“Summer House” Season 8 Finale Is All About Girl Power

Thursday night his finale summer-house, viewers finally got to see Lindsay Hubbard and Carl Radke's long-awaited breakup conversation. While it's been obvious all season that the former friends-turned-lovers weren't in a good place — and news of their split originally broke nearly a year ago, in August 2023, eliminating any element of surprise — this latest conversation in camera made it official.

After Radke did the deed, the female cast members gathered at Danielle Olivera's apartment, with Olivera hugging a crying Hubbard and saying, “The girls are here.” Paige DeSorbo, Amanda Batula, Ciara Miller and Gabby Prescod — seemingly surprised to see the usually tough Hubbard break down in tears — joined in a group hug.

Hubbard didn't always have the strongest of relationships with her summer-house girlfriends, but this finale delivered the powerful women-supporting-women moment that Bravo fans want and deserve. It also showed Hubbard letting her down and letting these women see her true feelings — ironically, the main thing Radke spent all season complaining that his relationship with Hubbard lacked.

Most of the women comforting Hubbard on the couch in this episode had turbulent times with her during filming summer-house — especially in season seven, when the team split over their concerns about Hubbard and Radke's relationship. But none of them took the opportunity to say, “I told you so.” Not even Olivera, who was the most critical of the couple's engagement. Instead, these women created a safe space for Hubbard to open up about her relationship, gently probing her with questions about her own happiness and concerns.

This sense of camaraderie between the women is in stark contrast to what we saw in Vanderpump Rules The season 11 reunion, which aired on Tuesday. Hubbard and VPR star Ariana Maddix both dealt with public, heartbreaking breakups last year with co-stars who were also cast members on their respective shows. How in summer-house Whether or not cast members support Hubbard and Radke in the wake of their breakup remains to be seen, but it was clear throughout season eight and especially in this season's finale that they prioritized their friends' feelings more than the situation of the series. . They did not talk about how the couple's death could affect their individual jobs and salaries because of a possible change in dynamics. The cast supported their friends through their real-life problems, despite what it might mean for any future summer-house seasons.

On the other hand, his wives Vanderpump Rules they are currently split after filming their three-part reunion. In an interview at one of the after-shows, Maddix said she thought all the women were united like the Spice Girls while filming last summer. But when she walked out of an on-camera chat with Tom Sandoval in the season 11 finale, Lala Kent broke the fourth wall and gushed about her frustrations, saying Maddix thinks she's Beyoncé and she's being treated like a god for being cheated on . At the reunion, Kent doubled down and complained that Maddix not wanting to film with Sandoval was jeopardizing Kent's place on the show. Scheana Shay supported Kent while Katie Maloney stood by Maddix's side, hugging her as she cried.

This being reality TV, there is a possibility of kumbaya vibes among its women summer-house it won't last forever. While the season eight finale ends with all the girls in a big group hug, a trailer for the show's reunion makes it look like they might not be on the best of terms today. DeSorbo seems to be having an issue with Olivera and possibly even Hubbard, and it's generally hard to keep up with this group as the weeks and months go by. a lot has happened in their lives, both individually and collectively, since filming this finale last August. But, let's pause to appreciate that for this brief and important moment in time, we see women standing up for women when they need it most. Call it a mini-reality revolution.