RHOBH Episode 5 Season 11 Recap & Reaction ("The Divided States of Erika")

Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (RHOBH) Season 11 Episode 5 recap & reaction.Show more

This season stars Erika Jayne / Girardi (wife to famous lawyer Tom Girardi of Erin Brockovich fame, currently in scandal), Kyle Richards (child star in Halloween film franchise, upcoming Halloween Kills movie, sister of child actress Kim Richards, half sister to friend of show this season Kathy Hilton, the mom of Paris Hilton & wife to Hilton heir Rick Hilton), Lisa Rinna (actress married to actor Harry Hamlin who's daughter Amelia Hamlin is dating Scott Disick), Garcelle Beauvais (co-host of 'The Real' & actress), Crystal Kung Minkoff (wife of 'The Lion King' director Rob Minkoff), Dorit Kemsley & Sutton Stracke.

Chapters
0:00 Intro & Welcome
2:25 Act 1
10:46 Act 2
16:14 Act 3
24:22 Act 4
27:45 Act 5
32:09 Act 6
40:19 Live Chat Q&A / Channel Announcements

This season focuses on Erika's lawsuit and divorce, Lisa Rinna's personal life with daughter in spotlight & her rebuilding friendship with Garcelle, Sutton & Crystal and Kyle & Garcelle on race relations, & more.

This episode starts with Erika in a car by herself looking at the camera on her way to meet the girls after announcing her divorce from Tom Girardi. We go back to election day where Kyle is hosting an election party & learn of a spat between Kyle & Dorit on the way home from Lake Tahoe. The other girls arrive as well as Crystal's husband Rob & Dorit's husband PK to hang out with Kyle's husband Mauricio. More talk of Erika's divorce & a recap of the Tahoe girls trip by the men and women leads to Crystal revealing she is a recovering Bulimic. Dorit & Kyle hash out their issues where Kyle Richards says "Don't Ever Talk to Me Like That Again" to Dorit before election night ends with no final results. Next, Sutton & Garcelle are at a Bentley car dealership, then we see Crystal & Rob Minkoff in the home talking more about the eating disorder. The we see Sutton at her store with Kyle & Kathy talking about the upcoming party. Now we are at Lisa Rinna & Harry Hamlin house showing how the pandemic has effected them at home. At Sutton's rental we see the girls arrive, Lisa Rinna & Kyle show up in the same dress, everyone celebrates the Biden Harris "win", Kathy shows up and talk of Erika continues before she arrives. Garcelle brings up some great but controversial thoughts about Erika's dovirce and the girls react before Erika walks in the door to end the episode with no preview for next week.

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