If one were to rank the cast members of “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” in terms of their ability to generate drama, Tuesday night’s Season 6 premiere makes a case that Lisa Barlow should be at the top — and she wasn’t even there.

Lisa was a no-show for the new season’s first outing, but she was the central topic of sometimes heated conversation — in which the cast members discussed financial issues and a couple of lawsuits, and name-dropped The Salt Lake Tribune.

The episode also included revelations by Whitney Rose and Britani Bateman, outdoor recreation on the Provo River, and the invocation of a Utah urban legend of dubious origin.

(Natalie Cass | Bravo) Meredith Marks, Bronwyn Newport, Whitney Rose, Heather Gay and Britani Bateman take part in an RV trip in Provo Canyon, on

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