Khloe & Lamar Season 2 premieres, but doesn’t show Dallas yet

by Teresa Gubbins

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Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom open their doors for Round 2 of their reality show.

Season 2 of Khloe & Lamar, the reality show starring new Dallas residents Lamar and Khloe Kardashian Odom, premiered on Sunday, without any mention of the couple's newly adopted home.

The show is a spin-off of Keeping Up With the Kardashians, the Kardashian motherlode which has aired on E! Network since 2007 (and which has spawned two other shows, Kourtney and Khloé Take Miami and Kourtney and Kim Take New York). Since none have taken place in Dallas-Fort Worth, they've been easy to ignore, but this season of Khloe & Lamar will show lots of Dallas scenery, as Lamar joined the Dallas Mavericks in December.

Kardashian became a household name when their attorney father Robert, now deceased, defended O.J. Simpson. Widow Kardashian's ex-wife Kris married Olympic athlete Bruce Jenner -- one of a half-dozen people, along with Khloe herself, who gets executive-producer credit on this show.

As reality-TV celebrities go, Khloe is easy to like. Unlike her sister Kim whose circus marriage lasted 72 days, Khloe and Lamar have been married two years and exhibit mutual warmth and devotion. She comes off as a grounded person who communicates openly with those around her. Watching her dispense good advice to friends and family members is as good a lesson as anything else on TV about family values, but here it's executed with really good clothes and makeup, in gold-plated settings.

In episode 1, Khloe & Lamar are still in their L.A. mansion, with a restless Lamar awaiting resolution of the NBA lockout, and Khloe getting pressure from her circle to become pregnant. Brother Rob is their petulant but harmless sidekick who gives Lamar the brother he never had.

Plot points include Rob's careless impregnation of ex-g.f. Rosa Acosta, and Khloe's attempts to keep her sex life spicy. Acosta eventually has a miscarriage but not before Khloe lectures Rob that having unprotected sex is the same as giving consent to have a baby.

Meanwhile, Khloe fixes up a room to become a den of love, with red sheets, tickle feathers, masks, and other props. "I haven't seen this many sex toys since college," Lamar says, but becomes overwhelmed and says he's too tired for romance. Khloe feels rejected but they decide that them just being them is enough.

A trip to the gynecologist reveals that Khloe's girl plumbing is functional and intact. The cameras join Khloe in the examination room as her doctor prods her with an exploratory wand. "Did you empty your bladder before you came in?" he asks. The inclusion of Khloe in the stirrups is symbolic and almost instructional, showing her healthy comfort with herself and demystifying the horrors of a gynecological exam. But there's one thing they never show: Khloe without her makeup. There is only so far a girl can go.