Remember back in 2016 when, every day, someone would write an op-ed about how “this is the day Donald Trump became president”? I was reminded of this when watching the end of this episode, because it seems as though this is the day that Jenn Pedranti finally became a Housewife. She has been sweet and charming since she arrived but as close as you get to a welcome mat that everyone — especially Tamra — walks all over. Well, not anymore.
Welcome to the club, Jenn. If you can keep this up (unlike Mr. Trump), I might want to keep you around after this (also unlike Mr.
Trump). While Jenn shouting down Tamra and Heather while they get glammed in their hotel room is the climax of the hour (and, boy, did I climax after watching that scene), the episode is really about three old-school Housewives and how they all play the game differently and how the new ladies (yes, on a cast this OG, even Gina and Emily are newbies) are caught up in all of it. Last episode, Shannon Storms Beador said the lawsuit from JJ Squared was “a reality show leaking into my real life,” and everyone else around the table said the show is their real life.
I don’t know if it’s because they’re from a different era or because they’ve just honed their craft after so long, but they are playing Game of Thrones and the rest of the ladies are getting slaughtered. Tell Cersei . Shannon, Tamra, and Heather want her to know it was them.
We see this first while the women are divided into smaller groups a.