What I Watched Today

(rambling, random thoughts & annoyingly detailed recaps from real time TV watching)

General Hospital

Chase asks if Michael is ready for softball season, and Michael asks if he means when Aurora shuts out the PCPD in the open. Chase says Michael is very wrong. When he takes the mound and throws his famous slider, Michael will be embarrassed to call himself a player. Finn suggests they not get ahead of themselves. Chase will be recovering for a while. Chase says Finn doesn’t want him to leave. He feels fine. He already feels the antidote working. His nose starts to bleed, and he asks if this is a side effect Finn didn’t tell him about. He suddenly has a seizure, and Elizabeth rushes everyone out and closes the door. They all watch through the window.

Brando is pushing Gladys in a wheelchair, and she says if she’d known he was going to take such good care of he, she would have gotten shot sooner. Brando tells her, be honest. She loves the attention she’s getting from the media. Heroic woman survives shootout; names real killer of Franco Baldwin. She says don’t forget, she also confirmed Cyrus coerced her into making a false statement. Brando says he knows, claiming Jason disposed of the murder weapon. He thinks at this point the entire world knows, but there is an upside. She says, all those lovely gift baskets from the media outlets who want to interview her. He tells her, he was going to say, now that they’re both free of Cyrus, they can finally think about the future. Sasha approaches them, and says she took a chance they’d be there.

Laura is in the chapel, when Martin comes in. He says, forgive him. He’d hoped to catch her at the Board meeting, but one of the nurses told him that she was headed in this direction. She says if he’s curious what the Board decided to do about Cyrus, they’ll make an official statement tomorrow. He says, considering his brother is under arrest for a veritable laundry list of offenses, he assumes Cyrus will be replaced as Chairman of the Board. What’s amazing to him is, he almost feels sorry for Cyrus. Cyrus always had big dreams. She says, built on lies and extortion, and he says, Cyrus actually thought he could take the place of Sonny Corinthos. She says, interesting how Sonny prevailed, even in death.

At the Tan-O, Lenny and Phyllis walk in. Lenny says, business is picking up, and Phyllis tells Sonny, they ran into the Chief of Police at the market, and crime is down. Sonny says, now that Elijah was arrested, Nixon Falls is back to normal. Phyllis asks if Nina is coming by for a drink later, but Sonny says, she got a call from her grandson’s father, and he’s going to let Nina be part of the child’s life. Phyllis says, wonderful. She can’t wait to hug Nina. Sonny says, the hug will have to wait. She’s on her way back to Port Charles right now.

Handcuffed to a hospital bed, Cyrus asks where his lawyer is. He has the right to see him. Carly walks in, and he says, Mrs. Corinthos. You went to  law school when I wasn’t looking? The guard closes the door, and Carly says she didn’t go law school. If she did, she certainly wouldn’t represent him. He says then she can’t be there, and she says, yet here she is. And there he is, arrested and handcuffed to the bed. Sure is funny how things work out.

Cyrus asks Carly, how much did she pay the cop to let her in? but she says she doesn’t have to pay for favors. He says, the Corinthos name commands so much respect, and she says, too bad he didn’t realize that months ago. He could have saved himself a lot of time and trouble. Maybe even avoided his present circumstances. He says, a temporary setback, and she says, Peter is on the run, and he’s not showing up to rescue Cyrus. Cyrus asks why he’d care about the publisher of The Invader. Has he done something Cyrus should know about? She says, like kidnap Gladys, and take her to a warehouse, where Cyrus ordered her son to kill her? Cyrus laughs, and tells Carly, keep thinking that while he’s temporarily in Pentenville, building his network of associates. His lawyers are working to have the charges thrown out. Carly says his lawyers are going to have bad news for him. He’s not going to Pentenville, but he’ll wish he was.

