1St!!!

OMG i loved it, ur the new b-side, just as good!!!

you should take over 'the hills' posts from ting

great job!!!

1St!!!

OMG i loved it, ur the new b-side, just as good!!!

you should take over 'the hills' posts from ting

great job!!!

This show is horrible. I guess we will never be able to replicate the magic of Laguna Beach seasons 1 & 2.

This show was not good, but when nothing else is on, mtv can always bring the mindless entertainment.

You forgot the part where Clay and Chrissy are talking about washing a car. Clay says it is his first time ever washing his car. Such a nice set-up by the producers. mtv- 'hey chrissy, pretend to walk your dog by clay's house, clay, be outside washing your car'. clay - 'dude, we pay someone to do that' chrissy - 'i have a dog?'

HG I didn't watch the show but your recap made me want to. Hilarious!

Awesome recap, HG! Great to see you back on TVGasm!

I'm with you--I personally cracked up at the parental units. I too was NOT allowed to have boys in my room, and was on the receiving end of a similar reaction when I did at one point (though, honest to God, we were just talking).
Seriously, it's nice to see a LITTLE parental involvement, however paranoid (kinda reminds me of how Lo's parents didn't let her go to Cabo in season 1 of Laguna Beach).

But yeah, the "Daddy" thing was annoying and a little creepy.

I like Chrissy--she seems sweet and real, more LC than Kristin, but not as boring as Tessa.

Is it just me, or is Allie NOT an attractive chick?

Anyway, I'm psyched for this season. Hooray for guilty pleasures!

i hate.hate.hate allie..can you say bitch? & she's not pretty at all.

so far i like chrissy. she's pretty.

none of the guys are cute.

Soooo a couple things...
Good recap. Since the first ep is always boring, I can see where your recaps are going to get rolling on the ground funny.
She TOTALLY looks like Denise Richards. The whole time I was trying to figure it out...
Is it just me or does Clay look like that one kid from 7th Heaven? Mary's old boyfriend with a son...
I agree with those who don't think Allie's pretty. She's got that fried, over bleached hair that "beachy" (read: love the beach, hate the sand) girls often do. Think Chrissy is way prettier.

PS Please tell me the hamster ball thing was a Veronica Mars reference! "Can I just put you in a big hamster ball so you could walk around inside a protective orb?" "No, daddy, that won't work cause see, no one likes a blonde in a hamster ball." I've been watching Season 2.

Mrs. LT, it's so funny that you referred to the Veronica Mars quote (and HG, if that's what you were going for, brava!), because I always thought Veronica's relationship with her daddy bordered on the creepy. In fact, that's the reason that one of my friends couldn't get into the show, no matter how much I tried to convince him that it was great.

Back to NH: I'm really glad that I'm not the only one who thought Allie was NOT pretty. And here comes another catty comment: don't you want to bet that the producers MADE her friend Samantha hold those magazines in front of her stomach when they were walking to the pool? Just a thought.

Mrs. LT, it's so funny that you referred to the Veronica Mars quote (and HG, if that's what you were going for, brava!), because I always thought Veronica's relationship with her daddy bordered on the creepy. In fact, that's the reason that one of my friends couldn't get into the show, no matter how much I tried to convince him that it was great.

Back to NH: I'm really glad that I'm not the only one who thought Allie was NOT pretty. And here comes another catty comment: don't you want to bet that the producers MADE her friend Samantha hold those magazines in front of her stomach when they were walking to the pool? Just a thought.

Mrs. LT, it's so funny that you referred to the Veronica Mars quote (and HG, if that's what you were going for, brava!), because I always thought Veronica's relationship with her daddy bordered on the creepy. In fact, that's the reason that one of my friends couldn't get into the show, no matter how much I tried to convince him that it was great.

Back to NH: I'm really glad that I'm not the only one who thought Allie is NOT pretty. And here comes another catty comment: don't you want to bet that the producers MADE her friend Samantha hold those magazines in front of her stomach when they were walking to the pool? Just a thought.

