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After Mary‘s uplifting church service, a social event is planned in an effort to fix the fractured group.  On this episode of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, accountability and forgiveness seem to be the theme.  But when Meredith’s mental health and drinking gets questioned, it seems like moving on is impossible.  Britani and Meredith’s meeting can only end two ways, but first it’s important to remember what really went down on that plane ride… 

The friendships have been fractured after the wild plane episode and so Mary is hopeful that a little aged champagne can make it all okay at her Sunday social event.

When Lisa and Meredith enter the restaurant, a snarky Angie mutters, “your guests are here.”  It’s fitting that Mary has beta fish as the centerpieces, considering they are also called fighting fish…so apropos for the situation the ladies are in now.

The tension is thick and the silence is awkward until Mary speaks.  She explains that they are all there because she considers them to be true friends.  Britani, on the other hand, was formally called to be told she is NOT invited.  When Britani called Mary the “least Christ-like” person, she dug her own grave.  Even though during said phone call Britani apologized for the comment, she still did not make the cut to Mary’s social event.

Mary points out that if Britani can apologize, then Lisa and Meredith should be able to, as well.  Heather jumps in to explain that the great trip ended in such a lousy way, but Meredith points out they never even discussed what happened on the plane. How could there not be video evidence of this alleged fight?! Asking for a friend…

Meredith admits that she was reacting to Britani’s malicious actions (ie: bringing up TikTok rumors regarding Seth’s infidelity).  Lisa explains that Meredith was beyond upset. Whitney believes that Meredith was taunting Britani, but Lisa continues to protect Meredith. 

According to Whitney, Meredith’s tone was loud and raucous for over two hours. However, Meredith continues to play down the situation, stating she was merely venting to a friend for maybe thirty minutes. 

Meredith does not understand how these actions could make her the bad guy.   According  to Meredith, she slept and watched two movies, so it could not have been that long of a rant.

Angie wonders what happened at the end of this movie (a bold move questioning the plot!) and Meredith claims she cannot remember. Whitney wonders if Meredith was sleep-talking, since she heard Meredith the entire flight. 

Lisa jumps in and says that Meredith has a right to lose her marbles sometimes. Meredith states that she feels bad she hurt Britani’s feelings (not truly a heartfelt apology); however, Britani does not feel bad for hurting Meredith’s. 

Heather has little sympathy for Meredith stating, “You lost the right to cry when you guys harassed her [Britani] on the plane.” Heather calls Lisa and Meredith bullies and tells Meredith SHE is the one in the wrong.

Meredith cannot believe how judgmental Heather is behaving. Heather knows that Lisa knows she was part of the problem. Why else didn’t she go through customs with the group?! Lisa goes on to weave a tale involving global entry and Kendrick Lamar, claiming she was doing anything to avoid talking to Britani. 

Mary makes it known that she is not attacking Meredith. In fact, they supported her after what Britani did on the yacht. It’s just that Meredith took it too far…

Meredith claims that she knows what she said, but Angie can’t figure out why the stories are not lining up. Mary is mostly concerned with the fact that Meredith does not remember the severity of the venting. Meredith insinuates that she knows some people talk about her, throwing Bronwyn right under the bus. 

You see, Whitney spoke to Bronwyn about Meredith’s excessive drinking the day of the infamous plane ride and Bronwyn reported back to Meredith about what was said.  Meredith reminds the group that she does not have a substance abuse problem. But now Bronwyn is annoyed that Meredith outed her. Great- more drama!

Later, we learn that Bronwyn is not a US citizen. She was born in Brazil and her parents are from the UK.  Although she has dual citizenship in both countries, she is now trying to become an American citizen so she can go to jury duty (woof!).  

Lisa and Meredith meet for nails and they discuss the “nonsense” from the lunch. Meredith is shocked by Heather’s lack of support and Whitney’s judgment of her mental health and drinking.  These false rumors are damaging and Meredith makes fun of Whitney’s “hilling.”

Lisa explains she met up with Britani.  Britani’s recollection of what happened on the flight is inaccurate, according to Lisa. Lisa feels like now she is in a good space with Britani and feels bad that her feelings got hurt.

Meredith claims she will be the bigger person and move on, considering Britani is a “sad specimen.”  She is now willing to sit down with her. 

Whitney pulls up to Heather’s house with a U-Haul truck. Naturally, they are having a funeral for Heather’s marital mattress.  It is time to start fresh and symbolically, this mattress is all that Heather was. 

