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@CassieFan That Aaron speech was BONKERS. Gwyneth Paltrow will no doubt want him patched through to her next Goop meeting on Zoom. Was he auditioning for a new X Files movie? Stoned Mauricio was the only one nodding and being like "I get it." Speaking of Maurice, was he always this much of a pot head? I figured the Umanskys toked socially to impress their friends with how 'hip' they are. I know it's not heroin, but Production definitely wants us to think this is a Thing with him. Southern Ramona livened up the episode. I think she was intimidated to by this dinner party where everyone were clearly total strangers with each other and then thought 'Eff it.' Teddi pulling out the pregnancy card with her talk with Erika at the end. Girl, it's your third. You're not that special or different. Kyle's bangs are awful. At least Southern Ramona commits to her's. They make Kyle's facial features look even more pointy and machiavellian. She also pulled out the splits again. Lord. Catface Resnick! Rinna with her brittle hair and clown styling. Somebody is REALLY stealing from Erika's songbook. The casual way she talked about her daughter's suicidal thoughts -- yikes. It makes her look like she's using her daughter's issues to give herself a story.

I remember this scene like it was yesterday! The great nose-breather himself Drake Hogestyn in a 90s print doing some solid no-contact knuckle-work there. I remember thinking 'what is Ashley doing here?' And then my heart sinking because undoubtedly Days were going to try and make her happen like with Genie Francis/Diana Colville and all the other Marlena substitutes. I'm so glad Kristen was taken a different route from all that! I mean, in a way, she was the ultimate Marlena Substitute, and that's what she hated about herself the most.

Agree on all this. Re: the bolded, that's my worry. That she will see herself as the Nene-slayer (IF Nene is not asked back after this year. She might still be if people keep talking about her and Zoomunion) and becomes like Kelly on OC -- threatening other HWs to toe the line and not piss her off as her ego goes stratospheric. This clip shows another side to Sutton. Going by episodes 1-2, Sutton could be dismissed as bitchy and ditzy. However, here, what she was actually telling Teddi was that she was glad to have an opportunity to get to know her, because she didn't get a great first impression! Her opinion is valid. Teddi's passive-aggression is straight out of her mentor Kyle's textbook and really illustrates Teddi's insecurity relative to the others. (LOL, did you see Erika perking up and "Yes, SPEAK UP, Sutton! We want to hear your POV about TEDDI." )? Teddi was an idiot to think she could impose a passive-aggressive friendship-test on the women. She wanted an excuse to have an 'issue' with anyone who failed to show up. It backfired on her because she is so low on the totem pole and nobody curr. Also, Kyle (the world's worst BFF) did zero to defend Teddi and just let her throw herself under the bus. Even Teddi's husband, Eyebrows, sat there like a bump on a log.

First of all, I was thinking of Claudia Jordan just yesterday. How I wish she was on the show instead of Eva! Lol. Second, My Karen better not be a target, by production, Gizelle or anyone else! She is the only one who counters Gizelle's reign of terror (besides Monique). Her interaction with the women (Potomac is a perfect example of mixing the generations) is golden. I personally think Karen may be safe for now. The Potomac ladies are not on big salaries. Gizelle likely is the highest paid. However, Karen may want to get into the mix more because I don't need to see filler like her and Ray on a motorbike. How is Gizelle indirectly behind Nene's fall from grace?

Everything in this post is how I feel, too. Todd, Kenya, everything. I feel a bit for Nene because this has been a slow burn. Production have been paimfully prying her fingers off the show, one by one, for a year. Part of it is karma, of course, as she has been mean and unpleasant. It's no surprise that finding herself increasingly isolated, Nene was going to lash out. I wish she hadn't walked off reunion, though, as it will be taken as cowardice and an admission of guilt. Not a great way to end a 12 year run. I also agree about Nene's comments about Eva. I found her a bore, needless filler sucking on ice chips. Just cuz you're pregnant doesn't make you special. Re: Cynthia, apparently Lake Bailey is quietly on the market. I think this is Cynthia's last season also. Re: RHONY Bwah!

