RHOSLC reunion part 3: The truth about Heather's black eye is out — and so is Monica (probably)

You gotta hand it to Andy Cohen.

He really tried to get the other Housewives to, if not forgive, at least broach the subject with Monica Garcia, but shortly before the final part of the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City reunion aired on Bravo, PEOPLE confirmed that Monica will go down as a one-season wonder. The greatest one-season wonder in Housewives herstory.

Reps for Bravo could not confirm to EW that Monica would not be returning for season five, noting that the show is "still weeks away from filming."

But if Monica isn't holding a snowflake next season, it wouldn't be a surprise after this riveting reunion finale.

Monica's refusal to show any remorse for spreading rumrrrrrrrs and nastiness as one of the people behind the Instagram account Reality Von Tease — as well as getting caught in any number of lies and half-truths — really grinded the other women's gears. And it probably didn't help that she claimed the producers knew she had a side-hustle as an internet troll all along.

But first, the basics. Monica admits that she and some other folks started Reality Von Tease to expose Jen Shah and her cruel treatment of her employees, of which Monica was one. Monica didn't think that the account went after the other women, at least not directly. It did, however, post (and repost and repost and repost) some of the awful things Jen said about her supposed friends (while also tagging them...constantly).

The women tried to explain to Monica that seeing all those mean-spirited comments was hurtful to them, but Monica thinks she was doing the right thing by trying to expose Jen. Heather, having grown a spine since the last reunion, systematically takes down Monica.

Of course, Heather is no hero either, but more on that later.

The fact that Monica didn't say the things she, or the Insta account, posted is of little consequence to Heather and, in particular, to Lisa Barlow, who keeps screaming, "Who cares? You posted it!" That is, in between insulting Monica's ability to argue.

She's got a point. There's an art to fighting as a Housewife — being funny and cutting, without being nasty — and while Monica can definitely hold her own, she has a tendency to hit below the belt and it gets real nasty, real quick.

That art does occasionally involve props, though, so Monica (clearly having done her Bravo reunion homework) pulls out a Burn Book because Mean Girls is back, baby!

The book contains printed-out screenshots of everything Reality Von Tease posted...to what end? Doesn't really matter. Monica joined the account to expose Jen and in the process hurt the other women, something Andy tries to get her to see. To no avail.

"I'm kind of amazed that you're so surprised that they're pissed off by this," Andy says.

So Lisa, now fully awake, gets to the heart of the matter: why did Monica want to be on the show? And why didn't Monica just lead with the truth? As for the latter, Monica promised her fellow Von Teases she would take their secret "to the grave." And as for the former, well, Andy prods Monica if she wanted to be friends with the women or to be on the show?

"I think both can be true," she responds.

Monica keeps deflecting the other women's arguments about her troll behavior, instead likening herself to an outsider who earned her way onto that hallowed couch, in the hot seat, no less.

"What is wrong with me wanting to sit on this couch?!" Monica asks/screams at Heather. "You don't think I belong here?"

Monica knows she doesn't belong there. She knows she lied and cheated her way onto the show, which is why she gets so defensive. Yet, the women don't care about the fact that she's there, but how she got there.

Monica, to hear Heather tell it, infiltrated Jen's life, hacked her security cameras (Monica says Jen had the cameras put in her name, or whatever), spied on Jen, took Jen down, and then took her place. Which, if true, is admittedly very impressive. Like, Netflix miniseries impressive.

But the more this goes on, the weirder it all gets. Lisa and Heather accuse Monica of stalking Jen, Monica denies it ("Driving by her house two or three times is not stalking."). As has become custom in this reunion, Heather pulls the receipts, namely 20 videos or so of Monica driving by Jen's house, including one in which she actually says, "I don't need a restraining order for stalking."

Lisa also thinks Monica's access to Jen's security camera is the reason Monica knew about Lisa partying with Snoop Dogg — leading one to wonder why the hell are we bringing Snoop into this? Then Monica claims she was working for the FBI to catch Jen drinking and driving and by this point, everyone's having a laugh because what?!

Is Monica a pathological liar? Is she a sociopathic stalker? Are we too comfortable as a society in diagnosing the mental health of strangers? Or is she a single mother who wanted a better life for her kids? Because no matter how damning the evidence against her gets — and it is damning — you kinda still want to root for her. Andy certainly is. He knows Monica is a great Housewife, even if her other qualities are...questionable.

Eventually, the women (well, it's mostly Heather and Lisa driving the conversation) want to know if the producers knew they were inviting an internet troll into their lives. Andy insists no one knew, but Monica claims she told casting in her first interview, which takes Andy by surprise.

"If you said, 'I run a burner account,' we wouldn't have cast you," he argues.

"Okay...," Monica says dismissively.

The producers have denied knowing that Monica was a part of Reality Von Tease, but as far as Heather is concerned, the damage has been done. In a truly award-worthy monologue, Heather rails against social media, and the Reality Von Tease of it all, saying "this has ruined my experience as a Housewife, it's ruined every single one of our experiences as a Housewife."

She notes how for Housewives across the franchises, dealing with trolls is the worst part of the gig and if these trolls could be better managed, "it would change the experiences for all of us. And you would get higher caliber women willing to expose their lives on television."

"So someone like me doesn't belong here?" Monica asks. Again, deflecting. Monica has never felt good enough or worthy enough to be on this show. That is, partly, her own insecurity (her mother being an actual monster), but the women often said things that reinforced her insecurity.

Yet Monica is largely responsible for injecting some new and much-needed life into this series. Even if through deceptive means.

We don't dwell too long on what the producers did or didn't know, instead we pivot to Heather's black eye. After a drunken night, Heather woke up with a black eye from Jen, and Heather said she would cover for her. Andy really lays in on Heather for lying about the whole thing — she even at one point blamed a producer — and while Heather apologizes to everyone for her behavior, Andy wonders if the grace she's asking for should be extended to Monica.

'Cause he really wants her back next season. But the ladies obviously feel betrayed by Monica and it will be a hot day in Salt Lake before they film with her again. Still, time, and blockbuster ratings, heal all wounds.

Monica, also a victim of Jen's physical abuse, empathizes with Heather, saying, "You internalized it, I blurted it all out." Heather appreciates that, but there's a long road to healing for all involved. Andy notes, however, that by finally exposing and confronting Jen's abuse, the hold she's had over Heather and the show is broken.

In one last attempt to ingratiate Monica with the other women, Andy asks them to play a game, "Warm and Fuzzy, Cold and Prickly" with everyone choosing Monica's machinations as their Cold and Prickly. One gets the feeling that Monica won't be returning next season, but hey — we're "still weeks away from filming."

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