#2908 McBee Dynasty S02E01: Big Farma
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McBee Dynasty today. Before we get into that, just some scheduling updates. We're going on a little July 4th vacay. So we're taking off Thursday, Friday, Monday, and Tuesday. So we're going to throw up some of our... We did some episodes that we recorded along the way, some classic episodes when we were on the road. So some people have been like, where are we going to hear those episodes? Well, guess what? You're going to hear them

this coming up uh while we're on break but that being said we are going to be on break so some stuff you won't be able to hear um like not here but meaning like we're not gonna have a blow deck recap next week etc so just bear with us while we'll be missing miami below deck atlanta won't be on so that'll be missing and this and this and mcbee yeah so just thanks ahead of time for your patience you just want to take a little break but that being said we are here today

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access to through our Patreon. So with that all being said, it is time to dive into McBee Dynasty. So I was aspiring to watch season one of the McBee Dynasty leading up to this, but then I thought, you know what? I'm going to watch this like a Bravo viewer, which is I'm going to go into this blind and I'm just going to go in starting where it's being presented on Bravo. But you, Ronnie, you watched all of season one leading up to this, did you not? Yeah.

I did. I watched all of season one. Loved it. I couldn't believe it's coming to Bravo because it's not really a Bravo style show. It's not like Hammer and all of that. It's Cowboys. So I was kind of surprised it was coming to Bravo. But what a trashy, garbagey show. I loved it. I loved the first season. I fell in love with Jesse. What a hottie. Oh, my God.

Jesse the longer haired one. He's the long haired one. He's so cute. And then Steve's kind of cute, but he's like big Lego looking. And then Cole's like the loser brother. And now the sad thing is that the father is going to jail.

He will be in jail. And that's why he's not on this season. But he was the main character in the first season. So you missed all of him, Ben. So you'll have to watch it. Maybe one day you'll fall in love with this. You'll go watch it. But the dad's just like this. These kids, their lives are being ruined by women. The women are always trying to trick my boys into being in a relationship. The dad was cheated on the mom with Galena, who's the Russian lady running the hedge fund business.

And then the whole season he kept saying, yeah, kids, come on. We got to get this together. We can't have another insurance call. The insurance people are real sick of us filing insurance. Well, it turns out it's because he was filing fraudulent insurance claims up to like $4 million and his ass is going to Priz. Okay. So that's why the dad's not here. And, you know, all this stuff went down and I was like, this is definitely Bravo worthy. I mean, you've got a whole cast that could go to jail at any minute.

All you really need for this show is Galena anyway, because she's amazing. She's an amazing character. So anyway, it's rambling, but love the show. And I'm so glad to be at least covering one of them here. Who knows? Who knows how this will go? But at least we're going to cover one. It's so funny because I thought this premiered on Sunday because we got a screener. So I watched it Sunday afternoon and then I just...

For some reason, I just thought it was premiering on Sunday. And then on Monday, I was like, I wonder how people are receiving this show, because it really did not feel like a Bravo show to me at all. Not just because it has to do with cowboys, but it just felt like...

Bravo shows have a certain feel and a vibe and a tempo. And this show, to me, had none of that. And so I was like, I wonder how people are going to receive it. And I was like, wow, no one's even talking about the show. What a colossal flop for Bravo. I was like, there's not – no one posted anything in our Facebook group. I'm not seeing anything on Reddit. I'm not seeing anything. There's not a single tweet about this. I was like, I just did – I searched for hashtag the McBee dynasty, hashtag McBee dynasty, everything, and not a single tweet.

And then I saw it hadn't even premiered yet. I was like, okay, that explains it. But yes, today I did look and people are talking about it. But yeah. So why don't we dive in on this crazy, crazy new show, but well show, but it's a new place to replace the dad, Steven senior.

He was the one who narrated everything. So they got rid of him. And so now we have his like henchman, the lady who does everything around the farm, Tessa. And the whole part of the first season was her going, you know, boss, you're right. Even though he was always wrong and doing illegal shit and cheating on people. She'd be like, I get what you're coming for, boss. I get what you're coming from. Man, let's take care of the children. Because that's what she calls all these grown men.

So now the new narrator is Tessa. And she's like, it all started with one man's dream. This man, Steve McBee. All he wanted was to be a patch of Missouri farmland that no one could ever take away from him and his sons, the children. But they set their sights on building a billion dollar industry. Only problem was they were going too fast. And they took on a pot load of debt. Uh-huh.

And then we see a flashback from last season where the dad is like, if we don't make it work, they'll take my house, your house, everything we own. And then Steven Jr. is like, we'd rather die than watch this place go down. So then Tess is like, the boss man cooked up an idea to save the farm by investing $100 million of venture capital into the car washes.

And so his big plan was, OK, in order to get venture capital. So first of all, what he does is he'll buy a lot of stuff and then he'll add that to what he owns. And then he'll say, OK, well, my estate is now that I've got all these new tractors, my estate is worth 20 million dollars.

So then he'll get a bigger loan and then he'll buy more shit and say, OK, my state's bigger. So he keeps like building up all of these loans. And so because he didn't have enough of a thing to get a hedge fund, I don't even think he knows what a hedge fund is, to be honest, because he thought, oh, yeah, we got this venture capital thing coming up. So here's we got a venture capital hedge fund thing. We better be nice to Galena. Am I right?

Hedge fund is obviously a GoFundMe for planting bushes around your farm. It's a hedge fund. Right. Well, he had no idea what it is. I still don't think he knows what it is. And so he was... Okay, so the lady who was going to be running the hedge fund is Galina, right? The Russian lady that works there. But he's also fucking Galina. But then he's also cheating on Galina on camera with multiple people. Like, one other lady he's going on dates with...

And all this. And then he's cheating on her with this young girl in Nashville. I mean, he's cheating all over the place. Like she's never going to find out. And Galena loses her shit every single time. So she's the one in charge of this hedge fund. And because they didn't have enough, they decided they'll open all these car washes. Right. So they open up all the car washes. And now people are like, well, okay, but you've just had these car washes for five minutes. We're not giving you a hedge fund. And so at the very end of the season,

Of season one, Galena finds out they are not giving us the hedge fund money. And he's like, well, I can't believe it. This didn't work out. So the dad goes on the run because now he's fucked. He's taken out all of these loans. He's filed all this insurance fraud and all this stuff to keep going. And now he's not going to get this hundred million dollars. So he literally just got in his truck and ran away.

