This episode begins at some sportsball event… Chyka’s
company is catering part of the event, and Janet, Gamble, and Pettifleur meet
her there. Apparently Gamble, being from Sydney, is representing the wrong sportsball
team in Janet’s opinion, but she doesn’t want to start a fight and says, “I’m
not going there…” Janet also says that things should be pleasant today since
Gamble’s watchdog, Gina is not there.
We then see a phone call between Lydia and Jackie. Lydia
asks Jackie what exactly happened the night of the chef’s party when she told
off Gamble and Gina. At the party, Lydia seemed okay with what happened.
However, she either let it fester and piss her off, or she sees an opportunity
to start some drama and solidify some more airtime. Either way, Lydia is not
happy with Gamble. Lydia walks up to join the other ladies, and she is drinking
water, not champagne, which Janet very loudly points out. Gamble inserts her
foot into her mouth, but not before she can ask if Lydia is pregnant. Lydia
replies, “I wish I was, but no. Are you?... Cheers to your dogs, not babies…” I
have to hand it to Lydia that was a quick and clever retort… The topic of
Barbie nicknames comes up again, and Lydia refuses to accept hers. Janet says
Chyka’s should be Slither Barbie since she was able to slither out of the
trouble with Gamble. You can’t fault Chyka for playing the Housewives game and
playing it well.
Gamble asks the other ladies about the trip to Sydney. Chyka
and Lydia will not be going, and Janet’s feigned excitement is a bit too much
for me. During the trip, the ladies will be going to an art gallery where
Gamble apparently works/worked. Pettifleur asks Gamble about her “work” at said
art gallery. She says she was just trying to find out what Gamble does for
work, but Gamble seemed annoyed by the very simple and harmless question.
Gamble decides to give payback and asks Pettifleur about one of her business
ventures and if her husband had any part in it. Pettifleur insists that she did
all of the work herself, and she knew exactly what Gamble was shadily insinuating.
Lydia tells Gamble that she needs to talk to her. Maybe for
once, the ladies will not make a scene and talk privately… What am I talking
about? Of course not, and thank God! We want the drama! Instead of separating
themselves from the group, Lydia starts right in on Gamble, saying that she was
upset that Gamble was smiling and smirking during her emotional story at the
party. Gamble claims she was laughing at Rick’s face who apparently hates
weddings, part of the topic of conversation… Hold on, didn’t Rick just ask
Gamble to marry him? Hmm… Gamble is shocked that Lydia thought she was laughing
the death of a child. Gamble does apologize, and she says she likes Lydia, but
the next time Lydia starts to make a “speech”, Gamble is running for the hills…
Can we get that in writing?
Janet pulls Pettifleur aside to talk to her about the Sydney
trip. Janet says she is going to “enemy camp”, and she is glad Pettifleur is
coming with her. Yet just five minutes ago, we witnessed Janet professing how
much she can’t wait to go to Sydney. I can’t even with Janet and her fakeness…
Pettifleur is tired of the Janet-Gamble saga, and I cannot agree more. Janet
calls Gamble a firecracker who can go off at any minute, which is disconcerting
to her… But I think Janet is just afraid that at her age she’ll wet herself
from the shock. Maybe she should invest in some Depends while she is around
Gamble. Someone give her Lisa Rinna’s phone number.
Gamble is packing for her Sydney trip, and she decides to
pack three outfits per day. Is it safe to say that Gamble is high
maintenance?... She thinks they’re going to have a great time. I don’t buy it…
She knows her family is not going to treat Janet kindly. Rick says Gamble needs
to get over the drama, and that women hold on to things too much; they’re too
emotional… While that’s an exaggeration and a bit sexist, if certain women were
not this way, we wouldn’t have the Real Housewives. And my life would be less
complete…
Jackie and Chyka meet to talk about throwing Gamble a “hen’s
party”, which I assume is the Australian term for a “bachelorette party”.
Jackie wants to bring strippers to the party, a staple of a bachelorette party.
