S2.E12: Serving the Tee

[ZettaK]

Lesa launches her new skincare line, but it leaves some of the ladies feeling uneasy; Taleen hosts a golf getaway with the ladies and their husbands; Lesa confronts Caroline Brooks about comments she made; Taleen adds fuel to the fire.

[Pi237]

Brooks was sour, As always. Except while watching her good little soldier, Taleen doing all of her fighting for her. Then, she sat there grinning like the cat that ate the canary. I just don’t see any redeeming qualities about her.
 

Lesa did take it too far with her comments to Taleen when she Finally let Brooks fight her own battle.  Ive yet to see why Anyone would be friends with Brooks. She’s consistently a no fun-bad time.  I picture leaving her spa more stressed than I went in.  And Such a stupid argument. My spa! I own a spa! Too many Decals!  
 

Sergio was, dare I say, very funny and charming at that dinner. I finally caught a glimpse of how he fits with Stansbury. 
 

Loved Ayan’s Pakistani designer outfit with the headpiece and face jewelry. Gorgeous.  And loved how she didn’t back down from calling Brooks out. 

Edited August 28 by Pi237

[Stats Queen]

54 minutes ago, Pi237 said:

Brooks was sour, As always. Except while watching her good little soldier, Taleen doing all of her fighting for her. Then, she sat there grinning like the cat that ate the canary. I just don’t see any redeeming qualities about her.
 

Brook is just awful. Who would want to be friends with her?

[Pi237]

15 minutes ago, Stats Queen said:

Brook is just awful. Who would want to be friends with her?

Tamra from OC. Cage match. 

[dmeets]

Brooks thrives in others’ unhappiness. She’s really something else. Why does Lesa argue with her at a 5, yet takes her spats with others up to an 11?

Some of these women have no problem acting trashy in public in front of their husbands. Maybe it’s revenge for the too-long sex sessions.

Did I hear the preview correctly, next week is the finale? I guess Bravo threw in the towel. 

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Weird, since the friendship dynamics by the end of this episode don’t align at all with where things supposedly stand today. Things must really implode next week.

 

[Pi237]

5 hours ago, dmeets said:

Maybe it’s revenge for the too-long sex sessions.

 

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That’s why I loved Sergio’s joke-you Know they were all Lying! Each person’s time got longer than the one before them. 🤣

The level of opulence on this show is staggering. Their hotels are really gorgeous. I still couldn’t live there though. Too hot and it feels oddly isolated. 

[Palimelon]

Dubai isn't too bad from October to April. July and August are the worst months there, but most expats (especially white collar ones) tend to be gone during those months anyway for summer break.

[Chatty Cake]

Brooks is awful but the one that annoys me the most is Sara. She’s still going on about her fake kidnapping scare. Also, was it a housekeeper or a nanny? She has used both terms to describe the person.

Back to Brooks, she is over the top obnoxious about owning her spa. She has said that her ex-husband gave her the money for it. I don’t understand why her business is so much better than anyone else’s. Taleens seems like a good concept, pop up boot camps. Not a lot of overhead.

I started out being critical of the Sergio and Caroline relationship but they ended up being my favorites. I think he’s adorable and both are very funny at times. 

I can’t believe Lesa had all that branding and I can’t remember if it’s Mena Roe or Nena Roe. 

 

[Palimelon]

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Also, was it a housekeeper or a nanny? She has used both terms to describe the person.

In many cases in that part of the world, the same person does both jobs. And maybe also helps out in the kitchen as well.

[Baltimore Betty]

2 hours ago, Chatty Cake said:

She’s still going on about her fake kidnapping scare.

She took a nugget of shifty behavior from the Nanny/Housekeeper and ran with it them told her very young son he was going to be kidnapped...irresponsible parenting at it's best. The sad part is there is a woman in jail in Dubai for some plot she never intended to carry out, that is if you believe anything Sara says.

I do not see what the difference is in the branding for some line of merch taking over an existing business, would Caroline have allowed her spa names to be basically erased for her friends brand, I do not think so. I also think it would not go smoothly for either party.

If my friend was having a business debut and asked me to wear a white cropped sports bra and white leggings I would have to be asked to be excused, no way could I carry that outfit off like the HW's. 

Watching Ayan trying to get in to the yoga poses was like watching a baby giraffe try to learn how to walk, legs everywhere, lol.

Also, Sergio please shut the eff up about a baby, it ain't gonna happen and you knew that when you hitched your beautiful Spanish wagon to a 45 year old woman with grown kids.

I know it is hot in Dubai and the HW's dress in the craziest clothes with fabrics that don't exactly lend itself to hot weather how are they not sweating profusely on camera? Ayan at the polo match in that ridiculous hat and black gown didn't have a sweaty sheen on her, how? Lesa wears a sweater, blouse and a blazer and looks cool as a cucumber, HOW?? 