Wow. You know, I feel like the last people on Bravo to lean into car washes were the Manzos, and that didn't really work out so well either. So I think if you're a reality star, car washes are not the way out. It's not every day that $100 million goes walking out that door. They bet their harmony. Unfortunately, they lost. Poor old boss man. He took it harder than anyone.

Hell, I just skipped it and head out of town. Now it's time for the oldest boy to take the reins and all the hell that goes with it. Yeah. Also, the other people that really jumped into car washes was Breaking Bad to launder all the drug money. So that's the first thing I thought when I saw the car washes. I was like, guys, this has been done. And we all know it's a criminal enterprise. Okay. So, you know.

So now after Tessa gave a whole backstory that included the stuff, everything you said, then we go to Gallatin, Missouri, where Tessa and the employees are in the kitchen at the McBee farm. So we see Cole. Oh, this was funny to me because I feel like

After she does her whole intro, we then sit through five minutes of watching the stars of this show with their backs to us. Because it's like we cut back and forth between Cole and Steve Jr. washing dishes. Steve Jr. is cooking something at his stove and Cole's washing dishes. And it's like two cross-cutting scenes of these two guys. They're literally their backs to the camera. I was like, this is a great start to the show. Love this. Excited to meet the stars here. It's reality. Yeah.

So Cole, Cole's the youngest brother and he's the biggest loser. Like he's really dumb and he's not hot. Right. Cause the other two brothers are hot as fuck. Like one of them's from Joe millionaire. That's Steve. And then Jesse, I mean, Jesse's just hot as hell. Like everybody loves Jesse. And then you've got Cole with his tiny little mouth. Yeah.

And he's like, I should run this farm. I'm not the best at running the farm. Nobody trusts me with shit. I mean, that guy knows money, sure, but I know how to clean a horse. And I'm like, oh, yeah, it's not really about cleaning a horse, bro. And so he's always trying to undermine his brothers. But he's the biggest loser. And so he went off and gained a ton of weight. And I don't know, he had one of the biggest season two changes. But he's also the biggest shithead. So it's kind of nice to see him not doing great.

There's like a dust-up about how he was on Twitter, throwing around the F-word for years, years and years. Like, shut up, you liberal F-word. Shut up, you liberal F-word. Oh, yeah, that does not shock me. Yeah, so I'm glad he got fat. That's what you get, Cole. The F-word is a lot of calories, okay? Now, it was all the way back in 2017, so I will allow people to grow and change, but I have a feeling he probably has not.

So we like this, Ben. So they use the clapboard in front of his face for his interview. And he goes, did DJ Khalid use that? Oh,

It's like his only point of reference. Yeah, he's like hip-hop, am I right? It's about to start getting real busy around here. First of all, we're going to get into fall calving season on the farm where the cows have their babies. And you check them every day and you make sure there's no complications. So we like to call it cow ER. You know, we play the music and then we say, I need 10 seeds of milk, stat. And then we milk the cow. It's fun. Yeah, you know, we have calving season. We want to make sure those cows are healthy before we kill them and eat them. So...

And Jesse's like, yeah. And at the same time, the farm has a harvest season. It's coming up here pretty quick. And so, you know, they're explaining harvest season, whatever that means. And Steve's like, yeah. And fall harvest season, that's the most important time because we've got $6 million payment that's due by November 1st. And if that doesn't happen, the world is going to sink in on itself and we're all going to die.

Yeah. So then we see Steve Jr. and his girlfriend, Kala, and they're working outside. And Kala's like, last year, Steven and I made it Instagram official. Oh,

A lot has happened since then because Steve and I have been through a lot of ups and downs. And so we see like flashbacks of all the stuff they went through last season. And she's like, we've gone through a lot together, but we love each other. And the only times we're really ever had major issues is when other people get involved. And then she spends the rest of the season, the rest of the episode complaining that other people didn't get involved in their life. Okay. So her backstory is she met Steve Jr. on Joe Millionaire.

And she was a contestant and I guess she won with him or something. So that's how they met. So she's long distance, but he last season, he's like, you literally cannot meet a man where I meet a woman where I live. There's no women. There's like men. And then everyone who's here is married. Like there's nowhere to date. If you go on Tinder, there's literally no one. So I have to stick with this chick who lives in like Nashville or some shit.

So it's very romantic. He's like, I stay with Cala because there's literally no one else. So the dad hates Cala because she's like a strong, independent woman. And the dad thinks women are just trying to steal his children from him. Like the dad wants to just go out and party with his kids and get, you know, get laid everywhere they go. And the women get in the way. But Cala is not going to stand for it. But then also Cala gets super wasted and like tells everybody off. And so the dad thinks that she's not enough of a lady anymore.

for his men. Meanwhile, he's fucking three people at the same time. Okay, so that's Alice's thing. So now she's super upset, but we'll find out later. So now we go to Cole and his girlfriend, Casey, who I normally like, but she's trying me today. Yeah, because she's pregnant, right? She's their pregnant girlfriend. Well, she's not trying me because she's pregnant. Sorry, I didn't mean it that way. I'll hit that pregnant witch. She's reproducing women. They just want to trap you in her baby's...

So, they're just like cleaning and talking about having a baby. And Casey's like, Cole and I weren't talking about having children. And the baby was unplanned. But we're both very excited. In fact, the doctor, well, we had an ultrasound and the doctor said, if you listen closely, you can hear the baby using the F word already. So, we're just so proud.

She's like, this is all I wanted since I met him. But, you know, I just ever since I met him, I knew I loved him. Casey, you are such a fucking liar. That is not true. She told the story of when they met last time they met with a group of friends and he was kind of a wuss and didn't do anything. And then they saw each other a few months later and like he made a move or something. But it was never like I just knew I always loved him. But now she's pregnant. So she's changed her story. It's like it's a love story for the ages. Yeah.

So Cole's saying, yeah, but you'll be doing most of the feeding, though. And the last few weeks, they've been really feeling up, I think. Something looks a little different. Free boob job. He's like, no, I was talking about the cows. It's calving season coming up. I think they're going to have a bunch of calves.

Can we just latch that baby onto a cow and watch it go? When I met him back in 2019, that's just always what I wanted. When I first met him, I said, I knew I loved him. And though through the last six years, I've never seen myself with anyone else. Like literally there's no one else for me to choose from. So I literally can't see myself with anyone else. Like I literally, I cut out my picture and tried to attach to someone else's photo. And it was just a picture of grass. I was just sad. So it just took us a long time to figure it out. That's all.

