We open this fine Flipping Out Reunion with a clip of Jeff explaining his "number two rollover minutes" employee plan. You're either disgusted and looking for another website to go to right now or you're like me: totally fascinated about the details of this plan. Let's do this.
Hottest murderess of the season.
It's Spring!
Andy Cohen is bobbling his head and giving us his best gay gopher impression, as ush. Ugh. We open with a private interview with Jeff, who's voice is cracking. He says that he doesn't wanna be here but he does want a season 4 so he's going through the motions. Bobble asks why he would even want a fourth season after all the drama of this year, and Jeff answers that his goal is to alienate every single person in his life and it might take another couple of seasons to officially seal the whole "die alone" deal.
What's happening with the house? Jeff says that he doesn't know what he's doing yet but he's losing more money in the time it's taking to talk to Bobblehead than he will ever lose on the house. HAHAHAH. Bobble is the Senior VP of Production over at Bravo, which makes this fun. Berating the boss leads to big bucks, people. Take note.
Clips of Jeff kissing client butt since he's remodeling instead of flipping lately. Showing up to the client's house in pjs, having to move cars, arguing about money, threatening to kill himself, and finally learning that he can't just tell people to fuck off if he wants to get something done. Not that that's happened yet, but he's learning. He talks about the need to keep his opinion out of it when he wants to make money. This would have been a good time to show him harping on that hair client about his pet homeless person, but that's probably in bad taste.
Fan questions! Have you ever considered taking lithium? HAHAHAH. Fuckin fans. I love that Bravo fans are so wrong. American Idol fans should learn from this. Instead of asking Adam Hambert what his favorite color is, they should be asking things like "have you ever considered officially cutting off your penis?" or "what was your first std?" Love Bravo. Jeff says that people are of course always suggesting he medicate but he refuses.
Are you single? NO!! WOWEE! He won't say who he's dating and is proud that the guy refuses to have anything to do with the show. He adds that he wouldn't have any interest in someone who would be willing to be on the show. Ouch. He's already slamming Ryan and he won't be out for forty minutes or so. Bobble whips out a Barbara Wawa question: "Are you kind to him?" LOL. Jeff gets pissed and says that of course he is and he's sick of everyone saying Jenni's this long suffering abused assistant. Would she still be around if she was being abused? How did being kind to his lover turn into a discussion about Jenni? Bobble, in typical Bobble form, doesn't notice and moves on. He does add something, though. This face.
Audience question. Why is there a sacrificial lamb at every staff meal? Montage of Jeff berating his employees for fun. Jeff says that he likes to tease them and he picks someone new every day so no one feels left out and they all enjoy watching each other getting abused. HA.
Question: Were you more human this season? Yes, because he felt screwed over by Ryan and it made him vulnerable. He hasn't seen Ryan since he left Chloe's bday party. Blah blah who cares? I wanna know how much he's injecting into his face to make it look like this:
Question: Why won't Jeff let his employees go to the restroom in his house? Then my video skips to another scene!! WTF?!? Was this the poop rollover minutes speech? Cuz I will be seriously pissed if I missed that. AAAAAARRRRRRGHGHGHGH. Someone please recap this section in the comments so I will know what went down. Love.
My video cuts to Jeff in the car with Jenni. He's driving in front of her apartment as a warning that he knows where she lives and can show up at any given moment. Clip of the Feng Shui chick telling Jeff he needs to respect Jenni. LOL. I thought he was gonna break that flake in two.
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Comments (8)
Oh, Flipit, I felt the very same way. Like being a kid and watching your parents fight. You feel sick but there isn't a thing you can do about it. And I was sorry I watched and even sorrier that douchey Bravo aired it. But I loved your recap and especially your gopher comments. I just cannot stand that Bobble Jessy Raphael!!!!!
