Tuesday night's Vanderpump Rules reunion was different from any other in the show's history, and not only because it was condcucted over video conference in accordance with social distancing guidelines.
For one thing, it may have been the most exciting episode of the season, so we guess the stars have been searching the #PumpRules hashtag and realizing how boring fans how boring fans have found the show lately.
You know homemade skin flicks are becoming commonplace when there's a sex tape controversy on a reality show, and it's not even the biggest storyline of the episode.
That was the case on Tuesday night's episode of Vanderpump Rules, in which Kristen Doute's amateur p0rn was overshadowed by Jax Taylor undergoing one of the most severe midlife crises ever caught on camera.
If you've been watching Vanderpump Rules this season, you probably noticed a pair of alarming trends:
1. The formerly-addictive series is showing signs of age in a major way.
Last year, Vanderpump Rules stars Tom Schwartz and Katie Maloney revealed that their first wedding was fake, if only by accident.
This week, viewers saw their second wedding. Let's hope that this one sticks.
Sometimes, when two adults are involved in a petty conflict, you might hear someone remark that the situation is "just like high school."
Sadly, at a certain point you realize that for many people, life is like high school, and grades 9-12 were just their first exposure to all that back-biting and social manipulation.
Well, another summer is almost at an end.
It's a bummer in many respects, but fall offers much to look forward to -- the return of football, memes about how much pumpkin spice flavoring sucks, and of course, a new season of Vanderpump Rules.
It was a night of splits on Vanderpump Rules this week.
Lala Kent split with Randall Emmett and then parted ways with her sobriety; Tom Sandoval nearly split with Lisa Vanderpump over an argument that apparently involved fairy dust ... and then there was Kristen Doute and her bizarre relationship with Brian Carter.
Despite Nev Schulman's accuser filing a police report, they're keeping him on Catfish, but the show is still looking for a new cohost.
Many thought that Vanderpump Rules star Kristen Doute would be a shoe-in for a host of reasons.
Folks, be happy that the cameras are currently rolling for Vanderpump Rules Season 7 because it sounds like sh-t is really hitting the fan in West Hollywood this week.
The drama began with rumors that Kristen Doute had been fired from the show due to her inability or unwillingness to stir up unnecessary drama with her castmates.
Vanderpump Rules is unique among Bravo shows, in that the cast has endured very little restructuring over the course of their six seasons on the air.
Producers added Lala Kent and James Kennedy, and certain SUR folk have seen their roles diminished over the years (we miss you, Peter), but with the exception of flash-in-the-pan Vail Bloom, no one has been full-on fired from the show.
By the time they reach their sixth season, most reality shows are beginning to show their age.
In the case of Vanderpump Rules, however, the drama seems to become more compelling with each passing year, to the point that we're pretty sure Bravo should just start live-streaming the cast member's lives 24/7/356, a la The Truman Show.
If you've been watching Vanderpump Rules this season, you know there's been no shortage of drama for our favorite bunch of West Hollywood hooligans.
But believe it or not, the wildest storyline of the year might be playing out right now on Twitter.
Vanderpump Rules is unique amongst reality shows, in that its producers crank out a truly remarkable number of episodes per season.
In an age when most series, scripted or otherwise, are paring down, Vanderpump just keeps getting bigger, churning out a staggering 24 episodes in each of its last two seasons.
If you watch Vanderpump Rules online, you know that the show's past season wasn't particularly kind to SUR hostess/aspiring pop singer/fake eyelash enthusiast Scheana Marie.
In addition to chronicling her divorce from Mike Shay, VPR Season 5 featured a storyline about Scheana being booted out of the chick clique that's since dubbed itself the Witches of WeHo.
Vanderpump Rules Season 5 may have come to an end, but the contentious cast is certainly not through taking shots at one another.
The only difference is that these days the drama is playing out not on camera, but on social media.
James Kennedy may have officially earned the title of biggest douche in the history of reality television.
That may sound like a gross exaggeration given the number of Disicks and Situations that have populated out TV screens over the years, but no one has so deftly combined narcissistic bullying with simpering, whiny self-obsession quite like DJ James.
Monday on Vanderpump Rules Season 5 Episode 21, Scheana Marie realized that Mike could be back on drugs after his erratic behavior.
When the episode got underway, Katie Maloney was walking down the aisle to become Katie Schwartz with Tom Schwartz.
On Vanderpump Rules Season 5 Episode 20, it became obvious that Stassi had changed for the better, to the surprise of no one ever.
How did Lisa react to that, and did she figure out what was going on with Scheana when her waitress started acting erratically at work?
On Vanderpump Rules Season 5 Episode 18, Tom Schwartz and Katie Maloney tried to find someone to officiate their upcoming wedding.
Who declined the offer because of their belief - shared by pretty much everyone at this point - that the troubled pair isn't going to last?
On Vanderpump Rules Season 5 Episode 17, Tom Schwartz and Tom Sandoval engaged in an epic blowout over accusations of cheating.
While in drag, naturally.
Last night on Vanderpump Rules Season 5 Episode 16, Tom Schwartz and Katie Maloney sought to put all the bickering behind them.
We know, yes. We know. Hence the word sought above.
Tom and Katie's awkward, tension-filled journey to matrimony continued Monday night on Bravo's Vanderpump Rules Season 5 Episode 15.
Before the couple, who somehow determined marriage was a good idea, can make it to the altar, first they had to make it to New Orleans.
On Vanderpump Rules Season 5 Episode 12, Scheana Marie Shay opened up to her friends about the trouble with her marriage to Mike.
Meanwhile, Tom Sandoval celebrated his 33rd birthday with a fundraiser, and Kristen Doute hosted an epic roast in honor of Jax Taylor.
