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I’m not sure how to recap this week’s Vanderpump Rules without first invoking Scheana Shay’s heavily memed arm tattoo: “It’s all happening.”
In Wednesday’s extended—thank God!—episode, we see the continuation of Katie Maloney’s wrath following Tom Schwartz and Raquel Leviss’ makeout session last week. Garcelle Beauvais forces Lisa Vanderpump to employ her grown-ass son Oliver Saunders. Saunders takes Leviss on a date, despite his wife’s obvious objections, which leads to some funny mistress-bonding between Leviss and Lala Kent in a parking lot. And Tom Sandoval continues to make us itch.
Most importantly, we discover that Sandoval and Leviss’ affair—or at least, the suspicion of it—is, in fact, a storyline this season when Ally Lewber, of all people, brings some piping-hot tea to the group. Who knew this extremely dull woman, whose name I forget whenever she comes on screen, would add some value to this show outside of highlighting James Kennedy’s awfulness? But if Vanderpump Rules has taught us anything over the past decade—and especially the past few months—it’s that we should always prepare to be gobsmacked!