6.2/1029 votes#1 - Back in the NY Groove
Season 12 Episode 1 - Aired 4/2/2020
The New York ladies are back and moving forward! Sonja struggles with an empty nest after her daughter has left for college, while Luann celebrates the end of her probation. Ramona is on the prowl and looking for love, and at Dorinda’s end of summer party, Tinsley and Dorinda’s fractured relationship comes to a head. A new housewife, Leah McSweeney, joins the ladies to witness all the drama.
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6.5/1024 votes#2 - Stooping to a Lower Level
Season 12 Episode 2 - Aired 4/9/2020
In the city, Tinsley defends herself to Sonja and Leah over her continuing feud with Dorinda. To celebrate the end of summer the ladies head out to Ramona’s house in the Hamptons for a long weekend. Tinsley’s flu leaves her voiceless and Leah’s tattoos become big news. Despite being relegated to the basement, Luann apologizes to the women for her behavior over the last year.
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7.2/1023 votes#3 - Don't Mansion It
Season 12 Episode 3 - Aired 4/16/2020
The girls weekend in the Hamptons continues. Ramona brings the ladies to a local winery where they learn about Leah’s past and Dorinda’s present. Ramona's hosting continues at a mansion party that evening with a group of new friends she's trying to impress. Despite Ramona’s constant reminders to behave themselves, Sonja loses control after being triggered by Ramona’s friend Elyse.
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7.9/1027 votes#4 - Ain't No Party Like a Hamptons Party
Season 12 Episode 4 - Aired 4/23/2020
Hamptons weekend wraps with a tennis grudge match between Luann and Ramona, while Sonja's dog groomers make a house call and Luann gets in on the action; a girls' night at Ramona's house turns into a wild ruckus.
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6.1/1023 votes#5 - Not So Model Behavior
Season 12 Episode 5 - Aired 4/30/2020
It’s fashion week in NYC. Sonja is preparing for her "Sonja, by Sonja Morgan" fashion show and the ladies sit front row for Tinsley’s big return to the runway. Luann plans her new cabaret show, “Marry, F, Kill,” while Leah fears that Sonja resents her for comments she made.
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6.5/1021 votes#6 - Just the Sip
Season 12 Episode 6 - Aired 5/7/2020
Leah continues to have issues with her mother and Tinsley gives updates on her dating life. Meanwhile, Sonja realizes that her fashion line isn’t doing as well as she hoped. Luann hosts an anti-bullying comedy show, where Dorinda and Tinsley get into a battle of the words.
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7.4/1022 votes#7 - How Ya Like Them Apples?
Season 12 Episode 7 - Aired 5/14/2020
Tinsley vents to Leah’s boxing coach about her issues with Dorinda, while across town Dorinda confirms to Sonja that she and John are officially on a break. Luann opens up to Leah about her relationship with drinking. The ladies take a day trip to a local orchard, where things get hostile between the group.
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6.4/1023 votes#8 - If You Can't Take the Heat, Get Out of the Russian Bath House
Season 12 Episode 8 - Aired 5/21/2020
Stressed out by the tension between the group, Leah arranges a spa day at a Russian bath house. Dorinda and Tinsley call a truce, while Ramona confronts Dorinda about her anger issues. Later on, Ramona hosts a cocktail party, where she and Dorinda’s disagreement reaches a boiling point.
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6.7/1024 votes#9 - Hurricane Leah
Season 12 Episode 9 - Aired 5/28/2020
The ladies head to Newport, R.I., for a much needed weekend getaway; Leah invites her sister Sarah to join the trip, which Ramona is not happy about; the drama continues between Tinsley and Dorinda, and Leah loses her cool at the evening clambake.
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6.6/1022 votes#10 - Something's Brewing
Season 12 Episode 10 - Aired 6/4/2020
Tinsley hosts a dinner for the group on their last night in Newport; the night begins to spiral once Ramona is distracted by a man at the bar; Dorinda and Luann co-host a tea party in an attempt to help the ladies relax and reset.
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7.3/1019 votes#11 - Love Him and Leave Them
Season 12 Episode 11 - Aired 6/11/2020
The ladies celebrate Halloween in the city with a scream-inducing tour of Blood Manor. Tinsley returns from Chicago with a life-changing decision and major relationship update, but soon realizes some of the ladies aren’t interested. Ramona brings Dorinda and Sonja to Long Island to help plan her birthday party.
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6.4/1019 votes#12 - Eat, Drink, and Be Scary
Season 12 Episode 12 - Aired 7/2/2020
Looking for love again, Ramona meets with a matchmaker. Meanwhile, Dorinda and her daughter Hannah discuss Dorinda’s recent life struggles. And to mark the end of Halloween week, Luann hosts a voo-doo themed dinner party where Ramona becomes the subject of everyone’s witchy ire.
