Tamra ups the Scorsese dialogue by asking her “Are you talking to me?” and we’re off. Kelly throws Tamra’s icy relationship with her daughter in her face, Tamra threatens to kill Kelly, and the women are asked to leave the posh department store they are shopping in.
There are hilarious moments too, like Vicki dirty dancing with a stranger to traditional Irish music, Shannon donning a sequined leprechaun costume, and Heather FaceTiming Terry from a dairy farm so he can give Vicki a spontaneous boob job consultation.
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It was a girls weekend. A weekend for the girls. And Tamra’s husband Simon. And Gretchen’s boyfriend Slade. And Alexis’ chin-challenged husband Jim Bellino.
Gretchen is keen to enjoy some of San Francisco’s fine dining, but unfortunately, she has brought along Alexis Bellino, a woman who thinks a rare and expensive dish is called a “delicatessen.”
Later seasons of Housewives would be invited to stay in opulent hotels in far-flung locations, but on this trip to Vegas, the ladies are staying off the strip. Seventeen miles off the strip, in Red Rock.
In 2007, every single person living in Orange County, California was “in real estate” (unless, of course, they were in energy drinks) and so it’s to be expected that before the gals even reached San Diego, Jeana Keough and Vicki Gunvalson are barking at each other across the limo about a security deposit.