Apologies, my OCD is getting the better of me. Before I finish reading the recap: Crillon Ball.

Was it me or was this episode a complete bore?

The best part of the episode was Whitney "forgetting" Lauren has never been to Paris. One of the funnier moments all season.

So, I totally enjoyed the recap. The finale of course was a big disappointment... maybe it's because we already know Spencer and Heidi are still together and that Lauren and Brody are not dating. Maybe it's because the show is far to scripted and edited. Yet for some reason I know I will watch this next season as faithfully as I watched the others. I enjoyed the preview for next season. The Parisian rebound because Jenner is dating somebody else! *gasp* and in Whitney's words "Well that took 2 days" ha ha.
I can't wait.
That being said I loved the final picture recap about Sweeny Todd.
Also, I would love a recap of The Hills Lauren looks back.
The after show was disgusting I can't stand the hosts... they are idiots.
I think that's all at least for now.

Oh, by the way... what else did we think Lauren's big announcement was going to be?
Also, I hated how the whole after show the hosts were all "Lauren and Brody would make a great couple" and how they kept saying we will find out if they are together or not and although we already know... they did not tell us one way or the other-
I just thought of this as well. If you go funnyordie.com there is a video making fun of JB and Audrina. It's enjoyable .
I really am done this time.
Thank you for listening
Whitney-

I have to say that for me, this was the funniest recap of the season - I enjoyed it!

When Lauren promptly rattled off all the warm-weather garments Whitney would need to pack for "this time of year," then said she'd never been there, did anyone else think, "Then how does she know Whitney will need gloves, hates, and scarves this time of year?????"

And what's up with packing suitcases in the living room? BOTH of them were packing in the living room! Who does that???

That was the worst finale ever. I was waiting for something to happen. I thought Lauren acted like a total biatch when Whitney told her that she was going to Paris...I mean at least try and act excited for her! After show was awful too! They didn't tell us anything new and the cast members were on it for like 5 minutes...

No satisfaction .. agreed. lame

Whitney fake went to Paris??????

Why on gods green earth would they make that stupid boring episode a finale with a party??? Lame-o!

First time i actually LOVED the recap. Brody is so hot, too bad he is a playa. I agree with the people who love the hills like me, but suggest that it should be about their newfound celeb lifestyle, not pretending anymore, that they are the average peeps, trying to make it in LA. they made it, right before our eyes, so it would be cool to follow up and that. they probably hang out with more famous people though, and then MTV would have to shell out the cash, maybe thats why tehy dont do it. Whatever. I used to love Jessi and Dan, but they played out pretty quick.

I have had food posioning that wa smore satisfying then this "finale." at least with the food posioning there is a climax, payoff, and a resolution. In any case how long can we suspend disbelief on this show? Are they still fucking interns? Who has a 5 year internship? This season remonded me of the shitty season(s) in Saved By the Bell when they had Tori replace Kelly K. and Jessie "Showgirls" Spano.

Lauren doesn't deserve another season of the show. She is as bland as tofu and this show is as real as a Versacche wallet.

Did everyone read the stuff on Perez re: the Hills? I'm not going to post the spoilers, but there's some good stuff. I love this show but I don't think I will watch next season..and what is all this BS about Heidi and Spencer breaking up? MTV is delusional.
On Teen Vogue, they no longer want to be affiliated with the Show, which is kind of sad, because sales went way up ever since Lauren joined the mag.
Ting you got very creative in the recap, I enjoyed the 'email' to Heidi...
The entire Finale event was painful to watch. Lauren not only has zero personality on the show but none in 'real life' either. At least Brody had some fun with it.
Overall it was a good season, starting off strong but it definitely petered out through the end.

Ting:

You're so obviously over this show (& I don't blame you), but (as others have said above), I really think this is your best recap of the season. Very funny. Thank you. (Perhaps, like all of us, you just needed to get through the denial, the anger, the bargaining in re: Hills fakeosity, to be able to just accept & rip it for what it is. Congrats.)

P.S. I still love Dan & Jessi (I don't care what anyone says); they just belong in Canada, not Area, that's all.

P.P.S. Speaking of OCD, it's stationery, not stationary. stationary = immovable. stationery = paper. I can keep quiet no longer. I saw 3 recaps of last week's Hills episode, and all 3 used the word "stationary." WTH? What does this mean??? I think it means all Hills recaps are written by the same person. So, Ting/Hiro/Kim (or whatever you're calling yourself today), just passing on a little spelling tip. Thx.

