S11.E10: Affairs and Accidents

[jewel21]

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Kyle opens her home in La Quinta to the group for a desert getaway, but Erika cannot escape the fallout from her messy divorce. When Lisa questions certain new reports in the media, Dorit offers insights from her own experience. Sutton and Crystal connect with Erika through stories of family loss. Meanwhile, Kathy heats things up in the kitchen – and, with a little help from her friends, cools down in front of a fan.

Airdate: 07/21/2021

Please limit your discussion to events that occur in this episode.  Real time events are spoilers and belong in the media or individual housewife threads. 

[Mindthinkr]

Does anyone know why Rinna’s dog had both front paws bandaged and is wearing a cone of shame? 

[WaltersHair]

Well, here's the explanation for Erika's clubhouse. Looks cleaned out. Where did it all go? I mean, it's bigger than her current rental house.

[eleanorofaquitaine]

I have to admit, Kyle's desert house is nice.

[Straycat80]

Oh another are we suppose to feel sorry for Erika scene. She has to give up her clubhouse. Hope she packs her waterproof mascara for this trip or people will be clowning on her on Twitter, Insta, etc…again. 

Edited July 22, 2021 by Straycat80

[Mindthinkr]

Quick, someone get Erika a fainting couch! 

[RealHousewife]

2 minutes ago, eleanorofaquitaine said:

I have to admit, Kyle's desert house is nice.

Some Real Housewife homes are so beautiful but museumlike. Kyle's homes always have a warmth to them. 

[Chicklet]

So far I don't hate anyone but I'm sure that will be short-lived.

[Julyolo]

I find it fascinating that for all the RHOBH years prior Erica stood around with an air of superiority, didn't have a lot to say, and didn't seem emotionally accessible. Now she is "Miss Open With Everyone".

[RealHousewife]

8 minutes ago, Straycat80 said:

Hope she packs her waterproof mascara for this trip or people will be clowning on her on Twitter, Insta, etc…again. 

Seriously, you went from $40,000 a month on glam to being unable to get a $5 waterproof mascara from Wamart . . .

Edited July 22, 2021 by RealHousewife

[Straycat80]

Should I feel bad that I laugh every time Erika talks in that bland woe is me, oh poor me, voice? She’s a good actress. 
It’s nice to see Sutton and Crystal getting along. Right now anyway. 
I like Kyle’s house. 

[eleanorofaquitaine]

I am glad that they show these joking moments with all of the women. It's a reminder that they are actually real people. 

On the other hand, Erika has a bad case of 3rd rate summer stock acting. Oh, the drama.

[Mindthinkr]

If Erika is “broke” and all her assets are frozen, how can she afford the car service from BH to PS? I would have thought she would hitch a ride with one of the other ladies. 

[eleanorofaquitaine]

1 minute ago, Straycat80 said:

Should I feel bad that I laugh every time Erika talks in that bland woe is me, oh poor me, voice? She’s a good actress. 

See, I think she's a terrible actress who thinks she's a good actress. A good actress wouldn't try so hard, IMO.

[Julyolo]

Retrospectively now I'm thinking the reason Erica never talked all that much in the past was because she is afflicted with helium voice. What was the business of her standing solemnly outside the door at Kyle's before she went in? Looked like something out of the Handmaiden's Tale. Or the Devil's Handmaiden's Tale.

[eleanorofaquitaine]

9 minutes ago, RealHousewife said:

Some Real Housewife homes are so beautiful but museumlike. Kyle's homes always have a warmth to them. 

I think that is in part because these are her actual homes as opposed to the weird rentals that many Housewives get into.

[Julyolo]

Okay. Now she is coming straight out and saying based on what other people have said, and her own intuition she felt he was mentally declining. Yet she still walked away from him. Heinous.

Edited July 22, 2021 by Julyolo

[FlyingEgret]

Erika: when you're watching someone slowly decline...

You grab all the assets and run...

[Chicklet]

Ok now I hate Erika and Tom, I knew it couldn't last.

And Sutton, dear god did she really try to force her mother to say she missed her father? I didn't watch last year.

Edited July 22, 2021 by Chicklet

[eleanorofaquitaine]

And here it is again, the one clip of Tom talking over Erika. (I mean, I can believe he was domineering but they've showed this clip at least three times this season).

[WaltersHair]

Just now, eleanorofaquitaine said:

And here it is again, the one clip of Tom talking over Erika. (I mean, I can believe he was domineering but they've showed this clip at least three times this season).

Yes, I was thinking the same thing. Give us recent scenes of something, anything resembling this one time he corrected her in front of the wives.

[Julyolo]

 

2 minutes ago, eleanorofaquitaine said:

And here it is again, the one clip of Tom talking over Erika. (I mean, I can believe he was domineering but they've showed this clip at least three times this season).

Exactly. This is going to make that Taylor and Russell Armstrong debacle look like child's play.

Edited July 22, 2021 by Julyolo

[Straycat80]

7 minutes ago, eleanorofaquitaine said:

See, I think she's a terrible actress who thinks she's a good actress. A good actress wouldn't try so hard, IMO.

I should have said that sarcastically lol! 
 

 

9 minutes ago, Mindthinkr said:

If Erika is “broke” and all her assets are frozen, how can she afford the car service from BH to PS? I would have thought she would hitch a ride with one of the other ladies. 

and she can afford an assistant and a couple glam squad members and she’s staying at a hotel instead of with Kyle. 

[RealHousewife]

Hey Dorit, even if you had nothing to due with PK's legal stuff, if he owed someone more than a million dollars, that money should have been paid back before you two live like royalty. 

