• At Gina’s house, she is packing for the upcoming Jamaica trip. We get shots of the other women packing, and it looks like quite an ordeal. I hate packing.

    Shannon is stressed about buying clothes for Jamaica because she has gained weight. Tamra, who owns a gym, tells her to stop eating. Well, there’s some helpful vacation advice.

    They all head to the airport, and Shannon is shrieking at like 3:30 in the morning. She announces that Vacation Shannon is ready to play. I’m sure everyone is thrilled.

    They film each other on the plane, and I can’t imagine being on a flight with these women. I would lose my shit. They don’t shut up.

    When they arrive in Jamaica, all the women immediately complain about the heat. They put on ridiculous dreadlock hats and head to their resort, while talking about whether or not conch makes people horny.

    I love conch. I don’t know if it makes me horny, though.

    Their resort is lovely, and they are greeted with drinks and a 24-hour butler. Now this is my kind of vacation.

    Shannon doesn’t want to room with Emily and Gina, and she makes no bones about saying so. She wants her Tres Amigas vibe. Fair enough, I suppose, but she is not exactly making Gina and Emily feel welcome.

    The rooms are great, but the air conditioning is broken. I would die. No ma’am. I need my artificial air readily available at all times.

    Emily, Gina, and Kelly agree that Shannon is being standoffish. Tamra wants Shannon to give Gina and Emily a chance, but Shannon seems pretty determined to stick with her Tres Amigas crew.

    They all bitch about the air conditioning, and Vicki’s eyeballs are sweating. Shannon won’t open the windows or doors because she is afraid of the Zika virus. So now they’re trapped in a tropical sauna.

    The six women head off to a gorgeously set table. Unfortunately, the restaurant is also hot. Of course it is.

    Shannon gets a message that her rental house was sold and she has to move. She is upset because she and the girls haven’t even been there a full year. She gets emotional, and Kelly tries to give her some perspective by pointing out that there are people in the world who are starving. She tells Shannon to take her kids to the projects if she wants them to see real problems. Lol. Kelly is something else.

    Kelly thinks Shannon complains too much and doesn’t realize how fortunate they all are. Maybe she needs hormones.

    They discuss Gina’s separation, and Vicki cautions her that she may face a financial disaster if she doesn’t ask for some type of support. Shannon is on her phone texting the whole time.

    And then Vicki tries to sell Gina some life insurance. Because apparently no vacation is complete without a sales pitch.

    Vicki, who always seems to have some sort of medical issue on these trips, is suddenly bright red and sweating. Kelly says all of her plastic surgery is malfunctioning at once, and I die.

    We see scenes of Vicki hurting herself over the years, and I enjoy them more than I should. The women douse her with water to cool her off. She is really having a moment.

    On Day 2 in Jamaica, the women are still boiling hot. They hit the beach and the spa, presumably hoping to find somewhere they can escape the heat.

    Kelly has a mysterious rash. Kelly keeps talking about the rash, and she is making me itchy. Vicki proposes a moment of silence, but Kelly breaks it to talk about her rash again. Of course she does.

    Gina and Emily still hope that Shannon will warm up to them. Tamra agrees that there is definitely some distance. They discuss how Shannon can be a taker in a friendship, and Tamra says she feels sorry for her because she thinks Shannon is sad.

    Tamra doesn’t want to enable Shannon to always think negatively and complain. Unfortunately, this is starting to sound like the kind of vacation where everyone is going to spend the entire time discussing Shannon. They are tired of Sour Shannon.

    Next, they head to a rafting excursion. Shannon is pregaming with beer, while Gina is nervous because she is afraid of water. Shannon is still worried about Zika, because apparently the mosquitoes are the only thing she can think about on this trip.

    They bicker about who will go with whom on the small rafts, which only hold two people. Tamra gets butt hurt when Shannon chooses Vicki instead of her. 

    They take the rafts down a lazy river, and everyone has a beer with them. Because nothing says responsible water activity quite like six Housewives floating down a river with alcohol.

    Gina is afraid a Kraken is going to get her, and Shannon has gas. This woman really is a party and a half, I’ll say. It must be from the Zika.

    The women all play a drinking game and get progressively more buzzed while harassing the raft drivers. Vicki’s eyes start watering, and she thinks it is an allergic reaction. I think it’s Shannon’s gas.

