S10.E17: Reunion Part 2

[ZettaK]

Taylor and Salley will engage in a heated confrontation, with Taylor sharing an update on her future that surprises Shep. 

Craig will open up further about his recent breakup and seek support from his friends.

Shep and Molly will discuss their relationship status. 

Austen will get brutally honest about his friendship with Craig, causing the group to reflect on their relationships. 

Austen will also express his feelings about Craig, with some cast members saying they are scared of Craig. 

Venita and JT's romantic history will be discussed further, potentially sparking more tension. 

Miss Patricia Altschul, a prominent figure in the show's history, will attend the reunion to mark the 10-season mark. 

First aired on 4/3/2025.

Edited Thursday at 09:22 PM by ZettaK

[snarts]

The casting videos were cute. 

Why is Rodrigo so critical & bitchy about everyone but Taylor? I don't understand why he's even there. Same with Leva, no one cares about her opinion. Plus, all I could focus on were her boobs battling it our for space in that monstrosity of a dress.

Craig was a bit shell-shocked to learn that people claimed to be afraid of him & he got very defensive as a result.

I get that Austen doesn't want to feel constantly judged but I also understand where Craig is likely frustrated if Austen talks about all these big career plans but doesn't do anything to make them happen because he's too focused on partying. Shep has mailbox money to fall back on, Austen does not. Another situation where they should be talking to each other without all the side sniping for the peanut gallery.

Venita really wants/needs that Bravo paycheck, eh? The way JT has publicly belittled her & she still admits to wanting him. A bit pathetic & sad. Does she have a real job?

Has Whitney ever appeared at a reunion?

Edited Friday at 01:25 PM by snarts

[nexxie]

I agree, Rodrigo and Leva seem to be ‘friends of’ - not sure why they were at the reunion. Don’t think Whitney has climbed out of his coffin to show up for any of these - probably considers himself above all that. Especially now that he is lord of the manor lol.

So weird that Madison is now one of the more likeable cast members - she was a nasty hellion at the beginning. Enjoy Molly, but disappointed that she’d take Shep out for a spin. What is it with the women on this show? (Let’s blame it on Whitney.) Taylor and Sally seem to be competing in a ‘Favorite of the Fuck-boys’ contest.

Either Venita needs the paycheck or the man, but she really is looking a bit desperate. That said, I don’t think JT is any worse than the others and hope he stays on. Craig does embellish, and he was truly living in a one-way fantasy with Paige - at least it helped him clean up the drinking.

All in all, I like this show better than any of the housewife ‘friend groups’ at this point!

Edited Friday at 03:20 PM by nexxie
Added a thought

[Vivigirl10]

I loved the flashback clips. I would've hands down preferred an entire episode of that versus a reunion!  Craig saying he thought Whitney was setting them all up when filming started was classic. 

Why does Leva feel she has to jump in with her superior self to explain to everyone what someone is "trying to say".  Shut up and tuck your boobs in. I'm so thankful she's not returning.

Venita and JT can go away too.  I was kind of rooting for Venita this season but I'm over her now.  I thought JT quit?  Why is his rat face back?  This great love story about how deeply they know and care about each other and then she waltzes back with a sugary cocktail and hands it to a diabetic?  Slick move there, soulmate. 

Taylor, you are so desperately trying to one up everyone but the day I am crowned Queen of England is the day you will marry Gastone.  Not going to happen.

Shep's little speech at the end was sweet but it seemed wasted because of the fact that very few on the stage were original recipe and therefore were certainly not deserving of the sentiment.  

 

[dancingdreamer]

Craig  looks much healthier,  than he did in earlier days, and his using  Adderall etc. 

Shep and Austin  both look better,  especially  Austin.

I see no use for JT or annoying Leva ( answering  for everyone,  was beyond  annoying) Rodrigo likes Taylor, why?.  When you see the ones trying  to carry  the show, vs all these friends of, it's a bit of a mess. I don't  see what Venita sees in JT, he has no redeeming  qualities imho. 

