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Bethenny: "Huh. I thought we were all wearing MURDER GLOVES tonight."

Sadness. The Real Housewives of New York City has drawn to a close for the season, and while there'due south ii whopping helpings of reunion next week, it just won't be the same. The good news is that nosotros got the Jersey girls just 'round the corner, and let's face it, Bravo has smartly adult this franchise in such a mode that we really can go a full year without having any gaps in our Housewives fix; and then really, what the hell am I complaining about? Nuthin'.
Anyway, the big finale ended at Jill's charity auction for Creaky Joints — a bizarrely named organization whose logo (written in "os" font) was a flake also literal for my tastes. I mean, I know information technology's all about curing arthritis, but must the messages appear equally if they've been carved from Lucy's skeleton? It'south like the Flintstones were in charge of branding. Withal, with a season's worth of drama leading up to the big effect, it'due south no surprise that Jill became a total crazy adult female, barking and fighting with seemingly everyone — or at least Ramona and Bethenny. The old fight was rather standard fare. The latter was an all-out screamfest — the kind where I thought both women might actually beginning crying and begging for Mommy. I was shocked that Ramona, of all people, proved to exist the calming presence in the fray.

You lot run into, it all started when Ramona saw what she perceived to be an overabundance of signage at the upshot'southward bar. This was entirely besides "déclassé" for 'Moners as apparently she prefers understated, demure branding, and let's face it: if in that location's anyone who's synonymous with understated and demure things, information technology's Ramona. We really learned about her aversion to over-branding at the top of the testify when she flipped out nigh a sponsor getting a mention on the "step & repeat" (a.one thousand.a. the white backdrop on a ruby carpeting). For any reason, she felt that a clemency effect was not the place to exist promoting a business, which is what we'd like to recollect in theory, merely honestly, if that were the case, none of these auctions and galas would ever have any sponsors. Nevertheless, Ramona and Jill got into a spat about getting their names on the Step & Repeat, and somehow it devolved into a foreign pissing lucifer about who could donate the most money. I didn't get information technology. And neither did LuAnn who was just dying to bosom out the Haughty Countess laugh. Either mode, there was enough of bickering to become around, and while I didn't follow much of it, I did agree with Jill that Zarin Fabrics should be wholeheartedly immune to have a place on the Step & Repeat, if but because Jill had been the motivating force behind this whole big shindig. (Information technology should be noted that when we saw the Step & Repeat later, Truthful Faith jewelry was all over it)
Anyhow, it was in the context of that argument that the later issue with the bar signage had come up up. The trouble, according to Ramona, was that there was besides much Frangelico branding. Information technology was tacky and gaudy, she lamented. Jill, who was already a nutcase over everything, only flipped out. I tended to think she was so stressed that she was simply looking for something to explode over, and Ramona gave her the perfect opportunity. The Zarin got all sorts of Zangry nigh the situation, maxim that it wasn't fair that Frangelico got to have all that wall space — especially when information technology could accept been sold to other sponsors. Somehow, the arraign all fell on Bethenny, who every bit the Bar President, supposedly should have told Jill about the situation. I could meet Jill's frustration in that it felt like a lost opportunity to raise more coin, merely at this point, why not just say "Who cares?" Frangelico did donate a huge corporeality of alcohol, and as such, they deserved to have their signage up there (memo to Frangelico — feel gratuitous to sponsor me and this site ANY time. You lot'll get all the signage you lot want).
Of course, in the ironies of TV, Frangelico got nearly 10 times more mileage out of this auction past having Ramona take downward their branding because here nosotros are, not only having watched a fight well-nigh Frangelico, but now I'1000 writing well-nigh it, and you're reading it. Some Frangelico exec should exist getting some massive pats on the back now (speaking of which, how dainty would a Frangelico cocktail be correct at present? Must… follow… branding…).
Well, as Ramona and Jill stewed (and subsequently accused each other hilariously of not coming through with their donations), this other woman who I believe worked at the venue, made a piffling stink about how she didn't desire to get defenseless in the middle of this mess. Cut to that night at the sale, and with everything going fine and dandy, that aforementioned idiot adult female walked up to Bethenny and proceeded to tell her at length nearly the fighting and brouhaha acquired by Bethenny's bar. This did nothing but whip Bethenny into a tizzy, and so it was AWN.
Bethenny pulled Jill aside and tried to explain her stop of the situation, but in that location was only slightly likewise much anger in her voice — enough to set Jill off, who was already a jumble of nerves nearly a speech she was about to requite. Equally a event, what should take been a unproblematic airing of grievances turned into an all out fight as Jill snapped that she didn't want to talk nearly it right and then. Jill was actually right — it was the wrong fourth dimension to talk over it — however, she totally Bensimon'd Bethenny by refusing to even talk information technology through in a brief mode. This simply made Bethenny angrier, and soon they were yelling at the top of their lungs at each other. Bethenny looked like she might even cry. The whole thing had the dramatic urgency of one of those childhood fights where at the end, you lot simply desire to shout "I HATE YOU!" and run away tearful (not that I ever cried as a youth. I was tough and manly). Anyway, Jill told Bethenny to just LEAVE, but rather than do that, Bethenny tracked down Ramoner and kvetched some more. Oddly plenty, Ramona had the presence of mind to talk Bethenny down and become her to a calm plenty place so that she was able to return to Jill, apologize, and movement on. And only like that, the fight was over. I guess she learned a few things after her battle with LuAnn — who I'm sure was quite pleased that this fracas didn't happen at the Cancer Society. I hateful, Non at the Cancer Guild! NEVER AT THE CANCER SOCIETY!!!!
For her function, LuAnn was up to her usual LuAnn things in the episode, which served as the swan song to her happy Countess lifestyle. We saw her and her half deaf (which is surprising since he'south so NOT AN OLDER Human being) husband ring the opening bell at the NASDAQ, but more importantly, nosotros watched as she arranged a confab (no pun intended) betwixt Bethenny and Rosie in the kitchen. Information technology started off as a way for the humble housekeeper/nanny/dog-shit-picker-upper to learn some cooking tips, only in the cease, information technology became Class with the Countess'due south Housekeeper equally Rosanna was the one doling out advice — at least virtually relationships. This was all well and skilful, but I was more fascinated by the fact that LuAnn even DEIGNED to sit at the same table equally Rosie. No wonder Alexandre dumped her ass. She was mixing with the plebes!
Also mixing with the hoi polloi was Kelly Bensimon, who managed to only assail my ears about three times (downwardly from the usual x or fifteen) with her high pitched squeaking. Nosotros sadly didn't get to hear her toot "How-do-you-do!!!" or "Bye!!!" very much this week, simply she did let out a super strange "Where are we going?" at one bespeak that sounded non unlike Mr. Bill running from a Mack Truck. Anyway, Kelly was fairly understated this episode, and she virtually got royally dissed at the auction when Jill forgot to thank her at the end of the night. Poor Kelly looked genuinely saddened — and for a moment we saw the ugly duckling from childhood who had no friends or playmates, thus engendering the insecurity that would later afford the name dropping and fame seeking she idea would yield her the brass band of social acceptance. Or something similar that. Either style, Jill before long remembered her mistake and gave Kelly her niggling award and all was right in the world once more.
Lastly, we had Simon and Alex, who really did little this episode beyond showing up and acting ridiculous. Simon wore an cool, shiny outfit that may or may not have come from a dominatrix's yard sale, and when he wasn't twirling and groping his twiggy wife on the trip the light fantastic toe floor, he was randomly shaking his bon-bon with none other than Ramona. Yes, after she accused him of beingness a frou-frou, Ramona could not deny herself the impulse to break out the Ramona dance, and before long she was doing her signature bop on the dance floor. Of grade, Simon never saw an opportunity he couldn't gay upwardly a little bit; then he too busted a motion, and somewhen the two were united by the great equalizer that is Trip the light fantastic! As the episode ended, the two put aside their differences and admitted that at the end of the mean solar day, they both were 2 very good dancers — which of course is not truthful at all. Nonetheless, gotta be happy that they reached some sort of a common ground. Kudos — or as Ramona might say, "k'doos."
And now, onto the photocap:

