It’s Super Tuesday and I need a quick break from election results. So, I am ready to do this Pump Rules recap! It feels like kind of a slow news day this week. There is not a whole lot of interesting real time news with the Pump Rules crowd. I am going to need a very exciting episode because I just ate a big dinner after not having eaten much at all the past few days. (Not on purpose, just kept forgetting. I know! I don’t get it either I blame taking up caffeine in massive doses. I’m not usually a coffee drinker and have been sucking it down lately.
AH! It is Stassi’s birthday that she sometimes acknowledges that is also Ariana’s. This year, Stassi is apparently not in the mood. I think she is turning 31 but it might be the big 30 did we miss that fanfare or have I blocked it from my memory? Will there even be an OOTD?
Raquel is getting a lot of screen time this season and I am happy for her. She must have gotten a new agent. She’s the easy going one who will film with anyone and every show needs that. So Raquel, Danica and Dayna are all folding napkins at SUR. Raquel got wasted a couple of night previous when out with Scheana and the girls. That is totally not like her. Scheana go her home and into bed to pass out and James had left a ton of texts on her phone. He called her a whore and a slut for being unavailable for his calls. Production insists that Rachel read all the texts James sent her. It is like they are trying to make her open her eye with regard to James. Later, Arianna talked to Raquel about James. She is worried about her.
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Sandoval is so good with Ariana and her depression. It’s not really easy for those around the depressed person to know what to do. Kudos, Sandoval. Sandoval sent Jax an apology. Ariana doesn’t want to go to the wedding without Sandoval. I think she would rather skip the whole thing.
Party At The Naughty Pig
Ariana has yet to arrive at her birthday party, but all of the new kids are there. Charli tells her friends what a crap date Brett is. Brett seems to know she is not into him so he tells the guys she was a bad date. Nope, Brett, you occasionally have glimpses of looking mildly attractive. But then you open your mouth. Later at SUR, he is a total asshole to Charli in front of Scheana after Charli tells Scheana he told her everything about her conversation trying to squash the nonexistent relationship.
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Meanwhile, Brittany tells the girls that she thinks Jax is going to regret dis-inviting Sandoval when he is standing at the end of the aisle without him. Jax tells us that Sandoval’s text is probably too little too late. Brittany tells Jax her fears about his regrets. Stassi says that the guys should be able to make up. They have had worse fights. Some of them physical.
Birthday Girls & Bitches
Ariana and Sandoval arrive. Eventually the bride and groom and Sandoval and Ariana sit down to talk. It’s an airing of grievances feelings. Can we PLEASE get get to fucking Kentucky? Jax forgives Sandoval and reinvites him to be his best man. The he lets us know he has not forgiven Sandoval. It’s just easier to go with the flow. I hate Katie and wish she would just stop antagonizing Kristen.
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Clearly, she doesn’t like her. She blows her top when she finds out Carter is going to be at the wedding. James arrives to the party and claims he is not drinking so he will bail early. “To drink” was the unspoken ending to that sentence.
The Kentucky Castle
Apparently the gang is going to spend several days at The Kentucky Castle. I must say, I think that the hotel rooms look great. Carter is coming to the wedding but is not permitted to stay in the castle. We shall see how long that lasts. We also go bad news about Schwartz’s lizard, Dog. He managed to kill it in record time.
At the end of the episode, Raquel is very direct with James. I love that she stood up for himself. James says his assholish tone is because he is from England. Apparently, he has LVP’s British humor. Raquel tells James that if he can’t get sober she is done. She says she will be going to Al-Anon. I think that will be good for her. She deserves better. But they make up. For now anyway.
Next week: Jax get beyond shitfaced the night before his wedding. The new brunette girl said something that upset Dayna. I’m sorry I can’t recap it. I don’t speak Kardashian.
Has anyone else noticed that Brett and Charli have the same face?
I haven’t but I hardly pay either one much attention. I think Dana and Max are a better storyline for the young ones. And Raquel and James. Raquel and James should be groomed to take over the storyline if that is the plan to avoid having the rest of them be on the show as grandparents. 🙂
The one thing I’m most afraid of that if James does not stop drinking, he’s grooming himself to be a headline on TMZ about a young up-and-coming DJ/actor who dies far too young of alcohol poisoning and choking on his own vomit. James frightens me that Raquel is going find him dead sometime soon. And he should have his whole life ahead of him. I know he’s had a horribly trauma-filled childhood and adulthood hasn’t been great with his screwed up parents, but he has done himself no favors either. I just pray at some point very soon he checks into a “real rehab” and gets himself sober and stays that way – he’s not a “special alcoholic”, like The Countess thinks she is either (oh, she’s off the wagon again and has been too – that sure never lasted long.).
He said on WWHL last night he’s been sober for nine months. Her certainly looked and sounded like he has been sober for a while.
