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Pamy
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01-02-2002

Tuesday, June 29, 2004 - 4:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I agree Guin. Funny thing is Melissa seems to spend more money and time on herself yet the other 2 are prettier . Just shows that whats on the inside shines through.

Scorpiomoon
Member

06-06-2002

Tuesday, June 29, 2004 - 5:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Guinevere: I agree. I hate to judge, but I get the sense Melissa is the kind of woman who is looking for a man to take care of her financially. While I was watching, I couldn't help but wonder if Rick just wasn't wealthy enough for her. Maybe she thought he'd be supporting her and they'd be off traveling the world or something--not the both of them working long, hard hours at his business.

Dahli
Member

11-27-2000

Wednesday, June 30, 2004 - 12:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I was curious as to how she subsidized her rather well shopped lifestyle (looked like a shoe store in her closet!) by 'working' part time...?

Watching2
Member

07-07-2001

Wednesday, June 30, 2004 - 3:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Dahli - maybe those credit cards helped pay for her shoes? Wanna bet they patch things up? :-)

Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Wednesday, June 30, 2004 - 4:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ryn??!! What happened to you? Did you ever do the interview?

Watching2
Member

07-07-2001

Wednesday, June 30, 2004 - 11:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Was the contest held yet?

Minismurf
Member

04-27-2004

Sunday, July 04, 2004 - 5:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Family Plots is on tonight and they're staring from the beginning!!!!!!!!! Just thought i'd let everyone know. It starts at 8 pm and last til 4 am on A&E. So grab your popcorn and blankets and enjoy the night with a taste of the funeral business! :-)

Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Sunday, July 04, 2004 - 7:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks for the heads up Mini!

Ryn, did they keep you after your interview?

Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Sunday, July 04, 2004 - 2:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thought you all might enjoy this..

Shonna's makeup tips

http://www.aetv.com/tv/shows/family_plots/?page=shonnasmakeup

Texasdeb
Member

05-23-2003

Monday, July 05, 2004 - 1:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I got to catch up & re-watch the few eps. I had managed to see & finally I'm where the rest of you are. Too much going on to catch this unless A & E does the weekend thing (which I hope they continue to at least show the prev. 2 shows this way). I get mixed vibes about both Rick & Melissa. Rick was sure offering Melissa a great life (what's wrong with having to work a little in your own business). Sure is edited to look like Melissa was just using Rick and it isn't fair to Shawna, Emily, & Chuck that it seems like her "dumping" him will at least initally have a negative effect on their own careers.

It was obvious that Melissa is more self consumed than either of her sisters when the 3 of them decided to spiff up & go out. Gosh, Shawna & Emily sure spiffed up good but Melissa looked the same as she always does. It surprised me that Melissa didn't even want to act as Funeral Director because she wasn't licensed. What's her job anyway? I know they list her as Assistant Funeral Director along with John, but John actually assumes the duties. Heck, John is the only one that will get down & dirty & help Shawna out when the clock is ticking. I'm curious to see what they'll do with Melissa now that she isn't in that "trophy" fiancee of the owner role. Rick needs to lay off of Emily from what I see the previews look like. Emily busts her butt & they all count on her to keep them organized. Shawna & Emily make a great team along with John & of course Chuck. David, I guess does his part well even though he really isn't shown much. I don't like how he won't even look in the back where all of Shawna's heart felt work that actually keeps them in business takes place. Shawna is clearly the stand out employee of this operation (or at least that is what we are led to believe by the show). I hope they keep making new shows of "Family Plots" because it's different, interesting, & entertaining.

Scorpiomoon
Member

06-06-2002

Monday, July 05, 2004 - 2:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Very astute commnets, Texasdeb.

Has anyone heard if they will be filming more to create new episodes or taking footage they didn't use and making new episodes?

Sbw
Member

08-09-2000

Monday, July 05, 2004 - 2:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
If I understand right there is a "new" episode on tonight.

Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Monday, July 05, 2004 - 2:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
YES New ep tonight!

Texasdeb
Member

05-23-2003

Monday, July 05, 2004 - 2:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yes, I think it's new - from the previews it looks like Emily walks out because Rick jumps her about not doing her job to his liking (something about not keeping everything in the files & having stuff they need on her desk).

