The Game S5: Borrowed Skillets

Episode 1: Season 5 Begins

Episode 2: Know Your Role

Episode 3: Classy vs Trashy

Episode 4: Stereotypical Black

Episode 5: BORING!

Episode 6: Off Sides

Episode 7:

Episode 8:

Episode 9: Making Amends

Episode 10:

Episode 11: Borrowed Skillets

I really am fed up with this show and I tried to hold on but it is not the same that it used to be. It stopped being a comedy and turned into a drama. It is too heavy. I just want to laugh again.

It’s Game Time!!!!!!!! #@TheGameBET

In short, You didnt have to sit through the whole thing to catch the jist of this episode. So i will save you the time. In short, Derwin said that he was going to have a small poker party with the boys. TeeTee invited some chickenheads over, unbeknown to Derwin. One of the hoochies made some magical brownies which Jason ate and Derwin got drunk and Malik sulked the entire night, but not before pouring champagne on one of the girls Tupac style.

The Game S5: Making Amends

Episode 1: Season 5 Begins

Episode 2: Know Your Role

Episode 3: Classy vs Trashy

Episode 4: Stereotypical Black

Episode 5: BORING!

Episode 6: Off Sides

Episode 7:

Episode 8:

Episode 9: Making Amends

I know, I know, I know. I have not been on in two weeks because  I was in California performing. So, my performance and travel schedule was much more important than me hitting the computer to blog about a show I am unsure as to whether I like it or not any more.

I have no clue what happened either. Maybe I should On Demand it.

It’s Game Time!!!!!!!! #@TheGameBET

I am lost. Why is Melanie a fashion designer all of a sudden? Oh wait, Brain fart. This was the Sun Beam charity fashion show.

I need Tasha to pick a hair length and stick to it.  But at least it always looks fresh! And I am loving these long earrings on this short hair. And Tasha and her ghetto ass eating these Sour Patch Kids. And Saint James turned up at the fashion show. Okay, so he is a gigolo? And Tasha is paying him to have sex and to remain exclusive?

The Game S5: Off Sides

Episode 1: Season 5 Begins

Episode 2: Know Your Role

Episode 3: Classy vs Trashy

Episode 4: Stereotypical Black

Episode 5: BORING!

Episode 6: Off Sides

Last week was boring as hell. Please dont make me hate this episode. I mean, I keep wondering how Kelsey Grammar could let his show go down the drain so much.

It’s Game Time!!!!!!!! #@TheGameBET

Really! Star Jones is interviewing Malik? And Malik is now living in a bathroom. Wait, did she just say “ you only have one peepee”? And what a magnificent peepee it is!!!

Why in the world would Melanie be sitting at home joking on Malik’s interview? And they are joking so hard on Malik and Tasha. Damn shame. I mean they went in hard. I give it to them, that was actually funny.  And then Malik and Derwin are sneaking to call each other. This is hilarious!

Okay, so I give this episode props for starting off somewhat funny. Writers better not fuck it up.

The Game S5: BORING!

Episode 1: Season 5 Begins

Episode 2: Know Your Role

Episode 3: Classy vs Trashy

Episode 4: Stereotypical Black

Episode 5: BORING!

I hope that this episode is better. I almost want to scream at Kelsey Grammar. Like, how can he let the quality of work on this show go down hill as much as it has? I mean, that white man is a pro at black shows! lmao!

It’s Game Time!!!!!!!! #@TheGameBET

Malik’s last day in is house and he is just chillin? Lol. Funny. TeeTee comes by to check up on him. Damn, that must suck. Why does TeeTee look old as shit this season? He went from looking 18 to 35.

