Thursday November 11
Here's the spoiler for November 11th:
Maureen is packing to leave.
Iyanla comes and she has a puzzle shaped like a heart with a picture of Towanda on it. Of course they “break it” and then Towanda has to put it back together. And on the back of each piece she has words she has to write on them such as love, trust and forgive.
Group meeting and Rhonda calls up Maureen. What do the ladies think that Maureen has gained on her second visit to the SO house? T nailed it by saying she has let go of her guilt and T said she thinks it has helped her to start letting go of her own guilt. Sommer is in charge of a going away gift for the shower they are giving Maureen before she leaves.
Now its Sommers turn. What are Sommers challenges in romance. Jennifer said she is very negative. Towanda says she dislikes Sommers attitude against herself. Rhonda asks what she needs to do and the women all say that she needs to start dating. Sommer has said in the past that she picks bad dates and since she is a bad “picker”, Rhonda tells her that she is going on a blind date that night and the hg’s are picking him. They are working with a matchmaker and I guess they might get to interview potential candidates too.
Sommer is feeling overwhelmed by all the women giving her suggestions on what to give Maureen. Sommer calls Rhonda in tears and Rhonda tells her to just get the picture they had taken and have it framed. While Sommer is driving around they have added this audio of all these voices at once to show how overwhelmed she is.
They have a shower for Maureen and she is getting gift certificates from the show to stores and one is for window treatments. One of the gift certificates is for $1000. She got some kind of mattress too. She loves the picture and they toast her with champagne. Rhonda says in confession cam that she knows that secretly Maureen really wants to stay. But I think she got better going away gifts this time. Anyone remember what she got when she graduated last season? I will miss Mo, she reminds me of Mom, a lot.
Sommer is laying on the floor. Rhonda goes in and asks if there is an ice pack in the fridge and they show Kim and Josie standing in kitchen and Kim rolls her eyes. Sometimes she forgets to fake til she makes it. Rhonda puts ice on her neck and Maureen gets down by her and whispers in her ear that she will miss her the most. Sommer says she is going to make her cry.
The women meet the matchmakers and they tell her that she needs to have someone that is open and that Sommer has never been romanced. Josie says that between her crush on Marcus and her friend Ed that was here, she seems to favor men with darker complexions.
Jennifer goes to work out with Sommer. Sommer tells Marcus about her upcoming blind date and that she thinks the women are using him as an example of the type of man she is attracted to. Marcus is laughing and saying, “me?” He seems flattered.
Jennifer and Sommer are in the van coming home and the conversation is basically that Sommer says that she doesn’t know what kind of man they are going to pick for her but she wants Jennifer to know that Marcus is a special case. Jennifer says, “you just want to hump him.” Sommer says no he is special because more often than not, she is not attracted to them. Jennifer says she doesn’t know what to tell her and Sommer says that she is telling her that if it comes into play. Jennifer clarifies and says, “so what you are saying is unless he is cute and looks like Marcus, pass on him.Jennifer tells her that she won’t set her up with an ugly guy and Sommer says “Well its not even ugly, I mean-what I’m saying is most of the time black guys tend to be a little bit, They need mom, Mama. Seriously.”
Towanda meets with Iyanla and she has her puzzle put back together. T tells Iyanla that when she got done she felt naked, raw. She felt like she had taken something off. Iyanla asks T if her heart is open. Iyanla asks her how she mends a broken heart. T says that she knows she must forgive. Iyanla asks why she hasn’t done it yet. So Towanda has to write a letter to her dad and ask for his forgiveness.