Jill: "I hope Bethenny doesn't go all that bronzer on my FAAAAAABRIC."
Bethenny: "Hey expect at me! I'm Kelly FUCKIN' Bensimon!"
LuAnn: "I wouldn't clothing all that bronzer, especially not at the Cancer Society. NEVER AT THE CANCER Gild!"
Ramona: "That's déclassé. Bronzer is déclassé."

LuAnn: "Has this h2o been touched by Mexicans?"

Kelly: "LuAnn, stop. End. Finish. Oh my gosh. Terminate."

Alex: "Bethenny is a peachy emcee. Simply we mustn't show her to François and Johan. They're used to St. Barts emcees, and we wouldn't desire to traumatize them."

"A-Rod loves it when I clothes upwardly like Princess Jasmine."

"Smile for the cameras, Jill."
"I am smile."
"Okay, then you're smiling."
"So incorrect that I smile differently than y'all?"
"Smile how you desire to smile."
"Smile how I want to smile, she says. Would you get a load of this one?"
"Cease complaining. You look beautiful. Just enjoy yourself."
"Beautiful, she says. I look like a slob. You're the beautiful one."
"Stop information technology."
"I'yard sorry. I speak my mind."
"You're a yenta."
"Merely you lot know what? Life's short."
"Hither she goes once more."
"I don't recollect Ally knows what sexual activity is."

"As queen of the Skinny Girl kingdom, I demand you lot all bring me your finest bronzer!"

"MARIO! MARIO! Get YOUR Donkey OVER Here!!!!"

"Someone get an ambulance: this woman's breasts have fallen off!"

"BAWWWWBBBY!!! GIVE THEM ALL ZAAAAARIN FAAAABRIC IN Honor OF AAAAAAALLY!"

"Do you like my pants? I bought them from a wonderful up and coming designer. Her name is Daiquiqui, and she has a lovely atelier just in a higher place Goldfingers on Queens Boulevard."

Jill: "Smiling for the camera!"
Kelly: "Jill, no. Stop. Stop. Cease. Please, simply stop. Stop. Jill. Jill. Jill."

What did you lot think virtually the episode? And what about the season? Who was right in the large Bethenny/Jill spat? And did anyone find it strange that the producers alluded to Kelly's "courtroom drama" in the epilogue simply didn't mention LuAnn'south divorce at all?

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