The women are all back in Manhattan – including LuAnn who drives in from the Hamptons with daughter Victoria to attend some of her favorite fall events in the city. The two commiserate over Kelly’s decision to pose in Playboy while Victoria shares that some of her high school friends think LuAnn is a “MILF.” Kelly takes daughters Sea and Teddy out to casually drop the Playboy bomb on her girls. The two react uncomfortably as Teddy points out that the Playboy shoot is another opportunity for her mother to “show off her weirdness.” LuAnn kicks off Mercedes Benz New York Fashion Week hosting an event at Ungaro that all the Housewives attend except Bethenny and Ramona. LuAnn and Jill are as bold as ever – taking the opportunity to pin Alex down and to get the dirt on what happened with Bethenny at Ramona’s Labor Day party. Jill and LuAnn make a snarky comment about Alex’s kids’ behavior over Labor Day and a slow boil begins within Alex. Kelly is on set for her Playboy shoot looking as hot as ever, while Jill and LuAnn attend the Jill Stuart Fashion. When Bethenny arrives, she and Jill face one another for the first time since their friendship fell apart.

Drama seems to be the single most important ingredient at every event featured on The Real Housewives of New York City and last night‘s episode was definitely not without it.  The grudge and tension that have been brewing for months between Jill Zarin and Bethenny Frankel finally turned into a full-blown mess and it was every bit as entertaining as I could imagine.
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