Flipping Out - Episode 1 - part one

In the season premier opener, we get a quick, and I mean quick, intro explanation of what "Flipping Out" is about. This show moves at such a fast clip that you find yourself wondering if you just got thrown down the rabbit hole along with Alice.

Jeff Lewis is everything and more, the teaser ads on Bravo have been showing for the past few weeks. It's an "Alice In Wonderland" ride into Jeff's mad world of home renovation, with Jeff, clearly playing the role of the "Mad Hatter" to the hilt.

Jeff talks to us, the viewing audience, at an unstoppable pace. Talk about a person who is proud of his shortcomings! Mr. Lewis is clearly in love with himself and the center of this universe. He is not only "the chairman of the board" he is the board. It's Mr. Lewis' show.

Jeff informs us within the first few minutes, that he has obsessive-compulsive disorder, OCD. He says, he validates and celebrates his OCD in doing what he does for a living.

Mr. Lewis rejects the notion that he is a "house flipper". He considers himself, so far above this term. Jeff is a renovator of very pricey, trendy homes, in very exclusive neighborhoods. Jeff wants us to believe, he is a top designer. What does "house flipping" mean then?

With thirty eight homes under his belt and three houses in various stages of renovation, Jeff states, he is in the process of trying to find more property to buy, with no cash-flow to speak of.

We get a glimpse of Jeff's housekeeper, Zoila. She is housekeeping. She looks tired, says she is tired and is going to take a break. Jeff, suggests for her to do some work first, then maybe, take a break. He is clearly implying that his Zoila has not done any work yet to get tired over. It's the first of many "zingers" Jeff tosses out to his employees.

We get to met Jenni, Jeff's executive assistant. She spins Jeff as the best boss in the world. Almost all of his other employees follow suite about their boss, throughout the show; it's just that Jenni seems to really believe it the most.

They all seem to say the same thing about their boss. Jeff is eccentric, maybe even crazy, but that he is a genius that truly cares about them all, deeply, even if he does drop disparaging remarks about them all, constantly.

There is one employee we see for only a few clips, Brandt. He has reached his limit with his boss. Brandt is fed up with Jeff's insane behavior and the way he treats them all.

I have a gut feeling about what is to come.

It's episode 18 of Star Trek. In the opening scene, Captain Kirk beams down to the barren planet with, Security Officer, Brandt. Officer Brandt is grousing to Kirk, he doesn't like the way the captain is treating his subordinates lately.

I don't recognize Officer Brandt. He is not a regular on Star Trek.

Suddenly, the cloud creature, that lives on this planet, attacks Officer Brandt, killing him violently. Then they break for a commercial from the sponsor.

Jeff and Brandt have a confrontation at the home, that carries over later on in the episode.

Maybe we will see Brandt, reborn into a more submissive worker, but I doubt it.