The Game S5: Stereotypical Black

Episode 1: Season 5 Begins

Episode 2: Know Your Role

Episode 3: Classy vs Trashy

Episode 4: Stereotypical Black

Okay, so why must Chardonnay have to be so stereotypical ghetto? I mean, we want her to be black but not GHETTO!!! Couldn’t we get an intelligent black girl to be with Jason? And I don’t mean you can’t be intelligent while leaving in the ghetto….but I mean, why must she be hood. BWHAHAH! Jason said, “…after the annulment we should probably date each other.” Where they do that at? But Chardonnay says that it is not a good idea. Awwww, Jason caught feelings for a chicken head!

It’s Game Time!!!!!!!! #@TheGameBET

The Game S5: Classy vs Trashy

Episode 1: Season 5 Begins

Episode 2: Know Your Role

Episode 3: Classy vs Trashy

I’m not even home.I found a friend’s house to watch this on so I can blog from my phone. CALL ME VICIOUS! 

It’s Game Time!!!!!!!! #@TheGameBET

Tasha’s hair is on point. Oh snap! It is great to have Jazz (  Tae Heckard ) back! Who lives in a hotel? I’m confused.

And here comes NeNe Leaks. Lawd, does she really have a clothing line or is this just for the show. Please say it is just for the show. I really cant take it if this was real. Did NeNe just say “vulumptuous”? Yep, she did. SMDH. But, on a stranger note, this is the first time that I have ever thought that NeNe has looked so slim!!! This black dress is vicious.

Okay, so it took us 3 episodes this season before we got to see the Sabers in a jersey or even seeing anything football related. I mean, this is called The Game and not Shit that Goes on Outside of the Football Season.

This new dude, Qwon, is fine as hell! We got a sneak peek of him at the end of last season, but it took 3 episodes before we got to see him? I think they forgot how dramatic they ended last season. I thought that Qwon would have been more important than he is. Dont make me attack these writers, you know that I am good for it! So they made a big deal about him being with Camille and the first time we see him he is no longer dating her? THEN WHY MAKE IT SUCH A BIG DEAL?!!!

I have a hard time telling how much time has lasped this season. Usually, from the first few seasons each episode was like a week apart, these episodes are like skipping months. So confusing.

My homegirls are in here talking about Raheem Devaughn and his music so I totally missed this whole seem between Derwin and Melanie.

Who is Chardonnay’s friends at the table? The female looks familiar. KEL from Keenan & Kel!!!!! He is looking sexy. But I can’t even drool too long because I know he has kids. I dont do baby mama drama. lol. BWAHAHAHAH! One of the guys at the table called Jason a “brother” and they all clapped! lol.

Oh Lawd! So, Melanie couldnt come to the Sun Beam meeting because she is having invetro? Wait, are they in Melanie’s house though? So, all of these women were let into Melanie’s house to have a meeting, that she cant attend, because she is having an invetro appointment? *side eye* I know, I know….they used to meet up in Kelly’s house, too, before she would get home.

Now these designs that this Sweetscott guy came up with were okay, very couture. So this Heather chick is another Sun Beam who tried to take over the fashion show and she brought in this guy to show designs that she felt trumped Tasha’s. So they took a vote. By a show of hands, more Sun Beams want to see Tasha handle the show.

So Jason was in the mall at a DTLR store ( great product placement) and walked out as the sensor alarm went off. Now that he has been harping on his new-found blackness, he tries to pull the race card when the white sales lady let a white guy pass. Come to find out, the sensor went off because the sales clerk is new and she left a sensor on one of Jason’s items. No need to raise Johnny Cochran from the grave. It was a false alarm. Just like he walked out of the mall and almost got hit by a car and the person inside called him “darkie”! IN WHAT WORLD is Jason’s powder ass a DARKIE!!!!? FIRE THE WRITERS!!! Y’all are trying too hard. First you get rid of Kelly and now you are trying to put Jason on the backside of the “paper bag test”? Fuck outta here!Where ever you are trying to take his storyline… you are trying too hard. You are turning him into a caricature and not a character! Please stop it, and stop it now!!! There as NOTHING wrong with Jason before.

All of these dudes in the Saber locker room are fine as hell. So Derwin tried to bond with his teammates and Qwon told him to stop asking him out because it is starting to look suspicious. Qwon is obviously opposed to being Derwin’s friend. And Malik just has to stab the knife in his back even further. Shame.

Yet again, Jason is taking this black stuff too far. Did he just ask Chardonnay how does it feel to be “regular” black? And the kiss between those two was sooooooo random and awkward!

So Melanie needs to rest, under doctor’s order. And now Tasha is trying to have Jodeci come to the fashion show. And to bring in the peace Mel settles the fashion show dispute with the Sun Beam bi-laws and says that she will be taking over the show. Tasha takes this as a personal attack and digs into Melanie like she stole her virginity and sold it on eBay. OUCH! Tasha didnt have to go there, but we know how these writers will make these characters say about anything these days.

Is it just me or didnt this show start off rather sitcom-ish and now I feel like I am watching a black soap opera? I used to watch The Game to laugh and forget about my day. Now I can turn on Basketball Wives or some other hood show to see the same things. I remember when The Game was different. THAT is why we wanted them to come back on the air, not with all of this unnecessary drama. I know what is missing, I just hope that they are able to bring back the very essence of what we loved and now are starting to miss.

Sincerely,

~*2Deep*~

The Game S5: Know Your Role

Episode 1: Season 5 Begins

Episode 2: Know Your Role

I am so happy that I get to relax now and watch the show as I blog.

 It’s Game Time!!!!!!!! #@TheGameBET

I REALLY hate this Rick Ross fool.

And Tasha changes her hair about as much as Mo’Nique at the BET Awards. But this full wig is fresh! Where ever she got this wig from, she needs to pass the business card on to Tyler Perry for his next movie, because their weaves ALWAYS look jacked.

I also love how we are on the second episode and we have no clue WHAT time of the season we are in. Are they in the  lock-out? Off Season? What? I swear, the longer BET has it, the further away from “the game” we get. But I progress….lol

The Game: Season 5 Begins

Episode 1: Season 5 Begins

The commercials have made me anticipate this season even more. I almost barfed in my mouth just a little when I saw that NeNe Leaks will be on this season. I mean, didn’t she DOG Sharee when she wanted to be an actor? And then she turns around and features on the SAME show that Sharee featured on? Lol. All I can do is laugh at that muppet. Lol.

I am also excited to see what Brandy will have to do with this season. To say that it is chalked full of surprises is an understatement, to say the least. But it doesn’t matter to me……..

The day has come!!!!! It’s Game Time!!!!!!!! #@TheGameBET

It opens with Melanie admitting to Derwin having an abortion. To Megan laying on the floor with Tasha and Malik discovering that she is probably dead, and Jason in a hotel in Tijuana,Mexico trying to figure out when he got married. This…..is already going to be scandalous!!!

The Game~ Worth Watching?

               

Pre-Season 4 Recap:   Dont Call It a Comeback Pt1           

Recap Episode 1: Don’t Call It a Come Back  Pt2                                                              

Recap Episode 2: The Game                                                             

Recap Episode 3: Derwin’s Got Some ‘splaing To Do        

         Update: I figured it out! Here I am on Thursday, a full 5 days before Episode 4 is to air, watching The Game. This is the Episode where Melanie wants to go home for Christmas because the Sabers are all about football….and it hits me. I now understand why people are rebelling against the changes.

        I am sitting here watching Melanie and relating to her. Everyone, religion excluded, would like to go home with their families for the holidays. We could connect with Drew Sidora, the character, breaking up a happy home. And even though the world is wrapped around professional football and the lights of fame that many of those watching will never get an inside look at, we somehow managed to relate. They were human in the first 3 seasons. Malik had OCD, Tasha had left by her baby daddy issues, Kelly was trying to please her husband, Jason was controlling, Derwin was getting caught up, and Melanie was oblivious to her world changing before her eyes. We’ve been here before. We liked it here. And this is what we feel is missing from the new season.