One more thing: According to the most reliable source ever (Wikipedia), Lisa Love (a stage name perhaps?) went to Paris shortly after starting college (at 15? an "exaggeration"?) when her "friend" Andy Warhol suggested that she go there to "model"?

To which I say: huh?

The mind boggles. This shakes the foundation of everything I thought I knew. I mean, can you picture Edie Sedgewick as a matronly (even dowdy?), slightly sinister, female exec who speaks to interns about stuff like envelopes & Hillary Duff, in her patented soul-deadening monotone? No!

Ting, you just keep getting better...and you really didn't have much to work with so I'm incredibly impressed..

So the Monchichi and Heidi are done? Are we supposed to believe Heidi quit her job at Bolthouse to go home and whine to her parents about Spencer? And now they're up for their own show? I'd rather watch paint dry.

I refrained from doing the "unpopular opinions" thing last week, but feel that it needs to be done now. Here's mine:

1. The finale didn't suck THAT badly, except for Whit's frequent hole-digging over the fact that her trip to Paris was fake ("I AM? Wow, thanks, I've never been - oh, I mean, again?")

2. I heart Jessie and Dan. Also, I heart the people who do cute inside joke things on Web cam, like the Justin Bobby hooded guy and the kids who hold up Les Duex signs and take the time to build a Lo-Bot. How can you not love that?

3. I am the only person who thinks this re-cap could have been WAYYY better (but I still love ya, Ting, and I'm burned out too!)

The anagram of Lauren's name!!! Priceless. And I took four years of French, and the screencap translation of Lisa Love's speaking is pretty accurate, I would have to say. Love. It.

Seriously, everyone knows that Speidi is still together and I don't think anyone cares if they get married or not. I did read that MTV has backed away from their wedding. And that they're casting for the next season -- so maybe that means a new case of unknowns.

I agree that Lauren is boring. Back when she was on LB I would not have thought they out of all the people on the show that she would ever have her own show.

nauseating. the only person i like on the show now is Bustin Jobby. when he belches that embodies everything i feel about how fake, shallow, stupid and pathetic these characters are. i am going to laguna beach just so i can take a crap right on the beach as my protest to the location that bore this garbage. maybe if i am lucky LC will step it in it. HA HA AHA HA !

Great Recap...Sad Finale
I know that real life isnt always a cliffhanger but they could have ended the show when there actually was a cliffhanger moment. So disappointing...but love all the recaps. You have done a great job this season.

Cute cute recap Ting!

Liked it a lot.

he's a player

The After Show hosts were making such a big deal throughout the episode about “Lauren’s big announcement,” that I seriously thought Lauren might be expecting Brody’s love child.

yawn

Oh snap. I just read on perezhilton that Kristin might be joining the.. "cast". Now that's going to be fun to watch!

My unpopular opinion:

I liked this finale. It left everything out in the open in the hopes of a better next season. And I was actually happy for Lauren getting to go to Paris, even if it's fake.

So I know this show is fake by now. I don't know what part of it is real, though I'm sure a small fraction of it must be. But I don't care anymore. I can't get enough.

*random post*

the only reason the finale sucked is because the big "cliffhanger" was supposed to be about speidi...."will they stay together or not"?

But EVERYONE knows their relationship is fake...so no one cares...

and the only reason why the show sucks so much is because speidi's stupid antics have been in so many magazines, obviously to get attention...
Everything they say doesnt match up to the show...
"we are engaged...we're not engaged...watch the show"
BLAH BLAH BLAH!

the show didnt start sucking this much until those two started messing sh*t up....

I swear its been their plan all along...

Ting Lee sucks ass at recaps. Only the last one was good, she ruined the season. She hates the show, why recap it?

I'm tired of reading comments from Heidi about how LC has gone Hollywood.

LC didn't get a new nose, new boobs or try to become a pop singer by throwing Heidi and the Monchichi under the bus at every opportunity. And now the pictures of Heidi from Maxim and from her sad little performance on the stripper pole at Jet.

There is only one thing left to wonder about....if Heidi and the Monchichi were not performing for the photogs, would they really exist?