    Tamra and Kelly gossip about how Shannon isn’t being nice to Emily and Gina. Kelly says it’s Shannon’s loss, and we move to the women doing a rope swing/dive into the water.

    Emily goes first, while Shannon and Vicki, the Debbie Downers, want no part of it. I wouldn’t either, but I can be quite a buzzkill. The two of them go off on their own to get a couple of beers.

    Vicki still claims she has an allergic reaction. This woman cannot go on a trip without a medical emergency, and it cracks me up.

    Vicki tells the bartender all about her bad luck with Brooks. She is worried Steve will break her heart, too, and this is a deep conversation to have with a stranger, but it makes me laugh. I love Vicki when she is crazy instead of just plain obnoxious.

    Gina and Emily come over to them and try to get Shannon to be nice to them. It doesn’t work, and they are tired of trying. Shannon is a cold fish.

    Shannon wants to just sit in the van by herself and chooses not to have more drinks with all of the women. She does take her beer with her, though. Priorities and such.

    Tamra tells us she is trying to be patient with Shannon, but her constant negativity is getting old. Tamra is ready to blow, and I can’t wait to rewatch it.

  • We begin with dramatic flash-forwards of the chaos to come on the yacht. There’s smashed glass, women crying, and crew members calling each other for help. And, for reasons we do not yet understand, there are shots of a stuffed unicorn floating in the water.

    So I’m intrigued.

    Then we flash back to Salt Lake City, where the women are gathering at the airport for Heather’s yacht trip. Bronwyn isn’t making the flight, although she insists she’s still coming. The women immediately start wondering what’s going on, and naturally, their minds go straight to the recent headlines about Bronwyn’s past.

    The women head off to Canouan, a posh and exclusive island, and everyone is excited about the yacht.

    Heather greets Captain Jason, whom she knows from a previous trip to Australia. And Heather wastes absolutely no time letting us know that she finds the captain attractive. She says that if she were ever stranded on an island alone with him, she would bring condoms and a bikini.

    Well, then.

    We haven’t even gotten on the yacht yet, Heather. 

    Angie wants to stay far away from Lisa Barlow and her big ankles. Her words, not mine. I honestly forget what their beef is at this point, but I have a feeling these women are going to remind me very soon.

    Meanwhile, Britani immediately starts flirting with basically everything that moves. At this rate, I’m expecting her to hit on a dolphin before dinner.

    They tour the yacht, and it looks spectacular. The women choose their rooms, and Britani learns she’ll be sharing with Bronwyn once she arrives. I am anticipating trouble on that one, but we shall see.

    Heather gathers the women and explains that she and Whitney are actually friends with Captain Jason, so she wants everyone to be on their best behavior.

    That request may have been made to the wrong group of people.

    Britani, meanwhile, has other priorities. She just wants to sleep with Captain Jason because she’s currently on a thirty-day break from her boyfriend, Jared. She has apparently allowed Jared to come between her and her daughters, which is bananas.

    This woman is a hot mess and man crazy.

    The ladies all agree that if Britani even mentions Jared during the trip, they will splash her with water.

    And Meredith wastes absolutely no time enforcing the rule.

    Britani mentions Jared, and Meredith gleefully splashes her with water.

    Bronwyn finally arrives, convinced the women have been discussing all the articles about her. And honestly, given the way Housewives operate, she probably isn’t wrong.

    She arrives dressed like a buoy or something. I am not kidding. She looks like she’s about to be tossed overboard and used to mark the yacht’s location.

    The women all act happy to see her, so for the moment, everyone is playing nice.

    The ladies change into their bathing suits for lunch, but not before Meredith gets Britani with the water again.

    Heather immediately has the crew searching for her lost nipple cover, which warrants the nautical equivalent of an APB.

    Meanwhile, Britani has brought along a little stuffed unicorn — the stuffed unicorn — that has Jared’s voice in it and tells her he loves her.

    It’s great.

    For a fourteen-year-old.

    Bronwyn tells Britani that she believes someone in the group is planting the stories about her. She insists that none of the stories are true and says someone is trying to discredit her.

    According to Bronwyn, the only thing in her past is that she was once evicted. Everything else is sealed and settled.

    It sounds sketchy.

    One of the crew members finds a cucumber in a piece of luggage.

    It’s a girthy one.

    All of the women deny packing it, but I have my suspicions.

    Angie, meanwhile, is really seasick, while the rest of the women head to a fantastic-looking lunch on deck.