 

 

[dancingdreamer]

Lesa is just horrible  this season,  we all know Brooks is, but Lesa is looking  for an argument  wherever  they are. I noticed her husband  tried to say enough. 

Sergio and Carolyn really enjoy one another,  I love it when they are laughing , that colour of her dress at  dinner looked fabulous  on Carolyn. 

Ayan did look like she was part of swan lake  when they were golfing..lol

[sugarbaker design]

13 minutes ago, dancingdreamer said:

Sergio and Carolyn really enjoy one another,  I love it when they are laughing , that colour of her dress at  dinner looked fabulous  on Carolyn. 

They really are engaging and work well together.

It was hilarious when someone posed the question "What was your wife's childhood nickname?" and Serge answered 'how would I know, I wasn't alive'.  The person laughing loudest was Stanbury!

[heatherchandler]

1 hour ago, Baltimore Betty said:

She took a nugget of shifty behavior from the Nanny/Housekeeper and ran with it them told her very young son he was going to be kidnapped...irresponsible parenting at it's best. The sad part is there is a woman in jail in Dubai for some plot she never intended to carry out, that is if you believe anything Sara says.

YES!  I’m so bothered by this for some reason.  As she spoke with her friend, the friend said, “oh maybe to kidnap him” and now Sara tells the story as if it was a foiled kidnapping.

I bet no one is in prison, and the only thing that maybe came out of it all was Sara giving a report to the police.  People on Reddit have searched and searched and there is no evidence that anything was ever filed, let alone taken to court.  Which.. another lie that Sara is so stressed from going to court.  

Sara, the Queen of acceptance.. changed her entire face.

 

[MaggieG]

Brooks is being ridiculous once again. Lesa never pretended to own the spa. She clearly rented it our for the day for her event. And yes, she put decals up of the name because it's an event for her business and she's promoting her business! She probably heard about all the leaky toilets at Glass House and said no thank you. No way in hell is Brooks's spa a "multi-million dollar business", just like there is no way in hell she flew private when she came to Bali. 

Lesa did come in a little too hot on Taleen.

8 hours ago, Chatty Cake said:

Back to Brooks, she is over the top obnoxious about owning her spa. She has said that her ex-husband gave her the money for it. I don’t understand why her business is so much better than anyone else’s. Taleens seems like a good concept, pop up boot camps. Not a lot of overhead.

 

I believe she said it was 2 different exes that invested in it. 

Caroline and Sergio were the only ones having fun at that dinner and good for them 😅

[Pi237]

Imagine the conversation if Lesa asked Brooks if she could host her event at Glass House!? Brooks would have a thousand rules-all in opposition of Lesa promoting her brand. She'd have over charged her and spent the entire time sabotaging the event.  I did enjoy Lisa's shade disguised as politeness, something like "when I was planning this event, you didn't even cross my mind...so, it wasn't meant to slight you'. The changing expressions on Brooks' Face while she was trying to figure out if she was being insulted were hilarious.

[ZettaK]

Brooks is no fun.

As for Caroline and Sergio, they are fine together. Her ex husband who was about a year older, and her divorced after 15 years of marriage, so it doesn't matter for how long her marriage to Sergio might last. She is happy now.

[retired watcher]

Sara needs to stop giving her son so much information. He is too young to be included n these conversations. He never should have been told the extent of the threat. He is going to be a mess when he grows up if she continues this.

[Marley]

Brooks sucks but Lesa is annoying as fuck. Not sure why she got so mad at Taleen. Get mad at the right person.

Ayan is annoying too. Her outfit choices are so stupid & over the top. Wearing that shit to golfing was so stupid.

Caroline doesn’t bother me. Her & Sergio were good this episode. Enough of the stupid baby talk tho. Lesa blaming Caroline for Ayan’s shit annoys me. Caroline brought up the voice note but it was Ayan who shared it. Stop being mad at the wrong person idiot. Lesa bugs me. Her husband seems kind of like a douche too.

Sara & Akin is a joke. Seems so fake. The fake kidnapping is such bullshit. Stop bringing it up. She’s making her kid be fucked up.

The sex question answers were such lies.

Edited September 3 by Marley

[SemiCharmedLife]

I'm not a fan of Lesa this season, but I don't blame her for not having her event at Brooks' spa.  They would have been at each other's throats from the get-go.  I also can't blame her for branding her event, though she definitely took it over the top.  She didn't have to come at Taleen so strongly, though, and then try to say Taleen was the aggressor.  These ladies need to have a snappy retort when someone shades them, instead of taking it to the nuclear level.