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I think seating will be Kathryn, Erika, Kyle, Lisa, Andy, Yolanda, Eileen, Lisar. Kathryn and Erika don't play too much into the main story so they can sit on the sidelines. Kathryn especially. Erika has a friendship with Kyle so it makes sense to sit her next to her and across from Lisar directly, who she's had tension with and screamed at. Also it'd be fun to have Kyle in the middle when LVP and Erika inevitably get in to it. On the other couch Yolanda and Eileen have the most tensions with LVP so it makes sense to have them across from each other. Rinna worked well third on the couch last season, she mixed it up a lot this year so it's a good place to have her, kind of on a little shit stirring island by herself. She gets on with Eileen pretty well so it makes sense to seat them next to each other. Also like the Kyle in between LVP and Erika, Eileen in between Lisa r and Yo will be fun when they get into the Munchasen talk. And Yo had tensions with Kyle so it makes sense for them to be close across from each other. I think this seating makes the most sense of their dynamic.

Exactly. If I was actually afraid of someone, I would go into my room until their relative (Tammy) escorted them out. There is no way I would poke The bear as they were literally walking out the front door. Kenya was just being messy as usual. Obviously not excusing Glen's crazy behavior but without Kenya's provocation the incident would have never gone there.

Kathryn's first appearance is in episode six. Kyle and Andy discussed this on his radio show.

Who doesn't? Their squabbles in season four were seriously hysterical.

Be that as it may, it doesn't make it ok for them to question her illness and make catty remarks about her appearance as a result of said disease.

So what exactly is the point of Ken telling Yolanda that she looks good to make her feel better about herself if he is just going to say she looks terrible on camera as soon as she leaves? Like obviously she is going to see that. It just shows that deep down Ken's intent is not nice. Are they really still mad about season four? Lisa really can hold a grudge. Interesting since Yolanda resolved her issue with Lisa the quickest at the season four reunion and they were fine for the most part last season.

Anyone crack up laughing when Kim Fields said her and her husband go to bed at 9:30pm with the kids every night? Obviously there's nothing wrong with going to bed that early, especially when you have small children, but I'm continuing to love Kim Fields as the normal, sober voice in the group. She's like the antithesis to what a "Real Housewife" is...yet she's literally a real housewife.

Kim fields actually has a housewife related storyline lol. I like the juxtaposition of her famous name yet normal housewife status.

Interesting note about the ratings..this is the first time since season four the premiere episode did not reach more than 3 million viewers. The season four premiere had about 2.8 million viewers, so the season eight premiere was slightly more viewed. I wonder if this is the sign of the ratings continuing to dip a little like they did last season or if they will spike up throughout the season. Like you said Rina, at the end of the day it really doesn't matter as they are still leaps and bounds ahead of the other HW shows in terms of ratings.

They all look great and so does the season!

I started out hating Meghan but she's such a caricature of the bitchy new HW (ie. Claudia Jordan) that I'm now kind of numb to it and just take her as entertainment. She's definitely stirring the pot and keeping the drama interesting.

So I guess my dream casting of Chrissy Teigen probably isn't happening? ):

Heather, Kristen, and Dorinda should go. Luann should be demoted to friend of. Add in Chrissy teigen and have five main HWs (Teigen, Bethenny, Ramona, Sonja and Carole).

I completely agree with this whole post and do think the lack of diversity is odd, especially on RHONY. I think I read online recently that they are looking to add a WOC next season. We'll see, I suppose..

I doubt she would actually do it. But boy would it be something if she did. The only reason I think there is a vague chance is because she's a total Bravo addict and even tweeted Bethenny earlier in the season inquiring about a dress Beth was wearing on the show. As far as Bravo casting WOC outside of RHOA, apparently there were almost two black HWs this season on RHONY. One of them was a friend of Bethenny's. She said so during her one on one with Andy.

Thank you! I've been thinking the same thing. A cast of Ramona, Carole, Sonja, bethenny and Chrissy Tiegen (with Luann making guest appearances) would be the best bet for next season. You have Ramonja on one side and the new allied bethenny and Carole on the other. It'd be interesting to see which side Tiegen would take.

