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Chapter 2: Renew.  The Grenada trip is well underway on this episode of the Real Housewives of Atlanta.  Shamea STILL does not have her luggage, Brit can’t handle tequila, and Angela spends her 8th wedding anniversary without Charles (although he doesn’t seem to care).  But when Shamea gets some bad news about her daughter, Shiloh, differences get put aside and the true sisterhood shines through.

While Kelli hopes for the renew aspect of the trip to stick, Angela attempts to catch Charles on the phone since he was too busy to talk to her ON their anniversary.  Despite these red flags, Angela claims they are falling more in love with each other every single day.  Right.  

Breakfast is served and the outfits are serving.  Kelli breezes in with her nipples out and Shamea makes her lack of luggage work the best she can.  When it comes to the whole underwear situation, Shamea states she is “bare and naked.” LOL. Cynthia wastes no time calling Brit out for barfing and wonders if she is a lightweight.  Brit DID say she didn’t like shots, but Shamea would hear none of it the night before.  Brit is getting weird vibes from Shamea pointing at some unsettled business between them.

Kelli and Shamea have planned to split the ladies up: no one rooming together is going out on the day trip together.  As Kelli shrieks about who knows what, Phaedra refers to her as what would happen if a garden gnome and Tinkerbell got together.  

In the van over to the waterfall, Shamea spills about Brit.  She wonders why she was so chintzy with her donation, musing “you can’t show up with a Rolls Royce and a Birkin and give paper towels” to the victims of the Grenada hurricane.  On top of that, Brit’s $250 donation seems cheap, as they all gave upwards of $1,000.00.  

When Phaedra tries to talk about “Drew -Zilla,” Porsha shuts it down.  She feels like they are ready to move on, but wants Drew to apologize to Shamea for calling her a lap dog. Shamea points out that no one even knows Drew, so she would rather be a lap dog than forgettable.   

Phaedra also explains that she has known Charles for awhile and he has always “been that dude,” but she’s “never known him to be married.”  Interesting…They go on to talk about punctuality since they will be graced with the Prime Minister’s presence at dinner later.  

Group 1 arrives at the waterfalls as the other group begins their “cooking with Kelli” adventure. The ladies enjoy some welcome cocktails and learn some new recipes.  As they make dumplings, the waterfall girls have an epic photoshoot.  

It’s funny to hear Brit talk about the great vibes on this trip, as Phaedra, in the other group, wonders why Brit would bring up Apollo the night before.  Porsha wants to know why Brit feels unsupported by the girls and points out that no one knows Brit and she has made zero effort to fix that.

In an attempt to get some answers, Kelli outright asks Drew about Black, but Drew once again shuts it down.  She admits to flirting, but claims they are JUST friends since she is navigating through this messy divorce. 

On the ride back to the resort, Shamea and Porsha are back to being besties.  She might not have her luggage, but she’s got Porsha again.  Once they return, they get decked to the nines in preparation for their Prime Minister dinner.  (Luckily, Porsha lends Shamea a fit). 

Angela finally gets through to Charles and the phone convo is lackluster.  He seems like he doesn’t care that this is the first anniversary they are not together.  Angela feels like her husband is being “petty because there is no bedroom action” and he leaves her with next to nothing as the chat ends. Awkward.

As they gather in the kitchen before the restaurant, Brit feels like Shamea is being passive aggressive, especially when it comes to the shots.  Shamea screaming “shot o’ clock” is not it for Brit.

They get to the restaurant on time and they catch up about the outings.  Kelli thanks the groups for donating to the hurricane victims, which just opens the floodgates.  Porsha jumps in to say how nice it was that they all banned together and Shamea rubs it in when she talks about giving big, not just pulling up with Birkins and Rolls Royces.  Brit is no idiot and she knows exactly what Shamea is insinuating.  She calls Shamea out for throwing shade.  

Her bestie, Kelli, shocks Brit when she comes at her about this donating business.  Shamea calls Brit’s behavior aggressive as she tries to defend herself. The crazy thing is that Shamea did pull Brit aside and talked to her about missing the mark with this donation thing, so this shouldn’t come as a surprise…but it does make you realize how shady it is to bring it up on camera if this was already discussed…

Brit opens up the floor and wonders if anyone else has anything else to say to her and Porsha wastes no time.  She wonders why Brit does not feel supported when she is the one not open to the group.  Brit points out that Porsha did not even have her phone number saved and the ladies go at it, cutting each other off left and right, until the Prime Minister’s motorcade shuts them down.  They sit like ladies while the Prime Minister pulls up a chair and hangs with the group. You know these single ladies are envisioning themselves as the first lady of Grenada…

Later, Angela explains that Charles does not wear his wedding ring and Porsha wonders if she’s got Tourette’s since she keeps “hollering out her business.” A cake gets brought out in honor of Angela’s anniversary, which is kinda weird, but she gets emo about it, missing Charles more.

On the way out of dinner, Brit reminds Porsha she does not like to be cut off and Porsha explains that she was just trying to figure out how to support her. Brit wonders why she now has weird issues with Shamea and points out that Porsha has never invited her to one single place.  Phaedra calls Brit out for “self-sabotaging” and “collecting enemies” for no reason. She advises Brit to show herself friendly.  

As all this ridiculous banter is going on, Shamea gets a phone call from her husband who is angry about the nanny keeping their baby, Shiloh, in a freezing room.  This is dangerous for Shiloh as she has a low immune system.  Shamea is feeling like a failure that her daughter is sick at home while she is out here living her best life. 

The other car sees the group text and they are warned that Shamea is dealing with personal stuff about Shiloh. They all decide to hold hands and pray for Shamea as she tries to deal with being so far from her sick baby. Brit tearfully tells Shamea she has her back no matter what is going on.  She tells Shamea that she is part of their village and repeats that she loves her and that she will always be there for her no matter what.  Brit calls this a real sisterhood and even attempts to lighten the mood with a shot of tequila, a sign of a truce with Shamea.  Brit gets real comfortable after that shot and pulls out her breasts in an effort to lighten up the mood. Whatever happens in Grenada…?

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