The ‘Orange County’ Housewives Escape for a Spa Day of Psychological Warfare

It’s always nice to escape the day-to-day world for a relaxing trip to wine country, where worldly worries fall to the wayside in favor of spa dates and coastal lunches. That is if you’re not Shannon Beador, a woman whose existence is a magnet for pain.

Each episode, a Jenga piece is removed from her ever-shaky tower of terror, pushing Shannon closer and closer to the brink of devastation. It’s daring storytelling, toeing the line of cruelty...