Sorry, you guys--didn't mean for there to be a threepeat! My comment didn't show up at first, so I hit Post a couple of times.

Oh Honey Gangsta, I loved your Bachelor recaps so I was so excited to see you were doing Newport Harbor. I was not disappointed, you had me cracking up.

Chrissy's "daddy" pleas were really really weird. I definitely would have left the table too for those shenanigans.

I also laughed when you told Allie to embrace that which never goes away (the stares) because i thought you were talking about her boobs at first. It would have applied too.

Anyways great job and i'm looking forward to the rest of your recaps!

Allie is serious fug, but I guess the blond hair and rockin bod makes up for her face. Oh that, and I'm sure she puts out without question.

Chrissy seems like a sweet girl, and watch out when she goes to college and Daddy can't control her!

I never thought I would say this.....but I ACTUALLY miss Kyndra and Cami....even Tessa. OK maybe not Tessa...but Rockwell?!

I dunno, I dont care for these Newport Newbies. I want the "Guna back!

But true to MTV's mind-numbing powers...I am sure I will watch this show agaisnt my better judgement. My brain cells will looooove me, I'm sure.

First thought when I saw Samantha and Allie:

VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED!

http://www.cricava.com/homes/claudia/images/village-of-the-damned-kids.jpg

OMG.... I do believe that TVgasm is B-A-C-K! Honey Gangster....girrrrrl, you my bitch.

Wow, that made me feel totally crazy and rebellious. Seriously, I loved this recap. I wasn't planning on watching this show but I just changd my mind.

TVgasm, keep on trucking!!!

Honey Gangsta, I am SO happy you're recapping this- - I seriously love your recaps, and this was no exception!

I hate to admit I kind of liked this show. It's not GOOD, but extremely enjoyable fluff.

As an only child with strict parents, I found myself wincing at just HOW strict Chrissy's parents were. I felt so bad for her!

And like you, I totally loved the self-conscious tension between Chrissy & Clay.

On a side note, as with previous seasons of LB, I have trouble accepting that these kids are in high school. When I was in high school people did NOT look like that. Granted, I'm not from California, but still!

Awesome recap! I LOVE the captions on the pictures..and the Olsen twins/Denise Richards comparison is right on the money. I can't decide if I think Chrissy's pretty.

I agree with your assumption that the Mikado dinner was totally staged. It seems like they are taking two clearly separate cliques and forcing them to merge. Samantha (where are her eyebrows?) and Allie seemed to know nothing about supposed clique-member Chrissy. Part of the reason LB seasons 1 and 2 worked so well was that there were two clearly SEPARATE cliques that were constantly at girl-war with each other (Kristin/Alex v. LC in season one; Kristin/Alex v. Morgan/Taylor in season 2). And while I'm reliving the glory days of LB 1&2, there will NEVER be another Kristin Cavallari. I love that girl and everyone chick who's been on the show since has either failed miserably as a Kristin wannabe (Cami/Kyndra, now Allie/Samantha) or even an LC wannabe (Tessa...snore..probably Chrissy). Even the Palm Springs trip wasn't doing anything for me.

AND WTF is up with Chrissy parents!?!!? Yes, the parents of most of the people on these shows seem non-existant but this is ridiculous. Girls who call their fathers daddy past age 10 creep me out. Why not let the call go to the voicemail during the dinner and call back when you're not surrounded by 10 of your peers? And I probably would have just not gone on the trip at all if my parents were going to be up my ass the entire time.

I felt bad for Chrissy when she was talking to Clay and said something like "oh yeah, he apologized the next day for embarassing me..." ...almost believable, Chrissy, almost believable

that is my rant...once again loved the recap and as much as I bitch about wanting LB 1&2 back I'll still be watching!

