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Wednesday Spoiler

The show starts with “Zack” from Passions dropping off uniforms and challenging the women to a game of softball. Bethany says that she has taped Passions everyday for four years. They split the teams with half the women and half the men playing together on a team. Cassie embarrasses herself by running the wrong way!! She says in voice over that this proves that she needs the SO house. Bethany seems to be a very good player. At the end of the game Bethany tells the guys that she has never been kissed in her entire life. In confessional she says she looked at those guys and figured she would just go for it! (woo hoo Bethany. I say let’s get that whole virgin thing out of the way while you’re at it! Just kidding!!!!!) One of the guys says that she is in luck because they happen to have a professional, which I think was “Zack”, but I might be wrong. They take a picture with one guy on each side of her, kissing her on the cheeks!!! (booooo! Personally I don’t think on the cheek counts!)

Rhonda is leading group and they all give Bethany a hard time about being kissed. She actually earns a step today. They all have their shirts autographed.

The subject today is the difference between fantasy and reality. Rhonda asks if they have a fantasy do they ever think that it is actually possible. Vanessa says her fantasy if the husband, two kids, a dog and a house. Rhonda asks Bethany if today’s kiss was fantasy or reality. Bethany giggles and says it was definitely a reality. Rhonda says that if the kiss was just a fantasy thing that Bethany would never have had the guts to ask for it. Fantasy keeps you from making your desires a reality.
At the end of group, Rachel asks if Iyanla is coming today and Rhonda says no and then makes her come sit in the love seat. Rachel is laughing. Rhonda asks Rachel why she needs Iyanla and Rachel says that today is a big day for her because she is mailing her album today. Rhonda says to tell them what is going on and Rachel says the others already know and she fills Rhonda in and Rhonda calls for a group hug. Cassie rides with Rachel to go mail her album. Rachel tells Cassie that she really appreciates her support. In confessional Rachel says that she feels closest to Cassie because of their similar stories.

Bethany meets with Rhonda. Rhonda asks Bethany how it felt to ask for the kiss and Bethany said she couldn’t imagine letting the opportunity pass. Rhonda says that her next assignment is to rid herself of her charade. She tells Bethany to go get Renee. Rhonda says that Bethany is going to have a kissing booth and that Renee is running the booth. They are going to raise money for charity. Bethany asks if Renee can go first and Rhonda says that Renee is not doing any kissing. Bethany is the kissee. Bethany goes from laughing to crying and Rhonda asks her what is going on and Bethany says that not one man will pay to kiss her. She says that she doesn’t understand why Rhonda would want to put that fat girl behind the table to sell kisses. Rhonda basically tells her that she is wrong and asks her if she will do the assignment. Rhonda asks her what she thinks she is thinking. Rhonda tells her that she never thought she was putting a fat girl there. She tells Bethany that she wants her to put the “fantasy” behind her. Rhonda says that she knows this is scary and a real risk for her but she has faith in her. Bethany tells her that she trusts her and she will do the assignment.

Rhonda is now with Vanessa. She has a podium set up. She puts a bronze medal on her and asks her what the bronze means and Vanessa says it means you did a bad job. Rhonda puts a silver on her. Vanessa says that in a way it is worse because you were so close but still failed. Rhonda puts the gold on her and Vanessa says it means attention for her. She says that by not winning, it is like she had wasted her life. Vanessa says that she feels bad for letting down the people who had supported her. Rhonda asks what she wished that they had said to her. Vanessa said she wishes that they had told her it was okay and that they had noticed how upset she was. Vanessa says that she wants to tell them she is sorry for giving up.

Rachel, Renee and Bethany leave to go set up her kissing booth. Bethany says in confessional that she just can’t figure out what Rhonda thinks she is going to learn from this.

Rhonda takes Cassie up to the loft. She tells Cassie that the birth father called and said
That because of his broken relationship with his ex-wife and son that he does not feel comfortable meeting with Cassie but that he is giving her the phone number of his 2nd ex-wife who raised Dustin from the ages of 2 til 10. Her name is Shelly.

Vanessa calls her mom and her mom, Nanette, asks her how it is going and Vanessa tells her that even if she left the house today that they would see a different person. She tells her mom that she realized that she was blaming others and she already feels like a big weight has been lifted off.

Cassie and Rhonda call Shelly who raised Dustin from age 2 to 10. She agrees to come to the Starting Over house and she says that she will bring pictures and stories. It appears that the adoptive father has already kind of clued her in because she said that they have already been putting some pictures together and also she doesn’t seem to be thrown but his call. Cassie is very happy.

Renee, Rachel and Cassie start setting up the table and Bethany has her first taker before they even get things set up. Rachel tells a guy that Bethany has never been kissed and he says he wants to be first. He pays her a dollar and puts his arms around and tells her to loosen up and gives her a peck on the lips. Then we lots clips of lots of guys kissing all three of them. They get back to the house and Bethany is telling Candy and Vanessa about it. She had a lot of fun and they raised $32.80. Candy says to tell her about the 80 cents and Bethany says that a homeless guy gave it to her, she thinks he felt sorry for her.
Bethany only had to raise $20. Then Bethany calls Rhonda and tells her and Rhonda asks her if she had fun and was it an adventure and Bethany says yes. Rhonda asks what Bethany learned from this and Bethany says that she realizes that she needs to loosen up and just have fun.

Cassie is getting ready for bed and in confessional she says that what has kept her strong is that she has never forgotten when she looked into her sons eyes when he was born.

