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THIS ISSUE: UnREAL, The Bachelorette, So You Think You Can Dance, Mistresses TOP MOMENT OF THE NIGHT The Women of UnREAL Keep It 100 Lifetime BECAUSE: UnREAL is back, and you know how we know? Because on Monday's season 2 premiere, bad bitch bosses Rachel and Quinn got matching tattoos that read, "Money. Dick. Power." as a permanent reminder of what they should be focused on. Oh yeah... UnREAL is definitely back.

UnREAL Lifetime WHAT HAPPENED: ...And it's got a brand new look! First of all, Rachel has upgraded her signature jacket from Old Navy fatigues to Helmut Lang leather. And that's because since the last season of Everlasting, Quinn has promoted Rach to showrunner: Essentially, Rachel is the new Quinn, Quinn is the new Chet, and the new suitor? He's not white for once. Network head Gary isn't thrilled that Rachel wants to "make history" by casting pro quarterback Darius Beck as Everlasting's first ever non-white suitor, but Quinn promises him they'll come through with the "looney tunes" contestants. So now, all they have to get through is Jeremy acting like he wants Rachel to die all the time, producing all said looney tunes with only two producers, and -- oh yeah -- Chet went to a Paleolithic Lifestyle retreat, lost 50 pounds, and now he wants his show back. He hijacks Darius' loyalties and won't give him back until Quinn relinquishes control... meaning she's back in her old position, and Rachel is probably starting to question their BFF tattoos. WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: If you didn't binge the first season of UnREALafter everyone swore to you, "No, I promise -- it's basically about The Bachelorand on Lifetime, but it's like... really good," then let HitFix's review of the season 2 premiere catch you up on what this show is all about: "This is UnREAL, a story about one kind of TV show that's ultimately a riveting example of its spiritual opposite: the cable anti-hero drama. The events of Everlasting itself are almost beside the point... Instead, the series' primary interests are the same as you might find on The Sopranos or Breaking Bad or The Americans: people being seduced by power to do monstrous things because they can, and because some corner of our society has made that acceptable, and even desirable." And as far as lead characters go, they don't get much more complicated than Rachel and Quinn, and performers just don't get much better than Shiri Appleby and Constance Zimmer.

The Bachelorette ABC WHAT HAPPENED: And just how perfect is it that we had one of the most intense episodes in Bachelorette history going down on the same night asUnREAL's premiere? It's hard to even summarize just how off the rails things went in Monday's two hours of Bachelorette mayhem, and there's two morehours coming up on Tuesday! Pretty much, Chad is still public enemy numero uno of the entire house, so on a group date where the dudes have to publicly share their craziest sex stories, Evan the ED Guy decides to allude to Chad in his story by sharing his professional knowledge about the risks of taking steroids. Chad does not like that; Chad rips Evan's shirt when he comes to sit down; Chad punches a door; Chad pushes Evan by his throat and threatens him backstage. In the drinks portion of the evening, Evan tells JoJo that he can't stay if Chad does. But JoJo finds a loophole -- she gives him the group date rose in lieu of kicking Chad off, and when Chad sees that, he asks her in front of everyone, "Is this real? You're actually vibin' this dude?" WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: But we've got a follow-up question: Why won'tJoJo kick Chad off? It doesn't take an UnREAL expert to know that decision isn't entirely up to her, but she saw the shirt rip... she's clearly uncomfortable being around him at this point, and even when Evan (who really is a bit like a dog with a bone at this point) pulls Chris Harrison -- THE Chris Harrison! -- aside to tell him that Chad has been violent and become so volatile they've had to bring a security guard to the mansion, Chris' chat with Chad ultimately comes down to, We're not kickin' ya off, but you should most def tell those fellas you're sorry. We're with YahooTV on this one: "One would think The Bachelorette would have a zero tolerance approach to physical violence -- especially when it's followed by this chilling statement: 'If I can't lift weights I'm gonna murder someone.'"

So You Think You Can Dance Fox WHAT HAPPENED: Welcome back to the second installment of So You Think You Can Dance: The Next Generation, or, as EW recapper Kelly Connolly calls it, So You Want to Feel Inadequate. Monday's auditions took the judges to Chicago, and to answer your question: yes, someone sure did throw up on Paula Abdul. Cheerful hip-hop dancer Tahani nailed her routine, got her ticket to the Academy, ran to the judges and, according to her, Paula hugged her so hard it just squeezed all the happiness right out of her... in the form of vomit. Incredible -- kids really do throw up the darnedest things. But they also know how to work the crowd (in the case of 10-year-old tapper Emma who danced to Paula's own song, "Cold Hearted"), let their genuine excitement shine through after an electrifying performance (like 10-year-old ballroom dancer Leana, who partnered up with her middle-aged dance instructor), and have the stage presence of a full-grown adult (in the case of fierce Latin Ballroom dancer, Alexa). WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING: But still, watching kids dance -- especially in an audition, where there's a pretty good chance they'll fail and get their tiny, vulnerable little hearts broken -- remains a little uncomfortable, especially for those of us that are used to 12 prior seasons of adult SYTYCD. But also... the kids are good! Which has BuddyTV asking, Is this working? "Only time will tell, really," they say in their recap. "Most of the performances we've seen aren't terrible. In fact, some of them are pretty impressive. But just how many standing ovations and tickets can the judges give out? I'm curious and eager to get to the Dance Academy to see how the kids handle the pressure." Let's hope that's where this experimental season will soar (even if they do have to provide a few extra buckets for unexpected excitement-vomiting).

One More Thing...

The Genius Everyone Loves Stops By That Late Night Thing Everyone Loves CBS MIC. DROP.: Lin-Manuel Miranda was on The Late Late Show With James Corden's Broadway edition of Carpool Karaoke on Monday night... so basically, pop culture's collective mind just exploded. Audra McDonald, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and Jane Krakowski were also carpooling and we just have three words for you: "One Day More." Get thee to that video's 8-minute mark!