I thought it was a very different, subdued James.
I saw that too and he seemed sober. He says almost nine months. Pride was June 12-14. The Kentucky wedding was June 29th. So to be “going on nine months” he needs to quit drinking in the next episode or two to be at that point.
RUN Raquel! It only gets worse with time.
Agreed! He can only hide the verbal and emotional abuse for so long. It will inevitably come up again if she takes too long at the market or he finds her smiling at a male. He is very manipulative & unfortunately she is too in love with him (or too reliant on him for tv exposure) to realize what she’s in for in the long term. Run now.
Brittney is finally giving Jax some good advice. I love Sandoval. (I have a vintage Nicole Miller horseracing shirt I am going to send him when I find it — some year. I’ve been saving it for someone deserving.) I think we should start an “office pool” on whether Brittney will name her firstborn Ariel, Cinderella, Belle, Aurora, or Snow. I puke!
Speaking of puke, I hope someone barfs up MamMaw’s beer cheese all over their princess dress.
If it is a boy I say name it Olaf.
If Brittany ever gets pregnant, I’m sure Jax will make it all about him. I can see him complaining about how difficult expecting a child is! He’ll have to have his own baby shower.
He would name it Jax, so that at least one of them wasn’t a poser when using it.
I say it will be Jax Jr. regardless if it is a boy or girl.
MayKeighlah Jaxson.
I really hope Katie and Tom don’t get any more animals. So sad that the lizard died so quickly. Poor thing. That’s pretty much what I took from this episode.
Completely agree. It was awful seeing a beautiful animal like that in a heap in a small, glass box in a bedroom when it should be out in the desert or whatever its natural habitat is. Just disgusting. And then to flash that trite graphic with his name and 2019-2019. Was that supposed to be funny? I hope PETA gets on their stupid, smug asses.
Y’all, this is what makes it hard to vote blue. I am doing it! But people who want to call in PETA to report someone because their pet died?
Every lizard my kids ever had died pretty quick. Kind of like hamsters I know it sounds horrible but they’re kind of like disposable lighters you just get another one I know someone’s going to have a fit over that
I would report you and your ENTIRE FAMILY to PETA right this minute. However, I am gearing up to protest dairy at the next political rally. Count yourself lucky.
Not a fit. But I am/was a professional in fish and some reptiles.
Reptiles are more difficult than dogs. And they get moody, won’t eat, and die.
I wish stores would not sell them.
Before places sell lots of kinds of animals, people should need to pass a class on the care. And either need to purchase adequate equipment or prove that they have it already.
Perhaps I threw the PETA name in there a bit recklessly. Not looking to report anyone, just shame them so they won’t do it again.
I don’t to want to lose any blue voters!!
Good to know. I guess I won’t boycott dairy at the next Biden rally either.
WTF was that all about?
You’ve shown little compassion for animals. And blue voters don’t have sole ownership of caring for life forms not only human.
This has to be a joke, right? Or are you really that far left on the bell curve of intelligence.
Or perhaps it is you social skills… My dog doesn’t need compassion. He runs the house. Why are you telling me what “blue voters think?
I find your first comment. where you CLEARLY did not read the COMMENTING RULES quite bizarre. My dog loves me and I am an Independent. BUT MOST SANE PEOPLE WOULD VOTE FOR ANYONE BUT TRUMP. I mean I would vote for you as the option and you are clearly one of thos idiots who have no college education and do whatever the fuck the flashiest TV ad tells you to. You are probably in some sort of religious cult you think is a really fine church. SEEK HELP.
I cannot handle all the vocal fry from Scheana and the new Scheanas (coincidentally, it is called the Kardashian effect)…it will damage your vocal cords, but I don’t these ladies care.
My only takeaway from this whole episode was noticing how Stassi is the only one that can control and reason with Jax. She doesn’t buy his nonsense and he never rages on her like he does Brittany.
And I caught a few min of last week’s replay tonight, still makes me mad to hear LaLa tell Ariana that she needs to reach out when she is feeling low…ummm, that’s not how depression works and the worthless feelings can keep you from doing that
As much as Stassi is happy with Beau, there is something with her and Jax — a spark or maybe just a deep friendship from having “grown up” together. I’m not saying they will act on it, but they have a chemistry that makes them enjoyable to watch together. Some of the old scenes with Jax and Stassi are some of my favorites. I think they challenge each other and they enjoy that.
Yes! The vocal fry! I caught a few season 1 reruns recently, and while Scheana had that raspy quality to her voice, it seems almost exaggerated now. Maybe all those impromptu Good As Gold performances have taken a toll?
I wish you could put your last paragraph in bold letters because that is so true and I wish that was better understood by society.
Throwaway episode, the only thing I got from it is that Racquel RARELY blinks. How does she do that???
