S10.E05: Tea for Tat

[farmgal4]

2 minutes ago, poeticlicensed said:

Tinsley - the cutsey crazy act may work when you are 18, but it's not a good look on a woman over 40. Try to control yourself. Scott will be deaf from all the screaming 

I agree.  I like Tinsley a lot, but she has the maturity of a schoolgirl when she’s around a man.  Or at least THAT man.

[njbchlover]

1 hour ago, psychoticstate said:

What in the holy hell is Carole wearing in the beginning while hailing a cab?  Did she raid The Green Lantern's wardrobe? 

I thought she was channeling that younger "girl about town" Carrie Bradshaw from Sex and the City....isn't Carole friends with Candace Bushnell?  

[breezy424]

From what I understood from Tins, Scott broke up with her.  She was ready to move to Chicago.

So is pathetic.  She's always feeling sorry for herself.  Her great marriage.  They loved each other.  Then why did you file for divorce (wasn't So the one who filed?  Correct me if I'm wrong).

Yeah, I'm with team if you felt so bad for So why didn't you move over at the brunch next to So?

So now we've got Nivea product placement and that massage person (what was the company?  Didn't they have a commercial too?)  And then we've got Skinnygirl jeans.

Ro left her own pretend party? 

[hoodooznoodooz]

Compare Tinsley reacting to Scott at her door to Dorit seeing her son at her birthday party. 

[njbchlover]

15 minutes ago, poeticlicensed said:

Tinsley - the cutsey crazy act may work when you are 18, but it's not a good look on a woman over 40. Try to control yourself. Scott will be deaf from all the screaming 

I seriously think that Tinsley does not have a clue as to how old she is.  Hair style, apparel choices, behaviors - she has a severe case of arrested development.  She acts like a 18-22 year old - even to calling her mother over the "surprise visit".  As if that surprise was real.  NOT!!!  

Edited May 3, 2018 by njbchlover

[Gem 10]

Sorry, but I don't think it was either funny or cute the way Dorinda was fooling around with the young guy that was almost asking LuAnn out, if that what he was doing.  She's trying to be funny, but she's coming off inappropriate.  The guy ran away.  Dorinda is getting louder and louder and out of hand.  Overly made up, drinking and acting "uncool".  IMO.   Never mind Sonja, someone has to straighten out Dorinda with the drinking.

Edited May 3, 2018 by Gem 10

[noveltylibrary]

I just don't understand why Tinsley comes off as desperate...it can't be her bio clock ticking, she's got frozen eggs!

[dosodog]

58 minutes ago, KungFuBunny said:

Why do I feel like Tinsley was a bit too psycho and intense for Scott?

Because she was!  Some of his expressions were very much "Ooooo.  I made a mistake...."  She was Schaena "Rob can hang a tv in 7 minutes" cringe worthy. 

39 minutes ago, TexasGal said:

Is Tinsley a secret spokesperson for Nivea?  What was with the weird lotion product placement?

That scene made me realize I'm a snob.  If I'm paying you to come to my house for beauty stuff, and I'm pretty sure Priv ain't cheap....You better come with some high end spa stuff and not something I can get at the super store.

Not that Nivea isn't a worthy product.

I'm uncomfortable with the who has a worse loss storyline.  It's getting? I don't know, I just don't like it and I find it sad.  I don't want an entire season of this.

And Carole kind of wants it both ways.  Death is on a different plane than divorce, but a relationship she referred to with an expiration date is on the same level as marriage. 

I know, I know.  Luanne/Tom never should have happened, etc., but my point is...

Carole should shut up and think about the complexity of life outside of her experience. 

[KungFuBunny]

1 minute ago, dosodog said:

Because she was!  Some of his expressions were very much "Ooooo.  I made a mistake...."  She was Schaena "Rob can hang a tv in 7 minutes" cringe worthy. 

 

I thought of Chunk when he first meets Sloth

[Neeners]

I was a little distracted this episode, but it didn't seem as good as last week. I'll watch it again, though. The previews for next week look good!

[Gem 10]

OMG .. Tinsley is so over the top with everything.  I'm really surprised she hasn't turned off Scott yet.  Falling on the floor????

[MBJ]

1 hour ago, ShawnaLanne said:

Oh for sure.  So psycho. But clearly he likes it.

Re: Tinsley;

I wouldn't use the word psycho but I get it.  To me she seems like a child.  I don't hold anything against her; as long as the people in her life are fine with it, and it truly seems like they are.  But she just seems REALLY childish.  Calling her mom and squealing at her not to make a stocking of his ex's dog or whatever.  God.  She's a kid!

Why was Dorinda drunk when Luann was apartment shopping?!  LOL.  I love to drink but I draw the line somewhere

Edited May 3, 2018 by Ms Blue Jay

[Maire]

Scott looked better last year but this season he looks a little off. Maybe embarrassed by Tinsley's over the top reaction.

