Kate S. here. I'm alone to watch Jon & Kate Plus 8. All alone, like Kate G. must be. My John is at a meeting. Yeah, right, you say.

Well, I am hoping not to learn otherwise from US magazine soon....

Kate G. is grilling for the first time. "It's summer, we have to grill, and I've got to figure it out." She's overwhelmed. She has to "run the world," and admits she's lonely at night.

I actually feel for her. I can't imagine taking care of two kids by myself, much less eight.

But I think she's putting too much pressure on herself. "I've gotta do everything big and make memories," she said. (A good way to drive yourself permanently cranky and make bad memories, I'd think.)

And my John is home! From the "meeting"!

John: "That chicken would not pass muster on Top Chef."

Now the "audio guy," Alex, is setting up a movie on the lawn for the kids. But Alex has no DVD.

Now here comes a popcorn machine.

John: "Popcorn machine. Good God. More excess for the Gosselin family. How can these kids ever be genuinely surprised at anything? It's all there."

Kate S.: "What is that on Kate's head?"

The kids fall asleep and Kate has to lug the boys up to bed. When she has trouble lifting Colin, she says she realizes she's a single mom. Then she's shown packing up and leaving for Jon's turn.

"I don't like wondering what they're doing. I don't like wondering if they're happy."

John: "We miss the kids when we're at work, and we know we're going to see them every day. Can you imagine this? I come out of work with a spring in my step because I'm going to pick them up."

Kate: "Awww!!!"

Jon is taking the kids fishing with all the kids except Mady, who has gone shopping with her grandmother. The kids are scared, crying, cranky. Jon says he's taking his kids fishing no matter what, and that they have to face their fears. One of the kids says she wants to watch TV.

Kate: "Sounds familiar."

Now they're making pizzas.

Kate: "Oooh, grilled pizza. That looks good."

Kate: "Jon actually seems smarter this week."

John: "He's talking, for once."

Now they're fishing again?

John: "Fishing abuse! Fish, and you vil like eet!"

Kate: "But I think they do like it..."

Leah catches a fish. Jon says the second location "rocked."

John: "They're having fish sticks tonight!"

Then one of the boys gets hit in the head with a fish and is traumatized.

Jon says being alone is really stressful and bittersweet. He says they're calling him and he says "I'm on Park Avenue, I'm on Broadway..."

John: "Or in a bar."

Kate: "Or in a 'meeting'!"

John: "At church and soccer. Let's make that clear."

Kate: "Watch out. The paparazzi will soon be there."