RHOBH Episode 8 Season 11 Recap & Reaction ("The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Leather Pants")

Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (RHOBH) Season 11 Episode 8 recap & reaction.

This season stars Erika Jayne / Girardi (wife to famous lawyer Tom Girardi of Erin Brockovich fame, currently in scandal), Kyle Richards (child star in Halloween film franchise, upcoming Halloween Kills movie, sister of child actress Kim Richards, half sister to friend of show this season Kathy Hilton, the mom of Paris Hilton & wife to Hilton heir Rick Hilton), Lisa Rinna (actress married to actor Harry Hamlin who's daughter Amelia Hamlin is dating Scott Disick), Garcelle Beauvais (co-host of 'The Real' & actress), Crystal Kung Minkoff (wife of 'The Lion King' director Rob Minkoff), Dorit Kemsley & Sutton Stracke.

Chapters
0:00 Intro & Welcome
1:59 Block 1
5:54 Block 2
12:48 Block 3
15:03 Block 4
21:11 Block 5
29:20 Block 6
37:55 Live Chat Q&A / Channel Announcements

This season focuses on Erika's lawsuit and divorce, Lisa Rinna's personal life with daughter in spotlight & her rebuilding friendship with Garcelle, Sutton & Crystal and Kyle & Garcelle on race relations, & more.

We start this episode with soundbites of what happens at the end of the episode at Lisa Rinna's with Sutton walking away dramatically from Crystal, but go back three days to Lisa and Harry Hamlin grocery shopping for the event, then Erika playing tennis with Crystal at Kathy's backyard tennis court and after go inside to have brunch with Kathy where Erika shares more about her new life, new house, new social life, new independence on her terms rather than on Toms terms with Kathy applauding Erika for appearing to be genuinely happy. Next, Kyle does a photoshoot for her Christmas card, Kathy shows up to catch up. Lisa Rinna sees Erika's house for the first time & Sutton shows up with housewarming gift of a signed Dolce and Gabbana coffee table book. Garcelle in now in the kitchen with her sons showing the struggles of single motherhood. The girls start arriving at Lisa's where Kathy innocently stirs the pot by calling Sutton tomacina again. Sutton is at a breaking point with the names, Garcelle arrives saying she hadn't been there in 7 years since Lisa's 50th birthday, everyone sits down to eat and Kathy says happy Thanksgiving so this appears to be a friendsgiving/birthday party for Garcelle. Lisa and Harry say their daughters are going to Mexico and the clip of saying "thats not appropriate" from the episode preview last week was in reference to Lisa and Harry not traveling to Mexico for Thanksgiving with her daughters not talking about his daughter dating Scott Disick. As Garcelle is opening presents Sutton is disconnected from the rest of the group & tells Kyle she doesn't like being where she doesn't like people. Sutton and Kyle step aside, the girls come over after hearing Sutton crying when Crystal walks up and things get worse and Sutton Demands an Apology From Crystal to which Crystal denies that request.

Next episode, we see Kathy in her home howling at her dog, Crystal and Sutton continuing their conflict at Lisa's house where Crystals says "I will not apologize for your actions, you are an inappropriate & awkward person", we also see the revelations of corruption around Tom Girardi plus Erika, Garcelle & the girls reacting to the news. Preview ends with Erika breaking down in tears talking to Kyle saying "This is the end".

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