The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills

- Season 3

(2012)

The brassy, bold beauties of Beverly Hills are back for a third season of wealth, luxury...and lots of problems. In the first episode, Lisa and Adrienne's friendship has soured, with both expecting apologies for accusations and barbs made previously.

Kyle's adorable daughter Portia turns four and has a carnival-themed party featuring flying elephant rides, llamas and unicorns. Kyle's husband Mauricio arrives late, however, because he and Adrienne's husband Paul have agreed to help Taylor with a charity event - by walking a mile in women's high heels!

New housewife Yolanda invites the ladies to a dinner party at the spectacular Malibu home she shares with her husband, 16-time Grammy-Award winning music producer David Foster, but Taylor is annoyed when David won't allow the women to participate in an after-dinner sing-along.

Lisa and Adrienne's tense summit meeting comes to a head, and one party is left unsatisfied when the other refuses to apologize for things she's said in the past. But problems are set aside temporarily when Kim suggests a group trip to Ojai, California. Kim and Brandi start to forge an unlikely bond, but when Brandi is unable to control her potty mouth, things go south with Adrienne.

Still in Ojai, the women have a hard time understanding Lisa's defense of Brandi's language at the dinner table. Brandi and Taylor exchange angry words as well, but the group lightens up the following day, having fun in a golf cart race, at a mud-filled spa, and late at night, in a drunken gymnastics and arm-wrestling contest that is the opposite of ladylike.

Lisa has a food tasting at one of her restaurants, but Brandi fears she'll run into the waitress who had an affair with her ex-husband. At the tasting, when asked about her issues with Adrienne, Brandi reveals very personal information that Adrienne has always kept private. When Kim tells Adrienne what Brandi revealed, a battle of epic proportions begins.

A newly-sober Kim plans a trip to Vegas for her son's 21st birthday - and neglects to invite Kyle. Meanwhile, the fallout from Brandi's revelation about Adrienne continues. At Kyle's dinner party, Kyle's friend Faye demands to know why Brandi said what she did, and won't accept an explanation until Brandi departs in tears.

Worried about a $1.5 million dollar lawsuit left behind by her husband, Taylor invites a psychic to "cleanse" her house. The lawsuit is ultimately settled, though not in the way Taylor would like. The drama also continues in Brandi's life, as Lisa asks her to meet with Scheana, the waitress who admitted to having an affair with Brandi's ex-husband. After the confrontation, things get worse for Scheana as she picks up shifts at Lisa's restaurant, SUR, and tries to fit in with the other servers.

Kyle visits Yolanda's gorgeous estate and shares that her issues with Kim have not been resolved. Kim admits the same thing to her life coach, who advises she talk to Kyle. While at a group dinner at a Moroccan restaurant, Brandi reveals that Adrienne and Paul are threatening to sue her. The debate about Brandi's intentions erupts into a full-fledged fight, with Ken and Mauricio at odds, and Brandi telling Mauricio to "f--- off."

Adrienne and Paul visit Kyle and Mauricio to discuss Brandi's actions; Yolanda crosses paths with her ex-husband Mohamed as she decorates a mansion for him, and Kim has a psychic point out the ghosts inhabiting her house. At an art gallery opening (where Kim and Kyle's niece Paris Hilton is a guest), Brandi invites the ladies to Las Vegas.

When Kyle's daughter Sophia graduates from sixth grade, Adrienne and Paul make an appearance, still keeping their distance from the rest of the group. Kim is not in attendance, and Kyle won't learn until later that her sister is planning to have a nose job. Brandi and the ladies head for Vegas where Brandi is practicing to host events that empower women -- through pole dancing. But before the women hit the pole, they have a surprisingly eye-opening dinner and learn things they never knew about each other.

In Las Vegas, Brandi entices the women to try pole dancing, with varied success. Upon learning Kim is about to go under the knife for her nose job, the women wonder if going under anesthesia and taking pain killers is wise for a woman just out of rehab. The final dinner in Vegas starts pleasantly, but devolves into a feud in which new issues are raised, and old wounds are opened.

Kyle pays a visit to Lisa's to discuss the mutual hurt in their relationship. More unresolved issues are addressed when Lisa throws a tea party in her beautiful olive grove, and it's the first time Adrienne and Brandi have faced each other since their big blow-up. It's civil at first, but denials and accusations fly when a tipsy Taylor asks whether or not Adrienne is suing Brandi.

Kim reveals her new post-surgery nose with a party in her backyard. When Taylor calls to say she won't be attending, Kim and Kyle are shocked that Taylor doesn't know where her daughter is. Later, Adrienne gets angry with Paul because he won't evacuate their home during a neighbor's fire, but they make up in time for Kyle's white party where they are a united front when everyone confronts them about their threatened lawsuit against Brandi.

Kim and Kyle confront Taylor about using alcohol as a crutch. Taylor then turns down a group trip to Paris in order to spend time with her daughter. The rest of the ladies, jet off to the City of Lights for fun and fireworks. They're worried, however, when Kim is late then acts increasingly strange. Lisa and Ken take a side trip to San Tropez, where they reunite with Ken's grown son and his much-older wife, who was once a friend of Lisa's.

The women explore Paris, but when Kim is late for a cooking class, they fear something terrible has happened. Kim is irritated by Lisa's possibly faux concern and encourages Kyle to confront Lisa about their troubled friendship - which she does, on top of the Eiffel Tower.

The ladies' trip to Paris wraps up with a boat ride down the Seine River, and an unlikely bond forming between Kim and Brandi. Back in Beverly Hills, Lisa begins planning her housewarming party/vow renewal with flamboyant party planner Kevin Lee, and Kyle scurries to prepare for her boutique opening. Kyle and Kim discuss Kim's erratic behavior in Paris, and Kyle wonders if she'll ever be able to trust Kim's sobriety.

Adrienne throws an eye-popping party to launch her new vodka line, but her relationship with Paul worsens. News of their separation reaches the shocked women as they head toward Lisa's housewarming party/vow renewal. Drama develops quickly, as Brandi confronts Marisa about talking behind her back.

While Lisa prepares to renew her vows after thirty years of marriage, her housewarming party plummets downhill. Faye picks a fight with Lisa, and when all the ladies get involved, Lisa realizes Kyle will never have her back. When a tearful Adrienne shows up, on the very day her separation has been announced, some of the women stand behind her, while some are not as sympathetic.

Hosted by Bravo's Andy Cohen, part one of the reunion brings together the cast to discuss the season's drama.

Kyle and Lisa finish their discussion regarding their friendship, which leads to little resolution. Adrienne and Paul's shocking divorce allegations are thrown into the conversation. Mauricio shares his stance in the Brandi/Adrienne conflict. After three seasons of the show, and also being sisters their whole lives, Kim and Kyle discuss Kim's first year of sobriety as well as their difficulty trusting each other.

Andy Cohen opens the Bravo vault and unveils unseen footage from the season.