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The Hills: Season Five, Part Two

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I am a huge fan of The Hills. I've never hidden that fact even my boyfriend watches it with me and loves it. I have all the seasons and you could say I'm a little obsessed. I love Kristin Cav she's awesome and loves to start drama. But I have to say the second part was just OK. Don't get me wrong I loved all the fights and the drama and the bitchiness, but it just wasn't the same without Lauren there. Granted it did get a little boring on the first part with Lauren but I think it was because she was rarely on there. I think I was just so used to seeing Lauren on the show. It wasn't awful it could've been better. I'm excited to see what the 6th season has to bring what with Heidi's new face and all and the confrontation with her Mom. Keep up the good work MTV just make the 6th season better please!!!!

Lauren may have made a few mistakes along the road, but NOTHING compares to Kristin and her antics. Lauren was someone young girls and women could look up to, and the minute Kristin came back in she turned it into MTV beach house. Yes it was still a good show, but more than anything it made me miss Lauren and feel sorry for Kristin.

I've loved The Hills since the very beginning, and what has helped make me love it is Lauren Conrad's life and her super-cool job in the fashion world. She is absent in this series, and suddenly we have Kristin as her replacement. She doesn't seem to do anything other than socialise and well...it gets a bit boring. It would be more interesting if she wasn't so one-dimensional. Certain scenes seem very convoluted and set-up too- she hooks up with Justin Bobby in Vegas but I'm not sure I really buy it or Justin claiming in one scene that 'nothing was ever as good as Audrina Patridge' and then in the next telling people that he and Audrina were 'never together'. Heidi supposedly tries to trick Spencer into becoming a dad by going off the pill, but Spencer conveniently finds an empty pregnancy test in the trash. Oh please! And how funny that Lo #Lauren's best friend# is suddenly chummy with Lauren's foe Kristin, meeting her for coffees and confiding in each other. Yes, Lo is now besties with her best friend's enemy! Total BS. That being said, if it is not thought too deeply about it is still entertaining froth with lots of drama and will keep you entertained on those nights when you're bored with nothing else to watch.

The Hills Season 5 Part 2
10 Episodes on 2 Discs (2010) being released on DVD April 27

"The Hills" is a "reality" soap opera taking place in Hollywood with several similar characters. If you've never seen the series before like me, you'll have trouble even distinguishing the girls from each other and the guys from each other because they all look a little alike and have similar hair styles. The distinctive pair are Heidi and Spencer because they have been plastered everywhere else on magazines.

The cast is full of superficial semi-celebs who never have in depth conversations, all very shallow surface value interactions and spouts. Kristen Cavallari enters the scene to take up where Lauren Conrad left off. She narrates the introductions explaining what happened last episode and what is to come. She is painted as the "b*tch" because she is more independent and outspoken than the other ladies and when she is crossed over by guys, she cuts them off. The other girls seem completely dependent on men (and in Heidi's case, babies) being in their lives and respond to their every beck and call. The whole series is a step back for women's liberation in some ways, but at least Kristen gives a slightly different perspective. Some of the girlfriends are just there to hear the others whine and they don't get to have their own romances because they have to be the shoulder to cry on and are all too happy to spill secrets to people they aren't supposed to. Very catty and gossipy which are some of the worst female qualities to display but some young teenage girls are really into this sort of things these days unfortunately.

The fabricated drama and scripted arguments are obvious. The girls are told to fight and they just start going off without anyone listening and having back and forth in conversation and no one needs to scream at each other like that in the real world.

Spencer and Heidi are so annoying and never listen to each other. Heidi's voice is so sharp and it is grating on the ears. Once they are married, they need to buy a big mansion and fight about it. Once they have a mansion, they fight about wanting to spawn children when they are too immature to deal with each other. They are given situations like babysitting just to prove how ignorant and incompetent they are. Everything I've ever heard rumors of on magazine covers and in news when I had never seen the show appears to be true about their personalities. In real life or fake reality life, run the other way! It seems too easy to say it, but Spencer Pratt is presented as the biggest brat ever with probably less than a third grade reading level. It seems that they deserve each other since no one else would put up with them even though they fight more than any other couple on the planet.

