#2671 Southern Hospitality 0201 Repost

Summary

Watch What Crappens Podcast Episode #2671: Southern Hospitality Season 2 Repost

Release Date: December 31, 2024

In episode #2671 titled "Southern Hospitality 0201 Repost" of the "Watch What Crappens" podcast hosted by Ben Mandelker and Ronnie Karam on Wondery, the duo dives deep into the second season of Bravo’s reality series "Southern Hospitality." With their signature blend of humor, sharp critique, and genuine enthusiasm, Ben and Ronnie provide listeners with a comprehensive and entertaining analysis of the latest developments, character dynamics, and overarching themes of the show.

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Introduction to Southern Hospitality Season 2

Ben and Ronnie kick off the episode with palpable excitement about the renewal of "Southern Hospitality" for a second season. They draw parallels to the early seasons of "Vanderpump Rules," emphasizing the "beautifully messy" nature that makes these shows so addictive. Ben remarks at [03:28], “We were afraid we were the only ones watching the show. But, you know, they got a second season out of it because the first season was hilarious and wonderful.”

Character Dynamics and Developments

Emmy's Immaculate Apartment

One of the standout points of discussion is Emmy's living situation. Ronnie highlights her organized and spotless studio apartment, contrasting it with the often chaotic residences seen in similar reality shows. Ben adds at [05:31], “Emmy is really becoming my favor because of her apartment,” praising her efforts to maintain a television-ready environment.

TJ's Limited Screen Time

Both hosts express disappointment over the reduced presence of TJ, a character known for his persnickety nature. Ben shares at [06:44], “I was hoping we would see just a little bit more of TJ passing judgment on people.” They speculate that due to backlash from the previous season, TJ might be adopting a more reserved demeanor, which they find unfortunate.

Leva and Leah: The New Management

The introduction of Leah, portrayed as the new CEO, is met with mixed reactions. Ben appreciates Leah’s professionalism, noting her immaculate standards, while Ronnie questions the authenticity of her role and effectiveness. At [12:20], Ben comments, “She keeps her studio apartment immaculate. Everything's clean, everything's painted.”

Key Plot Points and Conflicts

Trevor's Cheating Scandal

A central plot revolves around Trevor's infidelity and Maddie's tumultuous relationship with him. Ronnie vehemently expresses her disdain for Trevor at [09:23], stating, “I want to wish one thing for my birthday. That Trevor would die. I hate Trevor.” This sets the stage for ongoing drama as other characters take sides.

Leva’s Stricter Rules: No More Drinking

Leva introduces new policies aimed at curbing drinking and improving professionalism at Republic, the club central to the show. This decision leads to significant tension, especially with Mia, who openly challenges these rules. Ben voices his confusion at [27:21], “Why are you taking down Maddie? What'd she do?”

Firing of Lucia and Mia’s Rebellion

The sudden termination of Lucia for violating the new no-drinking policy without prior warnings ignites further drama. Mia confronts Leva, accusing her of hypocrisy, which results in Mia's immediate firing. Ronnie highlights at [29:57], “Yeah, Mia's like, I'm upset... you're being hypocritical as a boss.”

Hosts' Analysis and Opinions

Comparisons to Vanderpump Rules

Ben and Ronnie frequently draw comparisons between "Southern Hospitality" and "Vanderpump Rules," noting similarities in messy relationships and power struggles. This comparison helps contextualize their critiques and appreciation for the show's dynamics.

Critique of Maddie and Trevor’s Relationship

The hosts take a critical stance on Maddie and Trevor's rekindled relationship. Ronnie calls Trevor a "douche," while Ben questions Maddie's judgment in staying with him despite his infidelity. Ben jokes at [09:41], “We did not even talk about this. At one point they had that charcuterie board sitting there and like, like, three olives go flying off onto the floor.”

Appreciation for Certain Characters

While critiquing some characters, Ben and Ronnie show appreciation for others like Emmy and Leah. Emmy’s organized nature and Leah’s strict but effective management are seen as positive attributes amidst the chaos.

Notable Quotes with Timestamps

• Ronnie Karam [03:43]: “Why are you taking down Maddie? What'd she do?”
• Ben Mandelker [05:31]: “Emmy is really becoming my favor because of her apartment.”
• Ronnie Karam [09:23]: “I hate Trevor. Like, everybody hates this guy.”
• Ben Mandelker [27:21]: “Why are you taking down Maddie? What'd she do?”
• Ronnie Karam [29:57]: “Yeah, Mia's like, I'm upset... you're being hypocritical as a boss.”

Plot Recap and Discussion Highlights

• Opening Scenes: The episode opens with clips highlighting Maddie's happy facade despite underlying tensions and Trevor's questionable behavior.

• Leva’s Monologue: Leva's detailed monologue about reinstating rules sets a serious tone, which Ben finds overbearing at [26:54], “Why do I have to sit through it?”

• Introduction of Leah: Leah’s strict enforcement of rules brings fresh tension, with Ben questioning her methods and effectiveness.

• Conflict Escalation: Mia’s confrontation with Leva over hypocrisy leads to her termination, escalating tensions among the staff.

• Maddie’s Breakdown: Maddie's emotional outburst with Trevor, leading to her fleeting attempt at confrontation with a shovel, adds dramatic flair.

• Final Showdowns: The episode culminates in confrontations and power struggles, with Joey Masher's (Joe) attempts to mediate and manipulate situations to his advantage.

Hosts' Final Thoughts

Ben and Ronnie wrap up the episode by reflecting on the season premiere’s blend of drama and humor. They acknowledge the show’s tendency to escalate conflicts quickly but appreciate the "breath of fresh air" it brings to the reality TV landscape. Ben summarizes at [88:38], “But that was the premiere. It was sort of. It was a little extra, but it was silly. I enjoyed it.”

Ronnie concurs, expressing excitement for future episodes despite the unpredictability: “Loved it. Yeah. Excited to see what happens.”

Conclusion

Episode #2671 of "Watch What Crappens" delivers a thorough and engaging recap of "Southern Hospitality" Season 2, blending critical analysis with comedic commentary. Ben Mandelker and Ronnie Karam effectively capture the show's essence, offering both praise and pointed critiques that are sure to resonate with fans and newcomers alike. Their insightful observations and humorous takeaways make this episode a must-listen for anyone following the latest Bravo dramas.

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Transcript

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[Ronnie Karam]

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[Ben Mandelker]

Hello and welcome to Watch what Happens, a podcast about all that crap on Bravo that we just love to talk about. I'm Ben Mandelker, and joining me today is the one and only Mr. Ronnie Caram. Hi, Ronnie, how are you?

[Ronnie Karam]

What's up?

[Ben Mandelker]

Today we have very special episode because we are welcoming back southern hospitality, which we were so happy to see got a second season. We felt, we were afraid we were the only ones watching the show. But, you know, they got a second season out of it because the first season was hilarious and wonderful. So Southern hospitality, messy, messy show. It's like little baby Vanderpump rules. So season one of Vanderpump Rules was beautifully messy, and season one of this show was beautifully messy. And then season two, Vanderpump Rules was even messier and wonderful. And so far, season two of this show looks like it's going to be heading in that same direction.

[Ronnie Karam]

Well, it's always fun. I love this show. You know, it's an old waiter back in my day, old service queen myself, of course. I love waiting table shows. And this one is so funny because it's in this town, Charleston, where they all feel like they're like superstars and the next Hollywood because of southern charm, right? So there's all these influencers there now, and they really feel like they're hot. And. And season two of any show, people come back with season two face on where they're like, okay, this is what people think of me. And this is I know the game now and this is what I'm gonna do. And it's just so funny to me, the things that they came back with. Like the, like, Emmy and Will decided that they're gonna come back and get revenge on Maddie, who I don't think ever did anything to them, but they're like, you know what? We're going to have a Maddie takedown. See, everyone's decided, like, this is going to be a huge Maddie takedown season. And I just think it's so funny. It's like, what, what is she even a captain? Like, what is she considered at the job? Like, she's so nice. She doesn't even tell you guys to stop drinking. Like, why are you taking down Maddie? What'd she do? She went to Tulum spends.

[Ben Mandelker]

Emmy spends, like the entire episode slinking around corners listening in on Maddie and having a look. She's like in a murder mystery. It's just like some sort of like, like, like silly murder mystery from, like, the 40s where she's listening in and saying, I just hid something. What? And, like, she's just, like, behind a rack, behind a door frame, just listening in on Maddie.

[Ronnie Karam]

She literally improvised or pantomimed herself holding a glass up to an. Up to her ear, going, what?

[Ben Mandelker]

By the way, Emmy is really becoming my favor because of her apartment. I have to say, like, I was impressed last season, but I'm even more impressed this season because she keeps her studio apartment immaculate. Like, that is a beautiful studio apartment. And, you know, when we. We all know the Vanderpump rules apartments when we. They were these wretched, sad, carpeted, decaying refrigerator places where the micro. The microwave and the air conditioner cannot be on at the same place. Just these, like, a rat infested domiciles. And I have to say, you know, all these. Emmy could have. She could have followed in those footsteps. And she has a beautiful studio apartment. Everything's clean, everything's painted. And I just feel like she needs to be applauded for putting some effort into making her little studio apartment television ready.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah. Well, I think it's a little unfair because we constantly give TJ shit for always vacuuming. And that brings me to my first complaint, which is, why didn't we get any shots of tj? TJ vacuuming. You guys can't give us an entire season that revolves around TJ vacuuming his apartment and then come back this season and we don't see him vacuum a once, Not a one.

[Ben Mandelker]

That was shocking. That was really shocking. I was upset about that. I was hoping we would see just a little bit more of TJ passing judgment on people. I actually got used to that. Like, I used to hate it, but now it's actually something I'm, like, tuning in for. And I was waiting to see more of him standing behind the bar saying, well, she just walked in. Because that. That was his whole thing last season was like, Mikel walked in and they're like, guess who's back. Mel just walked in. Can you believe it? After everything that he did. But now TJ was just sort of like, there wasn't right.

