This week was the season finale of The Real Housewives of Melbourne. In true season finale form, the
ladies try to close the door on some of the drama and resolve their issue, but
will it work? We’ll find out, but let’s hope not. We want a good reunion show,
don’t we?
At the beginning of the episode, Jackie and Ben go to the
venue where they are holding the La Mascara launch party. They audition
burlesque dancers, and Jackie tells them to envision that they are a drink that
everyone wants to drink. I was surprised to see that the burlesque dancers were
real women. They weren’t model-esque 90 pound-when-soaking-wet twigs that would
blow themselves away with one good fart… Jackie and Ben say they can only hire
one of the dancers, but after the auditions, they couldn’t agree on whom to
hire, so they hired all four of them.
Then we see a phone call between Janet and Gina. Gina calls
Janet to see if she is still coming to her Girls Night In event. As you recall,
their last meeting did not go well and ended in what seemed to be the
conclusion of their friendship. Janet says she was worried that she may have
been uninvited. But the two of them agree that they’ve been friends for so long
that their friendship shouldn’t be thrown away over this drama. They decide to patch
things up and move forward. Janet admits that she sees both sides of the Andrea
and Gina issues.
While Lydia and Andrea are out having lunch, Gina calls
Lydia about attending her event. Lydia makes up a lame excuse about how she has
had plans to spend time with her mother. You can tell Gina doesn’t buy it; she
says she hopes the reason Lydia is not coming is not because of Andrea. Lydia
says, “No…no…” So she’s lying straight to Gina’s face. Even Andrea calls Lydia
out on her lie. She says in an interview that Lydia should have told Gina the
real reason… Lydia asks Gina if she will invite Andrea to the event. Gina says
that this event is deeply personal to her and that Andrea probably doesn’t want
to come anyway. As Gina is answering the question that Lydia just asked her,
Lydia says in her interview, imitating the act of talking on the phone, “I
don’t care, Gina.” Furthermore, she puts the phone down on the table while Gina
is talking… Why ask a question if you don’t want to know the answer?
Andrea and Lydia mention that they heard Janet might be going
to Gina’s event even though they also heard that their last confrontation was
the “end of the friendship”. They decide to call Janet to ask her about it.
Janet says about Gina that she’s “done bagging on her”. Janet tries to explain
herself and how she wants to move forward with Gina, but Lydia and Andrea don’t
want to hear it. Several times they interrupt her saying, “Janet, Janet, Janet,
Janet…” Now that Janet is not on their side, they have no interest in what she
has to say. Lydia calls Janet weak… Is being an adult and forgiving someone
weak? I’d say holding a grudge over petty nonsense is weak… By the way, I
readily admit that I’m often weak in this regard… Andrea also says her 5 year old
has better manners than Gina. I guess Andrea’s nannies are teaching them well…
Later we see Andrea’s book cover photo shoot. She tells the
photographer, who I’m sure couldn’t care less, that she is super busy and she spends
so much time running around taking care of her children… Who else started
laughing after she said that? It took me a minute to realize that she wasn’t
joking… Andrea wants the photographer to make her into a new person. This is the
first time she’s being truthful. She doesn’t think her being her will sell any
books apparently… Lydia shows up to the photo shoot with flowers and champagne.
They talk about Gina and start impersonating all the other ladies as the
photographer takes pictures of them. Do they have nothing better to do? They’re
wasting the photographer’s time with this? I’d be pissed off if I were the
photographer.
We then see some of the girls on their way to Gina’s event. Jackie
says she’s going to the event to support Gina. She’s over the drama with Gina,
but Gina needs to prove that she’s a real friend. During the event, Gina pours
out her heart to the ladies about how she survived cancer. She says she had a
low chance of survival, and when she lost her hair from the chemotherapy,
people were not sure how to treat her. They acted as if her cancer was
contagious. But she doesn’t blame them for their reactions. It’s a hard thing
to deal with and wrap your mind around; it’s impossible to have empathy if
you’ve never gone through it yourself. Gina announces she wants to write a book
about being a cancer survivor. She wants to give hope for a promising future to
the people who are going through it… She gives gift bags to her guests while
also announcing that she’s starting a soap line… I’m not sure where that fits
in. I was very confused. And apparently Jackie was just as confused. She says
she doesn’t understand where a soap line is coming from; Gina “can’t be a
Kardashian…”
Gina and Chyka meet to catch up with one another. Chyka says
that Gina is not innocent in all of the drama, but she doesn’t deserve the
treatment she’s gotten from Andrea and Lydia. Gina makes the comment that she
thinks Lydia is over everything and has no problem with her… Little does Gina
know that Lydia is being highly fake and hypocritical. Chyka tells Gina, with
regard to the drama with Andrea, that someone has to take the lead to move past
everything and act like adults. Gina seems to agree but tells Chyka she is being
cautious with Janet who seems to blab everything she is told.
