S5.E6: Mafia Wives and Bad Vibes

[ZettaK]

Angie celebrates her 25th wedding anniversary with a mafia-themed party; Whitney accuses Lisa of leaking the rumour about her jewellery company; Mary and Angie accuse Heather of being two faced; Britani is caught in a love triangle.

First aired on 10/23/2024.

[ZettaK]

So, Whitney is concerned about who exposed her to divert from where she purchased her jewelry from (her vendors). 

[Baltimore Betty]

Mary sitting on a couch telling two young girls that she was fine, she could go on but she is fine...the blank stares from those two girls was priceless. Never change Mary, never change.

Britani didn't look like her usual self and I was not sure if it was Jared or not Jared as well.

 

[Steph J]

I'm sorry, Justin thought it was okay for him to invite someone to someone else's party? What?

I did not know that there was a Jared Osmond before this show and I would like to go back to a time when I did not know that he existed, please. His appeal is as baffling as Harry Dubin's was on RHONY. Like... this guy? Really? Why?

[Pi237]

Ugh Fake. Fake. Fake. I feel like I’m watching a highlight reel for the soap opera awards 

[bosawks]

Not to be unkind but I hope he chokes on his stupid Mr. Ed, Osmond, Chiclet teeth.

Actually, in retrospect, I think I do mean to be unkind.

[Steph J]

Lol, imagine being Lisa Barlow's security guy and having your job consist 100% of nonsense like having to call police precincts around the country to defend her honor.

[BloggerAloud]

This was one of the all time best/funniest episodes of this entire franchise. The drama, the screwball, the soap opera of it all.

I do love how both Mary and Bronwyn have Heather's number so clearly, especially now that Heather really doesn't have a storyline so she has to shit stir to be relevant.

[Saph]

Jared: "I didn't come here to cause a scene."

Also Jared:  "I came here because I miss you & I wanted to see you."🙄🤮

Edited October 24 by Saph

[Straycat80]

How stupid and fake. Yeah, right, Bravo producers Whatshisface invited Jared Osmond to the party. And Britani’s face like Freddy Krueger just walked into the room. I rolled my eyes so hard I still have a headache. This was all for drama. And it’s not even interesting. 
I'm tired of the dumb fights with these women. I  rolled my eyes at Lisa’s melt down too. You know she’s guilty. 

I loved Mary sitting on the couch with the young girls and them looking at her like who is this crazy lady. 

Edited October 24 by Straycat80

[Marley]

Damn what is Mary’s son on? He seems so fucked up. Bronwyn sure knows how to suck up to her.

Podcasters being so involved with the housewives & their storylines is annoying.

Mary saying hi Jared to Aaron cracked me up.

Britani continues to be so annoying.

Jared showing up to the party seems so fake. Britani was so dramatic about it. It all seems so high school. If real then is just another game on Jared’s part. Again Britani is so stupid.

Whitney no one cares about your jewellery line.

Lisa calling security instantly lol - I don’t know if she did plant the story or not but she entertains me.

Justin is so lame.

[bosawks]

As much as I find Mary reprehensible, entertaining but reprehensible, her son just makes me sad.

He really shouldn’t be on our screens.

[dancingdreamer]

Omg, I was as muddled as Mary when Jared walked in. I cracked out laughing  when she said "Hi Jared " to Aaron. Then told Meredith  it was Jared, if nothing  else  she's providing me with laughs.

I liked Angie's  theme,I saw gangster's paradise  written  and hoped they'd play it, loudly.

Heather is a pot stitrer, she says things and waits to see if anything happens . Omg Lisa, I get your upset,  but she shrieks into that  phone. 

I think  Marys son is on drugs, and she wants him to be under the same roof as her. Better  than being  on the streets, but we don't  need to see him. 

[Chatty Cake]

Angie is enjoying her pretend Greek mafia status a little too much. I wonder if Meredith regrets bringing it up last season.
I enjoy Bronwyns scenes but her complaining about Heather talking about people behind their backs is a bit much. What show did she think she joined? 
I wish Lisa had simply told Bobble head that yes she left the jewelry behind because she though it was Alibaba crap. 

We interrupt the scheduled Osmond drama for a John and Justin showdown.
 

[pasdetrois]

3 hours ago, dancingdreamer said:

I think  Marys son is on drugs, and she wants him to be under the same roof as her. Better  than being  on the streets, but we don't  need to see him. 

Crossover potential with Intervention. For real.

[SweetieDarling]

2 hours ago, Chatty Cake said:

I wish Lisa had simply told Bobble head that yes she left the jewelry behind because she though it was Alibaba crap. 

I kind of wish Lisa had played stupid and said "oh my gosh! Where did you find it? I've been looking for it everywhere!" so that Whitney could give it back to her and she could throw it out again

[Baltimore Betty]

10 hours ago, Straycat80 said:

I loved Mary sitting on the couch with the young girls and them looking at her like who is this crazy lady. 

