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The Real Housewives of Potomac Recap: Waiting to Exhale


Ashley’s drag show represents the haphazard state of the final stretch of this season: a bit chaotic, disorganized, and with no unifying theme.

When this season started, I was cautiously optimistic about the momentum behind the soft reboot: The women seemed ready to play, the newcomers had plenty going on in their lives worth examining, and Gizelle had apparently accepted the marching order to be a team player. In some ways, Ashley’s drag king show represents the haphazard state of the Potomac in the final stretch of the season: a bit chaotic, disorganized, and with no real unifying theme except to come out on camera and hope that it works out. • There’s a “breaking the fourth wall” moment happening across Housewives franchises where the women will discuss how some members of their family — in this case, Keiarna’s fiancé Greg — are not eager or interested to film, and the impact that it has on their relationship.

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