https://collider.com Exploring your favorite TV shows both past and present through deep dives, retrospectives, recaps, and more. Thu, 21 Dec 2023 20:30:20 GMT en-US hourly 60 Reality television is unscripted, but through production, roles are assigned to cast members, mostly because they do something extremely well. In Married to Medicine, there are distinct roles that each doctor plays on the show. One of the most notable is Dr. Jackie Walters. According to Bravo's Married to Medicine profile site, "Dr. Jackie is one of the longest-running stars in Bravo history who is widely known as America's most beloved OB-GYN. Her positive and vibrant attitude toward life, infused with her dedication to work and family, has made her a fan favorite." Dr. Jackie is a two-time cancer survivor and owns one of the southeast's premiere OB-GYN practices combined with a women's spa center. It works for Dr. Jackie to be the voice of reason and the pristine example of "almost perfection." But behind the pleasantries, some may say she's much more sinister.

]]> Thu, 21 Dec 2023 15:01:18 GMT https://collider.com/married-to-medicine-dr-jackie-walters/ The more unique winners of Big Brother typically get flack from some fans. It's hard to argue with a winner who has the most competition wins under their belt, or a winner who has the most social influence on the game. Taylor Hale was influential in Big Brother 24, but not through leading an alliance. The Leftovers alliance formed around her after houseguests noticed her mistreatment. Taylor became the first Black woman to win the game, and the first person to win the season, and America's Favorite Player.

]]> Wed, 20 Dec 2023 17:00:20 GMT https://collider.com/taylor-hale-big-brother-reindeer-games-winning-record/ Supernatural drama Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s early days focused on Buffy’s (Sarah Michelle Gellar) high school years while coming to terms with her fate as the Chosen One to battle the forces of evil. With Buffy and the Scooby Gang nearing graduation, the show’s third season was coming to a crossroads where seeds of further storylines needed to be planted to guarantee the show’s future. “Amends,” the tenth episode of Season 3, shines as a pivotal chapter that pushes each character’s arc forward, while also being the show’s single holiday-themed episode. Whereas the show had several fun Halloween entries, its single Christmas episode focused on moral dilemmas that shone a light on the roads Buffy and company would take.

]]> Wed, 20 Dec 2023 22:01:18 GMT https://collider.com/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-amends-episode/ Dubai Bling is everything that The Real Housewives franchise was once known for. Much like the Bravo series The Real Housewives of Dubai, it showcases the lifestyles of the lavish and fabulous elite in The City of Gold. Dubai Bling provides the same intimate insight into the lives of its cast as the Netflix series, Bling Empire. While Bling Empire offered a look into the lifestyles of a wealthy Asian American community in Los Angeles, Netflix canceled Bling Empire and its New York spin-off, Bling Empire New York, earlier this year. Dubai Bling provides viewers with a unique glance into the ways of the elite in the United Arab Emirates. This glimpse into another world is one of the biggest draws of reality TV. What makes Dubai Bling unique beyond its desert setting far outside of North America is the intimate glimpse it offers into the lives of the outrageous personalities that so often accompany such extravagant wealth.

]]> Wed, 20 Dec 2023 16:30:18 GMT https://collider.com/dubai-bling-netflix/ Editor's note: The below contains spoilers for Season 2 of The Gilded Age.

]]> Sun, 17 Dec 2023 21:00:17 GMT https://collider.com/gilded-age-better-than-downton-abbey/ Prequels have often been a difficult subject to tackle in film and television, given that many of them have a predetermined outcome by definition. One solution, therefore, is to go back far enough that the events still feel foreign, featuring characters and storylines we've never met before. No doubt, the team at HBO kept this in mind when pitching House of the Dragon as their first spinoff for Game of Thrones, as the events take place nearly two hundred years before the original series. Even then, however, astute viewers and observant fans already know the fates of several major characters and the general outcome, so how do you expand the lore into uncharted territory? Several ideas have already been raised, some even more distant and others closer to the current story, but House of the Dragon has already offered us one major storyline that has been overlooked with the legend of Old Valyria. After all, entire regions of the world of Westeros have gone unexplored, even by Martin himself, and what we have already seen from previous spinoffs can tell us much about the appeal of this idea and what it can accomplish.

