The much anticipated second season of BFV premiered last month, and about halfway through the season, I can say that I definitely haven't been disappointed. One thing I like about this season is that we can still see the sisters dealing with the aftermath of last season; its consistent and unlike other reality shows, the editors know us viewers haven't forgotten last season and apparently neither has the family, so we get to see how they deal with each other now.
Things are a little frosty, if I'm not mistaken, between the sisters collectively. I noticed that they took more time to hang out and do more things together last season than they do this time around. However, with the success of last season I know opportunities sprang forth and it has taken the sisters a little further apart from each other than they were last season. Toni made the decision near the end of last season to move from Atlanta back to LA where Tamar is, but since Tamar has a short-term radio gig in Chicago, the only one out there with her is Towanda, who was roped into taking back her old job, temporarily. Trina is still in Atlanta but she's doing her own thing and hangs out with Towanda when the latter isn't in LA with Toni, and as we all know, Traci is still in Maryland. So understandably, they don't have every episode together as they did before; this new season shows all of the sisters as they branch out on their individual journeys. Since the Braxtons album is on ice, presumably because Toni said no which caused Tamar to follow suit, each sister has made the steps to do something different for herself. Trina is working on a solo project and without the support of her sisters recently graduated from college, Traci, minus the support of her sisters as well excluding Tamar's pushing for Traci to move in order to open her salon, made the decision to go back to cosmetology school and open her own salon, and Towanda when she isn't running around doing Toni's errands is still trying to get her acting career off the ground and her marriage out of the pot. Toni is going through a transitional phase of firing Vince as her manager and picking up new management, and Tamar is still riding the high of last season with short-term radio opportunities, her ever present solo album project, and it was recently announced that she and Vince will be getting a spin-off of their own to debut sometime next year. Who's surprised by that. And that wasn't really a question.
UPDATE: 1/5/12
This season doesn't disappoint with the drama factor--not even 10 episodes in the season and we already saw that Toni made the painful decision to fire Vince as her manager which set off a huge argument with Tamar, we watched her get a partial hysterectomy last week which brought her parents in the same room again (and there was no laying it low and spreading it wide from last season.....btw that even now was f'n EPIC), Mama Evelyn let Tamar know she wouldn't tolerate her walking out while Evelyn was talking and she'd 'slap the piss out of her' the next time she did it, Tamar & Traci went to therapy to figure out their issues with each other to help them stop fighting, Gabe tracked Trina's phone and got told about himself, Trina revealed that she did indeed have an affair (so Gabe's spidey senses were not created out of guilt or being a dog after all), Towanda was given a moving truck for her birthday (her family had been staying with Trina & Gabe's family and had shown no intention of moving), it was revealed that Toni's been seeing her ex-husband Keri, and Vince is showing even less tolerance than last season for Tamar's antics. lol It's been entertaining the whole way through; on one hand I hate that its only an hour because I want to see more, but on the other hand I can't wait for Thursdays to come back around so I can see what happens next. This is the first reality show in a VERY long time that I've been interested in as a whole, not just for a person or two on it. They don't do all the scratching and fighting that makes the other reality shows successful nor do they have all the drunken foolishness--although sometimes the makeup and hair is NOT on point, lemme just say that lol--and they do seem to genuinely care about each other's success and well being, even if they do act a bit self-serving at times.
I love the show, I love the drama and I love the Braxtons. I can't wait to watch tonight's episode; so don't forget BFV is on every Thursday on WEtv, at 7pm sharp! Be there or getyourlife.com!
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