The more things change, the more they stay the same. After all, life in the suburbs can grow redundant after a while. Go to the store, trim the hedges, accuse some women of life-ruining rumors. Rinse and repeat.

That’s why The Real Housewives of Orange County are destined to fight the same feuds for all of eternity. It’s their sisyphean task. Ours just might be watching these same fights for 10, 20, hopefully 30-something years, with the full realization we are watching the greatest show on air (until Salt Lake City returns, that is).

Tamra Judge is on the outs with her castmates, having walked away from a group dinner and cast trip after her latest scheme failed, an all-too-familiar position for television’s most complex anti-hero. This time, it’s the culmination of all that came befor

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