I missed the finale last night. I am so glad Nana got the money.
Crazy Mrs. N better keep her hands of Nana's money. I hope Mr. N makes sure Nana gets what she wants.

ETA: Just out of curiosity, do we know what Mr. B does for a living? I know in the first episode he mentioned that he had to be at work for 6am.

I believe that he works in a hospital or in the medical field.

He is a surgical technician I believe. I really dont want to defend Mrs. N because of what was shown on t.v and how bad she looked. But, she was on our local morning radio station talking about the show and how she had a viewing party that raised money for some childrens program. So, there is some good I guess.

I'm very happy that Mrs. N chose to spend the $50K the way she did. I know that will help out that family more than they realize. I think her point about a down payment on a new home is to help them move up in the world - which I think is great.

I got a kick out of how Mrs. B decided to spend the $50K. I bet Nana will get something simple - nothing flashy - and from my understanding, the entire family gets to spend the remainder on a trip to Japan. I think that's great - especially for the kids to learn more about their heritage.

I definitly think Mrs. B made a good choice, I mean, what do you get a family that already has everything?

Mrs. N's choices were better than I thought they would be.
I did think that maybe she should have told them they had to put some money towards the children's education. Have the parents start and education savings plan for them.

ETA: Do the families get the entire $50K or do they have to pay tax on that. And if they have to pay tax, how much do they have left?

Didn't Dave Chapelle do a skit on his show almost exactly like this? White woman switches places with black woman and chaos insues in each others houses? He threw in some sex jokes too but basically reality television has gone so far that if you come up with something outlandish, someone probably has it in development somewhere. It's friggin crazy.

I would assume so. Mrs. N mentioned something about how now she won't have to pay taxes on the $50,000.

That was a noble gesture on Mrs. N's part, but I have to agree with Mr. Biggins - he felt like Mrs. Nakamura was trying to "save" them, and as he said, they don't need to be saved. I couldn't agree with him more.

Has anyone else been keeping up with this show?

I tuned in last week and watched the entire show for the first time, and then I watched tonight's follow up show. While I thought Lisa had little social grace and was a little abrassive, that was no reason for the LA family to be so rude and unwelcoming. They didn't give her a chance, they ignored her, and their friends were outright nasty and pathetic. I don't think she spent the money in the best way, but they didn't really give her a chance to get to know them so she could see what they really wanted/needed. I am glad Samantha had a good experience and that the Mass. family got what they were hoping for.

I've got mixed emotions.

The California family and neighbors were definitely a bunch of snotrags.

The Mass. family was nice, but I felt like the California mom was trying to "save" them -- albeit not as much as Mrs. Nakamura from the previous episodes.

The California family......it almost didn't seem like the california mom didn't really fit in with them when she was in Mass. BUT, when she got back home, it seemed like she fit right on in...she didn't seem as compassionate or as loving with her own family.

ON THE OTHER HAND, the Mass. mom was ALSO behaving like she had to save the California family from themselves. And she was a little boorish at the dinner out last week. She reminded me a lot of Roseanne -- well meaning, but not very tactful.

All in all, it was enjoyable.....the California family got exactly what they deserved. Had they not been snotrags to the woman and willing to "play the game" maybe they would have gotten what they wanted.

Oh, and those hags were DEFINITELY clowning the woman because of her profession -- I didn't she she sounded "defensive" at all. They did nothing to make her feel welcome...did you hear the man ask her how big her trailer was????

I missed the final episode again.

What did each family get. How was the money divided?

The Mass. family got a TV/stereo system, a hot tub & deck, a sofa sleeper, and a family vacation.

The LA family got family room furniture, a hot tub, a slide for their pool, and orthodontics for the kids.

did anyone catch "wife swap"?

I did, I liked the format a littl better than Trading Spouses.

Wife Swap ep # 2 comes on WEdnesday night 10 PM EST.

Wife Swap ep #1 was crazy. There is no way I could live in a house with 25 pets. :eek: