Sorry about pumping you guys up for this show and then blowing it off. I had a hell of a hard time getting this show to tape. I think I have a conflict when the show comes on. I have been taping that Tom Colicchio show Best New Restaurant and Nashville. I think I can push BNR to a later taping catch Catfish on time this week. Anyway, I’m gonna turn this one on and watch!
Already I miss Max. Charlamagne is no Max. I am not five minutes in and I don’t think Javonni is a man at all. I think this is going to be a chick pretending to be a hot dude. They both keep stressing that “he’s a man” rather unnecessarily. Charlamagne coincidentally already met this girl a couple of weeks ago. Even though they have spoken on the phone, I still think it is a female. Miracle just said there is nothing to make her think he is a girl or anything. Jesus, if this dude is a girl then this whole setup scene was filmed after the fact.
They check the guy’s phone number. All it tells them is that it is a man. You know, in case they have not stressed that enough. After a call to Max for some promotional consideration for a web site. They find that a guy named Rickie Witherspoon is the owner of the phone. Again, Nev says, the good news is that it really is a guy! 
Charlamange posts a photo of the fake Javonni and immediately he is identified as some guy online who does videos. Nev contacts him.
Nev shows Miracle Rickie’s information. She says she is not familiar but his listed address is walking distance from her house. Okay. CREEPY STALKER ALERT! Meanwhile, Miracle is crushed that Javonni is not the dude she has been chatting with, nor is his name Javonni. Nev goes after Miracle who is crying outside. Meanwhile Charlamagne was left on Facetime with the hot guy. He is no Max because we see none of that on the show. That said, I am kind of liking Charlamagne on this episode.
Nev calls the catfish and he says he is ready for this to be over. He will send them an address to meet him at. It’s the same address right around the way from Miracle. Rickie says he needs everyone to come in the house. Charlamagne is saying not to go into the house. But everyone else is willing so Charlamagne walks to his death too. Rickie just keeps walking further and further into the house. Charlamagne finds a shit ton of prescription bottles sitting all over the house.
I KNEW IT! THERE IS A FEMALE! SHE IS JOVANNI!
WAIT WHAT??? SHE IS MARRIED TO RICKIE? WHAT? IDGI? She made a page because…a friend of hers boyfriend was cheating on her. She was trying to catch the chick that was with the cheating boyfriend. This makes no sense. Miracle is saying that she is on television looking dumb as hell.
As for me, I was so glad when Rickie walked out and was a dude. Because it seemed so obvious that everyone knew it was a chick from the get go. Charlemagne and Miracle were funny mocking the catfish in the car.
Nev goes to talk to the catfish one on one and gets a PSA on Lupus. Nev convinces Miracle to sit with the catfish. Why? I don’t care about her pity party. But Miracle and the chick hug it out. On Chatfish the two girls are BFFs.
Okay, I know there is a lot of fakeness on the show, but it was just too obvious this week that everyone knew the catfish was a chick. What did y’all think?
If I Googled the meaning of “catfish,” would it be safe for work? I’m sorry… I don’t know what that means.
Perfectly safe. It is when someone pretends to be someone they are not online and “lures” another person into a fake online relationship.
I forgot to set my TV to record this- I was interested to see how Charlemagne (sp) was- I too love Max. Fake as hell but I still get sucked into this show every season.
Thanks Mrs. Muffins. Appreciate the explanation.
No prob!
You should watch Catfish the Movie (or at least the end) and there’s an old man sitting on the porch talking about Catfishes in barrels of ?halibut? and I think that’s how they made up the term “catfish”… It makes no sense how I just said it, you gotta watch the old man talking.
Last season I started to be able to notice how fake it was. When Charlamagne knew the girl, I was done. I find Charlamagne so annoying so I could only stomach a few scenes after that and gave up.
I don’t even understand your recap TT! Wtf it was his wife? I’m confused and don’t care enough to draw a map connecting all the attention whores. This episode, I decided that I’ll only watch if I like the ride along host. Dr Phil is my new Catfishing guru.
Ps I’m glad your dvr finally worked TT, but the episode was so bad I almost think Mr dvr was trying to save you 😉
Sorry Kat. It was not very well explained as it was happening. They went to the dude’s house that the phone was registered to. It turns out the wife was doing the texting to Miracle. She claims that she was trying to catch some chick who was cheating with her friends Boyfriend. But later she admitted she had no friends and no explanation for why she was texting some girl pretending to be a guy except that she had Lupus so she was bored.
Eventually Miracle and the girl became friends. None of it made any sense. Oh and the husband talked to Miracle on the phone pretending to be the imaginary dude THREE TIMES because his wife asked him to.
Again. None of it made sense.
On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 5:29 PM, Tamara Tattles wrote:
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I…. Don’t know what to say to that. I fear for our youth?
Did anyone else catch the catfish saying her family wouldn’t accept her if she was gay? They just kinda swept it under the rug and accepted that she was just bored.
I sure did catch it. She is obviously into girls. She said that laying on top of her hubby in the mornings, she is awaiting Miracle’s text.
I really liked Charlemagne. I don’t want max to go away of coarse but would like to see all 3 together. He keeps it real saying what guy would shy away from the chance to smash if fineness the chance. So true unless it’s not a guy as shown in this one. I just like his raw humor about it.
Charlemange is annoying as F. Keeps yelling stuff everytime they find something, and cant shut up when he needs to. Bring back Max.
i have to agree, charlemange or whatever his name is tries too hard and wants to steal the show. making stupid ass comments – and he’s a comedian, really?