Whitney and Heather head to a mattress recycling center and on the way, Heather discusses being at war with Meredith. Whitney feels like she is Meredith’s scapegoat. Even though she is frustrated, Whitney is the most worried about Meredith’s blacking out. These are all triggers to Whitney since she has dealt with addicts for years.

Britani is finally realizing the importance of reconnecting with her daughter, Olivia, now more than ever. Olivia explains that she never felt like her mother’s priority once Britani married her second husband. According to her daughter, it was like seven years of Britani neglecting her children and pouring herself into the step-kids. 

This trauma  is heartbreaking to hear. Britani’s daughter goes on to explain that for years, she did not feel loveable. It’s reassuring for her daughter that Britani realizes what she did was wrong.

Speaking of familial relationships, Bronwyn is desperately trying to keep her daughter and mother in her house (because she does not want to be stuck alone with Todd?). When Bronwyn learns that her daughter wants to move to Portland and her mom wants to move out, Bronwyn becomes concerned since she has never been an adult alone. Her mom actually shows some emotion when Bronwyn explains that she is feeling left behind. 

Some time must’ve lapsed because Meredith is no longer in her boot. She reached out to Britani and Britani is hopeful that Meredith will give an apology during this meet up. 

Meredith starts off by dancing around a clear apology, but eventually lands on how she tries to treat people with kindness and respect. Meredith explains she is sorry that Britani heard her talking and that she feels terrible. 

Britani chooses to forgive Meredith and admits that it was shady to bring up the TikTok, as it was a trigger for Meredith. The reality is that Britani WAS trying to hurt Britani, but at the end of the day, they are willing to go forward. They choose to move on with some civility…hey, it’s a place to start.

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The problem with a yacht is that these ladies can’t really escape when the fighting starts.  Britani is feeling the wrath of Meredith when she brings up a rumor about Seth and a mistress.  But it’s what happens in the air that drives this episode of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City. Meredith allegedly unleashes on Britani (with the help of her minion, Lisa) on the plane ride home and now the group is even more divided…

In an attempt to bring some Zen to the group, Captain Jason leads Heather, Angie, Whitney, and Britani in a yoga session.  But Britani is finding it hard to stay calm after the night she had with Meredith.  In the meantime, Meredith talks to Lisa about what went down. 

She calls Britani disgusting and likens her to the Tin Man since she, too, apparently does not have a brain.  Why would she ever repeat a TikTok rumor and think it would end well?  Meredith is also angry with Whitney, who saw this video, yet chose not to give Meredith a heads up sooner.

Because she knows just how angry Meredith is at Britani, Bronwyn decides to add fuel to the fire.  She brings Uni, the stuffed unicorn gifted to Britani from Jared, to Meredith’s room and together they decide to see if Uni can float.  Since Meredith cannot throw Britani overboard, the stuffy is the next best thing. 

Bronwyn insists that in order to pull this off, they need to be in costume…naturally. The costumes do the opposite of make them incognito, considering they are wearing blow up animal suits that make them stick out like sore thumbs.  However, it does not stop them from chucking Uni into the sea.

Over breakfast, Meredith explains that her bigger issue is with Whitney, despite “pea brain” Britani bringing the information to her attention. Meredith feels like Whitney co-signed watching the videos claiming Seth’s infidelity. Britani tries to direct Meredith’s anger back on her and claims she brought up the rumor out of “kindness,” but no one buys her story.

As they dock, Britani and Meredith bicker over who is more filled with hate. Bronwyn tries to help Britani, but Meredith claims if anyone tries to support Britani, she will be done with them.  How can Meredith move on from Lisa digging up dirt on her family but carry on about Britani? 

The group begins to pack up, but Britani realizes she can’t find her unicorn. Meredith gifts Captain Jason with her captain’s cap and Heather thanks the crew with a fat tip envelope.  But before they can head out, a member of the crew runs back out with Uni.  Britani realizes it is wet and Bronwyn and Meredith admit that they threw him overboard.  Bronwyn claims it was a joke, but Britani thinks it’s just plain cruel.

Here is where the episode turns.  Before they even got on the plane, Meredith was apparently “completely out of her mind.”  She was yelling because Britani talked about her marriage and was making a scene at the airport (and yet we have no footage?). 

Once on the plane, Britani was seated right in front of Meredith.  Whitney explains that Meredith was talking so loudly about Britani that the entire first class could hear…so loudly that Britani could hear Meredith through her headphones. 

Meredith and Britani are telling two very different stories about the plane ride, but it seems like most of the women agree that Britani melted into a puddle of tears after withstanding Meredith taunting her the entire flight.  Meredith apparently took her anger with Britani too far, but Meredith points out that she was not arrested by an air marshal so it must not have been THAT bad.  We needed Andy and a camera on that plane!