Sonny tells Phyllis and Lenny, Nina said she was going to come back, but he doesn’t know. Once she gets to Port Charles, and sees her grandson, she might change her mind. Phyllis tells him, don’t be a pessimist. Nina loves it there, and she has the article about Nixon Falls to finish, He asks what Phyllis thinks she’ll want more, to finish the article or spending time with her grandson? Phyllis says she got the idea there was more tying Nina to Nixon falls than the article. After what happened with Eli, Nina and Sonny are closer than ever. Sonny says they had a good talk, and Phyllis says, and…? He says, she got a call from her grandson’s father and left. Phyllis says, so that’s it? They said goodbye, no regrets? He says, actually, he gave Nina some of his special sauce so she wouldn’t forget him. Lenny says, he left Nina with tomato sauce? Get on the next flight to Port Charles and surprise Nina.

Brando steps away with Sasha, and asks if she’s okay, and she says, all good. She just had a check-up, and the baby is fine. He says, that’s great news. Of course (🍷) he’s glad to see her, but he thought she was transferring her care to Mercy. She says, that was before Cyrus was arrested. She doesn’t feel like she’s got to look over her shoulder every time she stops into GH. She tells Gladys it’s good to see her, and Gladys says she’s told she’s making a good recovery… thanks to her son’s love and care. He laughs, and she tells him, don’t be modest. He saved her life. She would have died for sure without him. Sasha says she doesn’t see him doing any less, but she owes a debt to Gladys. She was the one responsible for Cyrus’s arrest, and freed her and Brando to figure out their future.

Laura tells Martin, it’s been a very long day. She wants to go home to her husband. He says, of course (🍷). He’s sorry  for Cyrus. He’s been saying that his whole life. He’s relieved and grateful that she’s emerged from her hostage ordeal, and has a family to return home to. Laura says, not all of her family; not her daughter. He says he’s sure Laura suffers her absence every single day. He knows what that’s like. She asks if he wants something, and he says, fair play. Cyrus refuses to tell him where he’s hidden their mother. He knows it’s a big ask, but perhaps she could visit her brother and ask where he’s keeping her. She asks what makes him think Cyrus would tell her? and he says, unlike him, she has something to bargain with – his sister’s love.

Elizabeth says Chase’s blood pressure is dropping, and Finn yells for an IV push. Elizabeth puts something in the IV. Outside, Gregory arrives, and asks Jackie if there’s been any change, but she tells him, no. Michael tells Willow that Finn and Elizabeth are the best. If anyone can get the seizures under control, they can. She says she doesn’t understand why Chase had a seizure in the first place. Finn was convinced he had a cure. Finn comes out.

Finn says, Chase’s seizure has stopped, and his breathing and blood pressure are stable. Gregory asks, how long will he remain stable? and Finn says, it could be a couple of hours, maybe longer. It’s hard to know for sure. Jackie says she doesn’t understand. She thought he found a cure; what happened? Finn says, he believed combining her DNA with his would work. A Trojan horse to trick his body into accepting it. It should have worked. Willow asks, what about the short term treatment? and he says, unfortunately, it’s not available. He sent Chase’s bloodwork to the lab. They’re good and fast, and maybe they’ll find something he missed. Gregory says, so there’s reason to hope? and Finn says, there’s hope. Jackie says she has to see her son, and goes in. Willow tells Michael, she really thought it was almost over, and Chase would be okay. He says, there’s still a chance, and she says she has to keep believing. She won’t give up, and neither will Chase.

Laura says Martin overestimates her influence on Cyrus. She tried to talk him down when he was holding her as a hostage. She couldn’t get anywhere, and believes if it had gone on any longer, Cyrus would have killed her. Martin says, he would have killed anyone else a lot sooner. The only one who has any influence over Cyrus besides Laura is his mother. She’s his motivation for everything; for wanting to succeed, trying to be the king of the world. Laura understands that. She was able to engage with him, and keep him talking long enough to avoid tragedy. Just maybe, she can get him talking again, and they can avoid another. She says she knows she can get Cyrus to listen to her, but she doesn’t believe for a minute he’ll tell her where their mother is. He says, all right then; he’ll leave her to it. Reflection and her husband. Safe home. She tells him, wait. What’s the worst Cyrus can do? Say no? He says, God bless her for trying.

