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I'm like Tom Petty: New Year, Old Grudges


We have made it to the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Season 11 Finale! Crystal Minkoff is walking Erika Jayne thru the Shan Social House where she will be throwing a celebration for Chinese New Year. Erika admits she is still angry with Sutton Stracke despite the cooling of their feud in Del Mar.


Kathy Hilton is at her spec house. Sutton visits with a boot on and Kathy's handsome builder Aidan bridal carries her into the house. Kathy's project is building and selling this $53 million home. Sutton tells Kathy she doesn't believe her relationship with Erika can go back to normal. Kathy tells Sutton to stop buying expensive couture and buy her house instead.


Fox Force Four meets at Theía for dinner. Erika tells Kyle Richards, Lisa Rinna, and Dorit Kemlsey that she is in a good place with herself. Kyle brings up that Sutton's opinion hasn't changed. Erika says her story about Tom's original car accident has never changed and then proceeds to retell it with new added detail.


Garcelle Beauvais reveals that she went on a date with handsome abs Keith and that there wasn't chemistry.


Kathy arrives at Crystal's party with Elliot Mintz as her dinner date. Rinna arrives and brings up the infamous dinner at the Kemsley's where she accused people of doing drugs at the party and then refers to her and Elliot Mintz (who she was left sitting with at the table) as partners in crime. Garcelle and Rinna step aside and reflect on how far (or little) they've come in repairing their friendship. Garcelle asks Rinna to reach out to Denise Richards and Rinna says that she'll do it when it's organic. Garcelle says that by reaching out to Denise it would prove that Rinna has grown and would be a great way to show and prove that their friendship can be fully rebuilt. Erika shows up with almost identical hair to Kyle.


The party sits down to dinner and after Crystal and Rob Minkoff give a toast, Crystal tells the women that they have a red envelope with money in it and when the animals come to feed them with it. Naturally, Kyle panics. It's not long before Kyle finds an opening to stir up trouble between Sutton and Erika again. Sutton spins it and tells Erika she would like to start the Chinese New Year fresh. Elliot Mintz asks Kathy to tell her what was said and Kathy tells him, "I'll tell you later". Erika doesn't reciprocate the olive branch and as usual Kyle only stands up to Erika in her confessional. In the bathroom, Kyle tells Sutton she thought things were Ok between her and Erika. (Even though their dinner at Theía should have told Kyle otherwise.) Luckily, Kathy is also pushing for drama between Sutton and Erika to rekindle so she brings Erika back into the conversation with Sutton. The episode ends with each woman reflecting on friendship and Sutton and Erika agreeing to talk one on one when Erika is ready.

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