'Friends, Enemies, and Husbands' Real Housewives of Orange County episode 2 recap (video)

November 13, 12:48 PMThe Real Housewives ExaminerLori Koff

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Tamra Barney of The Real Housewives of Orange County. Credit: NBC Universal.

This week, we begin at the end of last week's argument at the St. Regis with the women throwing insults across the table.

Tamra continues chastising Gretchen for her "bad reputation," while Gretchen accuses Tamra of spending too much time on the internet looking for dirt on her.

Tamra:  You have a bad reputation, Gretchen.

Gretchen:  I never said I was an angel.

Tamra:  She preys on old men.

Gretchen:  Oh.. I'm gonna kill this bitch.

And so it goes.

Gretchen tells Tamra to shut the "ef" up. Tamra is insulted  and saying "I quit," walks out, refusing to "sit and fight with this crazy bitch." Gretchen thinks she is a manipulative person. Vicki, comforts Tamra telling her, "You don't have to be her friend." Lynne doesn’t want to take sides and cries. She only wanted to have a little party at the St. Regis for goodness sake. Orange County. Might as well be Mars.Lynne.  

Next up, Gretchen's tanning party. Feeling stress from the St. Regis family reunion, she decides she needs to laugh and gets her friends together for some drinking and tanning.  Slade is not happy with Tamra, saying that she has nothing, she has never been successful at anything, and unless she is talking bad about someone, she has nothing to talk about.  Her friends tell Gretchen to rise above it all, and so she agrees to fly above the haters and make them her motivators. Lynne comes to the party with her 16-year-old daughter, Alexa, who asks permission to have a beer.  Lynne is weary saying,  "Teenage girls are the pits man, seems like I need a nanny."  Gretchen was concerned about Alexa's drinking habits and tells her "alcohol is not a good thing; trust me I know."

Tamra and Vicki go out to lunch where they rehash the St. Regis and Tamra asks Vicki, "I didn't go too crazy did I?" and Vicki assures her she didn’t. Tamra discusses how her and Simon's income is down. Simon is selling tequila. Why isn't Simon selling cars, Vicki wonders. And why doesn’t Tamra just get a job? Tamra is a stay-at-home mom.

Jeana specializes in houses worth over 2 million dollars, but things are not like they were in season 1, so she's had to sell a few watches, cars and pieces of art--whatever it takes, but, in her opinion, Vicki's 15 hour working days is not the way to do it.  Saying that the other women don't have to work because their husbands take care of them, she's decided to step up her game. We see her showing a couple a home to buy, as she shares with the camera that if she can sell this house, she wouldn’t have to sell her own home, as she'd make a commission of over $300,000.

Understanding that life is about living it, Vicki decides to take her mom and daughter, Briana, to Italy to celebrate her college graduation from nursing school. Her son, Michael has graduated also. Congratulations!

Gretchen and Slade have a garage sale without much success.  Lynne and Raquel go to visit Plastic Surgeon, Dr. Milind Ambe. Lynne feels like her face has "fallen and it cant get up."  Dr. Ambe explains how he can make her look 12 to 13 years younger. He evaluates a bump on Raquel's nose that bothers her and tells her how he can bring it down to just "thin it out a little bit at the tip," tip refinement. Raquel says that she doesn’t have a good self-image and that she constantly compares herself to her sister and mother.  

In Italy, with a ton of luggage, Vicki and clan check into the Hotel Barocco. Vicki's mom is ready to go home. Vicki asks her to relax and put on her party pants. They go to The Coliseum.  Mama Woohoo is not impressed with the history and really wants to go home. They go shopping and are disappointed at the euro to dollar exchange.

Lynne and Raquel go to lunch with Alexa and tell her that they are planning on getting plastic surgery.  Alexa breaks down saying that things in her life are changing too fast. She doesn’t want Raquel to get surgery, she's perfect as she is; same goes for her mom. She also thinks that Raquel gets more money attention than Alexa does with Raquel getting a car for her birthday and now plastic surgery. Lynne is worried about her emotionally.

Back at Tamra's house, she demands that everyone cleans their own room, and so like angels the kids march to their mom's orders, sweeping and dusting. Excellent. Excellent.

Jeana and Kara go out shopping. Kara has transferred to UCLA, her dream school. She has joined the "rich girl's" sorority "Visa Visa Mastercard" (she doesn’t feel like a rich girl as she's been waiting tables and paying her own rent and likes it!)  Jeana says that she's still a rich girl. They discuss Lynne's cuff party and talk about Gretchen and Tamra.  Kara and Jeana agree that it's best that Jeana is not as close with the group any longer.

Back to Italy, the girls go out to dinner and Vicki is looking for her familiar California wine. She had a hard time communicating with the waiter, but the food was woohoo! 

And, finally we meet Alexis, the newest addition to the OC housewives. Jim and Alexis Bellino go out to dinner with Tamra and Simon--Simon knows Jim from previous business deals, and thought they'd get along. They discuss their codependent traits.  Do they go overnight alone anywhere? Jim and Alexis are connected to the point where they don't want to be apart. Alexis fixes a plate for Jim and they talk of how close they are--and that they "fight hard, and love even harder." Tamra feels picked on by Simon and insists that she has to learn lessons on her own and not have Simon protecting her and telling her what to do all of the time.

Pondering the issue he says:

Let me ask you a question. When is the last time I was wrong?

Jim pipes in: You're not always right though, I hate to tell you.

Tamra:  Yes! Thank you for saying that. Welcome to my world.

The money has stressed their relationship and now they are selling their family home and it is hard for them to part with it--especially with all of the "blood sweat and tears" they've put into it. Times are tough everywhere.

Next week, Jeana is glad this phase of her life is over and she is "DONE with the housewives."

Watch the full episode of The Real Housewives of Orange County below.