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Thats a very juicy Q and Im certainly counting down to the big reveal.

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(Dont let me down,Monarch!

and most importantly, what in the actual fuck?

Its clearly racing towards that end and its to the shows detriment.

Theres so much potential here, but not enough digging deep into what makes these people tick.

Lets talk about Gigi.

You never know which Gigi youre going to get from week to week and thats a shame.

Or, is she kowtowing to her mothers demands even after death just to go along with tradition?

Theres no consistency there.

Death and Christmas focuses on yet another Dottie Roman tradition, a Roman Family Christmas TV special.

They tape it every year in July and even have a fake Christmas Eve family dinner to celebrate.

Im no record label CEO but Luke Roman seems pretty bad at his job.

Im sure if Gigi fought it like 10 percent harder hed be fine with her changing things up.

But for why??!

Sure, Nicky is dressed as an angel, but no one else there is in an insane costume!

Luke doesnt barely even performs and he gets to stand there as Sexy Winter Man in Stovepipe Hat.

Thats not even a real thing!

Let Gigi remain the hot Nutcracker from now on!

And my friends, that nonsense gets kicked up a notch this week.

This is Machiavellian and I love it.

Even though Gigi does not have one single conversation with Luke about this idea, Gigi is on board.

As tragic as this all is, I cannot wait for it to blow up in everyones faces.

Thats soap opera, baby!

This leads Albie to believe the blackmail must have something to do with his affair.

I guess Luke is fine after his rodeo accident?

Its like it never happened!

No one wants to explore the fact that he almost died trying to get his dad to love him?

Okay, cool, cool, cool.

All Im asking for is a little character consistency!

This whole subplot still needs a whole lot of context to make it worthwhile.

Its July in Austin and not one single person complains about wearing sweaters and turtlenecks to fake Christmas dinner?

Nicky might say its for show, but Wade has real feelings for her.

and blackmails her for a whole lot of money.