What did they accomplish in the staff meeting?! We'll never know, as we're violently hurled across the Manhattan skyline, ending up at Erin's apartment. It's 2 seconds into her first scene on the show and already? Loving Erin. Erin knows Olivia (sort of, they don't hang, thank god), so they dish about Olivia's "social" life. Whitney says Olivia's life is "soooo different" from hers. Really? Really?! Anyway. Whitney's going out on a date with Jay. Jay is waiting for her al fresco at some place, and . . . maybe he's getting a bit cuter. They cheers and clink drinks to the first day of work and then flirt while talking about fashion and New York. Cuz y'all, NYC is the end all be all of everything. Everything!
Jay tries to make Whitney do an Australian accent and when she does it, she ends up sounding only very slightly Canadian. Jay's American accent on the other hand, is hiLARious. He sounds like someone from one of the square states. They're actually kind of cute together. And 5 seconds later they're just waaayy too cute together. They get the check and Jay says that he's got a place where she could stay. The youth hostel on 73rd St.? Ah, no. He means HIS place. Whitney concurs.
Please come over and run pomade through my hair. Raaar.
It's morning at Erin's apartment, where Whitney talks about how romantic the date was. Erin asks if Whitney went back to Jay's place, and is really honestly good-friend happy for her. I. Heart. Erin.
And then we're at Battery Park for a fashion show. Olivia wears a headset. No one bothers to tell her it's not plugged in. Celebrities walk in. Well, two celebrities do. Backstage it's all about dresses! And bows! And shoes! And pandemonium! And guys with French accents! And Whitney saying, "Okay."! And that pretty much continues throughout the fashion show. Color me not impressed by the clothes. There goes my invite to DVF!
Has soccer mom hair ever looked cuter?
Because MTV knows it's viewers have a 3-minute (max) attention span, we end up at the DVF after-party in SoHo. It's a really nice office party. I bet they have more than two kinds of wine at the open bar! Oh, heaven. Alixe compliments Whitney on a job well done, and the editors want to show us that perhaps Olivia is concerned about this. I bet she just farted and they decided to use the footage anyway. She asks Whitney what Alixe said, and then invites her to the dinner party in the perfect mean girl way: She pretends like Whitney has been invited the whole time, all, "Well, we have the dinner party tomorrow, which you're coming to . . ." And then Whitney's all, "I'm invited?" To which Olivia is all, of course, silly, I invited you yesterday! When in fact, people, Whitney wasn't invited in the first place. That Olivia is one cunning temptress. Nice hair, though.
Oh god please I hope no one smells that.
The next morning (or whatever), Whitney talks to Jay about the show and tells Jay about a party at Olivia's, and Jay is pretty hesitant about going. Because Olivia isn't "a bad person," she just doesn't seem "genuine." Word. He's also not sure about Olivia's friends. Whitney wonders how everyone knows each other on this show. Um, from the casting call, duh! Jay doesn't like rich kids (word), but thinks that since Whitney works with her, she might want to go. Jay is growing on me. He would have just ended up punching some stupid white rich Young Republican in the face anyway. Which makes me sad that he's not going, actually. He tells Whitney he always does what he wants. Whitney makes a fart face and the editors are all, "She looks sad about that thing that Jay said last week! I think she's wearing the same shirt! Use it!"
Oh god please I hope no one smells that.
Over at the apartment, Whitney invites Erin to go to the dinner party in Jay's stead, which I don't think Olivia would be happy about. I don't even think that's good manners, bringing someone else when your boyfriend cancels. To a house party, sure, but dinner party? I'm not sure. But if it gives us some drama (finally) in this ep, then effing do it already.
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Comments (6)
I probably should have mentioned this in the beginning of my recap, but I actually am a fan of The Hills. I did stop watching in the middle of season 3, when Lo started getting more air time (I do not like her. I think she is much more evil than Heidi. She's rude, mean, petty, spoiled, and has a very unhealthy, Fatal Attraction-like connection to Lauren). But I've since caught up. Anyway, I don't see this show having the same amount of drama as The Hills.
I'm completely surprised Whitney, who probably had less air time on The Hills than that douchey Frankie dude, and who always said in interviews that she doesn't want her private life aired on TV, got a spinoff. But I'm sure money helped.
Also, google "DVF layoffs," and click on any of those links. It's kind of sad, really.
1 of 6 | Posted by hypnotoad | Posted on January 4, 2009 12:53 PM
Yayyy someone IS recapping the show! And I loved your Million Dollar Listings recaps as well (and am not just kissing ass either, isn't that super cool?!?)
Anyways, the kick-off ep of the season was pretty boring and lackluster, but an aesthetically pleasing show as always. The second episode was slightly more drama-filled. So... I look forward to that recap.
2 of 6 | Posted by alex_w | Posted on January 4, 2009 7:07 PM
Yes sir! The recap was great! Will we be getting a recap of the second episode that came on after this one? Yes, I'm greedy! Ha!
Does anyone else think Olivia's voice sounds exactly like Heidi's? High pitched and nasaly....If you close your eyes you won't know who's talking...
3 of 6 | Posted by Thatswhatshesaid | Posted on January 4, 2009 7:32 PM
Hold onto your seats, kids! The 2nd ep recap is on its way!
4 of 6 | Posted by hypnotoad | Posted on January 4, 2009 7:48 PM
Thatswhatshesaid, I had the same thought, although I initially thought she looked like a brunette Heidi. I am very interested to see if this show can hold my interest.
5 of 6 | Posted by blazergirl | Posted on January 4, 2009 9:50 PM
Yay for hypnotoad skewering "The ZZZZZZZiti"! I wuv you for that! I'm hoping Whit can drum up some drama like her namesake Ms. Houston to make something worth watching, but even if not I'll still be reading your awesomely fun recaps! love to you!
love, J-Mo :)
6 of 6 | Posted by J-Mo | Posted on January 5, 2009 12:24 PM