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The dust from the Category Five hurricane that was Tom and Jessie's spontaneous marriage has finally settled.  Which means Tom and Jessie are free to be the adult couple they were meant to be.  The good news is they now control their own destiny.  The bad news is they now control their own destiny.

Season II begins with Jessie bumping into a boyfriend from the past.  The encounter knocks Tom off balance and prompts Carter to pose a dangerous question:  How many people have Tom and Jessie really slept with?  Their escalating web of lies soon ensnares them both, and unearths a secret that puts their marriage in a whole new light.

Tom and Jessie survive the ordeal (the old "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger" thing) but the stage is set for one helluva first year.  They'll discover part-time jobs are more fun when they work apart.  They'll lose a sex tape, lose each other in the woods, and one of them will lose the toilet seat battle.  They'll face pregnancy scares, a death in the family, a little jail time, and nearly get nailed by an exploding deep-fried turkey.  Also, there's a gay massage, but that's just a misunderstanding.  Point is, Tom and Jessie must engage in some serious romantic acrobatics to make it through to the season's conclusion: their one year anniversary.  But make it through they do, at least until the presents are exchanged...

Meanwhile, the parents discover they can still hate each other without Tom and Jessie.  But they'll also discover they kinda, sorta, well... need each other.  That's the thing about neighbours, they're so conveniently located.  Always right next door when you need someone to lend a hand, or stir the pot.

But unlike season I, the divide will not always be split along property lines.  Season II will find Tara colluding with Ben for the greater good, Jessie turning to Judith for marital advice, and both houses splitting along gender lines.  We'll also see the parents make nice over an ill-advised camping trip, which brings their relationship to the next level.  But not the next next level, that happens later when the parents decide to make their first joint purchase: a backyard sauna (which finds the Hills on an unexpected side of the whole naked-or-not debate).

In the end, 18 to Life is all about our couples, and the secrets and surprises that emerge in the bedrooms of all three.  Judith neglecting to tell Ben about her Botox, for instance.  Tara asking Phil if he'd be okay with giving his sperm to a friend from college (guest star Leah Pinsent).  Or the Bellows scheming to destroy Tara's gift: a hideous portrait of the family she painted.  How the parents will choose to rise above their private challenges impacts how Tom and Jessie tackle their own marriage, for better or for worse...
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[ Last edited by codebreaker at 9-11-2011 23:44 ]

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I'm glad this has returned for a second season and must watch it later

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Tom and Jessie counting their past sexual partners backfired after Tom lied about one who happens to have a son named Tommy as one of his past girlfriend

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You should try and watch season 1

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No problem i will hold back my comments untill you catch up

PS you have a week

[ Last edited by codebreaker at 1-4-2011 12:29 ]

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You did well, i must add this to next months suggestion for new shows

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Ive had a busy day so i still have five to watch

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It took about 10 attempts

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As soon as Jessie said who says no to a proposal and Tom saying about marking his territory you knew would backfire

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Wearing the wrong name tag after their romp it the stockroom was amusing but Tom is not happy about Jessie being his boss and I'm glad she didn't have to fire him for what she did

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Phil's joke marriage proposal almost backfired but that was a short marriage and i didn't know the girl code top everything

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Tara and Jessie competing at the art of flirtation was amusing and Tom thinking he could one-up his mother in the art of cooking at the family diner table would have never of worked

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I cant believe Tom lost their sex tape but the fake break in backfired when Tom thought his sex tape was stolen along with the family portrait by Tara that they don't like

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Serena's request was an unusual request and a surprise and Tom sneaking into bed with her dad was amusing

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The row over toilet seat was amusing but Phil's compulsion to close things was funny

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Tom jumping to the wrong conclusion after he discovers a positive pregnancy stick in the trash and then everyone else doing the same thing was funny but it turns out to be twelve years old

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You cant call that camping when they arrived at the campground in an immense R/V but locking themselves out and sleeping on the roof and Jessie and Tom getting lost in the woods was amusing

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Jessie and Tom pretending to be fighting in the hope Ava would get over her breakup after crashes out in their loft worked but with a painful slap

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I thought Phil building a Gate in the fence dividing their properties so that the Bellows can visit their Grandma's shrine was nice but Tom trying to invent nice things to say at her Eulogy was amusing and I'm not surprised that Ben locked the gate

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I realised yesterday that next week is the finale episode