be the most ignorant and selfish boyfriend ever. I, as a guy, am insulted that Spencer represents my demographic, the 18-25 year-old male demographic, on this show. Wow.
(Fun fact: I noticed that while Spencer and Stephanie were in the car, driving to find Heidi, the scenery outside looked fake. I further noticed that mid-conversation at a red light, Spencer had a red car to his left, after a quick shot of Stephanie, there was another shot of Spencer, now with a white SUV to his left. This baffling moment had WTF written all over it. And so I continue my downward spiral into a world where “The Hills” is entirely scripted and fake.)
In any case, the most conclusive thing about the episode was the next day, when Brent was waiting for Heidi outside his hotel. Her prospective new boss pulled up and said they had to go, “like now,” so Brent left with him. Where was Heidi? Exciting music plays as Spencer, Stephanie, and…Heidi!?! are on an escalator together. Clearly, Spencer and Heidi are back together, and Heidi won’t be taking the new job. Granted, I guess it never dawned on her to extend some common courtesy and professionalism by calling Brent and informing him of this. Instead, she blew off him and these other guys who were offering her this great job, for Spencer. Okay, we all saw that they would be back together, but honestly, this girl is 21 years-old, and she didn’t have the decency to call her boss and say, “Look, I don’t think I can take this job. I appreciate your help and the offer blah blah blah,” but no. She just blew it off like an irresponsible little %#&*. Real nice. Mama raised you real good.
Because of this incredibly inconclusive finale, I was forced to watch “The Hills After Show” to see what the girls had to say about the upcoming season. Audrina still lives with LC and Lo, and from what the previews showed, all is not well. Audrina and Lo have a blow out, and I can’t wait to see some damn action on this show. Nice.
The most puzzling thing about the girls discussing the show was the way in which they talk about the show. They talk about their lives as a show, even though the show is supposed to be taping their real lives, but they are much more real on the “After Show” than they are on “The Hills.” Rather than have actual emotions about the turbulent future of this “girls’ house” established by LC, Lo, and Audrina, their attitudes seem to be like, “Well, things get pretty interesting. You’ll just have to wait and see how things play out blah blah blah.” And so, in August when Season 4 makes its debut, I’ll once again tune in, because for some reason, for some pathetic reason, the ambiguous reality of this show fascinates me. I guess the only way to uncover the mystery behind its realness is to keep watching, and keep killing brain cells in the process.