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No one on Bravo gets right to work like the industrious ladies of Potomac (and D.C. and Bethesda and Baltimore). After a delay in scheduling—our cherry blossoms typically arrive in the spring or summer—The Real Housewives of Potomac is back for what’s already a compelling and hysterical seventh season in its first 90 minutes.
Everyone on this show—but especially master provocateur Gizelle Bryant—understands that they have a job to do, which is not only to entertain us with their constant bickering but to make us invested in their often tumultuous and humiliating personal lives. (You hear that, Beverly Hills?).
And boy, do we get a lot in this first episode. Ashley Darby’s getting a divorce and buying a house with her soon-to-be (maybe?) ex-husband Michael. Candiace Dillard Bassett is freezing her eggs and yelling at Chris for having a job. Robyn Dixon wants a prenup for whenever she and Juan walk down the aisle (May 2026, I’m betting). Mia Thornton’s accused of being some sort of cancer-scare opportunist. Karen Huger is doing her typical Lucille Ball schtick. Wendy Osefo’s going into business with the Lisa Vanderpump of the East Coast, Peter Thomas. Oh, and did I mention Charrisse Jackson-Jordan is back for reasons that are unexplained?