Vanderpump Rules
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What do we have to fill in all of this camera time?
Three things: Jax, Lala, and nostalgia.
The one that I noticed the most in this episode was the last one.
Most of the time the cast spent together involved imagining, reimagining, or struggling to remember the past.
You dont know what goes on behind closed doors.
The shitty way that Jax treats Brittany is the exact same way that he treated them.
What is interesting about Jax is that he really does seem like hes ready to change.
Hes seeing his hot reiki teacher Kelsey, who you might tell Brittanyhatesbut wont say it out loud.
Hes trying to get a new job and find a career outside of bartending.
Hes realizing the future looks sad and he wants to do something to change course.
However, hes also completely incapable of making that change.
Before Jax was always just doing Jax.
That friction is fascinating to watch.
It all comes out when Kelsey asks him why hes so anxious about the casts upcoming Mexico trip.
What are you fighting at the core?
He doesnt want the screaming, the incriminations, and the meaningless fame.
Watching Jax, while fascinating, can also be exhausting.
He tells Brittany that he wants to stop living his Peter Pan lifestyle.
She agrees that she wants him to grow up too and he snaps at her.
I just want you to say, Okay, he tells her.
He doesnt need a girlfriend; he needs one of those high-end Japanese sex dolls.
The same thing happens when he and Brittany talk about the job again in Mexico.
Jax thinks that by telling Brittany about the job, she has agreed that he should take it.
Jax, of course, does not believe that.
He is living in a kingdom of one and it will always be that way.
Stassi knows it, Lisa knows it, and Scheana knows it.
I will talk to you however I damn well just, she spits right back.
And that brings us to Lala, the unexpected gem of this season.
She has made one of the most miraculous turnarounds in reality-television history.
I dont know if Lala has changed so much, or if my perspective on her has changed.
The problem with Lala is that she is only interesting in opposition to something else.
We only like Lala when shes fighting against something or someone especially something or someone we hate.
That might be a long-term problem for her viability as a practitioner of the reality-television arts and sciences.
Of course, other things happen in this episode too.
Scheana and Rob work on their e-commerce idea, which is called the Divorce Closet.
It is a site where you’ve got the option to sell your exs stuff after they leave.
The whole world let out a collective Eeek!
Yes, bartending takes a certain skill.
However, it is a skill that is easily taught and very easily mastered.
Being beautiful is not something that one can pick up on the fly.
Either you are or you arent.
Its one part luck and one part hard work, training, exercise, and diet.
But let us not pretend like there is a higher prerequisite for bartending than looking sexy.
They stripped down to their trunks and were about to get in.
Then James whipped off his trunks entirely.
Mexico rules means no bottoms, he said, walking over to plunge into the pool.
Peter asked, a bit nervous of getting caught.
Come on, man!
James yelled, ruffling his hand along the surface of the water, sending a wave in Peters direction.
Fuck it, Peter said, baring all and easing in the water next to James.
It all felt natural, but also incredibly awkward.
Suddenly, there was a noise next to them and they broke their embrace to look over.
Toms Schwartz and Sandoval were standing there naked, looking excited.
