This episode of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City picks right up with the Lisa/Whitney fight. Lisa is doing the most, slinging insults and denying it all, but an apology tour begins soon after. We all know conflict/resolution does not always stick, especially when it comes to Angie and Lisa. Angie tries to show Lisa’s true colors while Bronwyn tries to navigate motherhood with her mother judging every move.
Whitney has removed herself before she pops off on Lisa completely, but that doesn’t mean Lisa is done. She picks at Angie and her franchised salons, but Angie corrects her, confirming she owns three and is proud of the models she has created. Angie is tired of Lisa deflecting to try and make someone else the target, and she reminds Lisa, “You do French fries, I do franchise.”
Angie goes on to point out that Lisa has seemingly stopped promoting her son’s company, Fresh Wolf, and has moved on to promote other products. Angie is the one with Fresh Wolf on her salon shelves, but Lisa freaks out, claiming that Angie questions everything she has. Angie states that Fresh Wolf should be stocked in the likes of Walmart, insinuating it is a C-level business.
Heather jumps in and is… gasp… suddenly the voice of reason. She calls both Angie and Lisa out for their low blows and reminds the group that, at one point, they used to have fun together. Lisa claims that she can be vulnerable, and she becomes emotional when talking to Angie. She is upset because she thought she was in a good place with Angie. Angie reminds Lisa that she fights so hard with her because she loves her.
Lisa goes on to say she is Heather’s biggest champion, and she wants everyone in the group to thrive. In the midst of this apology tour, Bronwyn states she takes no pride in hearing about Lisa’s legal allegations, but she used them against Lisa because she just wanted Lisa to stop talking about her. In the end, they toast to “friends that love hard and hurt hard.” Conflict… resolution. The perfect housewife recipe.
LOL at the SLC producers always capturing the lousy drivers on this franchise. This time it’s Bronwyn and her abysmal parallel parking. She meets Lisa at her Vida Tequila lounge in an attempt to work through their issues. Lisa apologizes right off the bat since she is tired of sitting in the space of purposely hurting one another.
Bronwyn reminds Lisa that she always felt appreciative of the way Lisa handled their past issues with Gwen’s family, and it seems like they almost have a moment. Lisa calls herself defensive, and she admits that she does not like hearing people say nasty things about her husband, John.
However, that is hilarious considering Lisa insinuated Bronwyn “s*cked d*ck” for clothes. Bronwyn promises that the mean and hurtful ways will stop going forward, and she is hopeful that they can remain neutral, so long as the husbands remain off-limits.
They chat about motherly things, and Bronwyn opens up about her mother, Muzzy, living with them as of late. Bronwyn notes that her mom is a bit softer nowadays, which is huge since she was so rigid with Bronwyn growing up.
Mary and Big Joe, her cousin, arrive at her newly renovated church. The updates have lasted over two years, but she is thrilled to come back. They chat about Robert Jr. and how Mary is more able to recognize when he has fallen off again. Mary is hoping that coming back to church may help get Robert Jr. back on track.
Mary discusses some of her family dynamics, and we learn that despite her grandmother’s wishes, Mary’s mom thought she would be the one to take over the church. Her grandmother had a whole plan in place for Mary (and what would have happened if Mary refused to marry her step-grandfather?), but her mother made that difficult to achieve.
Now that Mary’s mom has passed away, the dark chapter of her life has closed, and Mary is now able to move on from the rumors and nastiness (shout out, Meredith!).
Angie uses Heather for practice so she can brush up on her cosmetology skills. While Heather gets a (fake) perm, Angie tells her that Lisa’s assistant came to scoop up all of the Fresh Wolf products from the salon. Angie had them down in storage, so of course, they were a bit dusty.
Lisa Venmoed Angie money for the product (passive-aggressive) AND texted Angie that perhaps she should have hired her a cleaning company, adding, “Sorry your salon is so dusty.” Talk about a bomb.
Because Angie can’t let that go, she clapped back about finances, and they went back and forth for a bit. Angie is over Lisa and her “dyed bowling ball black” hair and points out that everything Lisa is trying to say about Angie actually is Lisa’s truth.
Britani invites Whitney for a chat, and we learn that Britani is back with Jared. Before going all in again, Britani shares that her kids want to be the priority. Whitney reminds Britani that her children should ALWAYS come first, and perhaps she should go 30 days without Jared/a relationship to show her daughter that she is number one in her life. Britani does not seem 100% on board, which is… concerning.
An awkward scene with Bronwyn and her mom, Muzzy, is very reminiscent of Sutton with her mother. Bronwyn’s mom is busy judging Bronwyn’s parenting style, yet her rigid, tough ways did nothing to stop Bronwyn from getting pregnant at a young age! Bronwyn’s mom refused to acknowledge her pregnancy, and that, in turn, made Bronwyn miserable.
Her mom retorts, “Do you know how miserable I was trying to hide it [your pregnancy]?” Ouch. Talk of foster care for baby Gwen comes up, which makes Bronwyn recoil, and she claims that was never on the table at all. But Bronwyn’s mom wastes no time reminding Bronwyn that she is not too good, despite her lifestyle now. Wow.
Noticing a pattern here of awkward relationships with mothers. First, Britani needing to be TOLD that her daughter comes first, then Muzzy still holding onto resentment toward Bronwyn and her pregnancy 18 years later.
“Meredith and I are no Laverne and Shirley,” but Angie and Meredith are trying. Angie fills Meredith in on Lisa’s warring messages, but Meredith suggests that perhaps when the kids were brought up, Lisa got reactive.
Angie takes a deep breath and lets Meredith know that Lisa would encourage Angie to dig up family members and relatives of Meredith’s. She suggests that Lisa did this to help Angie and make Meredith stop coming after her.
Meredith is confused why Lisa would tell Angie to dig up dirt that may not even be true, but it would be hurtful. Meredith thinks Lisa is loyal… whereas Angie has lied about her for years. So what’s the truth? Detective Meredith is on the case…
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