Hello my fans of Whistler, all 4 of you, apologies that this recap is a bit delayed I’m currently involved with a case of the plague and I finally had the energy to give our friends at Apres Ski their just desserts this week. Let’s pick up where we left off, Elise was meeting with Tamra in the office that she rent for 4-6 hours per week. And we know this is about to be the big resolution for the “line crossing” conversation Elise had with Tamra and Joey last week and let’s be honest given that Elise is dressed for what I would call “skanky Easter” we know this probably won’t end well. Elise apologies immediately for her attitude in her meeting with Joey and Tamra but she can stuff her sorry in a sack because Tamra tells her unfortunately that she is fired for her attitude. Elise accepts this almost professionally and tells us that she was bullied out of her job while she cries in her interview. I think we can all breathe a sigh of relief that this story line is almost wrapped. watching Elise was painful and not in a good Bravo kinda way.
Ok, on to Sunday night dinner fights! Jim, Lynsey, Char, and Bobby meet for their weekly recap of the week and do not yet know the fate of our dearly departed Elise. As the group speculates as to where Elise could be Tamra joins and quickly informs them that Elise has been let go and that they will be asking Jim to step up to the position of Operations Manager. This sorta seems like a conversation you would have with someone in private before asking them to move into a new role, Tamra must have used up all her rented office hours this week firing Elise. The team seems pretty thrilled that Elise is out and they head to Buffalo Bills for shots and general celebrating. Think the munchkins after Dorothy kills the wicked witch only with more booze and less yellow brick road.
The next day Kendra arrives back at the casa de concierge from her grandmother’s funeral. Can I say, Kendra has grown on me a lot, sure most of her clothes look like she purchased them in the gift shops at Epcot. But when separated from Elise she is pretty ok. Also it turns out we will be down one friendship bracelet hair wrap this week, turns our Lynsey will be gone to do a TED talk because she has a non profit, and she can pull herself successfully and still only be on this show for 3 minutes per week. Anyway we are burying the lead here because Bobby has to drop some knowledge on Kendra, Elise is dunzo. Kendra doesn’t have much of a reaction lest we forget last week when she informed the team that she would be leaving for a few days for her grandmothers funeral and Elise could barely be bothered to make eye contact.
Over at her adorable concierge cottage Elise is calling Auntie Mary who had to mute Nancy Grace to take this phone call so you know she is annoyed. Elise tells her Auntie Mary she has been fired and she will heading home, and we know what that means, CJ is back to doing a constant stream of homework sheets, Auntie Mary is going to have reduce her Forensic Files viewing from 6 hours a day back to 3, dark days.
The Gibbons Life Crew 2.0 settles in for their first meet the clients sans Elise and with new HBIC JIM in charge. The mood seems a little bit lighter and we meet our clients. First up, Scott and Lauren they love luxury (translation: d-bags) and they want to go bungee jumping and see a bear while they are in Whistler. Both things that you probably don’t need to go to Whistler for but whatever. Next up is a wealthy millennial trio, Mark aka Toaster, and his friends Oliver and Shane, their interest are anything that is exclusive and they want a models on the hill, ensuring the fact that they are lovely individuals. Jim is pretty excited about this new role in ops because he knows places in Whistler that only 5% of people know about, perfect for when Toaster needs to dispose of his mountain model date.
Bobby and Char take a stroll over to the playground in Whistler and discuss that Jim has been given the job. Bobby is disappointed because he thinks he might have been a great person for the role. Char worries that Bobby doesn’t take work seriously enough for these kind of responsibilities, maybe because he is grown man wandering around a playground.
Kendra meanwhile meets up with Elise for a breakfast of champions and perhaps a burying the hatchet. Elise does that thing where she is trying to apologize but instead she is just sorta yelling at the person. But it almost seems like a nice enough resolution for these two. Forget about her K-dawger, you are better off without Elise! Elise packs up her BCBG Generation wardrobe and her collection of Empire scripts never to be seen again.