Salley has a neat job, what exactly  does Taylor do. 

We need some new blood, Molly still remains  a favorite  of mine. 

[Marley]

Craig didn't come off well during this reunion I feel like. He seemed extra liar-y lol.

[howiveaddict]

No one notice Shep's leg shaking 90 miles per hour?

[Salacious Kitty]

26 minutes ago, howiveaddict said:

No one notice Shep's leg shaking 90 miles per hour?

That's an ongoing issue with him. I've come to be able to ignore it these days. But yeah, it ramps up under stress.

[surfgirl]

All these people are incredibly shallow, vapid, and just useless human beings. I could elaborate but it's just not even worth it at this point. It's hard to say who is the worst: Shep, Craig, JT, I can't decide.

[Juneau Gal]

I can’t help it, despite all his many flaws, I like Craig. Maybe it’s because he has actually made something of himself. Way up here in little ol’ Juneau Alaska, our one and only department-type store (like a Super Walmart) has  a section dedicated to Sewing Down South. Every time I pass by it I think, “Good for you Craig.” I understand 100% why he was so concerned this season about protecting his brand and don’t understand why Shep and Austen don’t get that. Depending on where he is in his sobriety, staying on this show could either elevate or totally tank his whole enterprise. 

[heatherchandler]

On 4/3/2025 at 4:21 PM, ZettaK said:

 

Miss Patricia Altschul, a prominent figure in the show's history, will attend the reunion to mark the 10-season mark. 

 

🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

 Why did she bother?

[aghst]

9 hours ago, Juneau Gal said:

I can’t help it, despite all his many flaws, I like Craig. Maybe it’s because he has actually made something of himself. Way up here in little ol’ Juneau Alaska, our one and only department-type store (like a Super Walmart) has  a section dedicated to Sewing Down South. Every time I pass by it I think, “Good for you Craig.” I understand 100% why he was so concerned this season about protecting his brand and don’t understand why Shep and Austen don’t get that. Depending on where he is in his sobriety, staying on this show could either elevate or totally tank his whole enterprise. 

 

Oh man, what a wasteland.

Nothing personal, never been up to Alaska.

There has to be more there there?

[FozzyBear]

I do not believe in any way that Paige asked Craig for a ring. 

[Starlight925]

2 hours ago, aghst said:

 

Oh man, what a wasteland.

Nothing personal, never been up to Alaska.

There has to be more there there?

What an ugly comment.

@Juneau Gal, thank you for sharing!  Please don't let rude comments like this dissuade you from posting.  How interesting that Craig's pillows have made it all the way to Alaska!

[Sweet-tea]

Echoing others in not understanding why Neva and Rodrigo were at the reunion. They were background players all season. 

If I were Craig and wanted to stay sober, I'd distance myself from Shep and Austen. They're always drinking and don't seem especially supportive of Craig in his sobriety. I hope Craig makes it. He seems at the dry drunk stage to me. 

I never liked Paige and agree with Patricia that she was mean to Craig. I'm glad she's gone, although I'm sad Craig got his heart broken. I hope when he's ready, he meets a woman who is kind and treats him well. I still have a soft spot for him. 

This show is so different from the Katherine and Thomas drama days. Whitney was seen more often then. He was barely around this season and when he was, he was drunk and disheveled. 

IMO Taylor, Salley, JT and Venita could all go and it wouldn't have much impact. 

Has the show been renewed for another season? 

