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Send us Fan Mail This is part TWO of a two part series.  Deepti and Sean have lost their minds over the new Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim documentary on Elizabeth Holmes. Mind blowing, mind numbing perfection. Best picture nomination hopefully at LEAST!!!!

Send us Fan Mail This is part ONE of a two part series.  Deepti and Sean have lost their minds over the new Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim documentary on Elizabeth Holmes. Mind blowing, mind numbing perfection. Best picture nomination hopefully at LEAST!!!!

Send us Fan Mail Deepti and Sean will not stop watching RHONY but hmmm it's got some problems. Sai, Jessel and Erin are just TRYING TOO HARD and it's not coming off as authentic! And WHY are Erin and Daisy going after Erica's island house and the ins and outs of whether they truly own the island or not?? It's just weird. Erin continues to annoy. Jessel continues to be cringe (but it might be secretly funny to watch??) Sai does not elicit much sympathy from Deepti and Sean. Deepti and Sean also discuss Carole and the Eptstein files and the whole Ghislaine Maxwell (monster) connection.

Send us Fan Mail Deepti and Sean were overall quite tickled by UGT. Luann was unHINGED and made this girls trip so incredibly entertaining to watch. Vicky made an unpredictable turnaround - how did that even HAPPEN?? Sean doesn't care for Gizelle but Deepti has a soft spot for her. WHY did Lisa Barlow not apologize for being late??? Cynthia Bailey as 50 Cent was absolutely outrageous and amazing! A close second was Carole Radziwill as Stephen Tyler. Overall, this Ultimate Girls Trip season was a fun watch.

Send us Fan Mail Deepti and Sean are still holding out for an actually decent season of RHONY Reboot. We learn much more about Hailey - more background on the Jon & Kate + 8 situation and more on Hailey's loquacious mom. Daisy gets livid as Jessel insults her apartment popcorn ceiling AND the fact that it's rent-controlled (WHO judges a rent-controlled apt!?). Jessel continues to offend everyone in ep 3...she's acting way too much like a caricature of herself rather than authentically. Erin - AHHH! Always infuriating. We get a scene with Erika and her billionaire husband Ankur and a little more background on their extravagant lives. Carole continues to eye roll at Jessel. Sai has contributed next to nothing so far.

Send us Fan Mail Taylor Swift Rant ~ 13 min 34 sec through 20 min 24 sec Deepti and Sean discuss the second episode of the season. Whitney takes a center role and tries to apologize to Lisa and Meredith, with Meredith of course not accepting! Meredith is super proud of her facelift. No mention by her of a wig situation yet. Lisa and Angie hilariously cannot ski. BRITANY is back and lies/claims she has been man-free for 6 weeks. New cast member Ashley Quai shows some promise.

Send us Fan Mail Deepti and Sean think S16 of New York is SHOCKINGLY promising! After such a dud reboot so far, these two episodes were actually good!  Newcomers Daisy, Hailey and Erika seem like they could really deliver. They're not too much, not too little so far. Jessel is OFF HER ROCKER out of the gate! Yeeeesh! She's got a massive ego right now. Erin - UGH!!!!!! Carole Radziwill is a refreshing return so far. Sai - not as horrible as usual. Let's see how she does. Martha Stewart in the opening scene - FANTASTIC.

Send us Fan Mail Deepti and Sean were teary during the season 7 premiere of the Salt Lake City premiere b/c of the sad daeth of Robert Jr. RIP.  Otherwise, the cast is back and ready to roll. Meredith's had a face lift, Lisa may have made her husband apologize to her on the show for being mean to her last season?, Whitney wants to make amends and isn't drinking this season in order to "be better", Heather - GROAN!, Bronwyn is starting off the season with a 32 year old boyfriend who models, is Meredith wearing a wig?? ... lots of promise for the upcoming season.

Send us Fan Mail Deepti and Sean loved the second half of this season season of Next Gen! Despite the blatant plot-producing happening...it was still so enjoyable. Georgia is so strange and entertaining, Charlie - WHAT A VILLAIN, Shai is such an innocent producer plant adorable kid, Ariana - nice girl (but please get a haircut!), Gia - great for the show (she's definitely breaking up with her boyfriend soon right?), Emira - fabulous, Ava - SO MUCH BETTER this season! Hudson...def trying to boost profits for his family chicken chain coming to NYC! We need more of Spike Lee's son next season. AND MORE Rowan!! Riley - hmmm well she was better in second half of the season but maybe this reality tv stuff isn't in her best interests.  Excited for the reunion!

