Jeff Lewis and his crew are back on the west coast after their jaunt to see the “House of Versailles.” I’m still not sure what that trip was all about. It seemed odd that they would leave the baby for such an idiotic journey. I certainly don’t believe that Jeff would take long-term job in Orlando at this point. But I won’t waste what little brain cells I have left wondering about that. I just want to see the nanny issue play out.
Gema went from the best nanny in the world on the last episode to slow to respond to the baby crying nanny in this episode. How is that possible? Apparently, the baby is crying a lot again and Gema can’t deal with it. Again, this makes no sense. Zoila says that Gema has brought the crying baby to her and told her to take her because she can’t take anymore. Gema says she wants to cut her hours to two days a week.
Jeff helped remodel his father’s apartment and he is ready to sell it. His dad, Tom is a real estate investor just like Jeff. His contractor is nowhere near the level that Jeff uses. Jeff found all sorts of problems with the house and the contractor didn’t seem to have any fucks to give about his shoddy work. The apartment is right on the ocean with great views. Jeff wants to stage the house, because people will be confused about where to put their TV. Really? People have lost the ability to arrange their furniture without assistance? He also brings in a new contractor to fix all the issues the first one screwed up.
One of Jeff’s favorite clients, Jeanne Shaw, is flying in from Nashville to look at several houses. It sounds like she wants to invest in houses and hire Jeff to remodel them before flipping them for a profit. Jeanne has the exact same crazy that Jeff does. It’s kind of scary.
Gema calls Jeff and says that she needs to talk to him about her schedule, she also wants a raise, combat pay I presume. She also says she has injured her back picking up the baby. She is also blaming job stress for making her fat. Jenni points out that she just did a total 180. That is exactly what I was thinking. Jeff wants to find a replacement before he fires her.
Jeanne arrives in town to spend the day with the entire crew. That seems like a lot of business hours for one client. They all go to dinner at Yamashiro which was such and interesting looking Asian restaurant I had to Google it for more information. Basically, it’s really expensive. Jeanne’s husband is the lead singer of Styx. I had no idea Styx was still a thing.
Gage is getting really good at getting Monroe to sleep. I think he should be the manny for the next few months.
The houses that Jeanne is looking at are all so weird to me. There are the boxy cheap looking entrance that lead into a large floor plan hanging off the side of a cliff. They have beautiful views but they are all going to come crashing to the ground when the big one hits. I don’t understand why anyone thinks it is a good idea to live there. Just watching this is giving me anxiety.
Jeanne gets a tour of the construction site known as Valley Vista. It’s Jeff Lewis’ Neverland. He is never going to finish that house. I do not understand the hold up.
Zoila continues to give negative reports to Jeff and Gage about Gema. She says she doesn’t like the nanny cam so she blocks it on purpose. Gema is mad about something. The new house assistant was asked about Gema and she says she feels like she is getting directions from all sides. Then it comes out that Gema’s main problem is with Zoila who apparently questions her and corrects her and makes her feel like she can’t do anything right.
Jeff and Gage fired Gema. There was an instant change in Monroe she is now all giggly and happy again. That concerns me. I hope that some of this baby stuff is editing and storyline. Gema sent Jeff a text that basically says now that she is no longer working there she wants to let him know that Zoila has always wanted her gone. She says that she would tell her to do things that went against what Gage told her. She would tell her not to listen to Gage and that he is not her father. The episode ends there, but the previews show that Zoila acts cagey when confronted about the text message. They have some sort of ridiculous trial to get to the bottom of it, and Zoila gets pissed and appears to move out. Again.
I have been a bit surprised by Zoila’s reaction to the baby. She doesn’t seem overly interested in Monroe. It’s almost like she’s jealous of the baby. What do you think of this situation?
As far as the “boxy looking houses” Jeff and Styx’s wife are looking at Jeff explained millennials are the potential buyers and they aren’t worried about earthquakes because there’s no such thing as tomorrow. Jeff will tear down walls opening up the floor plan so as long as there is a pool, and it’s in the right zip, he’ll end up making lots of money.
