Though I am a Bonacker and usually despise any television version of our town, I have to say the pilot had my friends and family laughing and nodding along the whole time at the portrayal of our annual wealthy guests. RIGHT ON! So SO SO accurate! Even the ditsy girls the main character was talking to in the party "Nice shirt!" "Tell me you have a plane!" could not of been better. Even with the economy the way it is it hasn't stopped the influx of the rich and annoying this summer so far and for the first time the Television made me smile about it.

Now if you production people need any tips on portrayng locals.. here's a few.

1.) We never ever refer to "The Hamptons" as "The Hamptons". That's a term coined by tourists and we actually get embarrassed when we have to use that name. It's East Hampton, Southampton, Amagansett, Montauk, Springs, ect.

2.) The "Hamptons Glossary" thing you guys set up on this webste is cute. But with the exceptions of "The City" "Citiot" and your definition of "Stay At Home Mom" (SO TRUE BTW! The kids of citiots are more apt to call their Nannies "Mom" than their actual mothers.) Er, we don't say any of that other stuff. I've never even heard any of those other terms before, though some of them made me giggle. I guess that's a tourist thing or a USA Network thing.


Locals also refer to the second homeowners as shoobs and some other things you guys would probably have to sensor anyway. This makes our tourists angry, and they love to rant about how they've owned their summer home for 10 or 20 years and therefore qualify as a resident because they pay taxes and whatnot. It doesn't matter how long you've owned it or even if you've lived here 10 or 20 years year round. It takes many generations to be considered a local. Their heads tend to spin around when you tell them that.

The second homeowners homes are McMansions, specifically the horribly ugly ones you see sticking out of the ocean dunes like giant contemporary modern geometric warts. How people are willing to pay millions for something so absolutely ugly, I have no idea. The huge homes near our villages that are over a hundred years old do not fall into the McMansion category. Those are breathtakingly beautiful and I will suggest any visitor here to go check them out.

One thing you guys did get right though. If we do need medical care we go to Stonybrook. Southampton Hospital is a dump, don't even let those crazies touch you. You're better off diagnosing yourself on Google.



So far I love the plot, the characters and the laughs, and I am definitely looking forward to the rest of the season.