This week’s episode was like an inverse sandwich. All of the
excitement and interesting parts were at the beginning and end with a lot of
boring filler in the middle… So my blog might be the same… See how I pass the
blame? I could totally be a Real Housewife.
This week we begin where we left off from last week… Shannon
leaves the room after being attacked by Meghan out of nowhere about how Meghan
was pretending to be hurt after a harmless phone call between the two ladies…
Heather goes after Shannon to check on her and try to calm her down, and
Shannon seems very appreciative. However, I find this very interesting since
Meghan was billed as starting out the show as Heather’s friend. If that were
the case, wouldn’t we expect Heather to talk to Meghan first, especially
considering Heather and Shannon’s past? Clearly, Heather is not as close to
Meghan as the producers and editors want us to believe… Lizzie and Tamra stay
behind to talk to Meghan about what just happened. Several of the women say
they don’t understand why this conversation blew up into something so heated,
but they really don’t know the whole story. They only know what the have been
told and how it appears. I think once they view the footage and see what the
viewers have seen, they are more likely to understand what happened.
Shannon then sits down on the sofa with Tamra, Lizzie, and
Katie. Shannon says she doesn’t want to talk about what has just occurred, and
Katie lets her know that if she ever does, she is there… As Katie is saying
this, Meghan walks back in for round 2…She starts off demure and apologetic… At
this, things immediately clicked for me. Meghan is being extremely
manipulative. When she and Shannon were talking one-on-one, Meghan was being
very passive-aggressive and insinuating somewhat character-hurting things about
Shannon; however, as soon as the other ladies are present, she acts innocent
like she didn’t want the explosion and drama. In reality, that’s exactly what
she was trying to get. She wants a storyline.
Shannon then tries to defend herself and says, “I bend over
backwards for my friends.” Meghan responds, “You didn’t give that
impression…You didn’t even respond to my text message…” First of all, did
Meghan not see that the other ladies were still sitting there? For the double
act to work, you have to play nice in front of the others the whole time… Maybe
she is as dumb as I originally thought… Second, Shannon used the word “friend”;
she does things for her “friends”. Meghan is not Shannon’s friend! They have
spent probably 24 hours together at this point, and part of that time Meghan
was insinuating that David was flirting with her a year ago. Needless to say, I
would not expect for Shannon to consider Meghan a “friend” any time soon.
Meghan continues on with the victim routine about how
offended she was. Then it seems that Shannon calls her out for lying about how
she got Shannon’s private number, but that part of the discussion doesn’t
really go anywhere. So where did Meghan get that personal number? Bravo
producers perhaps for some planted drama? I don’t want to go off on a
conspiracy theory, but if you want my theory, let me know… Then Meghan launches
into a personal attack of how Shannon isn’t so important to need a personal
number. Shannon tries to disengage, but Meghan demands she look her in the
face… Shannon does eventually give an apology, probably to stop the argument
and to shut Meghan up, but Meghan calls the apology “not genuine”. I’m
surprised she was smart enough to pick up on that…
Vicki is back from her trip to Florida. Part of the trip was
for an award, and the other part was spent with her family. She tells us she
wanted Brooks to be there, but she does not press the issue in order to keep
the peace. It is really sad to see this situation and how Vicki is torn in two
by it, but at the same time, I’ve been in Briana’s position. I didn’t like or
trust someone my friend was dating, so I refused to be around him, and I didn’t
even have to worry about my kids being involved in the situation… Apparently as
part of Brook’s cancer treatment, someone has prescribed him coffee enemas… Not
only does that seem like an odd cancer treatment, but also I really did not
need to picture Vicki squirting hot coffee… You know what? I’m gonna shield you
from that image… I’ll stop right there.
Next we meet Meghan’s assistant, Melissa, who, like some
typical assistants, cooks and cleans… and keeps secrets?… What does that even mean? What kind of
secrets would she be keeping? I hope she has signed a confidentiality
agreement… The charity event planners stop by to go over some party details. Meghan
tells them some story of how she has to move here and there and everywhere, and,
quite shockingly, the event planners seem not to care…
Heather meets with her builders, and they are having more
budget problems. I cannot say that I am surprised considering the size of that
house. I imagine it is difficult to gauge pricing correctly when you have so
much labor and materials. Heather says she never wanted that big of a house;
Terry did. However, she is stuck doing most of the house related work and
making the decisions because Terry is not there to help; he is working to pay
for that big house. I can understand why Heather is frustrated, but she also
understands and is willing to do the work for him to have his dream house.
Vicki and Tamra meet at a restaurant, and they start talking
about grandkids. I hated this part, and it’s not because I loathe children.
