Yesterday, I was outside in the sun waiting in line for an hour or so before going in the building. I ran some brief errands and ate a Zaxby’s Zalad. It was probably my best day in nine months. Today, I’m anxious, stressed and highly irritable. Minor site issues and feeling behind on work were the only actual issues. I think I am done screaming at my appliances for now. I’m having some Prosecco and starting to chill the fuck out. So what I don’t need is to hear for this RHOC recap these women whining. I don’t need to know all of Elizabeth’s inner demons or Emily’s COVID problems. Oh! And, did I mention that as I type this Kelly and Rick are in Aspen with half the rest of California? Wonder why California and Colorado are the latest hotspots?
Let’s Watch Depressing Shit! (Trigger Warning)
Meanwhile, back at Lake Arrowhead, Braunwyn has caused Elizabeth to have a panic attack so she can save her. Braunwyn talks about being locked in the closet a lot as a child. While Braunwyn is banking Elizabeth’s innermost secrets to cash out to her advantage later, the other idiots are attempting to fish. As it turns out it is the “release” part that is giving them issues. God forbid they eat the fish rather than just torture them for no reason. And now, we are going to go through the whole childhood abuse again. I’ll spare you. I wish I could unhear it.
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Back in the OC, Shannon is whining to John for not getting COVID fast enough. This means he will get a few extra days away from the crazy. So Shannon has to go back to her place. Her daughters who were sick with COVID are in trouble for not cleaning the house. How dare they lay out in the sun while sick? Shannon screams at them. Across town, Emily has the kids camping outside. That looks like fun. Emily is positive for COVID as well and would probably like nothing more than to lie down.
Shannon Spreads Joy To The Vacationers
Just because Shannon is not on the trip, doesn’t mean she can’t drive the vibe down. Gina and the others seem to think only people with prior conditions need to worry about getting COVID. Braunwyn of course makes even Shannon’s COVID about her and calls her husband. The cameras are right on her which is what she wanted. Kelly thinks she can’t get it because she has type O blood. I am shocked that she hasn’t gotten it yet. All she does is travel. And yes, Braunwyn, I too am exhausted. This entire episode is exhausting But mostly it is YOU, Braunwyn. You make everyone exhausted.
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Kelly is headed to Napa Valley next. She wants to look at wedding venues. Everyone is ready to go home. None of these people can cook. The camera person makes sure to show evidence of this. Braunwyn thinks one of her kids, Brooke has COVID. No worries though she’s young. What kind of mother thinks that way instead of “I need to rush right home?” Gina points out that Braunwyn needs to take the virus more seriously. Braunwyn says she is coming back to the lack with some other friends the following weekend. Those seven kids apparently raise themselves.
Shannon Strikes Again
Before leaving they call to check on Shannon. She is dying of course. And Sophie woke up in the middle of the night struggling to breathe. John has the same symptoms. Suddenly, Kelly wonders of she should cancel her trip to Napa. Everyone tells her that she absolutely should! It’s a pandemic! But she won’t listen. She doesn’t think she is the cow that will be thinned from the herd. Conveniently, a nurse calls to tell her she was in contact with someone who tested positive and she needs to quarantine for 14 days. Napa is cancelled. I presume that was a production nurse.
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Shane has been in the hospital for EIGHT DAYS. Poor Shane. I like him. Emily was terrified that she was going to lose him. Shannon finds out that Braunwyn said the investigation into Elizabeth was her fault. Now we have to listen to Elizabeth go back through all of her childhood trauma again with Jimmy the notexactlyboyfriend? Oh and Braunwyn wants to move her “lesbian storyline” forward so she moved a girlfriend into her house. Emily tries to point out this might not be good for her marriage.
So what did you think of this very uplifting episode? Next week we get Elizabeth’s brother’s childhood abuse story. Le sigh.
I am done with Elizabeth and Braunwyn. I like to see housewives shopping, having parties, going on trips, etc…Not all this crying, whining and blaming your childhood on your problems. This the worst RHOC cast ever!!!
My feelings exactly ! Elizabeth is new to this cast too so it’s a lot . Braunwym just sucks the air out of the room. I want to see a lifestyle I don’t have not breakthrough moments. . I feel for Emily but Shannon is just insufferable . I think they should have stopped filming since this is horrible.
This show is shit. I hated it when the whole cancer scam came out. Listening to Vicki screech about whooping it up, her love tank, or screeching at Laurie or Gretchen or whoever at the time was like nails on a chalkboard. I stopped watching. I gave it another chance after they got rid of her & Tamra, but it’s just irritating to watch. If Braunwyn is legit trying to live sober, I wish her well, but there is nothing enjoyable to watch about ALLLLLL the storylines…alcoholic, marital issues, what a horrible mother she is, how horrible her mother is, now the girlfriend. JUST STOP, ENOUGH ALREADY!
Agree! Every word!
Prosecco is my fav!
