BY: POPCULTUREKELLY
Can you believe this is the last Winter House recap? It’s only fitting that we pick up where we left off last week. Austen is telling Ciara about Madison’s texts. Ciara is incredibly understanding. How can she not see that she deserves better than a man child with runny eyeliner? Austen and Ciara hook up in the closet. So there’s that. Lindsay and Jason hook up too. Yay! I’m so happy about that. Craig gets a text from Natalie. She says she invited Madison, Craig’s arch nemesis, to dinner. He’s pissed. Paige and Ciara discuss Andrea and Austen. Paige is not a weak bitch, she will be fine with or without Andrea. That’s the Paige we know and love!
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Ciara is scared because she’s falling for Austen. Austen discusses Ciara with Kyle. Austen tells Kyle that he isn’t ready for a relationship. He won’t do the long distance thing even though he knows that Ciara’s ‘don’t just grow on trees’. Which is not very notable as NO ONE grows on trees! Moron. Kyle tells him that Ciara doesn’t just open up to anyone. He cautions him to make sure both he and Ciara are on the same page. Sober Kyle is such a good friend. He and Amanda have grown on me. Sorry not sorry.
It’s A Snowtastic Day To Ski
It’s the last full day at the house. They are all going costume skiing, wearing the most neon they brought. Lindsay tries to be a good friend to Austen, who could clearly care less about her. God I hate him! Lindsay talks to Amanda about Austen. She tells Amanda that he’s not over Madison. Amanda grows concerned for Ciara. Again, Amanda is a good friend. Be an Amanda in a world full of Austen’s. Jason has such a cute conversation with Lindsay. He’s relieved that she is having fun and wants to continue seeing him. He is SUCH a catch and I just adore him.
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Hopefully Jason appears on Summer House because I want him on my screen all the time! Platonically of course. Husby reads this so anything and everything regarding Jason is just PLATONIC. If Jason ever needs to shower, I’m offering up ours. Because, good friend. Craig isn’t excited to go home. We see the fall of his relationship with Natalie. A relationship that can’t last 2 weeks of separation wasn’t very strong to begin with, IMO. Amanda talks to Kyle about Austen and Ciara. Amanda wants to protect Ciara at all costs. Kyle wants to drink and let it play out as it will. Again, be an Amanda. Good friends don’t grow on trees!
SNOWMAGEDDON In Stowe
There’s a boob party happening. Being Winter House, it’s on brand. The ladies look amazing. The guys look ridiculous. Again, on brand. Amanda is drinking a lot. She’s upset because she wants Austen to be honest with Ciara about his intentions. Amanda pulls Austen aside to talk. Austen tells Amanda that he and Ciara are none of her fucking business. Wow. Amanda takes exception to that. Austen is such a manipulative monster. He calls her a clown and walks away from her. Kyle FINALLY (sort of) stands up for Amanda. Not really, he just wants to clarify that Austen is indeed yelling at his fiancee. Why Kyle didn’t punch him in his muppet mouth, I’ll never know.
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Ciara drags Austen to her room. Austen takes this opportunity to manipulate the shit out of her. She tells him that for her, distance wouldn’t matter. Finally he can lie no more so he says he can’t say that he feels the same. She tables the conversation for the night. When it gets picked up the next morning, it’s more of the same. Whatever. I’m so sick of them. At this point, if Ciara won’t see through his bullshit, it’s on her. I cannot care anymore. Andrea and Paige though! Andrea admits he likes Paige and wants to continue seeing her. He came into the house talking to other women. He leaves planning dates with Paige and only talking to her. That honestly shocked me! I can’t wait to see how that ends and how Craig begins.
There’s Snow Place Like Home
Everyone packs to leave. Paige and Ciara have a nice conversation. Ciara, again, tells Paige how scared she is about falling for Austen. I love when Paige is a supportive, funny friend. She decides they need a vacation from this vacation. Paige’s parents come to pick her up. She’s forever in preschool I guess. They meet Andrea, who informs them of his dating intentions with their daughter. Austen and Ciara part as friends who will kiss. Whatever. Everyone leaves in true Bravo style, most leaving worse people than when they came.
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Oooh we get a preview of what is to come on Summer House. It’s a stand alone scene with Craig and Paige in an elevator. Kissing! We will see how they get together y’all I’m so excited! Thank you all SO MUCH for all reading and commenting weekly. It was snow much fun! I have to thank Nanette for pulling the most amazing pictures each week. She’s the behind the scenes hero of this recap! Thank you to Tamara for allowing me this amazing opportunity. You created this incredible Bravo loving community. I couldn’t be more grateful to you for allowing me to be a part of it. Happy Thanksgiving to one and all. Let’s keep the fun going in the comments!
Love winter house! You did great thank you!