I don’t know what Zelda is thinking but she has a look that says “I know how to get rid of all interlopers including nannies and eventually Gage.” She never liked him, still doesn’t and I’m thinking she wants to be Monroe’s Gramma only because Jeff is the sperm donor. Doesn’t seem to be any genuine affection there for Monroe but then she never got the chance to bring up her own kids so maybe a little latent resentment is taking hold.
I think Gage has turned out to be as neurotic as Jeff and their “high needs” baby is going to turn into a high needs child, a high needs teenager and a high needs adult. I’ve never seen such helicoptering parents, ever.
Jenny must be dying laughing inside.
I think Zoila has checked out the last few years- she has her own children and great grandchildren and it wasn’t until Jeff was finally able to focus on having children of his own that she felt she could step back. She’s said before that she loves Jeff, but loves her children more.
Whoops grandchildren, not great grandchildren
I am thinking that Gema may have very well been telling the truth. Zoila saw they had a positive reaction to her and became jealous. Honestly it wouldn’t surprise me if Zoila was the one blocking the nanny cam.She doesn’t like Gage and probably sees the baby as an extension of that relationship and a sign he is not going away easily. It is screamingly obvious to me that Gage wants to be a stay at home daddy. Not sure why Jeff won’t let him. No nanny will ever be good enough because he wants to do it himself, which I think is great.
I think he would be a fantastic stay at home dad
I would agree except they saw Gema block the nanny cam herself when they were watching it live. she told them she did it bc she didn’t like the nanny cam
The first time driving up the PCH and I thought who in the world would pay millions of dollars for this precariously placed salt box and then I saw the views and understood. I don’t think the nanny story is exaggerated, neither dad knows anything about babies it seems. I disagree with Zoila sabotaging the nanny to hurt Gage, she may not love him but I’m sure she cares for the baby because of Jeff.
I never considered Zoila sabotaging a nanny but I believe she is capable. Going back a few seasons I saw Zoila’s real hatred of Gage and saw Jeff laughing about it. Jeff doesn’t have a clue. It’s not fair to Gage. Will Monroe in time learn to dislike Gage also.
Tobaccohoda wrote about how neurotic Gage has become and she’s right. I’ve never seen a parent check on a baby so much. Did you hear when he said blocking the camera prevented him to see what book she was reading to the baby? That poor child.
Jeff and Gage are not experiencing the joy of a newborn, they are so stressed.
If they can’t laugh at themselves at this time the next 18 years will be mostly a chore. Laughter in the house makes a baby happier.
My brother and I had a business and worked on the 3rd floor of his home for many years. When he and has wife had a baby they hired a nanny and she was with them for 15 years. From the beginning, my brother left the nanny alone to care for the baby and almost never checked in; the baby would scream-sometimes for a long time and I’d say to him, “don’t you want to check on her?” and he’d say, “No, that’s why I hired the nanny “and go back to work. Anyway-they trusted her and their good judgment in hiring her. She obviously took great pride in her job and rarely missed a day in 15 years. I’ve thought about this often when watching these guys.
Zoila doesn’t like Gema because Gema likes Gage. But Gemma is not a safe employee to have around due to the excuses she is making from injury to blocking the cameras. When Jeff said that they have noticed a change in Monroe, then there’s not much to blame on Zoila.
I do think modern day parenting and technology has made parents into helicopter parents. It is hard not to criticize when I see things that are done that I wouldn’t do and then I just shut up because I don’t want to do that to my grandkids. If it is not life threatening or dangerous, there is not much to say. Colic is so tough to deal with, one time I just started crying too.
Zoila has always competed for Jeff’s attention & usually tried to boss almost everyone else around hired after her. I think now that she’s “retired” (from housekeeping, not mooching off Jeff or pulling a paycheck from Bravo), she still wants to feel superior. Jeff has really just incited this behavior, it’s nothing new. She’s not interested in working for Jeff again.
