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On this episode of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Dorit‘s spending and Rachel‘s partying. The Hamptons is doing a great job of bringing people together through wine, shopping, and dancing. Back on the west coast, Erika opens up about her impending trials, Bozoma gets confirmation that Keely is her person, and Sutton is left wondering if she should reinvent herself as Sutton Brown.
Over in the Hamptons, Dorit checks in with her daughter, who seems absolutely appalled to learn her mom flew commercial. Apple doesn’t fall far from the tree… PK has the kids while Dorit is grasping for a hot girl summer and while all she wants to do is bash him, she holds her tongue for the sake of her kids, and plays nice while on the phone.
The night before proved to be a good one, as Rachel is hungover and exhausted. Only Kyle is bright eyed, since she left at a normal time and remained sober. In an effort to cure said hangover, Dorit, Kyle, and Rachel head out to shop. Dorit clearly got the spend memo- she basically cleans out the store with her $4,589.50 purchases. In an embarrassing moment, her card gets declined, but Dorit claims it was merely fraud protection, considering she is all the way on the east coast. Sure.
Post shopping, Rachel has planned a nice little pre-game-like wine night with her family so that Kyle and Dorit can learn more about who Rachel really is. While they prep, Kyle takes a FaceTime call from Boz, who, admittedly, is having some serious FOMO. Kyle and Boz seem to be connecting more this year, which is refreshing.
Kyle shares that things between her and Dorit have gotten better since being in the Hamptons, but Dorit’s behavior has been odd. According to Kyle, Dorit has been acting a little bit scattered, “manic,” or is “OCD because of anxiety?” Boz wants Kyle to be careful the way she talks about Dorit’s personality, especially with this impending divorce. However, Boz knows that Dorit has a looming financial burden of divorce ahead of her, and perhaps a conversation needs to happen with Dorit to help her focus on the important stuff.
Sutton meets with Jennifer Tilly in Malibu for an oceanside lunch. Sutton reflects on when she rented a house here 10 years ago and Jennifer reflects on who Sutton was 10 years ago. Sutton led a seemingly perfect life, with a seemingly perfect husband, but the more Jennifer looked, the more she saw cracks in their relationship.
Sutton’s ex has a new girlfriend, who also happened to be a friend of Sutton’s, which…complicates things and certainly adds a layer of betrayal. Sutton was shocked to learn of her ex’s new girlfriend and had to learn of the romance from her son. With the annulment and the emotions that come with it, Sutton has been trying to put on a brave face. It has been hard, but the more she thinks about it, the more she is ready to move from Stracke to Brown.
Erika’s therapist makes a house visit. Erika opens up the upcoming trial- the one with the bankruptcy trustee. She also shares that she has a $10 million tax bill that Tom left her with. Erika is tired of it all and talks about how “the now sucks.”
Erika tells her therapist how she met up with an abused Denise Richards and goes on to say that she finally opened up to some of her friends about the abuse that happened to her last year. The shame surrounding it and the need to call in police, when her own son is an officer, is what kept Erika quiet all this time. She was carrying around the incident in shame and her therapist is glad to hear that Erika is talking about it now.
Erika states how lost she feels in life and how it seems like she is merely “treading water” in survival mode. Her therapist explains that Erika needs to embrace life, rather than fight it, because this is it: good, bad, and ugly.
Clearly Rachel’s family is on Dorit-time because they arrive over an hour late. Kyle is awe that Rachel has both of her parents still alive and makes it clear how lucky Rachel is to have them in her life. Dorit, caught up in her own world, obsessing over what to wear, is also late.
When she finally makes her grand entrance and meets Rachel’s parents and family, they talk about estranged marriages. It becomes hard for Rachel because she knows just how much her family loved her ex, but he is not the same person he used to be.
Over in San Diego, Boz, her boyfriend, Keely, and her daughter head out to dinner. They discuss the fertility journey and the disappointment. If this next round does not work, Boz worries about “what ifs,” considering how much Keely wants a baby…what if it does not happen? Keely promises that no matter what, he still wants to marry Boz and she realizes that she needs to trust he will not grow to resent her down the road should she not be able to have his baby.
As the night wears on in the Hamptons, Kyle, Dorit, and Rachel head out to dinner. We learn that exactly one year ago, Rachel’s entire life broke up. She “split open” after she got into a fight with her ex and cried more than she ever cried before. Rachel explains that her ex told her about his affair and this was the catalyst that upset her so much that particular weekend one year ago.
She believes that her ex told her about it to hurt her and to get a reaction out of her. According to Rachel, he was a secure person up until about 7 years ago. She goes on to give examples and talks about how the one time she fooled around with a model prior to their engagement, her ex found out about it and proposed the next day.
In the end, people are allowed to change and Rachel is grateful her life unfolded the way it did. They toast to a great weekend in the Hamptons. Not only did they learn more about the life of Rachel Zoe, but Kyle and Dorit seem to be in a much better place…for now.
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