Did anybody watch this last night? It was the swap between the horse-loving Parodi family from Virginia and the wannabe upper-class Solomons from California.
The Parodis seemed an ordinary family, even if the dad, an Army major, was too authoritarian and the daughter was just sad and silly. I liked the the son and the mother, though. But the Solomons … oh my dear Og, did you ever see such pretentious, superficial people in all your born days? That appalling, clueless father with his talk about “class” and “culture.” And the daughter, Tal. Words fail me. All can say is, I would rather my son married Monica Lewinsky than than Tal Soloman.
Anybody else see this? Where do the producers find these people?
I watched it. It was a distraction while I was riding my exercise bike. I was totally disgusted with the attitudes Dad Solomon and Tal were displaying after Suzanne made them a meal. Okay, so you didn’t like it, but geez, at least be polite about it!
I saw it. I was gobsmacked at the behavior of the Solomons when Suzanne made them a meal. They talk constantly about class and culture, but that family doesn’t have an ounce of class.
I saw bits and pieces of this episode and watched it mostly to see the horses. The Solmons were straight out of 1875. I especially liked the dad’s explanation of how the horses were “enslaved”. :rolleyes:
I don’t think it was explained why the Solomons went to a hotel instead of hosting Mrs. Paorodi in their own home in Thousand Oaks, CA. My assumption was that, for all their airs and aspirations, the Solomons’ house was modest and unimpressive. That was the impression I got from the driveway shot of it. The exterior shots of the Parodis’ home made it look more attractive than the Solomons’ place.
I doubt the Parodis are nearly as well off as they’d like us to believe. We saw them poking through racks of designer clothing at expensive boutiques, but did they actually buy anything? Mrs. Solomon wore the same multi-color top throughout most of the week. It looked expensive, but she could have bought it on sale or at a second-hand shop. (Think of Peggy Hill with the Chanel suit.) If she were as rich as she wants us to believe, wouldn’t she have more clothes?
On reflection, the Solomons are starting to seem not odious, as I thought at first, but merely pathetic.