Gladys says she’s always happy to help, but she’s tired. Can Brando take her back to her room? Sasha says she needs to pick up some pre-natal vitamins downstairs, and Brando says he’ll go with her, if she doesn’t mind waiting while he wheels his mother back to her room. She says she doesn’t, and says, Ms. Corbin, it’s nice to see you again. Gladys tells Sasha to call her Gladys, now that Sasha and her son share a child. She’s sure a staff person can get her back, and tells Brando to go with Sasha. He says he’s not going to let her fend for herself, and asks a passing orderly to take Gladys back. He tells her not to eat all the chocolate out of the gift baskets.   

Carly asks if Cyrus remembers the boat that blew up. There were class A drugs found floating in the water; all surviving the explosion. He asks what that has to do with him, and she says, the DEA traced the boat back to one of his shell corporations. Not only is drug enforcement sniffing around his businesses, so are the Feds. He says, let him guess. The DA is ceding jurisdiction to the Feds, and she says, he’ll be facing Federal racketeering charges, in addition to multiple counts of kidnapping and attempted murder, etc., etc. Pentenville will feel like a spa compared to the maximum security prison they’re going to send him to. She starts to leave, and he says, perhaps she’ll be joining him there, since he intends to tell law enforcement that her family was sheltering an illegal immigrant from Turkey, giving him false identification as Sonny’s cousin and an American citizen. And she made Josslyn an accomplice. She tells him, don’t dare mention her daughter’s name, and he wonders if they have mother/daughter prison cells. He’ll mention her name and Josslyn’s, and of course (🍷) Dev’s, or she can capitalize on all the respect the Corinthos name commands and intervene for him for the US Attorney.

Sonny says, he was thinking of going with Nina, but he’d just get in the way, and Lenny tells him, suit himself. Lenny takes out his phone, and says, just a reminder of what he’s missing. He sends Sonny a picture of him and Nina, and Phyllis says she doesn’t think they’ve seen the last of Nina. She’ll get her fill of pattycake and choo-choo trains, and think about Nixon Falls and everything and everyone she misses. Suddenly, Lenny keels over.   

Phyllis asks if Lenny can hear her. She checks him out, and asks if he hurt himself when he fell. He says he doesn’t think so, and she and Sonny get him up. Sonny says he’s calling 9-1-1, but Lenny says, over his dead body. He just got a little dizzy. Phyllis says, maybe he’s dehydrated, and asks Sonny to get him some water. She’s getting the blood pressure monitor. Lenny says he’s fine, but she says, it’s either that or the clinic; his choice. Sonny gives Lenny a bottle of water, and says, tell him what’s going on. Lenny tells him, he said he was fine, and Sonny says he knows what Lenny told him, and what he didn’t tell Phyllis. How bad is it?

Carly says she should have realized Cyrus would stoop this low. And she did. When she brokered the deal with the Feds to grant Gladys immunity, she also got immunity for her family. He says she’s bluffing, but she says, Diane has the agreement on file. The US Attorney agreed not to investigate Dev’s legal status and ID, so Cyrus’s threats are as empty as he is. Have a nice time on the inside. He says he and his attorneys will figure a way out of this, but she won’t find it so east to fill Sonny’s shoes. She says, no one can, and no one ever will. He says, not even her? and she says she knows better than to even try. He says so she’ll be running Sonny’s territory her way, and she says she has many resources, starting with Jason. She has to say, it was smart of him to team with Peter, and frame Jason for Franco’s murder. Although it had no chance of succeeding long term; he had to know that. He doubts Gladys would have made a convincing witness, which was why he was hopeful Jason would never make it to trial. She says because he wanted Jason dead in Pentenville, and when that didn’t work, he tried to kill Jason at GH and failed. Jason is free, and he’s competent, and Sonny’s territory is secure, and it’s going to stay that way. He says, under other circumstances, he’d tell her to watch her back. It would be a cakewalk for Jason to eliminate her, and take Sonny’s businesses for himself. She says that just shows how much he doesn’t know about her and Jason. He says, either Jason devoid of ambition, or completely in her thrall. Either way, it puts her in the driver’s seat. He senses she enjoys the power, but be careful what she wishes for. The deeper you wade into this business, the harder it is to get out.

