From the Bleachers: A Real Housewives Game Analysis

Sandra breaks down all the play on the latest episode of RHOC. Tamra Judge leads with her a****** instead of her heart. Sandra shares her theory of why Alexis Bellino is so upset about something Shannon Storms Beador did to her Johnny J. Find out who performed their Storm-Off better, Gina Kirschenheiter or Shannon Beador? And, oh, the Bravo Bravo Bravo moments we got to see this episode!!!   Insta...

Sandra breaks down all the play on the latest episode of RHOC. Is Alexis Bellino’s constant talking about Johnny J good play or is she going to lose her friend contract? Why we are still talking about the paparazzi BS and which player will finally end this storyline for us? There was some amazing 4TRR friendship play this episode by the La Quinta crew, but an honorable mention goes to the Big Bear...

Toni Gallagher, former RHOC and RHOBH producer and author, talks shop with Sandra and Mandy about the ins and outs of producing and editing Real Housewives, Brandi's anti-marriage voicemails, her DLAC doppelgänger husband, and (of course) sailing on a clipper ship. 

Two rooms. Two teams. Two finales. Too many? Despite the lack of traditional play this episode, Sandra manages to hand out most of the generally assigned player awards. She defends her finale fashion play of the game to Margaret Josephs. She wonders at the tennis skills of the security guards who held Danielle Cabral and Jennifer Aydin at bay. She hands out an error to the player who broke 4TRR. S...

Sandra and Mandy cover all the plays leading up to and during the “Last Supper” of RHONJ as we know it. We discuss why this season has been such a dud and also why RHONJ has ruined Mandy. We give everyone errors and Least Valuable Player awards and then finish off the episode with 5 straight minutes of ugly crying. Sort of.  RIP RHONJ. RIP RealHousewivesofBendOregon. RIP Mandy in the pit. RIP Tere...

Sandra breaks down all the play on the latest episode of RHOC. Is peeing in the bushes and dancing on bars good play for our OC team? Should we be judging Jenn Pedranti for spending money and rookie player Katie Ginella for not knowing how to play golf? And most importantly, who comes out on top when it comes to Katie’s attacks against Heather Dubrow regarding paparazzi phone calls and Instagram t...

We went away but not forever! With the premiere of RHOC last week, Sandra had to come on and give her thoughts, and also let you know why we haven't dropped an episode in a minute.    Instagram: @RealHousewivesofBendOregon TikTok: @RealHousewivesofBend   Please rate, review, subscribe & share!!!   Intro and Outro Music: “Stomping Rock” by Alex Grohl    Inspired by Game of Roses  

RHONJ Season 14 Episode 5: Sandra and Mandy decide during this week’s episode that winners want the ball, and Teresa doesn’t seem to want the ball! We finally get to break out the apology play rubric and *mostly* agree on the quality of the apologies given. There is lots of “putting it in the middle” play by the  ladies at the Bougie Brunch, leading to finger pointing, face play and quips galore....

RHONJ Season 14 Episode 4: Sandra and Mandy make history this week as they create a new game for podcast: Quig Quog! And they also get to the bottom of that age old mystery: Who let the dogs out??? We were delighted by this episode’s smorgasbord of Pampered Pets and Face Plays. We discuss all the important play that happened this episode: some join the fight play, PTCs, IFIs, and relationship play...

Join Sandra and Mandy as they cover all the plays from "Shore-ing Up Sides." We've got an amazing double Play of the Game AND Bystander of the Week. Plus: What do Margaret and AFI Top 100 movie Bridge on the River Kwai have in common? Can Sandra have multiple Tear Play in one night? How many buttons can you leave undone at a restaurant with linen tablecloths? And the biggest question of all, what...

Sandra and Mandy cover all the play in Season 14 Episode 2 of Real Housewives of New Jersey. Sandra talks about Pampered Pet Play and what Teresa’s dog needs to do to step it up to the level of Melissa Gorga’s dog. Mandy teaches us that there’s no such thing as bad Fashion Play and together, we create a hit song about Gia.  Find out who we pick for our Plays of the Game and our MVPs in an episode...

Join Sandra and Mandy as they get Not California High on the joy of a new season of play! Rachel starts her sophomore season off with a Messy Fessy party (has anyone seen my electric toothbrush?). We've got our first Tear Play of the season, some decent Injury, Fear, or Illness (IFI) play, and the newly named Dance Mom Play. Sandra comes up with the best naming system for The Husbands EVER (with a...

It’s the RHONJ Eras Tour!!! Join us as we revisit some Hall of Fame plays from past eras of RHONJ and also look forward to Season 14 by analyzing the S14 trailer and play styles of each of our RHONJ players. This episode, Mandy celebrates a new era of her life as she turns 50! (Happy Birthday, Mandy!!!) and she gets a special birthday message from a certain rookie RHOSLC player. This episode we co...

