SemiCharmedLife

I was thinking Bravo should introduce the Rinna Bobble-head doll, after seeing her nodding her head vigorously at each and every utterance of her bf Erika. (The doll would, of course, have her hand on her heart and a variety of changeable wigs with silly names.)

And what if it starts snowing in Del Mar??? Imagine the trauma! Reminiscent of "A Christmas Story." Too bad Kyle wasn't wearing fishnet stockings!

I also noticed that Erika can still afford a glam squad. I believe all those blind items about a secret money stash, although it must be getting more and more difficult to access it these days...

I am so frustrated by the hypocrisy of Rinna and Kyle, both of who have yelled at Garcelle and Sutton, respectively, to be honest (though they have been honest) and yet say nothing to Erika, who is spinning a web of deceit with new "unbelievable" (in Kyle's words) details every week! It's maddening!

Yes, but it's Malia's redemption season, remember?

Lexi continues to blame everyone else for her firing, evidenced by the fact that she didn't even say goodbye to the crew. Malia was the only one who went after her to help her with her suitcase. The crazy thing is the crew, if anything, minimized the crazy that is Lexi when speaking to Captain Sandy (who now looks even more dense as she compliments and hugs Lexi as she fires her). As Lexi is ignoring her coworkers and lugging her suitcase off the ship, I pictured all the new additions to her Burn Book.

I thought it was interesting that Heather and Whitney went to a high end resale store to shop. I wonder if that is in response to Jen calling out Heather at the reunion, saying that she gets her clothes at the Dress Barn? If so, I think it is sad to feel pressured into buying designer clothing, but if you are going to do it, buying on the second hand market is a smarter way (though the prices still seems outrageous- $21,000 for a pre-owned handbag?).

That depends on how many seasons of Life After Lockup he'll be on. He may be able to make a dent in that $143,000 with his reality teevee paychecks.

Last season Mary was in the closet and this season it appears that Jen will be in the closet (hopefully the crew is documenting all her ill-gotten gains).

I have to point out that the psychedelic chairs in the kitchen nook are part of Mary's recent redecorating efforts. I saw a photo comparison of the "before" and "after" earlier this year. So, can you imagine what she is going to do with the rest of the house??? I mean, I know it can't be any worse than it already is, but...

I don't know who is more delusional: Jen for saying that she didn't make those posts when the proof is in front of her or Heather for believing that Jen can be a friend to her and accepting her excuses after all that bad behavior.

I've enjoyed Whitney on this show...until now- TMI!!!

So Sara, wisely, is riding off into the sunset, as far away from Shawn as she can get. Do you think she keeps the phone he gave her and will he continue to pay the phone bill? (And, why is THAT the question I have in the midst of this dumpster fire known as Life After Lockup???)

I think a lot of us would continue to watch next year if Erika was on, but ONLY if she is getting her just desserts (and if her wages were garnished to pay back the true victims). This season many of us tuned it to see her downfall, only to see that those who question her are getting beat up by the FF5. I don't enjoy Erika being coddled by the mean girls (two-faced though they may be) because she has shown not an ounce of sympathy over the victims of Tom's grift. She is not the victim here and some of these Housewives need to wake up!

Madam the puppet has much more depth than Rinna... not to mention loyalty, integrity and class!

This seems on brand for Kyle- she wants to get the trouble started, but appear innocent and supportive. This has been going on for years and it is the same thing she accused LVP of doing.

Where do you get that idea? 😂

Nah, it's her grandma that's chillin with the Lord- it's in the picture!

OMG! The season premier did not disappoint! I feel like Jenn was trying to rehabilitate her image in her first few scenes with Lisa and then her family. Well, we all know how that turned out! Eating some humble pie at the beginning of the season, along with sweet family moments, seems like just the thing that would do the trick, if not for swindling old folks out of their money! I've listened to some boring podcasts in my day, but Mary's takes the cake! I couldn't believe it when Mary redid the prayer that her colleague was putting so much passion into. I'm trying to picture Heather skiing up to Meredith's front door. Did someone just drop her off at the top of the hill? 😉 Whitney and the cake was absolutely ridiculous! I was yelling at the tv, "use both hands, put down the plates!" When she kept rearranging (re-glopping) the cake on the plate after each fall, I was dying!

Re Lisa: I think she is back on drugs. In the store with her friend, she seemed very "energetic" and in her talking head, she appears like she is on some kind of downer, or very inebriated. Hope I'm wrong about this...

I believe she and Tom have a lot of ill-gotten wealth stashed away. They had plenty of warning that the end was near and had time to hide assets. I hope those forensics accountants are amazing and find every penny!

Reading your comment made me think that Dorit is a mimic and her new mentor is Kathy Hilton. Remember, when she first arrived on the scene, she was often imitating LVP and then started copying Erika's designer labels and glam squads. Now, she wants to come off as loopy and above it all as Kathy. This is just a theory...

This look had me dying!! I guess he figured why wear a helmet- not much to protect.

C'mon, now, we know Daonte used the dishwasher frequently...

Wow! This episode had a lot of drama! It's too bad that Rachel had to discover what an a-hole Doug is, but hopefully she is away from that situation with nothing more than a broken heart. It could have been worse. I hope Dougie gets to stay with her. The scene with Daonte and his friend (Derrick?) was crazy. A viking funeral for Nicolle Jr! I have to believe that production came up with that- the mini casket and all. Jeff is bonkers, especially the scene showing him breaking apart a huge wooden beam. I died. Then, when he walked back in the house, we got a nice shot of at least 5 Amazon boxes on the porch! Can Stan be anymore naive? He tells Lisa where he keeps his checks and then takes her brother on a tour of his collectibles. This, after telling us that her family is a bunch of criminals.