Did anybody else hear Tamra tell Vicki that if she fell off the boat no one would miss her? I feel so bad for her poor husband, how embarrassing.

I'm glad that Lauri is gone. She just seemed really bitter and snooty this season. I hope the new housewife is at least interesting and it isn't all about new girl bashing. That gets kind of old.

Great recap, YP!!!! Thanks for the laughs.

Love these ladies and your recaps Ms. Y.P. I made the BF watch with me and imagine my horror when he said "I think she's pretty", while Vicki was on screen!

In shock, I just new he didn't really mean Vicki, and I kept saying, "Who, Tamara? Jeanna? Gretchen?"

Him: No, her the one married to Donn.

In my head: You think Vicki is pretty. You think I'm pretty = you think I'm like Vicki. AAAAHHHH! Self esteem plummets. Someone, please help me turn this around.

Moving on to Gretchen and Jeff, it's really hard watching knowing that Jeff is now passed. I hope he was happy during those last days and he had to be stoked to be in his element at the race rather than passing away the time in a hospital bed.

I read somewhere that Vicki may be leaving the show because Donn is embarrassed at being on TV. I can't imagine why!

Yenta, the way you put NAPA in all caps makes me feel like they went to NAPA Auto Parts. Hmmm they may have had a better time there. Poor Tamra and Simon.

When I read that Vicki will probably leave the show, it also said that Lauri may be back. I hope not. She's boring and all the stuff with her kids is sad.

Lauri is getting scarier and scarier looking every episode, so I'm not too sad that she's gone. It was like looking at a skull with cheek implants and a bad weave every week. Seriously woman, lay off the tanning bed.

And I don't even know what to say about Vicki anymore. She's completely insane, and that scene at dinner was so hard to watch. I'm surprised that Donn didn't just start drinking straight from the bottle.

Hey Gasmii,

Roses: I did hear Tamra's comment, I just didn't manage to fit it in. I'm holding out hopes for the housewife as well : )

Shantigal: I've met other males who seem to suffer from the same disorder as your BF. Don't let it bother you, it is just that a disorder, and bares absolutely no relevance to your BF's attraction to the lovely you.

Pixielated: OMG, I didn't even realize I did that with Napa/NAPA. All I can think is my ongoing car issues are creeping into all facets of my life. How depressing. Perhaps, Vicki is leaving the show for some intensive counseling? Thanks for the dirt.

LAjane: I love the image of Donn just grabbing the bottle and chugalugging. Thanks for the laugh.

Hugs,
Yenta

Wonderful recap YP! You always zero in on the best (worst??)parts. Vicki's passive/agressive behavior is sad - needling Donn, and if he responds in kind she acts wounded. When she said "Donn's an alcoholic" I was totally hoping he would reply "yes, since married to you". I felt sorry for Tamara and Simon - what a buzzkill for your anniversary! Keep up the great recaps - and happy holidays!

Am I the only one feeling the Vicki love? Yes, she's batshit crazy but she's also the housewife that makes me crack up the most while watching this. If she leaves the show, I'm through, because these new chicks can't carry it for me. Tamra repulses me more and more every week. She's a really horrible excuse for a human being. I do heart Jeana but she seems so unhappy lately that her segments mostly just make me sad.

And on that note, I'd like to place a formal request to return to the glory days of Season 2.

Yenta! Great job, I missed this episode, but now I feel like I watched it anyhow... there's something great to be said for the way you make me feel for some of these women.

I'm not really on the Jeana bandwagon, either, she's more palatable than the other ladies, but I don't care so much for how she and the huzbund have raised their kids (I still can't get out of my head the one son calling the other one a faggot, and they didn't bleep it out the first time). Plus I don't get why she has such a hangup with some guy wanting to be with her for her money... men have been getting hot ladies with that same method for centuries, it's time she turned the tables!

love to you,
xoxox

J-Mo :)

njgasmifan: I know, poor Tamra and Simon, what an anniversary. I love that Vicki calls Donn an alcoholic with all of her drinking issues. Yikes!

Hoolia: I totally miss Season 2 as well. But what I really liked about the earlier seasons was the seeming friendship between the woman and now it just seems like catty competition. Anyhoo, sorry darling, I'm not feeling any Vicki love this season. But it's nice to know that somebody's loving her.

J-Mo: Heart! I'm so glad you didn't stay away for long : ) I have problems with Jeana's kids as well, but I have to say that for all of her kids, narrow-mindedness, Jeana hasn't shown any of that. I love like the idea of her buying herself a young boy toy for the holidays. Sure as hell would beat a watch : )

Thanks everybody for taking the time to post.
Hugs,
Yenta

Hi there,

This recap is hilarious! Thank you for making me laugh out loud!

Just a small thing I wanted to point out, because I was confused at first too: Kara was saying that when her mom is stressed she "lax exercise" or "lacks exercise," (the first spelling is what my CC read when I was watching this at the gym). I think Kara was trying to say that her mom stops working out when she is stressed, which is what Jeana admitted to, when she told the trainer that Matt kills her motivation.

Anyway, the reason you thought otherwise, was because, as usual on this show, the people don't always demonstrate the best command of the language. Maybe Kara had said, "She lax on exercise" and swallowed the "on." She may consider diction classes at Berkeley since she plans to study mass comm.

Great job, though! Love your site!!!

Best,
skinnybitch

Maria,

I am so glad Lauri and George left the show. You are absolutely correct in your comment how G&L have too many real life issues to deal with that should never have been put on television, like Josh's issues. What mother would do that to their then 15 year old son? George is even worse, if you can imagine that.

Living here in OC, the Housewives is a hot topic amongst those of us who know, or, knew Lauri and George even before they met. I happen to know both of them including several others.

It is a travisty what George has done to his x wife and mother of his kids.
The last stint of George chronicled in our local paper July-08 shows the true character, or lack thereof, of George Peterson. For example, he had his wife evicted from the home they built together in 1989 and all their children were born and raised in that home. George had two affairs on his former wife, both being 20 something secretaries and he paid huge amounts of money to shut them up. He sued the second girl in whom he cheated on when he met Lauri to recover the $200,000 ring he gave her.

George has over 300 bogus motions filed with the Superior Court of Orange County against the mother of his kids and counting. He is the ONLY Petitioner in all those motions.

All of us who know George and his narcissitic personality know the reason they left the show and it wasn't because Lauri wanted to be there for her kids...she proved that on all 4 seasons. George is the one, and perhaps Bravo, who pulled the plug since George could no live down the articles, (pictures to prove it) showing he and Lauri pilfering through his X wife's belongings. Oh, and the best part is George got a judge to honor a 6 day vacate notice against his x wife. The house was over 5500 sq ft and 20 years of accumulation and a 6 day notice to move out? Can you imagine?

There is a lot more to this very sad story. George is guilty of alienating his kids from their mother and prior to his now tainted status in the community he got a judge to side with him and helped him with his dirty schemes.

California is a 50/50 community state, yet, George left Gina penniless and homeless. It's rather easy to fill in the blanks.

Just wanted to say, oopsie...sorry I misspelled Cara's name as Kara...and here I was criticizing their "command of the language!" Ha!

Concerning Laurie, I read just in the past week, right after this swan song episode aired, that Laurie is already saying she wants back on the show. Don't know if things are suddenly better with Josh or if she will just miss the attention. If she and George aren't doing so well, maybe she wants to continue with the show, for whatever they are paid.