Tonight, everyone is back in Savannah after the hurricane evacuation; but, despite what we thought was a resolution of the situation between Ashley and Hannah it seems Ashley is not done churning up the water. Nelson has found himself in hot water by expressing his racism in Yiddish.
It’s terribly sad to see the damage that Hurricane Matthew did to Savannah. And we see quite of lot of it. But the show must go on.
Hannah’s sisters are all in town to be on the show throw a party for Louis. It’s going to be an oyster roast. We get a bit of family history. Their father abruptly divorced their mother and started making up for lost time with lots of ladies then two years later he got engaged to someone the girls had never met and didn’t bother to tell the girls himself. So their relationship is a bit strained.
I don’t think I ever got around to eating at The Wilkes House when I lived in Savannah. It’s sort of a tourist trap and there are always lines out the door. It’s basically a place for yankees to try “Southern Cuisine.” It is either buffet or one of those family style places where you are shuttled into long tables with strangers and pass bowls of food around. But the long line makes for a great time for Nelson and his Mama to film a scene about his issues with Daniel and the other guys.
I didn’t think we would go inside or I would have waited to describe the place. It is family style it looks like tables of eight or ten all sharing dishes. Nelson thinks the locals love it. Nelson’s mother suggests that Nelson have a Halloween party. He brings up his situation with Daniel saying that Daniel must have misheard him when he used a racist term. On multiple occasions. His mother says that he needs to own what comes out of his mouth. I get the feeling that this lovely woman has had this conversation with Nelson on multiple occasions. And yet he still has problems owning the issue. First Daniel misheard. Then Nelson didn’t know the word was offensive. Then Daniel does bad things too. Sigh. Like a true southern mama, Linda passes on blueberry pie and Banana Pudding (!!!!!!) to have biscuits and honey for dessert. Every week I wish this show was about the parents. I also wish I had one of those sweet teas.
We got a glimpse of Ashley working at Delta baggage claim. While Ashley has a real job, Catherine is pretending to be an interior designer. A job for which she has no education, training or experience. The guy that works at the lighting store is totally stealing the scene with Catherine and Brandon. I need more of him. He can be on my dream show with the parents.
Louis and Daniel go out for chicken wing to meet up with Hannah and her sisters. Daniel says one of the sister’s Hattie has a great ass. I had such hopes for Daniel.
Catherine and Lyle have a hot date at the mini golf course. Catherine is trying to reassure Lyle she is not screwing other guys. I am not buying it and Lyle really doesn’t care either way.
Later, Catherine and Daniel boat over to Louis’s party. But Catherine seems to be afraid to dock the boat, and Daniel lost his boating license. Apparently, Lyle will be arriving by land. The party is being held at a friend’s house that is right on the river and it is gorgeous. It also managed not to receive any damage from the hurricane. Lyle is already at the party ogling a girl in a completely see through one piece except for a few well placed stars.
Much like Catherine doesn’t know how to drive the boat, Hannah is having an oyster roast without knowing how to make oysters. Nelson feels super awkward around the guys and is dreading his apology. Man up Nelson! Ashley beelines for the pool. I hope she plans on wearing a suit. She does! And a tasteful one at that!
Nelson awkwardly begins an apology to Daniel when Lyle butts in to interrupt. Nelson says he wants to thank Daniel for making him aware that the Yiddish Word he used was offensive, because he had no idea. He’s totally not racist. He is terribly sorry. Please forgive him. Daniel graciously accepts the apology. Lyle surprises me by apologizing to Nelson.
Ashley suggests to Catherine and Hannah that they do a fundraiser to help with hurricane clean-up. Ashley says that her parents have done a lot of medical missions especially in Haiti. She pronounces Haiti in an odd dialect that may or may not be genuine. I think in an authentic pronunciation the H is actually silent. Catherine and Hannah both find her pronunciation hysterical.
Catherine, Hannah and Big Cat take the boat out for a bottle of wine at sunset. Catherine wants to teach the girls to play bridge. After a commercial we cut right to the bridge party. Finally the Wild Turkey mint julep’s make the show. I should buy some Wild Turkey, I have an abundance of mint this season.I never could get the hang of bridge.
Ashley takes Hannah outside during a break. Ashley is furious that Hannah is not consulting with her on her dress line. Hannah points out that it is not really her concern. Ashley says that fashion is her industry and Hannah says that she just can’t wake up one day and be her competition. She’s such a bitch. Hannah said what happened to her whole female empowerment platform. Ashley screams at her and then storms off without allowing Hannah a response. Then she turns around and comes back to scream some more.
I would eat every single cheese straw in that house.
Next Week: More stupidity.
Hurricane Matthew destroyed the south of Haiti and we are still paying for the aftermath… some schools have yet to reopen and most of the produce grown there were gone which has created somewhat of a food crisis…horrible…
This show is bad, bad, bad. 🙁
There isn’t one person to like or dislike enough to make this show interesting. Savannah is such a great city- it is a shame this lame crew is the best the producers could do.
I thought how Ashly said Haiti was strange but hey some of us have trouble with certain words. I do love that Haiti was recognized as having been hit hard, my don’t leaves in 10 days to spend 2 weeks working in a school and several houses in the Los Cayes area.
Haiti was originally a French colony and the French do not pronounce an H if it is at the beginning of a word. So “Aiti” is how they would say Haiti.
Don’t hate me, but I have a Mrs. Wilkes cookbook. There is a great recipe for baked pork chops!
