The Real Housewives of Atlanta Recap: The Aftermath

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We may still be mourning the loss of a villain who flew too close to the sun after Kenya’s explosive ousting, but the dust begins to settle in a surprisingly pleasant way. Brit’s obnoxious tears bookend the episode, but the meat in between shows a promising, though reenvisioned, sweet season 16 of The Real Housewives of Atlanta. They’re giving us the three sacred S’s of Housewife-land — sisterhood, story line, and shade — thus ticking all the boxes of what’s been lacking in the franchise for years.