Who’s ready for another RHOC Recap? By the time I write this I will have had an hour or so of Survivor 41. So, I should be a bit closer to my happy place. But, as I start doing setups for tonight’s recap, I’m already feeling some kind of way about Heather Dubrow. I liked her some seasons (mostly because she came for Kelly Dodd) but no so much this season. There is a huge homeless crisis in Southern California, and she wants to brag about her multimillion dollar house? I have no problem with her building her dream home. Or the opulence. But, a bit of humility would be nice. When guests come to your home, you don’t need to give them a tour right down to you towel warmer. It’s tacky. Heather Dubrow is the poster child for white privilege. Has she ever mentioned a charity she supports?
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Sorry for the delay, Survivor was really good tonight so my recap took me a minute. But, please, let’s get on to rich people arguing about rich people shit while homeless camps are everywhere at this point. Because, yay! Fun, right? 🙁 We start at Heather’s ridiculous party. Apparently, Jen and Noella hate each other. Frankly, most of them hate each other. I am already bored. I don’t understand this ridiculous storyline where Nicole sued Terry and now she is Heather’s “friend.” Really? It makes no sense. And, Heather has a fancy house with a random gong? Also not interesting.
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Nicole’s boobs do not interest me. I’m sorry that I am annoyed but I’m just annoyed. Gina tells Heather about Nicole suing Terry. Seriously? Heather is the worst “actress” in the world. I would rather watch Vanderpump Rules than this ridiculousness. Gina comes for Shannon. It’s chaos already. Noella is watching and I feel like she feels the same way. Shannon has a ton of fake hair. Nicole admits that she sued Terry. Heather wants to throw everyone out of the house, she is quitting and doesn’t want any more filming. YAY! If only that had happened. Shannon feels ambushed. And far be it from me to defend Shannon. But..
Sit Down!
Nicole tells Emily, who is a veteran of this show at this point to sit down? Oh Hell to the no. Emily is leaving ang trying to take Gina with her. Nicole is a straight up bitch and this is not a good look for her first season. She tells Jen that Emily needs to go on a fucking diet and shut her mouth. She’s horrible. Is she supposed to be the new Kelly Dodd? I love Noella’s fake pony tell. Noella finds Heather’s daughter Max who is also bisexual. Look, I’m mostly straight, but is this what happens when two bisexual people meet? “OMG! You are bisexual! YAY! I’m bisexual too!” In my experience, not so much. This is more of Bravo an their newfound “inclusiveness.” Gina convinces Emily to come back inside. Why? This is a shit show!
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Bitches fight about nothing. Heather follows the script and goes to get Terry who confronts Nicole about suing him. Nicole plays the victim. Terry says that she dropped the lawsuit. She was in her twenties. He did not wrong. Except you know allegedly fucking up her tits. Heather is pissed at Shannon and Gina and blesses them both out. Heather calls off her party. Then complains about the thousands of dollars of sushi that are going to waste. She mentions that she didn’t serve eggplant because Shannon is allergic. I hate sushi. But, does eggplant even have to do with sushi? I dunno. Later Heather whines to Terry that the party cost $36K. Girl please. No one believes you. And if it was true, you are scum.
Archie!
The only redeeming thing about this show is Archie. Recently he went MIA but I am happy to report he got home safely. #ThingsYouLearnOn Twittter. FOLLOW ME! When a dog is the only good part of a show the franchise is in danger. Heather and Terry (attention whore) talk about Shannon and how much she is trying to take them down. Jen and her weird, usually half nekkid husband go out to eat and he feels the need to bring his dog. I have separation anxiety when I have to leave Banjo, so I get it. But, I’m a mental case and need my emotional support dog and I just stay in. The husband seems strangely attracted to the dog. He’s weird. That’s really all I have to say.
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Emily and Shane go to dinner. I actually really like Shane. #UnpopularOpinion #LawyerFetish They talk about religion. Emily wants her kids to share in Shane’s religion. Next, Gina and Emily go out. I love these two together but am sad that Gina is going to end up besties with Heather. Oh Lord, now Heather is there. They both suck up to Heather. 🙁 Gina tells Heather that her ex took her to a BBQ where everyone knew that her husband was sleeping with the hostess. She was the only one who did not know. So now they are besties. Heather thinks Shannon is jealous of her. Heather tells them that Shannon told her not to trust Heather and Gina.
So um, how is this going for you guys? I’d rather recap fucking Vanderpump Rules at this point. Can we ever just get over Bravo and watch something else?
This show is a fucktastrophy!!! I thought I might be ok with Fancy Pants coming back. Yes, I know she has bragged ad nauseam in past seasons, but I thought seeing the McMansion and people who could actually afford it after Teresa, the Gorgas, Jen Shah, Erika….. (this list is endless), that maybe Heather might make things interesting again. WRONG! This is just stupid AF!!!!!!!
Shannon was correct about Nicole, and Nicole is not Shannon’s friend who Shannon owes any loyalty to. I agree with TT – I hate to defend Shannon, but I would’ve thought Heather would be glad that someone let the truth out of the bag about the fact Heather’s so called friend, Nicole, never confessed to being the same person who sued Terry. SHE is the one who seems like the shitty friend!!!!! She’s known this and kept it a secret!
Shannon should have told Heather herself instead of spreading gossip to Emily and Gina. If I were told gossip like that, I would probably also have a hard time not sharing it with Heather. But it should have come directly from Shannon. I can understand Nicole not telling Heather. She probably thought that no one who knew both of them (Nicole and Terry) knew about the two-decades-ago lawsuit, which was dropped anyway because there was no basis for it. But along came Shannon…I wish she would leave the show. I’ve never really liked her or even sympathized with her.
