Everybody Hates Marcus

And then there were three.

Since the news broke that Jill Marie Jones would not be returning to the cast of 'Girlfriends,' fans have been wondering how writer and creator Mara Brock Akil would address the departure in terms of the storyline.

As you might remember, the end of last season had the self-centered "It" girl Joan missing Toni's hearing while Maya and Lynn were by her side.

Then all hell broke loose over the summer.

Jill left the show at the end of May due to an alleged contract dispute. And that reduced the Fab Four to just three.

While it is just the first episode of the season but the show is not the same without Toni.  They dealt with Toni not being on the show by saying that her, Todd and daughter Morgan were moving to New York because Todd received another reality TV show offer.

A part of me was hoping for a quick 10 second cameo by Toni but the episode ended with Maya and Lynn going to "send off" Toni to New York.

Womp womp.

Props for the opening where Joan was in New Orleans and running through the lower 9th Ward.

The images of destruction are something that needs to continue to be embedded into our brain until the city is fully functional.

Let's see in what role the show decides to use Christina Vidal who will be playing the role of a tough celebrity trainer.

And I won't even get started with the whole William/Monica angle...

I know a thing or two about chasing after women named Monica but hopefully Joan will finally come to her senses and realize that nobody besides William will put up with her crazy neurotic ways.

Will this be the last season of the hit show? Only time will tell…

Read an interesting article in the LA Times about how Akil feels her shows are being left out of the CW "clique" here.

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• #421 Comment from cpope73 
  2/16/07 8:22 PM | Permalink

  BLAH BLAH BLAH--YATTA YATTA YAATTA   WHO CARES ITS JUST A TV SHOW.JILL HAS GONE ON WITH HER LIFE AND CAREER I SUGGEST WE DO THE SAME THING. AND THATS ''GET A LIFE''.BUT THERE IS ONE THING I NEED TO KNOW IS WHERE DID THE COFFE TABLE AND BIG PILLOWS COME FROM IN JOANS HOUSE. INQUIRING  MINDS WANT TO KNOW.
• #420 Comment from cds2889 
  11/26/06 6:53 PM | Permalink

  i think that the show is still great even with out toni.  i mean yea she was a good character/actor but she just brought too much drama.  and besides its not like she made the show, the show can go on without her.  ands without toni it gives the audience a chance to focus on someone other than "those bossy heffas" (as william said this evening.  all im saying is jill is being missed but the show is still great without her
• #419 Comment from paulnette 
  11/17/06 12:25 AM | Permalink

  with out TONI the show will soon become boring and it will go down.So for the concern of the show  BRING HER BACK.Also with out toni there is no DRAMA so it's  your choice.     By:Mooma Boo
• #418 Comment from jkayahd 
  11/5/06 1:31 AM | Permalink

  IF LYNN,MAYA,AND JOAN MISS TONI CHILDS THEY NEED TOO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.THEY ALL SMART,FUNNY,COOL,THOUGHTFUL,BRAVE,FUN,MARVELOUS,WONDERFUL,AND BEAUTIFUL WOMEN.SO IF THEY MISS TONI CHILDS GET HER BACK THEN THAT'S ALL I AM SAYING.IF TONI CHILDS ISN'T IN THE SHOW.THEN IT SHOULDN'T BE A SHOW ANYMORE.TONI CHILDS IF YOU ARE ON YOUR COMPUTER NOW AN YOU ARE READING EVERYTHING WE SAY.WE WANT YOU BACK ON THE SHOW PLEASE.I LOVE THE SHOW WHEN YOU ARE ON IT.BECAUSE THE SHOW IS MORE FUNNY AND FUN WITH YOU ON IT.
• #417 Comment from jkayahd 
  11/5/06 1:23 AM | Permalink

  HOW MANY TIMES AM I GONNA HAVE TOO SAY THEY NEED TO PUT TONI CHILDS BACK ON THE SHOW?THAT'S FOR REAL AND ON THE DOWN LOW.I AM BLACK AND PROUD TOO BE.ANYBODY ELSE IS SAY HEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY?I CAN  SAY THEY NEED TO PUT TONI CHILDS BACK ON THE SHOW OKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK.