Anybody know when that party took place? I feel like I just read about it in US Weekly not too long ago, and it said that the scenes with Lauren and Audrina talking were set up. Like they were hanging out partying and then the director said "Ok, I need Lauren and Audrina on the couch talking now", or something like that. They also said that is was a party sponsored by the Hills production company, not Brody, and that there were vendors there with free clothes and stuff. But the scene of the two girls was very touching.
I'm starting to find a lot of humor in Spencer's douchyness... like when Heidi left the table at the restaurant and Spencer looks at her mom and says "What an angel"- hilarious!!

Heidi's parents are GREAT! I was really impressed by caring they were and respectful at the same time.

It was so classic Spencer trying to imitate LC to prove his point. He ended up looking so crazy.

Enjoyable recap! Good work, Ting!

Great recap. Did anyone notice Audrina's smile on her face when LC came out with the helmet? That part on the couch really irked me... could it have been anymore planned? Next week looks juicy with Heidi blaming Brody for starting the rumors. Can't wait!

Great recap. Did anyone notice Audrina's smile on her face when LC came out with the helmet? That part on the couch really irked me... could it have been anymore planned? Next week looks juicy with Heidi blaming Brody for starting the rumors. Can't wait!

I would buy Heidi's mom's concern as a lot more genuine and authentic had she not come out with that "Spencer adores Heidi and waits on her hand and foot and all the haters are just JEALOUS of Heidi!" interview a few months ago.

Great recap... can't wait till next week!

Is it just me or did LC seem a little too happy when she found the helmet?

LC didn't seem happy when she found the helmet -- she seemed drunk, and intent on making Audrina laugh, because NO TEARS SHOULD EVER BE SHED over someone who wears combat boots to the beach!

great recap...love the parts about Spencer having to "fabricate" a personality and the screen cap of him doing the Lauren impression.

And mo_knows, I totally forgot about the "what an angel" comment...hilarious!

Did anyone else notice how much Tim resembles Richard Gere?

I kept waiting for Julia Roberts to come out on a wedding dress on one of their horses!

I actually think LC was happy when she found the helmet...she had a devious smile on her face and was glad that she could console Audrina...Lauren is so weird when it comes to her friends and guys.

Spencer was so scary when he imitated Lauren. It made him look so bad. Love Heidi's parents, but their town looks fake...like something you would see in Disneyland.

I enjoyed the recap. I enjoyed the show..

When Lauren first picked up the helmet- I too thought she seemed a lil too happy.

When Spencer said the going home with Heidi was the biggest (or some other LA word) thing he's ever done...I thought to myself- what about "proposing" last week?

Next week's show looks really good.

How lame-o is it for Spencer to break up with Brody for hangin with Lauren? Lol

Ummm..hello to all yall that said Bustin and Audrina were a good couple and blah blah blah...did SHE not invite HIM to a bbq and he has the nerve to mack RIGHT IN FRONT OF HER!! That's pretty bad...explain that to me pulease.

I was so happy to see real people who were not fooled by Toothy McDouche's antics, and I would LOVE to see Tim shoot Toothy's nether regions to tarnation. Hee!

I am surprised the horses didn't get spooked when Toothy was near them. I thought animals could sense evil...unless he drugged them with Heidi's pills.

It was almost refreshing to see Lauren upset about Heidi. The tabloids make it seem so catty/vicious, but obviously she is troubled by losing their friendship, maybe more so than Heidi.

And speaking of losing friends, I am SO excited for the Toothy/Brody man-frontation next week! Did Brody really start the rumor?

A best friend and I "broke up" my senior year of college and it was very heartbreaking, so I could totally feel for LC during that last scene. I have had many a drunken sad conversation with other friends about the demise of our relationship, which of course was over her spending time with a guy...that she is now married to...but whatever.

Moving on, I don't think that Brody started the rumors. Maybe he did, but why would he care? Spencer hates Lauren and is just the kind of immature douchebag to start them. I reference the way he was acting at the dinner table with Heidi's parents when he went off on Lauren in a maniacal voice...Brody seems slightly more mature than that. Why would he waste his time spreading rumors when he has BBQ's in The Malibu to plan?

At first I sorta hoped Heidi would see the light and dumb Toothy McDouche, but now I feel like they deserve each other and their fake plastic life.

I was hoping that Heidi's mom and stepfather or at least a sibling would comment on the fact that she has a new nose, boobs, and Chiclet teeth, but oh well.

