The girls shoot new pictorials and hint towards the future.
by Robert Canning
It's the end of an era. Though The Girls Next Door will be back for season six, it simply won't be the same with Holly, Kendra and Bridget leaving the mansion and Hef behind for other men and passions. "Third Time's the Charming" brings the series as we know it to a terrific end. It not only sweetly and poignantly looks back on the run of the series, but it also shows us Holly, Kendra and Bridget naked. A lot. What more could we ask for from The Girls Next Door?
The episode started off with Holly and Bridget pitching the idea of a third pictorial to Hef and his buddies. The man didn't need much convincing. When Holly asked, "Who wants to see us naked again?" the entire room raised their hands. (Except Hef, of course. He's seen them naked plenty of times.) The idea for the pictorial was great: each girl would get her own individual shoot. Kendra pointed out that in past pictorials, the three girlfriends always appeared together. The episode then graced us with a montage of shots from past Playboys. I have some back issues to order.
The other great idea Holly presented was to have three separate covers for each girl. These would be shot in such a way that if you put all three covers together, you'd get one wide shot of the three ladies standing in front of the mansion. Not only was this a great marketing ploy, but it also was a great representation of the girls and the reality series that made them famous. Watching the process unfold is always interesting, and it was true in this episode as well. It was neat to see the set up of the three shoots on the front lawn of the mansion. It was cool to see that with the digital cameras, the photographer could take a photo and then immediately see what it would look like on the cover, with the Playboy logo and all. And I was also happy to see we got the same amount of coverage for each of the girls. We all have ours, but the series doesn't play favorites
Much of the rest of the episode was spent watching each of the women at their individual photo shoots. Holly, who only recently learned to swim, chose to have her shoot underwater. This was done at the mansion pool. Defying death, Holly accentuated her nude poses by being wrapped up and locked in chains. It was a unique shoot and will likely please a lot of her fans. Kendra gave us the quote of the evening with, "The key to my pictures is sexuality." When is that not the key to nude pictures? Are there models out there thinking, "The key to my pictures for Playboy is economics"? Or, "The key to my pictures is 18th century French literature." Yes, Kendra, the key to your pictures is sexuality. You might also want to add "nakedness." Though I'm not the biggest fan of Kendra, I can't deny the fact that when she's caked up with make-up, posing naked at sunset on a California beach, she does look pretty damn hot.
Bridget had my favorite pictorial shoot in this episode. Her love of retro circus acts gave us the setting and it suited her. She had some great photos taken while she posed hanging from a circular trapeze bar. Also, Bridget was naked. I very much enjoy that. But the absolute best part was seeing who else was in the pictorial with Bridget. At the top of the episode, while Bridget and Holly were tossing around ideas, the circus theme came up and Holly suggested, "You should get, like, a fire-breathing midget or something." Lo and behold, some 15 minutes later, there stood a fire-breathing circus midget behind a nude, dangling Bridget. As always, when it comes to these ladies, if there's something they want, they get it.
The biggest surprise, however, came in the last act. The episode took on the feel of a series finale. We all know the girls are leaving Hef, but the series has never come right out and made this known. But in the last moments of this episode, each of the women got to reflect on their time at the mansion and with Hef. They all said some great things (even Kendra -- though I'm not entirely sold on her claim that she's "changing into a woman now.") and I actually found myself sad that the threesome is over. I'm not saying I was bawling or anything, but in watching the series, you do find yourself rooting for things to work out. For Holly to get Hef to marry her, for Bridget to join a naked circus and for Kendra to, well… find a purpose beyond partying, I guess. We may not know what the future holds for The Girls Next Door, but we do know it'll never quite be the same.
by Robert Canning
It's the end of an era. Though The Girls Next Door will be back for season six, it simply won't be the same with Holly, Kendra and Bridget leaving the mansion and Hef behind for other men and passions. "Third Time's the Charming" brings the series as we know it to a terrific end. It not only sweetly and poignantly looks back on the run of the series, but it also shows us Holly, Kendra and Bridget naked. A lot. What more could we ask for from The Girls Next Door?
The episode started off with Holly and Bridget pitching the idea of a third pictorial to Hef and his buddies. The man didn't need much convincing. When Holly asked, "Who wants to see us naked again?" the entire room raised their hands. (Except Hef, of course. He's seen them naked plenty of times.) The idea for the pictorial was great: each girl would get her own individual shoot. Kendra pointed out that in past pictorials, the three girlfriends always appeared together. The episode then graced us with a montage of shots from past Playboys. I have some back issues to order.
The other great idea Holly presented was to have three separate covers for each girl. These would be shot in such a way that if you put all three covers together, you'd get one wide shot of the three ladies standing in front of the mansion. Not only was this a great marketing ploy, but it also was a great representation of the girls and the reality series that made them famous. Watching the process unfold is always interesting, and it was true in this episode as well. It was neat to see the set up of the three shoots on the front lawn of the mansion. It was cool to see that with the digital cameras, the photographer could take a photo and then immediately see what it would look like on the cover, with the Playboy logo and all. And I was also happy to see we got the same amount of coverage for each of the girls. We all have ours, but the series doesn't play favorites
Much of the rest of the episode was spent watching each of the women at their individual photo shoots. Holly, who only recently learned to swim, chose to have her shoot underwater. This was done at the mansion pool. Defying death, Holly accentuated her nude poses by being wrapped up and locked in chains. It was a unique shoot and will likely please a lot of her fans. Kendra gave us the quote of the evening with, "The key to my pictures is sexuality." When is that not the key to nude pictures? Are there models out there thinking, "The key to my pictures for Playboy is economics"? Or, "The key to my pictures is 18th century French literature." Yes, Kendra, the key to your pictures is sexuality. You might also want to add "nakedness." Though I'm not the biggest fan of Kendra, I can't deny the fact that when she's caked up with make-up, posing naked at sunset on a California beach, she does look pretty damn hot.
Bridget had my favorite pictorial shoot in this episode. Her love of retro circus acts gave us the setting and it suited her. She had some great photos taken while she posed hanging from a circular trapeze bar. Also, Bridget was naked. I very much enjoy that. But the absolute best part was seeing who else was in the pictorial with Bridget. At the top of the episode, while Bridget and Holly were tossing around ideas, the circus theme came up and Holly suggested, "You should get, like, a fire-breathing midget or something." Lo and behold, some 15 minutes later, there stood a fire-breathing circus midget behind a nude, dangling Bridget. As always, when it comes to these ladies, if there's something they want, they get it.
The biggest surprise, however, came in the last act. The episode took on the feel of a series finale. We all know the girls are leaving Hef, but the series has never come right out and made this known. But in the last moments of this episode, each of the women got to reflect on their time at the mansion and with Hef. They all said some great things (even Kendra -- though I'm not entirely sold on her claim that she's "changing into a woman now.") and I actually found myself sad that the threesome is over. I'm not saying I was bawling or anything, but in watching the series, you do find yourself rooting for things to work out. For Holly to get Hef to marry her, for Bridget to join a naked circus and for Kendra to, well… find a purpose beyond partying, I guess. We may not know what the future holds for The Girls Next Door, but we do know it'll never quite be the same.
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