I thought this was a really bland episode. Three episodes in and I'm not really feeling this season 10 cast dynamic. Someone said above that the wives and husbands were dull and I agree. I think Heather was the only interesting one honestly. Although she's a complete hypocrite with all of this money talk considering her role in the season 7 Alexis takedown. Her biggest gripe with Alexis was her bragging yet here we are subjected to her talking about her $700,000 cabinets and million dollar movie theater. I say all that to say that Heather is, along with Shannon and Vicki, showcasing the glamorous life that the show should be about. Her personality, though sometimes prickly to say the least, is consistently entertaining and engaging. Tonight she was almost downright charming. Tamra is just gross. What was with the recurring toilet paper gag? It was like she was proud of it. Anything for attention I guess. I'm also not feeling her redemption edit. Although she was sort of fun to watch this episode, my eyes rolled back in my head when she started with the "I'm saved" talk. Ok Tamra. I'd be happy if this were her last season. She's totally played out at this point. Shannon was once again completely annoying in regards to her relationship with David. But I completely was on her side in the argument with Meghan, who was totally trying to gaslight her not once but twice! Meghan completely set up a feud with Shannon at her dinner with Heather and Tamra by bringing up the hoedown and the charity debacle. When she realized she couldn't ignite a fire in Shannon by bringing up the Hoedown she just had to pull her aside and talk more about the charity. She's a complete airhead. It's like Claudia Jordan chasing after Nene in Atlanta. I wouldn't be surprised if she suffers the same one and done fate of Claudia. Definitely not enough Vicki this episode. I think it's totally weird that they didn't reschedule the trip to include her or at least show her accepting her award. It's always fun to see Vicki at one of her insurance conferences. Season 6's trip to Seattle comes to mind. At first I was sad that Katie Hamilton didn't stick it out this season as last week she seemed sweet and cool. But after once again hearing her talk religion it seems we were spared an Alexis 2.0. Although it would have been great TV to watch her marriage fall apart on television.

I don't believe anything from radar online.

She definitely tried to turn them against Heather. Tamra told Shannon that Heather said that Tamra needed to pick a side. Tamra was also the cause for Shannon's huge blowout at Lizzie's beach house dinner. Tamra had told Shannon that Heather wanted to "take the Beadors down." She also told Vicki this. She was stirring the pot all season to turn them against Heather.

It's crazy she only got called on her chess playing this past season. Since I'd say around season six she's been stirring the pot. She'll get really close to a HW and then turn them against another HW. She got Heather and Gretchen to do it to Alexis and then Vicki and Shannon last year to turn on Heather. When that backfired she tried to gaslight Shannon and it kind of backfired too.

I miss Taylor's special brand of psycho crazy. I doubt she'd bring it like she did back then if brought back full time for a new season, but seeing her new life with new hubby could be interesting.

They were showing season four today but the early episodes. Just a heads up of the upcoming viewing this Monday: the classic "You went to Bass Lake!" episode, 120 in the Shade (which is one of my favorite episodes that I go in depth about in the Season Four Discussion page) and last but certainly not least..Naked Wasted. Get your DVRs ready folks.

This season isn't really working. I thought at first it would when it first began but something is just off. I've actually felt this way about the show since last season. I think it may be the cast? Ambitious with 8 women, and I don't even think the big cast is the problem..it's the characters they have chosen to be apart of it. I say fire Heather, Kristen and Dorinda. I think Ramona, Sonja, Luann, Bethenny and Carole would have been a tight, interesting cast.

It's time for a major cast shakeup, IMO.

I say dump Yolanda and Eileen and maybe Lisa. Add 1-2 rich married women. I may be in the minority but I'm really interested to see Kim and Kyle's story continue now that all of this shit has hit the fan with Kim. I'm also interested to see how Kim's relationship with Brandi is effected by all of this. I am also interested to see Kyle and Brandi, whatever the interaction may be, together on screen again. I think they are this franchise's Gretchen vs. Tamra. They work best as enemies but are ok allies. Lisa Rinna is a prime target for a bad edit next season so I'd like to see her back as well. It's a nice dynamic right now with the four of these ladies: Kim and Brandi, Lisa R and Kyle. They could be a good focal focus on next season. Vanderpump isn't bringing much to the table for me. I think the 4 of the aforementioned ladies and one more rich woman added would be a good idea.