Thank you so much!!!! ❤️
I’m always mystified that any girl would ever fall for Austin. Madison clearly just wanted to secure her spot on TV but Ciara is beyond me. She’s so much better than that mouth breather in every way. He reminds of this guy I used to with, we called him Bam Bam to his face. Couldn’t stand him either!
Thank you for the great recap and Happy Thanksgiving TT, PCK and everybody in this lovely little community!
Right??? It’s one of the great mysteries of life. You have Jason and Austen in the same house. How does anyone choose muppet face over hot Jason??
Thank you so much!! I hope you and yours had a wonderful Thanksgiving!!!
My husband thinks muppet mouth/face is the only funny thing Madison ever said. He just said it last night, so funny that you replied to my comment with that! Jason is a dream and as a married woman who totally hasn’t thought about this… I bet he’s great in bed or very teachable. I’d feel guilty for saying that but he’s already using your shower!
Jason is the guy that as an older woman you can see from 100 miles out and scream at the TV pick him pick him. Can cook, thinks of others, emotionally available. Unfortunately for whatever reason when I was younger you need more edge. Who knows why. I reflect back on the nice guys in my youth and wonder why on earth I didn’t follow that path rather than muppet mouth unavailable arsehole route. I hope we see Jason on screen some more even if him and Lindsay didn’t work. I can’t wait to see Craig and Paige get together. Craigs little head in the shot as Andrea piggy backed her out. I was talking to the Tv don’t worry bud things will work out for you. Can’t wait to see dynamic of Naomi being around Craig and Paige. Thanks for the recap.
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Mouth breather! LMAO
I don’t think Gabby will invited as a cast member on any bravo series in the future. She faded all the way back. Luke and Julia didn’t have prominent story lines but they had their individual moments of being funny. I wonder how much longer Luke can keep this up on Summer House. Cannot wait to see Paige & Craig become a thing. But I wonder how soon it started after Winter House. I would not be surprised if she went into Summer House secretly talking to him.
Now in real time he is at her parent’s house in Albany for Thanksgiving. Her mom puts out an incredible spread. It’s all on Paige’s Instagram stories. Before this, they were at his parents, I believe in Delaware. They are very cute and real as a normal couple who happen to be on reality tv.
Thanks for the fun recaps! And Happy Thanksgiving to you and all your loved ones 🥧
I agree, Gabby was just kind of there. I hope Jason comes back in some manner. Julia was ok. Oooh thank you for the info! I haven’t been on social much today so that’s news to me. Glad to hear it though! Thank you so much for reading and commenting. I hope you and yours had a wonderful Thanksgiving too!! ❤️❤️
Gabby did ONE THING in the whole series — demand the best room as soon as she arrived. That tanked her in my opinion.
Then … she was boring and that was almost worse.
Thanks so much for the Winter House recaps, PCK! You were fabulous as usual. Same bat time, same bat channel for Summer House?
Omg thank YOU!!! YESSSSS!!! Same bat time, same bat channel!! ❤️❤️
Yay! I have come to consider Summer House one of my favorite shoes. As I drop the housewives from my DVR lineup.
Thanks so much for the excellent recaps of this show, PCK! I hate that it’s over. Summer House cannot begin soon enough for me. So, did anyone else notice that when Andrea began having real feelings for Paige, she was just about over him? As soon as she hooked him, she lost interest. At least that’s the way I took some of her comments at the end. Looking forward to seeing her hook up with Craig begin.
Ciara is a puzzle. She goes from liking one fuckboy (Luke) to another (Austen). And like everyone else here, I do not see what any woman would see in Austen. Plus, he wasn’t completely honest with Ciara. He didn’t tell her that Madison texted him that she hoped he hadn’t moved on. Dishonest!
Okay, riddle me this. WHY are men expected to “defend” their women in arguments such as the one between Austen and Amanda? Why does she need defending or rescuing? She is a grown ass woman, capable of handling herself in an argument. Women don’t always need men to rescue them. If she were about to be physically assaulted, it would be a different thing.
I don’t share your love of Lindsay, but I am interested in seeing if she can hold on to her relationship with Jason, who does seem like a great guy…and he can COOK!
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
I haven’t watched the episode yet, but if a man was fighting with me in the presences of my man, I’d totally expect him to stop it. Or at least whisk me away before I kneed him in the balls.
Especially if it’s your man’s friend, right? If my husband stood idly by while his friend yelled at me, I would have two sets of balls around my neck, hanging from a gold chain 😂😂
Well, maybe that’s why I’ve been single for so long. I don’t need/want any man to fight my battles. Amanda went after Austen, not the other way around. She was perfectly capable of handling her side of the conversation. Are Kyle and Austen friends? I guess I should have learned to be more demure many decades ago, but it’s too damn late now.