Did anybody hear Audrina say she was "done." I guess she was referring to dating Justin/Bobby, but on the previews for next week, she was announcing that she was going out "with Justin." How pathetic was that? That girl is way too pretty and that guy is way too weird to be dating each other. Does Audrina have low self esteem or something? Somebody please enlighten me.

Did anybody hear Audrina say she was "done." I guess she was referring to dating Justin/Bobby, but on the previews for next week, she was announcing that she was going out "with Justin." How pathetic was that? That girl is way too pretty and that guy is way too weird to be dating each other. Does Audrina have low self esteem or something? Somebody please enlighten me.

Did anybody hear Audrina say she was "done." I guess she was referring to dating Justin/Bobby, but on the previews for next week, she was announcing that she was going out "with Justin." How pathetic was that? That girl is way too pretty and that guy is way too weird to be dating each other. Does Audrina have low self esteem or something? Somebody please enlighten me.

Sorry I didn't mean to post my comments 3x.

Sorry I didn't mean to post my comments 3x.

Her parents were so not buying in to the whole "what an angel" thing... lmao!! and Lauren did seem a little too happy when she found that helmet but I guess she was happy to confirm to Audrina that if he abandoned her once he would do it again... I mean C'mon the guy is careless he just doesnt care! ... Even though he doesnt dress for the occasion and sometimes he looks like a homeless person.. lol he is very good looking.. I think he looked his best last episode when he wore a plaid shirt... hot.

Great recap Ting!

So funny.

I loved the line about Spencer taking one of hiedi's pills and hallucinating. That was great.

Here are some links for diehard Hills fans:

http://leaveumalohan.blogspot.com/2007/08/keeping-feud-alive.html
Heidi can't let Lauren go!

http://leaveumalohan.blogspot.com/2007/08/project-las-vegas.html
Lauren's fashion line info.

I haven't seen this episode yet, though I am not worried as MTV will show it at least 20X before next week.

In any case, it's hard to see any of these people as genuine. They are merely histrionic whores for the camera. Semms like Momma Hedi Ho is worried that Toothy McD's over-all douchiness is ruining her daughters meal ticket.

Leave it to the Hills production company to plan a BBQ for these people. It is probably the only way they can actually get them to hang out.

I swear, Audrina was totally smiling when Lauren brought over the helmet. It looked very staged. But maybe that is just how she looks when she cries.

To the recapper: Next week, I'd like to see fewer "gay" jokes. I know you didn't mean to be offensive, but calling something gay isn't funny. It's just distracting from the actual funny things you write.

Recap was decent. An improvement.

Oh my god, Spencer is such a smarmy little Ken Doll. "What...an...angel!" Uh, laying it on a little thick, are we? Even her parents were like, "Come on now"

When Spencer did that weird little freak out imitating Lauren, the looks on Heidi's parent's faces cracked me up. Seriously, who acts that weird and crazy in front of someone's parents?

Recap was terrific. Dead on with the parents. You could see the horror in their eyes.

WeatherGurl I thought he looked like Richard Gere too! Thats so funny...

About next week when Heidi says Brody started the rumors...well even if he did it still reflects badly on her because she continued to hang out with him afterwards!

Good recap.
Just goes to show, Heidi dropped friends in the past for boyfriends. So if anyone thinks that Lauren was ever selfish and wanted Heidi to herself just got proved wrong, Heidi is that girl. I used to know a girl in highschool that did the same crap, everytime she got a boyfriend she didn't care about dicking her friends over. All she cared about was spending every waking moment with the guy, and once they'd break up, she'd come running back to the girls she basically dumped and expected support. DUMB GIRLS !!

Audrina getting left at the party, wow you picked a winner. He's def a peice of trash just showing to everyone in the world how much he can get away with and she runs back to him.

Lauren's drunk cry, i def felt for her. Loosing close friends is never easy, esp when they throw hurtful rumors in with it!

Brody is the one that spread rumors? and all of a sudden spencer and him aren't friends anymore, and are mad he hangs out with lauren...wow way to blame someone so obviously. tools.

Ting Lee here.

First of all, I can't BELIEVE I missed commenting on "What an angel." Saw it the first time through, and laughed so hard. I must have missed it in the forward/rewind of the dvr. Shoot.

And vivdblurry, I'm glad you're not offended by my use of "gay." It's vernacular from where I grew up, like "wicked" is to Boston. It doesn't mean "kind of homosexual," it means "stupid or ridiculous." More of a take off on happy gay than gay gay.