[Ronnie Karam]

Because TJ is naturally like that. He's, like, naturally persnickety. Like, I really do think he's like a young version of the church lady from snl. The Dana Carver. Yeah, Dana Carvey character. Like, who did that? Satan. You know, like, really persnickety. Just judgey, gay. And I fucking love it. And I think maybe he's coming back a little bit more reserved because he got a lot of hate last season for being like that. And so maybe he came back a tiny bit reserved, but everybody else came back extra TJ E. And so it's. It's making us not really see TJ as much, because everybody else came back. Like, I'm gonna be a fucking mess this season. You wait.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah. Especially Mia. Mia really tried hard. She's like, I'm gonna have a moment. And Leva's like, you're fired. Wait, what?

[Ronnie Karam]

Okay, so let's start going through this from the beginning. So we open with clips from last summer, random snippets on what went down. So Maddie just, like, trying to convince herself that she's, like, really happy. Like, I'm with Trevor now, and, like, we are really happy. So here's what happened to me last season. Republic is everything. I went to Tulum where I saw Grace Lilly. But then, like, we both liked the same guy, so she got, like, totally pissed off at me for no reason. I'm totally sober, which you can absolutely tell from every single confessional I have, like, this one. And I ended up getting the man of my dreams. The guy who rides the horse and buggy bike. What do they call him? Ben. What does he call the bike? The Bicycle Buggy.

[Ben Mandelker]

King. Yeah, the. The. It's like a rickshaw. Like an urban rickshaw. Or I guess rickshaws are urban. It's like a rickshaw. Like a bike bike. But I feel like it's not a rickshaw. It's like a bug. It's just a bug. It's a bike. Bike. Taxi.

[Ronnie Karam]

Okay. So she's like, I'm happy. That's her. That's basically her season. And then we see her making out with Trevor a lot. And then everyone else just keeps cutting to the rest of the casting. Like, I hate Trevor, you know? But you know what? I want to wish one thing for my birthday. That Trevor would die. I hate Trevor. Like, everybody hates this guy.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah. And no one hates him more than Joey Marbles, also known as Joey Bottles, also known as just Joe Bradley. And he's like, trevor cheated on Maddie. And, like, she went back to him. Like, it's just, like, terrible. Like, hey, he already cheated on you once. I don't know why you would go back. Why would you go back?

[Ronnie Karam]

Someone who cheered on your joy Marbles. So then we see Trevor and Maddie fucking in the motorhome on their way to car when they were taking their group, their glamorous group vacation. To nascar.

[Ben Mandelker]

To nascar And Charlotte. And then Joe's like, trevor is like a stereotypical douche in a movie. Like, once a cheater, always a cheater. Yeah. He just got marbled. Yeah.

[Ronnie Karam]

And now, coming up this summer on Southern hospitality, Lava, you know, there's. There were a lot of lottery winners. Oh. Look, my point is, we know that luck exists.

[Ben Mandelker]

Okay?

[Ronnie Karam]

I'm not going to go down. The whole list of people who have been lucky lottery winners, I think, is general enough that we all get it. I don't think anyone is luckier than Leva. Leva has probably. She has, like, less than zero charisma or presence at all, and she doesn't even want to be here. How is Leva even here? It's like they plucked Leva out of nowhere. She just comes and she's like, welcome to an entire show centered around me. Southern hospitality. Why am I even here? Why are you making me do this? Like, who is holding a gun to love his head? They gave you your own show. Perk up.

[Ben Mandelker]

I enjoy Leva. I. And generally speaking, I've often enjoyed people without charisma on these shows just because I find them fascinating. And they gave us a new one, Leva's new sidekick, Leah, which we'll get into. So this is amazing. Leah's my favorite. Like, I love Leah. So. So this summer, Maddie's saying, I believed him. And when he said he would never do it again and he cheated. Ah. And everyone's like, yeah, it's Trevor. Hello. We told you so. So she's like, you tell. You told me you would never do it. Text her again. You lied to me, Trevor.

[Ronnie Karam]

And then everyone having to hold her back and her being like, you need to stay the fuck away from my boyfriend. Like, what? Did you fuck my boyfriend? You are fucking trash. And everyone's just holding her back. Like, don't do it. Don't ruin your life as a assistant. Assistant assistant manager to model Girls.

[Ben Mandelker]

Your DJ career is just about to explode. Don't do this. Don't do this, Maddie.

[Ronnie Karam]

And that was, like, our big coming up this season. So they've changed our uniforms, right? What were their uniforms before? Because now they're doing this, like, Lisa Vanderpump pink satin kind of cocktail dress slash prom dress, ball gown thing there.

[Ben Mandelker]

Well, their uniforms are always different. I mean, last season, famously, like, their first uniform was like, this, like, fluorescent green thing that they wore that covered up, like, you know, barely an areola. And I say that not from a prudish place, but just because they're all wearing it. And love is like. I'm all about female empowerment and I just want to see women's women, supporting women. I just want women to win. Now wear this nipple cover as your dress. So I. But I think they like it changes from like night to night at. At Republic. Am I wrong? Like from event?

[Ronnie Karam]

Well, I noticed that Maddie was wearing a pink one and then Grace Lilly was wearing a blue one. So I don't know. So six weeks earlier, before all this drama, we open. I think we opened this way last year. Or at least it's the first scene I remember. You know how you don't remember the first thing that ever happened in your life, but there's like something so impactful that that's your first memory? I think my first memory of the show was Joey Marbles naked getting out of the shower. And it's an old tradition started by Vanderpump rules with the guys. It's unfortunately carried on with Shep in Southern Charm, which is. Yikes. Nobody needs it but God, Joey Marbles, what a cute little butt. So glad to have you back to sexually harass. And you too will ding.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah, well, it gets a very long and extended butt scene. It was, it was, it was up on screen for a while. So. Yeah. And we see Brad Bradley doing push ups. That's right, because there's Joe. Joey Marbles is Joe Bradley. But then there's also a Bradley. Right. Like there's. It's confusing.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yes.

[Ben Mandelker]

So and then Matt and then Maddie's over at Trevor's place and Trevor's shaving. Trevor really looks like like maybe like Theodore from Alvin and the Chipmunks. Right. Like it's kind of like this is who she decided, like she's going to like isolate herself from all her friends for this Theodore looking guy. And he's shaving and she's like, wait a second, are you gonna shave your whole beard? He's like, no, because then you'd be dating like an 18 year old if I did that. And like, ah, yeah, you'd be like Justin Bieber be great.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah. And so we see a clip of them when they first met and he's like a little kid with his dad. It's a weird picture to show. I don't know. And then she's like, yeah, well, I've been sober for nine years and recovery taught me that like people get second chances because, you know, I had to fight for my own life. So I got second chances. And so, yeah, Trevor and I are living together. And we're happy, and I'm in love. Okay, wait. Second chances. That was you giving yourself. That was you earning it. You know what I mean? Like, suffering up is you actually making an effort and earning it. He just showed back up the second there were cameras up again. Come on.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah, you. You get a second chance because you made a fundamental shift and change in your life. He literally just refilled the air on his bike. Taxi. Like. Like, there's nothing different about him. So she's using. She's basically using, like, her sobriety as a shield for critics who are saying, like, why are you back with a schmuck? So he. Trevor pulls out a charcuterie board from his fridge. He's like, I didn't have breakfast, but I have a charcuterie board. And she's like, wait a second. You made this? Look at you being a housewife. And it's just like, a little. A little tray with, like. Like, four pieces of prosciutto and some grapes on it. And she's, like, very impressed.

[Ronnie Karam]

Gotta love that charcuterie. He's like, yeah, and also, I'm gonna take out the trash later. She's like, oh, my God. Marriage. Marriage. So she's like, you know what this is? Like, this is like looking into the future and, like, seeing something in the future. Like, not today, but, like, in the future. Maybe today. I mean, if you wanted today, I would do today, but, like, not today, but, like, in the future. This. Not today, but, like, soon. Not long, but soon.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah, it's like, I can see already when I'm the ripe old age of 38, and we're eating charcuterie for breakfast then, and it's just like, we're having charcuterie for breakfast now, and it's like, wow, this is our future. It's amazing.

[Ronnie Karam]

Despite everyone always being against my relationship, like, I saw him as my soulmate. Okay, you're dumb, and I hope you feel dumb that they keep playing these clips, because they're really rubbing it in right now. To poor Maddie, who ends up getting fucked over literally by the end of the episode. I mean, I thought it would take at least until episode three or four, but, wow, they just jump right into it.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah. So she's like, all right, well, I got to go work bottle service now. You know, I like being showered with love and respect and food. I thought you're gonna say sex. Yeah, and sex too. God, I love looking into our future.

[Ronnie Karam]

So now they're playing, like, kind of military music, and we see because they're going to work at Republic, which is you guys. You have to be so disciplined at Republic. It's like being in the military. So we go and we see the line outside of Republic and they' playing a song that's like, big moves on this circuit. Big moves on this circ. This is basically some homely people who don't. No one's told them they're home. I don't know how to explain the crowd outside of Republic, but the way they talk about Republic and then seeing the crowd, I was like, is. Is there a Tommy Bahamas shirt sale? Like, what's happening?

[Ben Mandelker]

They always act as if they have the hottest club in Vegas or in Miami. Like, this is. This is the. The hottest ticket to get an art basel week in Miami. But in reality, it's basically people who just came from, like, the bass pro shop who now want to go out dancing afterwards. Like. Yeah, Republic is the number one place to go. Go to after topgolf. And we serve the clientele that way.

[Ronnie Karam]

It's the afterbar for Top golf.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah.

[Ronnie Karam]

So we see shots of the bar, which I still cannot tell how big this place is. It looks like a hallway. It doesn't look very big. And we hear that it's very small too. So it's not like my visual. My. My eyes are doing all that much work. We hear it's really tiny, but it's amazing how they shoot it to look like it could be bigger. Right. But it's not.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah, they make it look enormous. They literally make it look like a tau. But we've, we've been. People have actually messaged us and said, oh, I went to Republic and I was tiny. So they do great work and making it seem huge. And, you know, TV does that, but it's. It looks enormous. So we also meet the new VIP server as his name, his name, it looks like it's spelled Oisin, but I think it's Usin Osin. How they said his name?

[Ronnie Karam]

They say Hoison, but then someone calls him Oisin. So I don't know if it's like.

[Ben Mandelker]

Ocean.

[Ronnie Karam]

But he's a deuce. It's a total deuce, which I love. It's like a long haired, hot deuce, I think from.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah.

[Ronnie Karam]

Is he from Ireland? Where is he from?

