In Season 13 of The Real Housewives of New York City, new divorcees Shannon and Kelly have a night out together, which makes Tamra feel left out because she has to take care of her husband Eddie, who needs a second heart operation. Vicki wants her son Michael to get married to the girl he likes.
Lydia McLaughlin and Peggy Sulahian left the show after Season 12, so Gina Kirschenheiter and Emily Simpson will join the cast this season.
Cast of The Real Housewives of Orange County Season 13
- Vicki Gunvalson – A prosperous female and reality TV personality residing in Coto de Caza, California
- Tamra Barney Judge – a well-known American businessman, TV host, and real estate agent
- Shannon Beador – is an American actress, television personality, and entrepreneur.
- Kelly Dodd – an American television personality and an entrepreneur
- Gina Kirschenheiter – an American television personality and an entrepreneur
- Emily Simpson – an American television personality and a successful lawyer
Episode 1 - How They Got Here
Get caught up on the show that started the hit franchise, including Vicki Gunvalson’s problems with her love tank, Tamra Judge‘s changing relationship with the OG of the OC, Shannon Beador’s troubled marriage, and Kelly Dodd‘s controversial arrival.
Episode 2 - The Next Chapter
Vicki, Tamra, and Shannon surprised everyone by getting back together at last season’s reunion. Since then, the women have been trying to rebuild their friendship and earn each other’s trust. Tamra has moved into a new house, and Shannon and Kelly have moved into smaller homes as part of their divorces.
Vicki is thinking about getting married, so she moved in with her boyfriend Steve, who isn’t in a hurry to propose. Tamra goes hiking with her old friend Emily to clear the air, but she has to deal with Eddie’s problems.
Episode 3 - One Apology, Another Betrayal
Vicki’s friendship with Tamra is back on track, but she still has one more problem to solve: she needs to say sorry to Eddie. Tamra teaches an exercise class, telling the women about her new friend Gina Kirschenheiter, who just moved from Long Island.
Emily Simpsonand her husband Shane have been married for nine years. Shannon takes her girls to Mexico for the first time as a single mom. Kelly is shocked to learn that Vicki and Steve set up her ex-husband Michael, so she talks to Vicki about it.
Episode 4 - Tres Amigas
Kelly and Vicki’s fight keeps going and ends in anger and tears. Tamra and Vicki take Shannon to Mexico for a weekend with the girls to help her escape her shell. Tamra and Shannon have a wild night, but Vicki tries to keep herself in check at Andales.
After a night of dancing in the bars, one gets hurt, and the other two tell the truth about how they feel. Back in OC, Kelly’s wise 11-year-old daughter Jolie gives her emotional support.
Episode 5 - Judge, Jury, and Gina
RHOC Shannon Beador asks her daughter what she thinks about her new business idea. Tamra goes to the doctor and learns that she may need surgery on her broken foot. Gina’s mother comes from Long Island to see her, and Emily’s mother-in-law, Pary, tells her how to get Shane to work harder.
Vicki and Kelly have a tense conversation over coffee, and only one is happy with the outcome. During a group dinner, Shannon and Vicki meet Emily and Gina for the first time. The other women tease Vicki about going on double dates with Kelly’s ex-husband behind their backs.
Episode 6 - Orange County Hold' Em
Shannon and Kelly, who just got divorced, spend the night out together, which makes Tamra feel left out because she has to take care of her husband Eddie, who needs a second heart operation. Vicki wants her son Michael to get married to the girl he likes.
Shannon’s new business venture with QVC moves forward. Emily throws a poker party, where her mother-in-law Pary connects with a tearful Shane, Emily’s husband, who doesn’t like how loud Kelly and Gina talk.
Episode 7 - Rumors
The women are shocked to hear that Gina and Emily had a fight at the end of the poker night. Vicki goes to Los Angeles to record radio ads for Coto Financial. While there, she makes her son Michael look bad in front of his friends.
Shannon feels sad when she has to go to court for her divorce. Shannon’s best friend Tamra surprises her with a matchmaker, while Kelly goes out with the “milkman.” When Emily leaves early from a happy hour.
Episode 8 - She Said/She Said
Things go wrong when Vicki decides to have a ladies’ golf outing for her birthday. To get to know Shane, Tamra and Eddie went on a double date with Emily and her husband. Kelly tries to show her daughter Jolie how vital money is by having them both help out at a homeless shelter. Tamra and Shannon run into each other because of a rumor about Emily’s marriage.
Episode 9 -Seeing Red
Shannon storms off, as always, and Tamra doesn’t feel sorry for her. On the one hand, Shannon acts like a selfish three-year-old throwing a fit because she didn’t get the happy meal toy she wanted.
Tamra keeps bugging Steve to ask Vicki to marry him at the end of Vicki’s golf party. Tamra and Shannon’s friendship is starting to fall apart, so they finally sit down for a heartfelt talk.