The younger girl leaned over towards Mary almost looking like she was asking if Mary was ok.  That scene would be the perfect sizzle reel if Mary wanted to try to shop her own show.

Comedy gold, Jerry, comedy gold!

[Baltimore Betty]

10 hours ago, Marley said:

Damn what is Mary’s son on? He seems so fucked up. Bronwyn sure knows how to suck up to her.

Podcasters being so involved with the housewives & their storylines is annoying.

Mary saying hi Jared to Aaron cracked me up.

Britani continues to be so annoying.

Jared showing up to the party seems so fake. Britani was so dramatic about it. It all seems so high school. If real then is just another game on Jared’s part. Again Britani is so stupid.

Whitney no one cares about your jewellery line.

Lisa calling security instantly lol - I don’t know if she did plant the story or not but she entertains me.

Justin is so lame.

100%

Isn't that breaking the fourth wall when they talk to podcasters about storylines?

Mary should have asked her son's girlfriend to leave, addicts hate consequences, and hopefully has taken the keys to his car.

Whitney should consider herself lucky that few people outside of the viewers of this show even know about her jewelry line, so she should stop bringing the Ali Baba rumor (truth) up because who is buying that crap anyway?

Jared wasn't Aaron? Like there was a big difference. Aaron said he and Britani had been dating for a month so why was she riding so hard for Jared?

Justin inviting Jared was at productions urging, right? I do not give Justin the brain power to do that on his own.

 

 

 

[dmeets]

Angie was funny, awkwardly walking her uninvited guest through the food options.  Was Lisa trying to get Brittani and the others pissed and blaming Angie for Jared's arrival? I'm such a good friend I'd have told him to leave."

So Justin is buddies with Jared? Did Whitney ever bring that up? Guess Salt Lake City really is a small town given that all of Brittani's beaus have 1 or 2 degrees of separation from at least one person in her friend group.

[ZettaK]

15 hours ago, BloggerAloud said:

This was one of the all time best/funniest episodes of this entire franchise. The drama, the screwball, the soap opera of it all.

I do love how both Mary and Bronwyn have Heather's number so clearly, especially now that Heather really doesn't have a storyline so she has to shit stir to be relevant.

Good episode.

Leaving Mormonism can take you that far as a storyline. Didn't she say she was writing another book?

[Saph]

Weren't Whitney & Lisa BFFs last season?  And now Angie & Mary are BFFs?  How long until they are sworn enemies?  
From: "I got your back," to: "You threw me under the bus," in the blink of an eye... gotta earn that paycheck I guess. 🙄

[Pi237]

I loved Angie having fun with the Greek Mafia theme. The poster invites were funny.  I shouldn't comment on looks, but wow she's had a lot of work done. Her before and after wedding portraits, right next to each other, looked like two very different people.  Her hubby was a hottie with that Lorenzo Lamas hair back in the day.

Everyone getting at mad at Heather for ratting them all out was kind of dumb.  Don't start none, won't be none. You're talking smack about each other in front of a camera. Duh.  All of the fights are getting so repetitive, its Boring. And that applies across all of the franchises. You get a glimpse of people acting authentic and enjoying themselves, and then-"OK someone has to have a fight now! Who's up?"

Mary's enabling her son and his 'wife' to live and use in luxury and comfort. I certainly understand the desire to keep him close vs knowing what could happen on the streets, but she's doing him no favors just letting it happen. Very sad.  

So many ill fitting designer dresses. "Is that Valentino?" Lol. I'm a poor, so I guess the equivalent would be, Is that a Target?! Haha no one asks that. It sounds so weird.

Whitney, shut up. No one really cares. But Lisa's husband knowing instantly who she was calling was hilarious. I bet every time he makes her mad, she's calling her investigator!

[Vanderboom]

2 hours ago, Pi237 said:

Whitney, shut up. No one really cares.

I really want this to be someone's tagline for next season. It seemed to me that Whitney was trying to recapture some of the magic that was Heather's Scooby-Doo-like dramatic unmasking of Monica last season (Receipts! Proof! Timeline! Screenshots!). OMG guys, Whitney got verbal confirmation that it was Lisa. Stop the presses!

Oh, Britani. You are so . . . Sweet Valley High. Why is Britani more upset that Lisa told Jared to stop toying with her than she is that Jared keeps toying with her? He won't commit and he won't let her move on. Fine. But now you've made this everyone else's problem. They have to hear you whining about him and have Jared crash their parties. This seems like way too much work.

Edited October 24 by Vanderboom
Spelled Britani's name in two incorrect ways.