Edited Sunday at 11:43 AM by Sweet-tea

[FozzyBear]

Speaking of things I am deeply skeptical of…what is Craig doing to work on himself? We saw angry drunk Craig all the time this season. He keeps saying he “basically doesn’t drink” but then we see him drinking. Even at the reunion Madison had to remind him he’s not ordering a beer. So what does “basically not drinking” mean? I’m not offended by it because I don’t think everyone who has had an alcohol problem has to abstain but Craig is vague enough that he could mean everything and nothing all at the same time. Which I think is his MO. He even said he doesn’t say things that could get him impeached. Which isn’t true at all but even if it is, I think that sort of sums up what Craig thinks of as honestly. As long as he can cling to some shred of truth he doesn’t have a problem with willfully misrepresenting situations to the point that they become lies. He isn’t honest, he’s just delusional. All this to say, I don’t believe Craig is sober or that he’s made any significant changes off camera. I think he just knows that sober narratives get you lots of sympathy.

ill see myself out now.

[surfgirl]

I think Craig has been caught out in so many lies over the years, that saying he 'embellishes' is a very kind way of saying 'Craig, you're a fucking lying ass liar', but they wont say it that directly because they all admit to be scared of him. I guess being scared means he'll start a nasty rumor about you next season and your reputation will be in the balance? I mean, he shit all over JT, but then again JT comes across as a liar too, always trying to cover his ass. That whole 'call your barber' phonecall that Leva forced him to do, it came across as him saying exactly what Rodrigo said he said. To me, the offensive comment was qualifying Venita for being black. "This cute, black girl is interested in me..." And it seemed to me that Venita didn't mind him saying that as long as 'black girl' was qualified with 'cute' too. The entire thing was bizarre. And the way he blabbered incoherently about his other gf, and yeah, posting you're in a relationship a week after you've had a spat with your alleged other side piece? Suspect dude, Sus.Pect.

Patricia says it like it's cute, but there's nothing cute about Peter Pan syndrome man children.

[JenE4]

1 hour ago, FozzyBear said:

Speaking of things I am deeply skeptical of…what is Craig doing to work on himself? We saw angry drunk Craig all the time this season. He keeps saying he “basically doesn’t drink” but then we see him drinking. Even at the reunion Madison had to remind him he’s not ordering a beer. So what does “basically not drinking” mean? I’m not offended by it because I don’t think everyone who has had an alcohol problem has to abstain but Craig is vague enough that he could mean everything and nothing all at the same time. Which I think is his MO. He even said he doesn’t say things that could get him impeached. Which isn’t true at all but even if it is, I think that sort of sums up what Craig thinks of as honestly. As long as he can cling to some shred of truth he doesn’t have a problem with willfully misrepresenting situations to the point that they become lies. He isn’t honest, he’s just delusional. All this to say, I don’t believe Craig is sober or that he’s made any significant changes off camera. I think he just knows that sober narratives get you lots of sympathy.

ill see myself out now.

Madison said the two of them will have NA beer, meaning non-alcoholic beer. Several times this season we saw people reference Craig drinking NA beer, including once when Craig went to Austen’s house and Austen showed him the NA beer in the fridge. Drinking NA beer and wine seems to be pretty popular nowadays—as I’ve observed in in real life and quite frequently on Bravo. Kyle drinks NA beer all the time on RHBH and Luann drank NA rose on RHNY—before they recast and when she wasn’t drinking. So, yes, it may have appeared that Craig was drinking beer this season, but they referred to it being NA so often, that even when they didn’t make particular mention of it, I assumed it was NA at least most of the time.

Edited Saturday at 09:06 PM by JenE4

[howiveaddict]

Craig also said he drank beer, but not hard liquor anymore.   

[Sweet-tea]

16 hours ago, FozzyBear said:

Speaking of things I am deeply skeptical of…what is Craig doing to work on himself? We saw angry drunk Craig all the time this season. He keeps saying he “basically doesn’t drink” but then we see him drinking. Even at the reunion Madison had to remind him he’s not ordering a beer. So what does “basically not drinking” mean? I’m not offended by it because I don’t think everyone who has had an alcohol problem has to abstain but Craig is vague enough that he could mean everything and nothing all at the same time. Which I think is his MO. He even said he doesn’t say things that could get him impeached. Which isn’t true at all but even if it is, I think that sort of sums up what Craig thinks of as honestly. As long as he can cling to some shred of truth he doesn’t have a problem with willfully misrepresenting situations to the point that they become lies. He isn’t honest, he’s just delusional. All this to say, I don’t believe Craig is sober or that he’s made any significant changes off camera. I think he just knows that sober narratives get you lots of sympathy.

ill see myself out now.

