Flipping Out, with Jeff Lewis-Episode 1-part2

Jeff has a few pets. I seriously doubt they have ever seen a can of pet food, or kibble in their lives. According to Jenni, he holds his pets in a much higher regard than his employees. Later in the episode, Jeff himself, verifies this, as fact.

If anyone is "golden", it's Jenni. Yes, Jeff gets irritated at her too. She is not immune to his rants. He goes off on her for not answering the phone using a the scripted greeting, that Jeff has written out for her as a phone greeting when Jenni answers it.

Jeff is running around town, on his cell, talking to the camera and in general, expounding on his philosophy, his rants, and rationalizing everything he does.

We arrive at a new property that Jeff is trying to buy. He thinks it is a steal. He wants it. He is going to get it. He makes his calls and now he has to have this "fixer upper."

Jeff sends in his crew of sub-contractors to do a quick, once over; make the house look better than it is. It's smoke and mirrors to divert the appraiser the bank is sending over for an appraisal, so Jeff can get the money.

It is illegal, it is not Jeff's property, but this is Jeff, being who he is and what he does.

The appraiser walks through the house, after Jeff scooted out his contractors. He is nervous that the appraiser is being so thorough. So, what's new?

Back at the ranch, Jeff is pissed that Brandt is unhappy about working for him. They had a talk, confrontation earlier, that went nowhere near where Jeff was trying to take it.

Jeff whines to Jenni, he is unhappy with Brandt. He doesn't work any more. Brandt is on his cell phone too much, etc.

We can see this building.

Jeff informs Jenni, he was considered firing all of them. Jenni tells Jeff, It wouldn't work out for him.

Jeff tells Jenni, she is his "moral compass."

I can't even get into Mr. Lewis' ethics, or morals right now.

He's off and running again. Jeff Lewis is a lot of things, but he isn't a person who can stand in one place for more than five minutes.

Jeff gets together with his personal psychic, Tori, for a consultation about the new property and the current state of affairs.

Hmmmmm....... Tori says,....hmmm....the deal will work out.....hmmm.......staff changes.... but Jenni will stay. This news puts a smile on Jeff's face.

Of course this isn't a literal, quote, but you get the gist.

Right on cue, Jeff pulls up next to Brandt, jumps all over him about being on his cell phone, then fires him. They go at it, but it is written in the wind. Brandt is gone, he is history. Now Jeff can bash Brandt all he wants, well... he did anyway.

I call this, self fulfilling prophesy. I think Jeff and Tori deserve each other. Personally if I was Jeff's psychic, I would have spiced it up some.

Hmmmm...........Jeff, I see you being despised by millions of TV viewers.......hmmmm..........I see you running off to New Zealand, where Bravo isn't shown.........hmmmm.

Jeff needs constant hand holding throughout his day. I hope he pays these people well, because he verbally abuses everyone on his tab.

Jeff had gone back to the new property, earlier. It is his wreck, now. His contractors found some major repairs that need immediate attention. A lot more money to sink into it than was expected.

Jeff is worried a lot about no cash-flow, woes. Maybe he'll end up working for Brandt.

Jeff is off and running to his spiritual healer's house.

David, the spiritual healer, has Jeff lay down on a table, then sticks a towel into Jeff's mouth, telling him to scream. Afterward, Jeff is momentarily, healed.

Personally, I would have stuck my sock in his mouth for free.

Later, back at the office, Jeff and company form a circle and say a healing prayer over the business.

Jeff is afraid he might end up having to let all of his employees go, if his money woes don't mend. His staff all count on him. They don't deserve him, yet he is there for them. I mean, no one does anything right, anyway. It's always up to Jeff to do it correctly. You get the impression, if it wasn't for Jeff, these people would be on welfare.

You have to wonder, how many times this same scene will play itself out in the episodes to come?

It's a burning question, only time will tell.

Stay tuned for Tuesday night. A brand new episode of "Flipping Out", on Bravo.

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.