    Whitney asks Bronwyn if everything is okay, and Bronwyn explains that her husband didn’t want her to come on the trip because of all the articles and rumors.

    Meredith tells Bronwyn to just clear everything up, but Bronwyn repeats that she was evicted when she was nineteen and pregnant, and that’s it. She says there are no charges against her and insists that any other cases were sealed, so she cannot discuss them.

    The women aren’t buying it and start wondering why Bronwyn is so upset if there’s supposedly nothing else to the story.

    Bronwyn says she and her husband believe the stories came from one of the women on the trip.

    Lisa is quick to say that none of them would do that, and she gets a whole lot of side eye.

    Lisa points out that Bronwyn dug up stuff on her, implying that Bronwyn has done essentially the same thing.

    Heather thinks Lisa may be revealing herself as a possible source of the rumors, retaliating for what she believes Bronwyn did to her.

    They start shouting at each other, another meal is ruined, and Lisa wants to jump in the water. Everyone is surprised by her strong reaction, and, naturally, they think it makes her look guilty.

    Eventually, everyone goes swimming and plays with some very cool giant inflatable rafts.

    Heather, meanwhile, is glued to Captain Jason and rides him like a bronco. She is having the time of her life.

    Britani is confused because she also wants to fool around with Captain Jason. Heather says she has “fucked around” with him, although she later denies it.

    Then Heather tells Britani to have at him, and honestly, I don’t think this poor man is interested in either one of these women.

    Angie is still really seasick, but she has been a team player and keeps pushing herself to participate, which eventually results in her puking everywhere.

    I feel bad for her.

    This is supposed to be a fabulous luxury yacht vacation, and Angie looks like she is about to die.

    Meanwhile, Britani continues throwing herself at the male yacht hands. It’s not a great look.

    Whitney and Bronwyn retreat to Bronwyn and Britani’s room, where they make fun of Britani’s stuffed unicorn. And while they’re doing that, we see Britani going after yet another man on deck.

    This woman is on a mission.

    Bronwyn tells Whitney that she thinks Lisa’s reaction at lunch was very telling, and Whitney agrees that Lisa is the source of the Bronwyn rumors and leaks.

    They get ready for dinner, and by this point, most of the women seem convinced that Lisa is the leak in the group.

    So this should be fun.

    Heather says she knows Lisa gathers information as ammunition, which is certainly not the sort of thing you want said about you right before a group dinner on a yacht.

    Heather and Whitney meet up with Meredith in Heather’s room and ask if she wants to join them in confronting Lisa.

    Meredith plays like she’s still unsure whether Lisa is actually guilty, but agrees that they should ask her about it at dinner.

    Uh oh.

    Here we go.

    Angie is still barfing and has to skip dinner. The staff and Mary take good care of her, and Mary asks to have her dinner in the room with Angie, which is actually very sweet.

    So the other six ladies sit down for dinner.

    Britani says she doesn’t miss Mary, and Heather immediately tells her that they don’t shit-talk other people behind their backs.

    Lol.

    Bronwyn then calls Britani out for also being angry with Lisa and Meredith. We get flashbacks of Britani talking badly about both of them, and Bronwyn brings all of it up at the table.

    Britani claims that Meredith has seizures, slurs her words, and acts crazy.

    Meredith is big-time pissed.

    She actually appears to have a seizure, and then dumps her drink on Britani.

    They haven’t even made it past the appetizer.

    It looked good.

    I have a feeling no one is going to finish it.

    Britani is sick of Meredith treating her like shit and says no one ever sticks up for her. She declares that she is the only one who isn’t afraid of Meredith.

    It’s possible she’s right.

    Britani thinks Meredith is batshit nuts, while Meredith calls Britani a liar and says she has done a lot of really nasty things.

    Britani tells Meredith to disengage, which is probably not the word I would choose when Meredith is already this fired up.

    Heather tries to restore order, but Meredith is too worked up to quiet down. Heather says everyone needs to own their shit.

    Whitney points out that Heather and Meredith also need to own what they said about Lisa earlier.

    Meredith backs down and doesn’t have much to say.

    Heather, however, comes out swinging. She tells Lisa that she thinks Lisa is the source of all the dirt about the group.

    Lisa absolutely flips.

    She cannot believe they would accuse her of this and insists it isn’t true. According to Lisa, people simply tell her things. She is not the source of the rumors.

