Ali Barthwell is a writer who has been recapping reality TV shows—The Bachelor and Real Housewives among them—since 2015. She is an Emmy-winning writer for Last Week Tonight With John Oliver. Her work has been featured on The AV Club and Chicago Magazine.
The Real Housewives of Potomac Recap: Knives OutThankfully, the women of Potomac are so good that watching them yell about social-media slights from eight to ten months ago is still entertaining.
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?
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.
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.
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.