

After going stir-crazy during the pandemic, Mary is working with her cousin Big Joe, a contractor, to remodel her house. Mary’s solo scenes are fun because no matter who she’s with, she is always mentally on an entirely different planet.
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The two haven’t spoken since the Season 1 reunion, but Jen is hoping to patch up her relationships and the (alarmingly) forgiving Heather is willing to meet in person. Jen seems receptive because she is embracing her self-improvement era, which means working on her marriage with Sharrieff, letting Dwayne move into the Shah Chalet and FaceTiming Heather. Jen’s businesses continue to make no sense, which is highly suspicious!) We also meet Dwayne, Jen’s nephew who recently moved to Utah, who speaks for all of us when he says “Jen has too much damn stuff in her house!” This socially conscious king encourages Jen to focus on charity during Ramadan and donate some of her many, many, many pairs of shoes to Goodwill. (In a later moment, the two briefly mention some sort of “CBD deal” and contract. He was indicted along with Jen on fraud charges, and knowing what will soon happen to these two fills even mundane scenes with plenty of dramatic irony. For the first time this season, Jen’s assistant Stuart Smith, a.k.a. The other subplots of this episode don’t reach the operatic heights of Meredith’s righteous anger, but there are still plenty of interesting dynamics bubbling before the big arrest we expect in future episodes. By the time she exclaims, “It’s cruel! It’s cruel!” Meredith has fully transcended to become the Meryl Streep of basic cable reality TV. When Seth asks if Jen’s behavior could be a misunderstanding, she pointedly asks “misunderstanding where?” sending a chill all the way to St. Meredith gets quiet and tense when she feels angry, which is 100 times scarier than Jen’s dramatic outbursts. Fans have often inferred that Brooks is gay, and I can understand why the family is hurt that Jen and others are making assumptions about a deeply personal matter.

Jen’s behavior is truly uncalled for, and Meredith feels especially upset that the comments assume Brooks’ sexuality, which he has not labeled even to family members. Jen has continued to like and share negative posts about Brooks, including one that says she should “slap Brooks and call him a sissy bitch,” and you better believe Meredith has SCREENSHOTS.

After Meredith hangs up because, in Seth’s words, their dinner is getting “colder than a witch’s ass,” Meredith vents about her frustration with Jen’s social media. Meredith disengages, Brooks, as always, finds the whole thing deeply embarrassing, and Seth says he “thought there would have been more of an emotional orgasm.” Gross! Seth is still not in Park City full-time, but Meredith says their marriage is strong and he’s making an effort to spend time in Utah. In her only scene of the episode, Meredith is FaceTiming her son/BFF Brooks when Seth comes in wearing this horrifying mask from last season.

But as the messy social media activity of Jen Shah turns Meredith into the Joker, her icy demeanor and quiet intensity is creating mesmerizing television. In Season 1, she had great moments, but she wasn’t as explosively dramatic as Jen or as off-the-wall as Mary or as distinctly Utah as Heather. We’re only at the beginning, but Meredith Marks has emerged as an early frontrunner for MVP of this season of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City.