Now, did I end up with the tiniest mouth hole, no lift motherfucker on this family? Sure. But you know what? You take what you get. That's what I always say. I'm going to name my kid Settle. Settling. Settling McBee. Does he sort of look like Meryl Streep doing some sort of very strange farm role? Perhaps, but I kind of think that's attractive.

He's like, yeah, I mean, we're going to have a kid, Jesse. Now that you're getting married this year, you got bigger boobs. Things are crazy. Fagito burritos. Come on, Cole. We're on TV. That's what I think Khalid would say. So now we go over to Jesse and his fiancee, Allie. They're bringing in horses. And Jesse's like,

What do you have going on this week? She's like dress fitting for the wedding. Oh yeah. Have our invites been sent out? No. Do you have Cal on the list? No. Yeah. So this is very much just couple not even having wedding invites. I believe that.

So we go back to Steven Jr. He's cooking eggs in his towel and is there in the kitchen with him. And he's like, I'm excited for this barbecue. We're going to play volleyball, swim in the lake, have fun. And it's important because we run this town, you know, and it's important to keep the town not resentful at us because, you know, if they are and we're not going to be able to pay that six million dollars, everything's going to fold in. We're all going to die. She's like, oh, my God.

He's like, you're going to talk to the girls. And she's like, I don't know. Like, I don't know if I even want to initiate a conversation. Cause like my sister died and like, no one even texted me. Like what the fuck? Like that's bullshit. My sister died and no one can even text me. Yeah. So she does tell the story. Her, her sister, she was really close with her. They sleep in each other's beds most nights. And then she died and she was struggling with addiction and, you know, uh, and then she was,

Calla was upset because she got texts from people that she's known for, hasn't even talked to in five years, but then her potentially future sister-in-laws wouldn't even text her, which I think is pretty shitty.

So she's like really mad. Well, until we find out why later. But I still think it's shitty. You know, I still it's pretty shitty. So he's like, well, I talked to my brothers about it and they didn't know what to say. You know, they just didn't feel like you were very approachable. You know, it's very important if you want people to be there for you when your sister dies. You need to be a more approachable person about it. OK, if you want to be hugged, you need to be huggable, Calla.

okay this is your fault and then we go back to jesse and ali and jesse's like well

I do regret not texting her. I wish we would have now. And Allie's like, I agree. She's like, yeah. I mean, he's like, yeah, looking back on it, I thought it was the right thing to just stay out of it because I didn't think she'd want to hear from us. She's like, yeah. Allie had no interest in texting her. You can just tell. She's like, I'm fine with it. And I like that he wishes that he did the bare minimum, too. He's not like, oh, we should have called her or sent her flowers or let her know that we were there for her. He's like, I guess we could have just sent a text. Yeah.

So then back to Steven, he's like, yeah, you know, this tension between Casey, Ali, Kala, listen to all those names, Casey, Ali, Kala. Okay. It puts me in the worst place possible, literally between a rock and a hard place. Cause I'm the leader of this family now.

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Now we go back to Cole and Casey. Now they're feeding baby cows. And Casey's like, they're getting big. Do you think our baby will eat this fast? Like, I don't know. Hey, Dixie down the bottle. Look at that thing. It's already gone. Hey, so, Kayla, you guys still haven't talked to Callie yet, have you? She's like, no. And I wouldn't go out of my way to be rude to her or not talk to her. But the last thing that we knew is that they were broken up and she moved back to Texas. So Stephen told us not to speak to her anymore.

So it turns out Stephen had told everyone not to.

So then Cole, back to Cole, he's like, yeah, I mean, at the end of the day, you ain't DJ Khalid if you're not DJ Khalid. Am I right? And it's up to you to do what you want to do. I'm not going to support you, obviously, in our kid. But, you know, I do want to keep my relationship with my brother. So you better make up with with Cala. OK, you better do it.

Well, I never asked you not to do that. Why are you saying that? It's like, well, do what you want. It's like, but wait, I said a million times I fix things and I never said anything mean. I never came at either of them before. Now you're trying to make me feel like this. Why are you doing this to me? He's like, now I know you haven't said that. It's like, I know, but you act like I'm the one that's doing it. You're the ones making me feel bad.

Yeah, because of course these fucking guys are like, hey, Stephen doesn't want you calling Callis. Don't do it. And they're like, okay. And then the second Callis back in the picture, they're like, man, the girls are bitches, aren't they? God, let's blame it all on the girls.

Yeah, and he's like, yeah, I just don't want to lose my relationship with my brother because you didn't text Calla. And she's like, but wait, you told me not to text her. Yeah, exactly. He's like, so I'm going to lose my relationship with my brother by going behind his back and taking out a $2.5 million loan on some land. Yeah.

He's like, look, you did nothing wrong. And I don't want you to get stressed out like this. You're a woman. Okay. You don't understand things in life. That is your role. And it's just a bunch of dumb drama. It's like women drama. Honestly, if you think about it, but it's between the men, which is strange. And it's really because they break up all the time and they can't fix their own relationship. Cows are for milk and not for fighting. Okay, honey. It's like I always say. It's like, well,

She's got really bad pregnancy hormones because the first year Casey said nothing. I think she said she would be like, hey, Steve or Callie told us that Steve gives her like ten thousand dollars at a time. Y'all better start giving us some money. But other than that, she really never said anything. And this is the most line she's ever had in a row. I can't believe you. Please sit down. So we go to the car wash.

and we get to see my favorite character, Galena. - Yes. So Steve is like, "Good morning, everybody. Obviously we're about to start harvesting everything, so let's get right to it." She's like, "Yes." - Yeah. - I'm like literally starting to have panic attack over our yields. - I'm having panic attack over yield, okay? I go to bed, I think yield. I wake up in the morning, I think yield. I cannot go to the bathroom without thinking yield.

He's like, yeah, well... Intersections, I don't think yield. Ironically. Intersections, I don't think yield. I don't think yield.

All right, everyone. Well, in the financial state of the farm, we are leveraged out. We got close to $7 million in debt between payroll, meat facilities, seed fertilizer, fulfillment center, moisturizer, vehicles, fuel, repair, cattle, utility, towels, insurance, little cute seasonal decorations that you get at Target from the Joanna Gaines section. Bought a lot of those. Medicine, attorney. It all keeps me up at night. Okay, we could lose our entire company immediately. Here's what we're going to focus on. Meat. That's it. Meat.

I'm letting go of thousands of acres. Ranching is at an all-time high for cattle prices, and that's where we need to be going. Meat. So then we go to Jesse Cole and Jake, who's a farmhand, who I think is a meth head. I'm not sure. So then Jake's like, we got...

