Despite this being the only the 14th RHOC recap of the season, it is in fact the finale. There were so many disruptions to filming during the pandemic, I suppose they were lucky to get that many.These girls lost a lot of money because of the pandemic. Especially Shannon who make 90Kish and episode. They lost four episodes. And tonight’s outdoor beach party, also influenced by the pandemic, is probably the first time the entire group of ladies has been together this season.
So let’s say goodbye to the bitch that was 2020 one more time. Today, is my TEN MONTH anniversary of quarantining. In just two months it will be time to plant the garden again. I guess I should get on the process of cleaning out my tiny little plot and start treating the dirt again. For some reason that is my favorite part. Once things start producing, I don’t want to water or weed and the plants are on their own. #Lazy
Emily is tasked with hosting the finale party. She’s going to do it on the beach in front of Elizabeth’s house. She loves planning parties. Emily tells Gina that Kelly told her that Shannon is mad at her. The the gossip begin! Shannon feels like Gina has not been checking on her enough. Gina says that Shannon calls all the time about her fluctuating situation with John. Gina says her relationship with Shannon is one sided and Shannon never calls to check on her.
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Meanwhile Shannon is freaking out because Sophie is leaving for college. John appears to be back in her house making dinner with her. They are happy and kissing and all back together. Yay? Shannon is having a giant tumbler of vodka for dinner. Shannon gives a terrible toast to Sophie listing all the things she missed out on her senior year. Then, we get a montage of Sophie growing up on the show. Sophie is very confident about heading off to college. And by confident, I mean she can’t wait to get out of there.
I’m feeling too good tonight to recap other people’s childhood trauma, or Braunwyn’s anything.
Emily’s Beach Party Extravaganza!
Shannon arrives to the party with masks for everyone with funny sayings from the season on them. Gina’s says “not sad or depressing” etc. Whatever. Let’s get to the drinking and arguing. Emily did a great job with the beach party set up. It’s gorgeous! Gina tells Shannon that Braunwyn is gossiping her. Then Shannon decides to argue with Gina. Gina and Emily try to talk to Shannon about why they don’t call her much. They are worried about Shannon even being with John. Shannon is already crying for no reason.
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Kelly asks Braunwyn how Rowan is doing. I’m not sure Braunwyn even remembers her kids’ names. Kelly says she called Braunwyn to check on her and Rowan who was suffering from a lot of OCD stuff. Braunwyn is very defensive. Kelly starts screaming at Braunwyn that she doesn’t make sense. They can’t take alcohol to the beach apparently. Don’t they have a Starbucks tumbler or something? Make a big drink and put it in one of those metal tumblers. Braunwyn is on WWHL tonight with Paula Abdul. That is a whole lot of crazy for one show.
We Need More Alcohol
Everyone is over Braunwyn. Everyone. They all have their own axes to grind. Braunwyn blames Shannon for encouraging her to investigate Elizabeth. Well, Shannon is super jealous of Elizabeth. Elizabeth calls Vince Neil so Shannon can talk to him. They are good friends. Only when Elizabeth calls the number, it’s not his number. How embarrassing. Then, we go back to Braunwyn’s bullshit stories. Emily tells Braunwyn that having Shari living with her is disruptive to her marriage. You think?
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Shannon asks Braunwyn why she keeps trashing Newport Beach on social media. She says she hates it because it is too conservative. She thought it would be more like Laguna Beach. There are ten more minutes left of this episode and nothing interesting has happened yet. It’s the fucking finale! Throw a drink on someone or something. Kelly and Shannon ask he why she doesn’t just move! Braunwyn and Kelly lapse into high pitched squealing at each other. Ugh.
Out With A Fizzle
Looks like most of the screaming will be saved for the reunion. I haven’t asked Source about the reunion and nothing was mentioned. So I don’t expect much. Shannon decides to break up the squealing by showing everyone that she has on spanx and she is cinched in with tons of duct tape. She’s going to have to be cut out.
