The Hills: Ex Marks The Spot

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"OH GOD I'm already sick of being on this show."

Welcome once again to the Fake Friendship Fest! Last time on The Hills, Audrina reunited with her scruffy ne'er-do-well, Lo showed her first buds of veiled bitchiness, and Heidi continued to be her usual "focus on ME, here, people" self. Tonight, it all (sorta) comes together into one big house party of non-confrontation. Oh well. Like LC herself, it's all kinda boring, but still pretty to look at.

We greet our fair maidens as they take their first peek at their new (gigantic) bachelorette pad in what appears to be a small villa in Spain, complete with fountain. My New York-dwelling ego is blown to smithereens, as their porch is roughly 18 times the size of my bedroom.

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"¡Abuela! ¡Ya llegamos!"


"Ahh, a real house!" sighs Lo, relieved to finally be free of the tree house she's been living in thus far. The girls peruse the property, coffees in tow, Mary Kate sunglasses taking up half their faces. When your shades can barely perch atop your scrawny cheekbones, you know they're just big enough. They gasp and sigh, repeating the phrase "so... pretty..." no fewer than nine times in rapid succession. If I hadn't seen the Laguna graduation episode, I would have mistaken them for high school dropouts. I'm sending each of them a thesaurus for Christmas (or Flag Day).

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"It's all of my beige fantasies come to life!"


Lauren shows them around the joint like pro (See LC. See LC go to school. See LC design fashion. See LC sell houses.) and after pointing out all the wall space upon which they can "hang photos, of like everyone" (no exclusions! even Bob the Bum down on Sunset will have a photo collage), she escorts her friends out to Blahdrina's guest house. What a splendid idea! Certainly, sequester the brunette. You never know who she might bring home (redheads! ash blondes!). "Blahdrina's little house!" Lo squeals, deftly turning her condescension into something resembling enthusiasm. Luckily, Blahdrina loves that it's "private," meaning she can have all the Pigpens and Heidis in the world over to get high and wear black leather apparel without Lauren's judgemental gaze coating the walls.

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"I thought you said I could play realtor today. Did you not notice the blazer?"


They collectively swoon about the party-making abilities of the house, already planning out their housewarming party. I bet the neighbors will just love these ladies, what with all the drunken rich kids at night and red plastic cups that will surely be strewn about the front lawn the next morning. LC begins compiling a guest list.

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"Brody, Stephen Coletti, Johnny Depp, David Beckham, Prince William. Gosh, I hope Stephen can make it."


Okay, confession time: after watching the "Ironman" commercial for about the nineteenth time on this show, I totally entered the contest. I suddenly feel dirty, like someone's taken advantage of me and my email address. Did anyone else succumb to this advertising piledrive? Anyway, that's neither here nor there. Let's just say they really got to me by appealing to my desire to be a millionaire inventor.

Back to written reality. At a generic café, Lo and Lau are having entire-face-sized cappuccinos and discussing how freakishly cold it is outside. I'm sorry dearie, but really, if you're not wearing long johns, gloves, a scarf (sans tank top, thanks very much), and you STILL feel like your face is going to be iced off, then STFU.

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"Dang, I think I just got a goosebump on my shoulder."


The ladies plan out their new life together, which will surely be so different from their current status, because now they'll get to go shopping together! Because... they never do that, right? They talk about who's coming to their housewarming party that night. Wait, what? That seems a little fast for a move-in. Crazy reality TV! Maybe next episode LC will finally graduate. Lauren casually brings up the fact that she invited Stephen Coletti to the shindig and Lo's all, "Now hold tha phones sista. Say wha-?" or the Valley girl equivalent. The soccer mom side of Lo swoons for her little angel and Lauren just glows, visions of engagement parties dancing in her head. "That melts my little black heart!!" Lo squeaks. I always knew there was a gangsta dwarf inside of her.

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Comments (17)

lps6409:

That was definitely one of the best recaps I've ever read. Thanks O. Snapp!

You had sooo many good lines, but I think my favorite was: "That melts my little black heart!!" Lo squeaks. I always knew there was a gangsta dwarf inside of her. LMAO, and all of the photocaps are hilarious as well.

I loved having Stephen Coletti back. I'm with Lo, he and LC would make a cute couple...I mean, he must be a cheap date if she gets home from the date and pigs out on ice cream, but he DID drive! Would love to see more of him, but we all know Lauren is now dating Doug Reinhardt. I'm looking forward to his appearances on future episodes.

O. Snapp, I'll sign your petition. I'm sooo over Heidi/Spencer moping around and their stupid "loyalty" issues. Kick them off the show already! More Lo and Whitney, less Blah & Brody...

Thanks for all the laughs!

akgirl7:

O.Snapp this has to be one of your best recaps yet! Great job!!!

"If I hadn't seen the Laguna graduation episode, I would have mistaken them for high school dropouts. I'm sending each of them a thesaurus for Christmas (or Flag Day)." Yes please send it sooner rather than later! But the house they picked out is pretty. LOL

"...discussing how freakishly cold it is outside. I'm sorry dearie, but really, if you're not wearing long johns, gloves, a scarf (sans tank top, thanks very much), and you STILL feel like your face is going to be iced off, then STFU." THANK YOU! I live in Alaska and it's STILL SNOWING so I don't want to hear how cold you are in LA while you sit outside in tank tops!

