'The Hills' returns to MTV on Monday

LOS ANGELES TIMES

August 18, 2008

Stephanie Pratt, left, and Lauren Conrad in a scene from Season 4 of " The Hills" on MTV. (MTV)

What to expect when " The Hills" returns for its fourth season Monday (MTV at 10 p.m.)? Here's the snap judgment:

LAUREN Same ol', same ol': LC dating the wrong boys. LC weeping for being backstabbed by Stephanie. LC confronting Audrina.

AUDRINA She may have grown an honest-to-goodness backbone, going on a date with someone who's not Justin Bobby (but he's back, too, not to worry) and telling LC's lap dog Lo to back off.

STEPHANIE It looks like Spencer's sis is back and up to no good, dating a boy Lauren's already got her hooks in -- score one for the She-Pratt! MTV should really just let Stephanie narrate the show. Someone should work up that campaign now.

SPEAKING OF EVIL SIBS Heidi's kid sister, Holly, is moving in, causing yet another rift between Heidi and Spencer. Who knows how long their faux-fighting will last? Personally, I'd rather see them doing what they do best.

BRODY goes to jail! Sadly, we think the arrest will have little effect on his upcoming MTV reality series, "Bromance."

WHITNEY Her spinoff is being set up with the first-ever glimpses of her personal life (read: dates) making it into the show. Soon, viewers will know whether she can carry her own series.