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There must be something about the sunny suburbs that acts as a magnet to drama. From day one, the ladies of The Real Housewives of Orange County have faced evictions, cancer scams, philandering husbands, and now FBI inquiries.
Yet, the drama in Orange County always feels surprisingly grounded. It’s the rare Real Housewives franchise where it’s easy to believe each storyline would happen with or without the cameras, even when things lean into chaos, proven by a chaotic dinner party disaster that carries the season into its final stretch.
No other franchise could pull off a season-long arc like Alexis Bellino stealing Shannon Beador’s ex and terrorizing her while an FBI takedown brews in the distance. Here in the OC, that’s just par for the course.
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