    Meanwhile, down below, Mary and Angie can actually hear Lisa screaming.

    And upstairs, Lisa, Heather, and Whitney go at each other, hurling so many accusations back and forth that it becomes difficult to keep track of who is accusing whom of what.

    Dinner has officially gone to hell.

    Lisa Barlow is crying and says the women are lucky she even talks to any of them. She demands that Meredith defend her while Heather continues screaming at Lisa.

    The meals finally come out, and literally nobody cares.

    The crew looks stunned and frightened, but they maintain their decorum like absolute professionals. I would be hiding in the kitchen.

    Heather goes hard on Lisa, repeatedly insisting that she believes Lisa is the source of all the dirt about the women. Lisa keeps denying it and says that if Heather really believes that about her, then she can’t be Heather’s friend.

    Meanwhile, the chef comes out to meet the ladies.

    Nobody notices him.

    This poor man is standing there with his introduction while the women are screaming so loudly that he may as well be invisible. I’m pretty sure the main courses have been sitting there long enough to qualify as archaeological artifacts.

    Lisa eventually stomps off, screaming about all the things the women have done to her.

    Heather goes after her, but Lisa wants nothing to do with her. She tells Heather to get the fuck away from her. Heather proceeds to keep following her. 

    This would annoy the hell out of me if I were Lisa and wanted to be left alone. 

    Then, suddenly, Heather is mad and tells Lisa to fuck off.

    That was a quick turnaround.

    Lisa is crying on the phone with her husband, John, and says she is reassessing all of her friendships.

    Honestly, Lisa, welcome to the yacht.

    Meanwhile, even the crew is gossiping about all the drama between the women. When the yacht staff starts discussing your behavior, you know things have gotten out of hand.

    Heather tells Mary and Angie that she accused Lisa of being the leak, and they both agree with Heather and tell her she is right.

    So at this point, Lisa has been found guilty by the jury of Housewives, and apparently the crew is the only group left trying to maintain order.

    Britani, meanwhile, is still pursuing Captain Jason. She asks him for a late-night tour of the ship, and he tells her he is going to bed.

    Lol.

    That man has escaped.

    Britani then goes to check on Lisa, but Lisa tells her to get away from her.

    Britani is having a rough night. Every man she approaches rejects her, and every woman she approaches tells her to leave.

    We leave off with Lisa crying alone and asking how her friends could do this to her.

    And I’m still wondering how the unicorn ends up in the water.

    Because we know it does.

  • We see flashbacks of the women partying it up the night before in San Diego. Back at the house, everyone starts waking up to find the place looking like a disaster zone.

    It must have been quite a night.

    Meredith is wandering around wearing a sleep mask, while Jen is packing a mini fan. They both look a little worse for wear.

    Heather messages Jen that she wants to speak to her privately. When Jen answers the door, Heather is wearing black sunglasses and acting extremely mysterious.

    She takes off the glasses and reveals a serious shiner.

    Her eye is swollen shut and completely blackened.

    Heather says she has no idea what happened. Jen, rather than immediately demanding to know who did it, asks whether Heather has put ice on it.

    Heather also has dinosaur scratches all up and down her arms and back. Again, she says she doesn’t know how they got there, and she doesn’t want to get anyone in trouble.

    Then she says they need a cover story.

    Which is… very suspect.

    They brainstorm cover stories, none of which are even remotely believable.

    Heather keeps repeating that she doesn’t want anyone to get in trouble, which heavily implies that someone will if the truth comes out.

    They call Meredith into the room and reveal the black eye.

    And the scratches.

    Meredith is shocked and asks when it happened, because they were all together until 4 a.m. Heather and Jen insist they don’t know.

    It’s all pretty bizarre.

    Then Heather says she doesn’t want to talk about it, which once again makes it seem like she knows exactly what happened despite repeatedly insisting that she has no idea.

    Lisa and Whitney, blissfully unaware of the black eye situation, are discussing Whitney’s fight with Heather the night before. Whitney doesn’t feel like anything has been resolved and is also upset with Meredith. She thinks Meredith plays puppet master and gets other people to do her dirty work, a la Lisa Vanderpump.

    Whitney tells Lisa Barlow that she thinks Meredith has been manipulating the women into speaking poorly about her.

    Meanwhile, everyone gets ready to go rollerblading and go-karting, and Heather is dreading all the questions she is going to get once everyone sees her eye.