Thanks for reading and laughing. xo Ting

spencer is so full of crap!!!! I was so happy that heidi's parents weren't fooled by his performance. "what.an.angel" -BARF >:-~

I hope it's not true that heidi's mom has since succumbed to his powers of manipulation.

audrina must have some seriously low self-esteem b/c she mentioned on last week's after-show that she and jb still hang out. it's bad enough to be dogged out by a boy you like, but on NATIONAL TELEVISION!! we all saw how he treated her like crap and there's no excuse for that. have some dignity and move on.

she's probably thinks he's showing signs of growth since this time he ditched her inside state lines this time.

I can see how the old Heidi could be raised by these people. They seem like nice, honest, hardworking people, who are engaged in their kids' lives. I feel badly for them that their daughter has been physically and mentally polluted by Spencer the Spawn.

If Deadeye is going to let herself be treated like crap by JustinBobby, then she has to deal with it. She admitted that she has to go through all of the crap--she can't be influenced by friend's warnings.

I think that Brody wants to hang with LC because she actually has positive things happening in her life, and that Spencer is going nowhere fast. I would feel like he's more of a genuine friend and not a hanger-on, if he had something of his own going on (besides being on a reality show!).

Great job Ting Lee. "Find your way home from Vegas trust challenge" CLASSIC! Just some observations.

1. Lo gets better looking by the minute.

2. If genuine, Lauren's reaction to the discussion with Drina shows she truly cared about Heidie. Sucks when meaningful friendships fall to the wayside over nonsense.

3. Heide's parents showed ZERO faith that this relationship would last.

BTW, What's the new cats name? Was the old one Whiskers?

Re: #30. Brody's a pimp, he just wants to bust them draws.

The older cat is Ashes. What is the kitten with the sweater like Jay-Z named?

Team Ashes
Team New Cat

i cannot believe lagunaconsultant is not commenting, that makes me sad, if your reading this PLEASE start, its not the same. Let alone we lost b-side long ago, then we got you to recap(which i never thought you wouldn't be now) but you to not even comment :( :( :( reason why theres hardly any comments on the best recapped show...hmmm didn't we get to 1000+ ?? yeah...

YankeesFan I'm going to assume by your name that you aren't from Colorado and you've never been there. That's what tourist towns look like!

Spencer's little imitation of LC was SUPER creepy. The aftershow didn't even need lightning or weird playback this week to make it seem weird, it was just... unsettling. I'm pretty sure if a guy said that to my parents my dad kick his ass to the curb.

YankeesFan I'm going to assume by your name that you aren't from Colorado and you've never been there. That's what tourist towns look like!

Spencer's little imitation of LC was SUPER creepy. The aftershow didn't even need lightning or weird playback this week to make it seem weird, it was just... unsettling. I'm pretty sure if a guy said that to my parents my dad kick his ass to the curb.

WHAT DID I MISS? is this rumor i keep hearing so much about the now famous BC nickname for LC? DAMMIT WE NEED TO GET THIS OUT IN THE OPEN! does LC have BC or not? IF she does have Beef Curtains then who would have first hand (or something more private) knowledge of this fact that she has "a little to much meat between the seat." IT SEEMS we are going to watch an entire episode about (whispering in hushed tones) "the awful rumor". why can't mtv bring this controversy to the surface? hell they pretend to tackle all controversial issues! I WANT CLOSURE. Lets go to the video tape!

One More GREAT recap. This is begining to be the highlight of my week...which should give you a pretty good indication of how shallow I am.
THANKS AGAIN!!

Joe Blow (#24), your description of Spencer ("a smarmy little Ken Doll") is one of the most accurate and hilarious descriptions of a person I have ever read.

I actually have been to CO Herekitty...multiple times and to almost every state in the country and have rarely if ever seen a town that looks like that. Heidi said she is from a small town...I doubt many tourists go there.

...Yeah, thought it was very interesting how Heidi's father said that Heidi has dropped friends in the past...definitely explains a lot. I still don't think Brody spread those rumors...what would he get from doing that?

Ting wrote: "And vivdblurry, I'm glad you're not offended by my use of 'gay.' It's vernacular from where I grew up, like 'wicked' is to Boston. It doesn't mean 'kind of homosexual,' it means 'stupid or ridiculous.' More of a take off on happy gay than gay gay."

Er, I know what "gay" means. I, too, went to high school.

