The 12th episode of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills opens back up at the closed bathroom with Erika Jayne’s labored breathing thru tears. Crystal Minkoff explains to the other women that Garcelle Beauvais was not there when Erika had ask for them to not repeat their conversation that revealed separated husband Tom Girardi still calls her; a conversation she had with both Garcelle and Crystal. Lisa Rinna and Dorit Kemsley rally around Erika. Rinna whispers to Erika, “I’m sorry that happened.” And implies Garcelle asked that question to expose her. Garcelle hears this, and gets up from the couch to leave. Kathy Hilton begs her to stay and Garcelle returns to the couch. When Garcelle rejoins the women, she apologizes to Erika and Erika tells her it’s okay. In her confessional, Kyle Richards alludes to thinking something much bigger is going on. Sutton Stracke believes the reaction is so over the top that Erika must be lying about the root of it. Erika tells the women she has to return to LA to take care of things. Fox Force Four leaves Garcelle, Sutton and Crystal on the couch. Sutton assuages to Garcelle that she did nothing wrong. Garcelle tells the other two women that the group is divided. Rinna, Kyle, and Dorit say goodbye to Erika and return to the couch. Rinna presses on Garcelle about asking Erika questions, implying her intent was malicious. For the second time, Dorit jumps in to scold Garcelle that Erika had said that she didn’t want to talk about it and once again Crystal defends Garcelle and explains that when Erika had said not to talk about it, Garcelle had already left, and was out of earshot. Garcelle and Crystal leave to get ready for dinner. Back in the house, Rinna tells Dorit, Kyle, and Sutton that she thinks Garcelle has asked enough questions. The women learn that an involuntary bankruptcy petition was filed in the Girardi case. Dorit explains that this means there’s no money for Erika in a divorce. Rinna changes subject to ask what the women should have for dinner. Out of nowhere, Kathy Hilton returns to suggest Ruth’s Chris and the sweet potato casserole.
As the women get ready for dinner, Kathy tells Sutton her necklace is “a little daytime”. Dorit comes to dinner in a sparkly mesh Gucci jumpsuit with thigh high boots. Kathy comments on Dorit wasting this outfit on a night in during a Girls’ Trip. Kyle tries to get ice from the fridge’s door dispenser, but instead just dumps ice onto the floor. Garcelle and Crystal join the women and Kathy screams in Dorit’s ear to scare her and then denies doing so. Dorit asks if anyone has spoken to Erika. Kyle and Garcelle have both texted her, but Garcelle didn’t receive a reply. Kyle tells Garcelle that there’s likely to be no ill feelings but that Erika won’t trust her moving forward. Rinna presses again on Garcelle that maybe she has some part in it to "own". In her confessional, Rinna says she’s trying to get Garcelle to “take a peek” at her behavior and take accountability for it. In her confessional, Garcelle brings up how Rinna treated Denise Richards, a longtime friend of Rinna's, last season. Garcelle thinks Rinna can shove it. Dorit tells Garcelle that she thinks Garcelle wasn’t trying to kick her when she’s down but needle her. Crystal once again defends Garcelle that she was not there when Erika asked not to talk about it. Garcelle tells Sutton her outfits have been great on this trip so far.
At the dinner table, Rinna says she wants to play a game. The conversation quickly turns to race and Kathy says that she “doesn’t see color”. In her confessional, Garcelle explains that her blackness shows up in a room before all her other traits. Garcelle explains to Kathy that despite believing all people are equal, the reality is some people are treated differently than others based on their race. Garcelle explains that she has different worries as a parent because she has an adult black son. And Crystal explains that growing up her parents had to prepare her not to react to kids when they would inevitably make fun of her for being Chinese. Dorit tries to add her two cents and shares that her kids have had exposure to people of color because she hires many multicultural people. Garcelle asks if the brown people are only “the help” at her house and Dorit responds with the token “My mom’s best friend is black”.
Kyle asks the women to bring their dishes to the sink, and rinse it. Dorit is so put off she suggests they all chip in to hire “a help”. In her confessional, Dorit says she’s not dressed for dishes. After dinner, Kyle reveals that Harry Hamlin has one hand of acrylic nails and Rinna shows a picture.
The next morning this LA Times article is released and the women react. The bombshell drops that the victims Tom Girardi represented in law suits were not paid their settlement, he doesn’t know where the money is, and that EJ Global LLC was funded $20 mil from Tom’s firm. In court, Tom testified that he did not have any money. Thankfully for Rinna and Kyle, Sutton had read the entire article. Rinna and Kyle try to understand what this means for Erika. Sutton says that Erika has liability if her LLC is accepting funds they shouldn’t have. Garcelle thinks that Erika had a heads up that the article was coming out, and thinks this explains her behavior from the day before. Dorit comes in 10 minutes late to the conversation and starts listing the victims. In her confessional, Kyle shades Erika for not knowing enough about her life, and by who and how her lifestyle was funded. Kathy sits down mid conversation and looks dead in the camera to say, “I don’t know her”. Dorit begins to wonder if any of them know Erika at all. Rinna continues to stick by her friend.
The ladies return back to Encino. Dorit gets a call from PK and Boy George. PK advises Dorit to start questioning her friend, Erika. Sutton believes Erika knew more than she led on. Sutton asks Dorit to host a meeting for the women without Erika.
At Dorit’s home, the women meet to discuss Erika. The night before, Erika posted text messages and photos of Tom’s alleged mistress. Sutton is the last to arrive. She sits down and tells the women that the more she thought about Erika and what was said at La Quinta, she started to hear alarm bells and believes that the women have been put in a bad position and been told things that she believes to be untrue.
Like most episodes this season, we depart things mid-conversation...
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