[LilaFowler]

39 minutes ago, Neeners said:

Yup! Mentioned her big head. You win!

Yeah. Imagine if Luann made a similar comment about Carole's overbite.

[ichbin]

1 hour ago, TexasGal said:

Is Tinsley a secret spokesperson for Nivea?  What was with the weird lotion product placement?

I have to admit that product placement was one of the most artfully accomplished in any show I've seen.  Tinsley acted that scene very naturally too.  I think she still came off like a twit in the rest of the episode though, particularly when she threw herself on the floor.  Ughh!

[ShawnaLanne]

5 minutes ago, Ms Blue Jay said:

Re: Tinsley;

I wouldn't use the word psycho but I get it.  To me she seems like a child.  I don't hold anything against her; as long as the people in her life are fine with it, and it truly seems like they are.  But she just seems REALLY childish.  Calling her mom and squealing at her not to make a stocking of his ex's dog or whatever.  God.  She's a kid!

Why was Dorinda drunk when Luann was apartment shopping?!  LOL.  I love to drink but I draw the line somewhere

Her crying and falling to the ground was a bit psycho to me,  but you know childish works better. 

I'm just going to say that my problems drinking got really bad when I drank to enjoy mundane events.

[Kiki777]

I have a feeling Tinsley's mom puts a lot of pressure on her to marry well, and soon.  She came off just as desperate, making holiday plans with him already.

i forgot the whole backstory about Tin's arrest before her first season, but wasn't it something like stalking her ex? I can kinda see that now when she was talking tonight about how desperately she wants to get back with Scott.

I agree that Ramona looks great in those TH shots with the long bob slightly curled, that's the prettiest I've seen her look in years.

for once I don't mind Bethany's bragging about her charitable work.  She's actually getting shit done, not half-heartedly tossing paper towels at people who don't even have any water to wipe up.

[Jel]

1 hour ago, KungFuBunny said:

I've heard that but I still think she's a bit psycho

I do too -- that falling on the floor and the caterwauling.  Hub and I were like, whaaaa?

[njbchlover]

10 minutes ago, ichbin said:

I have to admit that product placement was one of the most artfully accomplished in any show I've seen.  Tinsley acted that scene very naturally too.  I think she still came off like a twit in the rest of the episode though, particularly when she threw herself on the floor.  Ughh!

It was good except for the fact that the Nivea hand cream bottle was clearly visible on the counter (I actually thought it was Tinsley's bottle), and then, Tinsley is asking the Priv girl "Do you have any hand lotion in there?" - pointing to the makeup bag, and the Priv girl talks about this great Nivea moisturizing lotion.  

[MadLove]

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Good lord. I think Tinsley broke my damn eardrums and i'm pretty sure every Dog in Manhattan heard her when Scott arrived. You better run Scott, girlfriend is nuts.

 

Sonja, please seek professional help. It's painful watching you.

[MinorL]

Tinsley is insane, but I loved the shoes she was wearing with the red dress (I got a pretty good look at them when she was lying on the floor).  

[Juniebaby]

Am I the only one who feels that going to a “party” in a high end store and shopping doesn’t seem like fun.  I would think you would feel obligated to buy some over priced item since you’re there & other people are buying.  How do you even arrange something like that and does the host pay anything?  

[breezy424]

Gosh, I guess I'm over on the other side of pool....Yes, Tins reaction to seeing Scott was a little over the top but I'd rather see that than having to listen to So and her great love story with Morgan and the yachts, etc.   It didn't bother me that much.  Tin's mom was the one who brought up Christmas and the stocking...and I did laugh when her mom brought up the dog....which belonged to Scott's ex. 

[islandgal140]

1 hour ago, dosodog said:

Because she was!  Some of his expressions were very much "Ooooo.  I made a mistake...."  She was Schaena "Rob can hang a tv in 7 minutes" cringe worthy. Not that Nivea isn't a worthy product.

I immediately thought of Gob from Arrested Development

Run Scott, Run.  

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That scene made me realize I'm a snob.  If I'm paying you to come to my house for beauty stuff, and I'm pretty sure Priv ain't cheap....You better come with some high end spa stuff and not something I can get at the super store.

For real. For that type of money I want that Gwyneth Paltrow Goop type shit. You know, made from the milk of rare Himalayan organic Yak milk, guava grown in the most remote regions in Central America, black truffles and yarubi melons. 

She maybe problematic about some things but Luanne truly lived up to her Countess title and practice what she preached about etiquette with how classy she was when being blindsided  by Missy AGAIN because of Ramona's nasty messy ass. Well done!