Sasha says she had a real wake-up call when she saw this, and shows Brando the ultrasound. She says, meet your son or daughter, and he says, he made this? She tells him not to be so greedy; it takes two to tango. He says he’ll never forget that particular tango, and she says, now that Cyrus no longer has a hold on them, what’s next? He says now they have time to figure out a lot of things, including this. He holds up the sono picture.   

Laura tells Martin it’s better if she talks to Cyrus alone. She sees Carly coming out of Cyrus’s room, and says she’d like a word with Mr. Renault. Carly asks if she doesn’t mean the prisoner, and Laura says, actually, she means her brother. She goes in, and Cyrus says he’s glad she doesn’t hold a grudge. She tells him, who says she doesn’t?

Carly asks Martin if there’s any reason Laura would want to visit Cyrus after he held her hostage. He say she’s doing it for him; more precisely for his mother. Thankfully, Jason is free, but his mother is still in captivity. Even though it’s gilded, it’s still a cage. Carly says, the dynamics have changed. She may be able to help him get his mother back.

Jackie and Gregory stand by Chase’s bed. Jackie says, he looks so peaceful; you’d never know. Gregory strokes Chase’s hair.   

Michael gets something from the vending machine for Willow, and she asks if everything is okay. He says he was going to tell her earlier, but Nina is on her way back to Port Charles to visit Wiley. Willow says they agreed to give her another chance, but she thought he’d let her know. He says, Jax insisted that he call Nina tonight and extend the invitation, and she says she knows he’s been advocating for Nina, and of course (🍷) he’s Josslyn’s dad and part of the family, but isn’t he overstepping? Michael says, Jax blackmailed him, and she says, what? He says, Jax saw them together that night in the gatehouse. She says, together together? and he tells her, Jax said Chase doesn’t need to know if he agreed to let Nina back into Wiley’s life. She says, she’s so sorry. If things had been different, Jax wouldn’t have had a chance to make good on his threat. He asks, what things? and she says she almost told Chase.

Finn looks at some journals and in his microscope. Elizabeth looks at him through the window, and comes into his office. She says, nothing? He says he checked the formula a thousand times. In theory he thought he’d done it right; it was perfect. In practice, it failed. He didn’t fail just any patient; he failed his son. If that wasn’t bad enough, he killed the one person who had the antidote. He swipes the papers off his desk, and walks to the door. She asks where he’s going, and he says he’s turning himself in to the police.

Laura tells Cyrus, she’s there to speak for someone who can’t speak for herself. Someone he claims to care about more than any other. He says, tell Marty not to worry; their mother is getting the best of care. She deserves nothing less. Laura says, she deserves to be able to see Martin. She could be living in the lap of luxury, but it wouldn’t matter if she couldn’t see her own son. He says, ah, yes. The golden child who could do no wrong, unlike him. She asks him to put aside his anger for a moment, and think only of his mother. Who’s going to take care of her when he’s in prison? The people he hired are going to abandon her, and him, when they stop getting paid. If he’s the only one who knows where she is, she’s likely to be alone, and suffer, or worse. He says he won’t let that happen, if she can use her influence as mayor to get his sentence reduced. She laughs.

Brando tells Sasha, it’s okay. Cyrus isn’t lurking around. He’s three floors down, guarded 24/7, a prisoner in his own hospital. She says she thinks it’s going to take her a while to get used to the fact that he’s no longer part of their lives. He says he gets it. He got so used to being under Cyrus’s thumb, ignoring what he cares about, not showing weaknesses. It’s going to take him a minute to relearn how to live. She says they talked about dating, like going to a movie, going out to dinner. He says, catching a baseball game, and she says, it all sounds so normal. She’s not even sure she can do normal anymore, and he says, if it makes her feel any better, making a baby before you even go on a first date isn’t really normal. She guesses they never did anything in the correct order, and asks if that makes them messed up. He says he doesn’t think so. They did something exactly right. They look at the sono picture and smile at each other. Gladys opens the door to her room a crack, and sees them hug. She doesn’t look happy.

