RHOC: Rumble in the Jungle

This week on Real Housewives of O.C., the ladies took the highly anticipated trip to Costa Rica (which is not in Mexico, Alexis). Getting there turned out to be a bit of a journey as Vicki's trip planning skills seem to not be too great.* After a flight from California to Florida (to pick up Vicki), the 'Wives continued onto Costa Rica where a three hour van ride awaited them, only to find out from hotel reception that there is an airport a mere fifteen minutes from the resort. Eleven hours of travel would not hold them back, however, as they immediately grabbed some drinks and headed to dinner. 

The next day the housewives went out on an adventure (zip lining) and then came back to the resort. Although we only got about five minutes of that night's dinner (the rest will air next week), it was a very eventful five minutes - especially if you were to be in Alexis Bellino's seat. From the moment they all sat down, it was like an intervention to let Alexis know just how much everyone dislikes her. The biggest beef (which was obvious  when the hesitant-to-get-involved-in-drama Heather Dubrow chimed in) was Alexis' tendency to talk about money, especially because there are widespread doubts in the legitimacy of the Bellinos' wealth. In typical Bravo TV fashion, the show came to an end just as the episode [seemingly] was about to get extra juicy. Bravo, Bravo...you've sucked me in for another week of Real Housewives.

Click below for some more tidbits from this week's episode....

Gretchen Rossi

• Slade attempted to help Gretchen pack by googling "what to pack for Costa Rica"
• I could have told Slade that wasn't going to work
• A fight between the two ensued

Tamra Barney

• The episode opened up with a dinner between her, Eddie and the Dubrows
• Tamra let Dr. Dubrow know that she had dragged him into her argument with Alexis by saying "Terry Dubrow is one of the best plastic surgeons in the country (at which point Terry nods in approval) - if he says you're fake...YOU'RE FAKE!"
• Heather with the line of the night: "Comically, it was a very good line...but realistically...."
• Good dinner - the Dubrows once again prove themselves as the show's most likable

Alexis Bellino

• The first activity of the trip was a zip lining adventure through the jungle. Alexis comforted a nervous Heather and Gretchen as they prepared for the first line. Once it was her turn to step it up, she refused to go and nearly had to be pushed off the ledge before finally making the leap.

*Although her travel planning skills weren't great in this instance, I can recall several previous trips on previous seasons that were planned by Vicki - all of which seemed to go off without a hitch.

Next episode: Tuesday, June 5 at 9/8 central on Bravo