Welcome to the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City Season 5, Episode 10 recap. Last week, more arguing made lunch very uncomfortable, until Seth broke the ice with an asparagus joke. Things got heated at Todd and Bronwyn’s anniversary party, but the night ended well. Angie asked about Bronwyn’s daughter Gwen “reconnecting with her grandparents” and got shot down immediately. The group enjoyed a day at the Thermal IndyCar Race Track before flying commercial back to Salt Lake City, and Lisa had a tantrum about having to fly coach. Keep reading to see exactly what went down in RHOSLC Season 5, Episode 10: “Kiss Kiss, Bangs Bangs.”
What happened on Real Housewives of Salt Lake City Season 5, Episode 10?
In this week’s episode, Lisa fills Heather in on (her version of) the couples’ trip. Todd tells Bronwyn he was “disappointed” by her behavior with the women in Palm Springs. Mary hosts a “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” brunch so the women can work out their issues, resulting in varying degrees of success. Here are some of the highlights from RHOSLC Season 5, Episode 10.
It’s Lisa’s world and we all just live in it
Lisa and Heather meet up at a shop in Park City. “I missed you on the trip,” Lisa tells her. “I didn’t like being there without you. So, I felt super bad for me.”
Oh, of course, it’s always all about Lisa. Never mind Heather, stuck at home while everyone else was out in Palm Springs fighting with each other. You were better off, Heather.
Lisa says that Bronwyn told a “totally different story” about why Heather wasn’t there. But then Lisa totally rewrites the history of the trip, saying that Todd told John that unless she could work things out with Bronwyn, they would have to go home. That’s not what happened, Lisa. He just wanted you to stop screaming at everyone.
I hope somewhere down the line, Heather watches the episode and sees what really happened.
Todd’s disapproval is a bitter pill for Bronwyn to swallow
Over at Bronwyn’s, Todd is sitting on their back porch with his arms crossed defensively. It’s obvious that he’s only doing this for his wife, and he hates everything about being in front of the cameras.
Bronwyn tells him that she returned from their trip to California feeling “some kind of way about Lisa.” You’re not alone there, B.
“The 10 years we’ve been together,” Todd says, “I’ve never seen you act the way you acted this weekend. I’ve known John and Lisa for a long time, but for you to sit in the hot tub and scream back and forth with her is ridiculous … What did you accomplish?”
He thinks Bronwyn “ruined a perfectly nice afternoon.” He’s never seen her act that way and doesn’t find it “becoming.”
In her defense, Bronwyn says they started yelling, and she just didn’t know how to deal with “that scenario.” He thinks she should have just left “with your dignity.”
“Todd’s approval means a lot to me,” she says in a confessional. “This is incredibly hard for me to hear.”
Poor Bronwyn fights back tears. Todd feels like a parent scolding a child for coming in after curfew. His body language and entire demeanor is patronizing, at best.
So now, not only are Bronwyn’s feelings hurt by Lisa and the other women, but she’s “even more disappointed in myself that [Todd’s] embarrassed by my behavior.”
“They’re sucking you into this sewer that they live in of bullsh*t,” he continues. “And you’ve just got to step out of it … Friends should not bring out the worst in you.”
Wow, that was rough. Hopefully things get better for the couple down the line.
Mary’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s Brunch
Mary is having an Audrey Hepburn-themed party at her home. She wants everything to be very elegant and sophisticated. She’s micro-managing the party planners, rearranging the table décor to her taste.
Bronwyn says she’s normally “fashionably late,” because she likes to make an entrance. But she’s “scared” of Mary, so she’s on time, making her the first to arrive. It’s just her and the bartender. Awkward!
Meredith arrives with her hair pinned up and swept forward to create faux bangs, ala Audrey Hepburn.
“I thought I was really tricky coming with these little clip-in Audrey Hepburn bangs,” Bronwyn interviews. “But then Meredith one-upped me with whatever ‘octopus’ she put on her head.”
When Heather arrives, she goes down the line, hugging everyone but obviously skipping Bronwyn. So tacky, Heather. At least you can say hello!
When Mary makes a welcoming toast, Heather pipes up. “Thank you for including everyone, since we know that didn’t happen for the Palm Desert trip.” Ouch. Bitter much?
Britani’s also feeling some kind of way, since she mentions that not only was she not included in the Palm Springs trip, but no one even bothered to check in with her this week except Mary. She also brings up that she thought it was odd that Angie brought a bottle of wine to her Mormon family night.