I never thought the day would come when I would miss Tamara!! Lol I’m not proud to say that. But this cast .. this season I just can’t. Last 2 episodes I don’t even watch I read your recap. This show needs to end. Although I sympathise with branwyn and her sobriety she is a pot alcoholic. And gives alcoholics a bad wrap. This chick has multiple issues and is using alcoholism as her excuse. That’s a disgrace to those who truly struggle with the disease. Beyond her I never thought I would say I like Gina but she’s what rises out if this pile and that ain’t saying much.
RHOC needs to be done.
I don’t particularly like anyone in this cast either. In every franchise I always pick a person who I think would be entertaining or interesting to go to dinner or drinks with. This season there’s nobody here I’d want to suffer through that with.
I’d go with Emily.
I think dinner and drinks with Emily and Gina might be fun. The rest of them wear me out just watching them on TV. I seldom even watch the show anymore, it’s so bad. I keep up by reading TT’s recaps.
It used to be that the hour would fly by when I was watching any one of the Housewives shows. Now I just keep looking at the clock thinking this has to be over soon & we’re only at the 30 minute mark. I keep wondering what the heck is wrong with John that he continues to date Shannon. She’s one of the most annoying women on the planet. Kelly is just an idiot. I still love Gina and Emily and I can tolerate Elizabeth but Braunwyn just tries to hard to be too many things to keep the focus on her.
I could not agree with you more!
Just UGH. I’d rather scrub out my cat boxes.. i just listen to it now, don’t even watch. Kelly lives in la la land, Shannon is intolerable, Braunwyn is too needy and Elizabeth needs therapy. I like Shane, Emily and Gina.
I feel bad for Elizabeth and what I don’t understand is why she would reveal her childhood traumas to these women on this show. She likely needs therapy not their judgy ears. No wonder Elizabeth doesn’t know who she is even at her age and is attracted to a back stabber like Braunwyn who displays a new lifestyle every few minutes that she’s suddenly an expert on. Shut up Braunwyn. Go away Braunwyn and learn some humility instead of preaching all you’ve learned in the 10 seconds you’ve been a part of a serious, life changing and anonymous (for a good reason) program.
I can’t with Kelly. She has no awareness of her self absorption and it’s hopeless to try with her.
I don’t feel sorry for people who lead reckless lives, like too many of these entitled, high denial ladies. I do feel bad for the many Californians who have endured countless shutdowns only to still see cases skyrocket because others decided they could get around the rules due to boredom or because nearby no mask mandate states make travel to and from there so quick and easy. Lucky OC ladies that Covid is not their worst nightmare but their lack of good judgment seems to be.
As someone in one of those states that cringed in fear all summer. Dr Terry DuBrow talked to my husband up close without wearing a mask. Fucking reckless.
OMG, what is it with plastic surgeons. There’s one here in Las Vegas who has more than once been kicked out of the restaurant where my sister works because he refuses to wear a mask. You’d think they’d know better.
And he pitches them on a shopping channel as a necessity. So disappointing that he can’t practice what he preaches.
You should have heard me scream the first time I saw one of those. I guess they are building a house out here. Can’t wait to run into her at the Costco, lol.
I watch tv and especially reality tv, to not focus on my childhood trauma. I certainly don’t want to watch them go through theirs. Give me glamourous escapism.
With this crew? They couldn’t be farther away from glamourous if they tried.
I saw an interview with Braunwyn during which she claimed to not know what her husband’s business is and how he earns money. She claimed to not know anything about her own finances. Maybe Braunwyn should hire a P. I. To investigate her own finances instead of butting her nose into Elizabeth’ private financial affairs.
I agree! Also, for her to not know about her husbands business just shows how self-centered she is. Does she never ask her husband about his work day?
OMG! Too funny…but so true!
Kelly couldn’t wait to tell Shannon that Braunwyn told everyone Shannon was the reason she started investigating Elizabeth, but didn’t Kelly agree with Braunwyn at the time? I seem to remember Kelly chiming in with, “Yes, that’s what she does, she plants a seed, she did it with me. ” or something similar to that. Maybe I’m remembering it wrong. I feel bad for Elizabeth, but I just can’t figure out what’s going on with her. Maybe things will become clearer as the season progesses.
Does anyone know what’s going on with Shannon and John now? Are they still together. He did look like he had more connected brain cells than she did so I hope he’s gotten the heck out if there!
I think they still together based on a recent Instagram post
Thanks for the recap!
I’m in the minority here. I don’t mind the real problems. Gina, Emily and, to a point, Elizabeth all have a “story” that is genuine. I think Elizabeth has to address the cult issue because, if it’s out there, it’s going to come up anyway.
Shannon is a mess who WANTED Covid so she can have drama. Kelly is a pig. But at least I can laugh AT her. Brawnwyn is draining. I bet the producers LOVE her. She’s a whole cast of meladramatic cast members in one attention seeking Ho. It’s like getting 9 D rated stars for the price of one!
None of the Bravo shows are as “fun” as they have been. I don’t know how they were going to make it exciting with Covid restrictions. I still feel a twinge of empathy for some of them. They are in no way “essential”. We could have all lived off of reruns of past seasons. Of course, the producers would not have made as much money, so the cameras are rolling.
