The Hills: 'While Lauren's Away' Recap

While Lauren is away, the mice will play! Lauren goes on a vacay to Italy and leaves the rest of The Hills gang behind. Last night's episode of MTV's The Hills was decent. I hear and read a lot about others believing that the show is fake and too staged, and, last night, I began to have my own suspicions about the show.

While Lauren is away, Doug asks Stephanie out on a date. This news is shared by Stephanie one morning, when she comes over to Lauren's house to talk to Audrina. What's wrong with Stephanie? I believe she has gone psycho, if she wasn't there already, just like her brother Spencer. Stephanie tells Audrina about her upcoming date with Doug, and Audrina warns her to be careful when it comes to Lauren finding out about the news. Stephanie's response: "How would she find out?" Stephanie is such an idiot. I agree with Lo on the guess that Doug is trying to get back at Lauren. He's probably mad that she kicked him to the curb.

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Stephanie and Doug go on their date. They're having dinner and, coincidentally, Brody's mother shows up at the same restaurant. This is when I began to get skeptical about the show. Out of all the restaurants in LA, Stephanie, Doug and Brody's mom are in the same restaurant at the same time, all while the cameras are on for The Hills. So, you know what happens next? Brody's mom tells Brody about the date.

To thicken this well-scripted plot, Lauren's phone doesn't work while she's in Italy. She has no way to communicate with anyone back in the states. This was reason number two for not believing in the show's credibility. Why is it that when Lauren was in Paris, her phone worked fine? She was even able to receive a very important phone call from Audrina to find out that Brody had a girlfriend. When she's in Italy, without MTV cameras, her phone doesn't work, and she doesn't have access to e-mail!?! This doesn't make any sense. This is 2008; even if you're in a third world country, you'll be able to find someone with Internet access or reception bars on a cell phone!

When Lauren finally gets back from her vacation, a few days earlier than planned, she and Brody have dinner. Brody is happily able to tell her, "I told you so," in regards to not trusting Stephanie. Brody tells Lauren about Stephanie and Doug's date, and Lauren seems surprised. Hopefully, she knew before her dinner with Brody and was just putting on a "show" for the cameras.

Next week on The Hills, Stephanie's date with Doug bites her in the you-know-what, and Heidi's mom comes to LA to visit, and Heidi makes her cry.

Stay tuned!