Trading Spouses: Chase/Lane

In this episode of Trading Spouses, mommies from two families are swapped. The mom in the Chase family is an angry, intolerant woman who, if she was pregnant with a child with Down's Syndrome, would abort it. She also hates Hispanics and thinks homosexuals have defects. The Lane family coincidentally happens to be a Lesbian couple living in California with two kids, one boy and one little girl. As you may expect, the spouse swap created a lot of drama.

The Chase household turns out to be filled with anger. The father kept verbally abusing the teenage daughters, especially during sports games. These sports games are just regular suburban soccer matches, yet the father acts as if they were in the Olympics. He constantly criticizes his daughters, telling them they're fat, they're too slow, or they're having too much fun. During a game of baseball he throws the ball at one of his daughter's legs and the force of the ball on her legs was so much she started crying. The father just brushed it off and went back to playing the game. The new spouse recommended the father lighten up.

In the Lane household, the new woman was offending the lesbian, telling her that she thought lesbianism is wrong, etc. The lesbian decided to invite all her friends over for a dinner and then everyone spoke to Ms Chase about her opinions. Ms Chase revealed that she had something against Hispanics, disabled children, and homosexuals. It just so happens that she was having dinner with a crowd that includes Hispanics, a woman who had a daughter with Down's Syndrome, and some homosexual couples. Ms Chase was infuriated, accusing the lesbian of setting her up. This was strange because one minute Ms Chase was saying she doesn't care if she offends people, yet when she actually does offend a crowd she seemed to care very much. There's no question the lesbian did set up the whole thing. If I met a woman who was as rude as Ms Chase, I would try to keep her away from others for their own safety. Ms Chase later described herself as a "monster" and if you had a monster or an angry dog you would keep it away from other people. What the lesbian did was release this angry dog out into the public. But Ms Chase at the end seemed to realize the effect her rudeness had on other people, and at the end she says she doesn't want to be a monster anymore. I'm guessing here but I don't think deep down she is a monster, but she acts that way maybe to feel better about herself. Ms Chase was told that she could "dish it out but couldn't take it." She seemed to be perfectly happy offending others but she couldn't take it when someone else offended her. Like I said, in the end she seemed to learn her lesson, but I have little faith in these reality TV shows because I suspect that usually they contrive a happy ending. It's be great if she did change.