        I have yet to look at the new season and say, “EXACTLY!!! I feel you.” or have the slightest urge to tell someone how much this episode connected with me. I, and the other 7.5 Million viewers, are missing from this season of  The Game….so far. I don’t relate to a wife sneaking a DNA test without her husband’s knowledge. I don’t relate to guy’s sleeping with their boss’ wives and best friend’s girls….I know it happens, but I can’t relate to it. We know that Melanie isnt practicing medicine, and Kelly is starting a reality show, but what exactly does Tasha do? This is called The GAME but only once have we seen them in a jersey. I am looking for where I belong in this new season. Like Melanie, I just want to return home like I am accustomed to doing and relate.

Episode 4 begins in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1…. #GameOn Bitches!

LMAO!!!! At the tweet “I’m Free, bastards.” I have a friend who may tweet that because he has a Malik Wright complex every Tuesday. Funny if Hosea tweeted that under his real Twitter name. I am really loving this look on Malik/Hosea… really sexy. WOWZERS!!!!! Did she really just bring up Chris Brown crying on TV? HOT DAMN! The Game is going H.A.M!

Umm…. I have to admit that I am going to steal the hat switching act. Though schizophrenic in nature….it is quite hilarious and effective.

So…..mama knows best. Malik should have done damage control. You cannot make me believe that the league will protect you over protecting their investment, and yes…. those are two different things. The real league makes me itch when it comes to how they protect their investments and how the players get away with murder, rape (Rothenburger), and spousal abuse (NAME A PLAYER). And though Malik is the center focus of this particular episode, 15 minutes in and I am thinking that this episode is dragging. Just not getting it.  And this scene with Meagan…..what is her character’s name?…is showing me just how serious this show is getting. It’s no longer a Dramedy. I don’t think that it works as a drama. *sigh*

I am trying not to complain…. let me try to be constructive…. I only have 8 minutes left to do so. *double sigh*

WOWZERS!!!! Derwin didn’t show up?!!! Okay…. I RELATED TO THAT!!! Hot diggidy damn! I related to something. I related to needing someone to be there, them saying so and not being there. My heart sank at the sight of the empty chair. WOW! THIS is what I wanted to feel. This is what I wanted from Season 4 of The Game. I RELATED TO MALIK!!!! Hallelujah! My prayers have been answered. *sigh of relief*.

My Grade for this Episode: C+ . I still think that it took too long to get the information out. The scenes were dragging and it was too damn dramatic. I think that the use of a linear plot also slowed the story down. In previous seasons multiple plots were going at once and that was believable and kept the speed of the show going.

Next Episode: Okay…. I see Janay is still holding a grudge…. but this contradicts with what Tasha told him in this episode. Didnt she tell Derwin to go home to DJ when she had her mother hat on? Or has he not had visitations around Melanie? I am so confused. And Terrance J is back? Okay…. *sigh* I’ll watch it.

Sincerely,

~*MY Mother’s Daughter*~

Let’s Stay Together: Simon Says

Okay… I am praying that the only reason why you have missed the first two episodes of this show is because you actually have a life and not because you are upset that you missed it due to work or because you’re locked up in prison. Well.. if you missed anything… I consider you lucky… but if you must…..you can check out my recaps here:

Episode 1: Let’s Stay Together… or NOT <~Click Here

Episode 2: Filing for Divorce <~Click Here

So…. the previews left everything to the imagination. Other than the fact that the plot is doing this eerie copy cat of  The Game…not much makes me want to watch it. I mean really… how creepy is it that the same week The Game has a girl trying to push up on Derwin, Let’s Stay Together has some mystery chick pushing up on the wife’s husband. Damn, what is that bitch’s name?!! Oh yeh, “the less important Tasha on this new show that I really don’t give a damn about but have a blast bashing it because inquiring minds want to know”. Do they have last names know this show? Hmmmmmm. Damn, the writers didn’t even care to give them last names. lmao!!! Okay, I digress. In all honesty, Ronreaco…whoever he plays…is a very handsome man…. but I would believe it more if the engaged guy…. what is his name?… were to be hit on. See.. I have all kinds of grammatical errors just trying to figure out who the hell they are. But okay… I’ll suffer through this. I told you.. they get 4 episodes out of me. My faith is smaller than a mustard seed people; try the size of a flea’s sperm.