Gina and her sidekick are two rude back stabbing bitches.
Heather over reacted as always. Fake, fake boob. Shannon was just having a hard time believing who Heather was friends with. Gina always makes sure to stir the pot.
Gina has a sidekick?
Terri’s leather “Fonzi” jacket was too much.
I totally agree! Also, I personally hate his facelift. His face now always looks bloated to me for some reason. He seems to have almost morphed into a cartoon character of himself…or some sort of balloon animal. lol
Yes! It looks like he had cheek implants, and the proportions of his face are off (beady eyes, wide nose). He’s starting to morph into Mickey Roarke
I spent waaaaay too much time today reading his HORRIFIC Yelp reviews. I imagine he gets sued A LOT.
Dr. Dubrow performed a nose job and eye brow lift on my friend in the late 90s before The Swan. She looks great and she’s happy with his work. However, I don’t trust any medical professionals who are thirsty for the limelight. It just ain’t right.
Heather doesn’t like to brag about charity–that must be the only thing that she doesn’t love to brag about. “Charity is best kept anonymous” -Heather She does work with a charity to feed the hungry in the OC.
I think I am going to like Noelle. She is much sweeter than she seemed on the first episode. I like that she has empathy and kindness. The sex dungeon is soooo done. She’s the one who got ditched by her husband while filming, right? How sad.
It’s so shady that Nicole didn’t say anything to Heather or Terry about the lawsuit. The sit down thing was hilarious. Emily’s reaction and Gina’s interview … priceless. She’s sitting — how can you sit more? Pffft!! It’s odd that Heather was angry at Shannon, Gina, and Emily for telling the truth but not at Nicole for omitting the truth.
It almost seems that it was Emily and Gina that were stirring the pot. I like both of them and don’t like thinking it but … Shannon didn’t know for sure if it was the right Nicole when she said it. Then it got a life of it’s own when it was the right Nicole. Gina could have told Shannon to tell Heather or she would. And, for sure NOT that night. On the other hand, Gina’s reason for telling Heather and the whole BBQ story does go a long ways in giving Gina a pass.
I love that we got to see Shane. It’s nice to see that Emily and Shane are happy. I think Emily is soooo pretty. I can’t believe that she thinks Nicole looks like her. Nicole is not nearly as pretty, IMO.
Heather’s house is amazing! Terry has had work done on his face. I’ve often watched plastic surgeon shows and wonder why the men surgeons never do anything to themselves. Well, finally he has.
Shannon’s hair looked cute at the party.
I also thought it looked like Terry had some kind of injectable in his face. Then I thought it was the lighting because they were outside. His face looked a little swollen, maybe he had some dental work?
While watching botched, he mentioned that he had had a facelift. Now he looks just plain bloated…like a cartoon character of himself.
Heather staged it well for the standard, “dramatic” moments. (1) Stick your hand in front of the camera. (2) Yell at the camera person to stop filming. (3) Stalk off while threatening to quit. Do these and you’re guaranteed to make it into any housewife franchise promo, over and over and over again.
Was disgusted by her and Terry’s discussion of the $36k party but I think the biggest loser was Nobu. She mentioned them so often and had the owner/manager(?) on several times; do we really think she paid for it? They didn’t get to showcase the food because it never made the table. How about making doggy bags for her guests to take home? I hope the whereabouts of that food gets addressed, at least, at the reunion.
I agree–Noella’s braid was to die for.
Great recap. Heather feels so icky. What happened?? It all feels so contrived. Her voice is now so high pitched. H clearly thinks she is better than the other girls. I wish Tamra would come back so there would be someone to loosen Heather up. I stopped watching halfway through the episode. I wish they would bring Vicki back. Jen and the other woman seem SOO out of place and weird.
I don’t get the “Heather” thing. She’s a snob along with her husband.
What’s the big deal about Shannon bringing up the lawsuit? It’s an excuse to crap on Shannon.
The Dubrows aren’t stupid, they knew about the lawsuit, they were pissed that production/Shannon brought it up on the show. They were certainly blindsided.
It was so fake when they had the sit down with Nicole and essentially put words in her mouth. The lawsuit was a nothing burger, um, no.
Did Emily call the Dubrows house a mausoleum? If she did, I agree!
Did anyone else notice that when Nicole was walking into Heather’s house, her dress was so short that they had to blur out her “cooter”? (Rachel from BD word). I had to rewind it to make sure it wasn’t my poor vision. Sure enough, blurred out. Classy. Then I noticed she was sitting away from camera angle and had her purse strategically placed when she & Emily got into it. Even in my twenties I didn’t wear shit that short. Shannon called it in her confessional. Good to know Nicole’s lady parts are on the editing floor. I hope she had on underwear. Either way, gross; especially for a dinner party. Not great with sushi. IJS
I stopped watching when Gina & Emily left, and glad I didn’t waste my time. This franchise is a shitshow like the rest of them. Money indeed can’t buy class. I don’t mind peeping at the Dubrow mansion, as that’s what drew me into the housewives shows in the very beginning. But, agree that Heather use a bit of humility. Always thought Terry was a douchebag. I noticed Shannon’s bad fake hair too, plus her roots were showing.
I can’t with the manufactured drama/production driven high school mean girl bullshit. It’s stupid AF. OFF THE BRAVO TEAT OFFICIALLY. The last thing I watched was RHOBH, and I refuse to contribute to Erika’s income any further.
I might just be in a crappy mood but I honestly think I’m over it. Bravo has shit the bed.