[Ben Mandelker]

He's from. I know. I think he's from Tulum. I think he might. He might. Well, I don't know. I mean, his accents talk like that.

[Ronnie Karam]

Don't he talks like that. Well, that's not Irish either, isn't it? But sounds like that is talking like that.

[Ben Mandelker]

You know what? There was an accent, and I think because they met him in Tulum, I just projected a Spanish accent onto him. And I wonder if it was, like, my brain playing a trick, because I just heard Tulum.

[Ronnie Karam]

You're going to hear Tulum a lot, because we are watching Southern hospitality. They say Tulum a lot on this show. I mean, they love Tulum. They love it. So love a Joe gives Joey Marbles gives oyster a fist bump. He's like, oi. So then Leva's like, republic is like the true essence of Southern hospitality. Oh, really? Republic is the true essence of Southern hospitality. Leva is it. It's like, yeah. That's why we've been in business for 10 years, by the way.

[Ben Mandelker]

I think you're right, because his last name. I looked him up on Instagram. His Last name is O'Neill. And his. His little bio says Marketing Master for NKD Marketing and Bravo Southern hospitality. But then he writes down ire E I R E stands for Ireland. Sorry. Good job.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah, kind of. I was worried because Below Deck med's ending, and I was like, where are we gonna, you know, use a really terrible Lucky charms accent again? By the way, there's no one Irish on below decmed this year.

[Ben Mandelker]

Bravo's of TV official site. According to his official Bravo bio, he's from Wicklow, Ireland. So. Hi there. Sharks hunt it is.

[Ronnie Karam]

There you go.

[Ben Mandelker]

There you go. So they met him in Tulum, which is where all the sorted backstories for this show seem to come from, which I loved. I love that they were still, like, mining Tulum for more people and. And storylines.

[Ronnie Karam]

So love is like, there's like, tons of competition in Charleston that people come to my club because my VIP team is gonna always get the party started. Okay. Do you even know what you're saying? Are you just reading these off cue cards? You know the plot for the rest of the show, right? Because you're literally leading it. Love. I think it's still funny that they're using Funny that they're still using this. Like, my team is going to party it up, except that they don't party anymore because that's a rule, which is totally my idea. And we're putting it into effect right now. Right when the cameras started. Exactly right.

[Ben Mandelker]

I have to say, Ronnie, when I go to a club, my first thought is, I really hope they have a good VIP team that's going to help my party get started, because that's how I know I'll want to go to this club, it's always the first consideration is the quality of the VIP team.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah, totally. Like, when I go to Chili's, I really want to know that my waiter enjoys an awesome blossom just as much as I do. You know what I mean? Yeah, yeah. Because, you know, outback.

[Ben Mandelker]

Outback is as awesome blossom.

[Ronnie Karam]

Blooming onion.

[Ben Mandelker]

No, no, no, no, no, no. Blooming onion. Blooming onion. Yeah. Either way, it's like, you know, when I go to, when I go to a club, you know, it's, you know, music, who cares, drinks, who cares, vibe, who cares. Vip, VIP staff only priority for me. That's what I need. If they don't bring out a good sign with sparklers, then it's like, why even be there?

[Ronnie Karam]

Like, I'm done. It's time for a commercial. It's time for a Grappens commercial.

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[Ronnie Karam]

So it's a busy night in the club and tj, you know, in his like persnickety shit starting little way is like, is Maddie here? And they're like, no, where is Maddie? Maddy's never here. So Chris, the new general manager, who's just kind of schlubby, he's kind of a Barney Rubble, he goes and finds Maddy in the kitchen and she's cleaning her shoes. And he goes, whatcha doing, bud? She's like, cleaning my shoes. They get dirty. All right, bud, well, listen, bed, I'm going to need you in the meeting because I, I don't have time to relay this information again. All right, you're going to get it in the meeting and that's it.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah, so the big thing is that they have a new room for meetings because last year they were like sitting on basically paint canisters and it's like the same room.

[Ronnie Karam]

Is it a different room?

[Ben Mandelker]

I thought that they said it was a new room. I don't seem to remember a big, big vacant blue room. I mean there could have been. It's hard to remember. I have memories of every time they had a staff meeting. They were literally sitting on like bulk cases of Fabuloso. Like, I don't remember like a big blue room with coats, couches in it. But maybe it's, maybe it was. I don't know.

[Ronnie Karam]

They're in the meeting and Oyson's, I can't believe we're not allowed to have baby. Like, we're not allowed. Can you believe it? And Maddie's like, yeah, I know we're all really upset about it right now. But you know what? We just got to keep going. We just, just gotta keep going.

[Ben Mandelker]

So Leva says sadly, over the last past few years, we got a little loose with our rules. And we see like everyone getting drunk. We see Grace Lily, you know, doing the Grace Lily thing. We see Mia, Mia being like, I'm so glad I can be here. I can work here and just like chill with a glass of champagne while I go on a break. So they're all getting.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah, because like I'm in finance and so it's like so nice to come to work and just, just chill because I'm in finance. So Then Leva back to Leva. She's like, yeah, it's my fault, because, like, I do like to be a friendly boss. Like, I'm not a monster, you know? Like, I get first chances and second chances and third chances and, like, fourth chances and fifth chances and six. Leva, could you guys just edit out half of Leva's monologue? Why do I have to sit through it?

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah. So she goes, this year, we're going back to the rulebook. Here are your rules. Be on time. Respect managers. Don't drink. Okay? Because I have a business to run. And if there's insubordination, you're fired, you're out. And then we see her.

[Ronnie Karam]

Now, I just like to request a new rule on there. Wash your hands. Okay. Because I've seen this show that that rule needs to be somewhere on this show. Wash your fucking hands.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah, I don't know. I understand why on below deck, you don't want to have your staff drinking. Generally speaking, you don't want to have your staff drinking on the job. But I do feel like at a nightclub, it's probably okay. Like, I feel like that might be an exception to the case. It doesn't really bother me as much. There's no yacht that might crash. There's no heavy machinery, necessarily. I don't know. I.

[Ronnie Karam]

Well, she just said it in her line before, which. Which is why I was cracking up that she even said it. She's like, my VIP party, it's gonna make sure you're partying, right? Because they're like. She kind of insinuates that they're partying with you. And last year, that was her thing. They were like, people come to. People come to Republic because we're the best people to party with. And we party with you, and you don't just get access to Republic, you get access to me. That was kind of their big thing. So for her to be like, oh, and now you can't drink when you party with the guys is. It's just weird. I don't know.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah, weird. It's a weird line.

[Ronnie Karam]

It's obviously trying to go for a drama or trying to just fire people that maybe she wanted to fire anyway. I don't know.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah. So now she has, like, a. She has a screen of cameras in her office, like a giant wall. That's which, by the way, half of them are not working. So how about, like, when we're. As long as we're revising the rules, why don't you fix your cameras? Because there was like, seven different, like, black screens on there. I'm like, this is not a very effective wall of security.

[Ronnie Karam]

You're a real Baldwin over there. Sliver. Okay? It's like that movie sliver, where she's got, like, 20 video cameras. You don't even have room for 20 video cameras. What do you, like, one Is the outside of her at home, you know, Well, I guess my husband's home, so that's good.

[Ben Mandelker]

She just has. She has a camera on Gwyn's. I just want to see what the parking situation's like, if I go over there later.

[Ronnie Karam]

I just want to see, like, who's buying, like, satin dresses with giant ruffles on them today.

[Ben Mandelker]

I know. It was, like, the head of household room on Big Brother. So. So, Grace, Lily says, so in honor of Lucia not being here today and everyone booze. So Lucia, who seemed to be one of the most responsible people on this show, actually got fired. That's what we find out.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah, well, we all. We all miss her. Okay, guys, so here's what we're gonna do. We're gonna burn some sage because she loves sage. So in honor of Lucia, who's dead now, let's burn sage. And then we see a clip at Lucia's apartment. Her kids, like, running around playing, and she's like, I'm terminated by text message. I told. I'm told Lucia Pena is no longer employ Republic. And he's like, oh, my God, you did drink on the job. And we're not supposed to drink on the job, right? Like, is that what happened?

[Ben Mandelker]

I'm in finance, so the numbers aren't adding up. And I say that as someone in finance, and Lucia is like, I just took one swig, and she's like, and you didn't get any warning from Republic at all? It's like, no, no. Literally, my first infraction in seven years, and I'm fired.

[Ronnie Karam]

And Mia's, like, literally firing a single mother for a first offense. I mean, that is nuts. And then he's like, what the. Because the kid's just sitting there, like, staring.

[Ben Mandelker]

Oh, yeah.

[Ronnie Karam]

So then we go back to the meeting, and Mia's like, guys, like, you know that before I started to work here, I was a patron here because I can afford to be finance, and Lucia was my favorite bottle service girl. So I'm just gonna say that, well.

[Ben Mandelker]

Maybe we should pass the sage around. And we just sprayed it all over this room. And so Mia says, if Leva fired every employee, especially the ones that don't work in finance, that Had a shot of alcohol in her establishment, she would have fired everybody. Except for Maddie, who's sober. What I'm trying to say is we all.

[Ronnie Karam]

So Maddie and Joe come in, and Joe's like, I'm going to say some business stuff right now. So listen, guys, we're going to do a good job pushing people tonight, turning things over, really rolling over everything. Turning, turning, turning. We're going to stack it, and we're going to pile it. Everybody got it? This is the business.

[Ben Mandelker]

And, Grace, Lily, give them a good first impression at the front door. Give them your best.

[Ronnie Karam]

Come on, come on, come on, come.

[Ben Mandelker]

On, come on, come on, come on, come on in.

[Ronnie Karam]

Come on, come on, come on in.

[Ben Mandelker]

I know you can kill it, Grace Lilly, just do it.

[Ronnie Karam]

Now, I know you haven't actually worked here, you know, since we stopped shooting, so just practice. Okay, Grace, give us. What are you going to say at the front door? I'll blow you. No, reel it in a little bit, Grace.

