Review: The Curse, Self-Exclusion | Season 1, Episode 7
What does Dougie’s ideal version of Flipanthropy look like? It’s something I’ve thought about a lot during these last two episodes, but especially this one. I get it, in theory: he can clearly tell how quickly the Siegels’ marriage is falling apart, and perhaps how little was there in the first place. That offers a perfect opportunity to juice up the conflict and drama in the show, which can only benefit the ratings (and, therefore, the paycheck).
But the idea of actually watching this very dark, personal story play out over the course of a season of reality TV—on HGTV, no less—stretches credulity a little bit. Even then, it’s one thing to track the slow dissolution of a marriage. But this couple is already on the verge of irrevocable rupture; during Whitney’s confessional, she admits that she often doesn’t recognize her own husband. She can’t even respond to Dougie’s question about whether the marriage will survive. With every epi…
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