S01.E01: Welcome To Savannah, Y'all

[Primetimer]

Here come some brand-new ne'er-do-wells, but the classy kind.

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[ChlcGirl]

I will watch this solely because it is filmed in the most beautiful city in the United States. I can watch inappropriately acting rich, drunk white people on any number of Bravo shows, but there is only one Savannah.

[Michichick]

I'm in, because I am Bravo's bitch and that's just how it is. I knew nothing of the cast before reading this article, and am intrigued to learn that Nelson is probably at least a Ravenel-level scumbag, if not worse. Can't wait!

[LucyHoneychrrch]

I will watch this solely because it is filmed in the most beautiful city in the United States. I can watch inappropriately acting rich, drunk white people on any number of Bravo shows, but there is only one Savannah.

Ditto. I'm watching this mainly because of Savannah. And maybe also slightly because someone impersonating a Congressman is ballsy as hell and I'm HERE FOR IT.

[LucyHoneychrrch]

Also, PageSix had an article about Nelson Lewis, Jr. in which a source said, "He’s a ‘Talented Mr. Ripley’-type, except he didn’t kill anyone." I AM SO IN.

[Michichick]

After watching the premiere, I agree with Chanel that it's boring. Hoping it will pick up after we get to know the characters better.

[janeyjay]

It was a little snoozy. I think I'm going to need more of Catherine's dad, as he was the livest wire there. Plus her mom is called "Big Cat?" Need to know more!

[JenE4]

Eh. There's nothing charming about this bunch. You know how some people regale their high school days and it's been all downhill from there? Well these people are reliving the glory days of ELEMENTARY school! I didn't even know that was a thing to peak in 4th grade, but Savannah Country Day School apparently is the place to be! I imagine little kids in plaid uniforms walking down the street, and all of the adults in Savannah part to the side and tip their hats in reverence. (I also picture everyone in Savannah wearing hats like in the 1940s.)

However, I have a good feeling about Nelson. I don't know whether the "Talented Mr. Ripley" thing was overplayed, but I'm definitely intrigued to dig more into that. He also seems a bit snarky and might be a good "character."

I also think the woman who REALLY likes to swim--at all hours and regardless of how disgustingly swampy the water is--is going to bring it. 

The rest of them I found annoying. Worst was the recently rekindled couple; the girl is just stupid and the guy hasn't outgrown smooching under the Savannah Country Day School bleachers. 

The guy with the mullet that they kept showing us naked and having other characters say he is hot? Huh? What in the world is happening?!? If that's Savannah's definition of hot, I'm glad I'm a yankee.

And then there was a brunette guy and girl that I think are together...though I thought she was with the "hot" mullet guy at first. But he quit a good job to start a sock business?

i guess there's plenty of room to go up from here? But nothing about this premiere grabbed me.

[Lizzing]

Nelson comes off all to aware he's a reality tv character and that's going to be to his detriment for my enjoyment. Although having a cast member who went to rehab for lying is a new one.

I think Country Day is elementary & high school, but no matter, I can't imagine being still hung up on who I went to school with in primary or secondary school in my early 30s.  I was over those jokers even before the official graduation occurred.  However, it should benefit the show if this cast really does know, or was at least somewhat acquainted with, each other prior to filming.  Although, in this second iteration of Southern Charm, they really are missing POC in the cast.  The producers should have done better on that front this time around; I guess I'll have to hold out hope for the NOLA version.

And until I see documentation to the contrary, that fire was set on purpose.  Ashley seems as try hard as Nelson.

[Almost 3000]

9 hours ago, Michichick said:

After watching the premiere, I agree with Chanel that it's boring. Hoping it will pick up after we get to know the characters better.

The most interesting character was the pig turned into pulled pork with two sauces.

[wovenloaf]

That was kind of painful... None of these people are charming.  The boring blonde seems like she can barely stand Lyle.  He seems harmless, but those scenes of three dorky dudes drinking beers in a little apartment were supremely pointless.  These were supposed to be the "cool" kids in high school (except the one who loves swimming in grungy water and looks a solid decade older than the rest of them apparently)...?  And the hairy dirty-looking guy is a local heartthrob...?  Yikes.  