No one alleged that. I'm just going off face. So Jake's like, yeah, we get big, big, big bad Steven up here instead of at the gym. Look at that. Someone's coming to work instead of working out. Wow. Big brother. Look at him coming to work. Are you sure? Are you sure you don't want to do some squats? Big boy. Oh,

And Cole's like, well, he's too busy to work. You know, don't you know? He's got to get his lifts in. He can't be building fences on the farm, right? It's like, well, boys, I got news for you. I think he dropped a big, big chunk of the farm. We already dropped Weller and Milan and Maysville and Mercer Miller and watermelon. Watermelon County dropped. And I'm assuming you probably are not aware of that yet. Are you, Cole?

And Cole's like, well, yeah, Stephen's plan ain't as bulletproof as Woody thinks. You guys, he's selling off your stuff because your dad filed fake insurance claims and you have to pay back the government. I'd love that they're fed all over by Stephen and is working out in his hotness. He's just had to ruin us all.

So we see a flashback of all the brothers in the office and Stephen's just like yelling at them. He's like, the plan to escape here is we're going to call it get the fuck out of Furman. And we're going to focus on the meat company and the cattle. And I know that there's going to be growing pains. I know it, but we're getting the fuck out of Furman. And you can believe me, guys, because I've got a whiteboard. The whiteboard. Look, I'm writing this down. Fuck Furman.

Farming. Okay. I'm circling it and making a pyramid. What does it mean? Nobody knows, but meet me. We have a plan because I've drawn a very simplistic bar graph. Okay. First bar shows like smiley faces, how happy we are. Second bar shows pecan pies. How many pecan pies are we going to make for Thanksgiving? Third bar debt. Notice it's down. It's the negative one. That says we owe $7 million.

So now we got a plan. That bar chart was so fucking funny. He's like, look, this is, this is us doing good happiness. Whoa. Doing bad. It's all the way down. You,

You understand now? - $7 million in debt, it's below the line. See, that's bad. That's closer to hell. - Yeah, back to the car wash, Stephen's like, "Yeah, I mean, our payments for all the loans we got, I mean, by the end of the year, we need to have 6 million in the banks by November." And Galena goes, "Oh yeah, a minimum, a minimum of that." And the crop prices, they suck.

And, you know, the thing is with cattle operation, we're not trapulated and we're not trapped into regulated price. We can charge based on our quality. You know, you have a prettier cow. It goes much better than for ugly cow. That's just it. So I say we give lip injections to the cows. We call up the cows. We can make more money. That's just it. It's simple math.

Yeah. Galena is part owner for all of our companies because of everything she does on the financial side. I need her now more than ever because crop prices are crap. We should just call them crap, crap prices. So then we go back to Cole and he's like, oh yeah, boss Steven, greatest thing on life to run everything. He knows everything. Saving just his numbers. If it were up to him and there was money somewhere else, he would get rid of the farm in a heartbeat. It's like,

Well, the farm's set at $6 million in debt. So, yeah, I think that sounds like a pretty good idea. Maybe get rid of this farm. Why, Stephen thinks he can run a business by only thinking about numbers? Yeah, stupid. I think he's supposed to be thinking about...

So then Tessa pulls up her truck to Steve's house, Steve Senior's house. This is the dad's house. So now we see Masha, who's this new blonde, and she's driving a Porsche, which they are sure to get five close-ups of different angles of the Porsche logo on this car. And so Tessa's like, whoa, I'm going to put this as kindly as I can. Boss man, he tried it in last year's model for a new one.

Tessa's loving this, by the way. Yes, she is really loving it. And so Masha's like, hello, Tessa. And she's like, no, this is not the place to wear heels. You got to take those heels off, Russian city lady. And she's like, no, I noticed that gravel. It's very strange. So Tessa's like, I mean, I started to laugh, but it's just you can't make this stuff up. So she brings Masha into this house. This is Steve Sr.'s house. It's a big house.

And she's like, I can't believe you're coming to the farm in this attire. You're going to ruin the meals in 2.5 seconds. Now, the boss is out of town, and he said I was supposed to bring you in here. So here's the key. Here's the key to the house. Now, you understand, there's a light switch to turn lights on and off. You turn it up to turn it on and down to turn it off. You understand that? Marsha's like, yes, I've been in the house before. I understand the light switch.

Child, I hope you know what you're doing coming up in here. This is dangerous territory, heel wear. You could die looking like that in this house, goddamn idiot woman.

And so the producer is like, okay, well, tell us who this Masha is. Is she the Galena replacement? She goes, damn straight. The Russian thing's been, you know, you know, new. It's not new. You know, I mean, this is the second one in a row. Well, you got just a bus of Russians coming over here. Okay, look, this is how it looks most of the time. This is the kitchen. Gunner ain't potty trained. He's a bad child.

You're a bad child. If Gunner gives you any problem, just threaten to put him down or something, kick him outside. Here's how it is. Here's the sink. It turns on with a knob. Do you know how knobs work, Misha? She's like, um, I understand how things work. I'm not a stupid lady. Okay.

So then Tessa says, I'll tell you what, the things that my boss gets me into, it seems like I'm always doing a dirty work. And then we see a flashback, which I'm sure you can provide some more context as to what was happening in the scene with these girlfriends and Galena and Messiness. Because Galena...

had her car in the shop or no, no. So Galena, so Steven senior's girlfriend that he was cheating on Galena with was named Brooke. And so Brooke had her car in the shop. So she needed to borrow a car. So he loaned her Galena's car without telling her.

So Brooke took out Galena's car and crashed the car. And so the car place called Galena was like, oh, we've got your car. And she went to pick it up. She's like, what the fuck happened to my car? She's like, this fucking whore. You gave my car to your fucking whore. And it became this huge fight. She's like, I'm walking out of this business and hedge fund. It is either her or I. It is her or I.

There, it's a decision. It's like, oh yeah, this is the last time you get to give me an ultimatum.

I love that that's what his takeaway is, not like, "Oh, I shouldn't have done this." So Tessa's like, "Well, man, Shay, this is awkward to do. Do you find this quite awkward? What do you think about this?" She's like, "No, I don't find awkward. This, what happens, people meet people through friends. That is life, you know." She's like, "Well, I hope you don't mind if I overstep my bounds, or you might just tell me." She's like, "No, it is fine. It is fine. I understand. You know, I am gold bigger, and this is how it goes."

All right, well, let me give you all the tea. Masha first met Steve McBee through old Galena. And then we see a flashback to last season where Galena's like, oh, it is Masha. Masha, I would love you to meet Steve, the love of my life. And so we know that Masha made her way in there.

