You know, even though New York didn't win Flav's affection in the end, she still won something. She got one last chance to spaz out, and you know how much she loves doing that.
Basically, everybody wins...
...especially the viewers!
When we last left Flav and his final two girls, New York and Deelishis, New York's mother, Miss Michelle, had headed back into the FoL mansion to retrieve New York. She was perhaps being trailed by the funk of 40,000 years.
Miss Michelle's last-ditch effort to convince New York to leave Flav is essentially a five-minute reprise of the last (non-clips) episode. It's all in vain and would be totally pointless were it not for...
...a topless confrontation and...
...some weird down-and-dirty, crotch-based dancing from New York. That'd convince anyone to leave her alone!
Miss Michelle leaves with (in her words) egg on her face. Oh, so that's what that was! Before she goes, though, Flav calls her a "test-tube baby," which is awesome.
With Miss Michelle out of the way, Flav, Deelishis and New York are ready to take their final trip to Belize, where Flav will make his final decision on which of them is most suited to be his homie/lover/friend/whatever.
When they touch down in Belize, they're greeted by fans screaming for Flav and New York...
New York seems to be playing it cool in the picture, but she's frantically waving, blowing kisses and signing autographs inside!
The three of them all board an even smaller plane for Placencia, Belize. When they touch down there, Flav is presented a cane...
He loves it so much...
...that it ends up on the ground.
Appreciative!
Since they're all gathered, Flav announces that he'll take Deelishis out first. New York, of course, loses it.
And she never gets it back, not even once she's checked into the hotel suite that she's to share with Deelishis.
She is a super-sleuth. Were it not for her perpetually visible thong, she'd make a great central character in a juvenile-fiction mystery series.
While she's spazzing over Deelishis getting to spend time with Flav, she says something truly wonderful:
"This is (beep!) (beep!). Excuse my language. No, (beep!) don't excuse it. This is (beep!) (beep!)." She's a staunch character. Just sayin'!
For maybe the first time in her life, New York has good reason to spaz out:
After making out in a sort of open-air harem for two, Deelishis and Flav share massages...
Later, during dinner, Flav runs down the reasons he's feeling Deelishis. He cites the way she feels when he kisses her, her sense of humor and the fact that she's "not ugly." He's so smooth!
Deelishis wonders if he'll choose between her and New York with his heart or if the selection will be influenced by what would make good TV. She implies that choosing New York would be going for good TV, but uh, hello? New York wailing when she doesn't get picked makes for perfectly fine TV. Plus, Deelishis is, by all rights, the good guy in this. If anything, convention suggests that she should win. Whatever.
After the date, back at Flav's hotel, Deelishis has what she refers to as a "wardrobe malfunction" -- the dress of her zipper jams, and she ultimately needs Flav to cut her out. Not really a wardrobe malfunction in the classic, Janet sense, but OK.
During the process, it turns out that she actually does have a classic wardrobe malfunction.
Deelishis is kind of psychic.
The next day, before going back to her suite, Deelishis makes fun of Flav's pajamas, which is pretty great.
Upon arriving home, Deelishis is faced with a thinly veiled version of New York's wrath. New York invites Deelishis to eat breakfast, but Deelishis initially declines, reasoning "Naw, man, 'cause you just tryin' to be evil and I ain't tryin' to go there with you."
New York's become that transparent, huh? After about five more seconds of persuading, Deelishis agrees to join her for breakfast. "I'm not your enemy, I'm your opponent," Deelishis tells New York at the top of their meal. Whoa. The FoL universe just collapsed upon itself. If someone made that point 10 episodes, we wouldn't have witnessed a tenth of the drama we did. That's verbal ruby slippers right there.
Level-headedness notwithstanding, in an interview, Deelishis says that if you looked up "drama" in the dictionary, New York would be there when you turned to the right page, looking like this:
And that seems about right...