I have never been a Heather fan either but I watched a few of Heather’s YouTubes last night of her house tour and she came off as more likable/humble then on the show. I was like, “oh I get it now” with people that like her. Still not a fan but she’s a bit more tolerable now.
Bravo has shit the bed! LOL! Good one IJC! I totally agree. I am officially off the RH teat and only coming here for the tea.
I feel like I’m grieving a bit for something I know is not good anymore. Can’t explain it better. It’s like I’ve been watching this crap so long it’s habit. But it’s just not watchable anymore. It feels so final. Maybe my brain cells can miraculously regenerate after I’m off the teat a while? I guess reading recaps & comments will be a good weaning period. My kids will be shocked to see my DVR when they come for Xmas, lol!
After re-reading this recap, I want to add that the lawsuit bullshit is also just manufactured drama. In today’s litigious society, all physicians, ESPECIALLY SURGEONS, must pay exorbitant malpractice insurance premiums. They rarely even hear about the stupid lawsuits because the insurance companies deal with it. Unless it’s a true mistake/awful fuckup, no physician would know which patients even sued them as most are tossed out without merit; a big one would be settled by the insurance company and civil personal suits would be made & the Dr’s license suspended by then. If Terry had truly fucked up years ago, that house would never have been built. And I’m not a Terry fan so I’m not happy about defending him in any capacity, lol.
My father was a physician, and a doctor’s reputation as being ethical and competent is crucial. Doctor’s know when they are being sued, even for something that won’t hold up in court. It was obvious to me that Heather and Terry were trying to make light of a malpractice lawsuit, like all doctor’s get sued. That’s just not true. If it wasn’t a big deal, Terry wouldn’t have put his 1999 leather jacket back on and made sure he had an opportunity to save face in front of the camera.
I don’t know how old your dad is but everyone in my family are MDs who also hold positions in administrative offices and professors of medicine and in this day and age it’s a sad reality because people are litigious. (My dad was one, too. I don’t recall him ever talking about being sued and there were no lawsuits pending when closing his estate. My kid is in
also doing clinical rotations at present.) A lot has changed over the years. Especially since hospitals started acquiring privately owned practices. This, of course, doesn’t mean that the lawsuits have any merit or that the litigious win. It’s a fact of life in any practice. Not exactly polite dinner conversation. Agree reputations are important; most lawsuits don’t see the light of day. Thus my comment about most being dismissed without merit. Peers are usually subpoenaed to testify if it gets that far and it’s rare that a peer reviewed case can pass muster. It would have to be gross negligence to have merit in most cases.
There are then the ones that seek fame like Oz and others like him who betray their profession and it’s principles. (Personal opinion) I personally put Terry in the same category and wouldn’t send my worst enemy to him or any who are known sell-outs. These guys will take a paycheck at any moral or ethical cost and will offer “expert testimony”. In my experience, they are the bottom of the barrel scum and the insurance companies know who they are and know how to negate their incentives. I speak with my own professional experience. Most Physicians are scientists and spend their time on patient care. They leave the legal stuff to attorneys and insurance companies. If they are sued for gross negligence it’s merited and they don’t continue to practice medicine as their license is revoked and their reputation is destroyed. Docs know the dickwads amongst themselves. Massive oversight is the norm.
YMMV
In other not so serious developments, I begrudgingly watched the rest of this episode as I couldn’t sleep. I am not interested in seeing the rest of the season. Terry’s facelift and overuse of injectables makes him look like a clown. Heather is a calculated cunt with zero class. Although I loved her dress with the pockets! The Dubrows deserve each other.
I stand by my initial assessment. Bravo has quite literally shit the bed.
Thank you for that information! You must be so proud o your son! My father passed away, but he practiced internal medicine for about 45 years. He retired in 2003 when he was 74. He was never sued and his patients adored him. My mom was getting calls from his patients two years after he retired asking if he was planning to go back to practicing.
A few years before he retired, a big teaching hospital scooped up all the physicians in private practice. It’s very enticing because they don’t have the expense of maintaining a practice including malpractice insurance. However, my dad said no to the proposition because he didn’t want the hospital to dictate how long he could spend with a patient. My dad booked an hour for each patient, regardless of the reason for the visit because he said that patients are vulnerable, so they need the first 1/2 hour to get comfortable. Once they feel safe, they’re more likely to be honest about their medical history.
Terry is a fame whore, and the way he publicly flaunts his wealth on television is nauseating. Heather has always acted superior to the rest of the cast. She’s condescending to pretty much everyone. I don’t buy that Nicole and Heather were ever close friends.
OMG- I so miss doctors like your dad! Bet he didn’t carry an iPad into his appointments either.
Also, I’m sorry for you loss.
I saw that too IJC and did the same thing with the rewind and double check LOL I took a picture and sent it to a coworker too, to verify I wasn’t seeing things! It was second hand embarrassing to see it…
Thank you, Nicole! I saw what I saw and was wondering why no one else commented on it! LOL! It was probably the most authentic thing in the episode. I mean come on, how did she not do the sit test when trying it on? I was dying of embarrassment for her too. Bless her heart.
Heather Dubrow would have been picking up all of her theeth implants , if she had threateni me like she THREATEN. SHANNON. !!! GIRL TAKE 100 SEATS. SHE IS the perfect example of WHITE PRIVILEGE.
