'Jon & Kate Plus Eight' recap: Crooked Houses and a Broken Home

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And just like they did with the season premiere, they went an extra step to bum us out just a little bit more with footage of the good ol' days with the Gosselins. It's hard to not feel a little extra heartbroken — not about the show that it once was (joyous, lighthearted, oddly addictive), but the family that these people once were. Before the commercial break, we were met with an ominous black screen, reading something like an in memoriam, stating, ''On Monday, June 22, 2009, legal proceedings were initiated in Pennsylvania to dissolve the ten-year marriage of Jon and Kate Gosselin.''

As Kate stated, ''the show must go on'' and it did, with its original theme for this episode, Mother's Day. Ouch. The Gosselin matriarch stated that while missing out on the everyday stuff would be hard, she would not miss out on any holidays. While the two talked our ears off during this hour, it was perhaps the most telling that they actually sat next to each other during the Mother's Day brunch. The last shot was of a clearly exasperated Kate telling us it's time to ''Turn the page, a new chapter.'' But, maybe it's time to close the book altogether?

What did you think of this very dramatic episode of Jon & Kate Plus 8? Did it have an emotional impact on you or were you put off by it all? Are you happy the show will continue or do you think it was a poor decision on the Gosselins part? I did a lot of talking today, now I want to know what you think!