Right away it is easy to notice that this series is deathly afraid of silence. Every three minutes or so a new music track starts up in the background, there is always a melody underlying all conversation in a group or one on one. It would not be a stretch that an entire album of material might be sampled throughout one episode.

The series clearly makes a point to promote certain bands and venues by clearly labeling them in the background and making the cast go to see them and tell them how great they are. They hit up certain businesses for manicures, pedicures, massages, etc. and probably get great advertising out of it. Bet all their drinks and food are comped for the advertising at all these places.

If you like reality tv, soap operas, and/or "glamorous" Hollywood life, this combination is perfect for you. To young teenage girls, this probably seems really glamorous living the rich life with no jobs and all you have to do is throw big parties every episode where you can have big fights with your rival. The whole series is a bad example for the young ones but very popular as well.

DVD Extras:

The deleted scenes consist of Brody saying nice things about Jayde whom he talks bad about for the rest of the episodes and how his parents met at the Playboy mansion. Spencer talks more about his weird cowboy hat. There is more gossip, more cattiness, talking about travel plans, babies, and dogs. You're really not missing anything with these scenes. The after show remix of dumb statements and acting flaky is amusing at first, but the Heidi's party one is super annoying. The baby rap mixing up quotes to rhyme is funny. "The B*tch is back" is a special to promote Kristen's return to the show by talking to a couple people from "Laguna Beach" and eventually Kristen herself with interviewers and a studio audience. It feels like a reality show sum-up after the challenge is over except it's a preview.

This show embodies the summum of materialism, the very worst in mankind. How can one be so completely preoccupied with the exterior, and not care about (or not see) what that makes them into? The Hills' cast consist of models. People who are seemingly so drawn into life's popularity contest that anything else ceases to be important to them. The entire globe could be in the middle of some horrible disaster, while these shallow fashion whores' only worry would be finding a pair of shoes that goes with their Prada purse. For some reason, watching this show reminds me of the infamous statement made by beauty pageant contestant Lauren Upton (the URL below). I wonder if this show's cast could find the USA on a world map...

This show has gotten so fake that its ridiculously bad! MTV has hired these people and they end up on the show to make it crazier. Like Stacie, the bartender who was caught dating Spencer while he was engaged to Heidi....now she is a "cast" member who is "best friends" with Kristen Cavallari. Another example; Enzo. That little boy who is telling Heidi what Spencer is doing (like going to the doctor hoping to get tubes tied to prevent Heidi getting pregnant.) MTV has hired him and Stacie to the show. And all the scenes now are staged and that's bullcrap because it was a really nice show.

When the final season of the hills was announced by MTV, the shows creators made the statement that they felt that the story has been told. I could not agree more. It's very obvious that when Lauren Conrad left the show that it was destined to go down. The decision to bring Kristen Cavalleri to the show right after Lauren left was a move made in desperation. The novelty effect has worn off very quickly.

I am going to rate this season a 3/5. It's only semi-entertaining at best. The series has definitely reached it's expiration date. It's basic Hills: the gang getting drunk and going out, "drama" between whoever is having casual sex with Brody Jenner and who ever wants to or used to, random vacations where they all just party, Audrina dating random dirty looking guys, one girls talking about another girl behind their back regarding something petty, Heidi and Spencer "fighting", etc. It's worth watching for the hot body of Audrina Patridge, but not much else.

The best thing that the creators of the show could have done would have been to scrap the series after season 4's Heidi and Spencer wedding episode. I am convinced that if the series were to continue to a season 6 or 7 in it's current form that even the most hardcore Hills fan would agree.

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Finally, I am up to date on my favourite show. I'm a little confused though as in part 2 there is no sign of Lauren. I will have to get season 4 out to refresh my memory. The appearance of Kristen really ruffles everyones feathers and I cant wait for season 6.

Pretty fast. I think it's because of Kristen Cavallari but again at the same time its probably Spencer. What isn't caused by Spencer Pratt? I like Heidi but I agree with the other reviews, Spencer has brainwashed her. She would have so much more going her if she dumped him. This season is the worst yet. Definitely not recommended if you're a fan of the earlier seasons. Come back Lauren!