I thought the over acting? If you can call it “acting” was hilarious! I honestly thought Shannon was lying about the lawsuit, but funny shit.. it was true lol. Don’t know whether I’ll watch anymore. It’s all so contrived ugh
I need some memory help from the RHOC officionadoes. I remember one of the housewives in a past season (was it Kelly Dodd) doing a fabulous impersonation of Shannon, hand motions and all, while riding in a car. The accusation was actually the same at the time. It was that she was s-stirring behind peoples’ backs and then playing all innocent. The impersonation was fabulous and I kept flashing back to it during Shannon’s talking head interviews with all the denials and the hand motions. Okay…and laughing hysterically, even if it turns out it was Kelly. I tried to find a clip of it and failed. Anyone else recall it?
Heather claims Terry spends 18 hours a day in surgery-might that be the cause of suits against Terry? i find hard to believe Terry and Heather don’t discuss the fact Terry is being sued. If a doctor getting sued is no big deal and it happens all the time why was Heather so wigged out? Truth is most doctors never get sued. Plastic surgeons have about a 15% chance a year of being sued in California. Another dumb moment was Terry saying Nicole had complications from the surgery. Terry sounded like a dumbass when he condescended to Nicole and said her surgery had complications. Obviously, the procedure had issues, had it been satisfactory she would not have sued. In California the plaintiff must obtain an opinion from another doctor indicating malpractice on the part of the accused physician prior to filing suit. My guess is Terry fixed “the complication” and Nicole dismissed.
Gina was out of line with her timing and Emily was out of line bragging about her education and screeching like a banshee. Emily sounded very unprofessional and vey thirsty. Heather needs to get over her bad self.
Are we really supposed to believe Heather dropped $3,000.00 per guest for dinner?
The lawsuit was roughly two decades ago. I doubt Terry was in surgery 18 hours a day back then. And I’m pretty sure she was exaggerating anyway.
You’d be surprised to know that every type of surgeon works 18 or more hours a day in normal training: undergraduate, Med school, internship, residency, then fellowship, then they keep up those hours to earn enough to pay off their loans for 16 years or more of higher education.They are the ones doing the grunt work for the practicing/attending physicians. Sometimes are at the hospital for 48 hours straight and are provided a cot to grab a nap, if they can get away for a nap or a meal. I’m not exaggerating. It’s true for any physician at some point in their lives, although most primary care don’t do a fellowship. This doesn’t include the dedicated time to study for & pass their boards and continuing education required to keep their license.
I do believe that they spend copious hours at the hospital doing what needs to be done, but find it hard to believe that they spend 18 hours a day in actual surgery. Of course, l could be wrong. It just seems unsafe at that level of exhaustion to be operating on patients.
He’s a plastic surgeon. It’s not like he’s on call at a hospital. If he’s putting in 18 hours a day, it’s to keep up his lifestyle
15% PER YEAR sounds like a lot! Being in practice 20 years at .15 per year, he would have been sued 3 times now. The math probably isn’t right, but definitely more likely to have been sued than not. Does that 15% per year include suits that are dropped or settled out of court?
I love how Terry was still wearing his leather jacket when he came back down with Heather. I thought he went upstairs to go to bed. I guess he was just waiting — in his jacket — to make a dramatic entrance.
The Dubrows “forgive” Nicole, then ream Shannon. Shannon’s mistake was in asking Gina and Emily for information she could have found out elsewhere. But she wisely and compassionately knew that the party was not the right time to tell Heather. These RHs are constantly shitting on someone’s parade. (e.g. Kyle at Dorit’s NY fashion show.)
I compare it to Sandra Bullock getting the Oscar and thanking her ex, the asshole Jesse James. LET HER HAVE HER PERFECT NIGHT, GODDAMMIT! We learned shortly afterward that James was a cheating Nazi prick, but thank God no one had to unburden their fucking ego and tell her that night “because it was the right thing to do.”
Gina was a cunt trying to earn “good friend” points. A GOOD friend would have talked to Heather NOT AT THE PARTY. Or given Shannon the opportunity to talk with Heather.
Heather was a piece of shit to shut down the party. All those other guests had nothing to do with it. That was a really shitty way to treat her “friends.” If she could forgive Nicole, then she certainly could have continued the party. She could have asked Shannon and Emily and Gina to leave. But nooooo… We had to have another Ribbongate. I guess she didn’t get the “Bravo, Bravo, fucking Bravo” memo. Her “shutdown” was so weak no one even knew it happened. She can feed the OC homeless all that sushi, then write it off. We know she was going to do that anyway.
Yes! Terry’s jacket had me giggling. I envisaged him upstairs hiding behind a pillar waiting for his cue 😉
LOLOLOL that comment just made me bust out laughing at work 🙂 He was sooooo excited to come back downstairs in his brand new jacket!!
I was totally waiting for Heather to utter “Bravo Bravo Fucking Bravo” ala Denise when her hand was in front of the camera. If only she had truly quit. Sadly, this is her only acting gig these days. Oh, memories of Malibu Country lol. Agree after reading recap that it was shitty of her to shut down the party and shit on the other guests. Then to discuss the $ they spent. She’s a piece of work. I’m sure the waste of food given how many are experiencing food insecurity never even crossed her mind. Waste not, want not…
I always wear my leather jacket to bed! Is that wrong?
In order to start a lawsuit, Nicole would have met with an attorney. The attorney cannot make her sue. She probably did not have enough evidence for a cause of action and it was dismissed.
Gina using the old housewife line, “I can’t be in this woman’s HOME when I know this information about a situation.” Shut up Gina. You decided Heather was higher on the totem pole than Shannon and jumped ship. Shannon WAS ambushed and like you Tamara, I am loathe to defend Shannon.
That bothered me too. She’s so full of it and to compare her going to a bbq with her cheating husband to Shannon not wanting to ruin a dinner party with information that she thought she had confided to Emily and Gina was an overreach. She wanted Heather to feel sorry for her. Got news for your Gina, you’re not Heather’s cup of tea even though you’re both from NY. Different sides of the track. Emily and Gina were mean girls and it’s not a good look. This show is going downhill fast.