Episode 10 - A Peace Treaty, A Blind Date, and A Divorce No One Understands
Tamra’s birthday party for Eddie goes wrong after someone says something vulgar. Shannon goes on her first date in over twenty years after a matchmaker sets her up. Vicki fights back against the rumors that she is dating Steve.
Emily and Kelly try to solve their problems while the other women talk about Gina getting married.
Episode 11 - Italian Night Fight
Real housewife Vicki Gunvalson throws a party with an Italian theme and a cooking lesson. The women still think Gina talks too lightly about her divorce. Tamra goes to her appointment with Kelly Dodd by her side.
Kelly says that Steve, Vicki Gunvalson’s boyfriend, broke up with her last year and moved back in with his mom. Kelly says that all the men who have dated Vicki have done it for her money.
Episode 12 - 8 ½ Minutes to Success
Tamra goes to Philadelphia to support Shannon. Kelly has a party for the other women to watch Shannon’s first show on QVC while Tamra is there.
Episode 13 - Nice to Meet You... Again
Kelly surprises Shannon by telling her that Emily and Gina feel like she’s putting them in a box. Vicki is shocked that the younger generation doesn’t want to get married or have kids at a family gathering.
Episode 14 - Heat Waves and Hot Flashes
When the OC girls go on a girls’ trip to Jamaica, they all have a hard time with the heat. After having fun on bamboo rafts and rope swings, Shannon and Tamra start to fight.
Episode 15 - Blow Up
The housewives get ready for dinner, but it takes Shannon and Vicki Gunvalson so long that the other women leave without them. After who knows how many drinks, the two finally show up late to dinner. Shannon will have plastic surgery when she returns, so she drinks as much as possible on her last night.
Either she had a few too many drinks, or she was just being Shannon or both, but when the conversation wasn’t about her, she quickly lost interest.
Episode 16 - The Day After
Shannon keeps putting herself apart from the other women. Later, Vicki convinces Shannon to return to the group for dinner on the beach. Shannon only makes up a few of the women at the dinner. Vicki tells Shannon about the big fight she had the night before.
Everyone said Shannon only talked about herself, and Shannon said she only yelled about herself to prove them wrong. She tells Shannon that after Brooks left, she felt like everyone had left her, and she had to work hard to make friends with everyone again.
Episode 17 - Twin Tweaks
Vicki and Shannon both get plastic surgeries when they get back from Jamaica. Emily and Shane go to couples therapy, where they have to deal with a painful memory. Gina gets in trouble with Tamra when she tells Shannon what the other women said about her behind her back.
Episode 18 - Friends and Enemas
Vicki’s son Michael tells her she didn’t tell him about her most recent surgery. At Emily’s Turkish coffee cup reader gathering, Tamra and Gina’s fight continues. Kelly wonders if Shannon uses the tension between Tamra and Gina to get what she wants when she helps Gina move into her casita. Emily throws Gina, a party for her 34th birthday.
Episode 19 - Femme Finale
When Emily’s mother, Susan, comes to Orange County for the first time in five years, she plans a Femme Fatale party for the women. Shannon talks to her daughter Sophie, who is 16 years old, in a very grown-up way. Tamra and Gina try to talk things over with each other.
Shannon and Vicki show off their new looks at Emily’s party, and Kelly brings her new boyfriend to meet the group. Shannon has trouble finding things she has in common with Emily and Gina.
Episode 20 - Reunion Part 1
The “Tres Amigas” start the reunion by talking about their quick trip to Mexico, making Gina feel angry. And when Vicki and Kelly argue, sparks fly.
Episode 21 - Reunion Part 2
In the second part of the reunion, Kelly and Vicki talk about their problems. As the women talk about Shannon’s divorce, they talk about her ups and downs during the past year. In the game of telephone, when the group tries to figure out who said what about Emily’s wedding first, things quickly get messy.
Emily talks about the mean comments about her body she got online. They feel a lot when Tamra and Shannon try to fix their broken friendship.
Episode 22 - Reunion Part 3
The reunion ends as the women talk about Kelly’s dating season and funny one-liners. Emily, Shannon, Kelly, and Gina don’t always agree about what happened at Eddie’s birthday party. The women talk about how hot, crazy, and stressful their trip to Jamaica was.
Then, they learn more about how Tamra and Shannon’s friendship is like a merry-go-round and what caused Shannon to lose it in Jamaica. At the end of the season, the women talk about what they’re sorry about and take tequila shots.
The Real Housewives of Orange County Quick Facts
- an American reality TV series
- broadcast on Bravo
- aired from July 16, 2018, until December 9, 2018
- primarily filmed in Orange County, California
- The show’s executive producers are Andy Cohen, Adam Karpel, Alex Baskin, Douglas Ross, Gregory Stewart, Scott Dunlop, and Stephanie Boyriven.
- Consists 22 episodes