Heather and her husband, Terry, are having dinner on a restaurant patio. She’s complaining, in an over-privileged way, about being handed their menus already open. She claims it doesn’t give them a moment, that it indicates they need to order RIGHT NOW. She obviously doesn’t have enough to think about. Terry tells us she sends the food back 90% of the time. She seems quite a pain in the ass. Then they chat about Vicki’s Cajun low-rent dinner party. Being a new Housewife she immediately wants to reciprocate with a party of her own. It’ll be at a painting studio since she ain’t about to have these strange women at her gorgeous house. Not just yet. Yes, she said it like that, with a very subtle, ghetto head toss. When it arrives, Heather’s fish is too thick and she insists it won’t be cooked inside. We leave to go back to Catalina but I bet she sent it back.

Tamra and Eddie walk join Vicki and Brooks at the table. Tamra starts crying and says Eddie and Vicki’s " 'high-fiving' because they’re both Aries" weirded her out. Vicki shrugs and looks around before telling us that now she’ll have to check the rule book about which body parts a person can touch. It’s really all too ridiculous for words. Tamra yells that she “doesn’t like them touching each other.” They’re her best friends, she claims, and THEY SHOULDN’T BE TOUCHING!!!! Then she blames her outburst on alcohol and proposes body shots. I guess to break the ice she asks Brooks if he’s a tit man or an ass man and if he likes fake boobs. Brooks looks embarrassed, Vicki looks incredulous.

Gretchen and Slade are walking her two tiny dogs. Slade tells Gretchen she’s been asked to host a comedy show and he’s been asked to do a comedy set. He says it sounds like fun. Gretchen tell us because he’s seen stand-up he thinks he can do stand-up. She tries to sweetly dissuade him but he’s gung ho. She frowns and is mega worried. She doesn’t want to actually tell him he’s gonna suck but he’s pushing her.

On the Catalina ferry Tamra’s just leaving the ladies room. She’s feeling sick. When she grabs Eddie's arm and asks him if they’re OK he says that he thinks last night was the alcohol and she shouldn’t drink. Oh, and the hand on the boob thing is definitely not to be repeated. Tamra tells us they’re not in the honeymoon stage anymore.

Heather is calling Vicki to invite her to her painting/cocktail party. Vicki immediately says she doesn’t paint. Alexis has no idea what’s going on with a painting party and Gretchen says maybe if we got naked and painted each other it would sound like fun. Tamra tells us she cannot sing, dance or paint, that her creativity lies in the bedroom. Heather explains to each of them that they’ll be painting canvases, not rooms, if that’s what they thought. And there’ll be champagne!

On a visit to her friend CJ’s lingerie/sex toy shop, Tamra meets up with Gretchen. Tamra tells us she doesn’t know a better way to bond with close girlfriends than over sex toys and she couldn’t do this kinda stuff with Vicki. She and Gretchen have the same, raunchy kinda mindset. Her words, not mine. Tamra tells us she’s still hesitant to tell Vicki she and Gretchen have renewed their friendship. The longer she waits… besides Vicki already senses a new vibe going on between them.

The art studio is set up for the ladies with canvases and hors d'oeuvres. Heather’s had the caterer prepare a completely carb-free menu in honor of Tamra. She noted at Vicki’s party that these girls don’t eat carbs. Vicki is the first to arrive. Gretchen and Alexis limo over together. In the car, Alexis tells Gretchen that Peggy had 4 months to talk to her and she chose 10-15 minutes at the end of Vicki’s party, so…no. She says Peggy changed once she got around the Housewives. That she would have told Peggy that she and her husband had had a past. Gretchen tells us she would be pissed at Jim. Alexis says Jim felt horrible and that she doesn’t question his love for a second. “Right,’ Gretchen agrees.

At the painting party, Vicki chats with Heather about her long distance relationship. Then Tamra arrives. She's still sick but says she’s a trouper. When she describes her symptoms Heather immediately asks if she's pregnant. Tamra and Vicki are a bit shocked at the question. Then when Heather talks about being pregnant at her (Heather’s age), Tamra archly says “don’t put me in your age (tight smile), I’m a little bit younger.” Then Heather and Vicki look at each other, stunned.

In the limo, Gretchen tells Alexis about Tamra’s present to her and how surprised she was when Tamra told her it was the key to their new beginning. When Alexis tells her to still be careful around Tamra, Gretchen tells us she can tell Alexis doesn’t really like the idea of them being friends again either.

Gretchen and Alexis finally arrive at the studio. Alexis screams with joy when she hears the menu is carb-less. They all love the food. Heather mentions she’s opening a restaurant with six girlfriends and asks the women what type of cuisine they like. She says there are no good restaurants in Orange County, a remark Alexis thinks is quite pretentious. They all say she’s picky, which we know and which Heather claims as a virtue. But I think they meant it as a slam. Amidst all the chatter Vicki hears that Tamra and Gretchen went to the sex shop together. She’s surprised. Heather acts appalled at the sex shop talk but Alexis tells us she’s full of shit. Heather tells us talking about her bedroom life with “strangers” is just not her thing.

Let the painting begin. The owner, a headbanded hippie chick named, Timree, guides the ladies. Needless to say, with all their cackling and chatting, their paintings of a big shoe on a shoe box look nothing like hers. Heather tells the women she has other gifts – she sings, she’s an actress. Alexis laughs as she tell us “who comes out and says my strong point is acting?” Gretchen declares Vicki’s painting the best and Tamra’s the worst. Finally, Vicki remarks on the lovefest between Tamra and Gretchen and wonders why they’re hanging so tough. She calls it “a big change from last year.” Alexis tries to take credit for getting them back together but Tamra says nah-uh, you had nothing to do with it, babe.

Terry comes by and regales the ladies by describing his day in the plastic surgery operating room. The ladies ohh and ahh at the various procedures and Alexis tells us she didn’t join in since she knows all about plastic surgery. He tells bad marriage jokes, like husbands do, while Heather rolls her eyes and the ladies all laugh. Heather leaves the room or a minute and Alexis tells us that she stormed off. Not really. Then Brooks comes in and meets the rest of the group. They all love his southern accent. Gretchen says she really likes Brooks and that he seems to make Vicki happy. Before everyone leaves they get their painting, framed and ready for hanging. When Gretchen grabs Tamra for a hug, Vicki’s mouth falls open. Grethen tells us Vicki will just have to figure it out. And I guess she did because on her way out the door, Vicki hugs everyone but Tamra, barely saying goodbye. “Is that rude?” Tamra asks the room. She says her fears have come true; Vicki’s mad that she’s friends again with Gretchen.

Gretchen arrives home and tells Slade that she’s gotten thousands of texts about Vicki’s new guy, Brooks, and how he’s a deadbeat dad to TWO women. They show a clip of Vicki slamming Slade for the same during a reunion show. It’s been her steady drumbeat about him for quite a while. They go online to read articles Gretchen says may not be true (as in Slade’s case, ah hem) and tells Slade that she likes Brooks. She says she doesn’t care that Vicki is dating Brooks and it should be the same for her and Slade. But this info sets Slade off. He goes goes on and on about how Brooks was arrested for child support, how he'll never trust Vicki because she’s a bitch and he will never deal with her or… Tamra. Oh goodness, what’s that going to mean to Gretchen and Tamra’s newfound friendship?