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Loved the RHOBH reunion because the gloves went off! Kim (Rambles) was a mess as usual and is positively marinating in her role as the gin soaked victim. Kyle (Splits) looked so ugly, melodramatic and nervous, as if she knew, at a moment's notice, everyone was going to turn on her...she had to settle for 3/5 remaining Wives to show their disdain. Taylor did nothing, I'll be surprised if she returns because, although she totally redeemed herself and was actually enjoyable to watch, she instigated nothing. Princess Brandi handled herself well. I'm glad she said Splits would be happy if Rambles fell off the wagon because I think she's 100% correct. Duchess Yolanda did very well shutting the Richards sisters down. Like a boss. I get the impression Andy doesn't really like her, I hope she gets another season because she was sublime. Her Majesty The Queen delivered the most delicious lines of the night as she concluded that Kyle is a lying, backstabbing bitch in the most elegant way possible.

RHOV Tidbit Mary Zilba's music video for "Hero" is now up on Vevo so everyone can see it... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmEBreD-LeQ

I am 100% behind this theory. The Hamptons is a real draw for this series and it's clear Bravo wants to make the entire franchise (sans NJ which is hopeless) more upscale in terms of aesthetic.

I understand why...because it became out of Kyle's control. Let's face it, Lisa is the one who pulled the plug on the friendship and she repeatedly gave Kyle enough rope to hang herself time and time again because she figured out how insincere Kyle actually was. Indeed, she was a part of assembling the cast and as Camille revealed in S1 even has points in the show. However, Andy hired Lisa before he hired Kyle, he says so in his book, Most Talkative, stating that once he'd found Lisa he knew he'd finally found the Joan Collins he'd been searching for and I'm sure from that moment onwards Kyle died a little inside.

Because she's out-classed. There's no way she'll genuinely get along with someone like a Baroness, Kyle only likes people weaker than her.

Baroness von Neumann has breast implants the size of watermelons, she'll fit right in on RHOBH if she's cast. Imagine how out of place Kyle will be...

I would agree that the ones you've mentioned are perfect wives for the series because they're all very comfortable being used by production however production sees fit, but only a few of the women are truly good at the Housewives Game. Nene, Kim Z, and Queen Lisa are the ones who have really spun this show into success for themselves and longer term fame. They've been clever and have gone beyond the Housewives/Bravo brand. Gretchen, Tamra, Kyle...they're not quite clever enough to make make themselves independent of the Housewives brand. They've had many years to do it and they haven't managed it. Brandi, time will tell. Her book was an immense success and being a former model/Hollywood wife helps give her a sense of independence but we'll see if she can parlay that elsewhere.

Nene & Kim, frankly, I'm glad they have finally made up, they were REAL friends and it's about damn time they figured that out.

Jody's store was vandalized by an animal rights group who spray painted their initials on her store's front doors and then sprayed a noxious substance around the building. Jody blames Mary. Please notice how Jody justifies selling fur while also claiming she would never condone killing innocent animals: http://www.theprovince.com/entertainment/Real+Housewives+Vancouver+Jody+Claman+store+vandalized/8139712/story.html

RHOV this week really popped off! The psychic is Char Margolis who, if she watched even 15 minutes of RHOV, could easily tell Ronnie what she wanted to hear. How embarrassing. Amanda's reveal that she'd been abused...well it was honest and sincere in the moment, but then her Talking Head interview reveals her to be as basic a dumb bitch as she could be. Ronnie claiming she and Mary were sexually involved for a one night stand was major, it's a pretty big bomb to drop. Mary vehemently denied it, which is her business, her children attend Catholic school, so I can see why, if it's true, she'd deny it. I wouldn't judge them either way but if Ronnie's lying about it then she's worse than ever...I'm tempted to think she's lying because she seems to enjoy discrediting Mary whenever possible. Then Jody acts like a total bitch to Robin, not once, but twice. But Robin, like a Texan badass, throws down: "COME AT ME WITH YOUR FEATHERS!" she boomed and it was delicious to notice Jody shut her filthy mouth and take a seat. Robin really shined this episode with how she handled Ronnie as well...Ronnie being a messy alcoholic who fell off the wagon with such ease. Ronnie is scary when she's drunk, yanking on Robin's arm and making a scene in public. Pathetic. And Jody has the gall to shame Mary at all? Nutjob.

