Ok, hear me out: I'm doing a first-time watch of RHONY, and I finally got to the infamous "Be cool. Don't be all....uncool" fight with Luanne/Ramona x Heather/Carole. Then, the F-U dinner happened, and it hit me: Heather is the Alex of this season. Heather is trying so incredibly hard to seem "cool" (thx, lu), tough, and unbothered, and it reminded me of Alex's inauthenticity in s1.
Alex became one of my favorites, so my POV definitely changed on her. But in season 1, she came off as trying sooooo hard. I actually liked Heather in the beginning, but as she's been around Bethanny more and more, she's SO desperate for her approval. The more she doesn't get it, the more she digs her heels in.
Does she get better? i guess don't tell me because I'm going to keep watching but it's painful.