And stole that man. Stole that man. So Tess is like, okay, well, this is a kitchen. This is where things are cooked. You probably won't be able to do it. I'll probably do it because I'm the one who takes care of the children.

"No, I've been here before, so I'm just dropping off my stuff and I'm going to check on chickens." "Oh, I see. Just a little advice, by the way, make sure that you ask the boss if it's okay to start messing around with this little nest because, you know, those chickens, you gotta be careful with them." She's like, "Oh, fine. I like chicken. He told me do whatever you want to do. If you want to poison Galena, that is okay. So bring whoever you want to bring."

"Oh, well, I think I've got it from here. Thank you for the key. I hope to see more of you here, stupid old lady." "Okay, well, I hope to see you too in more reasonable shoes." So now, Kala goes and meets with Galena at a cafe in their town, and so they get, like, iced chai and chocolate mocha. I was like, "Wow, how city-like." And so they, like, sit on a bench and everything, and Kala's like,

She's like, you don't really come up to Gallatin too much anymore, do you though, right? She's like, no, not really. Not as much as I used to. It's been quite a bit of changes happening, so tell me about you and Steven, so that way I can be distracting myself from the betrayal of Steven Sr.

oh yeah we're doing good are you sore and they start laughing it's like yeah because like you know my sister passed and she goes oh i'm so sorry to hear about that i was going to maybe text you but then i thought well i waste some money you know what i mean like thank you you know but i didn't really get what i needed from him at that time and the girls like what like we're close like

I remember we hung out one time and I told him that Steven gives me $20,000 sometimes. Or there was this other time where we had toast together. So we were super close and they didn't even text me and I was shitty.

And like, am I, am I being sincere right now? Or is that weird? Like, am I sincere? Just notes. It's weird. I I'm, it's my second language, but I think you're using sincere on. No, I'm like totally sincere about it. I'm pissed. Okay. But you know, the, they're guys like you cannot date to make B and expect sensitive. Am I right? What the fucking losers. Uh,

Honestly, like, yes. Because exactly what you're saying right now, Steven does to me all the time and it makes me so mad. Like, okay, so what is going on with Steve, by the way? Steve Sr. Like, are you single? Are you dating? She's like, "I am definitely single. Look, I have breakup makeup on, okay? I'm just going to lay it out." Yeah, single and ready to mingle. Well, not really mingle. There's no one here. I mingled with Lampost, but that didn't really go so well.

we're going to go on a second date anyway but he doesn't really talk because he's object but whatever you know steve was my boyfriend steve and i broke up because i found out he was my friend masha slut while i was still living in the house i was so severely backstabbed and i wasn't going to just die from it it's like yeah well i wanted to hear it from you the source rather than hear from everybody else like i'm so sincere right now just

She's like, well, I moved out of Lodge and have my own house in Kansas City. I cut my hair. I redone the way I do my makeup. I mean, I'm trying to give heel.

I'm like, yeah, that's healing. And she did get the second season housewife glow up for it's like Botox, Botox haircut, good hair dye, hair comb. I mean, Galena needed some work and she looks great. She came back. It's like a USA network. It's like a USA network glow up, which is different from the Bravo glow up because the Bravo glow up also involves usually like a totally new face. And she just has like,

Like more like eyeliner on. I think she did some filler, eyeliner and better, way better hair. Like maybe some kerastastin or whatever they call that. What is it? Kerastase. Kerastase. Yes. Eyeliner. A lot of eyeliners.

She got the Lisa Barlow treatment. So, Kala's like, well, I knew after you had already moved into the new house. I think we went over for dinner or something and Masha was there without you. And I was like, that's weird. I'm so sincere about that. Everybody thought it was very fucked up. Did anyone text you about it? Because no one texted me. Did you know anything about it while it was happening? She literally just snuck in. She's like, oh, yes, she did. And she was like the biggest freaking backstabber ever. Yeah.

So Galina says how like Masha starts reaching out to me and I'm like, oh my gosh, somebody from country, home country that can speak my language. We had something, I thought, in common. Yeah, they met 13 years ago and were each other's only Russian friends in this town. And Masha came in and snaked the man. And it's cold because you see the clips of her being like, oh, Masha, I'm so good to meet you. Masha's like, oh, it's so good to only be friends.

and be completely respectful in situation. - I mean, ultimately, obviously it's Steve, it's Steve senior's fault, but this is still super shitty of this Masha chick. - Yeah, it really is. - So then Cal is like, yeah, she's a steak. And she goes, gold digger whore has her moves. Everything's so sneaky behind back.

They were laying straight to my face. They were lying straight to my face. And she goes, you know, and people come to me and say, you're not the first one. She does it too. She done it to multiple men and women. You know, she befriend woman. She pretends she knows her language. And then she go after men. This is her way to support herself. And Kelly's like, yeah, that's disgusting.

Yeah, well, you know what she told Steve? She's taking entire summer off to focus on him. Ridiculous. I'd be on trip and she'd be like, oh, can I come to lodge? And I'd be like, well, that's weird. I'm not there, but I trust you. I literally said the exact words. I trust you. I wish I had said, I trust you, bitch, slut, fucking whore.

I will never do that to other woman ever, ever would I do that. And then Kelly goes, um, yeah, I think that Galena has amnesia because like, um, you were the other woman. Like you did the exact same thing to Christy McBee. Like they had children involved too. That's fucked up too. I didn't know this, that she, that Galena knew Christy, the wife.

the first wife and like befriended her, I guess. And then snakes the man away. God, Steven's such a pig too. She goes, I mean, Galena situation is more fucked up than the Masha Galena situation. But she doesn't say that because she's not a total idiot.

Yeah. You know, I think that like Masha staying up at the lodge. So I just want to make sure that you're aware of that. So you guys don't run into each other. She's like, yes, yes. No, of course. Thank you for letting me know that I will absolutely not go to the lodge to see her. I will not do that at all. I'm not furious at all. I have no feeling about this. Nothing. You know, I need to go to the restroom. I will be right back. She gets up and walks off and Callie goes.

You guys, do you think she's going to leave? Just see Galena jump in her car and speed the fuck out of there. She gets on the phone. She's like, you motherfucker, you will die in sleep. Okay, I found out your little whore. Your whore is here. This fucking gold digging whore has balls to show up again. You don't give a fuck. I hope this fucking whore goes to hell. Okay, I'll give her that. She poor got some ball, but no brain. If you were satisfied with your message.