Alright, just finished RHOBH Reunion Part 1 Andy crucified Adrienne as he had all the women gab about how badly Adrienne screwed up by not showing up. Silly cow. The Richards Sisters gave it their all to go in on Yolanda...what a belly flop. Even with Lyme disease impairing her cognitive function Duchess Yolanda sliced and diced those silly slags in a million little irrelevant pieces. Taylor's behaving herself well. As is Princess Brandi. The Queen is presiding over this reunion as all the women clamour for her approval, which is amusing given the blow she dealt Kyle by bringing up how Kyle & Mauricio cultivate relationships in order to improve his real estate business, which is obviously true and has been something many of us have been wondering about. Heck, even Andy reiterated the question so Lisa could definitively knock Vile down a few pegs.

I've seen the last episode just now, haven't seen Reunion Part 1, but I will tonight! Adrienne...good riddance to bad trash my dear. Who doesn't love a hair extension loving, fake tan wearing, diamante sparkling 50 something year old woman wailing at their anniversary party? What a loser. Her tagline this season was "Know your friends and show your enemies the door...fitting that she walked out of Lisa's door and onto a pink carpet to obscurity. Kim...as usual her contributions were light, she was probably feeling quite light as well as she berated Kyle for not digging up the garbage with Brandi that Kim forgave Brandi for ages ago (see how that doesn't make sense even when sober?). Kyle...vicious gutter snipe. The last frame of her was perfect: looking like an envious trout pout hag. Kyle is bitter and there isn't enough Botox in the world to make up for it. Taylor...if she doesn't come back next season she left on a high note, having a laugh, likeable, not being part of the drama and taking a big bite out of a piece of cake thanks to her legendary lips. I do hope she returns, she would be a positive addition thanks to her 'not quite divorced yet' boyfriend. Princess Brandi...she looked gorgeous, seemed so at peace with herself and had a quiet role in handing Faye her ass on a silver platter. Duchess Yolanda...stylish, no bullsh*t, if this woman is this much of a smooth operator when she was afflicted with Lyme disease imagine what she could do next season? I hope we see a return from The Duchess. Her Majesty Queen Lisa...fabulous. She WINS. She literally got the last word this season and rather than aggressively chuck Kyle and Adrienne for their evil ways, she said that she's over the both of them in the most elegant way possible, emphasizing how much better her life is than theirs and how grateful she is for it all. That's the thing with Lisa: she's grateful. She gets it. And she does it all while wearing one of the most breathtaking diamond necklaces I have ever seen.

No, it's not. It's fabulous...

Ronnie lost me at a very specific point in the episode. I had no issue with how Ronnie acted during the lunch with Mary, sure she was over the top, but she was getting things out and getting them on the table and so was Mary. It was messy, but it was also honest. I had no issue with Ronnie "sleeping on it" regarding her relationship with Mary. It's a 19 year friendship with a lot of baggage and so the decisions look a lot bigger than they actually might be, it's emotionally intense. I had no issue with Ronnie phoning her husband, listening to his advice and deciding to end/take a break/step back/whatever with her relationship with Mary. Everyone has the right to decide who is and who is not in their lives. I have a HUGE issue with how Ronnie told everyone she was done with Mary before she told Mary. And then to sit down at dinner, have Ioulia call it out and insist that Ronnie lay it out on the table (not Ioulia's business to do that, but it was also honest and transparent), and then reveal to Mary that she's done with her and insist that Mary "doesn't like her" and that she "feels that", having all the women sitting there (aside from Robin, but again who knows if she knew) know was the absolute peak of humiliation for Mary and that is the moment I concluded that Ronnie had lost me. It was low to openly humiliate Mary and torpedo their relationship publicly. And that is where she lost me, it was unforgivable.

BRILLIANTLY PUT! Robin's crying here, there and everywhere! And yes, Jody looks beautiful when she's around her son, she actually loves him, she actually is thinking about his needs. It's refreshing to see that Jody isn't 100% terrible. Ronnie...my goodness. She has destroyed Mary. I don't know what I would have done if someone had done to me what she did to Mary in the last few minutes of the show. How humiliating.

