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Ali Barthwell

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    The Real Housewives of Atlanta Recap: Goddess of WarAt this point, the energy required to keep Nene and Kenya’s feud going could power a small city. Aren’t they tired?
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    The Real Housewives of Atlanta Recap: Negative BettyNeNe and Kenya are incapable of maintaining any level of kindness for more than 20 minutes at a time, and we should stop expecting them to.
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    The Bachelor Season Finale Recap: Fail to SucceedPeter subscribes to the Nicholas Sparks school of relationships, where the only requirement in a relationship is a desire to be in that relationship.
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    The Bachelor Recap: Family-Meeting TimeWait, so now we’re supposed to watch this whole thing as if Peter’s love for Madison is some act of passionate rebellion against his family’s wishes?
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    The Real Housewives of Atlanta Recap: Baggage CheckThere is a volcano brewing with NeNe and Kenya, and it’s going to ruin baby Brooklyn and baby PJ’s dream vacations.
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    The Bachelor ‘Women Tell All’ Recap: How Dare You?The ladytestants have it out, while Chris Harrison imagines lying on a warm beach with no one screaming at him.
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    The Real Housewives of Atlanta Recap: End ItKenya really lives in the darkest timeline possible.
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    The Bachelor Recap: Save YourselfThis whole Madison thing is starting to feel like the last act of Oedipus, and frankly, it’s boring and frustrating.
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    The Real Housewives of Atlanta Recap: Blame GameThere are so many reasons why Kenya definitely should divorce Marc, but forcing her to hang out with NeNe is positively criminal.
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    The Bachelor Recap: Hometown ZeroWow, Peter really has no conception of what a functional relationship looks like or what a crab rangoon is.
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    The Real Housewives of Atlanta Recap: NeNe Leakes and the Sad Lunch BunchLet Kandi muttering, “Who are these random ladies” sustain you through these cold winter nights.
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    The Bachelor Recap: I Couldn’t Help But Wonder …Peter is self-sabotaging all over the place and has completely conflated drama with passion. Peter’s a Carrie.
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    The Real Housewives of Atlanta Recap: One Tough CookieIt takes a bold woman to make an argument about her fiancé’s fidelity look fun, and Tanya, well, she did that.
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    The Bachelor Recap: Victoria CrossWhat exactly is it that Peter is looking for? Does he even know?
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    The Bachelor Recap: Chaos AgentIt’s almost admirable how every single opportunity Peter has to make a decision, he does the exact opposite of what he should do.
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    The Bachelor Recap: Offensive FoulSecrets, lies, the threat of bodily injury, a surprise trip to Cleveland — man, this episode is just crushing it.
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    The Real Housewives of Atlanta Recap: A Bag of Weave and a Whole Pot of TeaAnyone who can get under Kenya’s skin as much as Tanya does deserves to be in contention for a peach.
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    The Bachelor Recap: The Champagne ScandalOh, so Kelsey has never watched this show before.
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    The Real Housewives of Atlanta: Snake PitSnakeGate may be standard Housewives fodder, but that doesn’t mean everyone can’t react in a completely over-the-top way that solves nothing.
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    The Bachelor Premiere Recap: Ready for TakeoffApparently there is no need to respect rules or decorum at all this season. Thank you, Hannah.
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    The Real Housewives of Atlanta Recap: Apology TourWe’ve been setting the table for what feels like half the season. It’s time to sit down at the table and then flip it over.
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    The Real Housewives of Atlanta Recap: Carnival NightSome episodes just exist to set up a larger, bigger fight.
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    The Real Housewives of Atlanta Recap: A Chill ProposalThis is the platonic ideal of a RHOA episode, and Kenya is its MVP.
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    The Real Housewives of Atlanta Recap: When They Go Low …Trying to find meaning or a coherent system of logic in Marlo’s opinions is a fool’s errand.
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    The Real Housewives of Atlanta Recap: A Grand EntranceWe need Kenya and the unmitigated gall she brings to the table because NeNe sure isn’t bringing it anymore.
