The Real Housewives of Atlanta‘s 9th season has been pretty lackluster so far, but producers will be finally incorporating some ‘real life’ events into the storyline.

In two new preview clips released for episode #5, we witness the aftermath of Phaedra Park’s bomb threat, which happened this past summer and also Sheree Whitfield’s son’s arrest.

For the record, Phaedra has since said that her former client was ‘racially profiled’ and did not have an explosive device (click HERE if you missed that), but producers chose to edit it differently.

Watch the sneak peek footage below…

Phaedra’s bomb threat is the focus of the sneak peek footage above.  Parks wasn’t in town at the time and she’s shown in the segment making sure her kids were safe and sound.

Meanwhile, Kandi Burruss joyfully shares the news to Todd Tucker, Kenya Moore, Lena Chenier and RL as she finds out the disturbing news through the grapevine.

VIDEO: RHOA Season 9, Ep 5 Sneak Peek: Housewives React to Phaedra Parks Bomb Threat

There’s also bonus footage of Sheree Whitfield sharing a moment with her handsome son, Kairo.

Kairo was arrested in Carroll County last May for DUI (click HERE if you missed that). At the time, he was a student at West Georgia College, but he has since transferred to Morehouse in Atlanta.

Sheree speaks to her son about what appears to be another interaction with police in the footage below…

VIDEO: RHOA Season 9, Episode 5 Sneak Peek – Sheree Talks to Kairo About Arrest

[Sidebar: It’s great to see Sheree finally speaking in a normal tone of voice.  I hope we see more of this side of her this season.]

What are your thoughts on these RHOA ‘sneak peeks’?