Press one. Oh, sorry. The mailbox is full and cannot accept. Unfortunately, Masha has filled up her mailbox with messages from Steve, the person who used to bang. Commercials. Here comes one right now.

Then we go back over to Steve Jr. He's arriving at the offices on the farm and Galena is there. This is a whole other scene. And he's like, hey, Galena, what are you up to? She's like, oh, perfect timing. He's like, yeah, well, you look nice. Did you just come from the car wash? She's like, no, but that's not what I'm worried about right now. He's like, well, what do you got? She's like, well...

i think you need to look at this and it's basically documents about masha's car and he's like he's like is this is this about masha he's like yeah whatever whatever just another horse name i don't even track all the names of them whatever her name is he's like wait what what is this seven grand for her car seven thousand dollars in damage what happened to her car hood front door rear door rear lens rear bumper and we see pictures of my car which has see it

Mysteriously, just been someone went to that lodge and beat up Masha's car. I was laughing so hard at this part. I was cheering in my house. I was like, yes, Galena!

And Steven's just looking at her. She's like, I don't know what happened. It's crazy. This lady's car. I guess we have to pay for it now. What a whore, right? And he's like, um, did you do this? She's like, nope. I know Galena and I can see that look in her eye. They look crazy.

And that's when all bets are off. And she does have those like little shining eyes. Nope, no, no idea what happened to Carr. I don't know. No, I don't know. Took a Louisville slugger with both hands on, but not to Carr. Just played baseball with it.

And he's like, well, I would say the odds are, I don't know, 0.11% that this is true. Because I've seen Galena react to the other woman my dad's dated. And then we see a clip of the other one. This whore. This whore crashed my escalade.

Yeah, it was 100% Galena, without a doubt. Seems like this has been a life story for my dad, where he goes in, Captain KS, causes an absolute mess of things, and then I just have to follow behind him and pick up the pieces. And I've got so much going on right now, that just trying to keep the damn farm and ranch alive. God, this has been shit. Oh my God, Galena...

Can you just put down that slugger? That was not her pulling into the parking lot. What are you talking about? What are you talking about? Can we just erase those Carrie Underwood MP3s from her phone, please? It's giving her too many ideas.

So, Stephen's driving now, and the office manager calls him. He's like, hey, Stephen, how are you? So, I just wanted to call and let you know that the lease is finalized on that ground up on Highway 69. He's like, what lease? Oh, you know, the one right across from the road from Cox. You know, it's brand new ground. You know, like 237 acres of coal was working on. Don't you know coal? You know coal. You know your brother. Didn't he tell you about it?

First of all, this is not New York City or Los Angeles. We don't allow cocks around here. Okay. So I don't even know what you're talking about. So how do you run a business and you don't know that someone is taking out money to sign a lease on a huge farm? Like, that's crazy. He needs to pay more attention.

Yeah, exactly. So then Cole is at like a farm. So Stephen shows up and then they're like, okay, we're going to have a fight and this won't be scripted at all. Okay, now let's start our fight. So Stephen comes in. He's like, Cole, did you sign a fucking lease without me? I am angry. And Cole's like, yeah, I did. I signed a damn good lease. I'm angry too. Yeah, well, you think you're a big boy now? You want to cut that check? I'm still angry. Doing a good job being angry. And this is genuine anger right now.

Have you not heard we need $6 million by November 1st? And he's like, well, I'm trying to do us a favor by making more money for us right now. I mean, what do you think? You can just work at it and that's all you got to do? This is a money-making farm. I know about money-making farms. Did you see the whiteboard? We are not farming. It said, fuck farming. Do you need me to show you the bar going down again for you to understand how much farming sucks?

Well, I'm trying to do us a favor by making money for us right now. I can tell you right now, this is money making. I bet you right now there's 60 bushels of soybeans on it, every bit of it. I mean, it looks insane. If it wasn't for the farm, we wouldn't have nothing. Think about how everything started. Look at the meat facility from our cows, from our farm.

Cole, I've got news for you. You've got nothing now. You're $6 million in debt, bro. And that's just like the minimum payment, okay? And he's like, I'm not going to get screamed at like this after I'm just doing what's right for our farm. We've always been bigger than the raw crop size. Stephen's convinced there's no money left in it, but I think it's just the best of what's to come. So he wants to sell farms. I'll keep buying farms then. You're going to be paying for that damn lease out of your own account. That was fucking dumb.

Well, we all know that Cole, we know from last season, Cole has $1,200 in his account. So that's not going to happen. So Cole's like, well, I do it every day. And dad told me to have more confidence in myself. And then we see a clip from last year where Steve Sr. is like, hey, you need to have more confidence in yourself. I mean, sure, you're kind of a loser. Nobody believes in you because you suck at most things you do. But you should really trust your instincts, Cole. Yeah.

So, yes, the brothers are mad at each other. And then we cut to Tessa just being like, Amazing Grace, how sweet are you? Oh, it's a drink turn. So she's like...

Just singing it by the tractors. And she's like, oh, Steven, I got a trivia question for you. I just heard this this morning. Okay, you see that little door hanging off that machine right there over there? What do you reckon that door's called? He's like, trap door. Yeah, that's the technical term. And if I'm lying, I'm dying. And God is my witness, it's called. Wait for it, everyone. Wait, wait, wait. Okay, is everyone listening? It's called the Dribble Door. Oh, hey, hey.

It's like slapping yourself and cracking up. A Dribbledore, can you believe it? You know why? Because it keeps corn from dribbling out into the beans, I reckon. Oh, yeah!

That makes sense. That make underwear with that. Why don't you laugh at my joke? You think the Dribbledore is funnier than my joke? Okay. Wait, hey, you got a second. Oh, wait, hold on one second. Let me get into character. I'm pissed as hell. Sorry, I forgot I was angry. I just had a very real angry scene with my brother. So he's like, can you believe Cole signed a new lease deal? It's a little bit of a bombshell. I even showed him a whiteboard. I mean, what the heck?

You're upset, but you know he's a boy, and we're not allowed to be mad at boys in this family. You just got to love him, because Cole's just trying his best to get something good going on. So you just got to love him. You got to be a good brother to him.

But we can't just drop acres over here and over there because our expenses are locked in for like two, three, five years. So how do I know he's even looking at when the leases expire? I mean, when we can drop land over here to pick this up, we can't do that. She's like, yeah, I would have thought surely he would have checked on them. Can we talk a little bit more about the dribble door? I wasn't quite done with that discussion yet.

