The Real Housewives of Orange County
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Do you know what Im excited about from thisRHOCfinale?
The show is officially saved.
May it never go to the dark side again.
How much illegal gambling money did Ryan spend on that thing?
When they chat, Tamra says that Shannon is trying to ruin Tamras friendship with Jenn.
Thats the one thing about this show I never believed: Jenn and Tamra are friends.
Sorry about that, Gina.
I always loved you.
I begrudgingly admit that Alexis did a thing.
However, when everyone arrives, they really deliver.
Gina and Katie are both in royal blue with lots of ruffles and matching tights.
Heather is wearing a periwinkle gown that looks like a dry Swiffer orgy.
But then out comes Alexis in this dark-green gown that is formfitting and off one shoulder.
Its not giving bridesmaid, its not giving tacky, its not giving anything.
(See Kenya Moore when she tried to make Porsha Williams dress as Halle Berry fromB.A.P.S.)
However, this is such a dereliction of duty she should be fined by the producers.
[Pregnant pause] For once.
(How are we all this old?)
I love a cameo by a Housewife Emeritus, especially when its organic.
I didnt even hate Victoria Denise Gunvalson Jr. when she arrived with Shannon Beador.
Yeah, and that town is currently on fire and everyone is rushing for a hose.
The thing about Tamra is that she is, technically, right.
After Shannons DUI, she should have probably gone to rehab and quit drinking.
All of us knew that Ryan was an absolute scuzzbucket.
This man is grosser than the before shots of the pool-restoration videos that infest my TikTok FYP.
(Just like Gen Z, I find them so satisfying.)
But even though Tamra is right, she doesnt have to be such an asshole about it.
She didnt need to shout down Shannon and call her a drunk at every turn.
But is Shannon ever really going to change?
As I said about a similar statement last episode, that is not growth.
The growth would be staying, confronting the hard conversation, and putting it to rest.
Shannon leaves and goes into the venue and is confronted by Katies husband, the straightTim Cook.
He asks Shannon what happened out of what seems like goodwill and/or journalistic curiosity.
She gives him her line about how when she says shes done, then shes done.
This is when it really goes left.
Maybe its time to walk away, he says, seeming to offer friendly advice.
I think the disconnect is its unclear what he means.
Does he mean that Shannonshouldwalk away from this situation because its toxic?
Then its just an anodyne comment.
Shannon tells him that statement angers her and that shes the strongest person in the group.
Matt then asks Shannon, Then why are you here with me … telling me youre melting down?
(Are the Spikes a team?
How is Shannon spoiling for a fight with the most mild-mannered guy there?
And why is telling her to walk away inappropriate, as she later tells Katie?
I have no clue what happened here, and I could watch this scene a million times.
When Heather says that Katie is boring and she lies, Katie says, Im not lying.
You lied, and you swore on your kids, and you lied.
Tell her she lied!
Man, this reunion is gonna sizzle.
But, come on, Jenn.
Jenn goes to Katies house to talk to her and Gina about it.
This is a Carmela Soprano situation.
Yes, Ryan has stood by Jenn, not cheated on her, and taken care of her kids.
But she wont leave; she cant leave.
Weve seen this platform give so many women so much power.
Just look at Gina from when she started the show with those horrible extensions until now.
