S17.E12: Pumpkins & Paparazzi - The Real Housewives Of Orange County

May 2024 ยท 3 minute read

I don't think Shannon gets to skate by on a technicality. I'm almost positive she outright said that the words "Child Protective Services" never came out of her mouth at all. She would never! May she be struck down dead which is how we should know she's telling the truth! So she's still a liar and/or a drunk, and sorry Tamra but you'd better be standing right next to her when lightning strikes.

The audacity of Tamra to say that Heather and Emily are "bullying" Shannon. I can't believe that came out of Tamra's mouth.

I give the producers credit, they're not taking sides and are calling out Heather and Shannon equally. Heather's not the one gossiping in front of the camera, but she lost her moral high ground when she revealed everything in her interview (although I do appreciate finally knowing what was said). And true to form, Shannon silently seething at the table when attention turns to the business endeavors of women she's not on good terms with (and she's done that enough times over the years for me not to give her the benefit of the doubt that she was just upset about the CPS argument that her BFF brought up to her in the first place). At least she knew better than to whip out her phone this time, but still she had to hightail it out of there as soon as possible.

Unfortunately Tamra seems to be skating by on being THE instigator, and so far only Gina is onto her (though Jen appears to be waking up as well). Tamra's likely been plotting revenge against Shannon and Heather for years, and by playing the two against each other she gets to kill both with one stone.

I'll admit I like Gina for the most part (vocal fry New York meets Valley girl voice aside), but still I'll hand it to her for keeping her cool when Tamra dragged herself and Shannon down below the gutter with the Travis remark. The only way they weren't going to come off as trash for bringing that up was if Gina flew off the handle, so I'm glad she didn't give the response Tamra was after.

Shannon clinging onto Tamra out of fear or desperation is the biggest mistake she's made. According to Shannon a few weeks ago, Tamra mentioning John at all was all that evil Gina and Emily's fault. I'm sure somehow it'll magically be Heather, Gina or Emily's to blame if word gets out that John and Shannon aren't getting married.

Edited August 31, 2023 by dmeets

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