Well, you know, Cole's got such a tiny mouth and he doesn't got any lips and he's always looked up to you. And I'm sure he was just trying to make you proud. I'm sure he was. Okay. You've just been so wonderful with them boys. Y'all know how to use the sink. Thanks to me. Okay. You watch over him. You bring him through the good and the bad. I know your heart. I know it. Be good to your brother. Be good to him.

She just is like, I'm just going to cry until this guy gets out of my face and I can go back to laughing at the Dribble Door. So she's like, those boys working together sometimes like oil and water. And I guess I'm the impartial judge because I love oil and water together. You ever put it on a sale? Of course you don't. That's for gay folk. Anyway, they don't. I love them equally. And I could no more choose than nothing. Whatever. I want that Dribble Door. So Stephen Jr. is like,

Well, maybe he did look it up and he's got a plan in place, but he should have called me first, you know? Well, you gotta, you gotta remember that you've got a penis and he's got a penis. So you've got a mutual enemy, vaginas. Concentrate on that. By the way, if I told you, I'm sorry for having a vagina. I'm so sorry.

I mean, 300 acres rows, 300 acres row crops, row crops times 200 bucks an acre. Can you do that math? Yeah, I can't do it either. And all I know is that we're really expensive. I'm just gonna say it's a $60,000 mistake.

Well, you got every right to be concerned. Thank God he's got you, boss man. Listen, we've all got to be on the same page moving forward. And if the left hand isn't talking to the right hand, that means that someone's masturbating. Okay? So we're going to end up completely flopping in the pan with the farm.

So then we go to Casey and Cole and Casey is feeling insecure because she's pregnant. She's put on a little sundress for this party and she's like, do I look weird? And he goes, no, you look cute. Like a little Amish girl. So

Such an idiot. Why would you have a baby with this person? My God. He's like, so I'm excited about Jess's barbecue tomorrow. You know who's coming? And she's like, Scholar, Baylor, Braden. I'm just going to list stupid names and hope some of those people show up. Scholar, Baylor, Braden, Dayton, shooting, Putin, black, black, black.

So then Tessa and Calla arrive at the farm and Tessa's like, "How you feeling, sweet thing?" She's like, "Oh, it's just a little, I don't know, a little spicy gal." "Well, listen, you could literally see the steam coming off. Are you girls all right?"

Yeah, I mean, it's whatever. And then we see a flashback to Calla, like, complaining to Galena, saying that no one's texted her. She's like, well, there's been a lot of stuff going on. I just want to make sure you, especially you girls, are okay. You know, having vaginas and such, you're prone to making mistakes. She's like, yeah, well, we've just been on a weird page since my sister left. Like, nobody really reached out to me or said, like, one word to me about it. So I'm just, like, kind of hurt by that. It's just been a lot.

Yeah, and so? Well, you know, y'all are girls, okay? Girls gotta stick together, because without girls, who's gonna support the children, okay? You gotta forgive them. They don't understand my sister's dying, okay? You guys gotta understand them. Please lift up these boys. Please lift them up. I can't do it if these boys are upset.

I do get what you're saying. I just feel weird about initiating the conversation. I don't want to come off any type of way. And obviously my feelings are like really hurt by this. Well, now listen, maybe you could say something like, hey girls, my sister died. Maybe you could text me something like that. You know, maybe just something like that.

Yeah, 100%. I would like to get this behind me because I'm already dealing with like so much. Like I made some brownies for this party and that took a lot out of me. So I don't need this on my plate as well.

And Tessa's like, well, I come from a family of tragedy. Have you ever heard me sing the song about the Dribble Door? It's a rough one. It's a rough one. Friends are close. You got to keep them close to you, honey. My granddad's sister-in-law died by a Dribble Door, so I've been wanting to know the name of that thing for many years. Finally, vengeance will be mine.

So she's like, yeah, like 100%, we should sit and talk about it. But like, I'm already dealing with so much. Like, I don't need this on my plate as well. So...

So now we go to Jesse and Allie's farmhouse and they're opening up some frozen French fries, but in the air fryer basically, but it comes with seasoning. So it has green stuff on it. They're like, what's that? That's gross. It looks like spinach. So then Braden and Jake walk in like, hi, look at our French fries. Well, it's got green stuff in it. Yeah. It's French fries for seasoning. What? That's crazy. Yeah. And they're like, I just didn't mix well. What do we do? So they end up throwing it away. Dumbasses. Yeah.

So Jake comes over and he's like, hi, what kind of barbecue you guys have? Do you guys put any planning into this at all or what? Are we just going to watch Steven work out all day? Big boss man working out, doing some scrunchies, huh? Is that what we're going to do? Is that a barbecue now? Just watch Steven work out?

And then Cole and Casey arrive. And I did love how Ali was just like, look at this fucker. Because Cole and Casey get out of the truck and she's full on pregnant. And he just gets out of the truck and just walks to the house. He's not waiting for her or anything. He just starts walking to the house. And Ali's like, look at him leaving Casey behind. And I was like, oh, I love that Ali doesn't like this guy.

Yeah, he's just a piece of shit, Cole. He's just the rudest. Like, he has no manners. He's an idiot. He's not hot. Like, there's nothing redeeming about this guy. No. So Casey's like, oh, my God, I'm having so much anxiety because, like, Steven invited Cal and now Cal is really mad at me and I'm pregnant. I don't want to be stressed out about nothing. You know, I mean, I saw Cal mad whenever she gets mad with Steven and I'm scared. I'm scared.

So then Calla just walks in and she's like, "Hi, I brought brownies." And like, no one says anything to her. She's like, "No one even speaks to her. They're so rude." Who doesn't be like, "Hey Calla, so nice to see you back. You doing okay? I'm so sorry about your sister. Like at least try and make it better. What the hell?" But then she says, "I mean, they're protein brownies, but they're like really good, I swear. So I can understand why they're like fucking witch." You can't do that, especially in the South, show up with protein brownies.

And Allie's like, oh, they actually don't look, well, not too bad, I guess. She's like, well, it's really hard for me to make effort because, like, it's, like, awkward in here. So then Casey just sees her because no one's speaking to her. I think she's being perfectly nice. But no one's speaking to her. And so it's just silence in there. And so Casey's like, my heart, my heart, please get me out of here. I gotta go. I gotta go.

Calls, are you hurting? Do you need to leave? Do you need to go to the hospital? Okay. So Casey's like, she starts to freak out. And Cole's like, oh my God, I'm freaking out. Oh God, Casey's not feeling good. She just collapsed, even though she was just sitting in her chair and didn't collapse at all. But she wanted to stand up, but she stayed sitting. So I think that counts as collapsing, right? Anyone? And everyone's just surrounding her now in this room. And they're like, oh my God, call the vet. Call the vet. And Gala's just sitting there, like licking Brownie off her finger. Like, oh.

