We’re in the latter half of the season and still have the cast trip to go, but it seems like our orange holders are running out of steam. This episode lacked forward momentum, and it could be due to several reasons. Katie, who was somehow the driver for a lot of the story, even though she did so little, is absent from everything but the cast photo in the beginning. Then we have Tamra stuck in a never-ending non-forgiveness loop with Jenn and Shannon where she just tries and tries and gets no movement at all. It’s like she’s jumping up and down and waving her arms in front of the automatic door at the supermarket, but doesn’t realize that the market is closed, the door is locked, and nothing is going to get it open. The only person giving us a little iota of anything is Gretchen Rossi, and
‘RHOC’ Recap: Gretchen’s Blind Item

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