Bethanny is a big money boss. I can't wait to see her newly renovated apt. That closet alone in NYC is friggin' insane! 

Edited May 3, 2018 by islandgal140

[AttackTurtle]

Ramona is going to be one heck of a shit stirrer this season.  From Luanne & Missy, Dorinda and Sonja, to Bethenny and Carole, she’s got her little fingers in all of it.  

I love me some crazy Ramona, but the idea that she Carole are going to be besties makes me give all sorts of side eye at Carole.

[mbaywife123]

Agree with KFB about the lunch and switching chairs.

Beth should have stood up and told Ramona to take her (B's) chair and that she (B) would be taking her plate and moving to Ramonas former seat to finish her meal and catch up with the ladies at the other end of the table. 

This would have made SonJa feel included and left Ramona holding the bullshit bag.

Doris is becoming unraveled, and it looks like it continues in coming episodes.

Edited May 3, 2018 by mbaywife123

[Kaia40]

I agree that Tinsley was over the top when Scott surprised her but, Carole is the last person that I’m taking relationship advice from. 

[Kaia40]

The situation with Missy was not cool on Ramona’s part but, I actually find Missy to be very nice. 

Edited May 3, 2018 by Kaia40

[English Teacher]

Almost forgot this from the Tinsley crazy attack but I had to laugh at the beginning of the episode when Ramona is complaining about how psycho Sonja is....all the while handling a giant knife.  

[mbaywife123]

3 minutes ago, Kaia40 said:

The situation with Missy was not cool on Ramona’s part but, I actually find Missy to be very nice.  Am I wrong?

I think Missy & Lu handled the situation like two grown women and it was a big FU to Ramona and Bravo production.

[hoodooznoodooz]

That Richard guy gave off a creepy vibe. 

[Thumper]

I had a giggle over Sonja over-explaining herself to two random women at the party.  The other women were trying to be polite, but not following (or caring?) at all!

[hoodooznoodooz]

Those two poor women Sonja started babbling to.

“I just want to leave here with my jewelry on. I’m not buying any fake stuff. I’m leaving with the real stuff.”

“They complain that they never see me, but then when we get together, they don’t want to hear about what I’ve been doing...Healing. Vegging out.”

Woman: Yeah. 

[ivygirl]

25 minutes ago, English Teacher said:

Almost forgot this from the Tinsley crazy attack but I had to laugh at the beginning of the episode when Ramona is complaining about how psycho Sonja is....all the while handling a giant knife.  

And yelling into the speakerphone in the middle of Sur la Table! GAH!

[Audpaud]

I do not want to see a whole Season of gaslighting SonJa. 

Or vicious, unfunny, drunk Dorinda.

[queenjen]

OMG, someone else has probably already picked this up, but Sonja to Ramona about Ramona not defending Sonja's 'beautiful marriage' to Dorinda, major freudian slip:

 

'She was only listening to .. whoresay...HEARSAY' . Indeed.

And Ramona, PLEASE stay with the shorter hair, it is so flattering. Looking over Ramona's party, we see all those superannuated UES faces that have appeared at Ramona's parties for seasons. On first glance it appears to be a room studded with California blondes. Then the vision clears and it's like ... crypt crawlers. All  these 60+ women and their long ageing hair. And the bloated fillered faces. Dorinda, Luanne and Ramona (in her TH, NOT at her party, where she was one of them as usual), look so much more sophisticated and more youthful. 

 

Tinsley: Oh dear lord. What an infant. Has she learned nothing? In what universe is it ok at over 40 to collapse into the foetal position and babble about a bouqet that's rotted into vegetal stink slime while waiting for her prince to arrive? If you must have these rituals, keep them to yourself, they are not sexy.  Scott would be justified in running a mile. He was so deeply uncomfortable. Her mother has failed to teach her anything, or Tinsley has failed to learn. And the hotel room. The frckn heels decorating the kitchen and the overobsequious room attendant? Tinsley needs to cut her hair, lose her froufrou and step into womanhood. The little girl act is no longer cute and it's definitely not sexy.

Edited May 3, 2018 by queenjen

[Jel]

Bethenny is really looking like money these days.

Scott, erm, I don't envy you if you ever have to break it off with Tinsley. I cannot see that going well.

[Lemons]

2 hours ago, Neeners said:

I was a little distracted this episode, but it didn't seem as good as last week. I'll watch it again, though. The previews for next week look good!

Don’t bother, nothing to see. That Henry Bendel “party” was so boring.  Standing around because there are no seats.  Those make up bags are tired looking having been around forever but not being good enough to obtain a classic label.  They tried to make Missy happen but she’s boring.  

[queenjen]

Tinsley is a PEG permanently. How does that happen? She is Sonja in the making. One day, it's all going to be about her marriage out of school to Topper and the lifestyle (that she threw away) etc. Because I don't see her marrying and having children, I really don't see it happening.