As someone who grew up in California (San Diego, natch), let me just put it out there that these kids are a gross misrepresentation. Everyone may be a little tanner and more fit, they don't put "hot juice" in the water or anything. I'm sure that they just took the hottest kids out of each class and clique and threw them together, pretty obviously, too. In real life, how many of you remember sophmores hanging out with seniors? Not me.

one more thing--although I liked this recap, someone needs to don J-Unit and B-side's investigators caps and pay a little visit to Newport Harbor. I would, but the whole living on the east coast thing kind of hinders my ability.

SOMETHING is not adding up about Chrissy's parents. You can barely let you daughter go to a hibachi dinner with a few classmates, but you agree to let her be filmed by MTV (and NARRATE the show) for a show that doesn't exactly have a record for exposing studious, abstinent, straight edged American youth?

Allie is hideous. I sometimes think MTV misses the mark when they pick girls who are supposed to be "totally hot". Chrissy is hot- she's got an interesting look to her but Allie is a total bottle job blonde and she's just ugly.

Not sure about this show... Looks more contrived than any of the Laguna's so far.

Did Samantha with the baby voice remind anyope else of Brandi from Rock Of Love??

Village of the Damned ROFLMAO!!!

And Chrissy's Dad!
papa Joe Simpson anyone?

raise your hand if "EW"

Great job! Please take over The Hills recap.

I have a feeling Crissy's 'rents are coming on so strong because they are on TV.
They probably agreed to Crissy being on the show, but decided they are going to be super strict with her on camera, to show the rest of the world they aren't bad parents.

Seriously, how many of us have watched "LB 1,2,3" "Sweet 16", etc and said to ourselves: "OMG I can't beleive the parents let their kid act/do/visit/say/buy/drive/ _______."

Dunno, just seems to me like they are playing it up big time for the show.

OMG Honey Gangsta!!! I loved, loved, loved the recap. I agree w/everyone who says to take over The Hills recap. Great job!!!

I really wanted to hate this show, being a serious, rabid Laguna fan, but, I have to say that I could see myself loving it in a few weeks. It seems to have the perfect recipe of idiot boys, one pretty girl and one bitchy girl, not to mention the dutiful sidekicks. I loved the first episode of Newport way more that I loved any of the LB Season 3 episodes,so we'll see. But I do have to say that I miss Cami and Kyndra and even Cameron and his idiot comments. But bring on the fun and DRAMA, Newport kids!!

is it just me - or does chase look like joran van der sloot?

Awesome recap, Honey Gangsta! Your observations were dead on and hilarious. After watching this show, I thought I knew about real life but I still eat sushi with my fingers.

I unforunately grew up in "the OC" and I think these kids are a totally typical represenation. As a lot of people have pointed out the "hot" girl Allie is pretty haggard and has straw looking hair and none of the boys are especially cute. That was pretty typical in my high school, 1 or 2 cute chicks and then all their average looking friends who thought they were hot.

Awesome recap! I loved it.

I don't think any of the girls are particluarly bitchy, so there's no one to hate (yet). Overall, it's a way cuter cast than LB3, but I agree that Allie is not as cute as the producers will have us believe. I think that Clay is super hot. He reminds me of Scott Speedman from Felicity. Chase is cute too.

I also agree that the situations seem contrived. The cast members know one another, but they're a long shot off from 90210-land of best friends, so why are they having dinner together and taking trips together?

am i really the ONLY one who found allie more bearable than chrissy?

i admit, when i saw the previews for the show (which i am still a teensy bit ashamed that i watched), i didn't find allie half as attractive as i knew we were supposed to. however, in watching the episode, i found i liked her more. true, it was lame of her to blame chrissy for the flirting in palm springs, but as this recap hits the nail on the head, all girls seem to do that. i found her to be the more real of the two (using "real" in the loosest sense of the word). chrissy's a cute girl, but her "sweetness" seemed a little too fake, and her voice along with her incessant use of "daddy" left me rolling my eyes.