@DynamiteKiddo I can understand your feelings about watching the drunken shenanigans. It is uncomfortable to watch something that is half entertainment half alcoholics anonymous. And yet as @DaytimeFan said, they are providing (to me) a service during these pandemic times. Dorinda and Sonja masking in bed. The tiki torches. Leah wrecking the place and then acting like a daughter hiding from her parents the wild party she held at their place. I think Leah started drinking again because she knew she has to with this group. She wants to fit in. And despite the age difference, she is winning them over. Even winning over a grudging Dorinda. She was like another Avery with Ramona. Her connection with Donja is now cemented. I think she is a really good addition to the group. And without Bethenny, there is a lightness to the show. Tinsley has much more interaction and asides. The women show off their personalities unabashed. Luann was a star this episode, getting knocked back by the Italian tennis instructor and then moving swiftly on to the dog groomer. Luann has never looked more stunning, and we are seeing her forceful magnetism unleashed. I felt I was in vacation with these women. Sonja is another standout. Literally the gift that keeps on giving. These wonen are determined to grab joy by the balls and live excessively. I saw Sonjs on WWHL last week -- she got stuck in a yoga retreat in Florida during the pandemic, where she still resides with one yoga outfit and zero makeup -- and she was a joy, just shooting the [!@#$%^&*] and imitating Dorinda doing "CLIP! CLIP!" There is no malice with this woman, and she has no problem showing who she is, makeupless, stranded and making the absolute best of things.

@Cheap21 I think that is the longest BH post you have ever written, but it certainly was a good one! Like you and @Chris B I am surprised to find myself enjoying BH. It feels like a brand new show, but with HWs we were already familiar with. It doesn't connect in any way to, say, BH S2 (one of the best standalone seasons) with LVP, Taylor, Kim, Brandi etc. It feels more like a Kardashians-The Hills New Beginnings hybrid. There is some very obvious scripted scenes (Erika fake-crying on Tom's shoulder). But there is also a feeling of karma coming for some of these women, too. I love Garcelle bringing freshness and guts to the show. Contrast her with Teddi cowering passive-aggressively behind her dumb invite. Teddi is clearly petrified of Erika, Rinna and Sutton. Garcelle put her ex's affair on blast, and he was a bigshot CAA agent, so she has no effs to give about an accountability coach party. Kyle is such a non entity that it is shocking. The most exciting thing we have seen thus far is her calling Mauricio at some Agency pot-palooza (um, where was Portia?) and some woman calling his name offscreen as he ended his call with Kyle. Dorit and PK pretending this lawsuit is no big deal. Whatever. The lawsuit had to do with Beverly Beach and the Kemsleys pocketing the financing before any money was made! I did appreciate PK talking about his background in the UK. I actually like PK sometimes. Rinna talked about her daughter's mental health issues for one reason only: to absolve herself of blame for that same daughter's anorexia.

I echo the disappointment about Potomac but understand why. As @Cheap21 said, I can barely keep up with 3 shows as is. I am two episodes behind on ATL, and want to be able to enjoy these shows at my leisure and for as long as possible. Especially Potomac which is sure to be fire. With that in mind, making a note to check out M2M LA season 1 because I never got a chance to watch it the first time around. Thinking about when these shows could finally think about returning to filming makes me sad. 😌 Maybe when the test-and-trace effort becomes much more widespread (South Korea-style), then they can ascertain which HWs (and crew) are CV-free or have immunity and build a filming schedule from there.

Garcelle has definitely done her homework. She had a comfort level around the women that suggested she was already familiar with them. She made inroads with Erika right away (smart -- Erika is the Alpha dog). Blind Mary from Little House on the Prairie can see that Kyle is untrustworthy. Moreover, Brandi has been shouting from her podcast for +2 years that she and Kyle are 'friends again' (lol, when were they friends the first time??), so Garcelle may have connected the dots there. No catfight just yet (otherwise we would have seen it in the trailer). They desperately want to paint this picture of female friendship now that Mistress of All Evil LVP has left the series. Wonder if that holds until reunion! Lol I just remember 'And ah wear the crown with priiiiide' when Denise did her sly little smile at the end.

