Elizabeth Vargas: Orange You Grateful for the OC?

Episode • Jul 16, 2021 • 1h 4m

It was just a matter of time until Rebekah covered a cult. But before she leads (not in a culty way) Melissa to Arizona and Missouri, she takes a minute to appreciate the splendor and entertainment mecca, Orange County, California. Rebekah then tackles the confession Elizabeth Lyn Vargas, of RHOC, made to Braunwyn last season. She didn’t give a lot of details, but Rebekah was determined to uncover everything she could - and what she found includes wild stories about Elizabeth’s grandmother, Dorothy Mae Bell, and her leadership of two fringe family cults and crimes including concealment of a dead body, and kidnapping charges. This is an episode of Criminality unlike the others.

What are we watching? Melissa pleads for a second chance to sell us on “Better off Ted” and is currently enjoying the sketch comedy show, “I Think You Should Leave.” Rebekah is enjoying the delightful Netflix teen dramedy, “ Never Have I Ever” and believes it is the perfect antidote to ELITE.

Melissa stumps Rebekah (as per usual) with these three clues for the next episode: Big Brother, Brazil, and Butterfly!

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Episode Sources:

THE PRESCOTT COURIER:

https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=886&dat=19760119&id=V7taAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SFADAAAAIBAJ&pg=5641%2C5141133&hl=en

THE ARIZONA DAILY STAR

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/24514631/cult-corpse/

The OC REGISTER

https://www.ocregister.com/2009/02/23/housewives-star-slade-smiley-speaks-out-after-his-arrest/

ALL ABOUT THE TEA

https://allaboutthetea.com/2020/12/17/elizabeth-vargas-grandmothers-church-forced-members-to-give-up-checks/