POSTS TAGGED: hills

The Hills

“Riveting story, Stephanie. Do tell it again.” First of all, I’d like to say thank GOD this week we returned to the normally (blessedly) short half-hour episode. Much as I adore this show and all its brainless melodrama, a whole hour of it was starting to make my head feel all smushy. As of press [...]


The Hills

“Sigh, I wish they would cast me some REAL friends.” Do you remember in seventh grade, when all the girls and all the boys started noticing each other, and people would kiss (or… you know… whatever) while playing “Seven Minutes In Heaven” at a party and by Monday morning everybody knew everything? Like one giant [...]


The Hills

“Note to self: destroy guidance counselor.” Tonight brought us a special bonus dose of our bevy of beauties. We open at FIDM, where – wait, what? LC’s still in school?! She hasn’t been there in at least two seasons! I call bullshit. Sure enough, the teacher reads the roster in a heavy Bahstin accent and [...]


The Hills

“Whoop-de-fucking do!” Here’s what makes The Hills fantastic: other shows typically edit out the blank stares and silences between takes and during other characters’ endless babbling. The Hills has managed to make an entire series out of these moments, cutting up and rearranging reactions (or non-reactions) into whatever space they please. This week we join [...]