Deelishis compares New York's flair for drama and all-out craziness to Whitney Houston. She says this as though it's a bad thing, as though a Being Bobby Brown-style reality show featuring New York and Flav would be unwelcome. Here is where the generally delightful Deelishis loses the support of over half of Flavor of Love's viewing audience (at least temporarily). New York is the voice of reason here, saying that she hopes she comes off like Whitney. "Kudos to Whitney! Great!" Pretty much!
The next day, Flav takes New York out on a boat. New York informs us that she's not good in water. Apparently, she's not good around water, either.
During the date, New York reveals her plan to call the shots, should Flav choose her.
Flav freaks out, compares New York to her mother and goes for a dip to clear his mind.
He forces New York to join him to hilarious results.
She's not good on horses. She's not good in the water. Is she good anywhere?
Eventually, Flav gets New York to relent, and state that he, not she, will be in charge of the relationship, whatever that even means. In an interview, New York reveals, "I love Flav and if he wants his control, by golly, I'll let him believe he has it." Gee whiz, the woman is crafty!
At dinner, they go back and forth some more in this hypothetical power struggle...
New York pleads her case, saying, "You know I'm a good catch. I can...say that." Yo, New York is straight weird. What does that even mean?
After dinner, New York undergoes this bizarre flight of fancy, where she decides that she can't stay with Flav for the night because he needs to appreciate her for more than her body. Well, it's a little too late for that, isn't it? And, in fact, it was a little too late for that this time last season, wasn't it? To top off this weird change of heart, New York flip-flops again back at her room and decides, in fact, that she will spend the night with Flav. Maybe it's an error in judgment. Maybe her synapses are suffering from chronic fatigue.
In the morning Flav says the night they spent together was "interesting." You get the feeling that he's never chosen words more precisely.
The day has arrived for Flav to choose between Deelishis and New York. The girls change into dresses Flav sent along for them and get their hair and make-up done. Though Deelishis later complains about her hair and makeup, has she ever looked more lovely?
Has New York ever looked more...dramatic?
The answer probably is yes. Although as they wait for Flav, she puts in a good bid for most dramatic expression ever:
Oooh! Icy.
Flav sends for the girls and as they listen to the preface of his decision, it begins to rain hard, which underscores the drama in a way that only the reality of nature could.
It all comes down to New York's behavior on their date -- Flav doesn't want a woman that will boss him around. He delicately tells New York that her time is up. Here are the immediate reactions:
New York doesn't keep her mouth shut for too long. In a convincing blow-up, she screams at Flav and accuses him of "s***ing on her" twice now. And, uh, that's kind of true.
She stalks off, cursing like a sailor who's fed up with water, and making gestures that aren't really appropriate to the situation or what she's saying.
And also with you...?
In the car, she says, "I'll piss on his grave, how's that?" Not sure, but here's how it isn't: classy. We see New York cry (something she didn't do when Flav passed her up during the first season).
She's young (...-acting), she'll get over it.
Back with Flav, Deelishis is completely demure. Her behavior does everything to suggest that Flav made the right choice.
Talk about classy!
We last see the couple embracing...
...with Flav paying special attention to her butt. Let's never forget that it's what's inside that counts, but having a well-developed butt doesn't hurt the matter.
How could they do anything but live happily ever after?
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I am soo glad that Flav picked deelishis. She is the right woman for him. Hey Karma is a bith New york. Oh and by the way you are a sore loser!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Amanda | October 16, 2006 at 06:11 PM
I am soo glad that Flav picked deelishis. She is the right woman for him. Hey Karma is a bith New york. Oh and by the way you are a sore loser!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Amanda | October 16, 2006 at 06:12 PM
yes flav made the right choice an kicked ny azz to the curb and kept my girl d
Posted by: kk | October 16, 2006 at 07:12 PM
hahahahah this sh*t was FUNNY...IM GLAD Deelishis won b/c she FROm DETROIT ,MI YAY!! DETROIT IN THe HOUSE...