Sonny says whatever Lenny tells him, he won’t repeat to Phyllis, but she already told him that Lenny went to a clinic. Three weeks ago. Lenny says, he was having chest pains. He told Phyllis it was heartburn, but she knows he has a bad ticker, and insisted his doctor check him out. The doctor showed him a picture of his heart, and it’s not pretty. Sonny says, Phyllis doesn’t know? Lenny shakes his head, and Sonny says, she has to know. They’ll have to make decisions… Lenny says, Phyllis isn’t going to know, and Mike/Sonny is going to keep his mouth shut. It’s his life, and his decision. Sonny says, Phyllis is a nurse; she can handle it. Lenny isn’t worried about Phyllis, and Sonny knows what he’s worried about. He’s scared. Lenny says, he’s talking to a Marine. Marines aren’t scared of anything. Sonny says, except your feelings. Does Lenny think it was easy to tell Nina how much he cared about her? The don’t even know each other, but Lenny and Phyllis have been together for a lifetime. She’s got a right to know. She won’t love him any less. Phyllis comes out with the blood pressure monitor and says, let’s do this.

Willow tells Michael that Chase had his room fixed up to look like Nantucket. His family has a house there, and they’d made plans to visit a long time ago. Chase was so sweet. He wanted to do something nice for her, and she realized the longer this goes on, the worse Chase is going to be hurt. She couldn’t lie to him anymore. But before she could tell him, Finn rushed in saying he’d discovered the cure. Michael says, a cure that doesn’t work, and Willow says, she thinks now is a bad time to tell him. It has to wait until he’s better, and he has to hear the truth from her, not Jax. Carly comes by, and asks, what about Jax? (One of those true soap moments.)

Elizabeth says Finn is making a mistake, and he says, it won’t be the first time. She says, if he decides to go to the police, tell them whatever he wants, but not when Chase’s life depends on him. He asks if she heard what he said. He took his best shot, and failed. Maybe his theory was flawed, or maybe it’s karma, payback for pushing Peter down a flight of stairs. Elizabeth says, he’s a scientist; he knows better. He says science hasn’t been very good to him, and she says, science saved him from Blackwood’s, and it will save Chase. He has no right to lose faith. Not now. Not ever. Finn’s phone dings, and he says, the lab results are in.

Phyllis asks what she missed, and Sonny says, ask Lenny. He’s sticking to bartending. She looks at the results, and Lenny says, not good? She says she thinks he knows that already. After all these years, if he doesn’t talk to her, she doesn’t know what they have. Certainly not a marriage. He says he loves her, and she has no idea how scared he is of losing her.

Carly asks why they were talking about Jax, and Michael says, Nina is on her way back in Port Charles to see Wiley. Carly asks if it’s permanent, and he says they’re going to talk about boundaries first, and he’s going to make it clear that she can’t mention Nelle. Willow says, assuming Nina can abide by the rules, they thought it would be good for Wiley to have both his grandmas doting over him. Carly asks what that has to do with Jax.

Laura says Cyrus just can’t help himself. He loves to manipulate people. He can’t wait to exploit those vulnerabilities. She hates to disappoint him, but she has no influence she can use on his behalf. He says, and even if she did, she’d never help him, and she says, he didn’t ask her for help. He tried to extort it from her. Her phone rings, and she laughs, and says, Martin. Martin asks if she’s gotten anywhere with their brother, and she says, what does he think? Martin asks if she’d mind putting Cyrus on. There’s someone there who’d like to speak with him. She hands Cyrus the phone, and says, it’s for you. Cyrus says, Martin, there’s nothing you can say that will make me change… Mother?

Brando and Sasha go to Gladys’s room, and she asks if Sasha got what she needed. Sasha says she did. She approaches Gladys bed, handing her the sono picture, and says, she and Brando thought Gladys would like to see this. Gladys looks at it, and says, my grandchild. Brando says they can’t tell if it’s a boy or girl yet, but Gladys says, it doesn’t matter. She sees a family resemblance. Brando says, she can’t tell anything from that, but she says he’s wrong. This little person is going to need all the love they can get. They’re going to need her as much as he does.

Michael tells Carly, Jax made the request. He still cares for Nina, and he’s convinced that it would be good for both Nina and Wiley to be in contact. Carly asks what Michael thinks. Jax is extremely biased. Do they think it would be good for Wiley? Willow and Michael suddenly jet. Carly sighs because the attention isn’t on her anymore.

