by Gina Scarpa

You know, for someone who says she's trying to stay out of the drama, Lydia sure seems to always be in the middle of the ladies of The Real Housewives of Orange County. This week is no exception, as she pays Tamra a visit to try to convince her to sit down with Alexis. The shocking part is... Tamra agrees to it!

Meanwhile, Heather and Gretchen meet up to plan Tamra's surprise bachelorette party which will be in Mexico. They seem to have very different ideas of what this weekend should entail though. Heather's on one side of the spectrum, suggesting art museums and uppity restaurants, while Gretchen is on the other just hoping to see some strippers.

Before Alexis meets up with Tamra and Lydia, she goes to see Vicki, who seems happy that everyone is going to patch things up. When Alexis and Tamra finally do come face to face, Tamra admits that things may have gone too far and that nobody should be hurting the way Alexis has. Cue the waterworks from Alexis because that's all she's been wanting to hear. The trio toast to new beginnings and Lydia's work here is done.

Gretchen pays OC housewife Lauri a visit and gets some very interesting dirt on Vicki. Supposedly, Vicki has not been the most faithful person and now that Gretchen is armed with this information, the you-know-what is going to hit the fan sooner or later.

Everyone (except Alexis) heads to Mexico and Heather's plan of going to a fine restaurant wins for night one. Unfortunately, nobody is nearly as excited about it as Heather is. Lydia is disappointed she can't get chips and salsa while Gretchen avoids the shrimp for fear of getting sick. When Gretchen and Heather make a stop in the bathroom at the end of the meal, the other women take off to party their drunk butts off in the streets of Puerto Vallarta.

After waiting in the limo for close to a half hour, Gretchen and Heather have had enough and some secrets are about to be spilled...

The Real Housewives of Orange County airs Mondays at 9/8c on Bravo.

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