After Emma’s meticulous crash course in “Vanderpump Rules” and, more specifically, the Scandoval, we were both feeling prepped and ready as hell to watch a finale and three entire reunion episodes about the wild on- and off-screen events of the past season. The finale kicks off with Ariana and Sandoval’s raw on-camera confrontation about his affair — featuring Tom’s weak excuses and Ariana’s entire range of emotional reactions, from cold judgment to incandescent rage — and the ride doesn’t slow down until the closing moments of the reunion, in which Raquel sniffles as she admits that she and Sandoval have continued to lie about the extent and timeline of the affair.
The finale, we agree, is art; the reunion got a bit bloated with shrieked recriminations and dramatic stomp-offs by DJ James Kennedy, leaving us with three hours of TV that verge on ritualistic public shaming. In this episode, we sift through the new revelations, try to make sense of Sandoval and Raquel’s ofte…
