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Karen gives us so many looks and lewks in each and every episode, she deserves some kind of medal. This last episode of Potomac was incredible. It is racing ahead of the other franchises, with the exception of RHONY. The best franchises have in common that they're funny as much as they are dramatic.

Gizelle had to realize how insane she sounded when she whined about how hard she'd worked to be a 'better person', right? Right? She is just awful and I hope she's roasted at the reunion. Adlon Road in Encino. It's a nice street and Encino is getting a more upscale reputation as time has gone on...but there's a glut of properties in Los Angeles and prices are flat or going down. There is *no way* the $6.5 million price makes a lick of sense. That's a higher price tag than much of Beverly Hills proper. And it's not a large lot. And it doesn't have a view. It's incredibly normal. They might as well start calling the show The Real Housewives of the San Fernando Valley since none of them live in Beverly Hills, with the exception of Rinna who lives in the Beverly Hills Post Office and even then, she's a 5 minute walk across Mulholland to Studio City.

Ashley looks awful and easily the worst of them all. It's deserved, given her character. Robyn is the biggest disappointment with both that hair and dress because she's been looking amazing in the show with the short cropped hair and the perfectly fitting short dresses. Gizelle never has taste and always looks pageant, so she's par for the course. The same applies to Candiace whose dress is trying to be more charismatic than she actually is. Karen tried, but it doesn't work. Monique wins by default, and because her body and hair look incredible. Not a surprise as any cast changes would have been seen by production as an admission that the show doesn't work anymore, that it WAS a gang-up on LVP and that the rest of the cast was at fault. Bravo isn't going to admit that, so the show is going to continue to fall apart at the seams.

WHOA those are ugly looks. The only one who looks OK is Monique.

He tends to have a preference for the hypocritical, loathsome, evil ones. Says something about him.

That would have been perfect. Gizelle had no story of her own this year (as usual) so why she merits first chair is beyond me.

Interesting they've sat The Grande Dame beside awful Ashley. Clink, clink, don't drop the soap now...

+1 to all of it, but the highlighted sections are 100% fire. Ashley is such an unsympathetic character I really don't see why she would think any viewer would be so stupid to not realize all of this is to take the heat off Michael? To call it contrived is being kind. I cannot wait for Karen to carve Gizelle up and serve her dead cold. If Candiace is smart she will throw herself on Monique's mercy. Monique would take the high road if she did. If anything, this episode proves that the show is actually all about Vicki and the rest of the women can't carry a narrative without her. I really cannot stand to see Tamra's ratshit son Ryan. Get him off our screens stat.

It's such a squandered opportunity. And from you lips to God's ears re Locklear and the peak Melrose Place cast. That is the sequel we need.

They had incredible mother/daughter chemistry. Linda, Alicia, Stephen and Victoria all deserved Emmys for their roles in the alcoholism storyline.

Absolutely, none of this rings true at all. In her VT with the terrible Rick James wig when she was talking about her dad blocking her she couldn't well up a single tear. Everything about this storyline is so random and strikes such a false note I think Ashley is desperate to cover for Michael and make all this ass-grabbing go away.

It was so many varieties of cringe I couldn't believe my eyes and ears. It was atrocious.

+1 it seems to me that Denise will have a BRUTAL second season. And the bloom seems off the rose that is Aaron...

Now that is a bop. Porsha looks incredible. Talk about star power. And Dorinda looks fierce. I finally figured out who Sonja reminds me of: she's like Goldie Hawn's character, Elyse, in The First Wives Club - except she's real. They really played up her glamorous daffiness in this video and it totally works.

POTOMAC - Whoa! Bravo broke the fourth wall in a big way and really elevated the franchise in the process. In order to grow the shows need to evolve in their production style. Breaking the fourth wall is a part of that because the show itself is a major part of the women’s lives. The production footage is damning. As an aside, Karen brushing her outfit into a dustpan was hilarious.

100% correct. Brandi has blown all credibility by blaming LVP for every woe in her life. She overestimates LVP's power and underestimates her own responsibility for her life and all the bad decisions she's made that have made her a pariah and liability. It'd happily welcome back Eileen. She'd be a breath of fresh air but I feel like BH is dead and they should either recast and start over with Denise and all new cast or just end BH and do Santa Barbara, Silicon Valley, or San Francisco.

Happy for Cynthia. He seems like a good guy and she deserves one of those. The RHONY reunion was fantastic and I can't often say that about reunion episodes in the RH world. Each and every one of the wives contributed in a major way to the show this season and overall, while it wasn't as good as last season, this season of RHONY was awesome and I really hope they don't mess with the cast. BTW, the producers of Chicago said that Lu is not joining the cast at this time...

Ashley looked so awful. And yes, just like her mother in that awful wig. I suspect that VT was filmed while she was pregnant as she looks visibly fuller in the face...but while Monique glows while pregnant, Ashley looks horrible. Karen looks AMAZING with her wig like that. Edgy and modern and razor sharp. Loved it. This week's Potomac was another great episode.

Glad I'm done with BH. There's really nothing left of that show which appeals to me.

Karen slaying Ashley was the highlight I'd been waiting for. This season of Potomac has been amazing and it's second only to RHONY for excitement and organic dynamism. What I really want, no, NEED, to see is for Gizelle to go down for all the nasty crap she does and says about every single woman in the cast. She is the worst of the bunch, even worse than Ashley, yet she gets away with it, again and again, like Vyle Richards.

Inexplicably I don’t know if Bravo quite realizes how dire things are. BH is a dreadful show that isn’t enjoyable at all anymore. Unless they cast Dame Joan Collins next season, that’s the end of the road for me and this franchise.

Potomac was iconic this week. 10/10. Five Stars. A tour de force. The first 20 minutes will go down in Housewives lore. It was everything I could have wanted in a dinner party scene. Karen's reactions were essential viewing. And then she was the only one to go to Candiace and try and calm her down. I also enjoyed Robyn, for like the first time ever. And then when Chris co-signed for Candiace and Robyn's version of events I was gleeful. Ashley isn't much of an actress. Her denials were as thin as her weave tracks. And then we had the later gripping scenes between Candiace and her awful mother. Dorothy must have a very poor grasp of how she's coming across, because the woman appears to be straight up evil.

Yeah. I won't be watching. This whole season sucked aside from the LVP/Kyle confrontation. Here are my thoughts: Kyle: WTF did she do to her face? She looks hard and awful. Glad it finally seems that Mauricio's lawsuit is being addressed since she dodged that all season long. Rinna: Why is her upper lip looking like that? It looks swollen. The wig is terrible. Erika: Looks great. Also looks totally over the show and seems aware she's done nothing all season. Teddi and Denise: Irrelevant. Dorit: It's amazing to me that she's coming out of this virtually unscathed when it's all her fault. Camille: Warrior. Looks great. Carried the season on her back. Shouldn't return and should let this show die a certain death. Andy: He's lost it. Not impartial. Totally biased.

Another great season of RHONY - a really fun finale. The reunion looks good, but not hateful or spiteful. Really look forward to it. This cast doesn't need tampering with. Sure, bring on a Friend of the Housewives or two, but the main ladies need to stick around. The chemistry with this show is unlike any other.