Ben and Jackie are putting the final touches on their launch
party. Ben stays up most of the night spray-painting masks for the party. Ben
is obviously delirious from the lack of sleep mixed with the paint fumes, so Jackie
thinks it’s a good idea to put a rubber glove over his nose… Not a bright thing
to do, Jackie! That would have the same effect as having a plastic bag on his
head. Then she’d have another event to plan…his funeral.
Now we get to the really interesting part of the episode.
Finally, Gina and Andrea meet for a one-on-one conversation. Gina starts by
saying she does not recall having used the c-word in reference to Andrea. She apologizes
if she did in fact say it. Andrea takes this and spins it into an attack. She
asks if Gina is saying that Janet is a liar. Gina responds with, “If I wanted
to say Janet is a liar, I would say it…” You have to love the precision and
attention to semantics that lawyers are known for… Gina clarifies what she is
saying by claiming it was all a Chinese whisper; things were taken out of
context and have been misconstrued. Gina says, “If I said it, I am terribly
sorry…” Andrea doesn’t accept that apology. Andrea brings out a checklist of
her problems with Gina. Andrea says this isn’t a personal meeting; it’s a
business meeting… They continue arguing back and forth. Andrea says she heard
Gina is starting a soap line, and she asks if she is doing that so she can wash
her mouth out? A nasty question deserves a nasty response… Gina says maybe
Lydia can use it to wash out her vagina… During the argument, Andrea pulls out
her makeup while Gina is speaking. She’s using Gina’s tricks against her… Gina
starts to lose her cool, and she says Andrea owes her an apology for her
horrendous behavior. Andrea starts to leave, but Gina insists on leaving first.
Andrea sits back down at the table to have some champagne even though she
claims she has to go back to “work”. Gina says her husband needs to check her
medications; she needs to take the testosterone down. Gina leaves with these
parting words: “Good luck with your deck of cards…that are about to topple…” I
couldn’t help but notice and chuckle at the poor people at the restaurant. We
can see two girls staring at Gina yelling at Andrea about a deck of cards. What
wouldn’t I give to be in their place?
Jackie’s mother Svetlana accompanies her and Janet in the
limo to the La Mascara launch party. Of course, Lydia and Andrea ride together separately;
those two are never apart. Lydia says she will honor Jackie and Ben at the
party, and she will not create drama or deal with Gina. Gina arrives saying she
would rather not be there, but she wants to support Jackie’s business ventures.
Lydia says Gina’s arrival changes the “feel” of the party… The launch of this
company is a dream-come-true for Jackie and Ben. Jackie says the universe
provides when you do things for the right reasons. She starts to get teary eyed
as she thanks Ben for everything and all his support. From what I understand,
La Mascara seems to be doing well. I can’t wait to try it when and if it comes
to the US.
During the launch party, all of the ladies sit down together
for the first time since Mission Beach. Gina says that in this group, it’s
survival of the fittest, and Janet is too weak to stand alone. Poor Janet has
been called weak by both Lydia and Gina this episode, all because she has
changed her position to be neutral in the argument. Interestingly enough, Chyka
is in a similar position, but not once was she called “weak”. Then Chyka takes
a turn on Janet saying she knows now that Janet isn’t really trustworthy… Janet
admits that she was the reason for most of the drama because of her spreading
of gossip, but she maintains it was accidental. But we must admit, thank God Janet
can’t keep her mouth shut! Otherwise, we wouldn’t have had a season worth
watching. #JustSaying…
This was a great first season. And the reunion is just as
entertaining. The reunion is in two parts, but I will cover the whole reunion
in one blog post.
I’m looking for suggestions for new shows to cover. I’m
thinking about recapping the new season of American Horror Story on Thursdays,
and it was suggested to me that I start blogging about things that happen while
the shows are airing, like Twitter feuds. I think it’s a great idea; I can
really let my snarkiness out… Let me know what you think in the comments below.
I love getting feedback.
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