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Season 5.
The most expansive social world the show has built — a full promotion, a new housewife, and two friends of the cast all landing in the same nineteen-episode season.
A rhythm worth tracking.
Season five is the fullest ensemble the show has fielded. Mary Cosby is promoted back to full housewife status, Bronwyn Newport joins as a new full housewife, and Britani Bateman and Meili Workman round out the group as friends of the cast. At nineteen episodes, it's the most expansive social world RHOSLC has built yet, with more voices in the room than any season before it, even as the cast turns over at the edges.
The #03 slot.
Slot #03 of 6 in the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City Editor's Canon. Season five expands the ensemble further than any RHOSLC season before it. Mary Cosby returns to full housewife status after a year on the sidelines, Bronwyn Newport joins as a new full-time voice, and two friends of the cast round out a group bigger than the show has ever fielded. That scale is a genuine achievement for a social-reality show trying to grow its world without losing what made it specific in the first place. It ranks just under season six because a season this expansive spreads its attention thinner than the tighter, fully settled lineup that follows it a year later.
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- Ep 1 · a fuller table
Mary Cosby returns to full status and Bronwyn Newport joins as a new housewife. Watch how the expanded group finds its footing.
- Mid-season · friends of the cast
Britani Bateman and Meili Workman round out the ensemble in recurring, friend-of roles.