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Britanya ended up acting out the Israeli-Syrian conflict by taking a swing at Heather.
Sunday's McLock of Love managed to run the gauntlet from business-as-usual to what-the-Hell-was-that? to oh-you-have-got-to-be-kidding-me, and left us all with the valuable lesson that sometimes violence is indeed the answer.
The first half hour of the show ' the McLaughlin Group part ' consisted of the entire panel, except for Monica, agreeing that the economy will turn around in the next twelve months. This is good news for America, but bad news for Monica, who thinks President Obama has hung a poster of Ho Chi Min in the Lincoln bedroom. Then John predicted that Israel and Syria would reach some sort of d'tente, and said 'Bye, bye.'
The second part of the show ' the part which relies less on political punditry and more on tattooed former strippers ' was not unlike watching a train wreck' slowly' into an orphanage, as the girls were reunited with their ex-boyfriends/husbands/significant others/dealers. Heather from season one and Ambre from the old folks' home were brought in (or, in the case of Ambre, wheeled in) to get the dirt on the girls' relationships. And dirt there was aplenty:
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- Beverly's ex-husband refused to show up. As most men would rather be romantically linked to Mort Zuckerman than Beverly, his absence was more than understandable.
- Taya's ex was not unlike a psychotic version of the character James Woods played in Casino.
- Ashley is still living with her scary ex-boyfriend.
- Angered by suggestions that she was still sleeping with her ex, Britanya ended up acting out the Israeli-Syrian conflict by taking a swing at Heather. Failing to connect, she did the next best thing and spit on her.
In the end, Bret wussed out and kicked off what were not only the only two hot women left on the show, but probably two of the hottest women in the history of television ' Bret, this is supposed to be a new era of bipartisanship; you can't kick the only bi chicks off the show ' because he couldn't see past a few minor character flaws such as compulsive lying and violent outbursts.
If there's anything to be learned from Sunday's episode it's that Eleanor Cliff really needs to take a swing at Monica Crowley the next time Monica goes into that 'Obama is a Socialist' bullshit. If 'Big John' McLaughlin tries to block her, Eleanor should spit right into Monica's smug face.
Prediction: Considering the lackluster personalities of the four women left on the bus, the next few episodes are going to be about as exciting as that time they hung new drywall on This Old House.
Bye, bye!
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