‘Real Housewives of Salt Lake City’ Cold Open Teases Mysterious Finale Phone Call (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comKate Aurthur editor Season 3 of Bravo’s “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” ended with the show’s cast reeling from the news that their frenemy Jen Shah had pleaded guilty to the fraud charges she’d spent nearly two seasons screamingly saying she was innocent of.
Months after those scenes were filmed, in federal court on Jan. 6 of this year, Shah was sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison, which has since been reduced by a year.
With Shah incarcerated at Federal Prison Camp Bryan in Texas — yes, the same prison where Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes began serving her 11-year sentence in May — the cast of “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” has, paradoxically, been freed to move onto topics other than Shah’s guilt or innocence.
After last season, which was also mired by a lengthy, frustrating whodunnit and howdunnit about why Heather Gay suddenly woke up with a black eye during a grim cast trip to San Diego, of all place — a question that was never answered — a reset for this show is very much in order.
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