[Ben Mandelker]

Reel it in a little bit. So Joe has this. Last summer was, like, not my brightest in the lady department. And they're like, yeah, Joe's an idiot. And they're just talking about how last summer, Joe confesses love for Maddie and then, like, 45 minutes later, I guess, made out with Mia and then told her that he was just, like, a real. He really dropped the ball on that front.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah, he, like, tried to profess his love for Maddie once. She already was getting back together with Trevor, and then when he didn't get it with her, he tried with Mia and then was like, I mean, come on. Once they. When they both confronted him together, he's like, I mean, come on. I'm, like, hitting on you after I just, like, told my best friend I'm in love with her. Do you even think that was real? So he was kind of a douche.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah, but they've. They've forgiven him. Like, Mia's just like, whatever. Like, we're friends. So they're. They're back to being. I guess they're all back to being friends right now. So Joe's like, oh, yeah. I'm, like, done pining for Maddie and Mia, and Mia no longer wants to rip my head off, which is great. Like, I just go back to being Joy Marbles. Ha ha ha. It's a new year. It's a new Joe, and I'm ready to get back in the game and start dating. Wink, Hank.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah, it's, like, really hard me to wink. I'm gonna try winking. I like that they gave him like Joey Marbles 2.0. There's always got to be a guy who's coming back as the newest version of themselves on these shows. So Joe introduces Oisin on his first night as the new bottle boy. And Mattie's like, yeah, Grace, Lilly and I met Oison in Tulum because. Where else? And he's like, team money. That's what we're here for. Team money. Hustle. I was running a lot of events out in Tulum. Secluded parties out in the middle of the jungle in Mexico.

[Ben Mandelker]

I feel like his parties were all strange, like, tantric sex, you know, experiences. Like, people would just get naked in the jungle, and then he'd pass around like, I wasca or something like that or some sort of strange beverages, like, enjoyed out of a coconut. And they'd be like, touching and feeling like. I just imagine that that's what his VIP experience was.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah, this guy's for money out in the middle of the jungle, is it? He just doesn't want to pay for a hotel room. So Grace is like, yeah, he was dancing on the tables, dancing with all the hot girls. And Maddie's like, yeah, in an orange Speedo, which was kind of oddly attractive. Like, we had a moment, but it was just a moment.

[Ben Mandelker]

And he's like, I love girls. Amazing. So Maddie is like, so. Hey, by the way, have you met Leah? She's the new CEO. She's here. You're gonna meet her. So then we see Leah.

[Ronnie Karam]

And then we see Leah, the most awkward person on this show, walking around like, I'm gonna hand out an infraction to somebody who's gonna get an infraction. Who's gonna get an infraction. You got time to lean, you got time to clean. That's an infraction. Watch it, mister.

[Ben Mandelker]

Leah is definitely. She is like the. Like you're watching a high school play and someone has to play the boss in the high school play. And that's Leah. She's like, I'm gonna wear a business suit because this is what bosses wear.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah, she wears, like, businessy clothes that just don't fit her. Right. My guess is that poor Leah does not have one well tailored outfit that fits well. She's just walking around in a bunch of rayon things with collars, going infraction and fraction. And then we learned one of her favorite things to say later is, you know what we're gonna do? Nip it in the bud. That's what we're gonna do. We were about to nip this in the Bud.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah, she just. She just looks like. Not even. She looks like a middle schooler dressed in adult clothes, going around being like, I'm the boss now, and I'm gonna hand that Infractions. Nothing but infractions. We're gonna nip it in the bud. That's what bosses do.

[Ronnie Karam]

So they Ash. The meeting is coming to a start. So Oyson ashes out, the sage on the table. Maddie's like, wait to, like, clean that. We have to. We have to keep it clean back here now, guys. And he's like, it's all right, darling. Don't y'all worry, you pretty little head about it. And he's like, oh, my God, you're, like, literally gonna be fired right now.

[Ben Mandelker]

So then we hear a song, and it's like, let's go. Hands in the air, headed for the game. Let's go. The unofficial anthem of Republic Bar and Lounge.

[Ronnie Karam]

So in case you guys are not buying that this is a totally LA Hollywood and only famous people here welcome Olivia from Southern Charm. And, yeah, some creepy friends that she has, and they're like, oh, my God, Olivia from Southern Charm.

[Ben Mandelker]

Everyone drop what you're doing. Olivia from Southern Charm is at the door. Get there now. Swarm. Swarm with bottles and free drinks.

[Ronnie Karam]

So Oon's like, emmy, babe, you're gonna show me some tricks or what? What am I supposed to do here tonight? Is there any kind of training? And she's like, I'll go order a bottle of Dom, okay? And then guess what? We're gon out with glow sticks, because that's what we do here. And he's like, wait a minute. What about the signs? Are we going to bring out a sign? And Brad, I think Jad. Joe goes, yeah, you know what? We should bring out a sign. And you know what it should say? Hold on, let me think about it. Superstars. That's what it should say.

[Ben Mandelker]

That's good. That's good, Superstars. Go for it, Joe. Go do it. This is what we get.

[Ronnie Karam]

The poetry of Republic. So Leva goes to see Leah CEO and her assistant Michelle in the green room, and she's like, okay, guys, does it, like, smell like weed in here? Do you even pretend to work here? They just said that Lucia lit Sage every single night here, and you don't recognize the smell. Yeah, replace. I. I vote replace Leva with Leah CEO.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah. So Leah's like, oh, yeah, there's Sage. I can tell because I'm a CEO and I hand out infractions while Lucia's gone. So let the Sage be gone too. Hi ya. I just chopped it away.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah. Just got rid of sage. That's going in the handbook. And love is like, yeah, you know what else? Sage is a fire hazard. And he goes, yup, pretty much we're.

[Ben Mandelker]

On top of things now. So you know what's a fire hazard? Things that were on firewall once. So Lev is like, you know what? We just promoted Leah. We just promoted Leah to head boss. And I just call her the hammer.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah. So she's like, okay, Leah. She's like, okay, Leah, you're the hammer. So just give a monologue to the camera. She's like, I don't really know how to do that. Just go ahead, Leah. Just make it up. You're a boss. Okay. You're in rayon. And she's like, okay, listen, I can do this because I'm not emotional. You know why? Because we're running a business. So let me do the dirty work so we can keep rocking and rolling the way we're supposed to. Infractions. It's like, yes. Nailed it.

[Ben Mandelker]

Lev is like, yeah. Leah was that was out in Vegas working some pretty big hotels. Yeah. You ever heard of the ngn? It's not the mgm, it's the ngm. Yeah, it's there too. And she worked in it. Okay. And we really fought to have her here. And she said, I don't know if I could leave being the manager of this buffet. And we said, come on, we'll make it worth your time. So she sets it straight, okay? You've seen all the people that tried to eat the breakfast food when it was turning over to lunch. She wouldn't allow it because that's what she does. She's a boss. She's no nonsense. She's so efficient. She's like, on it.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah. You guys, no one can handle stress of Republic except for the woman who dealt with a seafood buffet all, all day. Seafood buffet. She's here, guys. We got her.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah, we got her. So Leah's like.

[Ronnie Karam]

So Leah's like, sage stinks. It's gross and it's a mess. We gotta nip that in the bud.

[Ben Mandelker]

There's. There's too much sage back here. We gotta nip this in the bud before all the customers smell sage a little bit. So then meanwhile, the. The VIP team is hard at work making the superstar sign. They're literally acting like they're doing a puz Survivor. Like a million dollars is on this. And they're like, putting the letters in there like superstars to say superstars. Is this working? Does it look good? Is this good? We can go out. Can we publish this? Can this go? Is this. Are we locked? We locked in superstars. Okay, let's do it.

[Ronnie Karam]

And Maddie says, they're all super. All of our guests are superstars because all of our tables are superstars. Like, you're special just like everyone else. My meemaw's favorite bumper sticker. So then we see a group of tacky dried haired girls partying. And one of the girls is telling O and she's like, oh, know, you should do a shot with me. He's like, I want to do a shot. Can I do a shot? Maddie? Maddie, can I do one? She's like, I'm walking away. You do whatever you want. I don't see. I cannot see anything. And Emmy's like, oh, my God, do not do a shot. You're going to lose your job. Totally. Don't do it. Don't do it. He's like, I got it, I got it. Oen will be doing shots later this season.

[Ben Mandelker]

He definitely will be. But this is also Emmy being like a responsible co worker as opposed to Maddie, who might be not setting up Ocean for success. Like, like he might get fired because she's being like, you do what you want to do instead of saying like, don't do this, you'll get fired. You know, I think they're trying to set that up a little bit.

[Ronnie Karam]

Well, Emmy is coming for Maddie's gig, I think, right? Like, I was like, Maddie doesn't even care about anything that goes on at Republic, but I told Oison not to drink. So I basically own this place now.

[Ben Mandelker]

And I would, I would trust Emmy as a manager far more than Maddie. I mean, again, look at that apartment. It is immaculate. Look at where Maddie lives. Okay? They couldn't even handle their charcuterie board at one point. We didn't even talk about this. At one point they had that charcuterie board sitting there and. And what's his face just spins it and like three olives go flying off onto the floor. This is not. This is not manager material here. If you can't even figure out the physics that go into rotating a shark charcuterie board.

[Ronnie Karam]

So back.

[Ben Mandelker]

I'm being serious. I'm not cracking jokes here. This is a serious thing for me.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah, you're very. You're very pro clean apartment, you know? So we go back into the meeting room, green room area, and Leah, who's just doing way too much for her first episode, just keeps pointing at the sage Stain on the table over and over. Like, I mean, sage. Can you believe it? There was sage there. So. And Lev is like, yeah, well, this is stressing me out. So I have friends that I need to go say hi to so you can deal with it. And Lee's like, yeah, well, guess what? I got a sage stain on the table I need to chop some balls off over. I am fur re y taking care of business. Here I come, Leah CEO.

[Ben Mandelker]

Just make sure the A list stars at the front don't see the sage Sage sand in the blue room, because that would be a disaster. We would never would want Olivia Flowers to be grossed out by this place. So then we see Bradley. He's hugging Olivia and. And some others. And he's like sitting with them. He's like sitting in the booth with them. And love is like, are you working or are you having fun right now? And he's like, both, maybe. She's like, no, no, you are a VIP team, which means you cannot be tending to the guests right now. You have to go do something else.

[Ronnie Karam]

It's very poorly constructed. Opening a plot. It's hilarious. Serious. She's like, what? You're having fun when you're supposed to be partying with the guests? Okay, I'm gonna work on it. Ask Leah CEO for some lines for me.

