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*PART 2 OF 2*🎙️ SHOWMANCE 🎙️Welcome back to Showmance, home of the world famous deep dive!Welcome back to The Valley, where Luke Broderick has apparently completed three seasons of reality television and emerged with the confidence of George Clooney and the résumé of a man who owns some undeveloped land.In the second half of our Reunion Part 2 recap, Luke continues his breathtaking campaign to forget that literally every camera pointed at him arrived via Kristen Doute. He’s reluctant about marriage, resistant to therapy, allegedly too important to appear on Watch What Happens Live if Kristen is involved, and meanwhile has discovered golf content, gold chains, a second Instagram account and what appears to be a mild case of Entourage.Sir. Please remember which side of the bread your shit is buttered on.Then we return to the Bukowskis vs. the Caperna household, where Janet somehow manages to extend one inappropriate ass grab into the Warren Commission while finding enough Christmas spirit to welcome Jax Taylor into her home. Danny and Nia once again confront the difference between giving a beautiful apology and actually changing your behavior, Lala reports for another shift as Janet’s volunteer bulldog, and Jasmine finally says what every viewer has been thinking: has anyone on this show ever enjoyed having a child?Because after three seasons of postpartum rage, four-under-four, marital warfare and people blaming every personality defect on parenthood, The Valley may accidentally be the most effective birth control campaign ever produced.Also: apparently we’re not done with Danny’s drinking, because Jasmine’s wedding has entered the chat.God help us. There’s another reunion episode.#TheValleyReunion #Bravo #RealityTV #TheValleyRecap #DannyAndNia #LalaKent #BravoRecapS3 E20 REUNION 2 PART 2

*PART 1 OF 2*🎙️ SHOWMANCE 🎙️Welcome back to Showmance, home of the world famous deep dive!Welcome back to The Valley, where everyone has gathered in formalwear to discuss the same six grievances until one of us dies.In Part 2 of the Season 3 reunion, Jesse and Michelle perform another forensic examination of their marriage, Michelle is bent on Lacey learning that dating Jesse and being financially entangled with Jesse may be two very different subscription tiers, Janet continues her lifelong commitment to peace by stirring shit from a seated position, and Lala clocks in for another shift as the unsolicited public defender of the show's least valuable contributors.We also discuss Schwartz and whether we should crowdfund the resurrection of TomTom, why this cast desperately needs storylines involving literally anything other than sitting in chain restaurants discussing one another, and the increasingly urgent question: does anybody on this show enjoy being around other humans?Because at some point this stopped being escapist television and became a neighborhood HOA meeting with lip filler.Please, Bravo. Give these people jobs. Hobbies. Errands. A pottery class. A minor league softball team. Anything.#TheValley #Bravo #RealityTV #TheValleyRecap #DannyAndNia #LalaKent #BravoRecapS3 E20 REUNION 2 PART 1

*PART 2 OF 2*🎙️ SHOWMANCE 🎙️Welcome back to Showmance, home of the world famous deep dive!Lacey enters The Valley Season 3 Reunion looking like a vision in yellow—and then proceeds to calmly walk Michelle through her own destruction, one receipt at a time.In Part 2, Michelle and Lacey revisit the Yamashiro disaster, the alleged threats, the cease-and-desist and a text-message smoking gun that apparently everyone on the stage had already seen. Michelle keeps denying, Lacey keeps producing receipts, and Jasmine gently informs her that the jury has reviewed the evidence and things are not looking fantastic.It is Lacey’s first official reunion takedown: no screaming, no drink throwing, no theatrical sobbing—just a steady presentation of facts using her indoor voice while Michelle appears increasingly detached from the reality everyone else is currently sharing.Elsewhere, Jesse continues his Crocodile Tear World Tour while using concern for his daughter as another opportunity to needle Michelle. Brittany reveals that she gave Brandon $10,000 to compensate him for the unbearable hardship of helping his girlfriend recover from elective surgery, proving once again that her romantic picker should be confiscated by the state.We also discuss Andy joining the campaign to force Zack into a friendship with Janet, Kristen explaining the difference between genuine growth and a public-relations hostage situation, and the increasingly suspicious possibility that production is attempting to polish Janet up for either another season—or a graceful exit through the employee parking lot and forced relinquishment of her key card.Plus: Nia has four children and therefore did not organize a candlelight vigil for Brittany’s new boobs, Jason remains authentically boring, and Zack continues his transformation from supporting character into the friend everybody deserves.Lacey may not have answered every question, but she did teach a valuable reunion lesson: when someone lies about the text messages, make sure the entire cast has already read them.#TheValleyReunion #Bravo #RealityTV #TheValleyRecap #DannyAndNia #LalaKent #BravoRecapS3 E19 REUNION 1 PART 2