Finn has come out, and Gregory asks if he figured out what went wrong, but Finn says, not yet. Jackie asks if the lab results are in, and Finn says, the toxin is still in Chase’s system. For reasons he can’t explain, it’s making the symptoms more intense. Willow says, there must be something he can do, and Elizabeth says, Finn just needs more time. Finn says he needs to check on Chase.

Sonny watches Phyllis and Lenny through the window. Lenny says he didn’t want to worry Phyllis, and they hug. Sonny looks at the photo of him and Nina on his phone.  

Carly tells Willow and Michael, how awful for Chase’s family. She wouldn’t wish it on her worst enemy. (I’m not so sure about that.) Michael says, no one should have to go through what they’re going through, and they hug. Carly says she has to go, and tells Michael, he has no idea how much she loves him. He says he loves her too, and not to worry about Nina. He won’t let her pull another stunt like she did last time. She says she’s not worried, says goodbye to Willow, and leaves.

Gladys thanks Sasha for sharing the picture, and Sasha thanks Gladys for sharing her son with her. She says she should go, and Brando says he’ll call her later. She leaves, and Brando says, so, grandma… He’ll frame a copy of the ultrasound for her to take to Bridgeport. She says she’s been meaning to talk to him about that. There’s nothing for her back there. There’s so much more here, which is why she’s moving in with him until they find a larger place, and she can take care of him and her grandchild.

On the phone, Cyrus says, no. That’s not true. He wants what’s best… Mother? Are you there? He gives the phone back to Laura, and she says, Martin found their mother, and will take charge of her care. He says, with Carly’s help, he’s sure, and she says, kind of poetic, isn’t it? Carly is going to return his mother to the brother who will care for her. He says, she’s defending Carly, and she says she understands Carly. Carly wants to do anything she can to stop him from hurting anyone else. He says he doesn’t want another lecture. Please just go. He needs to call his lawyer. She says, before he does, she’d like him to reflect, even if it’s just for a moment. With his intelligence and determination, he could have built roads, fed the poor. He could have done so much good in the world, they would have built a statue to honor him. Instead, he chose to be selfish and cruel, and it’s left him alone and feeling unloved. He has no one to blame but himself. He says, if that’s true, the next time they meet, he has nothing to lose. She says, if there is a next time, she’ll be ready, and leaves.

Finn sits next to Chase’s bed, and says, why didn’t it work? He looks up, and says, where did he go wrong? Chase opens his eyes, and asks how long he’s been out. Finn says, a while. He was in the lab. Chase says, and?… Finn is out of tricks? He’s going to die, isn’t he? Finn takes Chase’s hand.

Tomorrow, Michael tells Willow, what happens next depends on Nina; Finn says he gave it his best shot; and Carly says, Jax not only knows, but he’s counting on it.

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills

As usual, Erika came to breakfast in dark glasses. Indoors. Garcelle said she though Sutton was going through a lot, but Erika said she couldn’t be taking it out on other people. In LisaR’s interview, she says she thought Sutton was harmless. She let her emotions take over, but there was something underlying that she wasn’t dealing with. It was making her have these moments. LisaR told everyone that they’d probably be going on the boat later, and Garcelle wanted to check out the town. Kyle said it was all too much, so she was just going to hang out. Crystal said she wanted to go with Garcelle, and LisaR went to check on Sutton. Sutton said she was a little angry and upset. She thought something was going on – which there was – but she didn’t know what it was. We flashed back to the Bottoms Up prank, and Sutton says her paranoia kicked in. She kept using a roller on her face, as a self-soother, and told LisaR that she was sick of crying, but LisaR said if she had to cry, cry. Sutton said Kyle told her that she was too sensitive, but Crystal called her irrational, ridiculous, too sensitive, defensive, crazy, and paranoid. LisaR said she could make her own list, and we flashed back to the many names she’s been called.