At the time this was filming, she was on a Bravo show. So she is getting a Bravo check that Jeff’s manager probably negotiated for her. Jeff will be paying her for the rest of her life and call it “retirement” because he loves her like family.
I may be alone in this, but I’ve never cared for Zoila and never understood why she has a fan base. She comes across emotionally cold, vulgar at times, and sneaky. I suppose she’s a mother substitute for Jeff and I get that, but I always felt for Gage in what he’s had to deal with over the years. She seemed very disrespectful to him and his relationship with Jeff. Maybe they’ve edited out her warm scenes.
Are there any mothers out there that turn up all the baby monitors in the house to full volume like these guys do???? I can hardly take it. Make life a little less stressful and maybe go with half the volume or really mix it up and go with one quarter volume! What a nightmare. Monroe sure is cute though ?
I think that’s all for the show. I’m sure they aren’t on that loud all the time.
Thought the Versailles thing was another reality show plant. I can’t imagine anything he would want to do there.
Much as I love the show, Jeff’s lack of concern for Jenny’s well being bothers me, as does her always agreeing with him.
Running through nannies not good for a baby. I remember how they always had these awful assistants so somewhere they are a brick short of a full load
We have all seen how quickly Jeff runs through employees, so going through so many nannies is no surprise. And Zoila can be nasty—she disliked many of the housekeepers Jeff brought in to help her. And she HATES Gage. I wouldn’t be surprised if Gema is telling the truth. Gage should just be an At Home Dad. It’s clear that’s what he wants. Also I think the Versailles thing was ridiculous. I could never see Jeff getting on long-term with that couple.
I’ll tell you what, the minute I heard Gema went to Zoila with the baby saying she can’t take it, that would have been it for me. Fire her and let Gage take care of Monroe til they find someone new. That freaked me out!
Unless Zoila just told them that to get Gema our of the house.
My favorite comment, Jeanne saying how long will this take, and Jeff replies, forever, I’ll be buried in the back yard.
I had major Sunday night insomnia last night, so I caught up on Flipping Out.
I nearly cried at Jeff’s face when he got that text. He put on a poker face pretty quickly, but I think his heart broke a little when he read that Zoila said Gage wasn’t Monroe’s father, so Gema didn’t have to listen to him.
I honestly think Jeff REALLY felt that Zoila was just teasing… when she really has meant all those nasty things she’s said to Gage.
Look, I get it. Zoila was a total fave of mine from the beginning. But when Gage came on the scene, she started to make me squirm a little with her comments to him. Sometimes I was downright itchy and wanted to change the channel. By this time, I’ll be more than happy to see her go.
It put Jeff in between. I think she’s pissed he picked Gage (in her mind. I think he remained as neutral as possible).
It looks like they will get silly and make a game out of it, but I think that is how Jeff handles things when he wants to still have a relationship with someone after the blowup.
I think that baby was picking up on Gema’s tension around Zoila.
I also think it is unfair to call parents of a 6 month old who has severe colic (and the scream of a velociraptor) “helicopter parents” especially when they are going through nannies and don’t know the people very well. Jeff has said something about how the pediatrician said her colic and her cry was particularly bad and nerve wracking.
“I also think it is unfair to call parents of a 6 month old who has severe colic (and the scream of a velociraptor) “helicopter parents” especially when they are going through nannies and don’t know the people very well. Jeff has said something about how the pediatrician said her colic and her cry was particularly bad and nerve wracking.”
I totally agree. I also think alot of the checking the cameras is done for the show. Any parent with a young child that has monitors check them from time to time.
Sorry,I guess because I’m old but I like Zoila! Look how long she has put up with Jeff! She did because she loves him! She took a lot!I hate to see her tomorrow!Now Gage is happy! Both Jennie and Gage lake and take.bThat is how you stay with Jeff! I love him but it’s the truth and I don’t think that Nannie really did what Z said!She wanted to be on TV and had the hots for Gage?