RHOV All I can say is WOW. The Ronnie/Mary relationship ended brutally and with such a sense of humiliation for Mary. A few weeks ago I mentioned that maybe, just maybe, Mary has been playing into the victim role. I take it back, I was wrong. Mary IS the victim of Amanda, Jody and Ronnie's emotional abuse and Robin's disloyalty. The only woman who hasn't screwed Mary over is Ioulia, essentially this year's version of Christina, the straight shooter who has no sh*ts to give. The trip to Toronto ended brutally. I don't want to spoil it because I know I'm ahead of most posters, but good lord, the emotional roller coaster between Mary and Ronnie finally came to a horrible conclusion. Amanda's awful, Jody's awful (except when she's with her son who she truly adores and clearly prefers to her daughters), Ronnie's an emotional vampire and Robin's a weakling. On the upside, speaking of Christina, she recently gave an interview to a Vancouver newspaper, it's great, she takes a hugely successful shot at Ronnie featuring her daughter Remy: http://www.theprovince.com/Unfiltered+Kiesel+hard+like/8124437/story.html

RHOBH... Adrienne. I am so happy she's left and not returning. What a humourless bitch. I don't even want to discuss her anymore, she is beyond irrelevant. Marissa. I've known women like Marissa, they're good women but they want to be bad and they try and instead of looking tough or fabulous or strong they just look stupid. Kim, Kyle, Taylor. Irrelevant this episode. Princess Brandi, not much to report. Duchess Yolanda served it up ice cold and was utterly fabulous, not once, but multiple times, going off like a machine gun at these dumb broads but at no one more deliciously than The Morally Corrupt (ex?) Coke Whore Professional Friend of Murder Victim Turned Playboy Whore Turned Tacky Decorator Faye Resnick. Queen Lisa: Perfection.

Someone call Burke's Peerage because you just nailed it with those titles. Perfect. +1 and LOL to that amazing turn of phrase.

For all you RHOV fans out there... Mary's music video for her single "Hero" has been released...not sure if this will work for anyone outside of Canada, but give it a shot: http://www.muchmore.ca/video/cid/885347/pid/15978/mary-zilba-hero

Oh, how I loved Lynne. Lynne, and the RHOOC franchise generally, are emblematic of the Global Financial Crisis like no other series on television. Living beyond their means with other people's money, fuelled by delusions of grandeur and a sense of entitlement nurtured by stupidity.

Those two look so used up. Kyle's not ageing well. Her arms and chest are beginning to go.

You can't fake that kind of fitness. Lisa is sexy. Take THAT you bitches (Adrienne, Kyle, Camille, Dana/Pam, Kim).

RHOV Mary: Less annoying than last week, I see less motive in asking Robin to sing. Sure, Mary wanted someone on her side, but there's no way Robin is stupid enough to not realize that. Robin: She's lovely. Not much content from her this week, next week looks promising with her blubbering at the table over Ioulia. Ioulia: I love me some angry Russian. I only wish she'd kick Amanda's ass. Amanda: UGH. I hate when she's on, she's so one note, basic and idiotic. She needs to be fired. And that dress? Good lord. Her attack at Mary about drinking around Ronnie was ridiculous, if Ronnie was serious about not drinking (which, by the way, she's back to doing IRL) then she wouldn't be at events where the liquor is flowing. Ronnie: I am willing to bet she's suffering from panic attacks related to Remy's near death experience. Ronnie seems like she's on a sedative medication to calm her anxiety. Jody: I think we see Jody in her best light when she's with her son, youngest daughter and when she's out of her element with different people who have no reason to give a damn about her. The way she attacked Mary at the party was bizarre. It came out of nowhere.

Ideally, that's what I'd like to see. I just don't know if Kyle would even return if that was a possibility which, if Faye/Taylor/Adrienne/Camille aren't on the show, is a very distinct possibility. Of all the housewives of all the franchises I actually would say I dislike Kyle the most. She is a truly vapid, nasty, underhanded, and fraudulent, bitch. She is the epitome of a highschool mean girl with absolutely no reason to be.

That's exactly how I see the situation. She's white trash but Lisa and Yolanda like her because she's a nice girl whose a straight shooter. This week's episode was sort of filler. I can't stand how Kyle and Kim have the same conversation every three episodes. I am all for Faye joining the show, she will last exactly one season and be ran out of town like the dumpster (ex?) coke whore that she is. The one bright spot was Dana/Pam who is BEYOND bitter. I mean, smoking on a patio, at 40, ditched by her rich baby daddy (who cheated on her sorry ass with a 23 year old), drinking like a fish, palpably angry, making Taylor 'Shana Ford' Armonstrong look like a sane, rational, kind, healthy woman?! The mind boggles.