Wow. Between the Jodi Arias trial and all the new posts to moderate today and the terrible attacks on Boston, I’m a bit burnt out and blogging about a frivolous housewives seems a bit out of place, but here we go. We start with Alexis visiting baby Troy. Vicki is going to be called Nana by the baby. Alexis asks about Brooks. Vicki says she has not seen him in 6 weeks. Briana smirks as if that is not true. Lots of tension between Briana and Vicki about Brooks. Briana says that she will move out if Brooks is allowed in the house she pays rent in. I’d kick her ass out if I was Vicki. Renters or not, you don’t give a roommate, let alone your mother an ultimatum on who she can date. Kids today!
Gretchen is looking for a baby gift, I assume for Vicki’s grandson with Tamra. Tamra has Gretchen try on a baby carrier and puts a doll in it. They are terrorizing the store and the cashier seems a bit appalled.
Adrienne is visiting Paul
Lydia has a beautiful house and two boys. Is this a good time to mention her teeth? I am trying not to be one of those people who mocks people’s looks but…this girl too many teeth for her mouth or something. It is very distracting. She’s very pretentious and her talking head is all about how rich they are but how they try to let their kids know that everyone else is a lot poorer than they are. They are starting to sound like the reason they are friendly with Alexis is because they are religious fanatics. She has had 47 times that they are very well off. She expects everything to go her way. She is very rich and lives the good life. I know this because this is all that she keeps saying in a variety of ways. Lydia’s very rich husband says Heather is not important enough for the cover.
Tamra is working on her new fitness center. Tamra is planning to meet Vicki there and show her the studio. Eddie calls and gets all up in the koolaid like a little girl. Vicki immediately asks about the insurance policy. They don’t have one yet. Vicki and Tamra go to lunch to try to make-up. Tamra says that they were like sisters. They are bringing up all the old stuff. Tamra feels like Vicki is taking things out on her for Briana not liking Brooks. She doesn’t say that to Vicki. She says it in a talking head. Tamra also says in her talking head that when Brooks turns on her or hurts her she will be there in the end. Apologies happen all around and they toast to a better future or something. Pretend I said something funny here, because I’m not feeling the usual snarky funny.
Heather is lecturing Terry about missing family time when he works out at the gym. Heather doesn’t seem to get the obvious that Terry needs time away for a nagging wife and four kids. Terry just said that he doesn’t do the “mommy jobs.” The whole family is off to Temple for Yom Kippur. The youngest child, Colette, is acting up in temple. Terry has to take her out. Terry suggests to Collette that they break the fast with a cocktail. Terry lets her escape back into the service and Heather has to take her out again. She bitches about Terry in her talking head. I’d like to point out that this is their FOURTH child. Shouldn’t she be used to his parenting or lack thereof by now?
Tamra is planning a dinner party (say it with me, “Oh Gawd!”) at the fitness studio for all the girls. Vicki invites Alexis. (“Oh GAWWWWD!”) Things are about to get more exciting. Next week it looks like Tamra physically throws Alexis from her party.
Hi tamara so glad to read this to lighten my mood. I think the new girl looks emaciated like the Olsen twin starving. That is why her teeth look so large.
I came here to say exactly that. Poor thing needs some groceries!
Co-sign. She has no lips, thats why are teeth seem big. All of them are really skinny, I don’t know why they keep showing them at “dinner”.
Now that I think of it they are both body obsessed–Lydia and her hubby. He couldn’t wait to get home and take his shirt off in front of the cameras and do some pull ups. And yes all of these girls are too skinny but this new one just looks starved and unhealthy.
I love Tamra, she is a mess!!
I like Tamra, too. I think the “smart money” would be on Tamra if it came to a physical thing with Alexis. Alexis would need to just tuck her Bible under her arm and get on out of the party.
It is nice to think about something frivilous when we’re confronted with a situation so serious that it’s just incomprehensible. So very sad.
MJ
I agree MJ. Nice distraction after today. I live in Boston 🙁
she’s what I watch the hw’s for. frivolous, mindless fun. pure oc.
Those teeth…for the love of God, those teeth. I’m so glad you said it. I hate making fun of someone based on their appearance, but the chick is so damn superficial…I just can’t help it.
I could not help thinking, “Chick, you have all this money and you have never had your teeth fixed! Come on, now!” Yeah, Lydia’s teeth take over her entire face and that’s all I could think every time she was on screen! Maybe I’m the one that’s superficial!!
Chile, those are “fixed” teeth..LOL
Vicki’s fake eyelashes could not look any worse. Too long, too thick, too crooked.
I didn’t watch this show much last season. What happened between Brooks and Vicki? And is he after her money?
Too damn distracting!!!
I actually like Lydia. Yes, her teeth are distracting but I think she’s a good addition. The money talk etc might be nerves, maybe. Just not feeling Gretchen this season. I liked Heather last season but she’s really annoying me now!
The kids names were funny. Maverick and Stirling?? STIRLING????? Dear god.
