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ShowsReal Housewives of Orange CountySeason 12
Aired summer 2017 · Transition era begins, cast searches for its next shape

The Revision

Without Heather Dubrow, the peak-era social register drops. Lydia McLaughlin returns, Peggy Sulahian joins, and the show begins searching for its next configuration. Genuine chemistry appears in places; the working unit isn't assembled yet.

Filmed
Orange County, California
Orange County, California
Premiered
Jul 10, 2017
Bravo · July 2017
Episodes
20
Format
Social reality
Transition-era cast, one return, one new addition
Cast size
6 players
Six cast members, one returning, one joining, one departing
On this page
  1. 01The take
  2. 02The shape of the season
  3. 03Where it sits in the canon
  4. 05Adjacent in the canon
  5. 06Also appears in
01The take

The Revision.

The peak era gives way — the show searching for the cast it's becoming.
02The shape of the season

A rhythm worth tracking.

Season twelve is the transition era's opening move. Without Heather Dubrow, the peak-era social register drops and the show begins searching for its next configuration. Lydia McLaughlin returns but reads differently outside the ensemble that originally framed her; Peggy Sulahian's addition generates moments without producing the chemistry the cast needs. The season is genuine where it works and unsettled where it doesn't — a show mid-construction.

03Where it sits in the canon

The #15 slot.

Slot #15 of 18 in the Real Housewives of Orange County Editor's Canon. The seasons on either side show what I ranked it against.

No spoilers. Every page is reviewed before it goes live.
06Also appears in

Cross-references.

Real Housewives of Orange County — Editor's CanonEditor's Canon · #15
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