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After a two-week hiatus, I thought it would be appropriate to blog the Finale of The Salt N’ Pepa show to cap off the last week in Women’s Herstory Month. In fact, when I checked out the time length of the episode (1 hour) I knew that this was going to be a finale, and that made me a bit sad. Though I needed a break from this show after the songwriting episode (I’ll even admit it– it had hit a dry period), I was anxious to return to my girls. I’m glad I caught this one, it was actually a good one that wound up proving that, in the end, no matter how far they grow, Salt is always going to be Salt and Pep is always going to be Pep. But they’re learning to co-exist. Slowly.

Enough of my rambling. If you didn’t catch it, here is the premise for this episode:

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“[Whatever you get Salt to do], it has to have a halo involved.” Ha!

Aaaaah, Mardi Gras. Fat Tuesday! A chance to go crazy, and show what ya your mama (or your wonderful plastic surgeon) gave ya just for some rinky-dink shiny beads on a string. Who WOULDN'T want to do that at least ONCE in their lives?!

I've never done it, but I mean, it's all in good fun, right? It ain't like you're sucking someone off for the beads, now that would be pathetic.
I'm sure Pep had the same train of thought, too. But how to get there, how to get Salt to go?

So yes, Pep’s cover-up is having her and Salt participate in the St. Bernard Project, an effort that work towards rebuilding homes destroyed in Hurricane Katrina (which occurred almost three years ago, might I add, but let me stop, I’ll save my political rant for my radio show.) Specifically, they are helping rebuild the home of a woman named Kimberly Johnson, whose home was submerged in 12 feet of water during the natural travesty. Salt and Pep’s tasks were handling the insulation and drywall-ing her home. Although their (read: Sandy’s) initial reasons for getting involved with the project was under false pretenses, they wound up helping this woman piece back together a huge part of her life. This is why I commend The Salt N’ Pepa show over other reality shows; they show these women making efforts to help various communities (i.e., speaking to college students at their alma mater, their involvement with AIDS awareness, supporting the Jena 6, etc.) This show proved to be more than about the trials and tribulations of a broken friendship– which is another reason I am sad to see it go.

Back on track–

So, Pep is wondering how she’s going to eventually break the news to Cheryl about them being on their very own Mardi Gras float. I found it hilarious when she woke up in the morning to find their faces on the front page of the newspaper– really, what did you expect? That running around and grabbing up 10 of them would help keep it quiet? She was lucky it didn’t get a small mention on the local news channel!

Did y’all peep Cheryl’s face when the news was finally revealed to her? Dayyuuummm....

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Tell me I heard this the wrong way:

Salt: ... If I keep letting you railroad me like that–
Pep: Just this last time?

WOW.

Honestly, Cheryl’s right. She does have a right to be angry. After all that healing and exhaling they did up at Iyanla’s, she should’ve just came straight out and said what she wanted to do and not hide it. The St. Bernard thing would’ve probably just sweetened the deal. And Cheryl is stuck, because like she said, if she doesn’t show up, it makes her look bad and Sandy look good. If she did go, it makes Sandy think that she can just walk all over her. She’s so stressed out that even her husband Gavin (aka The Voice Of Reason) comes down and tries to make Sandy see the error of her ways; to which she replies:

“Put it on her!”

Umm... in the real world, sex doesn’t make all problems disappear. Okay, some, but not all. Anyway–

What is a girl to do?

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Learn Sandy’s game. If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em, of course. (And deciding to give out autographs after the beads ran out was a good look).

Even though Salt had a good time, she didn’t let Pep get away with it: the Sunday morning before they’re supposed to leave, she knocks on her door and informs her that they will be attending services. And she told the entire congregation that they’d be there, so Pep had no choice but to go and get dressed– she owed it to her friend.

Seeing Salt pull on Pep's skirt was a lil' corny, but cute in the sense that it fit the ending to the season (and possibly the series, I'm not sure as of yet) perfectly. It just showed AGAIN, that no matter how far they grow, Salt's gonna always be motherly, and Pep's always going to be the wild kid sis. Except, they've grown over their wide hurdle and grown to respect each other... well, at least more than what we saw in the beginning of the first one.

So what are y'all thinking? Are you sad to see this show go?
I must admit, I will miss these women not being on my TV schedule every week. I hope it's only just for a season break, but how far can they possibly ride this train?

Ahh.
I didn't have them scheduled for this week's Throwback, but I was definitely in the mood to hear an SNP track by the end of this blog, so, just for y'all, I've included one of my favorite joints from my fave trio. Enjoy.

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