Wait, Kyle OPENLY said she called the other HWs to get an anti-Garcelle front going? Interestingly, on Garcelle's Twitter, neither Kyle nor her victim-tweets are brought up at all. GB is getting plenty of fan-love, though. I'm guessing Tacky Bang's strategy of playing victim and then declaring war may blow up in her face. I hope Garcelle calmly, cleanly annihilates her at reunion. As for the episode, Garcelle and Sutton were much-needed breaths of fresh air blowing through that dusty coven! Garcelle has a lot of energy and wit, and Sutton going through everyone's outfit at dinner was amazing. Finally somebody calling these people out on their clown costumes. I enjoyed Erika being upfront about her past at Shakers in Jersey City -- well-timed with the success of the Hustlers movie, I noticed. A nice change from Dorit's 'I'm rich' fakery. Although even Dorit didn't bother me that much last night (even if her VT outfit did). She exposed Kyle for the dumb diletante she is. Pulling jumpsuits from racks in performative panic? I'm so glad she got a dose of hard-nosed, rag-trade New York in the form of that amazing HBIC Tracie. Teddi - who? Yes, the LVP crown dub was tacky AF -- and so was the whiny Crown song at the end of the show! But I appreciated the crown theme running throughout because it makes explicit that (1) LVP still casts a shadow and (2) the women wanted that crown and are now fighting over it. Rinna (who is starting to look like LVP with her longer dark wigs and face work) definitely. Kyle thinks she got it by HW consensus, but she didn't. Basically I saw Garcelle and Denise snatch it. Denise smiling coyly at the end as Rinna remarked (wrongly) "Oh, she's done. This group of women will never see Denise Richards again." LOL. Watch your back, Rinna.

Devastating news. I heard the baby's organs are being donated so as to help other newborns in need. 😌 I will always remember that car ride to college Kara took with Jeana and a scared friend in the back who looked like he wanted to jump out of a moving vehicle when Jeana lost it with Kara's driving 5 hours in. In more recent seasons, Heather had a fancy party, and Kara was there, attempting to repair the divide between Jeana and Tamra after Jeana took Simon's side in the divorce.

When Garcelle was announced as a newbie last year, a few people on this thread called it that Kyle might not 'warm' to Garcelle. Because we know who Kyle is. Kyle may want to to reinvent herself as 'wealthy fashion maven' who moves house every season and buys Chanel. But at her core, she is still the same envious, victim-playing, passive-aggressive 'ultimate Becky' (quoting a friend here) from season 1. I'm sure Garcelle clocked that right away. I seriously have this visual of Kyle getting threatened by Garcelle's happy confidence and saying "OMG you are acting so intimidating towards me right now" (voice rises into tearful squeak). I've been looking forward to Garcelle since last summer and am excited to watch and comment on the episode later. I was bummed Bravo kept her hidden all these months, but it looks like they timed her interviews with the premiere this week and that was a wise choice. She is dominating a lot of BH talk on social media (in a good way). How did Andy seem with Garcelle? You can usually tell when he likes a HW.

Keeping your brother and you in my prayers Chit 🙏

"I never told a lie and I will never tell a lie." Words to live by, Teddi. I put money on at least one scene this season where she berates the audience "Just because you are pregnant doesn't mean you should slack on your exercise routine." Because pregnancy weight is Evil! Also, I love watching Faye, despite her being Kyle's ride-or-die. She only shows up every 2 years for an episode, but I think she should be a permanent FOH (or even a HW) and featured much more regularly. She precisely and elegantly skewers people and is always in complete control. I absolutely love Kathryn from S6, but Faye basically neutered her when Kathryn tried to get Faye to talk about her OJ book.

There are probably few things Faye enjoys more than puncturing the self-important bubble of a trumped-up 'accountability' coach. And I am here for it. Purrrrrr away, Faye.

Poor Jennifer. Glad she is recovering. Stay safe everyone.

Is it me, or is the way they announce their taglines kind of weird and stilted? Translation: Kyle: " Bravo officially ran out of 'Beverly Hills is MY TOWN' analogies. So they gave me a closet." Lisa: "I got nothing going on but my Instagram stories!" Dorit: "Nothing to see here but last year's tagline." Garcelle: "I can make any tagline sound good." Teddi: Erika: "I was in 'Chicago.' For two weeks!" Denise: "Remember that story I told last year about paying some aging sex worker to give my husband a hand job?" I'm surprised they didn't just have Kyle screaming "The queen is dead, long live the queen!" in her tagline. Mess lol

It is really tragic what the Gorga-Giudices have been through. Some things you could attribute to hubris (like the fraud, and jail). But losing your mom and dad in the space of a few years -- both stabilising forces in her girls' lives -- I wouldn't wish that on anybody. Nonno was a fixture on the show from day one and helped to add depth to our view of Teresa as this shallow Jersey girl. First generation immigrant with strong links to her culture and the 'old country.' It is sad that Kathy, Rosie and their mother likely never reconciled with Teresa and her father before he passed. I got the impression after we last saw them in S7 that this was it for both families. Nothing could be forgiven, especially what was said about Nonno not paying back money that was lent to him by his sister, or her saying that criminals should pay for their crimes. There seemed to be a fair amount of jealousy, pain and seething resentment between both the families. Ties were definitively going to be cut, Teresa was not going to look back, and both families would go their separate ways. It's sad and unfair that Kathy et al., took all the blame for what transpired in S3-5. Clearly it was easier for Giacinto to forgive his son and Teresa her brother while projecting all the anger against more distant cousins. Hope all families find peace ultimately.

