It’s 8:43 pm and The Real Housewives of Orange County finale music starts serenading its bittersweet tune, while pleasantries of “may our friendships, although sometimes complicated, always be worth the ride” crash to the shore like waves on Newport Beach.

It’s 8:43 pm and this episode doesn’t end for 30 more minutes. The music’s rolling, the ladies are toasting, but the big bombshell has yet to emerge. Gretchen Rossi has allegedly liked some homophobic and transphobic Instagram posts, and Tamra Judge has saved that revelation for the eleventh hour, causing a massive explosion in its wake.

It’s 9:10 pm and the trip—and thus, the season—has ended… or so you’d think. With five minutes remaining, production pulls back the curtain to try its hand at a Real Housewives of Salt Lake City Seas

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