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In the last three minutes of the episode, the guys all show up. Why? Then we do a final toast and endnotes. Braunwyn and Sean are still together. Shari and Braunwyn are no longer speaking. Braunwyn has moved on to Kris. Braunwyn also calls the paparazzi every time she leaves the house. Kelly and Rick had a small wedding in Napa Valley on 10/19/2020 and plan to have a big celebration once the pandemic is over.
BORING! I think this franchise has jumped the shark.
I agree. I believe it’s the Emily and Gina show now. This season sucked.
Co-sign. This season has been the most boring snooze fest in ever. I don’t know why I continue to watch. Maybe out of habit but I barely pay attention anymore. Same with Southern Charm. Used to be one of my favs but good lord…
Thanks for recapping! I can’t even pretend to pay attention to this show.. except to see that Gina and Emily are good. Their bond makes sense and I think they are genuinely good for each other.
I can’t care enough about the others to pull myself away from my word game. Kelly shrieked. Shannon always shrieks. Brawnwyn is a mess. Was Eliabeth even there?
Anyways, thanks for recapping this hot mess. You’re a trooper. I am not.
Fast forwarded through Elizabeth and the therapist. not at all interested. This should be private and I don’t trust therapists who go on any real housewives show as it is not to be taken seriously, as is anyone on them. Braunwyn, it seems, has used Sean all these years and now that she is done with his sperm and co-dependency (for now), she decided she’s a lesbian. Who can believe this mess of a person. ANYONE who spends more than one week in NPB is well aware that Laguna Beach is very liberal and is, as Kelly said, like San Fran. So she is either stupider than we think or is a liar which we all know she is. Why not stay home and PARENT your 6 children?? DUH. I like Gina and Emily. I even like Shane.
I know what you mean about the Elizabeth scene but I do also think it’s important to air uncomfortable areas like this and she should feel like she can. Victims feel far too much shame when they shouldn’t so if that was her way of letting go then good and if it helps other realise that they can talk about it and it’s not their fault then that’s important too
I fast forward on all “ therapy” scenes. I feel like if it were real, it would be private.
Me, too, I never watch them and I am very suspicious of them.
I can’t believe I’m asking this…why did Shari and Braunwyn have a falling out? I am assuming Shari must have been fed up with the constant drama.
That’s what I wanted to know!!!
I can’t get over how gorgeous Emily looked at the beach party. All the ladies looked great…wardrobe and makeup deserve props, but Emily looked amazing.
Yes!! I was thinking the same thing.. This episode sucked as did the entire season but damn Emily’s body is BANGING. She looked amazing!
Hard work pays off. I need to do it, too.
I will say that in recent pics, Emily looks a little Kardashian. I hope she doesn’t go too far with the botox and fillers. She is naturally pretty. I hope she doesn’t ruin it like Brielle Bierman did.
She did look very beautiful.
If Shari was this successful single mom, why was she living at Braunwyn’s? Why does Elizabeth always wear hats? This was the worst season ever! No more therapy sessions.
Hats….some people are into them. I think Elizabeth looks cute in them. I feel like carrying a cup of coffee is my safety blanket – maybe hats are hers.
Well Elizabeth lives at the beach and hats provide a lot of sun protection for the face. Also,when she wears wigs or hairpieces, she only has to worry about the part that hangs below the hat looking seamless, no worries about the part-line looking fake since it’s covered, or the part near the forehead which either needs bangs or a lace-front to blend.
I’m not a wig expert, so I’m probably wrong, but I don’t see Elizabeth wearing a wig.
My question is if Shari is a single Mom, how does she have the time to be constantly at Braunwyn’s. I hope she’s not bringing her kid(s) over as there are more than enough in the Burke household.
Worse season ever! Glad its over. Love Emily.
Who is Shari?
Braunwyn’s “wife.”
I’m not watching, just following the recaps here. So she was her first lady partner?
