On this episode of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, Lisa is busy trying to prove to the world that she is important, not getting sued, and still has money. But these women are not just dealing with friend woes. Bronwyn is navigating her father’s Alzheimer’s, and Angie holds onto her father’s Greek roots. In the end, they are all human and make mistakes. Sometimes they may even get sued…
Lisa explains that she is not afraid to be sued (since she is lawyered up), but because of her clientele, this is all part of the business, baby. In an effort to clear her name, she has decided to host an afternoon of skeet shooting with the A team and a luncheon with the A and B teams of ladies. Lisa just wants to prove that these lawsuits ain’t no thing and she is done being the target of their conversations.
Bronwyn and Todd 2.0 (at least she is claiming that this is the new and improved Todd) go on a date. Todd’s softer side is still a bit gruff, especially when Bronwyn talks about all of the financial help he has been giving her ailing parents.
Bronwyn’s mother is still living in their home, while her father has been moved into a memory care facility since his Alzheimer’s is progressing. Bronwyn has been grateful to have Meredith as a friend throughout this, as she also went through a similar situation with her father.
Bronwyn has taken on a lot this year, and so when she bemoans the state of her relationship with Lisa, Todd shuts her right down. She wants to fix things and make them right, but Todd claims that Lisa’s actions are unforgivable.
Angie pays a visit to her dad’s house. She is thrilled to still have her dad after 89 years and loves to hear about his life growing up in Greece. He brings out a lot of old photos and shares a tale about the Germans coming into his village and burning everyone’s houses.
Angie has only recently learned about all of her dad’s hardships, but she feels such a strong connection to her Greek heritage. She vows to pass down these strong roots to her daughter, Elektra.
Bronwyn’s new roommate, aka her mother, is a tough nut to crack. She slowly opens up about how hard it has been cleaning out the family home, especially with her husband in the memory care facility. Bronwyn’s dad does not remember adult Bronwyn, and she gets upset because he DOES remember the era of time she is the least proud of: Bronwyn as a single, pregnant girl.
Her mother reminds Bronwyn that she could not get where she needed to be without Todd’s “dime,” since she needed Todd’s support to help her. Her mom throws shade about Todd’s age and prepping for his impending death, which Bronwyn is used to, but coming from your own mom? Ooph, that’s rough…
Heather has been working hard to create her own “love den,” and she explains to Angie that this is a new chapter in her life. She has a third book deal and shares that she has fun and creative projects in the works.
They chat about motherhood, and Angie opens up about getting her Greek citizenship. Rather than being excited, Elektra wonders why Angie wants being Greek to be her whole identity, and Angie is sad that her teenage daughter is rejecting her.
When it comes to Lisa, they chat about the lawsuits. Angie is tired of Lisa gloating about her lifestyle, and even Lisa’s “bestie,” Heather, agrees. When Lisa tried to put herself on a pedestal with Heather, it hurt Heather’s feelings. Lisa is getting harder to defend, and Angie just wants the truth from Lisa, not “AI photos…”
Lisa, Heather, Mary, Meredith, and Amy (the Utah Socialite) head out to skeet shoot. Lisa has hand-picked the group to shoot with because she wanted to “let off some steam” before she “blows it up at lunch.” Talk about foreshadowing.
The B team waits in the lobby (Angie, Bronwyn, Whitney, and Britani) until Lisa leads them into the dining room. Lisa has blown up her cases, stamped them with ‘dismissed,’ and put them on easels all around the room to try and prove a point, but of course, Mary is confused. This whole #LitigationbyLisaBarlow is really comical.
Once everyone is seated, Lisa kicks off the luncheon and announces that today is all about her. She is ready to clear up any lies and/or misinformation, but Angie wonders what this proves. Lisa explains that the suits were dismissed because they are “none of your f*cking business” (um, okay?), but Angie goes on to ask some questions.
She rattles off rumors about Lisa: She has another man’s credit card in her wallet, this man paid her car off, and he paid for the remodel of their home. In the end, Lisa allegedly owes him $118,000, but Lisa calls this a fanciful tale.
Lisa seems to be confused about what a claim being denied versus a claim being dismissed means. Heather nods along to Lisa’s attempt at explaining what the actual f is going on, but need I remind you that Heather was JUST talking smack about Lisa a few scenes back?
Angie reminds Lisa that this lawsuit business got brought up because Lisa did some digging behind Brownyn’s back. Lisa thinks Bronwyn is obsessed with her because she got busted for having jewelry she could never afford. Lisa continues to take what is thrown at her and toss it back to the next housewife.
Heather tries to remind Lisa that she missed the camping trip (yes, we know, Lisa was with Ben and Blake at that time), and that is when Bronwyn took accountability for the whole necklace scandal. But it’s too late — Lisa is completely unhinged, trying to prove her innocence in the most off-the-rails way.
Angie explains that she has watched Lisa talk about people’s businesses, and she calls Lisa frustrating. Lisa cuts her off, calling Angie frustrating, too. She then goes on to say Angie is trying to be Jen Shah — after all, they have the same brow girl, nail girl, and lash girl. As the poor waitress watches this unfold, Lisa demands that Angie get to the “meat and potatoes” of her point.
Whitney wonders what she is supposed to think when she sees allegations about Lisa, but Meredith pipes in to say there are also many allegations about Whitney, too, and that does not mean it’s true.
An exhausted Whitney wonders why Meredith chooses NOW to jump in when she did not step up during the Lisa-sh*t-talk-fest during camping. Meredith denies this (and the tapes prove she did).
Whitney doesn’t want to hear Lisa bringing up people on TikTok bashing her failed business, and frankly, this only proves that Lisa does, in fact, do a lot of digging. Legal documents are very real, and that is what Lisa is dealing with, not Whitney.
Sure, Whitney’s business failed, but she never lied to cover things up like she is insinuating Lisa did. Maybe it was when Lisa shouted “redhead,” or maybe it was when Whitney called Lisa scared, but at some point, this explodes. Let this be a lesson not to talk about people’s businesses. And to always throw a napkin before storming out. To be continued…
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