Amidst all the hoopla surrounding the inauguration and all of Washington’s big balls, it’s hard to believe that there were other housewives on TV besides Michelle Obama. But yes, there were. The First Ladies of Orange County continued their epic quest to be the craziest shrews on TV, and so far, they’re doing a heck of a job. To be fair, last night’s episode of The Real Housewives of Orange County wasn’t nearly as explosive as the past few weeks, but really, how can you top the one-two punch of the racetrack fiasco coupled with Gretchen’s tequila-fueled odyssey.
This latest installment seemed to focus more on Jeana and her utterly depressing state of transition in life. Granted, jaded and Jeana are two concepts that pretty much go hand in hand, but last night, she seemed a bit more sad than usual. And that made me sad. Kind of. Luckily there were still plenty of silly moments to make the show fun. There was Tamra’s HOT pool party, Vicki’s tumble down the stairs (AWESOME), and of course Lynne’s dynamic wristband company, Cuff Love (get it?), which received a bit too much airtime, if you ask me. I mean, really. How much time do we need to spend watching this woman paw at leather? And I’m not talking about her face.
BOOYAH!
Aw, I feel bad now. I like Lynne a lot. She’s rapidly becoming one of my favorites, which I’m still shocked at. Like I said last week, she’s totally crazy, and her views on body image and health seem a bit, uh, skewed. But aside from that, she’s not necessarily the idiot that we may have written her off as upon first viewing her heaving â€â€Ã‚ and rather stiff and spherical â€â€Ã‚ bosom. I loved the way she bristled at Vicki’s passive-aggressive comments, and in the climactic scene, as the women weighed in with their unsolicited opinions on Gretchen’s beneficiary situation regarding Jeff’s life insurance, Lynne seemed to be the only one horrified that everyone would be so nosy. I didn’t necessarily disagree with Vicki’s points, but I felt she was badgering Gretchen a bit, and she took entirely too much offense to Lynne merely stating her opinion (especially after Vicki had been fairly rude to Lynne the whole day). On the plus side, it was nice to see that Gretchen seemed just fine not receiving a dime. Hey, she’s not a gold digger after all!
I have to agree that I’m liking Lynne a lot more than I would have thought. I can understand that Vicki and Jeana were concerned about Gretchen not being taken care of, but she made the choice to give up her career to be with Jeff. Plus, I would guess that she won’t have much problem finding another sugar daddy after this. And Vicki falling on her ass? Priceless. I could watch that over and over…
I loved it when Lynne lied about her “goal” being to have her Tough Cuffs in the Fred Segal store. High end. $300 for a bracelet. But it’s not about the money. HA!
Gretchen battling one of the 5, Count Them 5 ex-wives who showed up to sit bedside vigil. Gretch should welcome the timeout and just go to Bass Lake.
VileViki landing on her ass at the exact moment of her Triumph was so satisfying. Whoo Hoo.
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The title reminds me of our favorite Big Brother Houseguest. “Yew don’t owe me a spot in your will old man…but yew kinda dew”
I am so glad you noticed Lynn’s shiny legs. What the hell was up with that?
Vicki is getting more and more loathsome. I didn’t like Jeanna’s “don’t mess with the mama dogs” comment either. Basically, she was telling Lynn, who is about the same age and also a mother, that she should grovel around Vicki because Vicki’s been on the show longer. How warped.
I thought I was the only one who noticed Lynne’s shiny legs!
She’s likable but she’s gotta get that bozoing daughter under control…
“DAMMIT! I fell on my love tank!”
Lol! And yeah I noticed the greasy legs in the limo, too. And why do they have to take a limo on the mildest of outings? Can’t any of these harpies not have cacktails (said like Vicki) one time out of their lives and, I don’t know, DRIVE?
I can’t believe it but I’m a forever fan of Lynne after she flipped off Vicki like she did. Priceless!
“DAMMIT! I fell on my love tank!”
OMG that’s awesome. I admit I rewound that fall at least 4 times on the dvr. There’s not one redeeming thing about Vicki. Nothing.
I live for her humiliation and distress. Is that wrong?
wow – am I the only one who is completely annoyed and put off by Lynn? Interesting. Don’t get me wrong, I love that she’s not afraid to stand up to such a pushy personality like Vicki, but still…I just don’t get why she’s on the show. I now fast forward when she’s on the screen – unless it’s a “group thing” like the lunch.
And those bracelets…wtf?!? $265 for that crap? Um, no. I can get a nice silver bracelet from Tiffany for less than that.
As for the lunch convo – I don’t agree at all. Gretchen was asking for advice (and I don’t believe for ONE second that she doesn’t care about money at all – if you don’t, then you don’t spend money like it’s going out of style). It’s not often I agree with Vicki, but, as she stated, that’s what she does for a living. So she was giving her sound advice. But I do agree that asking him while he’s on his death bed in the hospital is not appropriate. It’s really something the two of them should’ve discussed before it came to that point. Then again, she could always hoc that GINORMOUS engagement ring to hold her over until she gets something steady. heh
And, yeah, Tamra’s son needs to go away. WTF?!? He is so NOT attractive – not just physically, but he really doesn’t seem to have much of a personality either.
Am I the only one that thinks Lynne looks pregnant?? With the way she was drinking I really hope she isn’t…
i feel like i’m always in kindred minority with livemusicjunkie. just bc lynne is not vicki or tamra, doesn’t mean she’s awesome. it’s like the whole whitney from the hills is awesome thing. just cause she’s not a complete idiot or flesh-beard lover, she’s somehow everyone’s favorite. when in real life she’s a huge diva and bore.
i like lynne putting them in their place. but i also like tamra putting gretchen in her place. and jeana putting vicki in her place. etc etc. thus the oc circle of life. checks and balances. these bitches all need to be kept in check and the only ones with the interest and similar IQs to put up with it, is other housewives.
MissGreen…you just sent poor Lynne to the gym for another 2 hours a day!
alright i thought that maybe i could like lynne. just by process of she is the least horrible of all the housewives. but her comments about her hands hurting and her working really hard at making cuffs. i was floored. small children in china that make her shoes and clothes work hard, not lynne. give me a break. ask a ditch digger how much his hands, arms, body hurt after a real day of hard work. when people are barely able to afford bread listening to this bitch complaining about hard she works is just a bit too much. not to mention how ungrateful these women are for what they have in their lives, so much so they starve themselves when a lot of people would kill just to have something to eat. ugh…this show is horrible.
Just a thought… Does anyone think it’s possible that the reason Jeff got Gretchen such a crazy ring is because he didn’t see a way to get his will changed? If he has ex wives suddenly showing up out of the woodwork, I’m sure they’re all staking some sort of claim to the will, in the names of their kids of course. (yeah, right) He might have been scared of the grief he would get for trying to make a change, and I’m sure the ex’s would make the accusation that Gretchen forced her way into the will. At least she can hock the ring if she ever needs to, but hopefully it won’t come to that.
If I was a person who overpaid for one of Lynn’s crappy cuffs, and then saw her making them, I would be thoroughly pissed off. They looked like costume jewelry that she took apart, and put different pieces together. I’m with the person who said they’d rather spend that money at Tiffany’s. Their pieces are timeless.