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Because this is the work I choose to do, I decided to watch Mob Wives for a second time, just

to see what the young ladies were up too, especially Renee Graziano (I know this is dirty work, but

someone has to do it). Because of my impeccable timing, I was able to get two shows in a row; the rerun

of the 2/12/2012 show at 7 p.m., and the regularly scheduled 2/19 show at 8 p.m. Plus I was given a silly

show called Sitdown from 9-9:30 pm.

First off the bat, Im amazed that Hector Junior Pagan is still featured on the show, two

months after it was revealed in the press that Pagan is now an informant for the government. Pagan

even wore a wire while talking to Mob Wives star Renee Grazianos father, Anthony Graziano, which

resulted in her father being sent back to prison. Yet the show is on like nothing has ever happened

concerning Pagans flipping to the Feds. I know the show was shot before all this came to light, but the

fact that VH1 is still running episodes, without even a disclaimer on the screen to set the viewers

straight, is disingenuous at best. In the two episodes I watched, Pagan is still schmoozing with Renee,

like they are two love bids in a wonderful nest with nary a care in the world. And thats misleading and

disgraceful, considering what has transpired in the past two months since Pagan turned canary.

There were a few scenes concerning Renee and Pagan that were downright laughable. In one

scene, Renee snatches Pagans cell phone without his knowledge, and mischievously searches for

phone numbers of his old girlfriends. I was screaming at my TV set, Look for the phone numbers of the

FBI, you fool!

In another scene Renee and Pagan are seeing a marriage counselor. In the presence of the

marriage counselor Renee tells Junior, You said I wasnt skinny enough for you; that I was fat. I was 135pounds, I wasnt fat.

Paganjust shrugs at the remark like hes thinking, Youre still too fat for me. Then he says with

a shrug and no smile, Now youre thinner.

Renee looks like shes ready to pull her own hair out. She screams, Youre making me

paranoid!

In light of future developments, she had every right to be paranoid. But not because of her

weight.

The counselor finally opens his mouth, and asks the obvious question. Why are you two trying

to get back together?

Pagan, the sensitive bloke that he is, just shrugs and says, I dont know, knowing that at this

exact moment hes talking tothe Feds and there isnt the slightest chance he and Renee will ever get

back together again; especially after he rats on her father, and her fathers pals like Vinnie Vinnie TV

Badalamenti, who was also arrested because of Pagan being a stool pigeon.

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There was a telling scene when Renee is sitting on a park bench outside the Criminal Court

building with another mob wife, the name of whom escapes me, if I ever knew it in the first place. First

Renee says, referring to Junior, What kind of man are you, or a father to your kids if you abuse me as a

woman? Her saying this makes you wonder why she ever attempted to get back with Pagan in the first

place. This woman must be a glutton for punishment.

Then Renee blasts out the best line of the show; maybe in the history of the show. Pointing to

the door of the Criminal Courts building she says, Once a man walks through that door, the chances

that he doesnt go to jail are slim to none. Unless hes a rat.

Ta Da!!

As for the show Sitdown, it might be the worst show on television, except that distinction

probably goes to Mob Wives itself. The moderator of the show is a blond kewpie doll named Carrie

Keagan. Keagan, who looks a lot like a young Christie Brinkley, asks stupid questions, and from the mob

wives she has featured on that particular show, she gets stupid answers. In one segment, Keagan hands

out three cue cards to the guests. One says Marry Him, another says Date him, and the third says

something like Dump Him, or Incarcerate him. (This show is so intellectual, I tend to forget.) Then

Keagan blurts out the name of a famous male, and the girls turn over their cue cards to give their

verdicts.

Ive just turned my cue card over on the show Sitdown, and it says Dump the shownow!!

Only intellectually challenged (brain dead) people would watch this show anyway. (Remember, I have an

excuse; this is my job)

As for Mob Wives, obviously its a big money-maker for all involved. But in the interest of

fairness, someone connected with the show should have the integrity to somehow relay to the viewersthat although Hector Pagan is still appearing on the show, because of his present status as a FBI

informant, hes persona non grata, with everyone connected with the show, especially with Renee

Graziano, and her sister Jennifer Graziano, who is the producer of the show.

But I wont hold my breath waiting for this to happen.Integrity and the show Mob Wives

should never appear in the same sentence.

Editors note: Theres a woman on the show who isnt specifically one of the mob wives, but rather a

friend of theirs. Her name is Big Ange, and believe me, shes big. Not fat, but big because she claims

to wear a triple F bra. Big Ange is actually quite pleasant, and one of the bright spots of the show ( if

there is a bright spot). Big Ange, who is slightly older than the other ladies, adds spice to every sceneshes in, and seems to have a pleasant disposition, not like the other ladies, who always seem like

theyre ready to bite the head off a rattlesnake. ( I couldnt leave without saying something nice about

the show.)