    Whitney says she heard a lot of commotion the night before and asks what happened.

    Heather says she thinks they all know what happened but don’t want to talk about it. Then she takes off her sunglasses.

    She repeats that she doesn’t know what happened, and at this point she is contradicting herself all over the place.

    She eventually admits that maybe somebody clocked her, but she doesn’t want to talk about it.

    Whitney is surprised that Heather wants to laugh the whole thing off and doesn’t find the situation funny at all.

    The women head off to the go-karts, which Angie planned as a way to tour the city. Heather gets in a cart with Lisa because Lisa will only talk about herself and, more importantly, won’t ask any questions about the black eye.

    And we see scenes of Lisa doing exactly that.

    Anyone else would have Heather alone for five minutes and immediately start interrogating her, but not our girl Lisa. She has her own life to discuss.

    The other women, meanwhile, are discussing the black eye and all agree that it looks like Heather was punched. They don’t believe for a second that Heather genuinely doesn’t remember what happened.

    They finish up the go-karts and split into groups for the afternoon, with some going rollerblading and others heading off for wine tasting.

    Whitney realizes she has rollerskates instead of rollerblades and has a bit of a panic.

    At the winery, the women are ready for food, wine and fun, while Heather is still rocking her sunglasses.

    The roller-skating group hits the boardwalk and stops for ice cream. It actually looks pretty fun.

    Naturally, they spend the outing speculating about the black eye, because apparently that is now the group activity. Whitney goes so far as to say that if anyone hit Heather, she thinks it was Jen.

    Back at the winery, Heather is still being mysterious and seems to be enjoying the entire game. She knows everyone is speculating about her eye, and she seems perfectly happy to let them.

    Jen, meanwhile, is oddly silent.

    Heather eventually redirects the conversation to her friendship break with Whitney. She doesn’t want to get pulled into Whitney’s arguments, but she makes it clear that she loves her.

    The women start wondering why Lisa and Whitney have suddenly become so close.

    Meanwhile, Jen and Meredith start gossiping about Lisa’s business.

    This takes some nerve, especially coming from Jen.

    When the roller-skating girls tell Lisa that this kind of talk has been going on, she is furious. Lisa immediately goes into defense mode over her brands and businesses and thinks Meredith is retaliating for the hot mic moment.

    And she is correct.

    Lisa says nothing is off limits now.

    That night, Angie questions Meredith about what she knows about Lisa’s business, and Meredith seems to know a whole lot.

    They explain crowdfunding and imply that Lisa’s company is broke. Meredith says she has been getting random direct messages with this information about Lisa.

    Angie points out that Lisa certainly doesn’t look broke.

    Meredith says she doesn’t count anyone else’s money, but she is clearly doing exactly that.

    Angie hosts a Greek Goddesses Dinner at the vacation house, because apparently we haven’t had enough drama for one day.

    Before dinner, Lisa tells Angie that she knows what Meredith has been saying about her. Angie confirms that Lisa’s finances were, in fact, a topic of conversation earlier that day.

    Angie tells her that Meredith said Lisa’s husband, John, doesn’t work.

    Lisa is furious.

    Because nothing says Greek Goddesses Dinner like immediately getting into an argument about your husband’s employment status.

    The dinner table looks gorgeous, which of course means these bitches are about to fight through another beautiful meal.

    Jen comes in dressed as Athena and announces that she is ready for battle.

    Lisa tells us she doesn’t even want to sit at the dinner with the women who have been talking behind her back. She sits at the table muttering to herself, and Jen wants to know why she is so grumpy. Heather also notices that Lisa is unhappy.

    Angie makes a silly grand entrance, because apparently every dinner needs one.

    She is excited to teach the women about her culture and gives a traditional Greek toast. She also gives each of the women an evil eye charm.

    And we all know Heather could use an extra eyeball right about now.

    They discuss their days, and Lisa is already feeling snarky.

    Whitney flat-out asks who has been discussing Lisa’s business. Lisa wants to know why everyone suddenly cares about her SEC filing and starts questioning Meredith directly.

    Lisa tries to explain the situation but says it’s bullshit that they were talking about her behind her back.

    Meredith points out that Lisa talks about everyone, and Lisa fires back that she knows Meredith said John Barlow doesn’t have a job.

    Lisa pulls Angie into the conversation, and Heather quickly realizes that Angie is a bit of a blabbermouth.

