Last season, VH1's Basketball Wives franchise documented a sustained nadir in humanity, and a peak of the kind of extreme human behavior that viewers ostensibly sign up for when they tune in to watch a bunch of women who have been hired to argue with each other do so. Tami Roman eviscerated a woman for coughing. Evelyn Lozada and Suzie Ketcham hid dead fish around another castmate's hotel room. Lozada attempted to physically attack former BFF Jennifer Williams by climbing over a table.

We've reached the day of atonement for VH1's Housewives killer Basketball Wives, a show that is essentially Flavor of Love in good shoes. On last night's Season 4 reunion special, head Basketball Wife in charge, co-creator/executive producer/star/Shaq's ex Shaunie O'Neal lamented this season's imbalance of "good" and "bad." In the former category, she cited scenes in which her child had a birthday party and two women got mammograms. The latter category included every other scene.

In August a woman came forward with claims that retired NBA player Eric Williams, husband of reality show Basketball Wives cast member Jennifer Williams, was the father of her son. Eric Williams spoke to Gawker.TV, this is what he said.

This show is a literal gold-mine in terms of Vh1 reality-but it still hasn't filled the void that Rock of Love Bus left in its wake.