In The City S1E1

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Today we’re diving into In The City Episode 1. Amanda and Kyle are heading back to New York separately. Cut to January 2026: they announce their divorce, we see Kyle on WWHL, then West on WWHL, all leading up to the announcement of Amanda and West being together. Amanda arrives at Kyle’s apartment. Kyle says he’s worried about Amanda, and she says she’s worried too. They talk about what summer looked like in retrospect, and Kyle wants to know when the West stuff started with Amanda. She breaks down, and all I can focus on are her nails. She said to her nail technician, “Just the tips, just for a second, just to see how it feels.” The same thing I imagine West said to her.

Rewind to September 2025. Over at Lindsay’s apartment, she’s having breakfast with Gemma, who is so freaking cute. She’s a sassy little bean. Lindsay is pontificating on when she will have sex again. She says it’s been a while since being broken up with just after giving birth to Gemma. She introduces us to her girlfriend Yvonne, who milked her tits into a bowl while drinking tequila. Who says you can’t be a mum and also be wild? We also meet Georgina, who is a self-confessed mess. She says her life is a disaster. Her ex left her when she was 32 weeks pregnant and she also had a toddler. What the actual fuck? She says she went a little crazy, a little cuckoo, to which I say: who amongst us wouldn’t? Georgina saying she’s surprised she hasn’t been on Snapped is so relatable. I immediately love her. Lindsay says it’s important for her to show Gemma what a strong, independent female looks like and not to rely on men because clearly we can’t. I would say absolutely. Never has there been a bigger piece of shit move than to leave the woman you’ve just gotten pregnant.

We then see Amanda, Lindsay and Gemma grocery shopping. Amanda tells Lindsay that she went to a hotel after leaving the Summer House, which Lindsay finds shocking. Amanda also says that their couples therapist told her and Kyle that they hate each other, which is by no means news to any of us. But is that a professional stance to take? At what point does the therapist give up? Should they give up from an ethical perspective? I don’t know. I don’t love that she said that.

We head over to Central Park, where we see Andrea and Lexi going for a stroll. Andrea wants us to know he loves love and that Lexi is a fairytale princess. Lexi says she’s always dreamed of her own Prince Charming. I feel Andrea very much fits that description. The cadence in which Lexi speaks is kind of jarring. She looks like a Disney princess but definitely does not sound like one. They say Danielle caught the bouquet at their wedding. Cut to Danielle playing tennis with her boyfriend, Owen, who I believe is Irish. Yes, definitely Irish. Danielle talks about missing Lindsay and how weird it is not to talk to her, and wonders what she did for Lindsay to ghost her. You did say some shady shit in those Season 9 confessionals, Danielle. C’mon now.

We meet Kyle’s friend Kenny. They relate because they both like to work hard and play hard. He calls Kyle a lush. We know, Kenny. We’ve been watching this man get pissed in the Hamptons for the past decade. Kenny is a venture capitalist. Maybe I’m a dummy, but I have no idea what venture capitalising or venture capitalism is. I don’t even know the correct term. Anyway, Kenny says Amanda has never met Kyle on an energy level, and that is actually so correct. Amanda has always been mopey and Kyle has always been raring to go. We see Whitney, Kenny’s girlfriend, walking her dog, Brewer. Does anyone else think Whitney looks like Angelica from the new Vanderpump Rules? I actually thought it was Angelica when I first saw a photo of her online. She’s moving across the country to be with Kenny. She tells us she was on The Bachelor. I feel like Bravo has been recruiting a lot of people from The Bachelor recently. They do all seem slightly unhinged, which is perfect television.

Everyone is meeting up for drinks at The Garret. Kenny tells us that he used to have access to the surveillance footage, which Whitney points out is creepy. It is. Fully creepy. If you want to know the vibe, just go in and check. It’s hard not to be sketched out by every man on reality television when they tell us shit like this. What is going on? Someone says, “Where’s Kyle?” and we head over to Kyle and Amanda just getting out of couples therapy. I’m thinking, “Can’t wait to see what this so-called professional has said now,” but Amanda immediately tells us. She said they’re moving backwards, they hate each other, and they’re moving backwards. I’m sorry, but at that point I would more than likely stop paying this person. I don’t know. I don’t see the point in going to someone who is seemingly negative about your whole relationship. She’s screaming at them, “THIS ISN’T WORKING,” and they’re all, “So you’re saying there’s a chance?”

Amanda is sweating and Kyle says, “You’re wearing a raincoat in summer.” She yells, “It’s not a raincoat!” Amanda is correct. It’s not a raincoat, it’s a trench coat. I guess she’s been in the trenches. Amanda goes home and Kyle heads to drinks. Everyone is talking about Whitney and Kenny’s relationship. Lindsay thinks it’s a lot for a girl to move across the country for a guy before having a ring. I would agree, but I would also say she didn’t move there just for that guy. She’s being filmed, sooo. Kenny says, “I’m getting I hate men vibes.” Excuse you, sir. She said what she said. Lindsay says, “I’m just like allergic to annoying men.” We all are, and I’m going into anaphylactic shock. Lindsay wants Kenny to know that her interrogation is just a form of her getting to know him, much like any smart woman.

Danielle and Owen arrive at drinks. Lindsay says she wants to avoid Danielle. She’s pissed that Danielle is seemingly constantly shitting on her. We then get flashbacks of all the times that she has shat on her. Facts is facts. Danielle creeps up on Lindsay, making fun of Owen’s name, which is spelled E-O-I-N because, Ireland. Danielle asks if Lindsay wants to grab coffee sometime. Lindsay basically says, “Uhh, I’ll have to check my schedule.” She’s a little busy these days. Lindsay seems fixated on the fact that Danielle gave Carl a handjob one week after they broke up when they first dated back in Season 4. And she’s right, that is actually so fucking weird. How did we not realise that back then? But Kyle wants Lindsay to know that handjobs suck anyway.

We then head over to Georgina’s work. She’s a dermatologist. Lindsay and Yvonne come over to get her to go out. Lucky for her, she’s got a go cupboard and she’s ready. She tells us that the other day her daughter looked her dead in the eye and ate dog food. She looked at the nutritional content and she was all, “You go right ahead. What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.” They head off to drinks and Lindsay tells the girls that Kyle sent an invoice to Amanda for her share of the last three years’ rent because she hasn’t been paying it: $117,000. Yeah nah, these two absolutely despise each other. Yvonne tells us that they had been hitting a few bumps in the road after just getting married. She was annoyed, so she went on vaycay to San Diego without telling him. A few days went by and he had not one clue that she was gone. That’s a red flag. Amanda tells the girls that Danielle’s boyfriend is still married, apparently, and they’re moving in together. Also, I saw on Instagram that Danielle is pregnant now, which is awesome for her. Hopefully he’s divorced from his previous wife now.

At the end of the episode, we see Amanda and Kyle at their four-year wedding anniversary dinner. Amanda says in her testimonial, “We’re celebrating the fact that anyone who said we would get divorced in the first three years were wrong.” Which makes me think that she stayed with Kyle out of spite because, if I hadn’t mentioned it over 100 times already, these two fucking hate each other. They talk about therapy being the absolute worst, and Amanda tells Kyle she’s going to move out. Apparently it’s not to end the relationship. She thinks it will bring them closer together. The delusion is real.

Anyway, that’s it for the first episode of In The City. I like it, I think. I like Georgina at least, so will continue to watch.

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