[BloggerAloud]

2 hours ago, Pi237 said:

Everyone getting at mad at Heather for ratting them all out was kind of dumb.  Don't start none, won't be none. You're talking smack about each other in front of a camera. Duh.  All of the fights are getting so repetitive, its Boring. And that applies across all of the franchises. You get a glimpse of people acting authentic and enjoying themselves, and then-"OK someone has to have a fight now! Who's up?"

 

 I think Bronwyn is pointing out, in her subtext, Heather has no storyline OTHER than being a Sheree bone collector. The fact that Heather is even still on the show is surprising given how she lied on production and whatnot. And I say this as someone who really liked Heather season one.

[lasu]

Gee, I wonder if there were any other reasons to want to stay home on Grandparents' Day. Hmmh...anything unusual about the family that might make Grandparents' Day awkward...No? Nothing? OK, then. Sure. 

[albarino]

2 hours ago, lasu said:

Hmmh...anything unusual about the family that might make Grandparents' Day awkward...No? Nothing? OK, then. Sure. 

This is hilarious!!

The episode annoyed me.  Bronwyn cornering the hostess at her party to stir shit about Heather was unnecessary.  Bronwyn strikes me as just so smug.

Justin inviting Jared was actually pretty rude.  But we already know Justin doesn't have a very well defined sense of right and wrong, don't we.

Whit being mad at Lisa for something she can't articulate (and I don't understand) is annoying.  However, selling Alibaba jewelry as your own design must involve very high levels of corporate espionage so Lisa is going to run it into the ground for us.  Goodie.

Mary is also displaying very bad judgement to allow her son to be filmed.  Of course Bronwyn brought a highly inappropriate giant orchid for Mary's house and she also loved the place.  Alrighty then.

 

[ZettaK]

4 hours ago, BloggerAloud said:

 I think Bronwyn is pointing out, in her subtext, Heather has no storyline OTHER than being a Sheree bone collector. The fact that Heather is even still on the show is surprising given how she lied on production and whatnot. And I say this as someone who really liked Heather season one.

It is shocking she is still on the show. She didn't only lie to production, she said that maybe a crew member caused her black eye, there was an internal investigation, and Bravo was not happy about it.

[princelina]

2 hours ago, albarino said:

Of course Bronwyn brought a highly inappropriate giant orchid for Mary's house and she also loved the place.  Alrighty then.

Someone here posted previously (and I agreed) that Bronwyn and Mary share a similar tacky taste when it comes to house decor 😃

[Glama]

Run, not Jared, run!

[Palimelon]

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Run, not Jared, run!

I haven't seen a HW trying to produce her own soap opera story this much since Kenya and her relationship with Walter on season 5 of RHOA.

[Pi237]

I actually don’t mind Brownwyn. She seems to know how to play the game well. Her fashions are hideous, but entertainingly so.  She’s not afraid to call anyone out on their double standards. I knew she’d Love Mary’s house.  The way she acts seems to be who she genuinely is vs Brittany who is auditioning for Days of Our Lives every time the camera is near her. She might be a sweet girl, but she annoys me. And as someone else pointed out, she’s too new for her ‘will they or won’t they’ relationship to be interesting. 

[KristenR]

4 hours ago, Palimelon said:

I haven't seen a HW trying to produce her own soap opera story this much since Kenya and her relationship with Walter on season 5 of RHOA.

She's not even a Housewife! She's a friend of. Doing full time work for part time pay.

[princelina]

19 hours ago, KristenR said:

She's not even a Housewife! She's a friend of. Doing full time work for part time pay.

What surprises me is how into it the Osmond Cousin seems to be 😄

[SemiCharmedLife]

On 10/26/2024 at 12:52 PM, princelina said:

What surprises me is how into it the Osmond Cousin seems to be 😄

Goes to show how far down the Osmond Royalty ladder he is...

[JenE4]

Other than the Whitney-Lisa Alibaba controversy, I literally have no idea what everyone else is fighting about or whose side everyone is on or even who is mad at whom. Everyone is just yelling and I can’t even decipher what they’re yelling about. I thought everyone was mad at Whitney but now they all seem to be mad at Heather? I think they’re all just trying too hard to make a TV show that I can’t even follow what they’re all hollering about. Justin and Mary seem to be the only ones who are making brilliant production decisions. Yes, Justin! Call your buddy Jarod Osmond to show up while Britany is canoodling with an Alibaba version of Jarod! Yes, Mary, vent to some random 12-year-olds about your as-seen-on-TV friendship problems. This is the content we tune in for!

[KristenR]

On 10/26/2024 at 12:52 PM, princelina said:

What surprises me is how into it the Osmond Cousin seems to be 😄

He's giving me Peter Thomas vibes.

[princelina]

4 hours ago, KristenR said:

He's giving me Peter Thomas vibes.

I don't know who that is!

[KristenR]

Real Housewives of Atlanta. Peter was Cynthia Bailey's husband and often seemed like a man in pursuit of a peach of his own.