Garcelle and Crystal went for coffee, and Crystal said she had mixed feelings about Sutton. Garcelle said she heard they’d had a talk, and asked what that was about. We flashed back to the I-don’t-see-color conversation and Crystal said Sutton came at her hard, but Sutton probably thought Crystal. It spiraled into we’re all equal. Garcelle said, if something was bothering Sutton that she wasn’t talking about, at some point, it had to come to a head. She told Crystal to just continue being her. Crystal suggested Garcelle sage her, or sage the house, but Garcelle said it was the first time she hadn’t traveled with sage. I hate when that happens.

They went to the boat, and LisaR was carrying a tote bag said RINNA on it in big letters. I thought, why? Does she forget her name? More likely, she wants to make sure everyone notices her. We flashed back to other boat rides, which weren’t exactly happy times. Erika yapped about how dedicated Tom was to being a lawyer, and how much he loved it. And how she loved him for loving it. Ugh. A seagull came around, and I kid you not, these women freaked out like it was a rabid bat. The seagull took no mind, and landed on the boat’s railing, while the women cowered on the other side of the boat, except for Kathy, who is like a ditsy Snow White. In Sutton’s interview, she said she felt nervous. She’d come there with her tail between her legs, and needed to have a conversation with Crystal and move on with the day. Taking her roller with her, she asked to speak to Crystal. She told Crystal that being called ridiculous didn’t make her feel great. She felt Crystal was abrupt to her, and thought Crystal was upset with her. Crystal said Sutton claimed she’d kicked her to get her to stop talking. Which she had. Meanwhile, at the front of the boat, the rest of the women gazed at the house from Godfather 2.

Crystal said Sutton had turned on her, and showed herself to be untrustworthy, but gave no examples. She also said Sutton’s reactions were erratic. In Crystal’s interview, she said Sutton was erratic, unbalanced, unreasonable, and emotional. She told Sutton that she couldn’t deal with crazy, and Sutton asked Crystal not to call her crazy, and used her self-soother. Crystal said that was all Sutton had shown her. She didn’t know the others well, but they’d been open and sweet. Honestly, I wanted to like Crystal, but I’m starting to think she’s crazy. Crystal freaked about Sutton (who’d knocked first) coming into her room to bring her coat, when she was nakey. I have to add that Sutton went in coat first, so it was clear why she was there. Some might say that’s an overreaction. I’d never tell someone how to feel, but why doesn’t she afford Sutton the same courtesy she would like, and stop stomping all over Sutton’s feelings. Yeah, she’s a little odd. So? Crystal is starting to come off as a mean girl with Sutton as the target. No surprise on this show. Sutton told Crystal that she was shy, and it took her a while to warm up to someone and trust them. She wanted to get to know Crystal better. She’d been a nervous wreck, and was going to leave. In Sutton’s interview, she said, until she’d gone to Tahoe, she hadn’t realized what an emotional task it was to sell her house. She told Crystal, at first she thought she was okay, but leaving the house was harder than she was pretending. She apologized if she was projecting. In her interview, a-hole Crystal said moving out wasn’t an excuse to attack her and act like a crazy person. Is it me??? When did this happen? She told Sutton that she was happy move forward, adding liar to her resumé. This is just sad, and I feel bad for Sutton who is trying too hard, since this Regina George wannabe isn’t really worth it.

