As the world of reality TV has grown increasingly polished, The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City has effectively formed an island of its own where moral dilemmas go to die. It’s almost impossible to find a voice of reason, someone who truly embodies exemplary behavior, as even our most self-aware Housewives can’t fight the currents of this bizarre reality.
In Salt Lake City, everyone’s so wrong that they almost all flip around to being right. Now that Season 5 hits the halfway point, the entire cast have reached a devastating crossroads—and yet, they just keep driving into the unknown. It’s all gas, no brakes.
Of the many ways RHOSLC continues to defy gravity, consider this: Tonight’s episode is the first in series history with no appearance from Heather Gay. Our Bad Mormon is in hibernation, waiting in the wings to give another astute end-of-season monologue (if the midseason trailer ’s any indication), while the screaming banshees continue their relentless battle…