by Danae Young

This week on the premiere of The Real Housewives of Orange County, the wild California blondes are back and they are joined by a new brunette housewife named Heather. 

Tamra and Gretchen are trying to make amends with everything, so Gretchen decided to go to lunch with Tamra so they could finally end this feud. Slade was very upset to find out that Gretchen would do that considering all of the horrible things Tamra has said not only about her but about him as well. Unfortunately Gretchen didn’t seem to care much that Slade was bothered and went to lunch anyways. 

At lunch, Gretchen expressed to Tamra that she is just sick of being angry at her. Tamra apologized to Gretchen and even got her a present. It was a cute bracelet with a key charm so they could lock up the past and open the door to the future. Looks like they are new BFFs! 

Gretchen and Tamra were both afraid to tell Alexis and Vicki about their new found friendship. They both feel like they are having some sort of secret affair. Gretchen and Alexis are super close and she knows Alexis and Tamra don’t exactly get along so she is holding off on telling her the news about Tamra. Vicki isn’t exactly someone you want on your bad side, which is where Gretchen happens to be, so Tamra doesn’t want to break the news to Vicki and have Vicki throw a fit. It looks like until Gretchen and Tamra get up the guts to say something, they will have to be sneaking around. 

Alexis and her family have moved out of Newport Beach and into a new house in Dana Point. Every Friday she drives down to San Diego for a segment she has on Fox 5. She was in such a frenzy to leave for San Diego one morning that she forgot to set Jim’s alarm so he could get himself up to wake the kids up for school. She managed to make it to San Diego with all problems solves, except for the fact that her segment is live and she stumbled over her words a majority of the time. 

Now that Vicki is getting divorced, she is selling the house. In the meantime, Donn is actually still living there with her and her son for financial reasons. Even with that awkward situation going on, Vicki still managed to meet a guy she is now dating, Brooks, who lives in Mississippi, so they don’t get to see each other as often as they’d like to unfortunately. How does Vicki meet someone from Mississippi you might ask? A conference of course! Minus the distance, they are very happy together. 

As a real estate agent, Tamra has been working on selling a very large plot of land for $4.9 million. She showed the land to Heather, who happens to not only be pretty, but is also married to a plastic surgeon, which means she has lots of money! Tamra liked Heather enough to meet with her for some tea and invited her to Vicki’s dinner party. 

Seeing as how Vicki is going to be moving out of her house, she wanted to have one last dinner party there before she leaves. The dynamics at this party are going to be quite interesting. Peggy and Tamra took a limo with Heather to the party, while Alexis, Gretchen and Gretchen’s friend Sara all took a separate limo. At the Cajun-themed party, the air got thicker than ever the moment that Alexis and Peggy made eye contact. Tamra and Gretchen may have made amends, but Alexis and Peggy still have a lot of issues to work out. 

Watch all new episodes of The Real Housewives of Orange County Tuesdays at 9/8c on Bravo.

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