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Wednesday, November 19, 2008
11/19: Real Housewives of Atlanta recap, season finale
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
This is the episode where NeNe and Kim supposedly bury the hatchet.
Lisa and DeShawn created a gathering at a restaurant to reconcile the pair. NeNe had made fun of Kim’s country aspiration in a drunken limo ride. Lisa told Sheree, who told Kim. Kim, without talking to NeNe, sent her a nasty text message telling her she was never going to talk to her. Sheree became close buds with Kim, which NeNe didn’t like either.
“NeNe’s a drag queen,” Kim said to Sheree. “You’re beautiful.”
“NeNe’s fun,” Lisa said.
“At everyone else’s expense,” Sheree said.
But they agree to go to the dinner though Kim says, “NeNe better than to me,” Kim says. “She’ll get her ass beat first.” NeNe to the cameras: “I don’t plan on apologizing… and we will never be friends.” Smack! At the Pacific Kitchen restaurant, the Arctic chill lingers. NeNe finally asks the question why Kim didn’t come to NeNe to clear the air.
“How small of you! You’ve known me for years. If you had a problem with me, you should have come to me,” NeNe said. “To me, you look ridiculous!”
After many closeup looks of intensity from the folks at the table (with dramatic music to boot), Gregg, NeNe’s husband, plays Jimmy Carter and tells them to move on, that life is too short to be so hateful. “This is not worth it,” he said. “If certain individuals can take the time away from everything to really sit down and have meaningful dialogue, you will see 99% of this stuff you were fed didn’t emanate from the source… Take this stumbling block and turn it into a stepping stone.”
Kim admits to the camera that she should have called NeNe but does not say so directly to NeNe.
NeNe and Kim agree to have coffee. Everyone hugs and the end of the episode is a “happy” ending. (In the “afterward,” it’s noted the pair never have coffee though NeNe told me she did apologize and they did clear the air.)
Earlier in the episode, in a phone call, Dallas Austin told Kim the hard truth about her country dreams. He said she really had to work hard, focus and stop smoking. “What the hell is that?” Kim said afterwards. “Music is my passion,” she said. “My voice- it’s a God given talent and I’m destroying it.” Yup. It’s her smoking that is why her singing is so poor! Though she goes into a “country music boot camp,” her attempts to stop smoking eventually fail. (Strange parenting 101: her gals, who are 8 and 11, still sleep in her bed with her. Really???)
In other storylines, Lisa expresses worries about Ed Hartwell joining the Oakland Raiders. (After a 30th birthday party at Luda’s restaurant Straits, he ultimately gets dropped before the season starts.) Sheree meets with Michael Knight from “Project Runway” to give her advice on her fashion and critiques what she had done wrong. (She actually took the advice well.) DeShawn attempts to cook while her hubby talks about retiring due to injury. And NeNe doesn’t pursue who her real daddy is and she gets a tricked out F150 for her son as a high school graduation gift.
Next week’s reunion features a surprise showdown between Kim and Lisa. Here’s a tease. Lisa is peeved!
And here’s a bit of NeNe getting in Kim’s face, too:
So what did you think? Is this worth a second season?
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