Thursday, November 19, 2020

The Real Housewives of SLC: Episode 2 Recap

From the recap of episode one: "A good Mormon doesn't have sex" but I'm sitting here scratching my head, then how did they have all those kids?! 

We return to the party at Jen's chalet still. Jen is venting to her hair stylist and saying, "that's like looking at a baby with cancer and saying the baby smells like it has cancer," and she is so mad at Mary disrespecting her family. You guys, this is over the top, even for a reality show. I'm sorry, but I'm with Heather that it's absurd, and I dunno why we are still talking about it, but Jen does make a comment about Mary's loofa dress, which I cannot stop laughing about. And then Mary walks in with her loofa dress (it's designer though guys...) But also, her loofa dress isn't the best part, the black fingerless gloves on her left hand are my favorite for sure. No, wait a minute, it's the WHITE OPAQUE tights she's wearing under her loofa dress. But more importantly, do we think Jen and Meredith coordinated their bright pink outfits? Back to the fight with Mary and Jen, they just hug it out. B-O-R-I-N-G. Where's the fighting?! 

Then we witness Whitney coming to thank Lisa for her donated tequila for her vow renewal, but then tells Lisa about how the bartenders she sent that made a huge hot mess and were drinking on the job, and we get a flashback to Whitney cleaning up the "brand new house" and yelling about the bartenders who dropped glass everywhere. Her party turned into a nightmare, but it must not have been the stripper pole that made her party went crazy.  HAHA.  Still laughing about that one. 

It's the day after the party now and Jen's got a bunch of assistants helping her clean up the "small party" before her hubs gets home, cuz he has no clue she just threw a wedding of a party for her friend (we think). 

Girls' Trip!!!  Lisa is telling her husband she will be going on a girls ski trip, and she's not sure what that means with Whitney cuz of their conversation at the end of the party.  Lisa told Whitney she might have heard about her being a swinger.... So now Lisa is complaining to her husband about the situation with Whitney, and it is the best editing ever.  Basically a slow montage of her complaining to him, and she's still talking, and he's still listening.  I imagine this is what life is like for every husband who is listening to their wife complain. It kinda goes into this repeat DJ shuffling type of thing and she makes sure to say she doesn't really wanna talk about it but goes on and on and on. Then her husband, who has just been the amazing supportive husband that he is, asks if he should be listening or giving feedback and she says, "No, I just wanna talk" and then she says they're fine, they're good. Which begs the question why she just went on this super long tirade to her husband about it if they're fine. "Done," he says, lol. Oh man, the supporting actors are great so far. 

Powder Ski Shop - this is really close to my house and finally it's fun to see some SLC spots near my hood. Heather is getting fitted for ski boots, and says, "if you live here and don't ski, it's really just a tragedy," and she may be right. Those who don't ski might find it offensive, but I learned to ski in Utah, on the powder, when I was 31. So, it's possible guys! Whitney and Heather go on to talk about the party, Whitney is butt hurt that Lisa pretended to not know her from before. Ugh, who cares. Get over it girls. Some people have better memories than others. Whitney then asks Heather, "why did you invite Lisa?" (to the girls ski trip, but isn't the answer because they're on a reality show together?!) Insert random expected and incorrect Mormon commentary here. 

 They always seem to manage to get it in and include photos from their childhood lol. Whitney thinks that Lisa thinks she might be a swinger, which is normal in Utah (what?!). Then, she goes on to talk about the polygamists. PS. I'm obsessed with the fundamentalists, but they never talk about them. Can we talk abbout them instead? Apparently, the polygamists would use a can telephone system to warn each other when the police came. LOL. Okay Whitney, whatever you say crazy girl. She goes on to talk about how perfect she was as a Mormon girl, and she chose the 3 week history tour over the trip to Maui, I guess she came back from the trip, messed around with her boyfriend, and had some beer. NOt sure where she go the "perfect" from, but sounds pretty not perfect to me hahaha. Maybe she should have gone to Maui instead, anyway this made her question her entire faith because she didn't feel bad. Sounds like she never had a testimony to start with, but.... let's focus on how I'm still waiting for more snapshots of places I recognize. So far, nothing too interesting. 