Briana needs her face slapped. But…Viki DID raise her to be a brat. You reap what you sow. AND an adult really should not need her children around to keep her from being alone. That’s just sad. Viki is much too whimpy and insecure.
The new one looks like a bug.
Stirling is her maiden name. The Stirling family is worth BILLIONS. She needs to make sure the kid has a family name. 🙂
Oh!!! It’s still a stupid name. Do they call him Stir? lingling?
Dear god, her brother is gorgeous!!
Could someone please tell me if Lydia is going to be on that show permanently? Please GAWD, say no!…I just can’t take her. Pretentious, boastful, uber-religious. No wonder she and alexis are friends! Can’t wait for next week. Tamra throws alexis’ fake a$$ out. Vickie should NOT have invited her to the dinner; it was planned to make trouble, imo.
Love Tamra; love Heather.
Oh and last week, I thought Vicki’s hair was wind blown. Nut ah. It’s COOKED. she needs some serious keratin or summat.
“Vicki raised Briana to be a brat.” What are you talking about?
Talking bout the girl being a big brat. What choo talkin about?
How is Briana a brat? That’s what I’m talking about.
She’s a silly little brat sitting on her ass in someone else’s home complaining. Whaaa. If I don’t get my way, I’ll leave. That’s bullshit. That’s what I’m talking about.
I’ve always liked Briana. I never thought she was a brat. She is very level-head. I haven’t watched this episode. However, when your love ones are being taken advantage of, you do whatever you need to do to get it under control. I don’t really care for Vicki but she works hard for her money and I feel like she did a good job raising her kids, considering where they live. She teaches her kids the value of money and education. As for her cosmetic surgery, I think she looks good. It’s too bad that she doesn’t feel good about herself but who am I to judge. If the surgery helps her feel better about herself then more power to her.
I think Briana is anything but a brat. She doesn’t want to see her mother used and abused and that’s exactly what Brooks was doing. I think Briana deserves a huge thank you, not a slap.
I think she needs to go find her own fucking home then. You don’t sit around unemployed freeloading off your mother and demand to autonomously decide who can and cannot enter HER home. She’s a brat for thinking she can get away with that behavior and Viki is a poor parent who allows it.
Briana is a nurse on maternity leave. She’s not unemployed. I’m torn on this one. Brooks is an opportunist using her mother, and I get why she doesn’t want him around, BUT it is Vicki’s home. I think Vicki is going along with it because she needs the rent money to keep that home, now that Donn is gone.
You should get your facts straight before spewing your bullshit.
That comment was for teecee, not for Anastasia.
Normally i would agree, but Vicki wants Brianna there so she can control her and everything else. I think the only reason Brianna moved in was because her husband was going to be deployed.
I dont think Brianna is a brat or spoiled. She has always shown common sense and maturity….something Vicki and her brother do not posess.
Brianna KNEW Vicki started her relationship long before her divorce was even filed. Brianna saw how Crooks was living off Vicki, driving her car and slowly trying to separate her from her family and friends.
Vicki wouldnt know a normal healthy relationship even if it hit her in her snout !
She is too needy and blind to her flaws.
She is still seeing Crooks and when he robs her blind……Vicki will still blame everyone else but herself.
I should WHAT now???
I can see you feel very strongly about the Briana/Vicki situation and while I think you are completely wrong, I am going to respectfully agree to disagree.
Vicki likes the “poor me” position, poor me, I can’t find anyone to love me that my children like…
Haha, I have a friend like Heather her first 2 kids awesome, the kind of kids that make you want to have kids, her third, hell in a diaper and the kind of kid that makes you double up on bc.
Vicki driving across the street was the best scene all night.
Drives me bonkers when people keep the fenders out on boats when under way. Still not sure about the new one, need more time with her.
I feel like this thread is an alternate universe. Sure, as someone mentioned upthread, Tammy Sue could beat the shit out of Alexis (proving the bully point finally with violence), but there’s nothing socially redeeming about her trashy ass. She’s a bad friend, an awful wife, and as white trash as they come. I hate her even worse for making me side with whomever she is arguing with.
I think Briana is ok to say who she doesn’t want around her kid. If it was reversed, you know Vicki would not be havin it, no matter who owned the house! Heather has diamond envy. You would think with all her money she could just make Terry go get her a big rock already, so she csn stop obssessing over everone else’s!
*Can stop..this samsung keyboard sucks!
Absolutely Briana should be able to have who she wants around her kid! Vicki is being very accomodating. Much more than I would be. She should take her child someplace where there are no visitors to be expected or wanted.
Vicki loves that grandbaby!
Briana is using the grandbaby to control Vicki. Vicki loves to be around her family and she is very needy. You don’t live with someone controlling and not pick up on their ways. Briana wants Don back home and she is not going to accept anybody. Don raised her and she is very loyal to him. Don kept Vicki balanced. Now that he is gone, you can see that she out of control. She is renovating the house, renovating herself, changing friends, etc. I hope Vicki learns how to ancor herself and not depend on people or family to do it for her.