Posted by: lina | October 16, 2006 at 09:12 PM
Flav did the right thing. I'm happy for him and I hope everything works out great for him. I'm also sad because I want to see him again on TV. I loved the show...truely loved it and I hated to see it end. Detroit loves Flav....yeahhhh boyyy!!!!
Posted by: LaTara | October 16, 2006 at 11:00 PM
I love you Flav and I believe you made the right decision. I don't want to stop seeing you on television, I truely lived for Sundays to watch your show. You are a good man and more brotha's should be open and honest as you. Peace!!!
Posted by: LaTara | October 16, 2006 at 11:04 PM
All I can say is that I am SO HAPPY that NY got the kick again. She curses like a drunken sailor and does not act even close to being a lady. I think that Dee and Flav will have a pretty good life together but I still have to wonder why Dee was wondering if this was all for tv. WHat would put that in her head?
Posted by: kandi | October 16, 2006 at 11:58 PM
i'm happy that he choose deelishis because new york is a true b#tch she is a big b#tch from the first episode i was glad she did not win the first time either it was time for her to go. goodbye new york.
Posted by: tovasha | October 17, 2006 at 12:23 AM
I THINK ALL OF THEM BITCHES ARE CRAZY FOR WANTING FLAV UGLY ASS. HE A UGLY OLD ASS MAN. WITH A LOT OF KIDS. THE GIRL WHO WON WHATEVER THE BITCH NAME IS. SHE IS CRAZY SHE KNOW SHE DONT WANT HIS UGLY ASS. THATS THE REAL REASON WHY BOOTS DIDNT WANT TO SLEEP WITH HIM. SHE WAS THERE JUST TO BE ON TV. SHE WANT TO SAY YES TO THAT VIEDO DEAL. AND NEW YORK YOU AND YOUR UGLY ASS CRAZY ASS MAMA NEED TO STAY OFF TV WITH YOUR FAKE ASS!!!!
Posted by: jeanetta | October 17, 2006 at 01:36 AM
This episode was the best ever! I especially love the way Flav broke out in his signature Flavor Flav dance when he sent NY's mom packing.It was hilarious!! I am so happy he didn't pick NY. She is a complete idiot. I don't know if it was my imagination but did she tell Deelishis that she loved taking out her "flustrations" on her and that her and Flav's relationship would be "beneful"? I was sort of hoping lightning would strike her right in the ass when she mooned Flav. She also needs to stop wearing that diamond choker.. she already looks like Scooby-Doo. But YAY for Deelishis!!!! Flav recognizes real and she's the realest.
Posted by: Naysa P. | October 17, 2006 at 01:54 AM
This is probably the craziest I've seen New York get. I knew he wasn't going to pick her when she started making crazy demands on the boat. As she said, she has a big mouth and that's what caused her to lose yet again. Doesn't she know that you can't start the crazy talk the day before eliminations? For as evil and conniving as New York was on the show you would think she would know how to rope Flav in. Her loss will make for an extremely dramatic reunion show though. Anyway great recap, Rich! Keep it up!
Posted by: jenali | October 17, 2006 at 02:52 AM
i love the flava of love series. flav always makes the right decision if you ask me. first hoop and now deelishes, it makes you wonder whos the next beau-ti-ful lady flav is gonna pick. on the up and up, i do feel sorry for new york, she must feel like crap twice, lol. im from detroit and i believed from day one that deelishes would win. me and my cousin meet the ladies from the show at "Icons" nightclub in the D and i was very very impressed with the ladies that flav had picked for himself. i cant wait to see what the next season has in store for us viewers, all that i can say is "flav keep up the good work, and ill be rite there watchin. flav you're the man."
Posted by: deon tabb | October 17, 2006 at 09:25 AM
This is amazing as always, Rich. The screencaps are by far the best part, as no one quite believes me when I describe the ridiculousness of this amazing show without these helpful visual aids.
By the way, a friend of mine saw Flav and a pregnant girlfriend at Disneyland, and it was not any of the contestants from the show. How easily dreams die...