I loved all your captions but my faves were:
"Please. A real boyfriend would at least try to isolate you from your friends." and Stephen Col-Letmewrapmylegsaroundthat! Mmmm that boy was looking so delish last night. I think he is def. getting better with age.

Um Justin Bobby please put a hat back on! I did not even recognize him at first - ew was all I could think. And I think Audrina makes herself an outcast. She harldy ever talked to Lauren when it was just the two of them. So why would it be any different with them all living in a house together?

I'm getting tired of the Lauren/Heidi fued. Move on with your life Heidi because it's never going to work out.

marie2121:

For a moment, I really thought that Spencer was going to say "take your BoBo and GoGo!" Unfortunately, no such luck.

And thank you for calling LC out on that ring... I definitely noticed that too!

marie2121:

For a moment, I thought Spencer was going to say "take your BoBo and GoGo!" Sadly, no such luck.

yankeesfan:

I have to agree - this is definitely your best recap to date. I laughed out loud throughout the whole thing!

marie - I also thought he was going to say take your bobo and gogo!!

I thought Blahdrina was actually being annoying. I know lauren has nver really liked justin bobby, but I don't think she was trying to start anything when blah brought him up about coming to the party...and then when she was telling justinbobby what lauren said..it just seemed ridiculous. esp bc since she was co-hosting the party, she should know whose going.

i thought lo was funny with the whole steven thing..who btw, still looks really good!

echo27:

"...the knowledge that she's been kept out of the loop hitting her like a pound of eyeliner."

That's gold. Great recap. Lo is my favorite, I'm definitely on Team Lo.

MrsBojangles:

Why bring Steven back? He has never wanted a relationship with Lauren. They were always F$*k buddies. This night Stephen didn't do anything close to romantic. Good God man, stop playing with that girls emotions. I like how Lauren tried to rationalize the date's boring ending by saying that talking to him made her feel like she was still in high school. If he would have thrown her against the wall, would she still be saying that?

Lo's passive bitchiness is annoying. She needs to stop being mean to Blah, I love her.

mandymax:

The "Waldo Afro Sighting" had me choking on my coffee!! LOVED the recap!

I actually kind of feel sorry for Audrina. She really does seem like a nice girl, and Lo's gotten bitchy. Seems like Lo's making it clear Lauren was HER friend first and is therefore HER territory. I mean, jeez, the poor girl is banished to the guest house? You can't tell me there's not enough room in that house for all three of them.

And speaking of the house - what do you think the rent is????

jozeyg:

I'm starting to not like Lo anymore and Lauren is getting on my nerves. Audrina has always been really sweet and nice, so I dunno why they have to pick on her. It just seems that Lauren doesn't like the people Audrina hangs out with or the difference in styles they both have. If you notice at the party, Audrina was hanging out with her friends and Lauren wasn't anywhere near them.
Audrina has kind of that rock 'ish style and her friends are like that too....tattoos and all that....and Lauren is the opposite of that. In a way, she seems kind of snobby. I just noticed that i've never seen Lauren talk to or hang out with any of Audrina's friends or siblings.....and plus she hates Justin/Bobby. Am I making sense?! haha I don't think I am.

VegasDarling:

I think Audrina is getting what she deserves - she wants to be friends with Heidi and hang out with douchebags, go ahead. I think it's better she's in the guest house - JustinBobby's an ass, and really dirty, so I don't blame Lauren and Lo for not wanting him sitting on their nice furniture.

I love that Lauren/the producers called Stephen in - and it totally worked - much less Heidi and Spencer, which is awesome for the viewers and for LC. All previews were about her, all the focus was on her. It cracked me up.

And Stephanie's a wimp - she should have just said, well, you hang out with Audrina and she's Lauren's friend, soooo... see you later! Heidi only cared because she realized she's home alone and not invited to anything (aka has no friends) and didn't want to look like a loser alone.

blahblah:

I love the song playing in the Stephen/LC montage YouTube video. Who's the artist and what's the song title?

beth26:

Artist: Stereophonics
Title: Maybe Tomorrow

ubiquitous:

Audrina remains a dim-witted dullard. Apparently she's forgotten what Heidi did to her and JustinBobby ditching her on their dates several times last season.

kristin_d_l:

Er, Bleeding Love is my actual ring tone.

(Loved the recap, hate Lo, have never found Coletti remotely attractive.)

tifne22:

Im with kristin_d_l....on everything... =)

cleoiam:

I think Lo is being cold b/c the first thing Audrina did after they became roommates was rekindle with JustinBobby. This was the guy who wouldn't speak to them last season.

It's hard to be friendly with someone who hangs around a jerk like that.

Scorpio23:

You know Stephen's only here because he has absolutely nothing else going on. His appearance was welcome but it's just the same old same old.
WHY don't Lauren and Stephen date? Shit Stephen's smooth and is obviously willing to take a backseat to famous females (Hayden whatsherface). "I had precious cargo."
Which is worse: LC mooning over Brody, Stephen, or Jason?

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