[rlc]

11 hours ago, KristenR said:

Real Housewives of Atlanta. Peter was Cynthia Bailey's husband and often seemed like a man in pursuit of a peach of his own.

He's so messy and thirsty, he's even made his way over to Potomac.

[Stats Queen]

9 hours ago, rlc said:

He's so messy and thirsty, he's even made his way over to Potomac.

He might be going to a 3rd house where there are a lot of cameras

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/real-housewives-stars-ex-faces-5-years-prison-not-paying-taxes-clubs-he-owns/CA6BRPQZQJERXD6ERATOXRJCYY/

[Baltimore Betty]

10 hours ago, Stats Queen said:

He might be going to a 3rd house where there are a lot of cameras

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/real-housewives-stars-ex-faces-5-years-prison-not-paying-taxes-clubs-he-owns/CA6BRPQZQJERXD6ERATOXRJCYY/

And this is who Wendy was asking advice from about opening a restaurant!

[ZettaK]

Poor Britani. She seemed to be seriously upset when Jared showed up. She really likes this loser who is playing her. 

Edited October 31 by ZettaK

[ChristmasJones]

I have to admit when they showed the two blue kitchens next to each other (Mary and Bronwyn) I did really like Bronwyn's!  Surprised me.  

[princelina]

20 hours ago, ChristmasJones said:

I have to admit when they showed the two blue kitchens next to each other (Mary and Bronwyn) I did really like Bronwyn's!  Surprised me.  

Maybe she hasn't had a chance to "decorate" in there yet! 😃

[ZettaK]

Mafia Wife chic is a trend. That's why Angie chose it as a theme (on top of Meredith saying she was part of the Greek mafia). Fur coats, Versace and Cavalli clothes (especially vintage), gold jewelry, big hair. 

[Baltimore Betty]

2 hours ago, ZettaK said:

Mafia Wife chic is a trend. That's why Angie chose it as a theme (on top of Meredith saying she was part of the Greek mafia). Fur coats, Versace and Cavalli clothes (especially vintage), gold jewelry, big hair. 

Are we going to call it Carmelacore?

[ladle1]

Jared is like an AI rendering of a manipulative douchebag. Ugh. So gross.

On the other hand, it's hard to feel bad for Brittani, who is a middle-aged woman with the psyche of a 12-year-old. 

But, most importantly, who invites someone else to a party that he's only attending himself as a guest, without at least asking the hosts if it would be all right??

[ladle1]

I'm not a Lisa Barlow fan for so many reasons, but, "Honey, you should not be anywhere near dots" had me laughing so hard. 

On 10/23/2024 at 8:24 PM, ZettaK said:

So, Whitney is concerned about who exposed her to divert from where she purchased her jewelry from (her vendors). 

If she's trying to divert attention .... ummm....

On 10/23/2024 at 10:36 PM, Marley said:

Damn what is Mary’s son on? He seems so fucked up.

Yeah, I recognize that all reality TV is exploitative to some extent, but it seems like a whole other gross level of exploitation to put this person, who is clearly struggling with drug addiction, on our screens. 

Edited 4 hours ago by ladle1

[ladle1]

On 10/24/2024 at 1:54 PM, Pi237 said:

"Is that Valentino?" Lol. I'm a poor, so I guess the equivalent would be, Is that a Target?! Haha no one asks that. It sounds so weird.

The other day someone at work and I bonded over a blazer from Old Navy we had both purchased. That is how we plebians form connections, I suppose. :) 

On 10/24/2024 at 1:54 PM, Pi237 said:

Mary's enabling her son and his 'wife' to live and use in luxury and comfort. I certainly understand the desire to keep him close vs knowing what could happen on the streets, but she's doing him no favors just letting it happen. Very sad. 

While I'll never defend Mary in any other respect, I feel she's probably between a rock and a hard place with her son. Someone else suggested she kick the girlfriend out, but she's probably worried that then he'd go right with her, and I see her point about how at least when he's home, she knows he's safe. Especially if she herself feels abandoned by her mother, I could see her not wanting to do anything that might alienate her son. I'm not an expert on addiction, so I don't know if she's handling it the "right" way, but I do understand and sympathize with her thought process. Heartbreaking situation, truly. 

[ladle1]

On 10/24/2024 at 4:08 PM, Vanderboom said:

Why is Britani more upset that Lisa told Jared to stop toying with her than she is that Jared keeps toying with her?

I'm not saying their relationship is abusive, but it reminds me of someone in an abusive relationship getting mad at a friend or family member for "making [the abuser] mad at me." Ugh. 

On 10/28/2024 at 12:54 PM, JenE4 said:

canoodling with an Alibaba version of Jarod!

Omg I just spit out my coffee. Bwahahaha.