“You’re doing three guys, and you drink,” Angie responds. “And you’re claiming to be some total Mormon?” Even Mary gasps at that one. I’m beginning to see how Angie got that center snowflake.
Heather just can’t get over being excluded on the Palm Springs trip
Bronwyn doesn’t like Britani because she called her a gold-digger for marrying such an older successful man.
Heather jumps in and asks, “Then why didn’t you have a prenup?”
Bronwyn says Heather should stop “knocking on that door, cause you’re not gonna like when I open it.”
Bronwyn says, “The fact that you don’t know my husband and you have opined multiple times…,” but Heather cuts her off.
“I know three things about your husband,” Heather claps back. “I know that he doesn’t have a prenup with you, I know that he collects Starbucks mugs, and I know he is an asshole on couples’ trips when he wants someone to leave … That’s enough for me to know that maybe I shouldn’t get to know him further.” Whoa! When did Heather get so aggro?
Bronwyn immediately knows it was Lisa who gave that information to Heather, though Lisa tries to play innocent.
“Can I just say this really quick?” Mary interjects. “Bronwyn does care if you guys get along … It matters to her.”
Heather’s bitter that Bronwyn didn’t invite her on the group trip, but Bronwyn says that she wanted Heather to come. “I even bought you a first class return ticket,” she adds. Don’t let Lisa hear that.
Heather says, “You can’t book a ticket for me because you don’t know my birthday!” She says no one in the group knows her real birthday because she’s lied about it to everyone.
Cue Whitney Googling Heather’s birthday. “Her birthday’s June 29, but I have no idea what year.”
So of course, I immediately Google “Heather Gay DOB.” It’s June 29, 1974, mother truckers! That was easy. But of course, even Google gets it wrong sometimes…
Heather and Bronwyn finally reach an understanding
Sadly, the discussion of Heather’s unused first class ticket opens up Lisa’s whining once again about the horrors of having to fly coach. “Just FYI,” Bronwyn says, “your husbands got gifts. You got gifts from me. I had the house, I took you to Indy. And anyone gives a flying f*ck where they sat for 67 minutes on the way home?”
Heather asks, “If it doesn’t matter where you sit for 67 minutes, why did you book yourself and your husband in first class and them all in coach?”
“Cause it was my goddamn credit card,” Bronwyn snaps back. Good point. She also paid for the house and everything else. Shut up, Heather.
Heather is just determined to be mad at Bronwyn and to never be friends with her. What happened to Heather? She used to give people a chance.
“I am fiercely defensive of my friendships,” Heather finally admits. “They are the family that has replaced the family that I have lost … So, I’m very cautious of new people coming into this group.”
The root of the problem is that Heather is hurt that she was left out of the trip. But Bronwyn tried to fix it with her before the trip, and Heather wasn’t having it. She basically attacked Bronwyn and left her in tears.
But at last, Heather admits that it was all a misunderstanding. She’s open to creating a clean slate and moving forward.
“Bronwyn and I clearly got off to a terrible start,” Heather interviews. “But so did me and Lisa … and look at us now … I’m hopeful that we can put this behind us and start fresh.”
Meredith Marks gets a taste of her own medicine
But the détente is short-lived, as Britani jumps up and demands, “You guys! What about me?”
“Oh my god,” Bronwyn says to Whitney. “Get this woman a puppy. She needs unconditional love.”
“Bronwyn,” Britani finally says, “I officially apologize for those mean things that I said about your husband.”
“Maybe we can all grow together,” Pastor Mary says. “That is the sole reason you’re here.” Mary says they all need to just listen to each other, work it out, and move on. Surprisingly, she’s the voice of reason.
Kumbaya lasts about 30 seconds before Angie and Meredith are screaming at each other again. This group is like playing Whack-a-Mole: when one problem gets settled, someone brings up something else to fight about.
When the screaming escalates and Mary can’t get them to stop, she says that if they won’t listen to her they can get out of her home. Oh! A taste of your own medicine, Meredith: “YOU. CAN. LEAVE!”
But Meredith decides to play the victim. Even though Mary begs her to stay and talk, Meredith sniffles through tears and says, “I have to go.”
Well, wasn’t that fun? Mary sums it up in a confessional: “She took them bangs with her. This is Audrey Hepburn, not The Flintstones.”
The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City airs Wednesdays at 9/8c on Bravo.
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