Back in SLC, Lisa, while eating her infamous french fries, talks a mile a minute to John about what happened on the plane. She has never seen Meredith that upset.

Heather meets with a clearly shaken Britani, who is still reeling from the events that occurred at the end of the trip. Heather claims that there are no circumstances to justify the way she was treated by Meredith. Heather thinks that Meredith and Lisa feed off of each other and wishes that Britani woke her up during the flight.  Britani talks about hair pulling and Meredith shaking her seat.  When Heather DID wake up, Meredith and Lisa supposedly came at her for defending Britani. 

Britani can’t believe that Lisa would turn on her, especially since she has defended her in the past when no one else has. The “ultimate betrayal” is Lisa egging Meredith on and Britani feels broken after all that occurred.  Heather brought Britani into this group and feels bad because Lisa and Meredith have clearly taken it too far.

Whitney and Bronwyn get together to talk about the infamous flight. Whitney refers to Meredith as unhinged and shares that Lisa was aiding the rage that was spewed by Meredith. Bronwyn points out that this happened on a commercial flight, yet there is no video footage, a thought I have to agree with!

Bronwyn goes on to explain that perhaps Todd AND Meredith need a reminder of flight etiquette.  Bronwyn is trying to get in front of a recent Twitter rumor.  Someone snapped a picture of Todd on a plane looking at other women…who are not his wife.  When Bronwyn asked Todd about this, he said, “ask your friends-they love to gossip.”  Not, “I’m sorry?” 

The biggest shocker however came when Bronwyn admitted she kicked Todd out of their house for the night. “I told Todd he needed to stay at a hotel that night,” confessed Bronwyn in her confessional. Go girl!

Bronwyn then expresses interest in an open marriage and claims she wants to evolve with Todd.  If he told her he wanted to sleep with other people with her or without her, she would prefer that over secret cheating. However, there is no formal agreement in their marriage. 

Whitney opens up about her friends who have different marital agreements.  She explains that she is not in an open marriage, but she brings anything she thinks to Justin.  There is nothing behind each other’s backs.  Life is meant to be lived, but the ladies talk about how things need to work, especially with older husbands.  They have to remain a partnership and communicate wants and needs.

Angie takes some time to chat with her daughter, Elektra, about their Greek heritage.  Angie is realizing that her daughter connects more with her husband’s side of the family, but wants Elektra to always remember her roots.  Angie discusses her desire for dual citizenship, but Elektra seems disinterested in her mom’s Greek chatter.

Heather waits for over an hour for Lisa to roll up and Lisa does not even apologize for being late.  Lisa refers to the flight home as “a lot.” Heather wonders how it escalated to Britani not wanting to be around Lisa.  All Lisa claims she did was ask Britani for the TikTok video to deescalate the situation.  Heather points out that it seemed like a gang-up on Britani, but Lisa denies this.  Meredith was yelling at Lisa about the video the whole time and Lisa states that if there was a problem, someone should have stepped in.

Lisa claims she was “preserving her peace” in not helping Britani once they landed. Lisa basically says that Britani deserved it on the plane.  Lisa refuses to admit to bullying Britani and reminds Heather that she cannot control Meredith.

Heather is shocked to hear Lisa say she did nothing wrong. Lisa just wants Britani to take accountability (hello pot, meet kettle). Lisa claims she has tried to be nice to Britani in the past, but when it comes to Meredith and her marriage, Lisa draws the line.

Heather calls BS.  She saw what happened on the plane and she is sick of Lisa trying to change the reality of what went down. Britani is scared to be around Lisa and Meredith now, but Lisa is not backing down.

Mary sits down with Meredith and tries to get to the bottom of what happened on the airplane. Mary reminds Meredith that she was there and so she doesn’t *think* anything happened, she knows what happened. Meredith claims the reality is she “vented” to a friend and everything she said to Lisa are all things she said to Britani. Mary tells Meredith that she feels concerned because it went on longer than Meredith is admitting to.  

Why is Meredith coming up with a different story than what really happened? Mary claims that every time she woke up, she heard Meredith. Meredith says that she was in her feelings, but Mary wants Meredith to simply remember what happened…correctly.

Mary states that she was concerned about Meredith’s behavior and wants her to take some accountability. Meredith calls it a “shame” that Britani heard the venting, but she firmly believes that Whitney got into Mary’s ear about the flight. Meredith refers to this drama as a “big nothing sandwich,” but if Meredith doesn’t apologize, who knows where this is going?

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