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Its not even just about that plus Hilarias delightfully ridiculous past scandal of cultural appropriation and misrepresentation.
IsThe Baldwinsa truly misguided attempt at regaining public sympathy?
But of course, the devils always in the details.
MaybeThe Baldwinsis actually a sensitive take on these very complex issues!
Maybe this is a thoughtful account from people truly taking stock of the vulnerability and capriciousness of human life.
Maybe its okay, actually?
They live in a five-bedroom Manhattan apartment.
Everything in their life is so wacky!
There are kids hanging from the chandeliers!
Kids swinging from the doorframes!
Alec Baldwin saying, Hey, jump to me, jump, to a toddler who completely ignores him.
What are you doing with that bone, asks Alec, as a kid goes sprinting past.
Its all set to a big-band jazz-music score, so you know its fun and frantic.
The youngest, however, is a 2-year-old toddler referred to exclusively as Baby.
No, no, no, Baby, no, no!
What are you doing, Baby?
Hilaria, later: The baby is the monster.
Oh my God, youre here, she says.
My original theory was they dont remember Babys actual name.
(Its Ilaria, and another possibility is they keep confusing her for the identically pronounced Hilaria).
Or shes a hallucination, like the baby fromAlly McBeal.
For about 20 seconds this was a great cake, Alec says.
Oh Jesus, what did you do to the cake?
asks the kid whose birthday it is.
He is Father Time.
He is a doddering senior citizen surrounded by his great-grandchildren.
His eye bags could carry golfing equipment.
Ignore anything you may have heard to the contrary.
(For the record, a producer onThe Baldwinshas said that the Baldwins do not have final edit.)
With her son, who has no mom.
It breaks my heart, Hilaria says.
This past year was so hard.
It was so, so hard.
With the kids, its tough, Alec says.
And now, back to the birthday party!
(Come here, Baby.
Baby, come here, Alec says, as Hilaria carries out the cake.)
Since Alecs trial in New Mexico, its become so much worse, Hilaria says.
Fun outing to get haircuts!Alec and Hilaria take their boys to get haircuts for the summer.
ThisReal Housewivestagline could use another pass.
Youre speaking English with a Spanish cadence, which is always perilous for me.
Cue the montage of press coverage!
I love English, she says.
I also love Spanish.
And when I mix the two that doesnt make me inauthentic, it makes me normal.
They have so many kids.
Why do they have so many kids?
The eldest, their 10-year-old daughter, has a very messy floppy bun on the top of her head.
Alec wonders why she has chosen to do her hair like that.
How to get everyone into a vehicle, especially when there are also eight pets and two nannies?
Where will everyone sit?
Who is holding Baby!
Hilaria made a whole chart, but now no ones following it!!
Everyone around Alec has seen his mental health decline, Hilaria says.
But again, he is not the victim here!
Do not feel bad for him!
Except, based on this entire episode, you should definitely feel for him.
But you dont need to feelbad.
Maybe a little bad.
Have you seen his eye bags?
Sometimes I say, Why do we have seven kids?
And I realize: To help carry me and you through this situation, Alec says.
To her credit, Hilaria seems to recognize this.
Yes, were blessed to have them, and they give us joy.
Alec feels bad about this.
I feel more in pain about you than about me, he says.
I think about what its done to you, and its hurt you.
But sweet Jesus, there are so many kids?Really cant emphasize it enough.