1 of 8 | Posted by wasabipeas | Posted on October 28, 2009 7:00 PM
i love that flipit, my favorite recapper since the days of B-Side and J-Unit, is covering one of my long time, under-the-radar favorites.(as an aside, for those who haven't read, the recap that got me hooked on tvgasm was Spring Break Shark Attack--google tvgasm's coverage of it) if you haven't, you should check out early jeff lewis--to echo jenni, he's shown significant growth. original levels of OCD and chris elwood were sights to be seen.
2 of 8 | Posted by ace2008 | Posted on October 28, 2009 11:52 PM
Oh, Flipit, honey, I know how you love your bubonic plague references, but it's botulism that they inject into people's faces to paralyze them. Unless there is something new that you (and Jeff) know about. Bubonic plague causes big pus-filled "bubas" to appear on the victim's skin. On second thought...
I'd think it would be easy enough to prove if Ryan is really routing Jeff inquiries to his website. I'd think it would be illegal as well. I have a theory that Jeff doesn't take that step because he doesn't want to put that definite an end to the relationship. There'd be no going back if he did that.
Do you think that these awful Bravo shows are just Bobblehead's excuse to get to be on TV hosting the reunions? There is really no other reason for his face to ever appear on television.
3 of 8 | Posted by pixielated | Posted on October 29, 2009 12:33 AM
I work in the real estate business and the last few years have been a complete disaster for many people. I think Ryan may have started out with good intentions; anyone with a head for business would want to capitalize on the momentum & exposure the show may have given them. But it is clear there were many shades of gray as far as sharing the business.
Having said that, wow, does Jeff go crazy over it. True friendship is the ability to get hurt and then move past it. People make mistakes. And I can see why Ryan wouldn't want to admit to it on national tv, but privately they both need to forgive each other.
That's it for my two cents. I guess this show is one of the "real" reality shows.
4 of 8 | Posted by zerocool | Posted on October 29, 2009 11:18 AM
Flipit! I'm a big fan, and love your recaps.
Yes, that shit is definitely true! Before the second season started last summer, I got turned on to Flipping out through season one re-runs. I did indeedy google "Jeff Lewis" after perusing the Bravo site and was absolutely routed to "Brown Design"'s website. If you notice, Ryan always just says, "When client's call....we answer the phone 'Brown Design'." Like that's an explanation.
Money makes people crazy. I loved the way Jeff outed Ryan last night by saying, "If you had only come to me Ryan and were honest. Just say: I have an $11,0000 a month mortgage, I have a partner who doesn't work...." Way to put it all out there for all the world to see~ but I guess that's why I tune in.
Keep up the good work, Flipit~
5 of 8 | Posted by joy1333 | Posted on October 29, 2009 11:37 AM
Guys thanks so much for reading and commenting. I love this damn show and am sorry to see it end. It will get another season, right?
And also, thanks for correcting me on the disease Botox is made from. Did you know that botulus also means sausage in Latin? I just thought I would give you some knowledge in return. LOVE
6 of 8 | Posted by flipit | Posted on October 29, 2009 11:50 AM
Up until just about a week or two, Ryan owned the website 'www.flippingout.com'. It was working a couple weeks ago (and was showcasing Brown Design, but now it is 'temporarily unavailable'.
I think that is all sorts of shady, considering that the show is based on JEFF...why would Ryan buy the name and use it? He absolutely was trying to capitalize off of Jeff's fame, and he's crappy for doing that to his supposed best friend.
Jeff cracks me up and I love his relationship with Zoila..you can tell he really cares about her.
7 of 8 | Posted by serjen | Posted on October 29, 2009 1:29 PM
Wouldn't it be terrible if it was all faked just to get not only the names of the businesses out there but also their websites and drum up more business from the "controversy"? I think that after the show was over they (Jenni too) all met is some sushi place and rehashed how they all took Andy (and the public) for a ride. "Did you see me squeeze out that tear?" "Well what about when I pointed in your face - I really looked mad, huh?" Isn't everybody in California a struggling "actor" just waiting for their big break?
8 of 8 | Posted by singleinmymind | Posted on October 30, 2009 11:56 AM