Heather and Gina will be besties this season.
Did Shannon ever bring up the lawsuit on camera? I thought it was Gina who originally did in last weeks episode, in her confessional. Gina was the pot stirrer.
I think Heather already knew about the lawsuit, but was just mad it was brought up on tv. If she had just sad “yes, I know about it, the lawsuit was dropped, it was a long time ago,” it would have been no big deal. Regarding the party being over so soon, and all that food going to waste, spoiler alert, those ladies weren’t going to eat it anyway. Hopefully the production crew did.
Yes Nanette I think Gina is a twat for her “own it” shit. She reminds me of Lisa Rinna. Never liked her. But I do like Emily and yes even Shane.
Noella is gorgeous but that Nicole girl is just gross. Way too old to be wearing ultra mini dresses. Old face/ young body. Not a good look. Okay I know I’m being mean but I think I hate this show now.
So many starving people and animals in this world to enjoy the opulence and wasted food.
I feed all the homeless kitties in my neighborhood and I can’t stand the waste I see on the telly.
The reign of the HW’S seems to be over. Yet I still watch hoping for the best.
Hate Heather — she is a phony snob who thinks way too highly of herself. She is not attractive in any way, especially her personality. Hate Terry — his ego might be bigger than Heather’s and his bloated face shows way too much PS. His desperate leather jacket — he just wants to be a housewife again like last time. And I really hate their house. What a monstrosity. So many ostentatious things. They are really quite crude new money posers who think they have class.
The whole party was fake drama. Terry and Heather knew about the lawsuit. Terry just happened to come in and wait upstairs to be called down “for his closeup.” Heather is pimping out her bisexual kid, who just happened to be at the party, for that little “I’m bisexual too” scene.
Gina lasted what, like five minutes, before stirring shit about the lawsuit? Does she think that with her knew look and slimmed down body she will be a star of the show? And was Emily drunk out of her mind when she left shrieking or was it just bad acting? Shannon was her usual befuddled self (drunk?)
I actually only watched a few minutes of episode one last week and, out of boredom, watched the rest and episode two last night. Done. Done with middle aged women wearing ridiculous outfits (talk about mutton posing as lambs). Done with fake hair. Done with plastic surgery. Done with dungeon rooms. Done with parading bisexual children around (really?) to look woke. Just done.
Not trying to be rude but does Kelly have a back issue? She looked hunched over.
Yes to everything you said. And I haven’t even watched the episode. Not sure I want to after reading the recap and comments.
The whole premise of last night’s episode was that whoever dare question the work Terry Dubrow does on patients is a horrible person. What if he did mess up her breasts? Perish the thought.
Given that Nicole disappears after this episode, what we didn’t see a hint of was Heather going ballistic behind the scenes to ensure her friend is erased from the rest of the season. Heather’s response to Nicole was diabolical and creepy.
Nicole isn’t on the show after this episode?? If that’s true it explains a lot. Heather wasn’t acting when she shut everything down. She was blindsided. I bet production had to promise to get rid of her to get Heather to go back downstairs. It also explains why Nicole was in a room sitting alone crying waiting for the Dubrows to talk for her. Nicole was told to shut up and take it. It also explains why Heather was so mad at Shannon. Heather was blindsided and Shannon bathed in it instead of telling Heather. You know Shannon wants to take Heather off her high horse and gallop away in her fancy pants.
** get rid of Nicole (not Heather).
Also, Gina knew what she was doing. Gina and Emily were a little extra pointing their fingers at Shannon — “it’s Shannon – she’s the one”. And, I think Emily lost her sh!t because Nicole called her stupid.
Shannon was soooo shady telling everyone how much Nicole changed in 16 years. She doesn’t look like Pamela Anderson any more. Ohhhh, Shannon.
I disagree with your comment. Change the scene and have Shannon being married to a plastic surgeon that botched someone’s boobs. Heather would spill the beans to anyone that would listen to her. Obviously, you never saw her before she was fired. She was devious, braggadocious, and just plain mean. TT calling her “fancy pants” is exactly what she was then and has not changed. It is so easy to tell the difference between old money people and new money people. Old money keeps their mouth shut and seldom do they act as extravagant as Heather does.
The Nicole situation is very odd. I read rumors (not from my source so didn’t report it) that Nicole was demoted to friend, or something happened that they didn’t like and she didn’t get much airtime. Also, when I went to Media Village. to pull some photos for the first episode. Nicole was in the photos, but unlike the other people in, her name was not listed. It was like she was in the photo, but not acknowledged by name like everyone else. So, it seems like she got pushed out of the show at some point. I don’t know if this is the last we see of her, but it doesn’t seem like she makes it through the season. So, I dunno what happened. I’ll ask around.
At the very least Nicole lost her orange over this, and was demoted to friend and most likely want make the edit cuts and be heard from much again. No scenario that Heather wasn’t behind the ‘erasing’ of Nicole. The way Terry and Heather bullied Nicole was uncomfortable to watch. This is Heather’s world now and we are ‘privileged’ to be in it according to her.
TT I read so many of your old recaps, as when I start watching certain shows it is years behind (mostly Below Deck and BDM) so it’s a real joy to be able to comment about a show along with everyone else. I don’t know if we always get shows straight away here in Australia but I have so enjoyed your recaps, especially as you put so much of your personality into each one!