[Ben Mandelker]

Here comes one right now.

[Ronnie Karam]

So then Mia is with her guests and she's like, guys, I want to drink with you and like party with you, but I'm not allowed to anymore because someone just got fired for drinking and she's a single mom. So I mean, listen, I'm at Republican Public for good vibes. And guess what? This is it. It's so not good vibes. That's what it is.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah. Sorry, everyone. I have to mind my P's and Q's. You know, the guests are like, I don't care. You're not our friend. We're not trying to drink with you.

[Ronnie Karam]

Right, I know. Like, all the guests are going to be sad that the employees aren't drinking out of their hundred dollar champagne.

[Ben Mandelker]

I'm like, I literally spent this money for you to serve me not to drink what you're serving me me.

[Ronnie Karam]

So they're all talking about how stressful it is not to drink. And Grace Lily's like, yeah, it's like when your parents went out of town and you throw a party and then all of a sudden, like, their car comes at the driveway. That's how it feels like.

[Ben Mandelker]

Why do I feel like that happened a lot to Grace Lily? Because, you know, her parents were like, hey, we're just gonna go out to dinner. My parents are going out of town. No, Grace, they just went in town. So Lucia. Lucia. So then Lucia, who is fired, comes back to the club, which is like, why would you ever. So, except on these shows, of course. Like, this is where Kristen came back to sir, like, a million times after she was fired. So here she is deploying the Kristen Doty thing, and then me hugs her and everything. And then TJ is like, oh, good, there's something for me to be. For me to be persnickety about love. Look, Lucia's here. Can you believe it? She came back here. Who wants to be judgy with me? Anyone? Just me.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah, I'm not sure I would be. Come back to the scene of the crime, but I mean, this soon, guys. And Chris goes, oh, my God, Lucy is here. She got fired for drinking on the job. Call national security. Get her. Tackle her. So Lucy and Emmy talk, and Lucy is like, I have to talk to Leva. Like, I do not want to talk to Leva. Like, this is about to be, like, the hottest summer ever. So, like, I do have to talk to her. You never know what's going to happen this summer, Republic. It's going to be huge.

[Ben Mandelker]

They're saying they're lowering the prices at topgolf, so they're going to have bigger people than ever before, and they're all going to come here afterwards. I mean, it's like I would be crawling out of my skin right now if I was you. And I was about to talk to Leva. Oh, my God, she's such a big, important CEO. How could you even be doing this right now, Lucia? So then Leah's. And Leah's walking around being the CEO, still really angry about this age.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah, she's, like, checking all the tables. Like, if there's much staying here, there better not be, because that's disgusting. It's for deviants. And so Leva is back watching her video screens, and she says, who is behind that bar? And Leah comes into the office, and she's like, sorry to interrupt, but hold on. I. And she starts, like, doing this pointing, like, you know how people, like, point, and they're, like, telling you off with their finger. She does that when she talks. She's like, I just did a lap. And Lucia is here, Point.

[Ben Mandelker]

And Leva's like. And so Lucia is there at the bar, and she just keeps on saying how she just wants to talk to Leva. She just wants to talk to Leva. So Leva's like, I don't know what she thinks we can do for her, aside from rehire her because we have all the power. But, like, in my mind, there's just nothing left to talk about.

[Ronnie Karam]

And so Lucy is talking to tj, and he's like, I guess if I were you, like, I would send her a text in the morning after you vacuumed. And she's like, I haven't received any communication from Levi. Goes, okay, but then send her a text or an email after you lube up your Dyson and make sure that it's in working order. And she's like, I've been sending emails to talk about my termination. Nothing. Wow. It's. You're basically like, land in California right now. Faulted. Very faulted. I'm not really sure what you want me to say, but I'll just give you this look instead.

[Ben Mandelker]

So Leah's like, okay, well, guess what? We've received a couple of emails from her. It seems like she's unable to understand her termination, and it's not negotiable, which is a phrase I learned in boss school, which I am CEO.

[Ronnie Karam]

And Leva says, well, if we brought her back, like, what kind of example would that be to the rest of the staff? She's like, yeah, right. It would be chaos. It wouldn't be right. I mean, pants are. Pants are pants or dresses now, you know, clouds are. Clouds are rainbows. I mean, what are you gonna do? Topsy turvy upside down? We can't handle this. We. We are not gonna do it. And as for the rest of the employee morale, we have to nip it in the bud. We are gonna nip, nip this in the point circle. Bud. Really dedicated this Leah, CEO.

[Ben Mandelker]

Leah's like, you drank and you're a cod. And guess what? There's a new sheriff in town, and she knows a thing or two about shrimp cocktail. So Love is like, yeah. She's like, it's against the rules. Love was like, it's against the rules. Yeah, it's against the rules. It is against the rules.

[Ronnie Karam]

Nip it in the pot right now. Nip it. So then Maddie's outside, listening at the office door, and Grace Lily comes over and say, hi. What's going on over here? I'm listening at the door. I'm gonna listen at the door. Maddie's like. She's talking. She goes, who's she? It's Love. His office, Grace.

[Ben Mandelker]

So meanwhile, Leah's still in there. Her shoulder pads. She's like there's. There's a bad decision. There was a bad decision that was made, and unfortunately there's consequences. And we caught it. Some would say we nipped it. And if it were a flower, it had a bud. And guess what? That bud has been nipped. Some would say nipped in the bud. And she's gone.

[Ronnie Karam]

She's got Lucia in the club and she's like, oh, my God. Finally I had a chance to stop away from all that not drinking I'm doing. So what's going on with you, girl? And she's like, oh, you know, just checking on the state of the state date. She goes, yeah, well, you know me, I respect big balls. And she's like, you think I have big balls right now? She goes, yeah, you're coming to talk to Leva, and let me tell you, she may not be out here, but she is in the building right now.

[Ben Mandelker]

This I just. Big news. The boss of this place is in the place. So because Lava is.

[Ronnie Karam]

She's like sitting out there, seeing her on the video screen, but, like, refusing to come out, to like, confront it, you know, she's just hiding in her office like a.

[Ben Mandelker]

Maybe the office was the thing. That's new, cuz l said something was new. And maybe because I think actually the office formerly was not on the premises. The cameras are definitely new. I think the office used to be, like, in a different building. You have to go up a staircase or something.

[Ronnie Karam]

So, yeah, she had that a place down the street that she rented last year. Yeah, I remember that plot where she's like, I rented a place, cuz like, I need an all.

[Ben Mandelker]

So Leva says, telling Leah, you know, I just. I would like an apology. Like, how about, sorry I disrespected your business? Like, I don't know if she thought that maybe because she has a relationship with me that she could do that, but nobody gets special treatment at the end of the day, know what I mean? Unless you're Olivia Flowers. Please give her a bottle of Dom Perignon for me. Thank you very much.

[Ronnie Karam]

Hold on, let me just answer this call. The caller ID said as Bud. Let me say it, Bud. Nicked. You are nicked. You are nicked. So then Mia and Lucy are talking, and Mia's like, I'll bet she's in that back room somewhere. Let me check. I got you, girl.

[Ben Mandelker]

So then you mean the office? You mean Leva's office. I bet lover's in lover's office.

[Ronnie Karam]

Thank God for Mia. So Bradley is asking where Maddie is, and so this is where they're all hatching their plan, like, to make Maddie look stupid. So Bradley's like, where's Maddie? And Emmy's like, I don't know. She's like, the manager of this place, and she's nowhere to be found. And he goes, yeah, well, that's not surprising.

[Ben Mandelker]

So now Leva back to Leva. She's like, do you think we should have a staff meeting to remind everyone of the rules? And Leah's like, the rules of Republic Garden and Lounge, I, of which I am the CEO. And by the way, you can't have a garden without flowers. You can't have flowers without buds. You can't have buds without nipping them. Yes, I do. Let's have a meeting.

[Ronnie Karam]

Cut back to Emma, just Emmy being just, like, continuing on her weird plot. She's like, you know what? We need to talk to Maddie about keeping her personal life and her private life separate, because she crosses those lines every goddamn day. Okay, whoa, whoa.

[Ben Mandelker]

Why is she. What is she on right now? It felt a lot, by the way. When I was watching this, I felt like the show was at, like, a 10, and I had no idea why it was out of town. Like, everyone was, like, hyped up and angry about something. But, like, I was like, whoa, you guys just started the episode. What's going on here?

[Ronnie Karam]

It's so funny. And Bradley's like, yeah, well, now that Maddie and Trevor are back together, she's been living in Delulu, in delusion land. Yeah, we know what delulu is, Bradley.

[Ben Mandelker]

Thanks for clarification. Leah's like, what does that mean?

[Ronnie Karam]

She goes. He goes. She's become very complacent at work. Is it surprising? No, but it doesn't surprise me. Well, you're answering your own questions.

[Ben Mandelker]

Is it surprising? No, but it doesn't surprise. Well, you don't say but don't say but. As if you're going to change direction and the logic, you should say, is it surprising? No. And it continues to not surprise me.

[Ronnie Karam]

So then Maddie is with me in the kitchen now, and she's like, okay, I got a little wind from what was going on from behind the door. And Leva wants an apology from Lucia. And me goes, ha. She wants Lucia to apologize for what? And she's, like, drinking. She's like, ha, ha. Well, I'll tell you this. No way. And I gotta ask, what's the hypocrisy here? And Leva comes. She's like, right behind this place is maybe five feet big. This whole place. So Leva comes out. It's like, hi, how are you guys? And she's doing her. Like, I'm looking at my phone right now because I'm very busy. Hi, guys. You doing something? Swiping on my phone.

[Ben Mandelker]

So if you guys are back here, then who's in front? Ha ha, ha, ha. And so then Mia's just like, I'm angry at my boss. And so she. She goes, joe's out there. He's holding it down. And so Leva's like, well, then why do you guys look so emo? Amia says you were looking for an apology from Lucia for drinking on the job, which, by the way, Mia, way to, like, blow up Maddie's spot. That Maddie was just eavesdropping in the office a second ago, and now they're.

[Ronnie Karam]

Having, like, a standoff because she's gonna tell Leva off, which I don't know where she really thought this was gonna go. So Lava says, I mean, yeah, like, her apology would mean a lot. I mean, like, if I was in her position, I mean, like. Like, somebody is, like, you know, helped me. Like, somebody's, like, employed me, or they've, like, brought me back or, like, brought me opportunities. And Mia says. Brought her back from what? You mean from having a baby? She has, yeah. She goes, okay, so after maternity leave, basically like, what normal companies do for women. What the fuck is Leva doing, by the way? As well, in the scene?

[Ben Mandelker]

Mia had a very fair point there. Premiere. So Leva's like, what are you doing? And Mia's like, I'm upset. She goes, what are you. What are you doing? She goes, I'm upset. It's the season premiere, and I have to be upset about something. So she goes, well, what are you upset about? She goes about the hypocrisy you are showing as a boss.

[Ronnie Karam]

And that was like, hypocrisy? What are you talking about? Like, normally, people give birth and then they're put into the meat grinder. Like, I didn't make the rules. That's just how the world works. I mean, look around. How many mothers do you see in Charleston in. They're all dead, okay? So, like, and by the way, there's no hypocrisy. If you're in the back of the house and you're drinking, you're fired. And that's the rule. Have you read the manual for being hired?

[Ben Mandelker]

Leah wrote. Leah wrote it on Clara's works.

[Ronnie Karam]

Here's how to be hired at Republic. Here's the manual.

[Ben Mandelker]

Don't drink. Signed Leah. Otherwise it will be nipped in the butt blood. So Madison is. Maddie's like, oh, oh, Mia, stop. This is your boss. Just, like, chill out a little. Just be like, a little bit more like Trevor. Just be, like, super chill and kind of sexy. And Lev is like, do you do. If you drink back here, you're done. Amia goes, well, I just don't get it. I don't understand. Which, by the way, Mia, this is like, not a point you should be arguing, because even though I said at the earlier the podcast, it doesn't seem to. To me a big deal if there's drinking on the job. Job still. That being said, it's a fairly standard thing that you're not allowed to drink on jobs. So the fact that she's pushing back is a little, like, use your soft skills a little bit more.

[Ronnie Karam]

Okay, well, she's doing that thing, I think, where we. I don't know if we've all done it. I have. Where I'm like, I'm gonna fight with my boss. I'm gonna tell my boss off. It never goes well. I've tried it multiple times, and it's never gone well. So Leva's like, yeah, if you drink back here, you're done. She goes, yeah, I don't understand. Understand. And Mia says, employees have drank back here so many times. And she goes, oh, really? Well, who did then? Like, who did I keep here that was drinking back here? And Mia just looks around and there's no one there. So she goes, me says, oh, really? Then you're gone too, Mia, you're fired. Clock out. Good night. Bye.

[Ben Mandelker]

Not Mia's brightest moment. Okay, at least pick someone you don't like.

[Ronnie Karam]

So stupid. But at least Mia was smart enough to get Leva admitting on camera. Like, yeah, I brought that girl back after maternity, like, after giving birth. Like, I'm a good person.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah, I've done great things. So love is. Mia's like, you're being hypocritical as a boss. Love is like, you don't need to work here. You said you drank on the shift. You're done. If someone else comes up and tells me that, they're done too. I mean, it's like, you're not gonna with me. No, you're not. It's like, mia, you're fired. It's done.

[Ronnie Karam]

You've already been fired, Mia. And she says that she's like, mia, you're fired. Like, you're not employee any longer. So, like, your butt just got nipped. So. And Mika's okay, Then we're done. And she goes, okay. And also, you don't need to be in the back of the building. Go out. Go.

[Ben Mandelker]

And then, of course, Emmy's listening and, like, whoa. So she's like, angela Landsberg snooping, like, what? I just learned something. So Mia leaves, and Maddie's like, wow, I would never talk to my boss like that, ever. It's like, well, you didn't do a whole lot to sort of rein her in, did you?

[Ronnie Karam]

So then, well, she did tell her, this is your boss, so maybe you shouldn't. Me was just on one. So then Mia storms out, and she goes past Lucy, and she goes, oh, no, now we're both fired. And, you know, she fired me because I said I had a shot during a shift. And so everyone, like, starts freaking out. And then Leah goes up to Leva and she's like, are we. We okay here? Are we okay? And love is like, she. She was just like, I drank on my shift all the time, and then you let me stay here, and I'm like, no, I didn't, because I didn't know you drank on your shift. That girl is never going to work for me in any capacity anywhere ever again. Consider her someone who just gave birth unemployable.

[Ben Mandelker]

Leva tells us, I hate firing people. I'm not some awful person. But we're running a business here, and it's very important for me that the other incompetent people are not distracted by a different group of incompetent people. Sorry. It's just the way it goes.

[Ronnie Karam]

So then the girls are talking outside to me and Lucia and Grace, Lily saying, I mean, I don't agree with it whatsoever, but I think that, you know, like, all of us, like, I think that we all kind of feel the way you fall. Is that true? No one knows what she's talking about. And Emmy's like, this is bullshit. I'm shocked, Shook. So then we see TJ talking to Maddie, and Madison's like, yeah. I mean, Maddie's like, yeah. You know, Mia was speaking to her in a way that, like, she really gave Levin no choice but to fire her.

[Ben Mandelker]

And then Oshin's like, I've been in the club scene my entire life, and we've always been able to have a little dabble here and there, so there's no leeway or anything. You know what I mean? You know what I mean? And Joe's like, oh, I do think the rules are, like, important. But, like. Like, I've created this image of people like, Being able to come into the club to party with me. So, like, now that I can't do that anymore, like, who am I? I'm not Joey Bottles anymore. I'm Joey Water Bottles. I love his existential crisis.

[Ronnie Karam]

Like, just Joey Water Bottles.

[Ben Mandelker]

Who am I? Who am I?

[Ronnie Karam]

So Mia is still going on outside. She's like, well, my friendship with Lucia means more to me than this job I couldn really. And Grace Lily's like, yeah, well, there was a good friend. She goes, I'm leaving. And she just, like, storms off. And Lucia stays. Like, it doesn't really feel the same. She's gonna get her damn job back. But bye.

[Ben Mandelker]

She's like, I hear you have an opening Leva. So now it's the next day. People are waking up and everything. And the big thing here is we see Will's butt on screen for a very long time because his hand is a sling. And so Emmy has to help him get his pants on.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah, the Southern Grace is smudging. And she's on her balcony and she's like, please God, protect me from feeling a lot of different energies. Could you be more just one energy today?

[Ben Mandelker]

Dear God, I don't know what's going on with the energies today, but I looked out at my flower garden and all the. All the buds seem to have been nipped. I don't know what's going on, but please protect me from that energy.

[Ronnie Karam]

So we go to Oyson, looking in his mirror, and he's like, I'm still beautiful, thank God. And then we get a song. I want to radiate the sun Before I burn out bright My supernova. Every song on this show is about how young they are and how it's all going to end soon. And I love that Trixie Monocle has learned, you know, she like, you're young now. You'll be old tomorrow. Today is up tomorrow you're a slag. It's like, damn, jeez, Trixie, lighten up.

[Ben Mandelker]

And I also like that the next lyric is, I'm building my empire. Like, I love that the song is, like, really dedicated to this, like, imagery about suns and stars and supernovas, but also, like, I'm building an empire too. Like, it's like, one thing doesn't really have to do with the other, but sure, go for it.

[Ronnie Karam]

So then next day is a meeting. So everybody's coming to do this group meeting about not drinking. And Will is there in his sling, hot. And then Emmy is dressed in the same fabric as Joey's velvet headboard, which Is weird. And Mikhail's there. We haven't seen him.

[Ben Mandelker]

And.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah, say it again.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah. I thought Mikhail was fired for a second because he wasn't even in the first half of the show, so.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah, but he's not. He's here. And so Leah starts it. I mean, Lovea starts it. Leah's in, like, some kind of a formal ball gown, which doesn't really.

[Ben Mandelker]

It's all they had at. At Boss Emporium, unfortunately.

[Ronnie Karam]

I guess it was like, yeah, this is when I'm nominated for Best Boss of the Year. So is the gala. This is the holiday in gala I'm going to.

[Ben Mandelker]

This dress is made from buds because I nipped so many of them. So. Okay.

[Ronnie Karam]

So Leva's saying, okay, guys, obviously it's not been the best week, but, like, we lost to Mia. We lost Lucia. But guess what? You know what? Leah always says, Leah, say it. It. No, not that one. The other thing. Nip it. The other thing. Sages for slut. The other thing. Okay, Leah says, don't fire yourself.

[Ben Mandelker]

Breakfast, 12.99. All you can eat. Yes, that one.

[Ronnie Karam]

It's like, there's nothing we can do when you guys break the rules. And that's just how it goes. And Leah goes. I'm gonna make it crystal clear right now. Drinking is never permitted in Republic Garden and lounge, and we are not going to allow that behavior here any longer. Not in this garden, not in this lounge.

[Ben Mandelker]

Don't fire yourself. Thank you. Thank you, Leah, for finally saying it. Really great expression. So they're of course, like, oh, my God, like, you know, like. Like Emmy's, like, you know, like, you think our best sales nights are when everyone's sober. And Bradley's like, I mean, they're gonna order another bottle because they want to party with us. That's what they want to do. So then. And Grace is like, don't ruin the vibe. It's worth it, baby. So they're all upset because it's all ruined by Leah.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah. And Lev is like, I want you to make money, because guess what? The next few years for this company are gonna be epic. They are gonna be epic. And Leah's like, guys, we love you all. You are all rock stars, and this is a family. I can't believe she didn't add that. Cause that is such the restaurant manager thing to say. Like, guys, guys, we're all family here. Let's not forget.

[Ben Mandelker]

I read on a boss website that you should call to tell your employees that they're all rock stars. And so guess What? You're all rock stars. Which I think means we have a lot of good morale around here. So anyway, consider these buds nipped and let's go out and kill it. We're a family.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah. And Joey. Joey Marbles is like, this is. This job is like, not some side hustle for me. I didn't go back to college because my passion for this, this is my career. I'm joy bottles and I can't lose that. Yes, Rocky. Hopefully Joey Marbles can have tequila at work again. It's a real inspirational story, guys.

[Ben Mandelker]

You know, when faced with a decision of furthering my studies and setting myself up for or a career in really anything or making signs that say superstars, I knew what I had to do. I had to make the sign. It's my passion.