Chyka is afraid it may offend Gamble by bringing to the surface the stripper
rumor again, plus she thinks it’s not classy. But Jackie claims that a stripper
who shakes his ass, not his cock, is classy…
Gina, Janet, and Pettifleur meet Gamble at a hotel room in
Sydney. They are getting ready to go to an art gallery party for Charles
Billich. Pettifleur recites a litany of facts about the artist, and Gina
jokingly asks if Pettifleur Googled him. Pettifleur says she knows how to do
her research, and she seems a little insulted by Gina’s question… Gina says
Janet has come a long way with Gamble, but she thinks it’s just a poker face,
but she doesn’t know if it’s a natural talent or a cosmetic one…
The ladies go to the art gallery party where they make idle
chit-chat with the artist and various socialites. Gamble introduces the girls
to her sister, Tempest (an apt name for what is coming…). Tempest is calmly
talking about some plastic surgery that she is planning to have done, and then
out of nowhere, she starts attacking Janet about the “lies” she “made up” about
Gamble. She tells Janet to get some evidence if she is going to say such things.
Janet sees that Gamble has told everyone that she was the one who made up the
rumors. Janet walks out; she says she doesn’t want to be attacked every time
she sees Gamble. Gamble chases Janet out of the gallery to bring her back in,
but why? Gamble just stood there while Gamble’s sister was awkwardly tearing
into Janet. Gamble should have stopped it… Gina sees Gamble running out and chases
both of them down the street. Janet refuses to come back… Back at the gallery,
Pettifleur is talking to Tempest and is trying to explain what really happened
between Janet and Gamble, but Tempest starts getting nasty with Pettifleur.
Gina and Gamble return to the gallery, and Gina calls Janet
to make sure she made it back to the hotel. Gamble makes chicken noises in the
background like an immature twelve year old. Gina is being the voice of reason;
she seems to be taking up for Janet by telling things like they are/were.
Jackie, Lydia, and Chyka, the three ladies who did not go to
Sydney, meet to play croquet and have a picnic in the park. Janet had called
and told them the whole story. All three of them assert that Gamble should have
stopped her sister from attacking Janet.
The ladies in Sydney go on a boat ride in the harbor, but
Janet decides not to go, probably because Gamble’s sister, Tempest, was there.
I don’t blame her for that… Gamble says she wishes Janet were there because she
wanted everyone to have a good time in her home city, even though less than 24
hours previously Gamble was clucking at Janet over voicemail… Gamble says she
should have stopped her sister from attacking Janet, and that she will
apologize.
Chyka teaches her son to fry chicken cutlets. Her family is
always fun to watch. They are real people not putting on airs. It’s rather
refreshing.
Janet decides to lady-up and attend the last dinner in
Sydney. Gamble does apologize as soon as she sees Janet. The two of them continue
to talk as they sit down at the table. Gina butts into the conversation, and
Janet asks her not to; however, it’s not a private conversation. They’re at a
dinner table talking in front of everyone. Janet links what she did to Gamble
to what Gina did to Lydia in the limo during the first episode bringing up the
rumor of Lydia and her husband separating. Gina admits she sees where Janet is
coming from. Pettifleur then butts in telling Gina to stop defending Gamble
blindly. If Pettifleur were a judge, she says she would go after facts. Since
Janet is already arguing with Gina, she then brings up the story that Gina was
telling about her flirting with Rick. Gina says that she embellished the story
a bit, but we all saw it… It seemed a little flirtatious to me… Gina says she
doesn’t gossip, and Janet finds that amusing. Janet proposes they have a pact;
the story of the Gamble rumors it is not to be brought up again. They all agree
and shake on it… However, they seem to be forgetting there is a little event
called the reunion where they discuss everything that happened during the
season; they HAVE to talk about it again… Janet looks to be on the verge of
tears, and Gina says to her that she has the same type of relationship with her
that she has with her partner. It’s tumultuous but long lasting.
Pettifleur says she’s a diamond expert and asks where Gamble’s
engagement ring is. Apparently Pettifleur is an expert in everything, even a
nickname expert. If that’s the case, why didn’t Gamble consult her before
coming up with the Barbie names?... The ladies laugh and roll their eyes at
Pettifleur. Gina admits that people often tend to talk over Pettifleur. Gina
says Pettifleur is highly strung, and she doesn’t see a friendship between them…
It looks like trouble is brewing between these two, and from the preview of the
next episode, I’m right…
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