‘The Real Housewives of Orange County’ recap: Explosive start between housewives on season five open
The cast of “The Real Housewives of Orange County” at the Virgin America OC Launch, (R to L) Lynne Curtin, Tamra Barney, Vicki Gunvalson, Jeana Keough and Gretchen Rossi (Wikimedia Commons)
“The Real Housewives of Orange County” season five had an explosive start on the Nov. 5, 2009 premiere.
The minute the housewives got in the same room for Lynne’s jewelry show things got out of hand. Tensions were high between Gretchen and Tamra, and even though the other women tried to make jokes to break that tension, nothing was stopping the words those women had built up inside.
It all started when Jeana mentioned apologies, and Gretchen said that not everyone at the table knew how to apologies. Tamra, who knew Gretchen was talking only about her, told the table if she had something to apologize about, then she would apologize. Gretchen tried to make it seem like she wasn’t just talking about Tamra, but Tamra was not backing down. Tamra really started throwing mud first, bringing up Jay and the inappropriate pictures of Gretchen plastered all over the Internet. Tamra told the table Gretchen always plays the victim and prays on old men, and she said she could no longer believe a word out of her mouth. Gretchen honestly seemed hurt that Tamra would believe Jay over her.
Just as things seemed like they had boiled over enough, the screen went black with the words “To be continued…” This can only mean one glorious thing: the good stuff is coming next week!
Quick housewife highlights
Here are some things you’ll need to know about the housewives going in to season five, although I’m sure what you read now won’t be true by the end.
- Gretchen is still mourning over the loss of Jeff. She said she thinks about him everyday and misses him terribly. She admits she made some bad choices in her life but is trying to turn things around. She has currently been seen around with Slade, who used to date housewives Jo and Laurie.
- Jeana’s income has taken a big hit due to a poor real estate market, and she is having to downsize her lifestyle.
- Tamra and Simon have been fighting a lot. Their relationship is going over a lot of speed bumps right now, many of which seem to have to do with money.
- Lynne’s jewelry business is doing really well. Her pieces are being sold in a lot of high-end boutiques and department stores, and she even has buyers over seas.
- Lynne and Tamra are great friends now.
- Jeana and Vicki are not great friends now. Vicki says the reason they aren’t speaking is because Vicki wouldn’t loan Jeana money and stopped calling after she said no, even though they live two doors from one another. Jeana says that Vicki and her don’t speak anymore because, even though she knew Jeana was having a hard time with her business, Vicki still switched to another real estate agent.
Next episode – Nov. 12, 2009: Viewers meet the new cast member; The fight between Tamra and Gretchen continues