It seems like she may be the first official girlfriend. If you believe anything that comes out of Braunwyn’s mouth, that is.
can’t wait for tomato growing season. can’t buy a good mato these days.
I actually purchased this season on Amazon. Waste of money.
All the covid stuff made me anxious all season. Them not wearing masks for most of the filming was crazy. I couldn’t pay attention to what little was happening.
Hope Braunwyn is gone after this season. She is an erratic, hysterical drama queen who is lying if her lips are moving — all to be the center of attention. Bye
I don’t think I’ve ever been so happy for an OC season to end. Week after week I’ve wondered wth John sees in Shannon. She’s a basket case. That toast that she gave for her daughter was horrible. Loved Emily and Gina (most of the time) and I’m happy to see that Emily and her husband are doing better this season than they have in the past. I think I like Elizabeth and wouldn’t mind her being a part of the show next season but really don’t want to hear anymore about her childhood trauma. Although it might be helpful to people who have gone through the same thing. Kelly & Braunwyn leaving would make the show more enjoyable for me but I think they’re probably going to be picked up for another season.
Why doesn’t Shannon wear a kaftan and give us all a break from her taped up fat? Damn, that was positively painful to see. The whole idea of tape and spanx is to create an illusion, not a delusion. Shannon is cracked. I hope Asa Soltan sends Shannon a cure.
According to SOURCE, the suits were freaking out when RHOC was beating RHOA in ratings. They knew that this season of RHOC sucked because of all the times they had to stop filming, and the self filming, and they cast getting COVID.
Also, I kept complaining about Braunwyn to SOURCE and SOURCE indicated that Kelly Dodd was on the bubble not Braunwyn. This conversation happened many months ago.So who knows.
Am I the only one that thought that Kelly was toned down and not that awful this season? Or maybe I have just forgotten what she did because Covid brain?
I also thought Kelly was better this season. I really cannot stand Braunwyn. She ruins the show for me.
I felt she was much more reserved, too. Maybe the Covid blowback re: her Covid remarks? Of course, this may have been filmed before those Tweets so I could have the entire time line wrong.
I am in the minority of people who like Kelly Dodd. Her statements sometimes are infuriating, especially about the virus, but I like her.
Kelly can be funny and likable when she is not being racist and awful. She’s kind of like Kenya, and Porsha. You never know what you are going to get from season to season. Just when you start to like them again, they do something stupid. This is why Source says things like “It’s Season (whatever) Kenya this season. It means nothing to me because I don’t have a mental list of everyone’s asshole seasons and their sweet kind political activist seasons.
But I didn’t mind Kelly so much this season. I think she got plenty of dick this season and that makes her more tolerable. Except we have to hear about how much dick she is getting. That I can do without.
I thought overall the season was ok. I Liked that it was in real time and considering they had to self film for part of it because Bravo wanted a money making season. I thought Kelly did a good job. I personally don’t care about people’s political views. Too each his own it’s a free world and I can’t stand the splitting but I share a birthday with Sonya Morgan so that says a lot. Can’t understand excitement for older men however. I liked Gina and Emily together they are true friends and close neighbors. Didn’t like the therapist on there. I’m all about confidentiality though having worked in the field. Which reminds me I used to work with a psychiatrist in the hospital who used to give Sodium Pentothal to child trauma patients but I don’t think it’s legal to do that now. Not sure how I feel about Elizabeth on here but I like her. Braunwyn on the other hand needs to move on. Fuck her for not liking it here. Husband abuser narcissist. Fire her please.
I watched it yesterday and kept thinking this feels like a final episode. They’re all at a party, significant others are coming, etc. But I knew it was too early for that. Then the final summaries came up. Was I surprised!
I enjoyed much of the season. Watching them react to the early stages of the Covid crisis, lockdowns, etc., was interesting. Elizabeth was an ok newbie, although I never watch TV therapy sessions so I sped through hers. The Bronwyn thing held my interest for a while and Shannon’s nuttiness is alway entertaining.