Scorpiomoon
Member

06-06-2002

Monday, July 05, 2004 - 6:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Re: Tonight's episode:

I know, with a show like this, editing is such a big factor.

But...

I feel so sorry for Emily. She seems like such a hard working, decent person. She seems to be married to a guy who is a bit of loser, living in kind of a crappy place and seems unhappy. She deserves so much more.

I got the impression her husband really isn't working--as in, she's the one bringing in most of the money. Why was he freaking out on her about everything?

I wish this family could open their own business and leave Rick behind. He's just being a big baby about the Melissa thing. If they have been having problems for MONTHS and he is still taking it out on everyone around him, that just proves the guy has serius issues.

I wonder why it is that Shonna ended up so grounded and so together while the rest of her family seem to have such unhappy lives.

Cbetsky
Member

07-06-2004

Tuesday, July 06, 2004 - 1:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
After watching last night, it strikes me that Emily must have more going on than the editors are letting us see. First, when Rick was on her case about the items that weren't in the files, she seemed to get a lot more upset than the situation called for. (Unless they edited it to make Rick seem less of a jerk.) Although Rick attributing all of Emily's stress to the distance she drives Ramsey to school every day made me want to throttle him. That drive is probably the best chance she gets to relax during a normal day!

And what was with Emily's fib to her husband about how much the new rug cost? Unless they also edited out a little bargaining, the salesperson definitely told her it was $249, and she told her husband $139.

(My husband and I have decided that Melissa must have been married and divorced. How else can she afford that house and those clothes if she's only working part time?)

Broxi
Member

03-11-2004

Tuesday, July 06, 2004 - 7:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I did not see anything really wrong with Emily's wee fib about the rug cost. I think at one point in time we all have told our spouse that something cost less than it really did. {I know I have.}

Melissa... I just don't like her. I don't know why but maybe to me she just acts like she is better than everyone else.

Rick.... he is a man who seems lost. But lately even he annoys me.

Chuck and Shonna... Love them.

Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Tuesday, July 06, 2004 - 8:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I feel sorry for Rick, to lose his son and have Melissa dump him in the same year must be so hard for him.

Shonna and Chuck...love them more each week!

Scorpiomoon
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06-06-2002

Tuesday, July 06, 2004 - 8:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'd guess, the reason why Emily lied to her husband was to shut him up. Didn't she say he is always bringing up money every time they talk?

Ok, so now, it's all re-runs from here on out, right?

Minismurf
Member

04-27-2004

Wednesday, July 07, 2004 - 6:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
No there's a new one next week.

Watching2
Member

07-07-2001

Saturday, July 10, 2004 - 11:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Great! I wasn't sure if this was it or not. I do get an email on the day it airs telling me there's a new episode, but I like to know ahead of time. :-)

Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Sunday, July 11, 2004 - 2:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Looking For Love...Again!
Monday, July 12 @ 9pm/8C


Finding a date for Chuck is harder than it seems! The girls ? Emily, Shonna and Melissa ? continue their internet matchmaking plans. While Emily lines up another potential date for Chuck, Shonna gets some background information of her own when she discovers a distinctive article of clothing during an embalming. As the workday ends, Chuck nervously prepares for a night of dinner and dancing, hoping this time that love will bloom...

Scorpiomoon
Member

06-06-2002

Sunday, July 11, 2004 - 3:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I hope, for Chuck, it does.

Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Sunday, July 11, 2004 - 4:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Me too, he deserves to be happy and have someone to love him.

I wonder if Shonna finds panties on a male she is embalming.

Scorpiomoon
Member

06-06-2002

Monday, July 12, 2004 - 7:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I didn't approve of Bonnie. It was one thing to ask if Chuck had a sports car, but then to say she hoped he had a boat? Materialistic much?

As I've said before, I hope Chuck finds a woman thanks to this show.

Man, looking at photos of the family when they were all younger...they are all so good looking!

On another note:

Did anyone catch the promo for "Growing Up Goditti"? Unbelievable! I am so all over that one.