Edited May 10, 2017 by wovenloaf

[lauralu]

So unlikeable, and very un-fabulous, the entire lot of them.  They all peaked back at Country Day School.  I had to laugh at the shots of the girls as they walked down the street out for girls night. That looked so shlubby and basic, like me & my friends when we get a rare night out with out kids. Sounds shallow I realize,  I'm ok with my basic-ness because I'm a middle aged mother who doesn't have a TV show. But for all their talk of lineage and old money I was expecting more, much more. Savannah looks beautiful though. 

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[breezy424]

The best part of the show were the shots of Savannah and the family background stories.  The end.

They all are, at best, average and bland.  The only ones that were 'kind of' interesting was Ashley and Nelson. 

I barely got through the episode.

[Sun-Bun]

Just as disappointed in this premiere as the rest of you all here. This is one shlubby looking cast of boring basics and two try-hard locals((Ashley and Nelson)) desperately amping up their local flavor for the cameras. The only charming thing about this show so far is the glorious city of Savannah, and even its effortless beauty and home porn wasn't given nearly enough justice. 

Speaking of desperate, every scene with Ashley feels like a bad one woman "Fried Green Tomatoes" stageshow---enough of the "I'm a STEEL MAGNOLIA" grandstanding and the look-at-me random diving and obsession with animal skulls. She's not remotely as fabulous as she obviously believes she is.

They're claiming Nelson's not gay?! Now that's hilarious. He must be keeping himself firmly in the closet, right beside his musty old Dolly Parton costumes. Besides, what would the family think?

I do agree with Ashley on one thing: the bareassed apeman really needs to get a haircut already. Then again, the other guys on this show have really bad hair as well. Maybe there's a shortage of decent barbers in Savannah since there's obviously a shortage of camera-friendly/charismatic locals willing to appear on this lame show. 

WTF was with that trashy opening theme song, btw?! After such a cute and swingy opening theme for the original SC, I thought they'd at least opt for something equally retro vampy. That was just trashy and bland.

Oh but I'll still watch it, strictly for the only true star of this series so far, which is Savannah. 

[breezy424]

Yeah, Daniel (was that his name) just all kind of feels dirty.

The opening song was bad and trashy.  Another disappointment to add to it all.  I see that it's a different production company from Southern Charm.  Hmmm.  The same that produces RHOA. 

I love Savannah.  What a disservice. 

Edited May 10, 2017 by breezy424

[wovenloaf]

Did Ashley try to take credit for Prince William and Kate Middleton getting together?  Because Kate looked so fabulous in Ashley's clothing designs or something?  Did I hear that correctly?  

[Petunia13]

That see through slipdress Kate wore in a student fashion show that caught the Prince's eye was created by Charlotte Todd. The designer is selling it and is a middle aged British brunette. 

[citychic]

11 minutes ago, Petunia13 said:

That see through slipdress Kate wore in a student fashion show that caught the Prince's eye was created by Charlotte Todd. The designer is selling it and is a middle aged British brunette. 

I just googled that fact and Charlotte Todd actually sold that dress back in 2011. How in the world can Ashley say that she made the dress when it's an outright lie? Does anyone know why she believes she designed the dress?

[Bronzedog]

I'll probably give it another chance eventually, but, it was amazingly bad.  My reaction reminded me of the first time I watched RHODallas and that got progressively worse, So, I don't know.  It also seemed to go on forever.  

[gunderda]

How did I go 30 minutes without knowing that Ashley had a kid and HUSBAND!? She totally doesn't give out the family vibe. 

And she tries a little too hard for me.  How many times do you have to ask people to go swimming in the dark? AND wear a swimming suit that is apparently see-through.

[sasha206]

Everyone on this show seems way too trailer park.  

And this idiot that wants to swim so much?  What that really means was:  Look at me!  I'm so wild!  I actually travel with a swimming suit!  And look at my tits!  Please give me some attention!

[Giselle]

On 5/5/2017 at 8:32 AM, PreviouslyTV said:

Here come some brand-new ne'er-do-wells, but the classy kind.

