This week the show opens up on the B-list side of the house with Manny stepping in dog shit, and I can’t help but somehow think that it’s a perfect allegory for life on the B-list side of the house.   

Last week Verne was gone because he had a prior engagement, and I neglected to point that out because his only appearance on the episode was to say he’d be gone.  Well he’s back this week and he’s ready to carry the B-listers on his shoulders.  Plus, he’s low to the ground, so the low center of gravity will be extremely helpful carrying all that weight.  Ok, maybe he won’t really carry them all on his shoulders.   

We see the A-listers with a breakfast prepared for them, fresh orchids in a vase, and Ron is getting a massage by the pool.  If there was a happy ending I’m glad it wasn’t shown.   

Shortly after that, Traci is hanging out on the A-list side with Ron, and she’s not wearing any makeup.  She’s also missing eyebrows, which I thought was very strange, as her eyebrows don’t look fake when she’s wearing makeup, but apparently they are.  And please don’t judge my masculinity just because I noticed eyebrows.  But anyways, Traci has been having a rough time with life on the B-list, and Ron makes a joke about it, which is her cue to leave and go stew in her resentment for being on the B-list.   

Immediately after that we see Chyna Doll, Brigitte and Traci in their B-list bedroom complaining about the separation between the A-list and B-list and Traci says that there’s a reality to it.  It’s around this point of the show that I realize that most of these celebrities are terribly insecure with their “celebrity” status, and they think that this show reflects on where they actually stand in society. Luckily for them, by agreeing to come on this show they’ve solidified that they’ll never be anywhere near the actual A-list.  I’m not a big fan of Brigitte or Chyna Doll, but, despite her complaining, I like Traci and I wish she was less desperate for acceptance and instead was able to realize the show for what it is: a joke and something she should have fun with.  She could learn a thing or two from Manny.   

After that discussion Brigitte calls Matti, her boyfriend, and complains to him that she’s not happy in the house and wants to go home.  Funny that she has a boyfriend.  Especially since she just said last week that she knows that Ron likes her, but she wants him to like her more.  That and apparently her and Ron had some sort of agreement to shower together or something.  But I’m not one to judge.  (Note: I AM one to judge.) 

After that everyone gathers for a message from Robin Leach and he says the A-listers will have a world famous chef giving them private cooking lessons.  Then he says the B-listers will be getting a feast of a different sort.  I was holding out hope that they would get dog food.   

Well the chef was none other than Todd English, owner of Olives restaurant.  They’re making lobster and asparagus spaghetti carbonara.  Following the chef telling everyone the menu for the evening, we see the triumphant return of Ron’s Name-Drop-O-Meter, continued from last week.