But ya know who I felt the most empathy for? Archie. Poor baby. Did you see his face when Shannon was screaching at her kids?
I actually do want Tamra and Vicki back. I know I’m in the minority, but I enjoyed watching them. I won’t last another season with Braunwyn. It’s like nails on a chalkboard with her. Everything is so phony. She is latching onto the latest hot topic, such as BLM and LGBTQ+, and finding a way to ride its coattails. She hired a photographer for the BLM protest, which is disgusting, and then she moved a woman into her home to say she is a lesbian. It’s all for attention. She sees these other groups of people getting so much attention and wants to be them.
I don’t care for Elizabeth. She’s super boring. Shannon is neurotic to the point of craziness, and I don’t care to know about Emily’s COVID-19 battle. Gina is really the only one I like right now. Kelly is a jerk. This new far right crap she is spewing is gross. I hope they get rid of her.
I wanted like like Braunwyn because I’m a recovering addict, but even her alcoholic rhetoric is phony. She is using it for attention, not to get better.
So much terrible, dangerous Covid behavior: why isn’t Emily (at a minimum!!) wearing a mask around her kids and why did she let them anywhere near Shane when he was sick. That Kelly will behave abominably is no shock; I thought a few others might do better. Nope. A distressing, shameful mess.
This was at the beginning of the pandemic… They didn’t know as much and we’re telling us that masks didn’t matter. The timing is a little unclear but I’ve had to remind myself multiple times that they don’t know all of what we know now.
Elizabeth first said that her mother got her and her siblings out of the church and then last night she said that because she told a neighbor, the FBI shut them down the next day. Which is it?
I don’t mind hearing about their troubles but Shannon is so draining. Everything with her is a catastrophe and it’s always about her. Done with Emily complaining non stop about being a mom and doing what women do every single day. I’m not buying that all of a sudden we’re seeing Shane vacuuming and cleaning when he didn’t lift a finger last season. This season he’s husband and father of the year. I won’t waste my breath on Brawnwyn and Kelly. They speak for themselves.
Yes!!! Thank you! Elizabeth’s story doesn’t track at all. Was it her mom, or the neighbor and the fbi the very next day? And how was she allowed to talk to the neighbor if she wasn’t allowed any outside contact? By her own admission she’s been lying her whole life to get what she wants from people. So why are we to believe she’s suddenly being honest now? With a story that keeps changing. There’s probably a version of the truth in there somewhere but, I don’t feel like we’ve heard it yet in her ever changing story. It kind of makes me feel like a bad person for not believing her but i just can’t. Not yet anyway.
By Elizabeth’s own admission, she’s good at lying, but this sounds like a made up story. And Jimmy never knew any of this? She tells this story on National TV and then to Brauwnwynn…who acts like she swooped in to save a bitch?
And suddenly I’m picturing Braunwynn dressed up in a Captain Save a B*tch costume that she had custom made!
I don’t watch anymore. I stopped watching when they kicked Vicki and Tamra off. I’ve watched this show since the very first episode and I was hooked but as I’m reading the recaps I say to myself thank God I no longer watch and also will not be reading any further recaps of this show. It truly has gone to hell.
None of them are especially likable. I thought the hour dragged on and on too. ugh
Braunwyn essentially broke Elizabeth and then acted like her savior. Some fucked up behavior, probably learned at her mother’s knee. She is horrible.
Elizabeth seems like a moving target. So many stories and issues that don’t mesh.
I hate to say it but Shannon (now that she is healthy I can I guess) was totally in her element with covid. Everything was a life or death issue. So OTT.
This show sucks. I will blame it on covid, but I don’t know if I’d like it otherwise. I don’t care about the trip. Nothing happened of interest. Nothing is happening at all. But I guess that’s sort of how we all are living….
Shannon is insufferable and I’m not sure she’s mentally stable either. I cannot imagine being around her for any amount of time, let alone quarantined. No one is surprised her daughters sneaked out. She may be the end of OC for me.
Omg when I’d rather hear the fake cancer scam storyline then I know i officially HATE this cast. I ff threw much of it. I heard about Emily and Shane thankfully coming home, happy for them. Ohh and has anyone noticed that Gina almost is becoming that cartoon character lady who does her now. I know her LI draw is a bit much, but was it always this bad or is she really pouring it on? Brawny you suck period. Shes awful and yes Vicky was right you ruined her show, lol!! Don’t care anymore…..fuck off 2020 and RHOC!
Mmm Zaxby’s. I especially like Cane’s. Do y’all have those in GA?
Nope never heard of it. We don’t have In and Out either. We are not allowed to have nice things. 🙁
Shannon being legit upset John didn’t have Covid tells you all you need to know about how draining she is. John was probably ecstatic to get her out of his house.
Brawyann is the most thirsty HW I have ever seen, and it makes it worse that Bravo thinks this is actually what the fans want to see.