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Shouldn't that be klassy with a K?

[sasha206]

I have a feeling these idiots are about as Savannah as the Olive Garden is Italian.  

[Gem 10]

First thing I thought of when that blonde jumped into that murky water was ALLIGATORS.  Otherwise, the only thing I liked about the show was Savannah.

[sasha206]

1 minute ago, Gem 10 said:

First thing I thought of when that blonde jumped into that murky water was ALLIGATORS.  Otherwise, the only thing I liked about the show was Savannah.

I though the same thing.  it looked like the party was held in a swamp.

[kitten59]

Yeah, this show seems so low rent compared to the original. Put Ashley in different clothing and she could pass for a middle aged soccer mom. And the so-called hunk of the town!? Must be some slim pickins!

[Hiveminder]

The only one in this cast with any promise right now is Nelson, but I don't think he can carry the show. They need a Katherine Dennis, stat. 

[AuntieDiane6]

Why I'm not loving this show:

1) Too  many of the cast are kinda plain and pudgy.  If you're not going to be traditionally attractive, you've got to have an INTERESTING look--and none of them do.

2) Too much Ashley. I bet she lives in L.A. and came home to star in this show.  Bet she wants to dump the husband and send the kid to a boarding schools. 

3) Cheap living situations.  Lyle? Daniel? They seem to live in college student rentals. Where is Savannah's version of Patricia's house??

4) Daniel isn't as good-looking as he thinks he is. And he's like, 5'6". 

5) Why is Lyle on my TV?  He's average-looking, not witty enough to be a bon vivant, and certainly too boring to be an aspiring actor.

Edited May 12, 2017 by AuntieDiane6

[biakbiak]

2 hours ago, AuntieDiane6 said:

Too much Ashley. I bet she lives in L.A. and came home to star in this show.  Bet she wants to dump the husband and send the kid to a boarding schools. 

She moved back a few years ago before the show to raise her son. I was surprised that her son was a preteen.

[Chicklet]

I guess I wasn't impressed as I fell asleep. This show is a big yawn and I think they are very impressed  with themselves so we don't have to be.

[halkatla]

I kind of liked this show, I didn´t think it was that boring, and the people were very "charming" (since charming stands for something completely different in the name of this franchise - just look at the original).

I hope the show can grow from this, it did seem a bit too similar to the horrible Summer house show. Hopefully that will change and we´ll get something eccentric and silly instead.

I find it really funny that they´re all still talking about that elementary school.

Best part was the scenery, I want to visit Savannah (and live there, on a charming "little" plantation)

[biakbiak]

15 minutes ago, halkatla said:

find it really funny that they´re all still talking about that elementary school.

To be fair Savannah Country Day is pre-K through 12th grade and under 1,000 total students so kids tend to make tight bonds in such environments because they spend so much of their time together with a small group of people until they go off to college. 

[Dmc306]

I love the original. I had high hopes that this would be just as good, but it was boring and the cast doesn't seem very likeable. As a southerner, I prefer the quirky Cameron southern versuses these try hands that think they're just absolutely the best. I'd be good not seeing the one guys butt again, and chick's constant need to go swimming..(Install an air conditioner honey, there is no need to be jumping into every body of water you see.) I'll tune in again, only to see how much of a hot mess these people can be.

[sasha206]

So next episode, the resident mid-life crisis feels compelled again to take her clothes off.  During a golf outing.  Honey, you've got a great body.  But your need for the world to see it comes off quite desperate.

[Bronzedog]

Crazy new trick to avoid hangovers, drink a lot of water?  That and take 3 aspirin were a crazy new trick 40 years ago.  But I guess if you peak in elementary school, everything is progress.

Also, the constant "as a southerner, here in the south" is a bit much.  I mean, as a Marylander, here is the mid Atlantic, we don't mention that crap every few sentences.  Or ever.  But, I'm saying that as a Marylander.  Here in the mid Atlantic.

Edited May 13, 2017 by Bronzedog

[savannah31401]

I don't want to watch this show, but I have to just to see if the fight that happened in my bar shows up. Savannah is way better that this group.

