- Real Housewives of London season 2 will stream on Hayu from September 7
- Core cast Juliet Angus, Amanda Cronin, Karen Loderick-Peace, Juliet Mayhew, Panthea Parker and Nessie Welschinger are returning
- New episodes promise ‘ shifting alliances, mounting tensions and unmissable moments’
Look lively, reality TV fans: Real Housewives of London season 2 is set to return to Hayu on September 7.
According to NBCUniversal, housewives Juliet Angus, Amanda Cronin, Karen Loderick-Peace, Juliet Mayhew, Panthea Parker and Nessie Welschinger are all returning, and “old friendships are tested, new loyalties are questioned and even the most glamorous postcode cannot contain the drama.”
The synopsis continues, “Picking up in the aftermath of a fracturing off-camera dinner, the women attempt to move forward through charity galas, Fashion Week front rows, Lunar New Year celebrations and a jaw-dropping trip to Antigua.”
Following the September 7 premiere, remaining episodes are set to drop weekly. With 10 episodes in total, the season will culminate with a reunion special hosted by author and podcaster Katherine Ryan.
It’s this final detail that I have the biggest problem with… and I’m desperately hoping that the hit series doesn’t repeat the same mistake that so many of the international versions have year-on-year.
Opinion: Real Housewives needs to change its reunion show format ASAP
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I would apologize for being a hater, but really it stands me in good stead to be a Housewife myself. After streaming multiple episodes of catty VTs, explosive showdowns and domestic setups that truly boggle the mind, I often feel my shoulders sink when the reunion show rolls around.
Essentially, a host will sit the entire cast down in a live studio format to recap the drama of episodes past, getting their individual takes on what happened and if anything has changed since filming.
If you loathe overly edited and contrived TV scenes like I do, this is an absolute nightmare. It’s part and parcel of the Real Housewives IP that drama is both heightened and engineered, but reunion shows channel this in the most inorganic way possible.
At least if someone is having a fight at a restaurant on a kitchen island, they’re genuinely in the moment — they’re not having to perform their emotions too much because they’re feeling them in real time. But raking back over the past is merely a way to create a viral moment rather than engaging television.
Instead, I’d prefer it if the reunions were scrapped altogether to allow the next season (which hasn’t been greenlit in this instance) to come sooner rather than later.
Real Housewives of London season 3 isn’t going to be a bad decision for anyone, so what are we waiting for?
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