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Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Make My Baby AU , 'Flipping Out' - 'Hot Streak, Lots of Baggage' (Season Premiere) Recap


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When Jeff Lewis referred to the changes in his business early on in the season premiere of 'Flipping Out,' for a while there it seemed like it was all for the better.

After all, the Ryan Brown smoke screen had been lifted -- a Google search snafu that resulted in business never reaching Jeff because it was diverted to Ryan -- and the job offers were up four times what they'd been before. But enough about the work, what about the baby in the office?

Well, it wasn't Jenni and Jeff's. That much hadn't changed. No, it was Jeth's. Between the baby -- an occasional visitor -- and the unruly dogs and willful cats, the Jeff Lewis office was more a variation on last season than a real change.

You could say the same about Jeff Lewis. Instead of being happy about all the new opportunities, the perfectionist in him continued to drive the mere mortals on his staff to distraction.

Only Jeff could be personal and sweet while inquiring about Jenni's new boyfriend, a nice Greek fellow named Jonathan of whom her mother approved, then chew her out for leaving a phone number off a client list. Jeff was looking for an apology, but Jenni felt that mistakes happen.

Their fight lingered, with Jeff suggesting in front of another client that Jenni didn't get it. "It seems like you don't care." After nine years of Jenni putting up with a world of criticism from Jeff, including some rough stuff, like the time Jeff nanny-cammed Jenni's then-husband Chris to prove he was using Jeff's computer (which contributed to their divorce), Jeff still treated Jenni like baggage.
What the new season shows is that it takes a tough shell to work in the Jeff Lewis environment. It's getting tougher too because the business is busier than ever. Remember those convivial lunches with the staff when Jeff would chastise an assistant for bringing a meal that didn't exclude the onions from his burger, and then he'd tease Zoila for the amusement of the team? They're gone. Lunch now is McDonald's in the car on the way to a site. Yum.

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