[Ronnie Karam]

I'm choosing the one that relies on my good looks and youth because what. What other decision is there really?

[Ben Mandelker]

I had to use the one that relied on my ability to hold a sparkler up in the air. Pretty high up.

[Ronnie Karam]

So Bradley goes to do his personal training at a high, low gym. It's called hi Lo. And he's got a client named Sammy who is just not prepared to be on TV at all. I mean, it was so sad. So Sammy's like, hi. Oh my God, I'm so glad to work out with you. Like, I've really needed to have my ass kicked because I went out with my girlfriends and whoa, dude. We live it up and have a hot ass girl time. Living it up on the town. By the way, do you know that guy who drives people around on his. On his bike? He was hitting on me and, like, trying to make out with me. Maddie who? Maddie's boyfriend. Who's Maddie?

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah. And he's like, oh, my God, Maddie. Maddie's boyfriend, Trevor. They've been living together for. For a while now. Wow. You have something to say about them? And she's like, oh, I didn't know he had a girlfriend. I hadn't watched the show before. Oh, well, he was with his boy boys and buying me drinks the whole time. And I said, well, at least stop the cab first. And then we were touching each other. And then one thing led to another, dot, dot, dot.

[Ronnie Karam]

And he's like, did you make out? She goes, yeah. Serious. You would have no idea that he had a girlfriend. I feel so bad. I wish I had just, like, seen her on a TV show so I could have known about it before any of this happened. This is crazy.

[Ben Mandelker]

He's like, it's karma. She did that to herself. I had this great girlfriend. We were perfect. And then Maddie told her I was in the back alley behind Republic getting my dick sucked next to the raccoons in the trash. I love a good backstory.

[Ronnie Karam]

And I love that he's just. It's the extra horrified I was in the alley getting my dick sucked by the raccoons and the trash.

[Ben Mandelker]

It's not lost on me that Kayla broke up with me because Maddie wanted to tell lies. Oh, it's all for Kayla and Sam.

[Ronnie Karam]

Do you want to see the text? Because I'm going to show them to you right now. Get the camera over here. Do it with your iPhone too. He's like, I'm totally taking a picture, cuz you know why? Karma's a nasty fickly.

[Ben Mandelker]

Let me get a picture of this text. And by the way, the text says, had a fun time last night. So he's like, this is what. Hey, Maddie, this is why you got cheated on twice.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah. This guy's such an. And also, he probably was getting his dick sucked in the alley. What was the end of that? He wasn't his thing. Just like, why would you tell her that? She's like, because I saw what I saw. Wasn't that the whole fight?

[Ben Mandelker]

It was. And then he had to defend it. I mean, he probably was getting his dick sucked. But I mean, Trevor's also clearly still cheating on Maddie, but he's basically like, if you're gonna ruin my relationship, I'm gonna ruin yours. Doors. Which is really.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah.

[Ben Mandelker]

You know, a great lesson to be learned from Vanderpump rules.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah. So now we see Mia driving around town and she's behind a bike carriage and she's pissed off. She's like, get out of the way. As we all are. You know, I mean, it's very much how the entire cast feels towards Trevor, you know?

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah. I saw the other day, I was driving down Melrose Avenue and a scooter and a motorcycle, like, basically crashed into each other, and I just missed it. Like, I was like, why is this entire lane train of cars stopped? And like, I pulled up just in time to see like, the. The scooter kid and the motorcyclist, they lifted each other up and then they shook hands and drove off together. And I was like, oh, I would have liked to have seen that. Which is just my point of saying the scooter is really getting in the way of everything. Like, I would have loved to have seen the scooter kid get hit by a vehicle. Would have been great. What Am I talking.

[Ronnie Karam]

Jeez, you know, I wrote a vest, that's what. For years, right? What the hell?

[Ben Mandelker]

No, no, the scoot. No, the scooter. No, like the bird scooter. The bird scooter. The little bird scooter. Stay on the sidewalk. Don't. You should not be on that thing in a road where people are going 30 miles per hour and you're on there with your backpack and no helmet. And then we all have to go 3 miles per hour because you've decided to go in the lane. And we care about keeping you alive, you know? So I was.

[Ronnie Karam]

When they used to have those billboards boards in LA that said every lane is a bike lane. Oh, my God. Those used to infuriate me. Those. Well, I was like, no, they're not. Every lane is not a bike lane. Because then the bicyclist would literally be in the middle of every lane. Like, everything's a bike lane. Get the out of the road, people.

[Ben Mandelker]

At least. At least bicyclists can achieve a certain speed, okay? Although they don't always. And that's what drives me nuts, too. It's like, okay, let's listen. I support green, you know, options for transportation, etc. Ride your bike. But also, like, if you're riding your bike, put some effort into it, okay? Keep up. Okay? Don't go like one mile per hour because you know people are on there.

[Ronnie Karam]

Like, just like, this isn't your neighborhood. Okay? This is.

[Ben Mandelker]

Okay, yeah, Go as fast as you can. You'll get also some nice cardio out of it, too. But don't get. This is not a time for just a leisurely bike ride in this 30 mile per hour lane. Okay? So anyway, the point was.

[Ronnie Karam]

So now we go see what's going on at Maddie and Trevor's house. And they're like. They're like the couple, you guys. And we know because, like, he's flirting. Whipped cream in her mouth, and she's laughing and she's like, you know what? He's the only person who gives me that. He's my, like, big love. He's my big love. So then we go to Grace Lily's house, and she's talking to her cat first, Fergie. And she's like, you want your tarot cards, red Fergie? Let's see what the stars got in line for you. We got the empress and the sun. That means I rule my emotions and they don't rule me.

[Ben Mandelker]

Wait, is. Is Grace Lily giving a reading to her cat or to herself? That feels like that's so gracefully like, I'm gonna give you your tarot card reading. Oh, look at that. I'm gonna be rich. Just read my card.

[Ronnie Karam]

She's like, this year's all about self care. I just want good energy. Anything negative get shaken away because I'm trying to shake that ass. Yeah, get that, Cash. Does Grace Lily make any sense to anybody? Like, first she's giving a reading to the cat, then the readings to herself. Then she wants self care, Then she's shaking away negativity. Negativity. Then she's shaking her ass for me. It's like one just kind of thing strung to the next.

[Ben Mandelker]

So over in Joe, Joey Marble's place, she gets a call from his mom. She's like, joey, I mean, yesterday you didn't pick up, and then I texted you, and nothing. I just need proof of life. You're acting like suddenly you're not allowed to drink on the job anymore. And he's like, sorry, Ma, I'm working a double later. Oh, okay. Well, I don't even know how you do it. I mean, here I'm like, how does one man have the ability to do things like stand at a door and then momentarily go in the back room and write a sign that says, superstars, you are something else, my son.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yep. So then over at Emmy's very clean apartment, which you love, Mia comes over and they make some small talk or whatever, and Emmy's talking about how she's so busy taking Will to physical therapy all over town down. And she's like, last time I was on track for, like, happy wife, happy life, but this year is Will in a sling, and I don't have a ring.

[Ben Mandelker]

Pause for laughter. So. So, yeah, she's gonna open up a bottle of wine for her and Mia to enjoy, and they're just like. They're hanging out. So Emmy is like. She's like, so I guess let this be a warning to us. Lucia was, lesson number one, don't drink on the job. And lesson number two is don't yell at the boss. Am I. Am I right? Remember that lesson that you didn't anticipate.

[Ronnie Karam]

Is like, well, I was really disrespectful to Leva. I guess I can see that now. She's. Yeah, well, you want to set up a meeting with Leva? She's no. You know how, like, after an argument or heated discussion, you think back and say, I wish I did that better. Better, Or, I wish I did this better? Nope. Not thinking that I'm on a righteous high. Because I'm in finance. I'm on a high Nance high.

[Ben Mandelker]

So yeah, this isn't my main income. I'm not some loser who thinks this is their career and just gets all their money from working at Republic. Stupid faces. You know, Emily's like, oh, thanks. So she's like, well, if Maddie had had stood up for you, I think this would have been a different story. But she did. She doesn't stand up for employees. And like, I've lost a lot of respect for her. So she's like, let me find out a way to make this Maddie's fault.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah. And then Mia's like, wait, yeah, I am disappointed how she handled this entire dilemma. And I'm getting heated now just thinking about it. And he's like, yeah, she's been with the company now what, four years? And like, I feel like when she started dating Trevor, she lost her mojo with a company and made goes great point, Emmy. She goes, yeah. I mean, what is she? She's the face of Republic, remember?

[Ben Mandelker]

I like that.

[Ronnie Karam]

Does that have to do with Mia drinking it? Like Mia yelling at Leva at work and calling her a hypocrite and then saying, I drink at work. What does any of this have to do with that?

[Ben Mandelker]

I'm so mad that Maddie didn't tell me to shut up when I couldn't stop talking. White Dan. Damn. So Emmy is like, yeah, Maddie claims to be the who runs this, but she doesn't even care what we even do anymore. She just wants to be with Trevor 24 7. So I mean, so now they give.

[Ronnie Karam]

Each other like evil smiles, like, hahaha. Let's get Maddie.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah. Although you're gonna have to get Maddie more than me because I'm working in finance and not at, you know, the club anymore. So.

[Ronnie Karam]

We'Re gonna live forever. We're gonna live forever. I think Trixie Monocle is just sitting there with a bottle of whiskey, crying as she writes this music. You know, we're so young.

[Ben Mandelker]

Remember the days. So yeah, there's like, everyone's getting ready for the day shift and Maddie tells us. Maddie gives us a little insight into her craft. She goes, dayclub Sunday is my favorite day of the week. Week. Cuz to work all night and then wake up and do it again to maximize sales. Wow. I love a good darty day party. Dy. Yeah.

[Ronnie Karam]

Day and a party.

[Ben Mandelker]

Wow.

[Ronnie Karam]

So then Maddie is talking to a customer and she's like, what do you do? And she's like just holding a. A blowing bubble machine. It's like blowing bubbles of her. She's like, oh my God, you're a dj. I'm a DJ too. What? I am. I'm a dj. Hey.