    Heather tells Angie that it’s in poor taste to host a dinner while also trying to stir up trouble.

    Um… isn’t that kind of the job as a Housewife, though?

    Meredith and Lisa start arguing over who has insulted whose husband more. Lisa wants to move forward, while Meredith is still holding a grudge because Lisa said Meredith called her mentally ill.

    She totally did, by the way.

    Lisa questions everyone’s intentions and calls Meredith out for holding a grudge. They bitch back and forth at each other, and I knew this dinner was in trouble from the get-go.

    Whitney asks how they move forward, and Heather, wearing her eye patch, gets preachy about friendship.

    And we still don’t know who gave her the black eye.

    Yet.

  • The women are at Beauty Lab, packed into the Sprinter van and ready to head to Vail. Jen has taken off, claiming there is a medical emergency.

    Unfortunately for Jen, about five seconds after she leaves, the NYPD and FBI show up looking for her.

    The women have absolutely no idea what to do.

    Heather feels like she should call Jen and warn her. Lisa wants nothing to do with any of this and immediately gets on the phone with her lawyer, because apparently this is the point where you start consulting legal counsel.

    Whitney calls her husband and says she doesn’t believe there was ever a family emergency. She thinks Jen got a tip that the authorities were coming and is now on the run.

    Heather calls Jen, but Jen doesn’t answer. So Heather texts her to let her know that the cops are looking for her.

    Nothing says “fun girls’ trip to Vail” quite like sitting in a Sprinter van while the FBI hunts for one of your friends.

    The women are all freaking out and desperately trying to figure out what the hell is going on. Heather is understandably mortified that federal law enforcement has shown up at her business, which is not exactly the kind of Beauty Lab publicity she was hoping for.

    They start wondering whether they should still go on the trip. Could they somehow be considered guilty by association for whatever Jen is in trouble for? Because nothing says “innocent bystander” like immediately wondering whether you might also be implicated.

    Since Jen is clearly not coming back, the women eventually make the only reasonable decision: they eat her snacks and head to Vail.

    As one does.

    It’s barely 10 a.m. and there is already a lot going on in the SLC.

    Meredith arrives at the Vail rental house ahead of the other ladies and takes a tour of the gorgeous place. It comes with champagne and an “experience coordinator,” which is exactly the kind of unnecessary luxury I want in my life.

    By 11 a.m., the other women are still in the van and still talking about Jen. They are now afraid to even contact her because they don’t know if her texts are being tracked. They start wondering how the FBI knew where to find Jen and whether one of the women tipped them off.

    Lisa gets on the phone with her husband and quietly says, “I think Meredith might know something.”

    These women never remember that they are wearing microphones.

    They start theorizing about why the NYPD was there in the first place. Since Jen’s business is headquartered in New York, they figure it must have something to do with that.

    Whitney, meanwhile, seems to know an awful lot about what is going on.

    Just saying.

    The ladies all admit they have no idea what Jen actually does for a living, except for Whitney, who launches into an explanation of online marketing and lead generation.

    Even Whitney doesn’t understand how that business is funding Jen’s lavish lifestyle. She says their friend is in a lot of trouble, and, well, she is very much correct.

    It’s 11:35 a.m., and they still have five more hours in the car.

    Yikes.

    The women are now turning their attention to Lisa, who they all agree is behaving oddly and acting guilty.

    At 12:05 p.m., the van has gone completely silent, and the women look exhausted. Lisa finally breaks the silence and asks whether they think Jen will actually show up for the trip.

    Heather hopes she will. Whitney looks doubtful.

    Then an article comes through on Whitney’s phone: Jen has been charged with fraud and money laundering.

    The women are stunned. They are watching this unfold in real time, sitting in a Sprinter van on the way to Vail, and honestly, so am I.

    This is Housewives gold.

    They find out that Jen’s assistant has also been arrested, and Heather and Lisa are crying. Whitney, meanwhile, is sitting there smirking.

    The women hug and wonder whether they should still go on the trip.

    We know they will.

    They start scrolling through the breaking news articles and learn that Jen is facing up to 30 years in prison. The women are understandably freaking out as more details come pouring in.

    Then they learn that Jen and her assistant allegedly targeted elderly and vulnerable people.

    Once again, Whitney seems to know an awful lot about all of this. She is explaining the details like she has been conducting her own investigation into Jen and her business for months.

