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Brian Moylan is the author of the New York Times best seller The Housewives: The Real Story Behind the Housewives. He also writes Vulture's Housewives Institute Bulletin newsletter. He started covering television in 2000, and his TV reporting and criticism has appeared in the New York Times, The Guardian, Vice, Gawker 1.0, Time, Cosmopolitan, Town & Country, the Washington Blade, and many other outlets.

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    The Real Housewives of New Jersey Recap: House CoolingMaybe Jennifer would have more support if she weren’t wrong so often. Sadly, we’ll never know.
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    Summer House Recap: The Loyalty CardLook at all this maturity and growth from our cast. But also look at all this chaos and immaturity. It’s perfect.
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    The Real Housewives of Miami Recap: Back in BlackIt’s never much fun when the wives get split into two distinct cliques.
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    Vanderpump Rules Recap: Podcast PeopleThe only thing I’ve missed more than I missed Scheana is how much Katie hates Scheana.
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    The Real Housewives of New Jersey Recap: Should-ing the BedWe’re watching this family disintegrate because they’re hung up on the proper way to behave instead of figuring out what’s best for them.
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    Summer House Recap: Blown JobsIt seems like the drama between Kyle and Carl is just getting started.
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    The Real Housewives of Miami Recap: All the RageAdriana almost loses a foot.
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    Vanderpump Rules Recap: To the DogsThese relationships have so many red flags.
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    The Real Housewives of New Jersey Recap: Pass the CheeseThe housewives need to make up and move on already.
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    Summer House Season-Premiere Recap: Bedroom BingoCarl and Lindsay are holding onto each other so tightly it’s messing up the vibe in the house.
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    All Fired UpReviewing Bravo’s inconsistent record of what constitutes a fireable offense, in this scandal-prone edition of the Housewives Institute Bulletin.
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    The Real Housewives of Miami Recap: Brujería BrouhahaNothing ruins a trip quite like COVID and witchcraft, huh?
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    Vanderpump Rules Season-Premiere Recap: Hubba BubbasVanderpump is best when the cast has organic interactions, not Lisa’s stupid improv sketches.
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    The Real Housewives of New Jersey Season-Premiere Recap: New Dogs, Old TricksNew Jersey is back with all its old beefs and maybe a new curse?
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    The Real Housewives of Miami Recap: A Tale of the GringosIf Alexia is going to pretend to be offended to get an apology out of Nicole, then at least accept the damn apology.
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    Below Deck Adventure Season-Finale Recap: Fjord ExplorerThe crew tries to get their act together for the last charter, but it’s too late.
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    The Real Housewives of Miami Recap: Wrong Answers OnlyThree riveting Housewife fights in a single episode? Simply iconic.
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    Below Deck Adventure Recap: Not Horsing AroundAs Jess and Faye’s feud negatively affects the charter, Captain Kerry’s conflict resolution is too little, too late.
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    Kate Chastain Went on The Traitors to Wear Cute Outfits“I didn’t lug two suitcases full of wool jackets from Florida for them not to get on-camera.â€
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    The Real Housewives of Miami Recap: Rules of EngagementNicole becomes a real Housewife with her clapback at Larsa.
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    Below Deck Adventure Recap: O Captain! My Captain!Captain Kerry seems utterly disinterested as his staff descends further into chaos.
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    The Traitors Season-Finale Recap: Faithful No MoreThe finale delivers all the suspense, drama, and backstabbing we can handle. Plus, Kate’s incredible sass.
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    The Traitors Recap: Kate the GreatThe traitors are finally starting to stumble.
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    The Traitors Recap: Barrels of MonkeysNo one seems to care whether Kate is a traitor or faithful anymore — they just want her gone. It’s a losing strategy.
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    The Traitors Recap: Hitting the Wrong NoteThe game is getting good, but no one has any idea how to play.
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    The Real Housewives of Miami Recap: Page Six Six SixAs Lisa’s messy divorce progresses horribly, the Housewives check in on the health of their own marriages.
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    The Traitors Season-Premiere Recap: Bravo BabesReality-TV mobs form and host Alan Cumming chews up the scenery in Peacock’s delightful murder-mystery competition.
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    Below Deck Adventure Recap: Hair ApparentLeave it to the Americans to ask for a dumb theme party.
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    Real Housewives of Miami Recap: We’re on a BoatYou can’t even get half of these women to regularly wear underwear. You expect them to know how to do a step-touch on the back of a borrowed yacht?
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    Below Deck Adventure Recap: Bland AmbitionFaye has been wrong about every single thing this entire season, but she’s right about this.
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    The Real Housewives of Miami Recap: Marina and the DiamondsIt’s hard to fault Alexia for being so awful because it makes such infuriatingly perfect drama.
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    Below Deck Adventure Recap: Mercury in RetrogradeJust say no to Below Deck’s themed dinners.
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    The Real Housewives of Miami Recap: Divorce, Miami StyleI am now, like, a full-on Lisa stan, supporter, protector, and Cameo purchaser.
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    Winter House Season-Finale Recap: Snow Long, FarewellNot a lot going on in the finale except for, well, Jess and Austen being the living worst.
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    The Real Housewives of Miami Recap: Keys to HappinessSay what you will about the Miami wives, but they’d help a girlfriend hide a body if it came to it.
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    Winter House Recap: The Past Tense of FlingThis season offers no learning, no new knowledge. But sometimes it’s nice to just marinate like the little worm floating in a bottle of tequila.
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    The Real Housewives of Miami Recap: Drop Her Like It’s HotOf all the Real Housewives hot mics that we’ve ever had, leave it to Miami to find us the hottest one of all.
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    The Real Housewives of Miami Recap: Fall of the House of HochsteinSmall domino: Lisa and Lenny Hochstein’s nanny falls in the shower. Big domino: They get divorced?
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    The Real Housewives of Miami Recap: The Hate BoatThe Stupidest Fight Ever, Part II (featuring Larsa and Lisa)
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    The Real Housewives of Miami Season-Premiere Recap: Building TensionsMiami is just the low-stakes, petty drama we need to get us through this winter of our discontent.
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    Winter House Recap: Getting in TouchAll this drama over an alleged attempt to touch Austen’s crotch? Sure. Okay.
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race U.K. Season-Finale Recap: Megamixed UpDrag Race is dancing on the thin line between reality-TV ritual and reality-TV tedium.
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race U.K. Recap: Comedy and ErrorsIt’s time for the roast, because Drag Race hasn’t come up with a new challenge in forever.
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    The Great British Baking Show Season-Finale Recap: Flavor SaviorA lackluster season ends with three excellent bakers taking on final challenges that are undeserving of their talents.
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    Winter House Recap: It FiguresI’m surprised Lisa Rinna didn’t try to inject this episode into her face because it is filler.
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    Great British Baking Show Recap: Release the KrokanWhat a week of surprises — not just who won and went home, but that no one’s giant Krokan sculptures came crashing down, maiming Paul Hollywood.
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    RuPaul’s Drag Race U.K. Recap: Squirreling AwayWas this whole episode just an Ambien dream?
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    Winter House Recap: An Indecent ProposalJust like lovers of natural toothpaste, the public demands more Toms.
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    The Great British Baking Show Recap: Pie HardA tough pastry week makes for a tough elimination.
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    Winter House Recap: It’s About Tom(s)The Toms Schwartz and Sandoval have arrived.
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