The Real Housewives of New York City – Episode 3-8

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Someone should tell Kelly not to take fashion tips from Lindsay Lohan. Shirts do not double as dresses. She had issues sitting down in that thing. And someone should tell LuAnn to give it a rest on the “countless” comment. She brought it up again, but I can’t be too upset because she did it in Italian. Mario speaking in Italian was kind of yummy.

This Gotham party was where the episode really got going, when all of the Housewives were in the same place. That is, until Jill and LuAnn ran away at the sight of Bethenny. “I was not prepared for this.” insists Jill. How is that possible? I’ll say it again, if you really don’t want to be around each other, don’t film a show together. And if you must, act like an actual adult and get prepared.

Bethenny announces her engagement and the cheering begins. I love seeing Alex and Ramona genuinely excited for her. You can’t fake that kind of happiness, and they seemed thrilled for her. It’s friendship. Kelly trickles over the news to Jill and LuAnn, and calls over Jason. Jill mutters “Why’d she do this?” under her breath. Oh, I don’t know, to say congratulations? That’s sort of the normal thing to do. He talks with them and isn’t bothered by the fact that Jill has turned into an ice sculpture. Jason seems like a really classy guy.

LuAnn goes over to “say congratulations, even though you called me a snake.” She decides this is the right time to bring that up. Put a lid on it, Countess! Get over it. Bethenny rightly just says sorry and end the conversation immediately. Simon tries to bring Jill over – awww, he’s trying to be nice. And Jill skewers him, but Jill only has a problem with people butting in when they’re not on her side.

Bethenny’s night is awful because her former friend is acting like a preteen, so she decides to go. She’s visibly upset and Jason does his best to comfort her. As he hugs her, Ramona is looking over at them, grinning like a fool. It’s these cute moments that are too adorable for words.

When Bethenny is out the door, Jill comes over with Bobby to congratulate her. Too little, too late. Bethenny turns into a robot, repeating “Thank you, thank you.” just to have something to say. This isn’t the most flattering Jill moment: she repeatedly rebuffed Bethenny until she saw that good things were happening for her, and she swooped in just in time to ooh and aah over the ring. When you see this paired with Bethenny’s comments that Jill only cares about material things…

Not a nice moment for Jill Zarin.

Random Thoughts

  • I liked seeing Sonja back up the claim that Kelly doesn’t remember women. And I loved her incessant sex talk, it made LuAnn and Kelly so uncomfortable.
  • Kelly cooking breakfast wasn’t charming, she looked like an idiot. Her daughters seem awesome, though. “Wow, a burnt spatula.”
  • Jill’s body issues with Ally are horrible. “Look at that body!” she cooed at a picture of a six-years old.
  • “You don’t wear chiffon on Christmas day if you can help it.” Can anyone make sense of this?
  • RHONYC spinoff – Ramona at work!