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The Reckoning.
A new arrival, a returning five, and a reunion the whole season builds toward — RHOD's most consequential hour.
A rhythm worth tracking.
Kary Brittingham joins a returning five — Stephanie Hollman, LeeAnne Locken, Brandi Redmond, D'Andra Simmons, and Kameron Westcott — as Cary Deuber steps away from the main cast. The new addition's arrival becomes the season's flashpoint, and a resurfaced controversy over on-camera remarks turns the reunion into the most widely reported hour the show has produced. It's also LeeAnne Locken's final season with the show.
The #04 slot.
Slot #04 of 5 in the Real Housewives of Dallas Editor's Canon. Season four absorbs real turnover: Cary Deuber steps back from the main cast, and Kary Brittingham joins a returning Stephanie Hollman, LeeAnne Locken, Brandi Redmond, D'Andra Simmons, and Kameron Westcott. The new addition's arrival becomes the season's defining thread, and a resurfaced controversy over on-camera remarks turns the reunion into the most widely reported hour the show has produced — addressed directly, at length, rather than glossed over. It's also LeeAnne Locken's final season with the show. The seventeen-episode run holds together competently through a genuinely difficult stretch, but the off-camera noise around the reunion pulls more attention than the season's Dallas social-scene storylines can compete with. A necessary, honest chapter — not the show at its most settled.