A Shabbat dinner, a prank gone wrong, and yet another moment of drama NOT captured on camera. Just your average episode of The Real Housewives of New York City. As the Hamptons trip continues, Racquel opens up more to the group as tension builds between Ubah and Brynn.
The women arrive at a tennis club in South Hampton via Sprinter van, but alas, this ride does not cause chaos the way it does on RHOSLC. Erin flirts with the tennis instructor, while Jenna and Ubah act as the spectators. We learn just how un-athletic this group is and after what seems like only 7 seconds, the ladies plop down for a photo shoot. Sai sits next to Jenna, clearly avoiding and ignoring Brynn. Brynn feels like her fight or flight instinct is starting to kick in after the pile up on her this morning.
In the meantime, Racquel talks about her French last name and explains the origin of it. Racquel has no relationship with her father and states that once, when she was 11, she actually tried calling him, but a woman answered the phone. Her father called back, telling her never to call him again. Yet, when she was 12, she was invited to his Thanksgiving dinner that ended with Racquel promising she should never contact her father again. She decided after that night, she would change her last name. Racquel went down the family line with her mom and they settled on Chevremont. What a story!
Racquel embraces Brynn and they bond over the hole in their soul. Brynn feels like their stories are very similar and she connects with Racquel on a deeper level.
On the way back to the house, they decide to FaceTime Erin’s father to tell him they are planning a Shabbat dinner. Because of all the planning that is needed, the group splits up. When Erin finds Brynn in her room, Brynn explains that she is ready to go home. Sai and Ubah are frustrated with her, so Erin promises to support Brynn because she remembers how it felt to be ganged up on.
Evidently, Erin’s pep talk did not resonate enough with Brynn because she also tells Jenna that she plans to go home. Brynn wonders what she did to make Ubah and Sai so mad: I mean, Ubah went as far as calling Brynn a snake. Brynn calls the whole ordeal “an energy suck,” but she decides making some pavlova with Jenna will keep her mind off it all. Jenna promises Brynn that she can wear all of her diamonds if she stays and Brynn agrees. They have a very Pretty Woman moment in the kitchen and Brynn seems cured-do these diamonds have healing powers?
As some of the ladies begin cooking, Sai, Ubah, and Jessel head to the supermarket. After guessing the price of eggs, Jessel explains that she is paying $1,000 a month to keep her frozen eggs in Beverly Hills. That’s 90210 for you, baby! Jessel goes on to state that paying for a surrogate would add another $250k to her bill. This number sure perked Sai up as she promises to carry Jessel’s babies for that price tag. Ubah begs Jessel to get pregnant with her, but Pavit is still on the fence. He feels overwhelmed having two at once, but if Jessel gets rid of those embryos, that’s it for their family. It’s very finite.
Back at the house, Racquel is on grill duty while the rest of the crew preps in the kitchen…well, everyone except Brynn who went up for a nap. Typical. Once Brynn is awake, Erin lets her in on an idea she has for a prank. Because Erin is so tired of hearing Jenna say the word “pavlova,” she decides that she will stick a fake cockroach in it. Mature.
Despite planning for an 8 pm dinner, the girls sit down at 9:14. Jenna rocks a latex blouse and explains that she used to have a decent amount of latex a few years ago. Um, what? When Jenna was 27, she dated a guy who wrote an article about all the sex clubs in NY. She actually went to a full-on sex dungeon and the things that Jenna saw that night are incredibly insane.
Ubah finally arrives to the dinner table and Erin then does a quick prayer for the wine and the bread. Rebecca is there to help Erin has she stumbles over a few words, which leads Erin to wonder how Rebecca can have two opposing religions: Judaism and Scientology. Erin goes on to talk about embracing the chaos within the group and how they should just love each other.
As they chow down on the home cooked meal, they play Never Have I Ever. This gets some laughs out of the group and we learn that Erin would flash people for a free taxi. After a few rounds, Jenna gets up to finish her pavlova and Erin excuses herself to get the fake roach ready. The master plan ensues as the women dig into the pavlova and the suspense begins: who will find the roach first? Jessel spots it on her plate and Ubah runs off, sick to her stomach. When Sai runs to her aid, she finds a puking Ubah, which then causes Sai to get sick, causing a lovely chain reaction of barf all because of a plastic roach. Thanks, Erin. You and Brynn can take your high fives and shove ‘em.
The next morning, a private chef comes to make some breakfast for the group. It’s interesting how much food there is this trip around at Erin’s house, huh? Rebecca talks about how she breastfed her last child until he was 3-omg- and Jenna discusses how she wanted her engagement to be low profile, however, the massive diamond ring on her finger says otherwise.
When the ladies jab Rebecca for still being in her jammies at breakfast, despite having two suitcases full of luggage, Brynn decides to coach Rebecca, on camera. Brynn must’ve forgotten that the cameras were up because telling someone how to play the Housewives game while filming is not a good look.
Before Ubah sits down, she hugs Brynn, reminding the group that they love each other no matter what. Brynn promises to not cut Ubah off when she is talking, but ironically cuts her off to say that, which prompts Ubah to spiral. Ubah claims that every time she is out of alignment, it’s because of Brynn. Ubah further states that she doesn’t get mad at people unless they mean something to her.
Erin interjects to let the group know that last night, Erin pulled Ubah aside to remind her that she loves Brynn. Cool- yet ANOTHER example of the drama happening off camera and not getting captured. According to Erin and Ubah, Brynn goes over to Ubah, strokes her face, and claims that she doesn’t want Ubah to come off as “an angry black woman” so that Ubah’s boyfriend will marry her. Oh man- we needed Andy and a camera!!! Very interesting that it appears as though Brynn is trying to control what people say on this show- first with Rebecca, and now with Ubah.
Ubah doesn’t like being told how to behave and states that she doesn’t want to get mad at Brynn, but Brynn is very condescending. Brynn wants them all to come from a place of respect, but Ubah explains that Brynn isn’t called the disrespectful names until she is condescending to her. A dangerous cycle, if you will.
Brynn does not appreciate Ubah mocking her and Brynn states she “doesn’t really care” about saying her side at this point. Brynn feels as if Ubah is playing into the stereotype and she “convinced that there is nothing upstairs” with Ubah. Brynn gets upset and reminds them all that she doesn’t have to take BS from anyone. Guess it couldn’t be a goodbye South Hamptons breakfast without someone telling the group to “shut the f*ck up…”
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