Added Episode 6: Pregnant Pause

Added Episode 7: The Demon Must Be Crazy

I commend both Gene and Shannon for shining a light on the situation in Africa. I think more reality shows like this would do a great deal for humanity by exposing people to the problems outside America. All you need is just to get a few people on board and then a few more after that and suddenly you can make a real positive impact and change peoples lives. It was really cool to see Gene meeting some of the kids that he sponsors. Great episode.

Did not like this episode at all and its because it was more of the same. Talking in circles. Shannon wants to adopt, blah blah blah. In the end she decides to pull the plug on the whole idea. I don't think she was ever serious about it. I think this was just a creative idea for the show. I'm okay using it as an idea, but not to drag it all the way to the halfway point of the season and then ending it. Up till now, it's been a very boring topic in the way it was presented on the show because nothing got done and nothing will now.

It took till episode 10 for us to get a vintage Family Jewels episode. This was more like it. Having the family doing something fun and interesting for both them and us the viewer watching the show. Putting on a show for the Vets and doing a pinup poster as well was cool. I'm just glad we are done with this whole adoption thing which was nothing more than filler for half the season with no intention of actually adopting.

So Gene is going on tour with Glenn Hughes, Matt Sorum, Gilby Clarke, Sebastian Bach and Duff Mckagan and Shannon has issues with this because she has to face concerns that Gene is going to stray. At first it seems this episode is all about Shannon's fears and somehow it turns out to be about Nick picking up his father's old habits pertaining to girls. That is, being cavalier about their feelings and just moving onto the next one. Next episode should be good.