She’s a robot.
I thought that said she is an idiot at first
I get that James had it rough with his mother being so immature and dependent on him, but I truly can’t stand him. He needs to be in a long term treatment facility and he has no business being in a relationship until he deals with his shit, both the drinking and his emotional trauma. He is so abusive to Racquel, it’s horrifying. Katie is just such a bitch. How conveniently she’s forgotten all the many YEARS Kristen put up with her drama regarding Schwartz. I really feel for Kristen.
James is a mess, but he makes great TV because he is so real. It is clear he is trying to hold it together for the cameras, but he cannot help himself. That vulnerability keeps people watching.
Raquel loves him, and I think she will leave him if he continues down this path. She is so sweet and trusting, but she told him it would be over and I believed her. He is a complete idiot if he loses her. I expect they might grow up and apart, but if he loses her to booze, it will haunt him.
James was doing the classic thing an abuser does, blaming Raquel for HIS actions. It’s only because SHE didn’t reply to his texts that made HIM hate text her awful things.
Katie needs to just butt out about Kristen and Carter. Stop hounding her.
Jax has done WAY worse to Sandoval over the years. It is absurd that Jax says Sandoval has been worse.
I was astounded that Stassi was downplaying her birthday, after all those years where it had to be a national holiday. I wish production would have played a full montage of “it’s my birthday.” Maybe she’s finally gaining a little maturity and an awareness that she is not the only, or even the most important, person in the world.
Can’t stand Scheana’s voice.
I know I am stating the obvious here, but when your naive girlfriend who buys all your bullshit and rarely goes out with the girls and almost never gets wasted isn’t answering her phone after a girls night out you should be worried. You texts should be along the lines of “Baby, I am worried about you, please call or text as soon as you get this and let me know you are okay.” Followed by a phone call to Scheana to find out when someone last saw her.
Seriously, if he was so “worried” about her and didn’t get a reply to his text just text/call the friend she is out with and ask. Not rocket science… unless you are a repulsive, jealous, controlling alcoholic yourself. Blaming his shit on being British is offensive. Run Racquel.
I hope he stays sober. He mostly gets abusive when drinking. I say mostly because he mostly is shown under the influence. He was a much different person than the boy we saw the first time he and Layla were on WWHL and had to be bleeped every other sentence.
Exactly. We are watching James grow up. Is he an asshole? Yes. But he also has amazing potential, and I hope he achieves it.
Does anyone know if Ariana received professional counselin/treatment . listening to Ariana say se wants to drive car offf freeway etc so alarmin!
Yes – she has said that goes to counseling off camera and also has accepted that mananging this will always be a part fo her life.She said she has learned strategies to ride the troughs. It is alarming but it was honest and brave to share.
Call me a skeptic but I’m not buying it. I think it’s a storyline to keep herself relevant to the show.
This is the first time it’s been mentioned in all the seasons so far? Just looking for another 15 minutes.
I’m going to skip over skeptic and go straight to cunt. Because you are a gaping cunt for this comment.
It sounded very honest and authentic to me. I have liked Ariana the most of any of the Survers since her first talking appearance (the background dancing to Scheana’s “song” does not count. I think Sandoval responded perfectly — supportive and not giving unwanted advice.
I agree Nanette. The cycle of depression can make you want to isolate and not speak out the truly dark feelings you have, or make you feel crazy for having them. I have faith that Ariana can turn this around because she was willing to speak it out. It gives the disease less hold on you when you don’t just keep all of those feelings inside. Sandoval and Ariana seem to have always supported each other and it’s nice (but rare) to see in this group.
I can’t get into it this year. I liked it better when this was on Monday nights. I have stopped watching the Below Deck franchises. It seems like that is the only thing on lately. Thanks for posting the recaps though as a reminder to watch.
I “watched” this episode but barely looked at the TV. I guess that’s telling of how invested I am in this season. Plus I’m currently obsessed with watching the approach of Hurricane Corona(virus). I do like Raquel and hope she prioritizes taking care of herself.
I wonder if production encourages Charli to act like that, or whether that’s really her natural personality.
Same! I just cannot get into it. I cannot stand watching Jax and Brittany and the holier than though attitudes. What is it about weddings that turn people into jerks?! Well, even more so than before. Everyone else is just grating on my nerves. I barely looked at the tv, then when my son came in the room I paused it (not really appropriate viewing for him) and I just never turned it back on. I didn’t see the end last week either. I think I am about done with this show.
The list of Bravo shows that I don’t care about is growing. I assume I am not the only one who is getting disenchanted. Bad news for Bravo. Maybe the reality tv gravy train is coming into the station?
Oh. If we are at the castle for the next few episodes, does that mean that we have to watch a couple scenes with Shep???? I don’t think I am over the misogyny overload from Below Deck yet. Not sure I can handle Shep yet.
