You know, for a show that I can honestly say that I REALLY look forward to, I don’t write about the episodes of The Hills nearly enough. Sure, I will pass along what I see as far as the fact that clearly this show is staged, fake, scripted almost, but as far as talking about the reason that everyone cares that it’s fake (because the show itself is AWESOME!), I don’t do that enough. So here you go. I enjoyed last night’s episode immensely!
First, how about the “she-pratt” reference. We don’t get to see Spencer’s sisters (even though he’s referenced them before) for the three seasons we’ve had the pleasure of knowing Spencer, and then Audrina “sees her” at some club, she and Lauren talk about it, and then lo and behold, there is the sister with her roommate threatening Brody to not hang out with LC and for LC to stop hating on ol’ Heidi. I picture that scene being set up a lot the same way that Daniel Larusso was set up to beat up that guy at the club in Karate Kid III. You know? Where the millionaire quit his business to ruin the life of an 18 year-old and he gives that guy $50 to hit on Daniel-san’s fake girlfriend? You don’t? Whatever, that movie is a classic.
The beauty of this whole exchange is that we get to see the She-Pratt tell her brother all about it the next day. And it isn’t the actual description of the events that is great so much as this conversation reveals the following salient details: (1) Spencer and Heidi had their electricity turned off after not paying the electric bill for SIX MONTHS! and that is what killed all the jellyfish (All together now:AWWWW). I would have thought they died from fear of Spencer’s huge chiclet teeth, and (2) Spencer’s sister is an ordained minister. No for real, she got it over the internet. Wow! Heidi immediately turns a little green as she tries to explain politely why she doesn’t want the she-Pratt to officiate her wedding. I mean, I can’t make this stuff up…Somebody clearly can, but I couldn’t!
Anyway, let’s spend a moment on Audrina: this tree-hugging, granola-eating, turban-wearing guy that she’s seeing has clearly out-kicked his coverage here. I don’t know why Audrina likes him. From all appearances, his best feature is that he can grow facial hair and turn any bedsheet into a hat that he will wear to a club. He has desserted her in Vegas. He left her at a beach party (at least he left her helmet for her), and last night he was kissing a girl at the bar in front of Audrina. So after a minor meltdown in the club, Justin-Bobby gets her outside the club, by a dumpster, and keeps asking her to get in the back of the car…Now, as it turns out, that isn’t nearly as dirty as it sounds, but geez. Audrina left Lauren and Brody at the club to jump in this car. Sure, she tells her “friend at work” that she just left him at his apartment, but I ain’t buying that.
They ended the night with Audrina saying it was over, but I don’t believe that. Just overall, a fun episode to watch. You know what would have made it better? I need some Lo in my life. That girl is just great.
