Mel & Jill Geek Out Melissa & Jill

Jill and Mel start the episode with a mini digress into doggie anxiety and a plea to Kylie Kelce to be our friend. (We have great conversations and excellent snacks… just saying.) 
 
The besties get down to brass tacks with the final part of the reunion for season 11 of VPR. The reunion covers a lot of ground throughout the season. Interesting conversations are had with the cast that include Jax & Brittney, the ‘one who got away’ for Schwartz, and just about every cast member’s relationship with Sandoval. Has he seen the error of his ways? Nope. By far the most emotional aspect of the episode is when Lala doubles down on her rant about Ariana. 
 
The besties discuss the future of VPR and if they would even watch if there was a season 12. Who knows… maybe we’ll get the James & Ally spinoff we’ve all been dreaming of.
 
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Mel & Jill kick off the episode with mildly hot takes about the 30th Anniversary Lion King performance at the Hollywood Bowl.
 
Then they dive right into chapter 46 of Iron Flame. The plot finally starts to pick up and a lot of things happen in a short period of time. Cat and Violet get into a fight (this time in the sparring gym), we have a very nice spicy scene in a throne room, and Violet goes back to her roots and starts at the beginning. The war is intensifying and Violet is desperate to get the wards up, but there’s a new cost to that plan - the gryphon riders. We do get a bit closer on the process to actually raise the wards, but they’re all still missing some crucial information that happens to be right in front of their faces (literally).
 
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What better way to start the episode than a huge congratulations to Katie and Ariana on the grand opening of Something About Her and a good gossip sesh?!
 
Part 2 of the reunion covers a lot of ground from the season. The cast examines their friendships, boundaries, and relationships with each other. We learn more about Jo and what the cast really thinks about her and Schwartz’s relationship. Ally & James get a good chunk of the episode, which really highlights their strength as a couple, but also his growth as a person. Who would have thought that back in Season 1 we would be seeing a sober VPR cast and water tastings? Probably for the better… Anne gets a bullet point in the episode, which we love. We end on the Attempted Dog Murder incident and the custody of pets. Per usual, James punctuates the final moments of the episode with his quick wit.
 
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In what other Pod would you get an episode that includes a little bit of everything? Mel & Jill have a very windy road where they touch on which fictional characters they would pick for president and Jill’s traumatic experience with coconut as a pre-schooler. Bridgerton’s classical spin on hit pop songs leads to the Besties reminiscing about being in the Band. They move on to gushing about their favorite A&E programming, a lot of which centers around crime. They wrap up the episode talking about their love/hate relationships with the myriad of streaming services available.  
 
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How else do we start off an episode but a Taylor Swift update? We talk the new TTPD Era’s Tour segment and yet another suspected announcement, which will likely not be real. We touch on the ridiculousness that is the commencement speech of the KC Chiefs kicker with a nice segue into Anne and her Duracell commercial. 
 
The reunion starts off per usual with a mini update from the cast, but Mel & Jill jump right to the legal stuff. They can’t talk about it, we know they can’t talk about it, so why are we asking them  about it? Various topics are covered on the reunion from the typical fluff of ‘your rooms are messy’ to incredibly heavy mental health conversations. The real meat of the reunion comes at the end when Lala and Katie discuss their issues during the season. Mel and Jill break down why they think the cast should drop the 4th wall act and come out and say what they are all dancing around… most of them were jealous and worried for their jobs and were angry when Katie and Ariana refused to jump on the Sandoval train. Bravo already broke the 4th wall, they should just run with it. 
 
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The besties start this episode by ranking the F1 drivers, and honestly, the results are not surprising.
 
Episode 9 is our only real glance and Red Bull, but mostly focusing on Alpha Tauri (today known as RB Cash App). Unfortunately, just a few races after getting the set at Alpha Tauri, Danny’s in a crash, which was not his fault, and breaks his wrist and is out for 6 weeks. Enter Liam Lawson, who honestly does a great job. There’s a ton of rumors that they may not bring Danny back, but ultimately they do. It’s only a matter of time Liam!
 
Episode 10 is the big conclusion to the season, and ‘big’ is a very generous word. Most of the season is pretty lackluster at best thanks to Max’s dominance, so Netflix focus the episode on the shitshow that was the Las Vegas Grand Prix. Between track issues (poor Carlos), to a generally unexciting race, the third US race left a lot to be desired. But we jump to Abu Dhabi where honestly, nothing really happens. And they give Guenther a terrible send off. 
 
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