Lipstick Jungle (episode 2 and 3)

I reiterate, this show is good, the outfits are funny in a 'we're not trying to copy a past hit but come on it's Patricia Field baby!' way, and the writing has been decent thus far.

It's too early to tell, but since I haven't stopped watching yet, I say it's a go. I will say this though, I don't find it exciting enough to write a blow by blow description... I'm holding out that it will get a little bit better. I have noticed that they name drop though- last episode was Leonardo DiCaprio, this episode was 'Ben Affleck did Pearl Harbor for a case of steaks' (Really?).

Yay! Janice (Wendy's nemesis) is played by Lorraine Bracco (formerly of The Sopranos). No idea who cast her, but it was a good move- this character is great for her!

Kim Raver is playing Nico who is married to a guy who hasn't slept with her in a long time, so she has an affair with a much younger guy, who turns out to be her photographers assistant.

I waited all episode for this- finally something truly funny- Victory Ford is looking for inspiration for her new line and sees a street vendor selling a hat she made in design school to a tranny... Victory asks if she can buy it, tranny says no, Victory follows her to her house, tranny threatens pepper spray, Victory retreats but returns another day with coffee and pastries- and sees said hat walk out the door on the head of an old lady on her way to the synagogue! The funniest part is when Victory asks the old woman if she can buy her hat and the woman's friend says (totally authentic) "What are you, some kind of animal? She can't be in the house of god with her head uncovered!" To which Victory responds, "Can we go outside?"

Very cute.

Ok, besides the part where Wendy's ex-nanny has written a tell-all book about how she sucks at being a mother, I just noticed that her office has a gold door. Yes, a GOLD door. I want a job that gives me an 8 foot gold door. I would totally walk in and look at myself in it all day... I kid, but hello, how randomly quirky and cool?

I used to like Kim Raver on the show with the fire department or whatever it was- although she totally changed her face since then, and while I think she looks gorgeous now, I wonder what prompted all the plastic surgery (and who is her surgeon?!?)

Awww, Joe gets the hat from the old lady for Victory... awwww

I have a crush on this show- how cute!

Third Episode:
I think Nico's husband might be secretly gay- why else would he be avoiding her physically? She gets busy with Kirby the assistant at a photo shoot and avoids getting caught, but her co-worker who is gunning for her job might have caught a whiff that something is going on between the two of them...

Victory hires a new assistant who comes from designer royalty- but she hires him when she gets a call from Joe's assistant asking to speak to Victory before Joe gets on the phone, and the almost new assistant says he will put Victory on the line as soon as Joe gets on... he's hired!

Victory bugs Joe to come to dinner so her friends can meet him, and he promises he will but she has to meet his friends first, in Paris, that night... when they get there, he takes her to Coco Chanel's apartment (yes, that Coco, that Chanel) and Victory is all inspired...then Joe reveals he has no friends...but he brought her there to be romantic. Awww

Flip to Wendy having a day from hell- she brings her daughter to a luncheon and Janice is there, and her daughter pushes all of Wendy's buttons and Wendy snaps at her, which if course Janice notices... Wendy had bought her daughter Maddie a pair of really expensive shoes and while Nico is introducing Wendy to speak, Maddie realizes her mo only brought her to show what a good mother she is- so she takes off the shoes, slams them onto the table and walks out... Janice confronts her in the bathroom and when she leaves a gorgeous fur coat outside the stall, Wendy takes Janice's bright red lipstick and writes 'bitch' across the back!!! Priceless!

So, Joe and Victory show up at Nico's place and Joe immediately makes friends with Nico in a very cute way, then the doorbell rings and he says "Ahh, that must be my assistant, I asked her to bring over my dinner" and when they all look at him, he assures them it is a joke. It is actually Kirby, who came to see Nico, who called his boss and accidentally got him fired (so she screwed him, then she screwed him)....
unfortunately, even though it all went well, in the car after dinner Victory alludes to more get together's and Joe asks why he needs to see them again now that he's met her friends and she goes off on him a little, which sucks because it was a really romantic night till that point...

But the next day his assistant shows up at Victory's house with a gift from Joe- the mannequin from Coco Chanel's apartment.... awwwww... except Victory makes them wrap it back up and take it back.... (Boo).

Pause. Halt. Hold the phone!!!

Brooke Shields (whom I have loved since I was very very young and didn't even know her name) is trying to convince the mom and agent of one of the young actresses she gets movie roles for that the role the mom is vying for her daughter is not good for her that it 'can lead to trouble when a young child is forced into a role they may not be comfortable with' Blue Lagoon anyone? (look it up if you have no idea what I am talking about).

Nico goes after Janice to protect Wendy by hiring away her assistant and she confronts Janice and threatens to print all the stories her pilfered assistant is telling Nico!

Great episode- I won't spoil the ending, but I will say, way to go!