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"Keeping up with the Kardashians is one of those strange shows that somehow mixes intense personal drama with, well, alien-hunting. This episode was one of those weird instalments which had everything packed into one hour... complete with Kris starting her talkshow and realising how mean her family can be (aww). Read on to find out what was going on with those crazy Kardashians this week...  Let&amp;#039;s find us some aliens! Bruce wants some family time, so he&amp;#039;s decided to take everyone camping! He says that family life has been so confusing recently that he wants people to get together for a bit of bonding. He&amp;#039;ll be popping along with Kendall, Kylie, Brandon, Brody, Leah, Rob and Khloe... but Khloe has plans to hijack the trip for her own ends. And those ends are ALIENS. At a dinner, she tells Leah, Brody and Brandon that she wants to go to Area 51, alien-hunting, during the camping trip. But they have to keep the plan quiet, because Bruce does not believe in aliens at all. Anyway, everyone piles into an incredible RV for the trip, and Bruce begins the driving - he&amp;#039;s very excited about getting so many people together. Soon, Kendall takes to the wheel, which is perfect for Khloe&amp;#039;s plan - she can secretly tell Kendall where to go so they end up alien-hunting instead of having a wholesome sing song and s&amp;#039;mores. When Bruce does eventually find out, he is furious that his trip is being hijacked. He vows not to get upset, but he is not excited about the search for extra-terrestrials. After a trip to an alien research centre (obviously with Khloe&amp;#039;s concern that aliens don&amp;#039;t have penises), they meet up with two guides arranged by Khloe - including Travis, a man supposedly abducted by aliens himself.  Bruce is actually so sceptical that he ends up being flat-out rude, interrupting Travis&amp;#039;s abduction story to ask if some cows by the road are aliens and scoffing at every chance he gets. I&amp;#039;m not saying that he has to believe in aliens, but he&amp;#039;s a bit mean about it, and the kids are all left to apologise for his behaviour. It&amp;#039;s even worse when they reach the border of Area 51 and Travis admits that he&amp;#039;s disappointed because he&amp;#039;s admired Bruce forever (he knows all his stats and everything, and even dressed up in a suit for him. This is so sad). At least Khloe&amp;#039;s having a good time, excited by the security guards with guns and so forth (&amp;quot;You get the weirdest feeling&amp;quot;). Anyway, Kendall feels so bad about Bruce&amp;#039;s behaviour that she takes him aside later on in the day to point out that Travis actually is a really big fan. Bruce warms up a little bit and takes a photograph with him and so on, but he&amp;#039;s still not quite polite enough to make this not awkward. At least everyone else is super polite, but Bruce is basically just happy when the two experts leave and he has his family back for some good old bonding (though not until he and Khloe have argued over aliens a little more). Mind you, there&amp;#039;s still time for Brandon, Brody and Leah to prank the others by arranging an &amp;#039;alien invasion&amp;#039;. &amp;quot;Honestly, at this point I&amp;#039;ve accepted the fact that we&amp;#039;re getting abducted,&amp;quot; Kylie gasps, horrified by the encounter. It&amp;#039;s kind of hilarious watching all the screams. And it even seems to win Bruce over; the next morning, before heading back, he has a cuddle with Kylie and marvels over how quickly she&amp;#039;s growing up, which is a surprisingly tender moment. Then he half-apologises to Khloe, saying that he actually had &amp;quot;a lot of fun&amp;quot; and a &amp;quot;family experience&amp;quot;. Aww.  Kris on Kris Well, it&amp;#039;s time for Kris&amp;#039;s chat show to begin, so she gets some advice from her good friend Kathie Lee Gifford before the first show. She&amp;#039;s been heavily involved in all the aspects of the series - even including the font - and Kathie just tells her she needs to connect with the audience. Anyway, the first day is finally here and Khloe and Kourtney show up to sit in the audience and support their mom. Well, when I say support, I mostly mean criticise. To be fair, Khloe is very nice - while privately she agrees with Kourtney about some of the things that need to improve, she tells her mom that she was &amp;quot;phenomenal&amp;quot; and a natural on camera. As for Kourtney? She judges basically the whole way through - from Kris&amp;#039;s joke about a fake North to how it can&amp;#039;t all be about them all the time. Instead of sitting on these a little longer, too, she goes straight up to her mom about 30 seconds after the first taping to tell her she has &amp;quot;a bunch of notes&amp;quot;. Yikes! Chill out a bit, Kourtney. I mean, I actually feel bad for Kris here.  Two weeks later, Kris goes out for dinner with Kourtney, Scott and Khloe... only to discover that Kourtney hasn&amp;#039;t watched a second of her show. It&amp;#039;s actually really mean of Kourtney; I mean, this is her mother doing something she cares about and she can&amp;#039;t even be bothered to watch? Kris is feeling unsupported - and insecure that maybe her kids aren&amp;#039;t that impressed with her - and eventually starts crying. Good on Scott for supporting her (&amp;quot;She&amp;#039;s got a lot going on,&amp;quot; he squeaks understandingly), but Kris is super upset that her family aren&amp;#039;t being there for her. Her tears work, because Kourtney and Khloe feel really bad and have a phone conversation afterwards, as Khloe suggests that while Kim won&amp;#039;t go on the show, she could record a supportive video message. Kim is really nervous and calls Khloe, admitting that she doesn&amp;#039;t feel ready and doesn&amp;#039;t want this to be her &amp;#039;big comeback&amp;#039; after giving birth (&amp;quot;I look like a big fat ass&amp;quot;). Still, Kourtney&amp;#039;s started actually watching the show and Scott wants to co-host, so there are some positives. Kim eventually agrees to film a video for her mom, too, though she&amp;#039;s feeling so insecure about her appearance and her clothes. She does feel bad about her mom feeling unsupported, and she does want to do what she can, but everything is screaming at her not to do this. &amp;quot;I feel like a f**king stuffed sausage,&amp;quot; she sighs as she tries on some outfits. When it&amp;#039;s time to film the video, she even starts crying because she&amp;#039;s so nervous and her mind is on her daughter and her appearance. In the end, though, she goes through with it and Kris is thrilled with that, with Khloe and Scott co-hosting, and with Kanye coming on for the finale. So there was a happy ending, then!      Lamar worries I still really don&amp;#039;t know how to feel about this show addressing Khloe and Lamar&amp;#039;s relationship, and Lamar&amp;#039;s emotional struggles, but there was more of that this week. It started with Khloe saying that she&amp;#039;s going camping as a &amp;quot;distraction&amp;quot;... and then when she, Bruce and Kendall discuss the sad death of Cory Monteith, things get pretty uncomfortable. Bruce - obviously unaware of everything that&amp;#039;s going - is suggesting that taking drugs is a &amp;quot;personal choice&amp;quot;, while Khloe points out that addiction is a disease. It&amp;#039;s so awkward and sad. We get more of a glimpse of the troubles as the camping trip begins; Lamar calls Khloe and we can just hear her saying that he feels &amp;quot;so-so&amp;quot;. In confessionals, though, she says he&amp;#039;s been having a &amp;quot;really tough time&amp;quot; with a &amp;quot;lot of emotional issues&amp;quot;, adding: &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s really scary when nothing&amp;#039;s really working and you know if you give up no-one in his life would be able to help.&amp;quot; That&amp;#039;s a lot of pressure. Things get worse round the campfire later, when Lamar calls Khloe... and then calls Bruce to check she really is with him. After what appears to be a bit of a strange conversation, Khloe begins laughing... but tells us that she laughs when she&amp;#039;s uncomfortable (we certainly know that&amp;#039;s true from watching this show).  &amp;quot;I would rather laugh than cry,&amp;quot; she says, which is so sad. Rob&amp;#039;s there to support her at least; he lives with her and Lamar and says: &amp;quot;There&amp;#039;s so much going on in the Odom household nobody really understands - nor should they at this point. I just happen to live there. All I can do is support my sister.&amp;quot; He does a pretty good job of deflecting the situation, but it&amp;#039;s very hard to watch. And then on the drive home, Khloe&amp;#039;s assistant calls to say that Lamar&amp;#039;s gone MIA and isn&amp;#039;t answering his phone. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve been down this road way more times than I would probably like to admit,&amp;quot; Khloe says. I hope everything&amp;#039;s alright with the two of them. Other stuff...   I don&amp;#039;t know why Scott bought a whole bunch of night vision equipment, and I don&amp;#039;t really want to know. What I do know is that it&amp;#039;s super cute watching Mason run around squealing in the dark. &amp;quot;Help, Daddy!&amp;quot;  In two consecutive scenes, Bruce turned up at a restaurant. It kind of felt like just all he does is eat.  Bruce went in the shower and forgot to take his hearing aid out so now he can&amp;#039;t hear anyone. That&amp;#039;s kind of sad, isn&amp;#039;t it?  Rob has a gun... and Khloe thinks this is &amp;quot;the scariest thing&amp;quot;.  Kourtney just goes out for dinner with no purse. I think I might have refused to pay for her.  Things were getting really crazy in that RV. How anyone could concentrate on driving I do not know - and yes, I&amp;#039;ll stop wearing my mom face now.  On the other hand, Bruce driving over bumps and shouting: &amp;quot;Bumps bumps bumps bumps&amp;quot; was adorable.  Also adorable: Brody playing guitar and Bruce singing. Who knew the Kardashian-Jenners could be the new Waltons?  &amp;quot;Why do you automatically assume aliens are male with penises?&amp;quot; Brody sets Khloe straight.  Kanye Kount: 0, unless you count a glimpse of him on Kris&amp;#039;s show...  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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