*PART 1 OF 2*🎙️ SHOWMANCE 🎙️Welcome back to Showmance, home of the world famous deep dive!The Valley Season 3 Reunion has arrived, and the cast dressed exactly like they behaved all season: randomly, chaotically and without one cohesive thought between them.In Part 1, we conduct a full forensic investigation into the reunion fashions—from pastel Miami Vice jackets and unfinished fabric-store couture to Brittany’s shiny brown bow dress, an outfit so confusing we were forced to examine not merely the tailoring, but the psyche behind it.Once we've recovered, we establish one vital truth: Danny can have serious issues with alcohol and the way he treats Nia, and Janet can still be an exhausting, malevolent little charisma vacuum. Two things can be true. This is reality television, not a hostage negotiation. Nobody has to pick a hero when the entire village is on fire.We break down Jesse’s crocodile tears and unnecessary digs at Michelle, Luke’s transformation from Colorado outdoorsman to Botoxed Hollywood boyfriend, Brittany’s first reunion without Jax, and a collection of reunion outfits that looked like everyone received a different dress code and chose violence.Plus: Andy attempts to force Zach into friendship against his will, Janet continues auditioning for the role of Stassi 2.0, Danny watches his worst moments back, and Jax remains an active menace despite not even being allowed in the building.The season may have been a wet noodle, but the reunion is finally giving us something to chew on. Unfortunately, it tastes like resentment, Pinkberry and a couch that should have been professionally destroyed.#TheValley #Bravo #RealityTV #TheValleyRecap #DannyAndNia #LalaKent #BravoRecapS3 E19 REUNION 1 PART 1

*PART 2 OF 2*🎙️ SHOWMANCE 🎙️Welcome back to Showmance, home of the world famous deep dive!The Valley Season 3 finale concludes with everyone desperately trying to determine who is friends with whom, who manipulated whom, who lied about whom—and whether any of these people actually like each other when a call sheet isn’t involved.Janet demands clarity from Zack, who appears willing to attend any gathering, support any alliance and talk shit about everyone involved as long as there are cameras and possibly poppers. Kristen denies saying something we quite literally watched her say, Zack smiles through the evidence, and Brittany reacts like she’s the only person at the party who remembers television is recorded.Jesse temporarily abandons his happy relationship to remind Michelle that he intends to haunt every man she dates through the family-court system. Jasmine confronts Michelle about her alleged comedian boyfriend, only to get into a territorial bitch-off with Natalie, whose audition for next season arrives with the subtlety of an emergency-alert siren.Meanwhile, Jason accidentally nuzzles a woman who is not his wife, giving Zack—and irony—the greatest gift of the season. Danny continues eating his way through the party before retreating to the pool house, where production sends in Jason, Janet and Lala for one final attempt at accountability.Janet nearly wins the argument by simply allowing Danny to speak. Unfortunately, she cannot resist interfering with her own victory and throws her drink—and then the cup—at his head. Lala immediately realizes she has spent an entire season defending a woman who just snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.Danny ends the season by declaring himself a “really, really good guy” and a man of “character and integrity,” according to unnamed “people of wisdom.” And honestly, who are we to argue with an invisible jury assembled by Hillsong Church?#TheValley #Bravo #RealityTV #TheValleyRecap #DannyAndNia #LalaKent #BravoRecapS3 E18 FINALE PART 2