The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills season 9

The ninth season of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, an American reality television series, aired on Bravo from February 12, 2019 to July 30, 2019, and is primarily filmed in Beverly Hills, California.

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
Season 9
Cover used by the iTunes Store Left to right: Denise Richards, Girardi, Kemsley, Kyle Richards, Rinna, Mellencamp and Vanderpump
Starring	Kyle Richards Lisa Vanderpump Lisa Rinna Erika Girardi Dorit Kemsley Teddi Mellencamp Denise Richards
No. of episodes	24
Release
Original network	Bravo
Original release	February 12 (2019-02-12) – July 30, 2019 (2019-07-30)
Season chronology
List of episodes

The season focuses on the personal and professional lives of Kyle Richards, Lisa Vanderpump, Lisa Rinna, Erika Girardi, Dorit Kemsley, Teddi Mellencamp and Denise Richards. The season consisted of 24 episodes.

This season marked the final appearance of original housewife Lisa Vanderpump.

The season's executive producers are Andrew Hoegl, Barrie Bernstein, Lisa Shannon, Pam Healy and Andy Cohen.

Production and crew

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills was renewed for a ninth season in April 2018.^[1] The season premiered on February 12, 2019.^[2] Alex Baskin, Chris Cullen, Douglas Ross, Greg Stewart, Toni Gallagher, Dave Rupel and Andy Cohen are recognized as the series' executive producers; it is produced and distributed by Evolution Media.^[3]

Cast

All six cast members from the previous season returned, along with Denise Richards joining the cast in a regular capacity.^[4] Grammer returned once again as a friend of the housewives. Vanderpump last appeared in the final episode of the season.^[5] On June 4, 2019, Vanderpump announced that she would not attend the ninth season reunion, stating: "The objective of the reunion is to reunite, right? And I have no inclination to reunite with the women who've been harassing me for 10 months now."^[6] Following this, Variety announced that she would not return to the series.^[7]

Synopsis

Much of the season's drama revolves around the cast turning against Lisa Vanderpump for her alleged machinations against them. It begins when Dorit Kemsley adopts a dog named Lucy Lucy Apple Juice from Lisa Vanderpump's dog rescue center, The Vanderpump Dog Foundation. Dorit rehomes Lucy after the dog attacks her family, but the new owner was also unable to properly care for the dog and ended up taking her to a shelter that euthanizes unwanted animals. The incident is brought up by two Vanderpump Dogs employees when Kyle Richards and Teddi Mellencamp visit the foundation. Lisa Vanderpump attempts to shut down the conversation on camera, but the employees still express their frustration that Dorit knew rehoming the animal was a contract violation and that Lucy was not the first dog she was unable to manage.^[8]

When Lucy is brought up at dinner during a group vacation in the Bahamas, Lisa Rinna immediately chastises Vanderpump for letting her employees speak openly about the situation and calls it a set-up. Matters are further complicated when Teddi confesses that she knew about the Lucy ordeal prior to her visit to the foundation and had conspired with the Vanderpump Dogs employees to create a scene for the show so they could embarrass Dorit. Teddi insists that the employees acted as intermediaries on Lisa Vanderpump's behalf, but Lisa Vanderpump emphatically denies that she had no part of their scheme.

When the story is leaked to Radar Online, the ladies unanimously believe that Lisa Vanderpump was behind it. Things reach a breaking point when Kyle tells Lisa Vanderpump that the group, herself included, believe Lisa Vanderpump orchestrated everything to punish the Kemsleys for the dog fiasco without directly jeopardizing her friendship with them. Fed up with being called a liar and a master manipulator, Lisa Vanderpump subsequently kicks Kyle out of her house, ends their friendship over the issue, and subsequently quits the show.^[9]

Denise Richards marries her fiancée Aaron Phyphers in a wedding planned in less than a week. Kyle Richards struggles with sending her daughter Sophia to college in Washington, D.C. as she begins to realize all her children are slowly leaving the home. Kyle also deals with the fallout of losing her 12-year friendship with Vanderpump. Rinna hosts a dinner in honor of her mother Lois. The dinner quickly turns political when Camille comes talks about her support of Brett Kavanaugh following rape allegations during his Supreme Court of the United States confirmation bid. Kim Richards makes a small appearance at this dinner, being in the same restaurant at the same time.

Vanderpump celebrates the passing of House Bill 401.^[10] The bill affirms United States urges countries, especially in Asia where the dog meat market is still established, to stop the slaughter and trade of dog and cat meat. Vanderpump hosts a birthday party and doesn't invite any of the ladies except Denise, who was under the impression they were meeting to speak quickly.

Episodes

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills season 9 episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title [11]	Original release date	U.S. viewers (millions)
177	1	"Lucy Lucy Apple Juicy"	February 12, 2019 (2019-02-12)	1.63[12]
178	2	"Eat Your Heart Out"	February 19, 2019 (2019-02-19)	1.57[13]
Kyle Richards and Lisa Vanderpump go to visit the surgeon Simon Ourian.
179	3	"Sun and Shade in the Bahamas"	February 26, 2019 (2019-02-26)	1.69[14]
The cast members arrive at New Providence on a private jet. They go to Baha Mar. Erika Jayne goes swimming with a 70-inch ponytail.[15]
180	4	"Bahama Drama"	March 5, 2019 (2019-03-05)	1.55[16]
181	5	"The Proof Hurts"	March 12, 2019 (2019-03-12)	1.55[17]
182	6	"Fifty Shades of Shade"	March 19, 2019 (2019-03-19)	1.61[18]
Camille Grammer is planning her 50th birthday bash.
183	7	"Eat Drink and Be Married"	March 26, 2019 (2019-03-26)	1.65[19]
184	8	"Showdown at Villa Rosa"	April 2, 2019 (2019-04-02)	1.61[20]
The episode ends in Lisa Vanderpump throwing Kyle Richards out of her Villa Rosa house.
185	9	"A Wolf in Camille's Clothing"	April 9, 2019 (2019-04-09)	1.81[21]
186	10	"A Supreme Snub"	April 16, 2019 (2019-04-16)	1.72[22]
187	11	"Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?"	April 23, 2019 (2019-04-23)	1.69[23]
188	12	"The Ultimate Ultimatum"	April 30, 2019 (2019-04-30)	1.70[24]
189	13	"Grilling Me Softly"	May 7, 2019 (2019-05-07)	1.73[25]
190	14	"The Show Must Go On"	May 14, 2019 (2019-05-14)	1.76[26]
191	15	"One Wedding and a Polygraph"	May 21, 2019 (2019-05-21)	1.66[27]
192	16	"Meet Rinna Jayne"	May 28, 2019 (2019-05-28)	1.71[28]
The housewives and their husbands attend a Halloween party.[29]
193	17	"A Double Shot of Brandi"	June 4, 2019 (2019-06-04)	1.60[30]
Brandi Glanville appears in this episode.
194	18	"Pardon Our French"	June 11, 2019 (2019-06-11)	1.54[31]
Five housewives travel to Provence without Lisa Vanderpump.
195	19	"Thirst Impressions"	June 18, 2019 (2019-06-18)	1.67[32]
196	20	"Un Petit Hangover"	June 25, 2019 (2019-06-25)	1.63[33]
197	21	"Hurricane Camille"	July 9, 2019 (2019-07-09)	1.82[34]
198	22	"Reunion Part 1"	July 16, 2019 (2019-07-16)	1.75[35]
199	23	"Reunion Part 2"	July 23, 2019 (2019-07-23)	1.81[36]
200	24	"Reunion Part 3"	July 30, 2019 (2019-07-30)	1.45[37]