Oh lord … here comes the drama … again. Last night, in the second ep of the new season of The Hills, we got a heaping helping of D-R-A-M-A that altho felt a wee bit staged managed to still inspire all those feelings of Oh No She Didn’t! that tend to come in growing doses on this series:

Stephanie Pratt (the She-Spencer) hosted a little birthday soiree and managed to concoct a little fireworks show of her own … we got to see some new faces, some old faces and a particularly scary face that doesn’t look like it’s going away anytime soon. After the jump, find out what happens when LC and Speidi come face to face in the ep titled Drama Follows Them …

So … despite multiple warnings from her friends and cohorts, Lauren LC Conrad insists on remaining friends with the sister of her bitter nemesis, Spencer Pratt. The OVERRIDING and BLATANT message that was REPEATEDLY BEAT INTO OUR HEADS in last night’s ep was that LC‘s trusting ways will end up hurting her, again, in the end:

OK, so I get that sometimes scenes for the show have to be shot to help move the storyline along which is what you kinda have to expect with this sort of “reality” TV program but when the producers become way too obvious in trying to get the audience to “get” the storyline, well, it just becomes a bit tedious. We get it, LC shouldn’t trust Stephanie … We get it, Stephanie will betray LC … We get it, be on the look out for the future ep where LC‘s trust of Stephanie will lead to the ultimate betrayal. Geeze … a little subtlety can’t hurt, it would be nice if they gave the audience a little bit of credit. Anyways … I get that Doug is new to the show but he really needs to work on his “banter” with LC. Mebbe he can take lessons from Whitney on how to ask questions properly so that LC can move the storyline along. Watching him interact with LC by asking awkward questions is … disconcerting. The whole birthday party thing was just … not that exciting. Yes all the mortal enemies were in the same place at the same time but … nothing came of it. No one even directly addressed one another, it was pretty much over before it even began. Couldn’t there have been at least one slap? I mean, poor Frankie isn’t even getting paid for this stuff … he could’ve at least been allowed to slap someone or something, sheesh. And WTF? was up with Lo‘s hair, make-up and all the bad lighting … the producers were really harsh to her last night. Kelly Cutrone reared her … um, head again and man … what a scary sight. I’m sorry but all I can think when I see her on screen is EEEEEEK! Her pallor has gotten even more sickly since the last time we saw her on the show … she make Marc Anthony look spry and lively. I wish I could feel bad for that girl that she fired from People’s Revolution but I think she actually did her a favor. Whether it’s real or not, it doesn’t look like working for Kelly is all that rewarding or fun … run, girl, run as fast as you can! So yeah … something is coming, it’s not even like we’re supposed to feel it — we were basically told. Very soon Stephanie is going to do something to betray LC and ruin her relationship with Doug … can you feel the anticipation rising? If not, you’re not paying enough attention because they’re basically trying to force feed us. They should really just chill out on all the obviousness … it would make for a much more enjoyable watching experience. What did ya’ll think?

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