I saw this show today for the first time, not knowing who anybody was so came into it totally neutral – and wow – what an absolute drama! The good ol’ screaming matches remind me of the Gina days on RHO Melbourne. I had to keep rewinding to work out who was who (thanks for naming the pics, I needed that!) Now I know you recap this I can see me watching again!
” No, we cannot stop watching Bravo ” (spoken in Glenn-like voice a la Kyle’s party planner)!! It is an addiction, and I am powerless over it! Hi, my name is Nancy. Unless it truly sucks. Like a dumbass I forgot to record this, and I was watching the RHOP reunion from God knows when, for God knows what reason. I kept thinking, “something is on tonight” but I was falling asleep on my couch so I went to bed. AT NINE!!
This was a great recap and it sounds good! That is a pretty weak story line, a lawsuit from twenty years ago which was dismissed. And yes, $36k for a dinner party? And then mention it? (Mention it ALL!!) Hey Heather! Money talks and wealth whispers!! I cannot wait to watch, especially after reading this recap. Thanks Tamara-
Fun Fact. Nancy’s visit was on Black Friday/Saturday morning. She wanted to watch Bravo shows but there were non on. Because, Friday. She’s like “Don’t you have SOMETHING ON DVR?” I thought I might need to do CPR when I explained I erase them all after I recap. LOL. She is truly addicted. I did have a Winter House episode, and she was like who are these people? And I was like I dunno! I barely watch this! LOL.
I’d be sooooo disappointed if I were at your house and we didn’t watch Bravo!!
My Mom and niece watch 90 day fiancé — I don’t — but was at Mom’s and we watched people watching the show commenting on the show. Even though I didn’t know anything about the couples I laughed until my stomach hurt and that is how I imagine it would be watching Bravo would be with you, TT.
I’m not positive that was the show but I think it was. It was a few years ago.
Nancy, I don’t know anything about Winter House either. I knew a few from Southern Charm but not enough to even enjoy the recaps. Who are these people?? Really. I don’t know where they came from.
“What’s the big deal about Shannon bringing up the lawsuit? It’s an excuse to crap on Shannon.” I agree!!!!
I never liked Heather, “kill the messenger” should apply to Gina who betrayed Shannon. Gina thought if she sucked up to Heather, she could be her bestie.. Gina is ignorant, stupid and a mess not to mention that she looked horrible in everything she had on last night. Emily having a meltdown was ridiculous also. WTH is wrong with these women that think they look good in a SHORT dress? None of them did. They should all hide their knees. I truly felt sorry for Shannon because Heather was cruel to act as she did towards her. It’s alright for Heather to tell the girls that another girl would be coming to her party that was bi-sexual but then jumps on Shannon for telling Emily and Gina WHOM SHE THOUGHT WERE HER FRIENDS that Nicole sued Terry. Anyone reading this would tell their
best friends that they trusted that Nicole sued Terry Dubrow. What is wrong with saying that? NOTHING!!! Not to mention that Shannon asked them not to mention it and yet Gina couldn’t wait to blab. Who is gullible enough to believe Heather spent 36K on that party for 11 girls? She outright lied about that. The party was not all that with the silly HD ice sculpture as the centerpiece. I have seen parties much more impressive and I guarantee you they were much larger and less expensive. Since when did sushi as an appetizer cost so much? Production had a huge hand in this episode and I seriously doubt if I’ll ever watch Mrs. Dubrow flaunt herself so blatantly again. Her home is nothing but a show and so is she. She got fired once and BRAVO should do it again. She looks like a blackbird with
those small gosh-awful red lips, pointy pasty face, glaring eyes & long black hair. All she has going for her is that she married money. Terry being a plastic surgeon should know he screwed his face up. A nose job would have been a better fit for him and that leather jacket that he went to bed in lololol. I cannot stand either of the Dubrows, Bravo must be desperate to bring the clowns back on.
Spot on recap, Tamara. It looks like it’s going to be another season of attempting to take down Shannon. I don’t know how Heather ever had an acting career because her dramatic scenes last night were horrible. To bitch about not even making it to the main course when you’re the one who ended the party was hilarious. I’m wondering if production dug through old Terry Dubrow law suits to see if there was someone they could add to the show as a Housewife. Nicole looks a little like Brandi (from Dallas) to me. She seemed high to me when she was arguing with Emily. I really like Shane and I’m happy to see that he & Emily seem happy now. He does have a dry sense of humor that comes across as sarcastic if you aren’t used to it. Jen’s husband is an odd one, but so is she. I don’t know that I’m going to like her.
Heather is exactly the same person as before and that house is dark! The lighting Bravo used is terrible, why are they using such harsh white light! One word on all the face fillers, tweaks, etc, please they need to do it way in advanced so it settles right, most look deformed now. Shannon the one that would never get breast implants, how is she ok with injecting chemicals into her face and looking bloated all the time. I’m trying to decide who’s the new Tamra and I got Gina for the win with Shannon coming up the rear. And yes those dogs of Heather’s last times were Oscar and Champers to that new white pair that are there now. I’m sure if you asked, they weren’t truly allergy free, blah blah! Shannon’s secret still was incredibly stupid and frankly I’m not mad at Gina it was a beyond lame storyline someone from production thought was gold, Jerry, gold!
My take on this episode is that it is a huge win for Shannon. Tamra was a hugely corrupting and damaging force in her housewives career that she hasn’t been able to recover from, but with that sociopath gone and Gina/Heather eager to gaslight the shit out of her once again she is poised to gain back the audience support Tamra snatched away from her.
Heather thinks she is smarter than she actually is. She is setting herself up for failure with Gina as her ally. Gina is no Tamra. Gina has the charisma of a teaspoon, has never told a funny joke in her life and substitutes thinking with victimhood to get through life. This IS a car I’m interested in seeing crash though.