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6.6/1019 votes#13 - Not Feeling Jovani
Season 12 Episode 13 - Aired 7/9/2020
Dorinda hosts the women at Blue Stone Manor for a relaxing weekend in the Berkshires. Sonja confronts Luann about paying her less than she deserves to perform in her cabaret show, and Dorinda steps in to defend Sonja. Meanwhile, Elyse approaches Ramona about the current state of their friendship.
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7.9/1020 votes#14 - Remember Your Blue Stone Manners
Season 12 Episode 14 - Aired 7/16/2020
After a rosé fueled night, the ladies wake up to find that Luann has left Blue Stone Manor. The women head to town for some much-needed retail therapy and group healing. To celebrate their last night in the Berkshires, Dorinda throws an elegant dinner party and the mayhem continues.
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7.2/1020 votes#15 - Sheer Madness
Season 12 Episode 15 - Aired 7/23/2020
The ladies attend Ramona's birthday bash, which comes to a grinding halt when Leah shows more skin than Ramona can handle.
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6.6/1019 votes#16 - Not Very Merry-Achi
Season 12 Episode 16 - Aired 7/30/2020
Luann hosts a spa day for the women she met through the Fortune Society. Ramona gives Sonja a talking-to over her birthday night antics and gives Leah the cold shoulder. The women head to Cancun, Mexico, where Leah confronts Ramona.
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7.2/1019 votes#17 - Back On The Hump
Season 12 Episode 17 - Aired 8/6/2020
The chaos in Cancun continues; Luann confronts Dorinda about her anger, while Ramona tries to forgive Leah for her behavior; Dorinda organizes camel rides and lunch on the beach for some bonding before they celebrate Sonja's birthday.
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7.1/1018 votes#18 - Hitting All the Wrong Cenotes
Season 12 Episode 18 - Aired 8/13/2020
On day three in Mexico, the ladies tread carefully at breakfast when Dorinda snaps at Sonja and Leah. Luann and Leah pick up two single men while on a stroll down the beach and bring them back to the villa. While Dorinda stays in bed, the ladies enjoy a fancy dinner with their new male friends.
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7.2/1018 votes#19 - 21st Century Sonja
Season 12 Episode 19 - Aired 8/20/2020
On the ladies’ last night in Cancun, Ramona addresses Dorinda’s anger issues in a group text; in New York City, Leah works to improve her relationship with her mother; Ramona sees a therapist; Luann preps for a cabaret workshop; Sonja hosts a party.
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7.3/1017 votes#20 - No Party Like a Mob Party
Season 12 Episode 20 - Aired 8/27/2020
Leah hosts a party for the 15th anniversary of her brand, Married to the Mob. Luann meets with a ghostwriter for her new memoir and Dorinda celebrates her birthday out on the town with the ladies and John.
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7.8/1019 votes#21 - Viva la Dysfunction
Season 12 Episode 21 - Aired 9/3/2020
In the season finale, the women look to the future but can't escape the past. Luann records a new song that she hopes to feature in her upcoming cabaret. Leah continues to rebuild her relationship with her mother. Sonja clashes with Ramona on how to prepare the townhouse for sale. An invasive surgery has Dorinda looking back at her tumultuous year. And when the ladies come together for Sonja’s Drag Queen Bingo party, the evening goes from fabulous to ferocious when an old wound is ripped back open.
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7.9/1018 votes#22 - Reunion (1)
Season 12 Episode 22 - Aired 9/10/2020
Before the cast members relive some of the most outrageous moments from the season, they express their frustrations about the behavior of one of the ladies during quarantine.
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7.9/1018 votes#23 - Reunion (2)
Season 12 Episode 23 - Aired 9/16/2020
The ladies relive their trips to the Hamptons, Newport and Mexico, including all the drama in between; Ramona addresses Leah's behavior, and tempers flare when she claims Leah ruined her birthday party with her risqué dance moves.
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7.6/1016 votes#24 - Reunion (3)
Season 12 Episode 24 - Aired 9/24/2020
The drama continues when Dorinda calls out Ramona for not supporting her; Dorinda becomes emotional as she defends herself against accusations that she has an issue with controlling her anger; the ladies attempt to end the reunion on a high note.
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5.6/1019 votes#25 - Secrets Revealed
Season 12 Episode 25 - Aired 10/1/2020
The women dish on confessional fashion choices and react to never-before-seen footage.
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The Best Episodes of The Real Housewives of New York City Season 12
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Season 12 Ratings Summary
"Back in the NY Groove" is the best rated episode of "The Real Housewives of New York City" season 12. It scored 6.2/10 based on 29 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 4/2/2020. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Stooping to a Lower Level".