So they're like, oh, my God, what's going on with Casey? We got to get Casey away from evil Cala, protein brownie Cala.

And so they're like, go, go, go, leave, leave, leave. And Calla's like, I literally have goosebumps. Like, I don't like that at all. I'm done. Like, come on, Casey, see me to come with you. So they basically all like pile into the, into the pickup truck. Like we're going to the Cameron hospital. Casey's heart is really, it's really bad. She's going to explode any moment. She's going to give birth to a heart. Then they just leave Calla sitting in the kitchen. Like, okay, well, glad I came by.

Yeah. And then we see clips of the season coming up. Real American Cowboys. And it ends with the FBI investigation and Galena being thrown in jail. Oh, my God. Yeah, it was a pretty wild trailer. I'm going to definitely give it to the show that served up a very strong, like, coming up this season trailer because I was like, wow. I mean, if you got the FBI involved, that's always impressive. And jail time and...

Lots of fighting. And it was like a very high-fighting trailer. I was like, okay, that's definitely a good sign for this show, for sure.

for sure. It definitely felt like a USA show to me and not just because it was rural, did not feel like a Bravo show. But I'm like, I'm gonna keep an open mind about it. You know, there's, there was definitely some entertaining stuff in there. I thought. Yeah. I'm interested to see what people think of it and how long it'll last. Cause yeah, I think they're going to like it. I feel like it's going to be a hit. Bravo put in a huge amount of marketing into this. They did like, they literally created a whole show of like,

Nick B dynasty watch parties where they gathered their, all their talent to watch it. I mean, God forbid they put any of that, those resources into a real house has a Miami, a show that really deserves some sort of marketing budget. But, um, I think that they really did. They've done a big push and the show already does have an audience and

And I think it's going to be one of those things where we're all going to be, well, you've already watched the first season, so you're hooked. But I think for the rest of us, it's going to be like, I don't want to watch this show that's clearly for the USA, that they're just going to wedge onto Bravo. This just is not right. But I think we're all going to get hooked. So I'm anticipating it. I'm just going to be chill about it and go along for the ride.

Yeah, I mean, you never know. I mean, some shows that have taken off on Bravo, I never thought were Bravo-type shows. Exactly. Southern Charm is still weird. Below Deck does so well on Bravo. 100%. Vanderpump Rules, remember? We hated that at first. Like, get this show off our TV. But I'm like...

In terms of shows where I've had not an amazing initial reaction off of it, this one's far better. Vanderpump Villa is my... That continues to be what I judge them all against. Is it better than Vanderpump Villa? Much better. I remember the one that you hated the most out of every show. I think one of the only ones that you've ever said, no, we're not fucking covering this. Because usually that's me who's like, no, I'm not doing it.

But there was only one that you did that to. And it was that one about the the the mom group in like Santa Monica. And yes, I get together and have mom meetings and stuff. And it was they were trying so hard. And you were just like, oh, hell no to this. I will not do it.

I did not like that one. I think in retrospect, I may have been too harsh on that one. I also remember really outright rejecting, we both did, a show that Bravo tried to do called Lolwork, which was worse than you could ever, that's probably the very worst show that Bravo ever aired was Lolwork. Yeah, Lolwork. Lolwork.

that was just the stupidest stupidest idea yeah you never know i i was just watching it because i was watching this one because i had to put together furniture one weekend and that's so hard you know and so i just needed something mindless i thought i'll just check out this mcbee thing

And at first I was like, we're never going to cover. There's no way a that Ben will cover this. And then B, I don't want to cover this either. Really? I think we're going to agree that this sucks. But then as it started going on, I was like, oh, I can see the Bravo in it. And that, yeah, they're fighting over millions of dollars first. So there is money there, even if it's fake and they don't really have it, which is very housewives. Right. And then the other thing was that the men are such assholes on it.

Yeah. Which is very like Southern charm and, um, summer house, you know, where you're always like kind of rooting against the men. So I think that it has that, you know, boys will be boys and boys just can't grow up and come here. It's got that thing going for it, but I don't know. I ended up really loving it, but mostly because of,

uh galena and stephen senior who's just clearly even before all this stuff came out or that i knew about this stuff he's clearly a criminal and all of this stuff about oh we keep calling insurance we can't call insurance anymore i'm like here it's total fraud i mean it's just like the writing was on the wall you know so to watch them kind of get taken down was pretty fun and they got a lot for a new cast

- Yeah, I think that it'd be interesting to see what Bravo does with it. I almost wonder, are they gonna slowly transition the show into more of a Bravo tone? Because like Bravo is more than just like showing luxury. There's a certain way that they just present their shows that's almost hard to describe, but like you can tell the difference between a show that airs on like A&E versus Bravo versus USA versus E. There's like a different aesthetic, a different pacing, a different way of doing the editing.

And I wonder if they're like, maybe we'll start the first episode a little bit more like USA so that with the old people who are like already fans will be the base of the show won't feel alienated, but we'll slowly totally change it. It'll be a little bit fit more like the Bravo vibe because it's

That to me was really the issue for me. It just felt like a different network. Well, it's because it's Peacock. I think they figured, well, it gets huge ratings on Peacock and then we've still got the straight guy audience with Summer House and Vanderpump Rules. You know, the straighter guy shows. And so they're like, we'll just play to that audience. So I don't know that they'll Bravo it up. I think it's pretty good as it is, honestly. And look, we're already getting mail like this. We just got this email. It just came in.

Hey, loves, listen to y'all every day. All I have to say is fuck Steven Jr. He's such a cocksucker. I wonder if he realizes how much of an asshole he acts like. Also, on the first episode of the second season, he doesn't even know what certain parts of a tractor are. I couldn't stop laughing. He's not a farm boy. Love.

Wow. Well, people are already feeling things. So I guess there's that. Yeah, we'll see how it goes. Bravo's trying all sorts of new things. They've also got what's it called? Queens Court that's coming out. That's like they're doing more dating stuff, probably in the wake of Love Hotel, etc. So Bravo is definitely trying to expand its horizons for sure.

Yeah. All right. Well, we'll see. We will be back. Not with not next week with this, but the following week we'll probably try McBee again. See how it goes. Let us know what you think. Do you even want us to cover it? Tell us what you think, guys. Yeah, we'll listen. And thanks so much. We will talk to you tomorrow.

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