[English Teacher]

6 minutes ago, Jel said:

Bethenny is really looking like money these days.

Scott, erm, I don't envy you if you ever have to break it off with Tinsley. I cannot see that going well.

Well, she would certainly get another series...on the ID channel.  I hope Scott doesn’t have a pet bunny.  

[film noire]

4 hours ago, KungFuBunny said:

Why do I feel like Tinsley was a bit too psycho and intense for Scott?

She was as hyper as a female serial killer spotting her prey ("Who are you? My name is Aileen Wuornos!!") and it was all kinds of secondhand cringeworthy, but as crazy as it looked, I think that girl is canny about the man she's chasing.  However unsettled Scott might have initially been, I'm pretty sure no woman ever fell smitten to the floor in his presence before.  It may not last forever, but he'll be back for more of that ol' time religion. 

 

Sonja's Talking Head make-up = the Henri Bendel Nutcracker:

 

Edited May 3, 2018 by film noire

[zoeysmom]

3 hours ago, njbchlover said:

I thought she was channeling that younger "girl about town" Carrie Bradshaw from Sex and the City....isn't Carole friends with Candace Bushnell?  

Luann is the friend of Candace Bushnell.  Or at least she was the one who brought her to Ramona's dinner last year in the Hamptons when Dorinda went off on Sonja.  https://www.bustle.com/p/dorindas-not-well-btch-quote-on-real-housewives-of-new-york-city-is-said-to-someone-totally-unexpected-53957  I have no doubt Candace probably knows many of them. 

[phoenix780]

I found Tinsley and Scott strangely endearing. Incredibly juvenile, with the potential for major mind-breaking crazy drama later. But, in this giggly happy moment it was fun to watch. 

Luann is tough and she may be more of an expert on etiquette than I thought, because she handled the Missy stuff beautifully. Boring for me as a viewer, though, because of the restraint. At least we later got... 

The fight at the end reminded me of Atlanta...a scene with Sheree, I think, from years ago. I so want to attend a housewives party at some point to see if it's as weird in person as it appears on TV. 

[ivygirl]

I kind of liked how Tinz described Scott as a humble self-made man. And yet I admit, I still kind of giggle when I think that his claim to fame is a place called Coupon Cabin. And then I think about her fainting before him—the King of Coupon Cabin.

I actually like Scott, and ironically enough, I knew someone who worked at Coupon Cabin. If Scott was on RHONY when I worked with this other guy, you better believe I’d be asking what Scott was like. And maybe even what The Tinz was like. LOL

[Mrs Huffnagle]

This is at least the second party Ramona has "hosted" at Henri Bendel.  Now, I'm wondering if she gets a percentage of the evening's sales.

[diadochokinesis]

2 hours ago, hoodooznoodooz said:

Those two poor women Sonja started babbling to.

“I just want to leave here with my jewelry on. I’m not buying any fake stuff. I’m leaving with the real stuff.”

“They complain that they never see me, but then when we get together, they don’t want to hear about what I’ve been doing...Healing. Vegging out.”

Woman: Yeah. 

I also loved that she walks over and says that she just wants to leave with her jewelry on and that she is wearing the real stuff and not the fake stuff while making a gesture towards the display.  How obnoxious. This party was at Henri Bendel which is an extremely nice store.  It isn’t like a Sears or JCPenney’s. 

[LIMOM]

6 hours ago, Juniebaby said:

Am I the only one who feels that going to a “party” in a high end store and shopping doesn’t seem like fun.  I would think you would feel obligated to buy some over priced item since you’re there & other people are buying.  How do you even arrange something like that and does the host pay anything?  

Nope, the host is actually paid and/ or comped with free products.

This type of parties are annoying and are the modern equivalent of my aunties’ Tupperware ones in the 70’s, imv.

Plus alcohol infused shopping is never a good idea, imo. 

As far as how to arrange those parties, Ramona/Bravo  is most likely being approached by Bendel at this time.

Bendel is truly slumming here. I guess it is good national and international exposure.

Too much shilling at this point, imo. Removed Bravo from my line up. It bores me at this point.

[biakbiak]

There is no way I will believe that Sonja didn't spend that gift certificate less than a week after she got it.

[Kiki777]

Right?? She so full of crap saying she'll use it to buy something nice for her daughter.

Oh and speaking of Sonja she did shock me this episode when she was full of praise about Bethenny's new apartment.  Unless Bravo edited out the cracks about Sonja living in much larger and more luxurious digs when she was married 5 million years ago.

[CrinkleCutCat]

Wanna take bets Sonja is now a squatter living in Bethenny’s dressing room?!

Edited May 3, 2018 by CrinkleCutCat
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