Against my better judgment I decided to DVR Monday night's episode of “Jon & Kate Plus 8” and watch it a day later. Yes, for those of you who are interested enough in the comings and goings of the Gosselins to be reading this article, TLC is still airing new “J & K” episodes.
BUT, stealing a strategy from “Lost,” TLC has announced an end date for this (apparently) final season of “Jon & Kate Plus 8.” A blurb on the screen the other night stated that there are only two more new episodes. Therefore, if my math is correct, the final “J & K” show will be aired on But back to Monday's show. For the third consecutive week it centered around Kate, sitting alone on a couch. Instead of answering viewers' or an interviewer's questions (like she did the last two weeks), Kate commented on a compilation of “Viewers' Top Moments” from the show's five seasons, as taken from a TLC.com poll.
Watching these moments did bring back some memories of why my family and I were drawn to the show in the first place, along with more recent memories of why so many people have turned against the show in the past year. Even Kate commented that these memories would include “the good, the bad, and the ugly.”
So, counting backwards, David Letterman-style, here is a recap of the top ten moments, divided by categories (along with some of Kate's comments):
10) “Biggest Blow-Up” – Kate's explosion at Toys “R” Us, where she screams at Jon to “stop playing with toys and come help!” Jon responded (perhaps in a foreshadowing of events to come) “you need to stop yelling.” On the couch, Kate admitted that seeing that scene when it first aired was a “wakeup call” for her, and she claimed that she never yelled at Jon in public again.
9) “Cutest Kid Moment” – Alexis in her crib saying “Hi Mommy, hi Mommy,” when Kate returned from the hospital after her tummy tuck. I must admit it was a really cute and touching scene. Kate commented it was her all time favorite moment.
8) “Top Ouchie Moment” – Alexis falling in the woods and biting through her lip while Kate was in San Diego with daughter Maddy. “It breaks my heart that I wasn't there,” was Kate's comment. At least she wasn't at a book signing.
7) “Top Family Milestone” – First visit to the dentist with all eight kids. It was cute the way that the eight kids sat in the dentist's chair, two by two, holding hands.
6) “Cutest Kid Sayings” – Leah reporting that “Hannah pooped in Hannah's underwears” while they were in the process of being potty-trained. I thought it somewhat ironic that the runner up was Joel saying that “Daddies have wieners.” Another case of foreshadowing? Enough said.
5) Top Family Portrait – The picture of the sextuplets as babies in strollers in front of their first much smaller house. The house was much smaller than their current estate, Kate looked much less attractive, BUT everyone looked so happy back then.
4) Most Heartwarming Moment – Hannah saying goodbye and kissing her brothers and sisters. Kate said it demonstrated the “love all parents hope that kids will have for each other.” Being a parent myself, I agree.
3) Most Memorable Meltdown - They showed several of Kate's meltdowns, but the winner took place on their plane ride to Utah, with all the kids crying and Jon and Kate having just heard the announcement that they were going to have to land in Boise, Idaho instead of Utah. “I just had had enough and didn't care about the cameras” was a telling comment by Kate. She then added “Although I felt like I had a lot of stress in my life then, (uh) I had seen nothing yet.”
2) Best Family Trip – Their trip to Hawaii, although on Monday's show they failed to mention this is when Jon and Kate renewed their wedding vows, and it was just over a year ago.
1) Most Shocking Moment -After all the cute and tender family moments, again it is ironic that the number one moment (as voted by viewers) was Jon and Kate announcing their separation. On Monday's show, Kate then said “You get married young, you don't know who you are…At some point you get older and people change …I am different but I still think I was me all along. For Jon, I think that he discovered he is somebody different from whom we knew him to be.”
So now we know that next week's show is called “Gymnastic and Baseball,” and the final “Jon & Kate” show, which will be aired three days before Thanksgiving, will probably be yet another recap show.
And then the show will finally end…or will it? After all, as many times as Jason has been done in, the “Friday the 13th” franchise is still alive.
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