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    The Real Housewives of Atlanta Recap: All Dolled UpIt’s time for the Bailey-Que, and Eva brought bean dip and a doll with bad energy.
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    The Real Housewives of Atlanta Recap: Keeping Up AppearancesIs this the season of RHOA where we discover that the tenuous bonds keeping these women together are as fragile as a Forever 21 bralette?
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    The Real Housewives of Atlanta Recap: Baby of the HouseKenya, jealous of the attention Brooklyn gets from her father, asks her husband to rank how much he loves her and their daughter. Oh. Oh Kenya, no.
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    The Real Housewives of Atlanta Recap: Truth HurtsThe real emotional thrust of this season appears to be watching Porsha pick herself up after Dennis “the Hot Dog King” betrayed her.
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    The Real Housewives of Atlanta Season-Premiere Recap: Dennis the MenaceOh, our dear, sweet Porsha is going through it.
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    Bachelor in Paradise Finale and Reunion Recap: Rule of EngagementHas Bachelor in Paradise gotten addicted to being that show that produces marriages and children?
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    Bachelor in Paradise Recap: End TimesThe final days of Paradise loom, and it’s just chaos out there.
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    Bachelor in Paradise Recap: The Try GuyEveryone in Paradise seems to think that it’s the job of the other person in the relationship to fix all your problems.
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    Bachelor in Paradise Recap: New RomanticsBlake really comes alive when he has to convince a woman to be with him. He loves nothing more than wearing a woman down.
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    Bachelor in Paradise Recap: Unfinished BusinessAnd that, friends, is how you audition to be the next Bachelor.
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    Bachelor in Paradise Recap: Bad ReceptionJohn Paul Jones has decided that the wedding of two distant acquaintances is the perfect time to settle his marriage vendetta with Derek.
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    Bachelor in Paradise Recap: Chaotic WholesomeFinally, we get what we needed: two rock-solid hours of JOHN PAUL JONES madness.
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    Bachelor in Paradise Recap: The Girlfriend ExperienceSeeing the whole cast welcome Demi’s girlfriend, Kristian, to Paradise is as heartwarming as it is narratively confusing.
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    Bachelor in Paradise Recap: Couples DanceHaving wrung what it can out of the Blake-Caelynn-Kristina-Hannah-Tayshia love pentagon, BiP can now start being a dating show again.
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    Bachelor in Paradise Recap: Paradise VigilanteWhen you ask for a guy who will fight for you, you risk ending up with a guy who likes to fight. See: the end of this episode.
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    Bachelor in Paradise Recap: Hot MikeMike has arrived on the beach, and Caelynn’s pre-husband Cam just cannot deal.
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    Bachelor in Paradise Recap: Gossip GirlsWas Blake incredibly messy with this whole Caelynn-Kristina situation? Absolutely. But is he really the monster they want to paint him out to be?
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    Bachelor in Paradise Premiere Recap: We Need to Talk About BlakeWe’ve barely stepped foot on the beach, and already there’s love-quadrangle drama brewing.
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    The Bachelorette Finale Recap: Mr. Wrong GuyThis may not be the ending we wanted, but it’s certainly the ending we deserve.
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    The Bachelorette Recap: One and Not DonePart one of a two-part finale is light on drama but heavy on Hannah talking about windmill sex.
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    The Bachelorette Recap: No ApologiesThe Bachelorette really put all its narrative eggs in the Luke basket, and Hannah paid the price.
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    The Bachelorette Recap: Breaking FaithForget red flags. At this point, Luke should be covered head to toe in red.
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    The Bachelorette Recap: The Music ManIt’s time for hometown visits, and also time for Hannah to wise up about these two flimflam men she just can’t let go of.
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    The Bachelorette Recap: My BolognaLuke really thought he did something when he picked up that pile of fancy meats.
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    The Bachelorette Recap: High and MightyHannah and Garrett manage to make nude bungee-jumping seem boring, and Luke manages to make it all about him.
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