Fresh baked goods were awaiting them back at the lodge, Dorit and Kyle played bocci ball, and everyone got dressed up, sort of, for dinner. Sutton wore another dress I loved, with sparkly embellishments, along with her ginormous, expensive furry slippers. Garcelle kept calling Dorit Door-it, and Dorit refused to respond. The women sat by the fireplace and had cocktails, when Garcelle asked for a show of hands on who’d had their nose done. In Erika’s interview, she seemed to get offended at that question, which puzzled me. Erika and Kathy both admitted to having their noses done, but Dorit said she used contouring makeup. A photo from 1995 made us question that. Crystal sent a text to Garcelle saying she was losing her sh*t, and not coming to dinner. And she’s calling Sutton crazy. Okay. Sutton apologized to everyone, saying she hadn’t been herself. The move had taken a toll on her, and she was exhausted. Feeling left out triggered her, but they didn’t deserve her behavior. In Dorit’s interview, she said it was better to confront things, and move past them. She’s a regular Confucius. Sutton said she’d had a meditative day, and was ready to enjoy everyone’s company. LisaR said she’d had a rough past year with people saying she was a bad friend. She then told a story about Harry having a drink with a friend who raped a girl later in the evening. He’d been a close friend of Harry’s, and went to jail. All of his friends wanted him to visit, support the friend, and show him they loved him, but Harry couldn’t do it. Garcelle asked what the point of the story was, and – wait for it – LisaR said she couldn’t blindly support Denise last season. In Garcelle’s interview, she said, Harry did the right thing, but you couldn’t compare the two situations on any level. Sometimes it’s okay to say nothing. As usual, Garcelle and I share a brain. LisaR said she’d done things that didn’t look good, but in a lot of ways she took a bullet. Garcelle said it was more like LisaR became the ringleader, and we flashed back to Denise being sucker punched figuratively, because they are going to milk that storyline until this show finally goes off the air. Which isn’t soon enough. LisaR agreed that she hadn’t tried to reach Denise in the right way. She’d wanted Denise to be transparent and vulnerable, so she could use those vulnerabilities against Denise. That’s where it went south. Garcelle said LisaR pushed it. 

Erika said nothing ever seemed like what it was in life, and you didn’t know anything about anyone. Another great philosopher. They went to the game room, and played ping pong, foosball, and pool. LisaR jumped in the pool, and wanted the others to join her, but had no takers. Garcelle said she was wearing a velvet jumpsuit, but have fun. Sutton said she’d brought her bathing suit, and joined LisaR. LisaR wanted channel her inner Esther Williams, and she and Sutton came up with a synchronized swimming routine. Sutton announced they had a performance to show the women, and everyone was amused. Kyle stopped by Crystal’s room, and Crystal told her about Sutton startling her, saying she dopped to the ground. Sutton had said she didn’t know what was going on there, but here was her coat. She was just too tired to deal with it at dinner. Kyle said Sutton and Crystal had talked on the boat, and asked if Crystal mentioned it, but Crystal said it was so triggering and important that she hadn’t thought about it. In Kyle’s interview, she wondered, if it was so upsetting, why hadn’t Crystal said anything before they went on the boat, or on the boat, or after the boat? I’ll tell her why. This chick is trying to start sh*t, and picked on the weak one.  

The next morning, they packed to leave, and Sutton stopped by Crystal’s room, which I’m sure she saw as an attack. Even worse, Sutton suggested they end on a good note. Crystal hadn’t come to dinner, and Sutton thought it might be because of her. Crystal said that was part of it, and repeated what she’d told Kyle. Sutton said she hadn’t meant anything by her comment, but Crystal said she felt that boundaries had been crossed. She felt violated; it was creepy and weird. Let’s go through that list again, of Crystal’s complaints about Sutton: irrational, ridiculous, too sensitive, defensive, crazy, and paranoid. Check, but as applied to Crystal. Sutton said it was awkward, but she wasn’t being judgmental. In Sutton’s interview, she said there was nothing creepy and weird, unless you were raised in a women’s prison. Sutton said she was trying to make the situation better, and wanted to get to know Crystal. Why is a mystery. They hugged it out, even though Sutton is an admitted non-hugger.  

Four days later, it was election morning, and everyone received a text from Erika saying she considered them close friends, and she had filed for divorce. Because you always keep that info from your close friends until just before it hits the papers. That’s one way to be transparent. Not one of them had any idea it was coming.

Because I watched the 11:30 pm show, there was no preview. Maybe that’s a good thing. I’m not so sure I want to know.

👓 Another Way To Look At It…

I really enjoyed this recap that hit the nail on the head in a concise manner. Unlike my own rambling, and dedication to dialogue.

https://ew.com/tv/recaps/the-real-housewives-of-beverly-hills-season-11-episode-4/

⚾️ Catching Up…

Since I’ve had a lot going on this week, I’m a beat behind, but we’ll catch up with Million Dollar Listing New York tomorrow, because dammit, I’m getting more than five hours sleep tonight. No matter how many hours you get, stay safe, stay scrupulous, and stay looking in the mirror first, before casting an avalanche of stones.