Shep made sure to get camera time. I am sure we will see some of him. But there is plenty of storyline to ruin the reception without Shep, I’m sure.
I might be skipping (or skimming) the next few episodes then. Drunk, gross Shep is not what I need in my life right now.
Jax said Shep ruined his wedding by filming it.
Did they have some deal with Life & Style Magazine?
Just knowing that they are in a town called VerSAIL with Mamaw’s beer cheese is more than enough to tune out. (Of course, I will try the beer cheese IF it ever comes out. If I like it, I will need to spread it on crow.)
It will never happen. There is no way they would ever make a profit. Here in Kentucky, there are numerous companies that make beer cheese in actual factories and sell their products in grocery stores. There is not a national market for beer cheese, it is more of a regional thing. They could never compete with established brands in the state.
Great recap! James was on WWHL and claims he has been sober for several months. Does anyone believe he could do this on his own without going into some type of intense treatment. Unfortunately I have a feeling it will come out that he has had a drink or two but hasn’t gotten too wasted and hasn’t been cruel to Racquel so he is fine. I am sooo sick of Jax thinking that everything is always about him. Since season 1, I have never understood how any woman or person can find him appealing. I don’t find him attractive and his ego is revolting and slimey. Maybe I’m just not seeing the gem that is Jax Taylor.
Jax looks like a maniac this season. His eyes are bugging out of his head. Perhaps he is “supplementing” his diet. . . Brit has the shakes in many scenes, too. These two live at warp speed. Must be taxing. VERY taxing.
I don’t watch the show, but we passed Kentucky Castle the other day. Bizarre.
Beer cheese is an acquired taste. Beer cheese grits, moreso.
You were in VerSAIL! I hope you will give us your review of Mamaw’s beer cheese as it compares to others. I have no other beer cheese experience for comparison.
I watched an episode and a half this season. I haven’t really watched in a few years. I just read here, so bear with me..
I hope James finds a way to get sober, I just feel bad for him, but I haven’t seen him being mean to Raquel. I think there was an episode when he body shamed Katie a year or so ago.
Jax and his wedding is annoying. Tom said it’s annoying that everything is all about Jax, I agree. I am also side eyeing his fiance, she acts very sweet, naive, then I saw her say she wanted Jax to attack Tom. I’m guessing Tom spoke up about the homophobic pastor.
What I really wanted to say is my heart really goes out to Ariana, she has severe depression and I wish her all the best. Watching one episode made me fall in love with Tom and Ariana. I’m very glad that Tom is there for her in every way. <3
My back was to the television and Scheana was talking high pitched, I said to myself "whoa just stop", then Ariana said it. Why are all these women on these reality shows high pitching talking all of a sudden? It hurts my ears.
What I meant to write was Ariana also said to stop with the annoying voice. I didn’t want my comment to come off that Ariana’s voice annoys me. I love her.
I agree TT, my respect got Tom has grown to see him deal with Ariana & depression. My disrespect for Jax has grown. What grown man goes after a co-worker who struggles with depression? I am so over Jax.
Ariana & Tom (and Tom2). are my favorites- I kind of tune out of any scene they aren’t in. Maybe we need a TomTom spinoff based on Ariana & Tom. They are real & multi-dimensional. Unfortunately, I’m sure the stress might be too much for Ariana. I hope they find a tv/life balance that is easier on Ariana. They seem like good souls.
I think I could even handle Katie if it was just the Tom’s, Ariana, and her. I am willing to bet she acts like a different person away from the others. The one season that she didn’t hang out with Stassi, I could actually tolerate her. Maybe you could add Stassi and Beau to this show.
Really we just need Jax, Brittney, James, Scheana, and Lala (and the side characters) to go away.
I agree with both of you EXCEPT NO KATIE. She is a self-righteous, sanctimonious, bloviating, entitled cuntsatchel of the highest level. I hate the way she treats Kristen.
I really miss crazy Kristen. She needs to come back.
I like Katie, I’m just not sure what is going on with her.
I like LVP on this show.
I think James needs to leave this show. He is an angry person and needs a bit of help.
I share a birthday with Stassi and Ariana. Kind of ruins it every year *shrugs*
How so? It’s not a live show…?
Just scream “It’s MY birthday,” for the whole month! You might lose track of the exact day.
If any of the girls get pregnant, I hope production gets the idea to subject the guys to stimulation thing where men feel what contractions are like. I think I saw a video about that a few years ago. They basically place a TENS system on the man’s stomach and turn it up all the way. We need to see Jax experience it, but at least for ten hours, because that is the minimal amount for a woman in labor.
I would PAY to see Jax changing a bunch of poopy diapers for nine months for practice! He could volunteer at a senior hospital to learn how.