I don't mean to derail the light-hearted nature of this thread, but I didn't say anything about not being offended by your calling something "gay." I don't think it's funny, and to pass it off as "Oh, that's just something people say where I'm from" is absurd.

Doesn't TVgasm have standards and practices? Please avoid calling things "gay" when you mean to say "stupid" and "ridiculous." Thank you.

Deadeye admitted that she had commitment issues.

Ergo, hanging with a total tool like Bustin suits her purposses perfectly.

Unlikely he'll ever pressure her to take their relationship to the next level,
or be faithful,
or classy,
or bathe

He's a commitment-phobic's Dream Date.
Keeps sniffin' around and yet keeps giving you excuses not to get serious.
SCORE!

Is it just me, or does Justin Bobby look AND sound like Johnny Depp - circa "Pirates of the Caribbean"

So...I think we should get Honey Gangsta to do these recaps instead -- who's with me!?!? Team HG!!! Plus she actually comments!!!!!

That being said...I was trying to figure out if that last scene was staged -- it even looked line it was more than one take put together, Audrina was crying and then she wasn't and then she was!!

So...I think we should get Honey Gangsta to do these recaps instead -- who's with me!?!? Team HG!!! Plus she actually comments!!!!!

That being said...I was trying to figure out if that last scene was staged -- it even looked line it was more than one take put together, Audrina was crying and then she wasn't and then she was!!

So...I think we should get Honey Gangsta to do these recaps instead -- who's with me!?!? Team HG!!! Plus she actually comments!!!!!

That being said...I was trying to figure out if that last scene was staged -- it even looked line it was more than one take put together, Audrina was crying and then she wasn't and then she was!!

So...I think we should get Honey Gangsta to do these recaps instead -- who's with me!?!? Team HG!!! Plus she actually comments!!!!!

That being said...I was trying to figure out if that last scene was staged -- it even looked line it was more than one take put together, Audrina was crying and then she wasn't and then she was!!

OMG -- I am so sorry I posted 3 times, I kept getting an error message!

Don't worry Ting Lee. I'm from Boston and we say "gay" just as much as we say "wicked". It IS "just something people say where I'm from". Also, I have many gay friends and they use it too.

And just for the record....I hope sugary foods aren't getting offeneded every time I say something is sweet too.

Great recap, Ting. I agree that your recaps of The Hills are getting better. I miss the Age of Love recaps. *sniffle* I hate this show and all it stands for, but I love tvgasm and TingLee, so here I am.

Emmy420 should not be allowed to comment if she's going to:

a. post it what? 5 times?

and

b. complain about how she wants another writer to do the recaps.

Totally uncalled for, emmy420.

Nice work, Ting. I'll fight a bitch if I have to. I'm Team TingLee forever!

emmy420 if the '420' in your name stands for what I think it does you are forgiven

Nice recap Ting!!

Spencer was sooo douchey in this episode. I cracked up as well when he said "What an angel!" Like, c'mon! Spencer thinks he's so slick with lines like that, but he just comes off as a such a prick. That scary face at dinner? Ummm... way to NOT impress the future in-laws.

I still feel like Lauren should grow up and at least communicate with Heidi, especially if she is upset enough to cry about it. I feel like Lauren doesn't even have proof that Heidi spread the rumors, and somehow Heidi never seemed the malicious type to intentionally try and hurt Lauren. I also feel like Audrina needs to shut the fuck up and stop bad-mouthing Heidi at every turn. I think it would be Audrina's worst nightmare if Lauren and Heidi became close again... bye bye camera time! You know what would be good for the show? If Lo became a castmember and either Audrina or Whitney became supporting cast. At least Lo is funny.

As far next week...I don't know if Heidi spread the rumors (obviously), but I wouldn't put it past Brody. He is CLEARLY bugging for camera time and he seems like a real sheisty asshole. Looking foward to next week's episode.

If I were Heidi's step-dad I would be so pissed for her suggesting that Spencer's anything like him.

I really hate Speidi. Everytime they are both onscreen it just makes me cringe. Spencer has clearly brainwashed Heidi so bad that he's all she can see & focus on and its really sad and pathetic. I hope they break up, like her parents said, because it would only be karma for Heidi. She acted so badly towards her old friends & to lose Spencer and them and have nothing would only be cosmic payback [[ that may sound too mean, but I really hate them both]]. Heidi is definitely not innocent either in the whole rumor situation. The comment she made about Brody & , later in the season, about Jason and Lauren being back in the moviemaking business shows she either had a hand in the rumors or knew they were being spread & didnt do a thing. Heidi disgusts me....