The problem with Vicki is, she is so afraid of being alone that she will let those less than desirable into her life. I said it last year, Brooks seemed to have studied Vicki, he says all the right things and everything she wants to hear. Everyone around her could see it, but her fear of being alone blinds her, she would rather be with a man who would use her than be by herself.
I would say she is also emotionally stunted and her desire to be best friends with her kids is pushing them away. I still remember how horrified her son was when she showed up at college to party with him. What parent in their right mind does this?
Brianna knows she has the upper hand and I think she does abuse it a bit, but can you blame her, payback is a bitch. Vicki overstepped her bounds so many times with her adult children, now that Brianna has some of the power she is using it.
I agree with you completely.
I remember this scene with Michael at college and what I struck me is Vicki getting her feelings hurt and crying and begging Michael for understanding and not to reject her.
It seems that Vicki’s relationships with her children are backwards where the kids are in control and Vicki has no power or authority.
In this context it makes sense that Brianna thinks she is in charge of who her mom can and cannot date. Brianna thinks she is the parent. Whether she is right or wrong about Brooks really isn’t the issue; Brianna thinks she is in charge of Vicki protecting her and caring for her well being.
Remember Vicki begged Briana to move in since her hubby is deploying and one of the stipulations Briana gave was no Brooks and Vicky agreed. So Briana is just sticking to her original agreement. If Vicky didn’t like the terms Briana was happy to stay in her own place, Vicky pushed for this living arrangement.
I recall this too & when it comes to idiots like Brook, I’m glad Briana put her foot down.
I remember it. It seems people are choosing to forget it, and act like Brianna is a needy,spoiled child. Nothing could be further from the truth. Brianna can afford to live on her own, and did, before Tricky asked her to come back.
Hi! Welcome to TT. A couple of things. First we don’t use derogatory names for the housewives here, you are free to mock them all you want but please you their name. Secondly, the hard working married couple were unable to qualify for the house they wanted to buy, so they moved in with Vicki knowing that the SIL would be deployed soon and Briana would need help with the baby. Vicki is doing them a favor and in turn getting to see her daughter and grandchild every day. At great expense to her personal life, I might add.
Heather is really getting on my nerves. Her husband isn’t allowed to have a damn thought that she doesn’t approve of! I don’t know how he can stand it.
I predicted even during the season preimiere that Bravo is “planting the seed” for a Terry and Heather seperation or divorce by the way they keep focusing on Terry and Heather’s issues/petty arguments – and they focused on it again this week -we shall see but I’m betting I’m right!
Briana said that her mother is not allowed to bring ANYONE she dates home….not just Brooks.
Well if Brooks is the example, I can’t help but agree! HEHEHEHEHHEHEHE
Tamara, I loved loved loved the recap!!! Lolllllllllll when you said is it a good time to talk about the teeth.. I fell out laffin.. I think that Lydia can be cute, but wayyyyy too many teeth, however “her family is very well off” Did anyone else find Heather to be bitchy and naggy? jAs far as Vickie, I think Crooks is a flake and bum too.. but my daughter would not be controlling my household.
WRT Lydia, I think it’s just the structure of her mouth and genetics. She’s cute from the eyes up! She has the body of an 11 yr old. This used to be my favorice franchise but now it’s one of my least favorite. I think Vicky’s hair looks so bad cause she got extensions. I don’t think she had them before. Gretchen is just too made over now. She was so much prettier and natural the first year. Tamara just looks hard.
While Lydia did mention more than once how rich she is, I like how 12 year old she acts and looks. It’s a nice switch up from the wanna be rich plastic blondes.
Heather is just beyond, beyond. She’s a bitch to everyone. She’s just not the 4 kid type….where’s the nannies? She needs a Broadway play so she can get away from it all, ala Kelsey Grammar. They seemed to have a nice relationship last year, I’m sure Heather was just play acting. He’s just her ATM.
Brianna could not possibly be contributing that much $$ to the multi-million $$ house budget, after all, her husband is a soldier. Normally she’s normal but I think she’s appropriately frustrated to not be in her own white picket fence house. Living with a bossy mom, being a new mother and having her husband’s deployment pending would make anyone nutso and probably not what she envisioned her married life would be (that’s what comes from being “spontaneous”).
Even tho Alex is annoying, I am sick of the constant picking on her. And I can’t stand her seperate filming stupid storyline (husband). Bravo needs to take control and stop letting other housewives exclude people from filming.
I can’t stand Tamra and Gretchen is fast becoming equally annoying. Everything they do is so teenagery and silly blonde. Tamra lies like a rug.
Vicki has always been an angry mess but she is self destructing right before our very eyes.
Well, that made me feel better.
Uh…Brianna is a Registered Nurse,and she works full time at a hospital. Don’t get her confused with your run of the mill dependent wife, sitting at home, popping out babies, going to the BX and Commissary on the 1st and 15th. That is NOT her life.
To answer your question “shouldn’t Heather be used to Terry not pulling his weight” Hell No. She should never get used to that. But they have enough money to hire someone.