It's morning in the Berkshires and our RHONY ladies are feeling a touch hungover. Sonja can barely find her diamond earrings, but she can see well enough to know LuAnn isn't looking her best (ouch!). We haven't seen our girls in this bad of shape since they were in St. Barth's (relive Sonja's amazingly horrid hangover HERE). But among all those bottles they bonded -- and decided Ramona, friend of Molly Sims and foe of the Berkshires, must be stopped.
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What's the best cure for a hangover? Yoga? We're not exactly sure that's the case, but the women gave it a try -- focusing mostly on child's pose and trying to control their farts (well Sonja at least). Watch their "relaxing yoga" session again HERE.
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Back in NYC, Carole is balancing many to-dos, including writing an article on manners. Thank god she has a great source, The Countess! LuAnn literally wrote the book on manners (which was once a hot button issue between these two). So Carole puts up the bat signal (we imagine LuAnn's bat single is just money with the no symbol over it, or a cup of tea plus a signature statement necklace).
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But LuAnn's got something else besides ideal hostess gifts on the brain. She wants to set Carole up on a "single mingle. Just FYI: the ideal gift is a nice bottle of wine or flowers in a vase -- unless it's someone you've had sex with, then maybe a book?
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While Carole gets her "me as a Victoria Secrets model" hair done, she continues to ponder at what point you can start saying you care too much with a gift. Once you've had sex, skip to a book on the Karma Sutra. Problem solved!
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Heather drops in to chat with Kristen (and to eat some of her son's ice cream). Kristen can't believe that Ramona has thrown things at her not once, but twice.
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But Kristen's not interested in attending the Ramona intervention. She's not ready to see Ramona's crocodile tears and her apologizes just yet. Heather can't believe that she Ramona-fied her house (she cleaned out all the drawers) for nothing! It's time to set the record straight -- but will Ramona be receptive.
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And so the moment of truth has come -- the ladies have prepared a banquet that Ramona CANNOT ESCAPE as the venue for their airing of greivances. And I'm serious about it being impossible to exit. Seriously, watch LuAnn plot the seating arrangement again HERE. She's not letting anyone past her -- "I"m like a linebacker from the 49ers. There was no way she was getting past me."
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No word on what time Heather is playing for.
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Once everyone sits down, the ladies don't waste any time getting to the point. Sonja sets up the convo by discussing how she's been a bit MIA lately. . .LuAnn volleys with talk of meeting Ben in the Hamptons.
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. . .And then goes right in for it "How was Molly Sims' Hamptons party?" Ya burnt Ramona! The cat is out of the bag, and the ladies know that she left the Berkshires for a better event.
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Sonja is livid! How could Ramona leave? How could Ramona leave without taking her? She's shaking!
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Heather explains how hurt she was that she went through the trouble of cleaning out those drawers, for Ramona to leave so quickly. But Ramona says couldn't help how uncomfortable she felt.
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The ladies want to know why Ramona went through the whole production, but she says it was a panic attack. Sonja doesn't understand why she told Carole and not her. Carole can't understand why Sonja isn't saying her name. Ramona doesn't understand "who gives a sh-- about Molly Simms." Watch the entire breakdown (and Ramona's attempt to flee) again HERE.
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Thanks to LuAnn's intense blocking skills, the ladies manage to finish hashing out. Ramona even agrees to seek help for her anger issues (of the "not a good place"). But whether she sees a Swiss team of doctors (as Carole suggested) or if she was just getting them to shut up and get off her back remains to be seen.
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Meanwhile Kristen has her own issues to deal with. Her daughter Kingsley is undergoing therapy to help with her issues walking, and this week she's asking Josh to stay home and take part in the healing.
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But Josh is severely distracted -- and says he'd rather be in a business meeting. Kristen's not really thrilled with his ability to multi-task, despite Josh saying he's really good at it.
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Josh feels that he has to be responsible to his job and his emerging business. But Kristen thinks that he's going to miss everything that's important.
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Kristen wants to spend more time with him too. And she wants some roses -- Josh just wants some dinner.
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After Ramona gets her sweat on, in an attempt to get "cut with her body and not with a knife." She pours herself and Mario a glass of refreshing post-workout wine.
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After recaping Mario on the banquet intervention, they agree that she's just fine the way she is. Does she really need to go to the woods? No, there's poison ivy! What's the point!
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Matchmaker LuAnn is ready to play cupid between Carole and Nick. After some discussion about how many set ups LuAnn has orchestrated, it's time to make the romance happen.
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Carole starts out by spilling that she googled her would-be paramour -- albeit with the wrong name.
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LuAnn had her own critiques. She's never seen Carole so nervous. Perhaps Carole could reign it in a bit -- and perhaps not mention that whole matchmaker thing.
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Carole was aiming for "coy and mysterious." But perhaps explaining when exactly you started reaching orgasm with a man isn't the coyest. Well practice makes perfect, so there's always the next one. We never got Jacques rating, but LuAnn believes there's room for improvement: "she can't get any worse."
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Ramona and Kristen meet up for tea -- a beverage choice that makes Kristen nervous.
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Tea is very hot. We do have to commend Kristen on wearing white. How brave when so many liquids have been tossed around.
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Ramona tries to start things off with an apology bouquet. After realizing that Ramona won't be throwing the flowers at her, Kristen accepts the peace offering.
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But a quick apology won't solve this. Kristen wants to know if there are some underlying issues -- or if Ramona was drunk when she threw the glass.
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That doesn't go over well. Ramona thinks Kristen is acting like a jerk, so she just lets it all out "I guess there's just something about you that bothers me." And so Ramona plans her exit -- and gets a dig in about Kristen's parenting in the process. So Kristen retaliates by calling her a monster. . .seems like the flowers didn't work.
