The cast of Shahs of Sunset are in Hawaii – but it’s far from a relaxing vacation.
The problems begin when Mike tells his girlfriend Paulina that she’s going to be spending her birthday with him – even though she said she explicitly said she wanted to go surfing with the rest of the group.
The dynamic is noticed by Mercedes Javid who says in a confessional, ‘I love Mike but he’s controlling in a lot of ways.’
‘The women he’s been with become subservient to Mike because of the rules they have to play by.’
Trouble in paradise: The cast of Shahs of Sunset are in Hawaii – but it’s far from a relaxing vacation
We then cut to three years earlier, when a producer told Watch What Happens Live host Andy Cohen, ‘We have a bit of situation with Jessica.’ The Bravo mainstay looked stunned as he was told, ‘Mike will not let her come out.’
Back in the present, MJ says ‘I know Mike’s really happy, but that doesn’t mean he won’t have the tendencies he’s had the other 35 years of his life.’
Later, when they’re alone, MJ confronts Paulina about Mike’s controlling attitude and says she’s glad she’s not with a Persian man any more for that very reason.
Tensions rise: The problems begin when Mike tells his girlfriend Paulina that she’s going to be spending her birthday with him – even though she said she explicitly said she wanted to go surfing with the rest of the group
It’s on: Mike then cuts short a day trip on the island after Paulina texts to tell him MJ is ‘foul’
Look out: Meanwhile, Reza warns a ‘shellshocked’ MJ that Mikes is on the warpath
Mike then cuts short a day trip on the island after Paulina texts to tell him MJ is ‘foul’.
Returning home, Mike gets the truth about their conversation from Paulina.
Meanwhile, Reza warns a ‘shellshocked’ MJ that Mikes is on the warpath.
Mike confronts MJ in front of the others, but she denies she called him ‘controlling’, an excuse Mike does not believe.
In her confessional, a disgusted Golnesa says that MJ’s ‘authentic self’ is someone who damages other people and she wants ‘nothing more to do with it.’
‘Just get your own life,’ she spits at MJ as she leaves the room.
‘I’m opinionated, I’m not controlling,’ says Mike, in his own defence.
Where the truth lies: Mike confronts MJ in front of the others, but she denies she called him ‘controlling’, an excuse Mike does not believe
All good? MJ ultimately apologizes to Paulina, an apology she seems to accept
MJ ultimately apologizes to Paulina, an apology she seems to accept.
At her birthday dinner that night, Paulina suggests everyone anonymously write their feelings about another person on a card, to be read aloud then burned.
‘Baaaaaad idea Paulina,’ says Reza in his confessional.
‘I don’t like people who thrive on others in pain,’ said one message, as the camera focused on MJ.
Uh-oh: At her birthday dinner that night, Paulina suggests everyone anonymously write their feelings about another person on a card, to be read aloud then burned
Round 2: Meanwhile, MJ has more worries on her plate, with the reality TV star’s husband Tommy embroiled in a feud with her castmate and former bestie Reza Farahan
Meanwhile, MJ has more worries on her plate, with the reality TV star’s husband Tommy embroiled in a feud with her castmate and former bestie Reza Farahan.
The heated exchanges culminated in Tommy trashing Reza’s yard, which led to Reza filing a restraining order against Tommy.
Farahan had also pressed vandalism charges against Tommy, worrying MJ given the couple’s lawyer told them that Tommy could be looking at serving time in a county jail for the offence – unless Reza were to drop the charges.
Reza and MJ talk it out in the episode’s final scene, during which Reza admits he’s been ‘missing’ his former BFF and says ‘I can’t go through this s*** ever again’.
MJ says they’re ‘on the right track’ but asks ‘what’s the status’ of the restraining order.
Reza agrees to not ‘pursue any charges,’ pleasing MJ.
Hashing it out: Reza and MJ talk it out in the episode’s final scene, during which Reza admits he’s been ‘missing’ his former BFF and says ‘I can’t go through this s*** ever again’
Back to normal: Reza agrees to not ‘pursue any charges,’ pleasing MJ