Posted by: Lawanda | October 17, 2006 at 11:19 AM
i was so happy that new york ugly butt went home she crazy and ain't no damn grown man like flave gone keep putting up wit her stuff walking off and what not nah she nuttie cause she ain't that good looking that he got to chase her and she is gone always be a back burner bi#ch cause that's how she act you act like a sex toy you get treated like one i hope her mom said i told you so.
Posted by: madaboo | October 17, 2006 at 01:15 PM
Go Deelishis, Go Deelishis...I was praying for you girl. Lord knows NY stupid azz needed to go home a long time ago. Once again Flav made a good choice. All I have to say is once again Go Deelishis and Flav. I feel Dee is really feeling Flav. To NY Starving Marvin looking azz...hit the road jack and dont't cha come back no more, no more, no more, no more!!!!
Posted by: Babygyrl519 | October 17, 2006 at 01:39 PM
The Flavor of Loves series have truly grown on me and I couldn't wait until Sunday night to see what unfolded next. As much as I am going to miss this series coming on every week, I am glad that Flav picked Deelishis because she is definitely the best choice from the beginning of the show. Not only did she not show drama, she spoke and acted from her heart and that is what makes her so real. I don't know if they will have a future together, but I pray for their union and that their children come to know and love each other. God Bless all of you.
Posted by: Foxy1 | October 17, 2006 at 01:51 PM
i am so happy that Flav chose Deelishis,cuz New York is too disrespectful,DRAMATIC,annoying and ghetto.I knew Flav wasn't picking her cuz she's like her mother "Fucking Crazy".I hope Flav and Deelishis have a wonderful life cuz they look great together.
Posted by: Neka | October 17, 2006 at 02:19 PM
Hmm...my first post here. I must say, I really wanted New York to deck Flav and knock him unconscious. That would have been the perfect ending.
The reunion looks trashtastic. Who the hell is doing Bootz hair these days? And somebody needs to beat up that trailer park cracka Buckwild.
Posted by: LaSexorcisto | October 17, 2006 at 02:56 PM
perhaps i'm getting too much nutrition and exercise, and can't stomach crap like i used to, but i lacked the energy this season to watch the foolishness that is FOL. however, just because i couldn't watch doesn't mean i didn't want to. i have kept up with it via you. thanks for taking one for the team!
Posted by: summer | October 17, 2006 at 03:42 PM
NEW YORK SHOULD HAVE WON
Posted by: TRACY | October 17, 2006 at 05:34 PM
Wow, Very entertaining, but Flav, I know alot of people can't get with New York, but the way you played her at the end was real fowl....She treated the other girl pretty ...hitty, but she have been spending TIME.... with you...I could tell how you looked at her on the boat and dinner that she was done. You (Flav) was so so laxed and too too comfortable...Too bad New York didn't notice the freeze before you got that last hit... Damm, that was cold Flav, thought you were....better... than that.....
Posted by: Bos | October 18, 2006 at 03:03 AM
Thanks for the screenshot of New York's hoochie coochie dance. After she'd been playing "classy" all season, she shows up with a dance straight from the gentlemen's clubs.
Someone should smack Flav upside the head for throwing his beautiful gift cane from the Belize people on the ground. Once they saw he didn't appreciate such a work of art, they should have taken it back.
Posted by: Devans00 | October 18, 2006 at 07:13 AM
hey flav,
man you should of been got rid of that bitch (new york) where the hell was your head at. she wasn't even all that !!! was the sex that good? she was so bony and dramatic , i would of hit the ass and dumped her the neat day. well anyway you made the rigt chioce with deelishis tret her right brother and i'm sure she will do you right . if not send her my email address.
Posted by: rascal 63 | October 18, 2006 at 08:40 AM
VH1 totally needs to do a series with New York and Flav. I think the show would be so GREAT!! They would have to bring her Mom into it to!!! Talk about some GREAT TV!!!!
Posted by: Jan | October 18, 2006 at 09:48 AM
i think this episode was great delishiss deserved to win
Posted by: Hope | October 18, 2006 at 12:30 PM