The Real Housewives: Ultimate Girls Trip
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I was hoping it wouldnt be that.
Sonja still has the price tag on her hat, just like she always did with her bathing suits.
Then Ramona cant remember anyones names, especially the staff.
She says the womans name is Julienne, But you pronounce it a French way.
Can you say it again?
No, its not Julienne or anything like that; Ramona has it all wrong.
Its just all the same.
There is some comfort in familiar things.
Take, for instance, every single thing that Sonja says throughout the entire episode.
She pulls out a chicken cutlet from her luggage and is holding it in front of her boobs.
This is eggs from breakfast.
She asks Ramona if she should wear underwear of if she can go commando.
Oh, our favorite floozy need not remind us about how delightful she is on television.
We never forgot, snatch guard or not.
His name was Tomas, so should we call this story Its about Tomas?
Theres not much in the story that we didnt already know.
Luann says she picked him up at the bar while hanging with her friends.
Maybe I should consultHousewiveshistorian and chronicler Kristen Taekman.
Luann continues to say that she didnt sleep with the pirate, even though Sonja did.
I think Luann is acquitting herself on a technicality here.
Im adding that to the lexicon.
Speaking of Dorinda, the thing that is the same about her, sadly, is the bullying.
The whole thing seems to stem from the pecking order of Housewifery.
Sorry, but Kelly Killoren Bensimon was jogging in traffic when Dorinda hadnt even been cast yet.
Its not like theyre new.
But I take her point.
Ramona and Luann have been there since the beginning.
Sonja joined in season three, and Dorinda had a solid run during seasons seven through 12.
But I think Kelly and Kristen are the cast members we needed to get things going.
The rest of the ladies are so used to Dorinda that they dont even question her bad behavior anymore.
as a message to the house staff that shes ready to eat.
(The staff does not respond kindly.)
At lunch, Dorinda brings up that she was put on pause, not fired.
When Kristen makes a comment about it, Dorinda says, You were fired.
I was put on pause.
So after you were fired and I was put on pause.
This is a semantic distinction that only Dorinda makes so that she can feel better about herself.
Even if Dorindawaspaused then, shes fired now.
The only opportunity left to her, at least right now, are these Girls Trips.
And, I have to say, I dont particularly like watching Dorinda on them.
You were going to make a play for me at the table, Dorinda says.
Luann tells Kristen, Youve been gone for eight years, and you have some big cajones coming back.
As Kristen says later, she got the same phone call as everyone else.
They asked her to be a part of this; why should she feel bad accepting?
Why is that a challenge to the rest of the women?
you could never take that away from her.
At dinner, as Luann says, were getting into real shes startin territory with Dorinda.
She asks, What do you need me to say to make this go away?
When Kristen starts responding, Dorinda starts copying her like an eighth-grader.
This is the Dorinda that I hate.
But she still has that spark, our Dorinda.
Its a great line.
But, man, what did we have to endure to get it?
Shes essentially calling Kristen a fan, which, okay, sure.
But shes a fan who was on the show.
Shes a fan who deserves to be there and has just as much right to be there as Dorinda.
Sonja was very candid about how she needs the money and misses her regular paycheck.
They all need this.
Kristens life seems fine to me, and she seems ever better that she is unbothered.