Okay.. Misery loves company in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, #Shit!

Wait….. they’re in the bedroom AGAIN?! Is their relationship based solely on them having sex or the fiancée bribing her man with sex?I am already over this episode. I forgot how it opened. About to eat.. will write in retrospect rather than real-time…. this is some bullshit!

Okay…. Nicole Ari Parker just saved this episode. I picked back up just for her. This bald-headed dude looks so familiar… now after I get past the fact that two light skinned-ed people are married to each other, I might be able to figure out where I remember him from. Ummmm…. BALTIMORE!!! Took 3 episodes for me to find out where they are. Hmmmm…. Not working for me. They don’t have the Baltimore accents for that. TRUST ME!!! I live here, I know! I have a couple of vocal coaches who could have hooked that right the fuck up.

You do know that I am searching the house of the married couple for signs of the twins. NOTHING! I’m calling child protective services on this show too! lol. And the husband is a lawyer? I’m lost.  So he was gonna give up law to become a lounge singer? See, ever since we lost Johnnie… there is no hope!

Ummm… what the FUCK is Kita wearing! I know for a FACT that they don’t wear that shit up in Baltimore. If I see that outfit anywhere near 5 Seasons, I’m shooting on sight! WHERE IS THIS CHICK FROM WITH THIS TERRIBLE ACCENT?! They can’t be FROM Baltimore.

Did the fiancée WHAT IS HER FUCKING NAME!!! just get upset because she is boring? Did she really just pout? Adults don’t get upset about that, do they? I mean, she really just got upset because her friends are getting alongg with her husband. .. WAIT!!! DID THIS TRICK JUST TALK ABOUT HARPO & HIS JUKE JOINT?!! *cue Lawrence Fishburne* “Time to Go!” Please tell me that this random chick sitting behind Nicole on the couch has people coming to meet her at the club. Okay, I was more concerned with WHAT IS THE FIANCEE’S NAME!!! running up the stairs and slipping and the fact that Darryl’s pants were up in his ass than actually paying attention to the plot of the show.

FUDGE NAWL!!! Who is this discounted hoodrat that they picked to play the girl interested in Jamal?Can SOMEONE hit her back with either some Dark & Lovely and Clean & Clear? No, not the back of her neck…like her actual back!!! Like, spine, shoulder blades, all of these spots and hair. I know where they were trying to go with that scene between the wife and the law groupie with the hairy back but they missed some valuable opportunities.  *sigh* please bring back the overacting karaoke. Yall know damn well that the fiancée ( whatever her name is ) use to be a Pussycat Doll….so she can sing. I think it would have been funnier if she came out and could sing but couldn’t dance. They just turned her straight into a caricature. I keep trying to help them… but they just keep fucking with my overall intelligence and willing suspense of disbelief. Besides, they plugged Facebook…. *whispers* The Game had iPad…lmao!!!!

Oh lawd… another botched strip tease? I’m calling my congressman. But at least it is over.

My Take 2 Review: I give it a D. The acting is somewhat better, maybe because they had the guest actors on there to balance them out, but the writing is still horrible and the purpose of the show has yet to develop for me. Girlfriends was about a group of girlfriends, and hell Friends was about a group of friends. The Game is about…you guessed it, the game. I’m in agreement that Let’s Stay Together is about relationships… but between the prestige twins, the bad accent on Kita, and the constant sex scenes…. I’m not getting it. Really not. Okay, they get ONE MORE episode before I get ruthless…lol.

Sincerely,

~*My Mother’s Daughter*~