We have decided to delve into the Real Housewives of Potomac from the very beginning - we decided that Sydney was too close to home in terms of hair extensions and bad fake tans. Key takeaways: Ray might be the black Bill Gates, but he's channelling the personal style of someone in middle management for an insurance broker, a crab boil is a ritual murder dressed up as social function and Lou wistfully ponders a missed DC connection made on a plane.

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