Send us Fan Mail Deepti and Sean discuss the first two episodes of the new Ultimate Girls Trip season. Episode 1 was a LITTLE bit lackluster, but fun enough. Episode 2 definitely was an improvement. Vicki is a monster wow. Porsha is an absolute DELIGHT. Kyle - UGH!! Theresa, wow...her dingbat ways are entertaining. Gizelle...always stirring the pot but adding NOTHING about her own self per usual. Luann always being a star and completely on cloud 9 about herself. LISA BARLOW - just FABULOUS.

Send us Fan Mail Deepti and Sean are up and down about this season of Next Gen. At times they say it's fake, boring, etc...and then suddenly they're excited for the scenes from the second half of this season!  Brooks needs to do more IN GENERAL, no wonder he's seated at the end of of the couch at the reunion! Shai having such a high position on the couch at the reunion however is...surprising?? Ava continues to [finally] do more this season. Emira handled the Charlie situation well. Riley is coming undone and Deepti just feels bad for the inner turmoil she's facing (which seems "normal" for a 23/24 year old!), Charlie is likely NOT a good dude but he IS good FOR THE show, Georgia also good for the show!, but man so many cast members do NOT like her.  Now Deepti can't tell if Ariana and Hudson had a fake breakup or not. Sean convinced her it was fake but now...well...she DOES hang out extensively with Charlie and Liam later this season.....hmmmm...don't think she'd do that necessarily if her breakup was fake?  So many plotlines with this ensemble cast!

Send us Fan Mail Deepti and Sean regroup to talk out the last three episodes of Season 3 of The Valley. Overall this season was great. Dark, yes. But still great!! At least there was drama unlike some other shows with fake drama (AHEM looking at you Next Gen).  Deepti and Sean think that Brittany should start a party planning business, why does Luke already want another baby???, Kristen is finally jumping ship apparently from the Danny/Nia loyalty, Janet will forever get dragged and she probably deserves it?, Danny has no redeeming qualities, Zack clearly does not want a baby!, Lala's loyalty to Janet is a drag but otherwise she's been great this season, Michelle had a great season, Jesse ruined his goodwill in his season finale scene with Michelle, wtf!!, Jason is VERY good to Janet, Jasmine and Melissa's engagement...errr ok, sure. Not really feeling much emotion there especially because Melissa barely talks on the show so what connection do we have to her?? Deepti and Sean share their hopes and dreams for the 3 part reunion starting this week.

Send us Fan Mail Deepti and Sean are welcoming back Real Housewives of Orange County for their TWENTIETH season. Wow.  This show is in large part depressing and entertaining. A good balance! Shannon "keeping it together" in her tagline is hilarious, Vicki being back is injecting new air into this show, new girl Carmella is promising, Heather is condescending  and smug as usual!, Emily has (fake?) marital problems for her storyline, Gina is engaged (is anyone actually excited about this storyline?) and Jen is...oh boy. Jen is Jen.

Send us Fan Mail Deepti and Sean are kind of relieved that In The City Season 1 is almost over. The show ended up so over-produced by the cast members! The "wedding reception" (that was NOT a wedding reception!) debacle was fun to watch at times but also seemed so planned to "have fights" and it just fell in line with so much else this season that didn't feel organic. Lindsey being over the top constantly is getting tiresome, Amanda's scandal ruined this season of In The City because the audience just knew everything she said was a lie, some of the cast members didn't get enough spotlight and came off as boring.  Overall...it was a bit lackluster. BUT Deepti and Sean will watch whatever Bravo serves up with this show.

Send us Fan Mail Deepti is thrilled to have Reshma back on the Pop Culture Prisoner to talk about the looney ladies of Rhode Island. What a freshman season this was! They discuss the Kelsey/Rosie fights, Alicia/Liz fight, Rulla/Josie fight and the various intricacies of the cast members.  What is Rulla even doing on the show??? Josie never seemed as bad as she was painted out to be! Why were we promised a "fabulous" side of Rulla to be shown? (Spoiler - it was never shown!) Alicia is...a character to say to the least. This season was spectacular. Reshma finishes off the episode giving a couple book recommendations now that Deepti might have more time for reading since the things that have consumed her - NBA playoffs/World Cup/Summer House - are over.