I didn’t feel like she went after him. I felt like she was genuinely concerned her friend was getting played. And even worse, getting played on TV. His words to Ciara didn’t seem to be matching up to his words to the guys. You’re totally right Amanda could’ve handled it herself but if somebody was yelling at my friend or husband like that I’d be in there so fast. I tend to try to get people to stop yelling and use their words. I think it’s great you’re not demure! I’m not either but a little back now and then is a wonderful thing.
I didn’t mean she went after him in a negative way. Yes, she was being a good friend. I just meant that she started the conversation that turned into an argument, and she held her own with him. I would want my imaginary guy to stand close by and make sure that no one took a swing at me, but short of that, stand back and stand by. (I can’t believe I used that line. But Kyle does seem to be a proud boy…lower case.)
I remember Ciara sharing her first week or two on Summer House now traumatized she was the the absence and rejection of her father. Maybe that’s why she goes after the fuckboys, “emotionally unavailable” men. She is stuck in that familial pattern. Hopefully she will catch up on it watching the show and find a therapist that can help her break that pain.
Good point! I don’t recall her talking about her father being absent. I also have a history of being attracted to emotionally unavailable men. Decided long ago that I was happier and saner not being in a relationship. Life is a tradeoff, at least in my case.
Thank you!! Ugh it’s going to leave a hole, isn’t it? Summer House can come back now! Ciara is a puzzle. I don’t understand her but I do hope the best for her. I don’t think Kyle should “defend” Amanda because you’re right, she’s not defenseless. But he should stand up for her as her partner. Austen is his friend and was completely out of line, so it shouldn’t take much for him to correct Austen on the appropriate way to speak to his fiancée. Because that wasn’t it. Aweee you don’t like Lindsay? Well she says she’s single so I guess it didn’t last long 🥲 Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!! ❤️
It’s not that I don’t like Lindsay, but I think she is a huge drama queen, and she gets involved in all sorts of places where she has no business. She also seems very, very needy to have a man by her side, rather than just wanting one. I heard her say she’s single, and I do wonder what happened with Jason. I wonder if we’ll find out what happened on Summer House.
Hope you had a very happy Thanksgiving too!
Great recaps of Winter House, PCK! I wasn’t even planning on watching, but your recaps drew me in. Austen is so unappealing, I simply don’t get the attraction. My eyes leaked a bit when Amanda told Kyle that “we must protect Ciara’s precious little heart”! If I were a few decades younger, oh boy, I’d be drooling over Jason! He’s gorgeous, sweet, and he can cook! Be still my heart!
I thought in the previews Gabby accused Kyle of flirting with her in the hot tub. Was that ever shown? I don’t remember seeing that in any of the episodes but I missed the final episode (read this recap and don’t see it mentioned). Did I miss it in the first 4 episodes??
No you are correct! That was in the previews and it did not come up at all in the episodes. Maybe there will be an unaired mixed bag episode with bits they cut off like with Housewives after the reunion shows. If not then it’s very curious what happened.
I’m confused because in the trailer gabby says to Julia that Kyle was hitting on her/ flirting with her in the hot tub but they never talked about it in any of the episodes…
After actually (kinda) watching the show, I am actually reversing my decision with regard to the Austen and Amanda fight. Amanda was being a cunt and getting WAY overly involved in his relationship. Austen was just telling her to keep her nose of out his relationship (or lack thereof) IT’S NONE OF HER BUSINESS!
Why do people feel like they have to intervene to “protect”
someone?
It’s extremely disrespectful — like saying that person can’t make good decisions for themselves.
IF THERE IS SOLID EVIDENCE that someone is cheating or planning to scam someone in business, THAT is being a good friend.
But this “for their own good” bullshit is just bullshit.
Thank you KCP for the great recap all season!! My favorite quote of the week – “She’s forever in preschool I guess”…hahahhaha! I’m sorry but not a fan of Paige – seems like an entitled little brat.
As for everyone’s favorite muppet, get over yourself with the Madison situation. It’s interesting that he can be easily manipulated by Madison and turns around does the same thing to Ciara and Lindsay.
My MVPs of the season – Jason and Lindsay. Jason for being the most normal and one hell of a cook. Lindsay for the spectacular drunken fall in episode 2! It was nice to see them hookup too.
One last closing note – we all know the upcoming Craig and Paige relationship but I think he can do much better. I’m rooting for you Craig – you have come a long way since the old lawyer days from Southern Charm.
I dunno if I’m the only one, but when they all were going skiing with Kyles parents, and they were driving to the ski hills I noticed that Craig who was in the passenger seat and when he turned his head towards the window I happened to notice what looked like he had a hickey on the left side below the jawline, it wasn’t any facial hair so unless he got into a fight with a vacuum and lost and the vacuum left it’s marked or if he has always had this mark. If anyone else happened to notice this I’d love to know. Could he have already started his relationship with Paige, maybe? Curious mind here, would love to know. lol Totally awesome recaps, I’m so sad its over, I wish they could have gone straight into Summer House, I’m bored without it.