Emily might’ve showed her ass this episode, but I still love her. It’s a shame that she feels Gina is her only potential ally on the show, because that is also nothing more than a car waiting to crash. They appear to have gotten over Gina dumping Emily trying to cozy up to Vicky and Tamra, but perhaps Gina’s next idiotic attempt at climbing to Heather’s social level will do the trick.
The new girls are still interesting to me. I felt very bad for Nicole when Gina and Emily assaulted her with their knowledge of the suit and her tits. Extremely rude. Heather and Terri at least tried to make her feel more comfortable.
Let’s see where this shitshow goes!
Ugh I can’t with Heather being the queen. I was excited to see her house but that’s about it. I don’t want to see Terry either. I think Shannon wanted to confirm with Nicole first. Not feeling Gina either . She adds nothing to this show. Noella is gorgeous and seems more genuine.
I stopped watching halfway through. These women must have the same surgeons and beauticians to look so much alike. Except for giraffe girl. Sorry Tamara, learning their names is too much of a commitment for me right now.
And shut up Gina. Gosh you’re annoying.
When I was in college, I had this…. um… fuckbuddy… for lack of a better term. We were friends mostly but there were occasional benefits. I lived in the basement apartment of a really nice house (the basement not so much but it was enough for me. The basement had a window and sometimes the guy, lets call him Ray, would crawl into my apartment through the window and I’d wake up to find him on the couch, or sometimes in my bed. I know it sounds odd but that was the situation. He would be out at the bars very close to my house and he lived a lot farther out of town. I didn’t mind. Anyway, I have no idea why I am blathering on, my anxiety is in high gear today and it makes me over share.
Ray would do something really stupid here and there and I would be like DUDE! That was so stupid! Why did you do that? And he would give me a big smile and say, “You’re just looking at it all wrong!” He was very charming. lol.
So the reason for this story is Gina. Am I just looking at it all wrong? There seems to be a lot of disdain for Gina as if she is friend jumping. But, what I heard prior to the show is that Gina and Heather both hit it off because they are New Yorkers. So I didn’t see it as friend jumping at all just two Yankees in California bonding over there um… Yankeehood? lol.
I need to get a life because i have been thinking about this episode a lot today. My thoughts:
1) The Dubrows knew all about Nicole prior to the party I truly believe. They are calculating and the biggest self-producers. Nicole was used (and likely disposed of) as a pawn to reignite the Beador/Dubrow conflict from years ago. In no way does a lawsuit over complications from a procedure years ago threaten to tarnish Terry’s reputation in 2021. It does give Terry air-time which he craves.
2. Gina is attempting to drive plot but she isn’t at the level of say a Tamra. She did earn her paycheck last night. As she told Andy on WWHL last night – her timing of telling Heather was off ‘but you’re welcome.’ Her words to Andy.
3. Shannon will have a good season – she will bring the crazy as Heather subtly gaslights her. Let’s face it, Shannon can gaslight herself so this won’t be a stretch to envision or accomplish (I mean, Shannon got triggered by a tour of Heather’s house to see the ‘ghost of David Beador past’).
4. Emily should be a ‘friend of’ at this point. She has stopped showing us her reality. She is on a campaign to rehabilitate her husband’s image by portraying soft core lovey dovey fluff. I do enjoy her getting riled up like she did at Nicole though. That’s her shtick and her ticket to keeping her orange.
5. Noella is a wild card – she risks starting out as a caricature of herself by pushing the sex dungeon ‘mild to wild’ persona. She is not Noella Girardi/Jayne.
6. Dr. Jen will last one season.
Agree with all of this. Well done!
Spot on! Every word.
Just reading this story on TMZ and kinda reminded me of this show.
Talk about busting humps … 40 camels — that apparently think they’re straight outta Bev Hills — are now booted from a Saudi Arabian beauty pageant for getting Botox, facelifts and more!!!
Yep, Saudi authorities are cracking down on dozens of camels they’ve deemed too cute to be real for an annual competition over there. The judges are now using “specialized and advanced” technology to see which contestants went under the knife to gain an edge over the others.
Wait. What??? Wow.
That’s Saudi for you the women get all sorts of things done and wear Versace under their abayas or whatever the call them in Saudi, in Libya we called them barricans. There wasn’t a Versace store but there were a shit ton of jewelry stores. That is why I wear an arm full of bangles. I have ton of silver bangles I should probably switch over to before I travel. The Bedouin women were like the bank and the bank was the silver bracelets. If they got really wealthy they cashed them all in for gold. I transferred over to gold late in life. But traveling with a shit ton of bracelets, or going to courthouses and such is a total PITA.
Saudi’s are very image conscious. The biggest regret of my life is getting a job teaching at an Oil School and backing out. DUMBEST MISTAKE OF MY LIFE. But at the time women could not drive, an quitting my job with a pension (that I cashed out when I ultimately quit because the governor kept DIPPING INTO OUR RETIREMENT MONEY TO PAY FOR SHIT. I was offered six figures and I was such a chicken shit at the VERY LAST MINUTE. WORST MISTAKE OF MY LIFE. I would have loved that job. They had like a starbucks and all sorts off free perks for the teachers. But my rationale was that if I left and hated it, I would be unemployable in the US or at least in the county I bailed on and I had students.. and I fucked up. That said, my primary motivation was to travel and you had to have a man not just to drive you to the airport but when you return, you were basically baggage that a man has to claim . I am not making this up. And the other thing it wasn’t in the big city in Saudi, it was in the south on the water that is the central place for gas sales. And if anyone ever wanted to do a terroristic attack, that is where it would happen.
