The Lessons of The Hills

EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE Whitney, Audrina, Lauren (Photo: Getty Images)

Chief among the important things we learned last night while watching The Hills is this: Lauren Conrad does not forgive and she certainly does not forget. The leading lady of MTV's sorta-reality show used last night's as a series of teachable moments for the future Mrs. Spencer Pratt: "Sometimes, whether you did something, or you did nothing, it's just as bad" (think sex tape-rumor distribution) and "Sometimes, when you love people, you want to believe they're good" (think a creepy, beady-eyed freak who looks like he could snap at any moment and strangle the life out of your scrawny body).

With all the hearty jibes, it's increasingly difficult to believe Star's report from last week that Lauren and Heidi may have kissed and made-up. Or maybe it's that we don't want to believe. Truth of the matter is we need to see lines like "I want to forgive, and I want to forget you" play out to the bitterest end.

But rest assured we have plenty to fall back on should those two reconcile, and last night provided a good idea of alternative sources for wit and wisdom.