[Ben Mandelker]

He's like, wow. You know how many times she does that? I feel like she did that all last season. You're a dj. I'm a dj. I'm going to see Dan Summit in Florida because I'm a dj. It's like time to give it up. So now Taylor stops by. Taylor not there to promote Day Chaser just cuz she's a VIP and she's talking to Joe and she's like, wow, Maddie's so hot. Hot. She's like the hottest. Imagine if she liked you. Hahaha. Bye.

[Ronnie Karam]

So Mikhail comes in with some friends and they're doing that leading with the phone thing where you like come in and you're just like doing the like level was doing earlier. Just like I'm really busy because I have my phone out right now. And he's telling us he only works once a week now because he has another job. But when he comes, he parties and he shakes some ass and pops some buttons bottles and then his girlfriend is like spanking his ass and he's like, yeah. So then we go to shots of Taylor being really thirsty and lifeless at the same time. I feel. No, I don't feel I'm done feeling bad for Taylor.

[Ben Mandelker]

They did a really bad job of recruiting Southern charm vip. It's like, was Craig not around? Like what's up with this? Like the Olivia and Taylor as, as the special guest stars just not as, not as strong as.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah, they can only get those two. Yeah. The other ones are like we're not helping Lava. Hell no. So then we get Joe taking shots of soda water with the bridal party and he's like, hey guys, I know you guys thought I was taking the shot right now, but it was really soda water because I'm not allowed to take shots.

[Ben Mandelker]

I love this announcement. And she goes, oh well I thought I saw chest hair but you drank only soda water, so I guess not. Not she like hey, whoa, whoa. That's a little hard on me.

[Ronnie Karam]

So then also does not have one spot of hair on him. So we've seen, we saw the opening scene.

[Ben Mandelker]

He's very smooth. So Maddie's then she's telling a group of girls, she's like, sorry, like there's no, there's, there's rules here. And every like by the way, everyone here has knows each other and everyone slept with each other. So that's the rules of this town.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah. They're just like, what's Charleston like? She's like, this is what Charleston is like. Everyone's each other and that's it. They're like, oh. So then Brad goes back to the. He goes to TJ at the bar, and he's like, so one of my clients told me that she met Trevor out all night and made out with him. And then he was hitting her up all night, blowing up her phone, trying to get her to come home with him. And TJ's like, oh, my God. That is what? Sorry, Just vacuuming right now. Can we finish this later? Really want to vacuum.

[Ben Mandelker]

Brad's like, okay, well, since you didn't ask, here, I'll show you the text. Like, here, check it out. So they look at it, and TJ is like, oh, my God. He's like, this is going to be a storm. I'll need two vacuums to clean it up. Okay. And I am here for it. So they are like, of course, so excited that they can, you know, they can basically. They have some. They have some vague evidence that Trevor cheated, so they can, you know, go break up this relationship.

[Ronnie Karam]

So back in the kitchen. Maddie's back there and, like, what are you doing, bud? Cleaning my shoes. So how are you and Trevor? She's like, good, good. I just feel like we're at that point, like, where, you know, like. Like, we just don't, like, date for fun anymore. You know what I mean? Like, now we're, like, dating, date, dating. And he goes, yeah, dating for fun's, like, stupid, right? Just. Yeah, it's, like, so dumb. So now, like, we're happier and we're closer than ever. Know what I mean? Bradley? And he's just staring at the chomping gum.

[Ben Mandelker]

We're at that place where, like, we put, like, whipped cream in each other's mouths. It's kind of like, right, I have charcuterie for breakfast. So Brad's like, well, just want to make sure, because one of my clients came up to me and said that Trevor's acting here multiple times they made out and everything like that.

[Ronnie Karam]

So.

[Ben Mandelker]

So she's like, yeah, Ah, I already knew about the text messages. So, like, nothing happened. Like, whatever. He was, like, apologetic. So already, like, wait, how would she already know about the text messages? Like, what? Huh? I'm confused.

[Ronnie Karam]

So wait, why? So was he coming clean because he knew he did something wrong in front of people who were probably going to tattle tale on him? Or are you. Do you have access to his phone. What's going on? I hope it's B, because you should.

[Ben Mandelker]

Yeah.

[Ronnie Karam]

So when you're dating Trevor. You know what I mean? And so she's like, well, I don't have time for Bradley in this. He just wants me unhappy. And then Brad's like, I mean, did he leave out the part where he was, like, making out with her and trying to grind on her? And Emmy's listening. She's like, look at me wiping down a dish even though we don't have dishes here. Sorry.

[Ben Mandelker]

Just putting up those Christmas decorations a few months early. Can never get ahead of it. Too much much.

[Ronnie Karam]

She's holding it just up to her ear. It's like.

[Ben Mandelker]

So Brad's like, oh, I thought you knew that, Maddie. They made out at the bar, so do you not believe me? And she's like, he was making out with her. Oh, my God. He goes, you should trust someone. If you don't trust them, you should be done with your boyfriend. So then she's like, all mad.

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah. She's like, liar. Hell no. Liar. So she storms that. And Emmy's just, like, doing that pulling her hair thing that people do on shows where they're like, oh, my God, I'm crazy. Are my extensions still there? So then in the smoking alley. The smoking alley, she starts, like, calling Trevor over and over again. And it's like, hey, ding, ding. I'm on a bicycle right now. Ding, ding. Almost just got run over. Actually leave me a voicemail.

[Ben Mandelker]

And so she's texting, saying, where the are you? Pick up the phone. And then she leaves a voicemail. She's all angry, and she goes, fuck this shit. I got to go. So she picks up a shovel. There's like, a random, like, large shovel there. Like, she's going to, like, you know, do some gardening. And she picks up the shovel and then just, like, heads out. What is she going to do with this shovel? And she's driving off, and Emmy, of course, is, like, under the car, like, Cape Fear style. Like, just. Just working on your muffler.

[Ronnie Karam]

So she runs off with the shovel, and Emmy sees her, and. And she goes, if I had done that, I would be fucking gone. And Bradley's like, yeah, damn right. Where's Joe? Get Joe over here. So Joe, Maddie just left. Cause Trevor made out with one of my clients. And Joe's like, wait a minute. What? Are you sure that they made out? And he goes, yeah. And then we cut to Madison or Maddie in her car going, idiot. Fucking idiot.

[Ben Mandelker]

So then. So then Brad, Joe, and Emmy and TJ are talking, and TJ is like, tell me everything. Tell me everything. Me. Just, okay, show me on the vacuum where Trevor hurt Maddie. And Emmy is like, okay, so Bradley just told me that Maddie that told Maddie that Trevor cheated and then she left with a shovel. Like, no way.

[Ronnie Karam]

No way. And Bradley goes, she just clocked out. Which I love that they're trying to make Maddie this irresponsible, terrible hag of a human being who doesn't deserve her job. But even when they try to get her so furious that she storms off the set, which she did, she still clocks out. Bradley's like, yep, she was super pissed. She took a shovel. She married some ketchups on her way out.

[Ben Mandelker]

Leah's like, she took our shovel. That is stealing from the property. And guess what? We're going to nip that in the bud. She is fired. You cannot steal the shovel.

[Ronnie Karam]

So Maddie is driving and she's like, oh, he has a nice tv. Well, that's about to get smashed. She's like, vaping out the window. I'm going to get him. I'm going to get that tv. So then Joe's like, well, then at least this loser might be out of our life for good. Like, every negative thing about her is because of him. And Bradley's like, yeah, you know what? If you want to put it on someone else, that's fine. But she made those choices on her own. She's in denial.

[Ben Mandelker]

So she gets to the house. House that she lives in with Trevor, and then she can't. When she's holding the shovel, she's gonna bring the shovel inside the house. And then she walks in, but the door is locked. And I guess she doesn't have keys to her own house. Is that the thing? Or maybe she left in such a haste that she left the keys behind, but either way, she's trying that door and she can't get in to her own house. But yet again. So she calls, and then this time he answers, which is like the worst time to answer, because now she's outside with a shovel, right?

[Ronnie Karam]

Well, now he. You know, he was avoiding it on purpose because he knows she's shooting today, but now he sees her at the door and he's like, oh, shit, now I have to answer. So he opens the door and he's like, okay, you can come in, but they can't, meaning the cameras. And she's like, what the fuck, Trevor? And he goes, take your mic off. She's like, no, step away from the door. And he does. And Then they shut it, and you just hear her going, you were making out with some ugly fucking ho. He's like, I didn't do anything. Fuck you. I fucking picture getting married to you and having kids with you. I mean, you haven't fucking changed because.

[Ben Mandelker]

I didn't cheat on you. I just made out with a girl at the bar. He doesn't say that part, but that's in my mind. And she's like, you're a fucking liar. Guessing I haven't. I promised you. You're making a big decision right now because I didn't do anything. I'm like, well, if you didn't cheat on her, then why did you not want the camera cruiser in for this part of the conversation, Sir?

[Ronnie Karam]

Yeah, He's a lying. You are a lying sir. And she's like, oh, God, I don't know. You can even look me in the eyes. How could you do this to me the morning after you gave me charcute?

[Ben Mandelker]

Because I haven't done a single thing. She's like, I just want to be happy. Ma'am, if you're going to bring a shovel into the house, I better hear some things breaking. Like, I want you slamming on coffee tables. I want you slamming lamps. I want the whole thing. I mean, don't hit him. Violence is never the answer. But breaking in your apartment would have made it, would have been wonderful.

[Ronnie Karam]

I know this is supposed to be art. You know, that's like Chekhov's shovel. Like when Chekhov said, if you have a gun, the gun has to go off. You can't just have a gun. You can't introduce a gun into a show and then it just never goes off. Where's the shovel? Shovel? What's the shovel gonna do?

[Ben Mandelker]

She's like, oh, I forgot to mention, after I yell at Trevor, I do actually have plans to. To do some digging somewhere else. That's all. It was purely coincidental. So that was the premiere. It was sort of. It was a little extra, but it was silly. I enjoyed it. It was a breath of fresh air, you know?

[Ronnie Karam]

Loved it. Yeah. Excited to see what happens. We have no idea what we're covering. We're not getting screeners for this show, so we don't know. Know it makes it harder because it makes, like, one part of the week. Like, bloody hell. So we don't know. Yeah, hopefully we'll keep covering it because we really like it. But there's so many shows on Bravo and we'll be here every day forever doing this. So just keep coming back. Check us out on video on Crappings on demand. So thanks so much for being here and we'll talk to you guys next time.

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