The matchmakers bring the men to be interviewed. Boy, they look pretty darn buff. Gee I think she would be really intimidated by these guys. The first guy is a smaller blonde guy and T says in confession cam that he might be okay, she doesn’t like bachelor #2 (who sounds like Marlon Brando in Godfather) Bachelor #3 is Howard, who is a tall African American male. He says that he thinks he is like a black Dr. Phil. He says momma didn’t raise no fool. Bachelor #1 Chris is fun. They leave and the hg’s start discussing who to pick. Josie, Towanda and Kim all like Howard. (JMO, neither Chris or Howard are going to be Sommer’s type. Sommer out weighs Chris by 50 pounds. And I don’t mean that mean, but he is a slender guy. Howard is very buff and pretty darn good looking. But Bachelor #2 would also be a disaster because he was just really weird.) Jennifer is saying that she likes Chris and that she and Sommer had a conversation in the van and from that conversation she knows that Sommer would rather go out with Chris. And she is making eyes at Kim. Jennifer says that Sommer will have to tell them what the conversation was, but that they need to pick Chris. T is in confession cam saying that Jennifer is speaking in “code” to Kim but that Kim isn’t catching on and T is. T says in confession cam that she catches on that the code is that Jennifer is against Howard because he is black. T is angry now. And Kim is the only one that is so dense that she still hasn’t caught on. Josie gets it and so does Towanda. Josie tries to get Jennifer to tell them what the conversation was that makes her so in favor of Chris over Howard. Jennifer says that she can’t and they will have to ask Sommer later that night.
The women call the men back in and tell Chris that they picked him. They tell the other guys that they admire them for going through all this for them. Jennifer goes down to get Sommer and on the way up the steps Jennifer whispers and giggles that she wouldn’t let them pick the black guy. Josie meets them at the top of the stairs and she is not happy and she asks Sommer if she didn’t want to date a black guy? Sommer tells her that she has dated black guys in the past and it hasn’t worked out and she just has a sour taste about it right now. Josie says “even if it is just for practice and he was the more sensual, emotional, softer type of person?”Sommer says she thinks it is just safer to go. Josie walks away. Jennifer is smiling and acting totally oblivious that this is starting a big controversy in the house.
Jennifer is putting in a load of laundry and Josie is standing there and Jennifer says the conversation was about Sommer and Josie says, “No, its about racism. But lets just end this now, so it doesn’t affect Sommers date.”
Josie and Towanda are in Josie’s room and Josie is telling Towanda that she told Jennifer that basing the whole decision to pick Chris over Howard because of skin color was wrong they just don’t seem to get it and T doesn’t really believe that. Towanda said the talking in code shows how Jennifer knew it was wrong and that she was the only one who got it and Josie said no that she got it too (and she did) and T said that she got it because she has lived it. Towanda says, “the only reason Sommer has a crush on Marcus is because he is safe. She wouldn’t actually date him. How dare she! Because racism is prejudice and prejudice is judgmental and judging someone because of the color of their skin is wrong and she ought to know better because she has been judged because she was fat.”
Jennifer goes to T and says that she would hope that Towanda would tell her what she did to make her so mad because she just doesn’t get it. She acts totally oblivious. T tells her that she will come to her later after she has had a chance to cool down because she is just way too mad to talk to her right now. Jennifer has that fake smile plastered on her face and says okay, cause she just has no idea.
Sommer goes on the date and they seem to have a good time. She calls the house and Towanda answers the phone and when she hears Sommer’s voice she asks what she wants and Sommer says she just wanted to let them know that the date is going really well and Towanda just drops the phone in the chair and tells Kim to get Jennifer. Kim comes to the phone and tells Sommer that Jennifer is asleep and Sommer tells her that she didn’t ask for Jennifer and why did T just put the phone down. So Kim asks her how the date is going and Sommer says great and then she asks if everything is cool and Kim just stands there for a little bit and then Kim stammers around and says the she is not getting in the middle of this and to enjoy her date and she would see her later.
When Sommer gets home she goes to Jennifer’s room and Jennifer is laying in bed saying that she is just sick of all the drama and she just wants to sleep. Sommer says, “So am I the prejudiced b**ch now?”
Kim in confession cam saying that she is afraid that this will cause T to leave. Each time you see T in confession cam she is getting madder and madder. T says that she deals with it every day of her life, but she never thought she would have to deal with it here.
Preview- In group Towanda says to Sommer, “its not a big deal to you, but it is to me. How can you make a judgement of someone based on the color of their skin?”
Josie is at an outdoor café and there is a person dressed as a large chicken there. The voice over says that Josie is about to lose her patience and you hear her tell some one that they are not going to tow that car (the van) and she is in confession cam saying that everyone is out to get her today.
The new hg arrives and the voice over says, “but not everyone is happy with what she has to say.” Josie in confessional saying, “I am having trouble empathizing”
Posted by inthestars at November 11, 2004 06:55 AM
