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All eyes are on Vanderpump Guidelines, because the explosive “Scandoval” looms over the continued tenth season on Bravo.
Final week’s episode noticed an enormous rankings spike, drawing 2.2 million viewers on all platforms—twice as many because the earlier week. And on social media, followers are pulling out their magnifying glasses, looking for any and all clues relating to forged members Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss’ sordid love affair. (In line with the alleged timeline, their romance began someday throughout filming.)
Fortunately for all you novice detectives, tonight’s episode options Sandoval going to bat for his soon-to-be-exposed lover in opposition to Lala Kent and Katie Maloney. In wake of the scandal, this trade is damning, if not completely awkward.
This episode largely captures the fallout between Raquel and Lala on Katie’s divorce journey in Arizona. After being attacked by all the ladies for “stealing” Garcelle Beauvais’s son Oliver from Lala at a nightclub, Raquel flees Lake Havasu and crashes Tom Schwartz’s guys evening again in LA. It’s simple to neglect (or care) that Raquel and Schwartz have their very own romantic storyline this season, given the Sandoval information.
Scwhartz calls Raquel “sizzling” in his confessional interview for standing as much as Lala. However on this episode, the 2 preserve issues completely platonic. Sandoval, alternatively, appears involved about Raquel the way in which somebody who’s secretly courting her would. (We get numerous closeups on his furrowed forehead!)
In the meantime, DJ James Kennedy is livid that this ex-fiancée retains coming round, despite the fact that they’re filming a tv present collectively. When he’s not venting about Raquel—to Sandoval, humorous sufficient—James continues to be proving to the world that he’s truly in love together with his new girlfriend Ally Lewber and that she isn’t only a rebound. Early within the episode, the 2 go to a tarot card reader to foresee if there are any corrupting forces on their relationship—that aren’t James himself. The pair additionally resolve to consult with themselves as “twin flames,” a time period Ally credit to completely wonderful and regular lovers Machine Gun Kelly and Megan Fox. Can this relationship get any extra cursed??
We additionally get some enterprise drama this week, as a result of Vanderpump Guidelines is now partially a restaurant renovation present—and Lisa Vanderpump is a chill Jon Taffer. A pair episodes in the past, we found that the Toms’ new enterprise accomplice Greg was holding up the opening of Schwartz & Sandy’s whereas they pay 1000's of dollars in hire to him as a result of he owns the lease.
Lisa doesn’t belief Greg and advised the fellows she would give them again their funding on their first restaurant TomTom in the event that they ran out of cash, with the choice to purchase again into the enterprise later. This week, although, the boys promise Lisa that they’re opening Schwartz & Sandy’s by the top of the month it doesn't matter what. (They don’t.)
Katie and Ariana Madix are nonetheless making an attempt to maneuver ahead with their sandwich store “One thing About Her,” which nonetheless sounds just like the title of a girls's consignment retailer. Lisa encourages the ladies to take a look at a great area on the identical block as SUR that’s already renovated. Whether or not it is a candy gesture or part of Lisa’s plans to dominate all of West Hollywood, who actually is aware of?
What else is happening with this dysfunctional crew? Lala is having intercourse for the primary time since she left her ex-fiancé Randall Emmett and tells us that she hasn’t orgasmed since Trump was elected. So she’s hooking up with a tattooed man she met in Arizona named Don, who speaks in sexual innuendos. It seems they is likely to be a match made in heaven as a result of Lala can’t cease speaking about her bodily fluids this complete hour.
After which there’s Scheana Shay, who’s solely job this season is pissing Katie off, apparently. The pair’s beef continues this week when Scheana asks Katie to offer the resort room she booked for her marriage ceremony—earlier than she was disinvited—to considered one of her different bridesmaids.
The main points of this fiasco are a bit fuzzy. (And we see why when Katie outs Scheana for mendacity afterward.) However allegedly, the Mexican resort the place Scheana’s getting married is totally booked, in line with this bridesmaid, who ought to’ve simply booked on time. Scheana says she’ll need to pay an “off-property payment” if her company keep outdoors of the resort. Katie nonetheless desires to make use of the room for personal separate journey. So Scheana and Brock resolve to pay Katie to kick her out.
This episode culminates the way in which all nice episodes of actuality TV ought to, with an enormous gathering the place everybody can air out their beefs. So Tom and Ariana invite the complete forged to their home for a pool occasion for no motive however to drunkenly scream at one another.
Lala says she’s formally finished with Raquel after their struggle. However Raquel has some delayed insults to get off her chest, together with that Lala has “mistress bimbo vibes.” (I do know, I do know. The foreshadowing!) Earlier than then, Katie says that Raquel must “get her head checked,” which triggers Sandoval. He then tells Lala that he’s witnessed her be a bully to Raquel to “flex her energy.” Ariana walks out as a result of she doesn’t wish to watch Sandoval argue with the ladies, which is one thing he’s been known as out for beforehand. Who knew that wasn’t the one problematic factor about this trade?
Elsewhere at this messy gathering, James is needlessly upset that Raquel casually talked about his title in a dialog. And Scheana tries to stress Katie into giving up her resort room. Solely Katie reveals that she known as the resort, they usually truly do have a number of different rooms out there. The truth that Scheana staged a telephone name earlier within the episode with out pondering Katie might test this truth for herself is why this present is so unimaginable.
And as if this episode couldn’t get anymore classically Vanderpump Guidelines, we finish with a tearful Katie fleeing the occasion after Schwartz begins defending Scheana. The final shot is the 2 of them awkwardly ready for Katie’s Uber on a sidewalk in Valley Village.
All in all, this was one other 10/10 episode, with extra Sandoval and Raquel interactions to invest about. I've zero notes!
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