On the other hand, Lauren crying over the loss of her and Heidi's friendship made me really like her, more than I usually do. It shows she geniunely considered Heidi a friend & she really felt betrayed and hurt by what she did. Heidi, however, was made cold & bitchy about the situation by her idiot fiancee.

By the way, Spencer sounded really creepy with that whole "I want Heidi to myself" thing. Even if he was trying to imitate Lauren, he made himself look like a bigger jackass than he already is.

Have you noticed that Heidi is started to have the same pasty-skin and bucky-toothed look as Spencer. Is it drugs or what? And, as much as I try to not like him, Brody seems to be a good guy. So what if he has no ambition, he's still young. My favorite moment is the guys reaction when LC and LO entered the beach house. That was real. It was such a good guys moment.

I thought this was a great recap - it seems like you have taken everyone's comments from each week and incorporated them into the next week's recap, so they've just gotten better every time.

Anyway, I actually just wanted to respond to Yankeesfan's comment about Crested Butte. I know this is a little nitpicky or know-it-all-y, but Crested Butte is a HUGE tourist spot. It may be a small town (I think it has somewhere between 1900-3000 permanent residents), but basically it's only industry is tourism, and I think that changes a town's personality. The whole town revolves around the Crested Butte resort, so it's not really as quaint or full of small town values as The Hills tried to make it appear.

Was anyone else shocked that Heidi is not an only child?

This is my first time to post, so I just want to say in advance that my ID has nothing to do with The Hills. It's a long time nickname. I may love the show, but I am not that lame.

I'm surprised that no one else mentioned Heidi's comments that she "always wanted to be a star" ever since she was a little kid she wanted to be a star. So she was the townie from Crested Butte who saw everyone else just there for a good time. I'm sure she spent some time waitressing. It's kind of the classic dream of being a star.....just hitch your little uneducated and deluded wagon to the likes of Spencer and Brett Bolthouse. That's it plan your future around some LOUNGE LIZARDS!!!!
Heidi is a pathetic cliche. I expect she's a dime a dozen in L.A.

I only saw bits and pieces of this episode so I missed the Spencer imitating LC part. Can't wait to see it cause it sounds hilarious. Loved the recap Ting, good work.

Wait one second!

Heidi is from Colorado, yet she made her first TV debut on Laguna Beach . . . She calls her stepdad- Dad, assuming she never knew her dad. How'd she get on Laguna?

Have you guys noticed LC's red Kabbalah string bracelet? has she been bought over by Demi and Ashton's clan?

IF Brody started the BC rumor about LC, they could be true because he did hang out with her for a hot second back in season 2 . . . maybe he told Speide about the dangaly tentacles, and then Speidi took it upon themselves to tell the whole world. i don't think Brody hates LC enough to have don it himself.

LC sure seems a lot happier this season. I wonder if she was on too high a dose of anti-depressants in the past? She has more of fun silly personality this season.

Munchkin, I think Heidi went to school with LC in SF and that is how she got on the show.

And I totally agree - LC seems much more happy!

LC and Heidi went to school in San Fran thats how they met..you'll notice Heidi's mom says they have been friends for only two years

Thanks to The Hills recaps, I am now referring to my condo as "Chez Janky."

I also noticed that I said "think yeow" to someone last night, in typical SoCal fashion.

grrr i had a whole comment written and then it got erased. -_-

well maybe later..
but @#42..I also think Justin Bobby TOTALLY sounds like Johnny Depp and kind of looks like him too.

I much rather read Ting Lee's recaps (which are pretty good) then read anymore of this "I hate ting Lee, where is B-side, where is Honey Gangsta?" rubbish. And you know what the ironic thing will be, hell let me go U.S. of A style and just pre-emptive strike it for you "If you don't like our comments then don't read them!" same can be said for the you reading the recaps here.

And stop being offended by the word "gay." I completely know where Ting Lee is coming from "luckily I have managed to drop "wicked" out of my vocabulary-a move from Revere to SoCal will do that to you. I don't know if it is possible to have a PC version of The Hills recap, so stop wishing for it.

Endnotes: JB is a moron and Deadrina is more so (i.e. see her he is so not like LA guys. . . " he is SO like LA wannabeactor/rockstar douches. He excretes it from his oily hair. LO does get better looking each episode and I have no idea what "think yeow" means.