So way back last summer I ran across these pictures of Kim and Cynthia leaving the Brookwood Grill with full camera crew. I could not imagine why those two were eating lunch alone in front of the cameras.  I mean really, what could Kim and Cynthia have to talk about. Ah, those were the days, back before I looked into the real story of Bravo behind the scenes shenanigans. Who would have guessed that Kim would be A HOUSEWIFE doing HOUSEWIFE things, albeit with an army of people to keep her from actually doing anything, but still her storyline was new home, new husband, new baby (not in that order of course). Leave it to Bravo to decide on season four to manufacture a racial issue between Kim and the girls  after three and a half seasons of showing Kim spending all her time surrounded by black people. So for what must be the fifth episode, Kim’s storyline continues to be the great race debate of 2012. You could tell they were both over the whole thing, but the script is the script so hey had a cocktail and forged ahead. Was it just me or were these two dressed for different places? Cynthia was fine for lunch at Brookwood Grill but where was Kim going?

We had yet another graphic infomercial for Kandi’s new sex toy line. Did you know Kandi had a sex toy line? Haven’t we seen this eleventy billion times already? Do we really need to hear Kandi talking about her clit AGAIN? I think not. I’ve heard less graphic discussions at sex clubs. Allegedly. 

Phaedra continued her storyline advertising funerals for Willie Watkins. Does anyone believe this? Anyone? Is Phaedra getting free funerals for her family out of all this free advertising? What is the real story there?

Sheree was not even on the show. Since the housewives shows normally end with the vacation it seems like these shows were all thrown together after the fact. It’s almost like they knew then that Sheree would not be returning.

And then there was Nene. I have to say I like Andre better than most of the gays Bravo puts on this show. But bless his heart he is playing a hard role. Did you see how big his white shoes were? ReDickulous proportions, I’m just saying.  Nene is shown flying out to meet with her new boyfriend Ryan Murphy to audition for Glee.  Remember when I broke the story and most people didn’t believe it? Well we were all reminded of why it seemed so unlikely. Also remember when I told you guys that Nene was reshooting her talking heads in February? Now we see that was to update people on the whole Glee thing and perhaps close our her storyline? It sure looks like they are going to end the season with Nene saying she is done with Bravo and off to LA.  This may have been residual effects from when her spinoff about moving on without Gregg was a go. Who knows. Speaking of LA, that Steve Harvey and Keisha Knight-Pulliam thing was so staged it was hilarious. First you have Nene and Andre eating dinner at the bar (?) and then there is this processional of Atlanta people in LA who just all happen to be at the same place filing past her like she’s part of a bridal party.

Is it me or does it seem like both Sheree and Nene seem to be having their storylines closed in a final way while Cynthia is lunching with Kim and preparing to move over to one team with the rest of the smalls? I mean there was no Marlo, no Sheree and what is being edited as a final ending for Nene. Next season may just be Kim, Phaedra, Kandi, Cynthia and Toya. Thoughts?