[LucyHoneychrrch]

Ooooookay.  I was way behind on this and it took me nearly a week to watch it, and let me tell you, the anticipation was far better than the reality.

First, if Savannah Country Day is the epitome of education in Savannah, it does not speak well for it that Catherine can't remember HOW MANY COLONIES THERE WERE ORIGINALLY.  That said, I do enjoy Catherine, who seems to be one of the only members of the cast with an actual claim to being affluent.  Did I catch that right, that she has an apartment downtown and also lives in her childhood home, while her parents moved to her grandparents' plantation house?   (Side note:  I did a full-body cringe when Catherine perked, "I hate the term 'plantation'."  I bet you do. 

Second, Nelson Lewis might be my spirit animal, minus the whole impersonating-a-Congressman thing.  Listening to him explain his false Bahamian title was surprisingly amusing, and I sort of wonder if it might have been some kind of dare.  

Third, if Lyle Mackenzie, as promised by the premise of this entire show, is young and affluent, why does his apartment look like the apartment I had when I was 23 and broke as f*ck? 

Fourth, Daniel.  OKAY, Bravo, back off on the "Daniel's so hot" angle, because while Daniel isn't barking at cars, he's doesn't have nearly the looks to warrant all this constant fawning.  Are the boys at Savannah Country Day all half-witted Chaunceys or something?  That said, 8/10, wouldn't regret as long as he took a shower.

I'd recap something about sock-magnate Louis but I kept dozing during his segments.

Likewise Hannah, who gives off weird Juliet-from-Ladies-of-London vibes, only sort of like Juliet on Xanax.

Fifth, Ashley.  Girl.  You are trying TOO HARD.  

Lastly, the only thing that saved this show for me was that everyone grabbed to-go cups before going out to check on Ashley's house fire.  THAT, my friends, is southern done right.  And possibly the most accurate thing I saw in this entire show. 

[TheFinalRose]

Dull cast lacking charm. I gave Sweet Home Oklahoma a shot, even though the cast was meh-looking and the setting non aspirational, and I only lasted three episodes before I needed prettier people with higher-priced lifestyles and ended up dropping it. Now Bravo delivers this Savannah dud that wasn't even worth watching till the end of the first episode. The previews don't make it look like anything spectacular is coming, either. I'd rather rewatch the first seasons of the real Southern Charm again than Savannah. 

Hopefully the New Orleans Southern Charm does better. 

[Emmeline]

On 5/13/2017 at 8:03 AM, halkatla said:

I kind of liked this show, I didn´t think it was that boring, and the people were very "charming" (since charming stands for something completely different in the name of this franchise - just look at the original).

I hope the show can grow from this, it did seem a bit too similar to the horrible Summer house show. Hopefully that will change and we´ll get something eccentric and silly instead.

I find it really funny that they´re all still talking about that elementary school.

Best part was the scenery, I want to visit Savannah (and live there, on a charming "little" plantation)

I'm okay with the show too.  As many others have mentioned I wish we would be privy to someone's mansion or plantation the way we are on the original Southern Charm.

I have been to Savannah as well as Charleston and its outlying islands.  If I ever become independently wealth, I can imagine myself in one of the two places.  I love the history there.

Edited May 17, 2017 by Emmeline

[Nancybeth]

I was very surprised they had a POC at the party...and then I realized he was the bartender.  Hell, even the original flavor Southern Charm has a black gentleman that shows up with Cameran occasionally! 

God I would love Southern Charm: New Orleans. 

[biakbiak]

6 minutes ago, Nancybeth said:

 

God I would love Southern Charm: New Orleans. 

It's already been announced.

[Giselle]

mmm Daniel rattling off the number from the credit card  his daddy gave him.... he said it was American Express but then he started with a 5.  Master Card number sets starts with a 5, American Express card numbers start with a 3.

Just saying.

[crazyirishlady]

On 5/9/2017 at 5:16 PM, Lizzing said:

Nelson comes off all to aware he's a reality tv character and that's going to be to his detriment for my enjoyment. Although having a cast member who went to rehab for lying is a new one.

