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Katherine was partly right when she said there is a cultural issue between Eileen and LVP. Eileen seems like a stereotypical, "I'm OK, You're OK", California, let's talk about our feelings-type. LVP is the emotionally reserved Brit. Neither way is wrong, but they are very different. But, also, importantly, LVP doesn't care enough about Eileen to go out of her comfort zone to apologize and address their disagreement in a way that will satisfy Eileen. Lots of people don't need to dwell on shit and rehash arguments and dissect how they were feeling at each moment, but if you value a relationship with someone who does need those things, you extend yourself and you do it. Eileen isn't worth that effort to LVP.

To Stassi's credit, she held her own while arguing with LVP better than virtually anyone else has across two shows and however many seasons. She didn't scream, cry, backdown, grovel or act like a defiant teenager. Of course, Stassi is totally only back in this "friendship group" because she wants back on the show and she is full of shit about having any kind of change of heart, but she didn't let LVP intimidate or fluster her.

Olivia Wilde is just so, so lame. So lame. Always. In everything. How many opportunities is she going to get in Hollywood? She was like the eighth best actor on House and yet she just keeps getting these chances and she is never good. It's like she's on a different show than the rest of the cast.

Man, I am teary-eyed after Marcia responding to Mr. Fucking Johnnie's snark about her childcare. I've been enjoying this show immensely, but sometimes there is a scene or even a line where it makes me feel sick. These are real people, real lives, real families and they were all just put through the ringer in such a casual, callous way.

Brandon is a hairdresser. I swear I saw him in the background, primping Erika on RHoBH. Craig, I think is a personal trainer? Or does online personal training videos. When they went on the surprise trip to NYC, Brandon said Craig's schedule was "not that full", so I think Brandon is the breadwinner. Their apartment is very small. Like a Vanderpump Rules cast member small. I know LA is expensive, but you'd think two employable adults with no children could afford something nicer, especially since Brandon seems pretty fussy/particular about his environment.

Yeah, that was super-weird. JOC had to pull his pants down and show his Mazel underwear? Ah, we would have taken your word for it, Jerry. And Andy was like a man possessed-like he couldn't resist touching him and then jumping on top of his back?! It just came out of nowhere, like some sort of involuntary lust spasm. Up until then, they were all really mellow.

Can we get an edit of just the Brandon and Craig bits? Adonis pointed out all the women AT THE WEDDING he wanted to have sex with?! There are worse things in the world than being single, ladies.

So, is/was Lala really an escort? She got so upset about the accusation on VPR, but didn't exactly deny it. And then tonight the look she gave to Andy when asked if she'd dated David Spade...

"A footnote to his own murder". What a heartbreaking, and poignant statement.

You don't have to be a stand-up comic in order to say you don't think a certain comic is funny, Kristin.

In this particular showdown, between Yo and Lisar at the pool party, I reluctantly sided with Yo. What I got was that she accepted the apology, assuming Munchausen was some sort of other (physical) illness and when she found out what Lisar really said she was pissed and offended and didn't accept the apology. But the real reason I think Yo "won" was because Lisar was immediately backpedalling, refusing to say why she engaged in the conversation at all, what her questions and doubts were. She just ran away from the whole thing and it made her seem even shadier than she really was.

Why have Ken and Lisa encouraged Max to be in this position? Why put him in amongst this crowd of people, knowing his past problems with substance abuse? Couldn't they put him in an entry level position that isn't among a bunch of partying drunks? Like, some sort of office work or working with distributers or something? I understand the principle of "working your way up", but there's got to be a less risky way of doing that. Also, I wonder what Lisa "I'm an open book!" VP would say if someone started asking her questions about Max's history and future.

Lala is like a cast member from a late season "Real World," when everyone knew what kind of "character" you had to be to get cast and it was a race to see who could be the first person to make out in the hot tub with one eye trained on the camera, trying to create enough drama to lock up a spot on the "Real World/Road Rules Challenge." In other words, Lala is Trishelle.

The contouring you do for heavily filtered Instagram selfies is not great for every day wear, Stassi.

When you're a conservative, married homebody, it's easy to praise "inner beauty". But most of these women are single and/or on the hustle professionally and part of their "brand" is glamour and looking good. It's a nice sentiment, but Kim is smarter than that. That brunch was disingenuous.

Obviously, I wouldn't want to be married to David Foster, but, I would kill myself if I had a marriage like Lisa and Ken's. Can a person get two seconds to themselves?

Unless your friend is dating like Sean Penn or Brooks Ayers, you don't tell your friend's mom that kind of shit about your friend's SO. It's not fair to the friend,the SO, or the mother. Scheana doesn't want to be left out if/when Katie starts to hang out with Kristin again, but she also doesn't want to get left out when Sandoval and Adriana hang out with Schwartz and Katie. That's why she's trying to force Adriana to "let it go" and "quit being so negative" about Kristin, which is what motivated those text to Adriana's mom. She's motivated purely by FOMO. If Adriana has changed her attitude, it's because Scheana seems to consider her couple year old, on-again, off-again friendship with Kristin equally as important as her years long "best friendship" with Adriana. Katie and Kristin have a long history, so I understand why Katie's motivation for wanting Adriana to forgive Kristin, but Scheana has shown no loyalty or empathy to Adriana at all, despite having a volatile relationship with Kristin herself. I'd be standoffish and pissed at Scheana too. And Shay owes Sandoval an apology. Sandoval went to bat for Shay against Shay's own wife over some super-serious shit, and then Shay stands with Scheana, saying Sandoval only cares about himself? These people are horrible friends.

Of course, Bethany had to get in the dig at LVP's magazine cover, "Bella? What's that? That's a magazine? I've never heard of it. Is it in the Hamptons? Never heard of it." Reminded me of when Lu took one look at a Bethany magazine cover and said, "Oh, they did A LOT of airbrushing!"

Is the problem with Ariana that she is saying she's okay with Kristin, but then she obviously is not okay with Kristin being around? So, the problem is she is not being honest about her feelings? Because I don't get why anyone blames her for not wanting Kristin around. Kristin has only been "recovered" for a few months, right? And calling her "recovered" ignores all the crazy shit that's happened with her and James. "Recovered" really means she hasn't directed her craziness towards Tom and Ariana, really, which isn't really "recovered" at all. Besides, unlike everyone else in the group, Ariana doesn't have any positive memories of a friendship with Kristin to motivate her to forgive and forget.

When Jax said, "Adriana is, I don't want to say a feminist, but…" and Julie gasped and said, "NO!" I almost died. She is hilarious.