After decades of hiding herself, Elizabeth shares her childhood trauma.
If you thoughtlast week’sfirst glimpse of Elizabeth’s trailside panic attack was shocking, buckle up.
“This is your story to tell,” Braunwyn assures her.
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“It’s okay to tellyourstory.”
What she wore, what she ate, where she wenteverything was controlled by the church.
How can children articulate their instincts?
“I was a big talker,” she says with a dry laugh.
You know that."
As such, she remembers frequently getting locked in a closet as punishment for getting too chatty with outsiders.
Finally, after young Elizabeth revealed too much to a neighbor, her family was kicked out.
As Braunwyn tells her, though, “Youdon’thave to live with this for the rest of your life.
Ultimately, the FBI shut down the cult; she invites Braunwyn to go ahead and look it up.
“I’m not Googling anything anymore,” Braunwyn replies wearily.
When Braunwyn and Elizabeth join them, they quickly recap Elizabeth’s news.
“I never knew any different.
Just as Elizabeth concludes that she feels better for having talked about it, her line pulls.
The rest of the hour revolves, once again, primarily around the pandemic.
“This is the worst news I’ve ever heard.
that her O-positive blood throw in is “bulletproof” (???
), will have to cancel her wedding-planning trip to Napa.
Right you are, Gina.
Back in the OC, the vacationing Housewives aren’t the only ones having a homecoming.
Welcome home, Shane!
“I want you to show them that.
I want you to be their light.”
I am deeply moved.
What a week for Elizabeth!
“If he doesn’t like that, don’t you oughta… not do that?”
“I have created this perfect life,” she admits in a confessional.
“And I’m not feeling it.”
