The Real Housewives of Orange County
The Real Housewives of Orange County Season 1 (2006)
The gates of Coto de Caza open to five wealthy women juggling demanding careers, complex families, and extreme social pressure to maintain their youth and status. Vicki Gunvalson runs her insurance agency while employing struggling single mother Lauri Waring, and powerhouse realtor Jeana Keough manages three competitive teens alongside an emotionally distant husband. Meanwhile, young Jo De La Rosa resists her fiancé's traditional domestic expectations, and Kimberly Bryant faces a major health scare that alters her future in the OC.
The Real Housewives of Orange County Season 1 Episodes
Meet the Wives
In the first episode of Bravo's "The Real Housewives of Orange County," Jeana's son Shane faces the stress of high school graduation and the baseball draft, where he feels pressure to become the third generation Keough to play pro baseball. Shane's sister Kara is feeling the sting of sibling rivalry and things get ugly when she demands a new car Meanwhile, Kimberly discusses her breast implants — a gift for her husband's 40th birthday — and takes her daughter, Bianca, for professional make-up for a junior high dance. She then decides its time to enjoy afternoon cocktails with friends and meets Jo in a chance encounter. Twenty-something Jo struggles with her new life as the fiancée of a wealthy thirty-something man. Jo and her fiancée, Slade, argue over her desire to continue partying. Jo ventures out and meets Kimberly, her first gated housewife friend. Vicki spares no expense to celebrate her daughter Briana's prom and graduation party, but dreads her ex-husband's arrival for the festivities. Lauri deals with the aftermath of her divorce and lower status life outside the gates. Things get even more complicated when her adult daughter comes home for a surprise visit.
