Poop Patrol & Pancakes: A New York Housewives Recap
CROWDED HOUSE
Poop Patrol & Pancakes: A New York Housewives Recap
THE ADDITION OF SONYA MAKES THE OPENING APPLE-HOLDING MONTAGE LOOK CROWDED. SOMEBODY'S GOT TO GO.
I won't even go into Jill's vet visit to her condo. I just hate looking at that place which she evidently thinks is the height of fashionable New York abodes. Not my style AT ALL. I can't even describe it's awfullness. So I let it distract me while Jill, the vet, the vet's assistant and a random Jill friend scurried around picking up poop from her yappy little dog.
So let's move on to Alex and Bethenny's chat at Alex's Brooklyn townhouse. Bethany tells us that Alex is an "unconditional" friend and it's a relief have her to confide in. She shows her the ring and Alex does the squeal. Talk about the height of decorating, her new kitchen is so fucking fab, I love it. It's everything Jill's overly-decorated cupcake of a condo is not: clean, cool and comfortable.
Alex is genuinely happy for her and touched that she's among the first to know about the engagement. They toast water glasses and eat salads.
At lunch, Sonja and Ramona chat about the old days when they were young, single and roaming New York. Ramona tells her what she said that ticked off Jill. And she still doesn't regret it.
Sonja says she was surprised that Kelly didn't acknowledge meeting her before since she's met her many times. Or that she'd also dated Max. Ramona says that's her Kelly: she remembers the men and immediately forgets women. Amen. I hate chicks like that. Excuse me if I'm repeating myself.
Well, well, here she is -- Kelly. Making breakfast for the girls in the Hamptons. She seems confused about making PANCAKES. Younger daughter Teddi ignores her incessant chatter and answers her in written notes like, “Wow, a burnt spatula,” and “Uh-oh.” Kelly says the kids don't take her seriously. Really? They seem more mom-like than flirty Kelly, who always seems uncomfortable around them. Well, her flirting with them probably gets her nowhere.
At a sweet mom and daughter lunch, Ramona asks her daughter Avery to be her maid of honor at the recommittment ceremony she's planning with Mario. She seems reluctant. "You're already married," she says. She just doesn't get it.
Then, we're apartment shopping with LuAnn when she runs into Kelly (coincidence? I think not) and asks her to tag along. She also brings along an interior decorator friend. She's starting over, as she says over and over again, so new digs are in order. She's very picky because she has standards, ya know. But she seems to blanch when told the first one she sees is $7,500 a month. Kelly talks up the neighborhood but I don’t think LuAnn is buying it. In a midtown building she hates the view and lack of doorman and closet space. A brick wall sends her over the edge. Only $14,000 a month. I don’t think she has anything like that. But if she wants to live uptown with a doorman she's gonna have to fork over some serious cash.
I'm not liking Jill much anymore. She's constantly promoting her book so I'll just gloss over her get-together with mom and sis in her bed. They talk over old photos. Yea.
LuAnn, Sonja and Kelly meet for dinner. They talk about taking Adderall, Ramona’s crazy antics and crazy eyes and how they're all ready for life and sex, sex and more sex.
Sonja seems to be a Manhattan sex machine. Sonja says all the Argentine polo players in the Hamptons are gay, but Kelly says they're smoking hot and hetero. Sonja tells us that if Kelly didn’t jump on Max she missed the fucking boat. Hot damn!
Sonja says she wants a man who doesn't cheat and asks Kelly if her ex-husband did. It's gets awkward and silent for a half-beat. Kelly's a bit insulted, wondering where the hell that question came from, so LuAnn immediately changes the subject as etiquette, I'm sure, requires.
Kell'’s hosting an event at Gotham Magazine and in walks Ramona and Mario. They warily face off and both seem calm and collected. Jill comes and tells us that Kelly should pay half since her dresses are tooo damn short (for an older woman, she’s thinking. The rest of the ladies arrive.
LuAnn tries to get Mario to apologize for his "Count-less" remark so she speaks to him in Italian so as not to embarrass him. When he still didn't apologize she tells us she’s over it. LuAnn, Bethany, Ramona and Sonja talk about Kelly’s short dress and it seems Alex has her ass hanging out as well in some sparkly black wispy thing.
When Bethenny arrives at the table, Jill immediately excuses herself saying she has to get Bobby. Bethenny shows Ramona the ring; Ramona does the squeal and proceeds to parade her hand around the room singing “Bethany’s getting married.”
Now it Bethany, Ramona, Sonja and Alex on one side of the room and Kelly, Jill and lapdog LuAnn on the other. Kelly tells Jill and LuAnn about Bethany's engagement and Jill gets verklempt. She does congratulate Jason when he wanders over though. Jill tells us they used to always talk about marriage, the ring and family and she suddenly regrets the break up.
LuAnn comes to congratulate Bethenn, then asks why she freaked out on her that time. Bethany apologizes and they clear the air.
As the party breaks up, Simon directs Jill and Bobby to the table and Jill tells us he should mind his own damn business.
Then, as Bethany is leaving outside, Jill runs up to her. She claims she's waiting for Bobby so Bethenny shouldn’t think anything bad about her absence at the table. Bethenny ain’t dumb. Jill wishes her well and, of course, asks to see the ring. But Bethenny’s over it and doesn’t even smile. She’s frowning, looking disgusted, as she accepts Jill’s well wishes and shows her the ring while rolling her eyes.
"Did you see that," she asks Jason after they leave. "She just wanted to see the ring. She’s just about material things.”
She’s so right. You could see that in the first episode. Maybe Bethenny is dumb about some things.
Jill says Bethany was cold as ice and that’s not how she wanted their friendship to end. Really? Then why have you been giving your girlfriend your ass to kiss for weeks now while the poor girl has been pleading for your friendship. Bethany says she’s over it, OVER IT, and knows she doesn’t want anything to do with Jill anymore.
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