I don't think he's sober either. If he is, then his behavior suggests dry drunk, which in recovery speak refers to someone who is not drinking (white knuckling it) but not working a 12 step program. Therefore, behaviors don't really change even if you're sober. 

[Juneau Gal]

22 hours ago, aghst said:

 

Oh man, what a wasteland.

Nothing personal, never been up to Alaska.

There has to be more there there?

We have millions of acres of beautiful, undisturbed land. Thousands of miles of trails. Moose and bears and mountain goats and wolves we share the land with. Coastlines with beauty to take your breath away and inlets to kayak and surf in. 1/2 a million people from every part of the globe who work, live, and play here; who get along and who don’t get along, who pull together under extreme conditions and difficulties.  Who are under siege at the moment because we can’t drive out of the state without spending days driving through our best friend and neighbor, Canada and well, you know what is happening now between our countries. 
We are grateful for any consumer goods that make it up to the last frontier and we don’t worry if it’s “acceptable” to the taste and opinions of others. 

What I have seen of the Sewing Down South line is that for what it is, it is nice and good quality for the cost. 
 

I grew up in Baltimore, Maryland so I’m not, nor anyone I know, the cartoon version of Alaskan so many people picture of us. 

[aghst]

11 minutes ago, Juneau Gal said:

We have millions of acres of beautiful, undisturbed land. Thousands of miles of trails. Moose and bears and mountain goats and wolves we share the land with. Coastlines with beauty to take your breath away and inlets to kayak and surf in. 1/2 a million people from every part of the globe who work, live, and play here; who get along and who don’t get along, who pull together under extreme conditions and difficulties.  Who are under siege at the moment because we can’t drive out of the state without spending days driving through our best friend and neighbor, Canada and well, you know what is happening now between our countries. 
We are grateful for any consumer goods that make it up to the last frontier and we don’t worry if it’s “acceptable” to the taste and opinions of others. 

What I have seen of the Sewing Down South line is that for what it is, it is nice and good quality for the cost. 
 

I grew up in Baltimore, Maryland so I’m not, nor anyone I know, the cartoon version of Alaskan so many people picture of us. 

 

Definitely people have a stereotypical view of Alaskans.  It's been decades since Northern Exposure, not that that was representative.

Unfortunately people's views of Alaska may be skewed more recently by the former governor there who ran for VP.

It just seemed a peculiar thing that Sewing Down South, of all things, kind of caught on up there, to a certain extent.

 

[Sweet-tea]

18 hours ago, JenE4 said:

Madison said the two of them will have NA beer, meaning non-alcoholic beer. Several times this season we saw people reference Craig drinking NA beer, including once when Craig went to Austen’s house and Austen showed him the NA beer in the fridge. Drinking NA beer and wine seems to be pretty popular nowadays—as I’ve observed in in real life and quite frequently on Bravo. Kyle drinks NA beer all the time on RHBH and Luann drank NA rose on RHNY—before they recast and when she wasn’t drinking. So, yes, it may have appeared that Craig was drinking beer this season, but they referred to it being NA so often, that even when they didn’t make particular mention of it, I assumed it was NA at least most of the time.

There were at least a few times during the season when I heard Craig order Bud Light. He may have been drinking NA beer sometimes too but not all the time. He was also shown holding a champagne bottle and appearing drunk when they were in the Bahamas.  

Given that he's said several times he has an alcohol problem, I believe his best path would be to totally abstain, not this hit and miss stuff. AA would also be a good option for him. The only requirement in joining is a desire to stop drinking. 

Edited Sunday at 04:00 PM by Sweet-tea

[aghst]

Maybe now that Craig has more money, he's doing some coke.