It’s because they are making me feel so old! Both Ryan and Briana were so young
when we first saw them on the show. The fact that they are having kids of their
own is too much for me… Shannon joins them for dinner, and she proceeds to tell
them her side of the Meghan story. She says that the party she planned and
hosted for the charity was a completely different type of party than the one
Meghan is hosting. Vicki and Tamra inform her that they had been invited to the
event earlier that day, but Shannon has not yet been invited. We then see a
flashback of the phone conversation between Tamra and Meghan. Tamra asks Meghan
straight up if Shannon will be invited. Meghan says she doesn’t want to be
mean, but she feels Shannon has excluded herself, and she doesn’t want Shannon
to have another blowup at her charity event. This is complete BS. The only
reason Shannon got upset in the first place was because of Meghan. If Meghan
doesn’t start anything, there would be no issue. As the saying goes, “Don’t
start none, won’t be none…” Tamra tells Shannon that Meghan has no intention of
inviting her. Shannon is extremely surprised, and she says she already bought a
dress and wine to donate for the event. In a move of solidarity, Vicki says
she’s not going to the event if Shannon isn’t invited.
Heather visits Meghan a few hours before the event is to
start. In a last ditch effort to save Meghan from the can of worms she is about
to open, Heather warns her that not inviting Shannon might be a bad idea with
dire consequences. Meghan claims she has thought it through, and she is
sticking by her convictions not to invite Shannon. She probably has thought it
through. She knows it will get her involved in the drama, but she is naïve if
she thinks it’s going to be something she can handle, especially if all of the
other ladies side with Shannon.
Vicki calls Meghan to tell her that she will not be coming
to the event. She says she will still donate her wine and money for the
charity, but she doesn’t want to get in the middle of an argument. Vicki tells
Meghan that Shannon expected to be invited, but since she was not, Vicki is
taking her out for dinner instead. Meghan is confused that Shannon assumed she
was invited, but in reality, Shannon should have expected an invitation. They
are part of an ensemble cast of a reality show and it was a charity event, both
valid reasons to assume an invitation would be extended.
At the event, Meghan is surprised to see that Tamra showed
up. She thought Tamra might follow Vicki’s lead and not come. Tamra tells
Meghan that she has no issue with her, so she has no problem showing up. Meghan
says she doesn’t want to be called “the mean girl”, again trying to turn the
situation around and play victim. However, Tamra seems to feel that “mean girl”
status is exactly where Meghan is headed, although she doesn’t say it overtly.
Vicki and Shannon meet for dinner. Shannon feels Meghan is
being malicious for not inviting her, and Vicki agrees. This is juxtaposed with
Meghan giving a speech at her event about how it was all for the charity…yet by
not inviting someone who would have donated readily to the charity just to make
a storyline for yourself, Meghan has not made it all about the charity; she has
made it all about Meghan.
During the event, Heather and Tamra sneak off to talk about the
situation. They feel that Vicki is putting herself in the middle by being a
good friend to Shannon. However, Vicki knows Shannon better than Meghan. She
has nothing to lose by not getting close to Meghan who is being rude to her
friend. Heather and Tamra acknowledge that they feel bad that Shannon is being
left out. While they are talking, in a transparent producer-orchestrated move, Meghan
walks up and asks them if they’re talking about the Shannon situation… The
hostess of a crowded charity event walks up to two people who are sitting
outside on the outskirts of the sea of people and asks directly if they are
talking about a certain issue that they happen to be talking about? Clearly,
Meghan does not understand how reality TV works. I’m sure a producer was
standing behind the cameras cringing… Meghan again claims she doesn’t want to
feud with Shannon, but she just wants to make sure she can be around Shannon
without her blowing up… I won’t belabor the issue with explaining again how
fake and manipulative this all is, and how Meghan is reaching desperately to
make herself relevant… I think you get the idea.
While at dinner with Shannon, we find out what Vicki really
thinks of Meghan. She says that by marrying Jim, Meghan got a “cash cow”; she
seems entitled, like a little girl. She thinks everything is hers, when in
reality everything is Jim’s… From the charity event, Lizzie calls Shannon to
check in on her. To Lizzie’s surprise Vicki and Shannon are having a glorious
time. The whole group of ladies decides to leave the boring party and go join
the real party at the restaurant with Shannon and Vicki. Tamra tells Meghan
flat out where they’re going, and Meghan claims not to be offended. So Meghan
is offended by a short phone call with Shannon, but she is not offended when
all of the ladies ditch her party to go hang out with her enemy? Yeah, right…
It seems the line is being drawn in the sand. Meghan is on
one side, and everyone else is on the other. Meghan tried to freeze out and
isolate Shannon, but it seems to be backfiring. She’s the one being isolated. I
wonder if things will stay this way. Only time will tell…
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