Clockwise from top left: Low points from New York, Potomac, Beverly Hills, and Atlanta.
Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Bravo
Being a true Real Housewives devotee — a loyal viewer of every iteration of Bravo’s most well-known franchise — comes with certain responsibilities. It’s our job to translate these shows to the uninformed, retain an encyclopedic knowledge of the deep-cut lore, and attend every Housewife cabaret performance and stunt-casting in Chicago on Broadway. But the true responsibility is sometimes the heaviest lift: watching every new season of these shows long after they’ve lost their luster.
You can’t just stop watching Housewives. These shows operate like the soap operas that inspired them —…