    It’s strange.

    And she is still smirking.

    Meanwhile, a little after 12 p.m., we cut to Park City, where squad cars and a helicopter converge on Jen’s house.

    A full SWAT team moves in with guns drawn and takes everyone out of the house at gunpoint.

    Seeing Jen’s young son, Omar, caught up in this is genuinely upsetting. Whatever anyone thinks of Jen, watching her child experience this is difficult.

    The FBI and Homeland Security have warrants to raid the house, and the situation has suddenly become very, very real.

    They continue on to Vail, because of course they do, and Lisa calls Meredith.

    It’s now 2:36 p.m., and Meredith is waiting for the women to arrive. She hasn’t been checking the news or her texts, so the women fill her in on their extremely eventful morning.

    Meredith says she isn’t surprised that Jen has been arrested.

    The women are shocked by her reaction and immediately start wondering if she knows something.

    Meredith says she had a lot of question marks surrounding Jen, and the arrest validates her suspicions.

    Now the women think Meredith knows more than the rest of them because she is remarkably unfazed by the whole thing.

    Later that afternoon, we see the press going after Jen as she is released on bail.

    Meanwhile, the other women are still in the car.

    I hate a long car ride, and Jen has somehow managed to flee, get arrested, get arraigned, and get released on bail while these broads are still chugging along the highway.

    I feel for them.

    Whitney is still playing Nancy Drew and acting like an expert on all things fraud. Lisa thinks she is making a lot of assumptions.

    At this point, they have been in that van so long they could probably file for residency.

    At 4:13 p.m., Mary arrives at the rental house in Vail. Meredith is in her favorite place: the tub.

    She looks completely relaxed and happy.

    And nude.

    She does not seem remotely concerned or upset about the Jen situation. Mary has just heard what happened and is completely shocked, so they hash everything out while Meredith continues soaking like this is a perfectly normal afternoon.

    Mary is speechless, which seldom happens.

    She can’t believe she had no idea what Jen was involved in, while Meredith says she isn’t surprised by any of it.

    At 4:56 p.m., Meredith finally stops playing Tony Montana and gets out of the tub.

    That water must be cold as hell by now. I don’t get it.

    Back in the van, we find out that Mary is mad at Whitney for ignoring her phone call. Jennie Tran says she finds Mary bossy and rude.

    So their friend was just busted for fraud, and somehow that isn’t even going to be the biggest drama of this trip.

    The women FINALLY arrive at the house and are ready to gossip with Meredith and Mary.

    Holy shit. Meredith is back in the tub.

    Or did she never get out?

    She greets all of the women from the bath, because apparently this is just where she lives now.

    They all choose their rooms, and by 6:11 p.m., Lisa is back on the phone with her husband while Mary is on the phone with hers.

    They are both discussing Jen, of course.

    The “experience coordinator” shows up to present their chef-made dinner, which looks great. These women have remarkably good appetites considering the day they’ve had.

    At dinner, Meredith wants to know what everyone thinks about Jen’s arrest. It’s 8:41 p.m., and this is the moment we’ve been waiting for: all the women are finally together, ready to dish.

    They all agree the whole thing has been surreal. Whitney says she heard Jen was arrested on the side of the road while fleeing. The women agree there has to be more to the story than what they currently know.

    Mary says Jen is reaping what she sowed. She says she never saw anything good in Jen, which is certainly one way to describe a friendship.

    Meredith then reveals that months earlier, she got a call from Jen, who was trying to get into Meredith’s store while it was closed. Later, Meredith’s manager called and told her that a green clutch was missing from the store. One of Jen’s assistants eventually returned the bag, but there’s more: Jen apparently did not fire the assistant who stole it, despite the theft being caught on video.

    Meredith has also heard that Jen is red-flagged at Louis Vuitton for paying in cash.

    It all sounds suspicious, but Meredith sure does have a LOT of information about Jen, which is also suspicious.

    Heather tells a story about getting an Uber for Jen and discovering that Jen got out at a completely different destination than the one she had selected. It was around 11 p.m., and the women find the whole thing suspicious.

    Lisa seems to know something too, and she implies that Jen may have met up with a man.

    Naturally, the women immediately pressure Lisa to spill whatever she knows, pointing out that Jen has potentially put all of them in danger.

    And with that, their first day in Vail comes to an end.

    It’s been one hell of a ride.

    Literally.