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I thought it was a solid Part 1. I admit to being worried given some of the comments. And that ending. But I think I liked it better than most in spite of things that annoyed me.
Most of all...Team Las Cubas pulling a The BH Coven Gaslight Special on Guerdy over the Julia drink toss. I...that was a lot. There was so much in play. It already seems clear that the targets for this reunion will be Guerdy and Adriana. So watching what was going...there was the deflection by using the 'I'm so shocked that I couldn't react'...shock that didn't stop people from trying to ghost produce (thank you, Production, for that unseen footage that again proves how Marysol operates btw) BTS. And then the same people using the excuse want to bring up other drink tosses from seasons ago that invalidate the very deflection technique they were trying to use. There was the tweet that had no relevance to the CURRENT topic except to try to paint a narrative. There was Production trying to bring up unseen footage that SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE EPISODE to suspect Guerdy in a bad light...only for some of them to clearly feel guilty so they released past unseen footage of Julia they been hiding BTS. There was Andy trying to lead Guerdy on. There was the pre-reunion filming where Julia was already trying to set herself up as the victim. They seem bound and determined to have Guerdy as victim. So I admired that Guerdy still held her own.
I did like Andy perhaps hit the nail on the head. Nicole continued to prove she really was the glue for the newbies and a voice of reason for everyone else. And...RICH. She even got a little mini-section during the reunion. HER POWER. He asked if they thought Julia and Guerdy would have fallen out if Nicole was still around. Perhaps. But at least Nicole would firmly have Guerdy's back. In the end...I felt that once Guerdy started to do too much herself, everyone was done. I loved the subtle way Adriana gave her an assist though. This whole manufactured feud started because of the cruise. If Guerdy had stayed on that and built up to step-by-step points a la RHOP Monique keeping her focus on destroying Gizelle with the binder, ignoring her minions (Robyn/Candiace), it would have talked into a point of 'deaf' ears. Still...attempting to gaslight the black woman rather giving an apology was foul. That so many people tried it right down to Andy and Production made it worse. And Julia said it all when she whined about even trying to give 'yet another' apology. It does not matter whether it was one, two, six apologies if it is not sincere...OFF and ON camera.
Speaking of Julia, she is soo desparate to stay on the show. You would think Alexia and Marysol would have pull since it seem like during the reunion and filming they have quite a lot of it...thus the brunch with Ana, the unseen footage with Marysol after the drink toss. But being a victim was not working, crying over online social media. People on social media was right. And her barely giving out an apology was DUST. And then she trying to answer to Adriana when Andy asked Adriana a question...GIRL, BYE. And that cliffhanger...I need her gone.
One of the things that I like about this show has been that even when the cameras are not rolling, they still be living their lives. I liked that was touched on.
ALEXIA. Hehe. I also liked how she handled her segment with Todd. But she (and Marysol) better be careful. He does love to do a clapback.
LARSA. I just felt like her attempts to make it about her fell flat. And I don't like how she went to bat for Julia by trying to relate the drink toss and their non-reaction to other seasons.
LISA. Hehe. Lisa is such a tease with that ring tease. And see? Her dress is what I have been talking about with reunion looks. There have been several reunions over the last few years where I see a picture of the dress, I don't like it, and then we get to the reunion and it moves perfectly. Lisa's dress was one of those cases. She looked great during the season...and she still looks great. And hahahahahhahaha at her continuing to be on time.
STEPHANIE. I heard that Stephanie rumor. hehe. And the look she was giving Adriana as Adriana was spilling her tea (the most Adriana thing she could do cuz Adriana always been on point) made me think there's more to the story. Otherwise, she was just there.
JULIA. The cliffhanger and the unseen footage definitely put her in a different light. And now @Cat has me wondering. Why? I didn't know there was talk of Martina and Julia being swingers. Ever. But the cliffhanger with Adriana, how flirty Julia be, that drama with her, Larsa, and kissing the man. Has Julia been hiding herself the whole time? And even if she has not, how she has been this year has not been good. And the disrespect to Adriana...saying that she never considered her BFF for a godparent. Then why are you bothered by her pulling away from you and starting drama at events over it? I did like Production started to throw her under the bus with the unseen footage and seen footage of Julia losing her temper. Could she be a danger and why they might release her in the future? I did not like that Andy slid over Martina's tweets while trying to harp on Guerdy's.
GUERDY. I felt she handled herself well. Mostly. She started to do too much while she defended herself. And that I could only shake my head. I do hope going forward, she keeps firm cuz I remember her mentioning that she kept receipts coming when people asked her about the reunion. I also like that Adriana has her back...who would have thought it given their first meeting? lol. And there was that one moment where they were both right. Adriana was giving her the alley-oops to get Julia cuz the drama started over the cruise. But Team Las Cubas was already over it as Guerdy said. If Guerdy had not backed down, Team Las Cubas and Andy...stubborn as they are...would have no choice but to confront it. In a way, I felt Guerdy had already come to the truth. And I feel we mentioned it here. Without Nicole there, those girls don't care about her or her feelings...something she touched on during the season. Because if they really cared, they would give apologies BTS as well as on-camera. They didn't. And any scenes that appeared like they did were a case unseen footage. That's a hard realization.
FOH
MARYSOL. Not Production telling off on you by that scene of her coaching Julia through the drink toss. And then making a comment about Todd...not surprising. But again...she better hope he don't clapback.
KIKI. Non-factor.
ADRIANA. I said it earlier, but I'll say it again. Adriana does not come across as the type that would deny that she slept with Julia if she did. Is she that worried about being seen as a potential homewrecker? She used to flirt with Roman often in front of Joanna, and it's not the first time she just flirts. So I'm TeamAdriana going into next week. But I felt she held her own so far. People keep trying to silence her, and she keeps talking. However, there is a target on her back.
I was not expecting this to be soooo long and I'm running late so apologies for the poor edit.
Bring on Part 2.