Funny you should bring this up. I only started watching Southern Charm at the beginning of Season 2. Just prior to airing that season, Bravo had run a recap show, sort of an extended version of "Previously on Southern Charm..." This was the only thing I watched at that time. Over the past few days I went back and binge watched Season 1. What a delight! So much more about Charleston itself, the homes, the sights, more of the restaurants with which I'm familiar. And, following the Reunion episode, an additional episode called "Secrets Revealed" which was a compilation of all the various things that were shot but never aired on the series itself. Honestly, I enjoyed that episode more than anything I've watched during S2, S3 or S4! We know that they filmed lots of other things this season that never made it to air. Why can't we see some of those in an episode like the one that ended S1?
Also, and this is of course, off topic because it's S1 related: Do we know what happened to Jenna? IMO, she was a more interesting character than Landon, who was, I guess, brought in as a replacement. I don't recall Jenna being mentioned in S2. Was it just a Mandyville situation?