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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 Orange County Recap: Boy TroublesYou know what we say: chicks before dicks.
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    Luann and Sonja: Welcome to Crappie Lake Premiere Recap: The Simpler LifeLuann and Sonja’s new show upends everything we know about Housewives to create something shockingly nice and fun.
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    The Real Housewives of Orange County Recap: Dude-less RanchTamra is at the top of her game.
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    15 Classic Summer-Camp Movies, RankedAll the fun of staying up late in your bunk, without the bug bites.
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    The Other Two Series-Finale Recap: Something Sweet About the BeachThe series ends having lost a bit of zip and originality, but it manages to humanize its characters one last time.
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    The Real Housewives of Orange County Recap: Big Sky Malibu CountryIt’s all feeling a little too familiar, isn’t it?
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    The Real Housewives of Orange County Recap: Let Them Cut CakeThe secret to enjoying this season? Lowered expectations!
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    The Other Two Recap: Sting Like Applebee’sWho among us has never wanted to chloroform Ben Platt?
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    The Real Housewives of Orange County Recap: What the Duck?The Tamra and Shannon fight feels like they finally got fed up with ignoring how awful the other one can truly be.
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    Good-bye, Scandoval, You Sweet, Glorious MonsterThis week, we have the winners and losers of the whole affair, a peek at what’s going on with Schwartz, and a walk down Raquel-nickname memory lane.
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    Vanderpump Rules Reunion Recap: Grody to the MaxThe twist might not have been worth the hype, but it’s still been a once-in-a-lifetime season of reality television.
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    The Real Housewives of Orange County Premiere Recap: Judge, Jury, ExecutionerWe have reached the final frontier of Housewifery.
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    Vanderpump Rules Reunion Recap: The Trailer Park#Scandoval died for everyone else’s sins this season.
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    The Other Two Recap: Space, the Final FrontierCary and Brooke see the limits of Hollywood altruism.
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    Vanderpump Rules Reunion Recap: Let Sleeping Worms LieThe opening shots are fired, and all Sandoval can do is lie still and hope it all hurts a little bit less.
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    Summer House Season-Finale Recap: Queens of the JungleAfter a long, grueling season, perhaps it’s for the best that Lindsay and Danielle breakup as friends and move on.
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    10 Vanderpump Rules Episodes That Hit Different After #ScandovalThe red flags were there all along.
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    Vanderpump Rules Season-Finale Recap: The Scandoval Has LandedThe truth is finally out. After all these years, we finally see Sandoval for who he is.
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    The Real Housewives of New Jersey Season-Finale Recap: Irish Good-byesConsidering everything Teresa has put her through, it’s a miracle Melissa even finished filming this season.
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    Summer House Recap: You Can Have Your CakeWhere will Carl and Lindsay go?
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    The Other Two Recap: Unpleasant-villeIt seems like Cary and Brooke don’t want to work these days.
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    Vanderpump Rules Recap: The Almost FinaleWhat is Raquel doing?
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    The Real Housewives of New Jersey Recap: Luis, Luis, Oh NoTime to wrap up everyone’s story lines ahead of Teresa’s wedding.
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    Summer House Recap: Otherwise EngagedA rare “everyone is right” episode. Well, except for Danielle, of course.
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    The Other Two Season-Premiere Recap: Pit of DespairCary and Brooke have gotten everything they’ve ever wanted. Now what?
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    Vanderpump Rules Recap: Lies All the Way DownIt’s incredible Sandoval ever thought he’d get away with it.
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    The Real Housewives of New Jersey Recap: Hit the ShowersFeel bad for Joe Giudice? Nice try, Bravo.
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    Summer House Recap: Put a Ring to ItSummer House is better with more people swarming around. Make the cast gigantic!
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    Vanderpump Rules Recap: Beach-Blanket BlottoThe entire Vanderpump Rules world has turned into a beautifully chaotic farce.
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    The Real Housewives of New Jersey Recap: Hen Dos and Don’tsIs Ireland making the New Jersey wives act out of character?
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    The RHOC Trailer Is Here With 100 Percent More Jump ScaresOrange you glad Tamra Judge, Vicki Gunvalson, and Taylor Armstrong are back?
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    Summer House Recap: ’Tis a PityWhy does Lindsay expect Carl to fix the beef between her and Danielle? It’s your friendship, Lindsay!
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    The Real Housewives: Ultimate Girls Trip Season-Finale Recap: Tequila the VibesThe mystery of who stole Gizelle’s tequila bottle is solved — and it’s incredibly satisfying.
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    Vanderpump Rules Recap: Oliver’s TwistOne of the most supersize episodes Bravo has ever given us.
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    The Real Housewives of New Jersey Recap: Guinness World RecordsIf we’re sick of watching the same fight over and over again, imagine how tired Melissa is of living the same fight over and over again.
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    Summer House Recap: Welcome to the Rad HouseSummer House is giving us nothing.
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    We Do Not StanThe case against Hashtag Teams and an investigation into Summer House’s mountain of boxes, in this edition of the Housewives Institute Bulletin.
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    The Real Housewives: Ultimate Girls Trip Recap: Tantric or TreatUltimate Girls Trip has turned me against two of my all-time-favorite Housewives: Gizelle and Porsha.
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    Vanderpump Rules Recap: It’s In His KissEven without the Scandoval of it all, this is an insane episode.
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    The Real Housewives of New Jersey Recap: Dublin DownThe Housewives are in Ireland. So close to me and they didn’t even call!
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    Summer House Recap: Birthday Boy, Oh BoyThis week has everything we want from a Summer House episode: hot boys, hot girls, a few deep conversations, and some light personal drama.
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    The Real Housewives: Ultimate Girls Trip Recap: All Bottled UpGizelle’s bottle drama is so over the top that she makes Candiace seem reasonable.
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    Vanderpump Rules Recap: Holy MaloneyKatie has no business being at this wedding!
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    The Real Housewives of New Jersey Recap: Grounds for DismissalWhy won’t the show tell us what is going on with the people who are on this show?
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    Summer House Recap: Charm OffensiveOther than the Southern Charm and Winter House invasions, there isn’t much going on this week.
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    Vanderpump Rules Recap: Showering With AffectionWe take a break from Sandoval and Raquel for a bit to focus on the real villain of the show: James Kennedy.
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    The Real Housewives of New Jersey Recap: Pizza Pie in the EyeTeresa is wrong for the billionth time, but what else is new?
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    Summer House Recap: Let’s Hear It for the BoysIf it’s not a show about 20-somethings partying or a group of friends, what is Summer House about?
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    The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip Season-Premiere Recap: Thai One OnThe latest UGT feels like fights from past Housewives seasons but with different peanut galleries weighing in on them.
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    Vanderpump Rules Recap: Mexico StandoffWelcome to the pool party from hell.
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