It’s election night in America, and as a courtesy, The Real Housewives of New York City dialed the drama all the way back to offer a tepid showing you can mindlessly watch whilst doom-scrolling.
Is it old-school Real Housewives, or is it just boring? That really depends on what you’re looking for. But six episodes in, RHONY continues to supply the calm before the alleged storm, as tonight’s episode gives some much-needed insight into newbie Racquel and the marriages that bind these Housewives.
In the sea of solo scenes, Jessel’s rises to the top. Although she’s decidedly stayed Switzerland in the group conflict, Jessel is openly fighting her husband on camera like all Housewives greats must. Any man who wants to raise a mini Elon Musk deserves the hazing of a lifetime, and perhaps shouldn’t be tasked with raising a child at all. Maybe he’s doing Jessel a solid continually rebutting her plea to have another kid.
Still, she takes him to a restaurant full of ambience and hot honey chicken to make her case for not only trying for a baby, but starting therapy. Unfortunately for Jessel, Pavit can’t stop letting the food distract him, as his real goal isn’t to have another baby, but to make it as a food influencer. As for me, I was incredibly distracted by the fact the restaurant was completely empty for the first half of the scene. What happened to putting a production assistant at an empty table? Let’s make some movie magic.