I don’t hate you. I have nothing against Mrs. Wilkes and I am sure her cookbook is great. It’s just locals don’t stand in line for “southern food.” lol. I did want to go just because but I was too busy getting wasted all the time with my beloved middle school teachers.
Q for you TT, is Paula Dean’s restaurant still open there in Savannah? We never went, but there were always lines outside there too.
My mother died when I was living in Savannah. So there is that.
I’m so sorry.
Seems like a place where both good and bad memories exist for you. Sorry for your loss.
When Lyle asked Daniel not to throw him in the pool because there was something in his pocket, was he talking about coke?
Well that was clear to me!
My mind immediately went to coke, too! Then I thought, “No, I’m just being crazy. Surely he wouldn’t say that on TV!” But now ya’ll have me thinking my dirty mind was right all along!
Dang, I must be super naive cause I thought cell phone…
Ashley doesn’t make any sense. Her fights with Hannah are totally stupid. She has a walking chip on her shoulder. She really bugs me. That’s all i have to say. ty.
My TV menu labeled this episode ” Bridge Over Toubled Water”. I kept listening for something related to “troubling”, whatever that is.
Maybe because they played bridge not too long after the hurricane. Just a guess.
I like Hannah and Catherine is growing on me. I had an interior designer once, he was fabulous and very highly thought of in town. He didn’t have any particular design training, Art History major I think, but had a great sense of style. The best things I own are to ones he picked out. I am rooting for her to do well.
I loved the bridge party. Finally something very southern and done right (except I never used to see wine served, only the hard stuff). My mother was a Master Bridge player, like Catherine’s grandmother she played in multiple games every week until she passed away. Ashley’s snide remarks about the party show her intolerance for anything/anyone she perceives as being more privileged than she. She is 100% what she accuses the others on the show for being, a reverse snob! And bridge is not a “wealthy woman’s” game like Ashley portrays, I have known many a bridge games held around cardboard card tables, folding chairs, and gin and tonics.
I understand they want one outrageous, standout person who will flood the show with crazy statements, but Ashley is not the right choice. I’m coming to like a few of the cast members, but she comes in defensive, attack oriented , bitter, angry and unpleasant. She at least needs a male partner she can balance . This way she is a stuck- out, one person battering ram, without any appealing characteristics.
It is one thing to have an old world, spoiled young guy with security issues who is unable to mature There are young representatives of great old southern names with and without money to inherit, with and without skills to utilize in careers. Classic, old money, old south, new south , hard workers, and everything in between.
Then there is Ashley, who feels like Cameran in the sense that she has been looking for the right vehicle/show for years, and will fit into any role they want her for. The problem is she is bitter ,angry, out of her element, looking for attention and an audience, and dying to stand out by fighting with everyone. She appears to choose to be obstinate- about everything these people are exploring/trying to discern, and she is quick to expound on her disagreements/hostility. She is lonely and anxious to flaunt her body,
She has neither a male partner to go to events with, or self confidence or wisdom. She likes to start fights and to keep them going. She lies, hides who she really is, and inserts herself where she doesn’t belong.
She thinks of herself as the expert on all things southern, and superior to all in the crowd.
There is a rich Southern tradition that I’d love to learn more about and Savannah has the chance to be that show. Nelson’s mother is a perfect example of the type of woman who should populate that show, bringing her daughters out into Sothern life, culture and women’s roles as they grow into life today, bringing the best of the traditions with them, into whichever role they find most comfortable in today’s world. Showing men it the same process, from cotillions to work in high powered jobs, could be interesting. I can see the attempt at some of that but unfortunately, there is more time spent dealing with Ashley’s nonsense than there is exploring the worlds that collide and they must choose, in their lives.
Remove her, provide a real Southern mother who is full of wisdom, fun and a bright lightness, who can speak to the choices and issues these young 25-30 yr olds face, and help guide them while educating the audience. And lt’s exchange some of the duller of this crew for some bright,happy, fun, earning, growing people
I understand needing a story line, I understand the crazy that all the shows have on it, I understand the wanting camera time but I just , for the life of me, cannot follow Ashley when she goes on those tirades of her. If that was an edit than they should be fired because that was bad bad TV. She went around in crop circles. They didn’t end. My head hurt.
That scene with the bridge game was the only saving grace of this show last night. Brought back many fun memories of bridge games with my friends many years ago because her Mom taught us to play.
I find Nelson socially awkward. Like he doesn’t really know where he belongs. Tugs at my heart a little.
All I can say is this episode was
(Nothing, lol)
Oops, do have one thing.Did you say at that restaurant you sit with strangers at a table? Well, there’s my nightmare.
I’m afraid I’m in the minority because I love this show. It’s so refreshing after all the producer driven and predictable drama all the housewives shows have become. I don’t want to see the same old characters drudging up the same old stuff anymore! I agree with TT. The parents are fascinating. I love the fact that Catherine threw a bridge party, she also hosted the proper dinner party.
I like this show too. I would love to see more locale points of interest and learn the history of the south. Being from Australia we have very limited knowledge of this part of America and I find it fascinating. Ashley is a deeply unhappy woman who looks way older than the others??? She’s not that good an actor so I’m assuming her marital problems are real. I also agree with the view that if you’re unhappy with your marriage get out of it. If she thinks she’s fooling her son that mummy and daddy love each other and they’re a happy contented family unit, well she’s not! Very unhealthy environment to grow up in I think! Just leave already. Maybe because her parents we’re busy helping others less fortunate, she missed out on a lot of attention as a child. Just a thought.