As the second and final reunion show of “The Real Housewives of Orange County”  brought Season 16 to a merciful close, we learned some things.

We learned that Gina Kirschenheiter has naughty thoughts not only about Heather Dubrow‘s condo-sized closet but talk show host Jimmy Fallon, too.

We learned that Shannon Storms Beador’s plastic surgeon called her boyfriend John to report on Shannon’s facelift.

And we learned that Jen Armstrong, who spent most of the season with a glum expression on her face, seemingly worried that her husband cared more about a chihuahua than her, can deliver a fine zinger when the opportunity arrives.

“If drama was a drug, you’d be a pharmacy,” Jen told Noella Bergener when the wives were asked to say something positive thing about each other, and somehow this counts as that. “And though I don’t agree with a lot of it, I respect your enthusiasm.”

This was the season that saw the return of Heather after five years away from the show and introduced a pair of new wives, Noella and Jen, who sat at opposite ends of the drama spectrum.

It saw the deepening of Gina and Emily Simpson’s BFF friendship, and Shannon get in fights with everyone but Noella, who in turn got in fights with everyone but Shannon.

The second and final reunion show on Wednesday touched on a lot of that, showing clips of the highlights of lowlights throughout the season.

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It did, however, break a bit of news when host Andy Cohen asked Shannon about her sex life before pivoting to something that interested him more.

Who’s your celebrity hall pass, he asked the women, prompting them to name the person they’d take to bed if there were no consequences on the home front.

Shannon, like a proper lady of good breeding, pretended the thought had never crossed her mind. The other wives were less reserved.

“The hot guy from ‘Sons of Anarchy,’ ” Emily said, which prompted Noella to say her boyfriend looks a little like actor Charlie Hunnam, who played Jax on the show.

Noella, who reminded her castmates and viewers that she’s bisexual, picked Janet Jackson because “she’s a classic.” Jen picked Sean Penn, which, if they married, would make her Jen Penn.

Gina, meanwhile, picked Jimmy Fallon, saying with a giggle, “I love him.” And you know what, if Jimmy wasn’t married, if Gina wasn’t in love with her Travis, they’d make a good couple, and we could all call them Ginammy or, hmm, Gimmy?

Here’s what else went down:

• Andy Cohen finally helped Shannon understand that “put a pin in it” does not mean “put a pin in to deflate the ego,” as she believed throughout the season and her disputes with Gina. “You put a pin in it to take a break from discussing it,” he told her.

A long pause, and then: “OK, well, I learned something today,” Shannon replied.

• Noella and Heather continued to argue over Noella’s refusal to admit that she was wrong to say Heather had slammed a camera guy during the early season party at Heather’s house.

“By the way, if it happened, it would have been shown,” Cohen told them, trying to – say it with me – put a pin in it.

• Jen, a doctor of aesthetic medicine, got put on the spot by a viewer who wrote in to ask her which of her castmates has the best plastic surgery. She picked Shannon, accurately noting that she looked “very lifted,” which prompted Shannon to acknowledge a facelift five weeks before the reunion.

“The surgeon called John and said I’ve never cut more skin out of a neck in my entire career than I have with Shannon,” she said, offering far more information than anyone ever asked for.

“My reunion prep was a colonoscopy,” Heather said, apparently intent on making this a TMI competition. “I thought I was going to be skinny. I’m not even joking.”

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