Join Sandra and Mandy as they dish on the top twenty housewives, thanks to Sandra's detailed RSS analysis of ALL FRANCHISES! Who's the real Dork Lord now? Plus: Mandy insults the entire state of New Jersey, Hunting Housewives gets another free plug, and Sandra coins the term "lastability." Come to find out who the number one housewife is, and stick around for the dish on why Miami is absent from o...

Sandra and Mandy discuss all the news that's fit to clip. We confirm that we are right about EVERYTHING! Not only is the Apology Rubric an important measure of play, but we also get confirmation of Bravo's deep state editing powers. In addition to learning a bit more about how the sausage is made, Sandra and Mandy give potent career advice, and Mandy gives Sandra a fictionalized hero edit.   For m...

Sandra and Mandy dish with Caitlin and Sharon of Real Housewives on Real Housewives all about RHOBH and the upcoming season of RHONJ. We learn about the beauty of the Bravo fan community as they give us the down low on BravoCon, as well as Sharon's OG theory. And in honor of their episode format, so many versus: Producers vs Housewives! Heather Gay vs UGT cast! Sharon vs. the RSS! Caitlin vs. the...

Sandra and Mandy discuss The Housewife and the Hustler Part 2. Mandy proclaims Tom Girardi a Dirty F***ing Dude but for some reason Sandra can’t quite land on one side of the fence or the other when it comes to Erika Jayne. We get to pull out our apology play rubric when Erika meets with the victims for the first time. Sandra continues to promote her singing career and rediscovers a 1980s favorite...

Bonus material until RHONJ starts up! Sandra and Mandy discuss The Housewife and the Hustler Part 1, where we learn that Tom Girardi does not make good choices. Plus: Erika Jayne is not a food truck and the perks of working at Jamba Juice corporate. Mandy provides some long winded and semi-accurate legal explanations (lawyers CAN be certified financial planners - who knew?), and we learn that Sand...

Brandy Ferner is our guest today as we break down the entire Season 13 of play from our Beverly Hills Housewives. Which Housewives Player compares to Bella in Poor Things? Was Sutton’s “Name ‘Em” scene with Kyle good play or an error? What is happening with Crystal’s play that makes her difficult to “like”? Why do we still enjoy watching Erika despite her lack of empathy for the law firm victims?...

Sandra demonstrates her improv chops before she and Mandy get into the game analysis of part three of the RHOBH reunion. They explore Resting Reunion Face, love deposits, Kathy's career as a magician, and . . . relationsheeps? It's a reunion of firsts: first IFI (injury, fear or illness) at a reunion, first intensely emotional salon story, and our first use of the clown car cushions to store human...

Guest Jackie Maroney from the She’s All Bach podcast joins Sandra today in Mandy’s absence.  The two talk about the differences between Real Housewives and ABC’s The Bachelor, they discuss the recent lawsuits against DLAC (Andy Cohen) and then break down the play in the second part of the reunion for RHOBH season 13. Why does Kyle score so high on the RSS? What conspiracy theory does Jackie have r...

From Dorit’s Red Tent of Errors to a double MVP winner, Sandra and Mandy cover all the game play in part one of the RHOBH season 13 reunion. Plus: Mandy makes her first ever request for a more sparkly dress, Sandra suspects Lisa Barlow and Dorit are personality trait twins, and Dorit weaponizes Mandy’s uterus. Literally.   Instagram: @RealHousewivesofBendOregon TikTok: @RealHousewivesofBend   Plea...

Sandra and Mandy analyze all the plays in the finale episode of season 13 of RHOBH. This episode, our players take the field at SOFI stadium! Kyle’s white party offers a huge variety to pick from for our Fashion Plays of the Game. Between Sutton’s show-me-the-money jewelry date with her daughter, Erika’s “It’s Expensive to be Me” comeback performance and Kyle’s marriage separation hitting the news...

Sutton and Kyle make some solid plays in this week's game, but can they compete with Erika pulling out TWO apologies? Plus, Sandra and Mandy speculate on: Is Season 1's mean psychic gloating? Is Kyle getting a villain edit? And does Sutton need an intervention? We've got a four point apology by Mandy, Sandra pondering her soul, and the world's longest podcast sign off. But most of all, we're pitch...

Sandra and Mandy analyze all the plays in Season 13 Episode 15 of RHOBH. The players line up to compete with back-to-back PTCs during Sutton Stracke’s releasing ceremony. Sutton spreads Merce’s ashes, creating a Fi-ash-co that earns Mandy the podcasting pun of the week. Some brief apology play by Crystal Minkoff allows us to demonstrate that Sandra and Mandy are beginning to align in their use of...