Alexis is the normal one.

A lot of people turn to the various addictions with a cry of 'I don't know who I am or what I am, but I'm sure this will help me find out!' And then they wind up giving themselves a brand-new label, such as 'alcoholic'. Alexis knows exactly what she should be and is moving in the right direction to make that vision into reality. She's got the classic 'Take me as I am or be damned' attitude that you see in a lot of transgenders at her stage -- she's accepted herself, but the rest of the planet is a problem -- and yes, it's going to produce fights. We saw that much in the preview. At least she's got a clue as to what she's fighting for.

As for the others... Andrea and Maven strike me on the same level: I knew nothing about either of them coming in and I'll give them a fair chance before sending them out. (I never really watched Tough Enough -- maybe five minutes in the second season -- and I don't get Playboy TV.) Florence is already starting to annoy me: the 'posing is bad' attitude is her attempt to bring her generation's supress-onto-death beliefs into the house, and gawds help us all if she tries to bring Brady values into this crew. Death before pre-molded therapy, thank you: Alexis nailed that one. Nude modeling is a way to make a living. So is coasting off a series that was stale the day it came out of the box. Deal with it, Florence, and then shut up.

Steve and C.C. strike me as VH1's desperate attempt to get another Jeff Conway on their bloodstained hands. Like it or not, they're essentially casting for nervous breakdowns. Their ideal is for someone to lose their mind -- actually, the ideal would be a very large plural -- and then, as people have already observed, it's time for 'I've never seen a train wreck!' and there go the ratings. They're casting people freshly out of rehab in the hopes of sending them back in. Whee. Beyond that, they have the squeaky-clean just-scrubbed-my-act aura of the newly processed. Let's see if it holds up.

Tawny -- no idea. The 'I'll never do dishes again!' is not a good sign, and did anyone notice this makes two domestic battery charges in two seasons? Someone who made a living off her sexuality is being a little too fast to judge a younger (and possibly more successful) version of herself. Hypocracy abounds -- and nude-dives into the pool later. But how do we get there from here?

I'm not sure Sherman knows where he is or what he's gotten himself into. We'll see.

And to answer your question: no, I don't know Alexis, I'm not friends with her, we've never met or spoken unless she's under some Internet name that I've run into without knowing, but I would have a conversation with her over dinner. She's lived in the heart of Hollywood: bet she's got some good stories...