Edited July 22, 2021 by RealHousewife

[Mindthinkr]

2 minutes ago, Straycat80 said:

and she can afford an assistant and a couple glam squad members and she’s staying at a hotel instead of with Kyle. 

Her story is not matching what she is doing. After years of having a glam squad, did she really make herself up for these scenes (not to mention her hair with extensions)? 

[Emmeline]

The scene of Sutton telling Erika that her father killed himself 2 days before Christmas tells everything about Erika.  She is so friggin cold.  Had I been guzzling down a glass of whatever, and a friend or acquaintance told me that story, I would have stopped drinking immediately and addressed the storyteller.  Erika just keeps gulping and addresses Sutton in her usual monotone.  Cold as ice.

Edited July 22, 2021 by Emmeline

[Julyolo]

Message to Lisa Rinna. The Pet Shop Boys called and they want that sequin tracksuit back.

[WaltersHair]

Wasn't there some law reforms back in the early 2000's concerning the 'innocent spouse'. It might just be tax related and not asset related.

Why is Erika not staying with Kyle?

[bosawks]

Erika’s voice is morphing into some sort of Muppet sucking down helium while on Quaaludes.

[Straycat80]

Oh poor Erika can’t afford to heat her pool. My heart bleeds for her (sarcasm). 

Kathy acts older than 62. I think it’s an act. She was on WWHL and didn’t act so dense. I like her though. 

[sistermagpie]

Kinda love the flashback of Sutton's mom telling her she doesn't miss her father even if Sutton wants her to. She really laid it out perfectly. You had your relationship with him and I had mine.

[Andi27]

Kathy scrubbing the spices and broken glass into the tile! Every Housewives show needs this level of comic relief.

[Straycat80]

3 minutes ago, WaltersHair said:

 

Why is Erika not staying with Kyle?

Because she needs her ‘alone space’ because she’s going thru ‘so much’. 

[eleanorofaquitaine]

Rinna's sequined track suit is ridiculous but she's not wrong with saying that when else is she going to wear that thing?

[Mindthinkr]

I am also now wondering (after Erika chats with Rinna about going over expenses line by line and turning off the heat to her pool) who she is boarding her dog with? The money is adding up. Well, it is…what she’s still spending. 

[Julyolo]

2 minutes ago, WaltersHair said:

 

5 minutes ago, WaltersHair said:

Wasn't there some law reforms back in the early 2000's concerning the 'innocent spouse'. It might just be tax related and not asset related.

Why is Erika not staying with Kyle?

 

I think you're correct innocent spouse being about taxes. However, "willful blindness" is a federally chargeable offense.

[Mindthinkr]

Hey @bosawks she just admitted to the Quaalude lol. 

[eleanorofaquitaine]

"I'm not confessing." I feel like production really is sending a message with Erika. 

[heatherchandler]

11 minutes ago, Julyolo said:

Okay. Now she is coming straight out and saying based on what other people have said, and her own intuition she felt he was mentally declining. Yet she still walked away from him.

At first she had one story with her BS reasons for leaving, but now that the criminal stuff is coming out, she needs a new “reason” for leaving.  THE LIES!  THE LIES!  THE LIES!

She can’t keep her lies and fake “anger” straight.

Jesus Christ the fawning over Erika the crook!  The crying and the hugging uugh.  

Now she’s so upset he didn’t see a doctor?  Ok.

Kyle shut up!  Omg she’s always acting just so goofy and manic.  Is she high?  I feel like she’s trying to act like her life is just so fabulous she can’t help but giggle and laugh all the time.  It’s so weird!

[Julyolo]

2 minutes ago, eleanorofaquitaine said:

"I'm not confessing." I feel like production really is sending a message with Erika. 

I'm living for the episode where she tells us she decided to "take the plea".

[bosawks]

4 minutes ago, Mindthinkr said:

Hey @bosawks she just admitted to the Quaalude lol. 

Just need two more for the trifecta!

[Chicklet]

Oh I love Erika's hand to her forehead Ohhh the Humanity (sniffle).

[eleanorofaquitaine]

Well, Erika really is doing the most with this "he drove off a cliff, he had a head injury" story.

[Julyolo]

I like that Kathy Hilton. She let's everyone else ask all the questions while she just circles around like a shark that smells Erika's blood in the water

Edited July 22, 2021 by Julyolo

[bosawks]

I feel like Dorit is sitting back and taking notes on what not to do for when PK meets the inevitable.

[Andi27]

What is this car accident story? I have to say I'm with Sutton on this so far.

[Straycat80]

Question: when this all goes to court, can they use all these things Erika is saying about Tom against him? 

[WaltersHair]

1 minute ago, Chicklet said:

Oh I love Erika's hand to her forehead Ohhh the Humanity (sniffle).

Courtesy of the Urban Dictionary: Velcro Forehead!--the act of dramatically slapping back of wrist against forehead, swooning with eyes rolled back--in dismay over some minor inconvenience...

[sistermagpie]

I can't believe Erika is actually trying to make it seem like Tom's Dementia apparently led him pocket other peoples' money and, from what we've seen so far, nothing else. I mean, the guy's allegedly been practicing law, right? But nobody at his law office has been working around that? No clients have complained about anything along those lines?

[Julyolo]

Just now, Straycat80 said:

Question: when this all goes to court, can they use all these things Erika is saying about Tom against him? 

I don't know, but as for the show she would have had a more sympathetic role of playing the supportive wife to the demented lawyer that met with misfortune. Just saying.

Maybe it's a remake of Chinatown. "He's a bastard, he's demented, he's cheating on me......."