You hit the nail right on the head!
Kim left me in pure disgust how she treated Kyle at that dinner table how threw Kathy (who isn't mother of the year her damn self) and Brandi in her face! Kyle even said once in one episode Kathy and Kim are more attached to the hip than she and Kim. Makes me wonder if Kathy enables Kim addiction. If I'm Kyle I would be done and Kim showed who's more important to her. Putting up with Kim emotionally and financially and that's how Kim repays her with the ultimate diss. I know some will say she can't give up on her sister, but no way, Kyle has done this for way too long and has done more than enough for Kim. I can see why Kyle never takes Kim anywhere and she even puts her best girlfriends like Faye and Taylor above Kim even. Kim is so nasty to people! Season 1 of this show dealing with Kim/Kyle makes more sense now than it did then. That was Kyle's breaking point in that limo in the finale. She'd grown tired of Kim's diva way, being unappreciatve, mean-spirited and of course her substance abuse. Too bad most of the audience made Kyle out into the villian and Kim got the sympathy card! To me, I thought Kyle did right. Kim needed to be told off and should had been cut off the money train! Kyle should let Kathy put up with Kim from here on. She needs to break Big Kathy's hold from the grave once and for all!
The only people in Kim's life I would be focused on are her children, particularly Chad. Kim is an unhappy 50 year old buzzkill who wants to see everyone miserable as her. One last point, Kyle also needs to distance herself because her own marriage. I'm almost convinced Kim won't be satified until Kyle and Mauricio's ends in a divorce. We all saw how Kim didn't defend Kyle's marriage when Brandi made the comment that Mauircio didn't want her. Kim is just that sick in the head she'll be thrilled to see that marriage possibly fail so she can emotionally hold Kyle hostage.
As for Brandi, she had the Puerto Rico replay all over again! She riled up Kim and Kim became her mouthpiece to attack the very people she can't stand herself.. Eileen said it best she's addicted to chaos! I'm willing to bet Brandi was probably laughing inside at a job well done. I do also agree that Brandi went into this season banking she too could villianize Kyle and have a season 2 rehash of their feud. The common denominator in why Brandi wanted to attack Kyle is not cause of Kim but it's Lisa Vanderpump! Brandi is bitter and pissed that Kyle was able to get back in good with Lisa V., where she could not! Brandi will never be the apple of Lisa's eye again because how she came for Lisa's liveihood! Kyle even said in her access hollywood interview that there needs to be a housewife code and one of them was the liveihood. Once you mess with someone's liveihood and try to expose it, I don't care if that person does it the legal or illegal way getting their money/lifestyle, all bets are off! You will never get back what you once had again. Brandi seems to not be processing this well at all. I remember she even tried making a big deal that Adrienne only owned 3% of Palms. Brandi is jealous of any successful woman - Adrienne, LVP, and Kyle and her snide comments, especially how Kyle spends her money is telling! Had she would stayed in good standing with these women instead of burning them one by one she probably could had gotten something out of it (ie maybe good word for future endeavors and connections to the right people in Hollywood). What a dumby woman!