@Soaplovers @DaytimeFan @Taoboi Thanks for the update re: Nene & KZB. I really shouldn't be surprised. They have history and a mutual loathing of Kenya. I still think Kim is a fairweather friend to Nene though. I can see that, on all counts. Some of these factors apply to other RH duos. Vicki and Tamra come to mind. I don't think they will ever not be in each other's lives. Same with Vicki and Jeana. I wondered whether you thought this would one day apply to LVP & Kyle (being that they were once friends before the show).

Omg that upside-down Nene shot. 😄 Wait, Nene and KZB are cool again? After what went down at Reunion? I would watch the hell out of this messy ass reunion. You know Kenya and Marlo will be dressed and bewigged to the nines, with professional lighting and camerawork. Kandi's camerawork will be courtesy of Ace and Todd will be directing. Nene will be in inch-thick contouring and struggling with the tech. Cynthia will have a great wig but pick a badly lit corner, just like that pic above! Eva will be cut off after one too many food and ice-chio interruptions. Maybe by the time we get to other reunions, we might have a better idea of who has virus immunity and can be on a studio set with Andy. I'm really hoping they will have figured out some anti-viral therapies by then! In the meantime, RH get Zoom.

RIP Nonno. That family has been through so much the past few years that I hope his passing was peaceful. I can only concur with everyone's thoughts about RHONY, especially @Elsa. The show gave me S2 vibes especially the scene with Ramona and her Upper East Side cohorts. I hear she is currently quarantining with Avery and MARIO in Boca Raton. Hmmm. Glad they gave us the coda with Bethenny at the beginning.it needed to be addressed. I didn't miss her, and she is doing impressive work at the moment with getting masks and test kits to hospitals, so.... she's where she needs to be. Not tearing down the other HWs over their every character flaw. Luann looks INCREDIBLE and is literally the hottest beyotch in Manhattan. Loved her dancing with the drag queen to Feeling Jovani. That was a nice gift Dorinda did for her. Also cool to see Ramona get down and lip sync to the song. Luke from Ladies of London! Yes, Dorinda was awful to Tinsley and Tinsley stood up for herself but... where is the lie? Wasn't Tinsley a dependent of Scott's for 2 years in that hotel?? Why is Tinsley not clarifying the situation? Pleasantly surprised by Leah, a true- blue Chelsea chick. I think she's going to be a unique addition to the show. Glad NY is back during these scary times. Sad that its longtime editor passed away from COVID-19. He is probably the one who edited those shots of Sonja's dog energetically trying to hump Coco. RIP 😪

OMG this is incredible. Best RH dance song since Chic C'est La Bie and The Ring Didn't Mean a Thing.

Terry Lester was iconic in the role of Jack. I know that word is overused but it's true in this case. He inhabited that character body and soul and in a multi-dimensional way. His voice was hypnotizing without being overly hammy. And interestingly on a dialogue-heavy show like Y&R, TL did not let that dialogue express the emotion for him. Some of his strongest moments were his silence but where you could almost read Jack's thoughts flit across his face and in his eyes. You cared even though you might not want to because he was such a rake. Lester was a significant talent who would have had no trouble holding his own on Primetime or in film.

@Gray Bunny @Antoyne I put down Ramona's reluctance to share much of her life last season to some kind of silent protest at the way Bethenny dominated. Like 'You love her so much, why don't you just stay filming her, and I'll continue to live my life over here." I am def looking forward to seeing more of the core 4. Seems like they know that so they tried to step it up.

@Gray Bunny Great article. I'm glad they are breaking the fourth wall in the opening episode and talking about Bethenny's sudden departure. I also couldn't agree more with the Countess that Bethenny took up a lot of the oxygen in the room. This is making me look forward to the new season even more! ETA: woah I have posted way too much today