Whitney's at home creating some culinary creations of grilled cheese (it doesn't look very good though) for her kids, who should be off their phones, but she does this apathetic admitting phones are bad but doesn't really make him come off of it.  "Your brain is going to be mush," she tells her son, and he agrees, but continues to stay on his phone.  Forehead slam.  Good parenting guys.  Whitney's dad comes to visit in a gorgeous camo sherpa sweatshirt and his crazy jet black hair that I can't decide - is it real or not? Her dad is her best friend, but he's been on painkillers for ten years so it's really damaged their relationship. He is supposedly a prior self made millionaire from hair products, which I can't decide if it's ironic or the reason he has this super black hair.  He does have a wonderful head of hair though, and I'm sure my hubs would be quite jealous and buy his products if it means a full head of hair like his! He seems kind of uncomfortable in this reality gig though, kind of like a bad actor. He's going to go to Church with Whitney and Mary.  

Finally, City Creek - oh wait, nope, that was just a quick snapshot.  Meredith and husband are now at some bar called The Handle, which looks like it's got some yummy salads.  Now it's Meredith's turn, and I love the young photos of her and her husband from the 90s. They're having dinner and talking about the elephant in the room, about how they're separated and him wondering who she's told. I'm actually wondering what my own husband and I will look like in 20 years and if we'll look like these folks. I think their faces are frozen, but will I want lip injections?  Hmmm.  Okay, now Meredith's husband is talking about how transparent he is and how he'd let her look at his phone and she doesn't want to. You wanna know something funny? My husband and I look at each other's phone ALL the time. HAHAHA.  Then we get a snippet of them having an interview and he's hoping she isn't dating anyone yet, and she just stares.... DUN DUN DUNNNN (she totally is, I'm calling it). Also, they both look so much better in the interview than they do at dinner. Good makeup crew for the interviews!  

Ski Trip time! I wish I looked that cute when I go skiing. These girls look like ski bunnies for sure! I can't decide if I like Mary's hat and Fendi ski goggles or Lisa's pink fur cover up. Mary says that Chanel don't give you wedgies, time to go get some chanel undies! LOL. Jen's head to toe leopard ski outfit is likely the best. Some of the girls are amazing at skiing, and then there's Lisa, Mary, and Jen, who cannot do much. I might be better than them, hahaha. Jen is my favorite though, because she talks about how she took a lesson the other day, and we see the flashback of her skating through her home with her heels making an obstacle course. But the slopes are kind boring, so watching them eat dinner and chat is going to be way more interesting. 

Whitney's talking about how her dad and her are going to Mary's church to check it out. Lisa talks about how when she became an LDS person, she felt like it improved her life. Lisa gets points for saying, "that's cultural, not gospel" as Whitney complains about feeling judged. Utah is all about the cultural issues with LDS stuff, but then Whitney talks about how she feels judged by Lisa (maybe because in a flashback, Lisa said her style is all Utah... hahaha, umm which it is, you are blonde and look like a good old LDS girl). Whitney goes on to talk about how she felt threatened during the conversation at the party, the one where she approached her to complain about her bartenders, never mind that Lisa gifted a ton of free alcohol and wasn't even invited to the vow renewal lol. I am totally loving Lisa and wondering what the heck is wrong with Whitney now. She is so annoying. I am liking Lisa more. Lisa is not judgmental, she is just honest and talking about things she heard, she doesn't care enough to judge her (OUCH!!!) so maybe I love Lisa. she doesn't take anyone's BS. Meanwhile, Meredith is looking uncomfortable that this confrontation has happened during dinner with a bunch of people around. Meredith keeps drinking while watching everyone. 

Lisa goes on about how her intent is always love and kindness but what other people think is something she can't control (so true). Uh oh - now Heather goes on to reveal stuff Lisa told Jen and Jen looks a tiny bit uncomfortable too. Then we get a lesson on text code - two thumbs up is a "F you" what?!??! I use two thumbs all the time. Shoot. This conversation is really hard to stomach. I think I'm going to have to stop here because Lisa is apologizing to everyone for making them feel bad, and oh man, this isn't even fun drama. I can't stand drama where the girls just make themselves a victim and feel so hurt because of other people. Ugh, get over it. It's obviously not Lisa's problem, and if they don't want to be her friend, they don't have to be. I'm not sure if I can continue this guys... this is so bad. Good, it's over now.  Woohoo!  

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