The women gaze down on a majestic sea turtle and argue about which one of them had it the hardest when they first moved to New York. After dinner, Ubah accidentally leaves her phone in the car and Erin grabs it, telling Sai that she is going to pull a prank.
Confusingly, the prank is to push Ubah into the pool and then not give her phone back until Sai gives up the game hours later. In retaliation, Ubah snatches Erin’s sunglasses right off her face and holds them for a while. This kicks off a series of squabbles that end with all of the ladies, seated in a hot tub eating popcorn, deciding unanimously that Erin is the cause of every fight that season.
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Satchels of gold, satchels of gold. Bethenny Frankel, the first truly famous Housewife, was ascendent this season, her feud with ex-friend Jill Zarin and her pregnancy belly both burgeoning. You might even say that she was “up here” and Kelly Bensimon was “down here.” And thus the scene was set for Scary Island.