Preview- Renee is meeting with Iyanla and her mom and she is confronting her about the time she was molested.

Vanessa is meeting with Dr. Stan and talking about her world crashing when she lost at the trials.

The Ladies Play Softball With Soap Studs

The hot studs of the Soap Opera 'Passions' play softball with the Starting Over ladies. Prior to her memory loss, Bethany was an avid softball player and the guys are there to help reawaken those memories.

Friday the 18th Spoiler

Here's the Friday the 18th spoiler. It will prove to be a special day for Denise:

Denise gets a note delivered to her by three young women. The note says to meet her Rhonda at Shirley’s at 11am. They do a cheer and leave. (another rumor blown out of proportion, cause that was it with the cheerleaders.)

Rhonda leads group and the question is what happens when one person is ready to heal a relationship and the other is not. Rachel talks about realizing that her heart has been closed and she is trying to change that she really does want to open up. Bethany says that she just feels like she is looking at her twin when she looks at Rachel because they have so much in common. Bethany and Rachel hug and cry. Then Cassie tells Rachel that the night before she felt like giving up but that Rachel made her realize that she couldn’t and she is very grateful for that. More hugging and crying.

Denise is in the kitchen with Candy and Candy tells her that she can do this and to work hard. Denise has a foreboding feeling about Rhonda.

Iyanla meets with Renee and she asks what Renee is wanting from her mom and Renee says that she wants her to acknowledge the abuse. Then Renee and Iyanla call her mom. They have her on speaker phone. Iyanla tells her that she wanrs to reassure her that if they meet it will not be about finding fault but that they will be able to put all their cards on the table and talk it out. Renee’s mom says that there have been things that she would have liked to talk to Renee about in the past but she knew that Renee wouldn’t have been open to hearing them. So she agrees to come to the house. After they hang up from that call, Iyanla tells Renee that she also wants her to call her dad and invite him to come visit her. Renee is definitely taken aback by that.

Denise goes to Shirleys house and Rhonda is waiting for her with her white gloves on. Rhonda tells her that the next part of her assignment is to be the drill sergeant and gives her that hat and that she is teach Shirley how to clean and organize but tackling the music room. In confessional Rhonda says the way to find out if Denise is truly ready is to have her teach someone else.

Iyanla has sent Renee out on a field trip for her assignment. She is to go volunteer with the organization “Tree People” and she gets to take Cassie. So they get to plant seeds today.

Denise is talking to Shirley and she tells her to drop and give her five pushups. Shirley does it Shirley is talking to Denise and telling her a story and Denise tells her to start vacuuming and less talk.

Iyanla is with Rachel. Rachel says that she is open now to meeting her father and hearing his side of the story. Iyanla tells Rachel about how her mom dies when she was 2 yrs old. Iyanla was told by her aunt that her step mother was her mom. And that Iyanla thought she was until she turnd 30 yrs. old. Iyanla was angry and confronted her aunt and it didn’t go well. But some time later her aunt wrote her and apologized.

Denise is making Shirley clean out her closet.

Rachel was given the assignment to make a memory box for he dad. Then we see Rachel putting photos in the album with descriptions of what was going on at that time. She has decided that she would like mail it to her dad.

Iyanla meets with Renee again. Renee says that she really enjoyed her day with the “ree people” Iyanla says that Renee has finally learned to listen and this new skill will help her tremendously with her mom and dad.

Candy show up at Shirley’s house to give Denise a water bottle and to give her support. She tells her that she is doing a great job and she is very proud of her.

Iyanla is sitting at the dining room table looking a Rachel’s memory book for her dad.
Iyanla tells her that she is absolutely blown away with what she has accomplished. Rachel says she wants to mail the book to him.

Rhonda is at the house in the front room with the women. Candy is telling Rhonda about her visit to Shirleys house and how hard Denise is working. She gets all teary eyed and Rhonda asks her why she is crying and Candy says she believes in Denise but she is worried.

It is 5pm and Rhonda, Iyanla and all the women greet Denise at the front door of Shirleys with white gloves on. Denise is a little thrown by this. They all start going through the house and feeling in the deepest darkest crevices to find dirt and it is killing Denise. Denise is getting defensive. They all wind up back in the front room and Rhonda is being very stern and unfriendly. She tells Denise to make her case why they should accept what they have found. Denise cries and says that 8 weeks ago she would never been able to do this. But she believes that she has done a great job. She says that Rhonda even added on the hallway and the music room to the original “test” and she still got it done even though they found a little dust in some very obscure places. Iyanla umps in and says that it sounds like Denise is making excuses. Denise disagrees and that is when Iyanla asks her if she is speaking disrespectfully to a life coach. Denise says no. All the women and LC’s are hard faced and acting very stern. Rhonda tells Denise that she never told her to clean the closet, but she did. She said that she also told Denise to take a look at the boxes in the music room but she sees that they are gone. She says that Denise has told her that she is proud of herself and she wants to let her know that she is really proud of her too. Rhonda finally starts to smile. Then Rhonda tells her that she is graduating. There are lots of screams. Rhonda says that the hg’s are all going out that night to have dinner.
The women relive moments in the house with Denise while they eat.

Then my favorite moment of the show is Candy in the confessional and she says, “I’m going to miss Denise. She kind of grows on you. Not like mold or fungus though. (she giggles), but in a good way!

Denise says that graduating is bittersweet.