I think Country Day is elementary & high school, but no matter, I can't imagine being still hung up on who I went to school with in primary or secondary school in my early 30s.  I was over those jokers even before the official graduation occurred.  However, it should benefit the show if this cast really does know, or was at least somewhat acquainted with, each other prior to filming.  Although, in this second iteration of Southern Charm, they really are missing POC in the cast.  The producers should have done better on that front this time around; I guess I'll have to hold out hope for the NOLA version.

And until I see documentation to the contrary, that fire was set on purpose.  Ashley seems as try hard as Nelson.

I think the POC are more in the Atlanta versions of Bravoland, RHOA, Married to Mecicine.  The Southern Charm shows are more for the WASPS....

[Peper81]

On ‎5‎/‎13‎/‎2017 at 11:35 AM, Bronzedog said:

Crazy new trick to avoid hangovers, drink a lot of water?  That and take 3 aspirin were a crazy new trick 40 years ago.  But I guess if you peak in elementary school, everything is progress.

Also, the constant "as a southerner, here in the south" is a bit much.  I mean, as a Marylander, here is the mid Atlantic, we don't mention that crap every few sentences.  Or ever.  But, I'm saying that as a Marylander.  Here in the mid Atlantic.

I agree with the "as a southerner, here in the south" crap.  Drives me crazy because it seems like it happens on almost every reality show involving someone from the south.   Plus, it's always in relation to something so generic, like "here in the south, we say thank you," or "as a southerner, we always wipe our asses after taking a poo."  It's something everyone does but for some reason because a "southerner" did it; it must be different and special, but, what the heck do I know as a Yankee from the Mid-West. 

[Gam2]

This show is just awful and embarrassing and should be taken off of the air. 

[Giselle]

On ‎5‎/‎15‎/‎2017 at 8:23 PM, Emmeline said:

I'm okay with the show too.  As many others have mentioned I wish we would be privy to someone's mansion or plantation the way we are on the original Southern Charm.

I have been to Savannah as well as Charleston and its outlying islands.  If I ever become independently wealth, I can imagine myself in one of the two places.  I love the history there.

Lose the 50 year old hoarding hussy and her loud mouth sidekick. Keep the one with the property porn plantation in the family but go back to the Country Day Alumni Picnic and get some different southern snowflakes.

[savannah31401]

On 5/16/2017 at 1:01 PM, Nancybeth said:

I was very surprised they had a POC at the party...and then I realized he was the bartender.  Hell, even the original flavor Southern Charm has a black gentleman that shows up with Cameran occasionally! 

God I would love Southern Charm: New Orleans. 

He is one of the best bartenders in town. He will forever be called by me "magic hands".

[GoGamecox]

I live in South Carolina, and no one says all that, "As a Southerner, we BLAH BLAH BLAH" stuff unless we get asked (rarely) about our traditions/language, etc., from someone from another part of the US or out of the country. It's too contrived (and TIRED) to keep including that kind of language in the interview segments. 

So far, on SC Savannah, I've yet to see a person that I thought, "Hey, I would like be friends with him (or her)."  At least on SC Charleston there are a few more likable cast members, in my opinion -- Cam, Naomi, Patricia, etc. But maybe I'm biased with my SC residency. :)

[Jack Terrier]

On 5/17/2017 at 6:24 PM, Gam2 said:

This show is just awful and embarrassing and should be taken off of the air. 

Oh bless your heart!  :)

I feel it will be excellent snarky fun.

[Atlanta]

Holy moly. SCD must be a lame school. I have a few friends from Savannah who went to non-SCD private schools and they are college grads who are well spoken. They also have careers. I don't mind that they're not all noodle thin (actually nice to see), but none of them, so far, have charisma. Ashley tries too hard. She wants to be the Jenna of this show. Also, the thing about Sherman's mistress is largely a folk tale and there's not much credence to it. My dad is a history buff, esp Civil War.

Sorry, Ash, not all of us southern women look at ourselves as baby machines. Did I hear her mention high school sororities? There aren't sororities in HS.

Edited May 29, 2017 by Atlanta