]]> Thu, 21 Dec 2023 15:01:18 GMT https://collider.com/game-of-thrones-spinoff-old-valyria/ When it comes to Christmas episodes of Psych, “The Polarizing Express” (Season 5, Episode 14) is unique in its complexity and chaos. Compared to the previous Christmas specials (“Gus’s Dad May Have Killed an Old Guy” and “Christmas Joy”) and the following movie, this particular wintertime adventure with Shawn (James Roday-Rodriguez) and Gus (Dulé Hill) pulls from several Christmas classics, including It’s a Wonderful Life and A Christmas Carol, to pay homage, as well as weaving its own life lessons into the story beneath the show’s unique brand of goofy humor.

]]> Thu, 21 Dec 2023 20:30:20 GMT https://collider.com/psych-polarizing-express-episode/ If you are a Married to Medicine fan wondering what the heck Phaedra Parks is doing with the doctors this season, you aren't alone. The debut of the dramatic Phaedra to the more conservative Bravo offering of Married to Medicine was an obvious attempt to shake up the cast. Phaedra has been missing from reality TV since 2017, after a major faux pas on Real Housewives of Atlanta. Reality stars are notorious for sharing little white lies to accompany shade, but Phaedra took that tradition to an entirely different dimension when she planted an unthinkable ugly lie about cast mate Kandie Burruss to Porsha Williams. If the other housewives were playing paintball with their allegations of gossip and hearsay, Phaedra was shooting with real bullets when she accused Kandi of attempting to drug Porsha to allegedly have sex with her in a supposed sex dungeon. The accusation was so heinous that Porsha couldn't imagine Phaedra would lie about something so dangerous, especially because Phaedra suggested she learned about the plan for intoxication from the horse's mouth. When things played out at the reunion, and it was revealed the entire debacle was Phaedra's attempt to assassinate Kandi's character, it was beyond shocking to everyone, including Andy Cohen. Both Kandi and Porsha ended the reunion in tears, while Phaedra shrugged her shoulders and offered Porsha a surface apology. Kandi was livid and vowed not to deal with Phaedra again. It wasn't surprising that Phaedra didn't return the following season, nor was it surprising when she wasn't offered a peach, or permanent role on reality TV. When Phaedra showed up on the current season of Married to Medicine, some fans were intrigued and others were elated as they were clueless to the great lie of 2017.

]]> Mon, 18 Dec 2023 18:16:23 GMT https://collider.com/phaedra-parks-married-to-medicine-bravo/ Kenya Moore has been a fan favorite on The Real Housewives Of Atlanta since she showed up with a peach and a twirl in Season 5. The former 1993 Miss USA was built for reality TV and brought the confidence and flair needed to dominate a franchise that represented Atlanta, GA to the fullest. Kenya swooped in fabulously from Los Angeles and re-positioned the Atlanta spotlight on herself. Her formula was of equal parts; beauty, brains, and wit worked in her favor when interacting with her cast mates. The one thing that formula didn't guarantee was the validation of being a wife, which most of the cast members tend to be when joining the series. Fans recognize the Bravo-produced show's title "Real Housewives" hasn't been literal since its inception, but cast members try their best to produce a plus one with the potential of being inducted by a ring. Kenya's debut season ended with her winning in drama but losing in love, and it didn't take long for the other women to focus on her sole weakness.

]]> Tue, 19 Dec 2023 16:01:18 GMT https://collider.com/the-real-housewives-of-atlanta-kenya-moore-marc-daly-divorce/ Tammy Slaton has had a mercurial few years since 1000-lb Sisters first began. She and her sister, Amy Slaton, were both roughly 500 pounds when the series began. Viewers were drawn to the show primarily because of how frank the sisters are. They talk openly about their weight and have no qualms about letting one rip amid a confessional interview. The series was created primarily to follow their weight-loss journey, but when Tammy was unable to get her surgery at the same time as Amy, her mental health took a downward spiral. Tammy’s efforts to follow a strict diet and lose weight fell short every time. In the midst of this, she was dating men she met online who wanted her to keep the weight, something she gave in to for love. She also began making new friends that led her down a path of drugs and alcohol that nearly took her life. Things changed when Tammy went back to rehab.

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