Sorry, rambling.
Wow. Just wow. Thanks for sharing so much…not rambling to me. I teach in the inner city and am amazed at your story. We (as teachers) get nothing… take a deep breath, this next part is racially charged for sure…as a white minority in my district, we are the punching bags. I would love to get even one perk. I spend so much money on my students…uniforms, socks, winter coats, shoes, food, free tutoring etc. Last year I spent at least $2,000. Nothing back…ever. Just the concealed underbelly that a white person can never teach a black person because we clearly would never understand the black brain (word for word told to me by a parent). However, the thing that (majority black teachers) seem to miss is that they…as black people…mostly grew up in a middle-class type of situation…very contrary to the students that they serve. Contrarily, I grew up in extreme poverty and understand more than they do even though I’m white…how it is to grow up in poverty. They contend that it is about the color of their skin…yes, partly…however, from my vantage point, it has more to do with poverty. Please don’t throw shade saying I’m racist because I’m married to a Mexican and my children and husband have endured horrible racial profiling beyond comprehension. It’s terrible. Now I’m the one rambling. Sorry TT that my rambling had nothing to do with your original post.
Terry Dubrow’s Yelp reviews are REALLY, REALLY BAD.
https://www.yelp.com/biz/terry-dubrow-m-d-newport-beach-5?uid=iWEWzBf87mYo42K37czNyg&utm_source=ishare
Who picks their doctors from Yelp? Lol. Just sayin.
I look at Yelp and other online reviews when shopping for shrinks. That’s why I am constantly shopping for shrinks. And if someone was going to carve up my face or my tits I’d want to know what people were saying online.
Wait. I just read some. LOL. That’s super sad & funny.
Nassif’s are reportedly the same way. I didn’t look at those. But it is weird how everyone is complaining about botched surgery from these two guys who have a TV show about fixing other people’s botched surgery.
The whole scene with Terry was so bizarre. You dropped the case, right, you dropped it. You dropped the case, remember. Wink wink. You dropped it. Remember?
Every time I see your comments in moderation, I wonder why you were there. You have been in “the middle place” for a bit, no idea why, but now you are free to go and sin no more. Or continue not to sin, or whatever. So YAY!
So funny! The leather jacket had me dying too. He went to bed but still had on his leather motorcycle jacket. My husband saw that and said that if he didn’t just get off a bike, he’s a douche😂
I don’t get why Heather is more mad at Shannon than her friend Nicole, who had been her friend for 6 years, and never told her she tried to sue Terry before. Nicole has more of a loyalty to Heather than Shannon does.
Also when Heather tells Gina and Emily that Shannon says not to trust them and Gina seems offended. Like what?? Gina just showed in the last two episodes that she can’t be trusted. So why she’s mad that Shannon said that is stupid.
I know. All just common sense really. I think that Gina and Emily have conspired to make Shannon the odd woman out. They’re really reaching with this one.
Did anyone notice how Dr. Jens husband ate?
I do think he is a total ass.
Was he the guy with the little dog in the restaurant? I wondered if he maybe had a disability of some sort that makes eating difficult? – I saw all these people for the first time yesterday so have no idea who anybody is, so I hope that’s not offensive to him. He definitely seemed a little off, not interested at all in anything the doctor was saying.
Yes, he ate like he had never held a fork before. Everything about him is just ewwww. He looks like he just had his wisdom teeth removed or he has mumps the way his jaw is so pronounced. I do not want to see him without a shirt again because he is just not that attractive. The only positive I can come up with concerning him is he doesn’t wear a “statement necklace” -yet.
“Yes, he ate like he had never held a fork before. ” The things I miss while typing recaps and not looking at the TV the whole time… I didn’t pay him much attention because … he seemed irrelevant.
I just watched the episode….how the heck did this party cost $36,000?? When Heather gave Terri the breakdown she said Nobu was $10,000 and alcohol $5,000…so she spent $21,000 on decor and favors?! WTF
I don’t have any experience with litigation, so how does an attorney force you into suing your plastic surgeon???
Curious how Heather shut down the party and apparently the main course wasn’t served -yet Gina tells her kids her dinner party went late and she was home after midnight. What time was dinner suppose to be at? It all feels contrived.
Randomly realized that Noelle reminded me of that James Charles makeup person
I agree with the posts about the cost of the party. 10 grand on sushi and 5 for booze sounds about accurate for Orange County. But 21 grand for decor and favors?
Did she buy a $5,000 Bergdorf Goodman gift card for each of them?
Did she get a life sized FAO Schwartz nutcracker?
I miss my New York frenemies.
I would have more respect for Gina if she were honest. If she said she wasn’t getting alimony or child support, has no other source of income except from Bravo and is desperate to keep her job and every scene is an audition for next year’s contract.
I could get behind that. But instead, she’s performing. And yes, it’s annoying. Gina is highly annoying when she’s not being her authentic self.
I turned it off. That whole Heather party was painful. She is really gross. The way the rest of them were kissing her arse was pathetic. Crossed OC off my list forever.
Nicole got played! So beautifully to she walk right into that Emily trap. Spilling the dirty within the first 20 minutes of meeting her! I can get why Nicole did that I am a confessor unfortunately. But once Nicole realized what Emily did that reaction!! This should have stretched atleast 4 episodes. Way too quick of a resolve.
It seemed resolved to you? At this point, Heather is already threatening to quit the show…
Yes guarantee alleged that fancy pants said kill this story or else we walk. That was pretty damaging a botched boob job from a botched reality DR. Not a good look. However you know fancy pants will target Shannon for the rest of the season.