Last night Whitney Houston’s remaining family members new reality show “The Houstons: On Our Own” premiered on Lifetime. The half hour show debuted with a two episode lineup.

The first episode introduced us to the Houston family and focused on Bobbi Kristina’s first Mother’s Day without her legendary mom. We watch as they travel to New Jersey to see BK’s grandmother Cissy Houston and also to visit Whitney’s grave for the first time since her passing. In the mist of all this BK announces that her and adopted brother and now beau Nick Gordan are engaged with the ring that BK own mother gave to her. Side Eye!

It’s also very apparent that Bobbi Kristina has been keeping her distance as you hear Cissy Houston say to her “Keep in touch with me a little more”.

We learn how Pat has become not only Bobbi Kristina’s aunt but like a mother to her and is trying to keep her on the straight and narrow and unfortunately BK isn’t making that so easy.

Quite honestly the first episode didn’t bother me as much as it did make me truly realize that Whitney (my favorite singer since I was 8) is truly gone. The grave scene was truly sad and I felt like should have been a private moment but it certainly didn’t seem as exploitative as the second episode.

In episode two we see in depth “Auntie Pat” as she is affectionately known try to keep BK in check. Throughout this episode Pat spends an inordinate amount of time making it clear that Bobbi Kristina is a child and not an adult. While I agree with that , the girl is living and sleeping in her mama’s mansion with this dude so how much of a child is she really?  Pat then invites BK and Nick to her daughter (and BK’s cousin) swim meet in which Bobbi attends but is ready to leave shortly after, claiming that she really wants to stay but is tired. Pat assumes as do I  that she really just has Nick-Itus and wants to be with him constantly.

If it hadn’t been for the last scene of the show ( which was truly disturbing) I would just chalk it up to two kids being love. Towards the end of last episode of the night Pat invites BK and Nick over to her house along with some other relatives for a dinner. Bobbi Kristina shows up seemingly high or drunk or a combination of both. Pat is scene several times snatching a bottle of wine from her saying that not under my watch is she going to drink.

Here’s the problem the girl comes into the house with her speech slurred and barely keeping her eyes open and visibly high and no one says a thing? The girl is 19 years old how in the hell is she even drinking on TV legally?

The Bottom Line

While some people ranted on Twitter that this is exploitation of Bobbi Kristina, I would venture to say that but this is nothing more then exploitation of Whitney Houston’s name. While BK may still be a “child” she is old enough to say I don’t want to do this. Whitney is no longer here and has no say.

Let me be honest people why else are we watching the show?  The truth is while many of us have sympathy for this poor girl who is still grieving the loss of her mother , we are going to tune in every week to see the foolishness that they allow her to showcase on TV. Remember when “Being Bobby Brown” was on TV? Did you really watch cause you gave two shits about BB…noooo you watched to see Whitney and her crazy antics which I honestly thoroughly enjoyed lol!

The previews for the remaining season showcase, Nick flirting with other women , Bobbi Kristina crying about not knowing how to make him happy and finally scenes of her throwing up and them carrying her under a white sheet into an SUV and heading to the hospital plus more!

if you ask me something is strangely suspicious about Pat and at the end of the day it’s another dollar for her.

All my opinions aside I will be tuning in next Wednesday to see this train wreck unfold.