[Juneau Gal]

1 hour ago, aghst said:

 

Definitely people have a stereotypical view of Alaskans.  It's been decades since Northern Exposure, not that that was representative.

Unfortunately people's views of Alaska may be skewed more recently by the former governor there who ran for VP.

It just seemed a peculiar thing that Sewing Down South, of all things, kind of caught on up there, to a certain extent.

 

Sewing Down South has made a deal with whatever the Kroger’s main company is. So all Kroger affiliates, of which Fred Meyer’s our “superstore” is,  are carrying the products. That’s a pretty damn respectable get for a business that started as hand sewn pillows. SDS has a broad array of home goods: sheets, blankets, towels, kitchen utensils, candles, etc. The only item that made me raise my eyebrow up here in Alaska was the ball caps with an embroidered Palmetto on them. 

[surfgirl]

I assume that Sewing Down South is actually run and managed by other people with, yanno, actual business experience and expertise. My guess is that Craig approves designs others create and that's about it. If he was seriously involved in the day to day running of that business he would not have time to lollygag around on a TV show for Peter Pans boys.

Edited Sunday at 10:12 PM by surfgirl

[ZettaK]

On 4/5/2025 at 3:06 PM, Sweet-tea said:

Echoing others in not understanding why Neva and Rodrigo were at the reunion. They were background players all season. 

They didn’t really participate too much (although Rodrigo did a lot more), but Rodrigo was a main cast member appearing on this season's official photos online and on the show titles, etc. Leva was only a friend. 

[ZettaK]

On 4/4/2025 at 5:55 PM, dancingdreamer said:

Salley has a neat job, what exactly  does Taylor do. 

We need some new blood, Molly still remains  a favorite  of mine. 

Nothing really. Taylor is on the show, and I'm sure she promotes products now that she is (reality show) famous. 

Edited Yest. at 03:22 AM by ZettaK

[ZettaK]

Whitney was on reunions because he was a full time cast member.  He was also a guest on Bravo's Watch What Happens Live relatively recently this season. 

[ZettaK]

Why Vanita, why? Did you want JT to like you so much (you looked really cute at the reunion), so that he would be back with you? Does he deserve it?

It seems some of the cast doesn't like Craig. Why would they be afraid of him though? They mentioned his temper, but is he the only that has a temper? He insisted that JT called Miss Patricia a bitch which was a lie, something that most believed, and were alienated from him.

I'm tired of Shep's final speeches at reunions.

 

Edited 17 hours ago by ZettaK

[Rlb8031]

So is no one going to mention Whitney's drinking/drug problems? He was visibly intoxicated at every single group event and seemed too drunk in the Bahamas to even participate in most events. It's been a growing problem, his getting wasted at parties and the like, but this year was the first time it happened essentially every time he was on camera.  

[Carolina Girl]

9 hours ago, ZettaK said:

I'm tired of Shep's final speeches at reunions.

I'm tired of Shep lock, stock and bobtail.....

[Back Atcha]

28 minutes ago, Carolina Girl said:

9 hours ago, ZettaK said:

I'm tired of Shep's final speeches at reunions.

I'm tired of Shep lock, stock and bobtail....

I'm tired of Andy's perennial favorites and his/their schtick.  But...what's an old biddy to do?

22 hours ago, ZettaK said:

Whitney was on reunions because he was a full time cast member.

And MORE than that.  Wikipedia sez: Whitney Sudler-Smith (born June 2, 1968) is an American filmmaker, television director, and a classically trained guitarist. He is the creator and executive producer of Bravo's Southern Charm, a reality docu-series about life in Charleston, South Carolina. He was an executive producer on the Savannah and New Orleans spin-off shows.

So...it's possible he's on reunions only if and when he chooses. Perhaps I should blame him as much/often as I blame Andy Cohen for The Shenanigans of Craig!  Lyin' Craig should be walked off the set...permanently.