I was getting bored watching the series finale of MTV’s The Hills last night. I already knew I liked Lauren “LC” Conrad better than the f-bomb throwing Kristin Cavallari. I skipped a couple of episodes this season so I was playing a bit of catch up with the crew. (It wasn’t that hard.) And “Speidi” (the crazy, yet super media savvy, couple Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag) were not even in The Hills finale. WHAT?
But then, BAM! The big surprise ending. Brody Jenner is waving a (sorta) tearful goodbye to Kristin who is heading off to Europe for the summer. Just then the iconic Hollywood sign behind Brody starts to move and it is revealed that he is on a sound stage. The cameras and crew members come out. Brody starts to smile and clap. The car with Kristin stops and she runs over to give Brody a finale hug. (And…SCENE.)
Hilarious. One of the best finales ever. I loved it. I’m glad they FINALLY let us in on the joke. I think we all suspected the show was mostly scripted, didn’t we? But then I read about these “characters” constantly in US Weekly and various entertainment websites. Were they really fighting or hooking up? Was it all fake? I mean Heidi’s ten plastic surgeries can’t be staged? I will admit it was hard to believe Kristin and Justin Bobby ever liked each other when they were dating. And then I read about Brody dating pop star Avril Lavigne (he tweets about it too) while he is supposedly single on The Hills and heading to Costa Rica with Kristin and the gang for an impromptu vacation.
So now I’m left thinking about The City and The Jersey Shore and all the other MTV reality shows. (Or ALL reality shows for that matter.) Should I now assume most of them are scripted? Or at least partially scripted?
The answer is probably yes, but either way, that Hills ending was genius MTV. Just genius.
