UnREAL premiere recap: War

This is the philosophy our new and Helmut-Lang-jacket-wearing improved Rachel Goldberg is living by whenUnREALseason 2 kicks off. Love is not something you build a life around, Quinn told her protege in the season finale. (you’re free to read a refresher recaphereif you dont remember that explosive episode.) Credit: Bettina Strauss And it seems both ladies are taking it to heart: Their new life credos are Money. which they each get tattooed on their wrists like BFF necklaces....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 504 words · Eric Lynch

UnREAL recap: Ambush

Spending some time away in Africa has helped him gain insight about himself and this joke of a show. He wants her to join him in Africa (My Africa? Coleman, not such an idiot here, says theyll run with Adam. Credit: Bettina Strauss He runs this by Quinn, who says he should go after Coleman but stay away from Rachel. So Booth talks to Coleman about meeting with him, exclusively....

May 1, 2025 · 4 min · 655 words · Sean Hicks

UnREAL recap: Casualty

Darius goes to Alabama for a hometown date that goes awry It finally (sadly) happened. Rachel has become the portrait of a Lifetime heroine. Casualty begins with Rachel crying in a ball on the floor where Jeremy left her the previous night. Credit: Bettina Strauss/Lifetime She wants to go to the police; she doesnt want to be another silent woman. And as we all cheer, Chet crushes her/us. He says Jeremy knows too many ofEverlastings dark secrets, so she needs to keep it in the family....

May 1, 2025 · 5 min · 977 words · Kristin Hernandez

UnREAL recap: Espionage

Can Quinn and Rachel work together again? The story lines forUnREALs second season have been so bloated, it all had to come out sometime. But seriously, Im with Quinn: That poop joke was hilarious. Credit: James Dittiger The episode opens with him watching a drugged-up Rachel making her on-camera confessions. He tells Rachel this is their story to tell. He wants to take downEverlasting, but Rachel says she wont do that to Quinn....

May 1, 2025 · 4 min · 686 words · Charles Hernandez

UnREAL recap: Fugitive

But in episode 8, she says this gem of a line: Suddenly were on a different show? How incredibly meta…if only the writers had intended it that way. What exactly is happening with season 2? Credit: Bettina Strauss We were promised discussions onrace. If you were hoping tonights episode would address the shooting in more detail, well… me too. Instead, were treated to an episode chock-full of story lines, not one about race....

May 1, 2025 · 4 min · 813 words · Melissa Richardson

UnREAL recap: Guerilla

How do you top a suicide and a suitor being stood up at the altar? If youre Quinn, you do it with even more questionable manipulation and brute force. Youre annoying, Quinn tells him. Credit: James Dittiger I agree, her No. When he leaves, Quinn decides shes not going to let this Coleman-sized roadblock get in her way. Im going balls deep in this bitch, Quinn says before asking her sidekick to join her....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 412 words · Gina Curtis

UnREAL recap: Infiltration

Last year, Jeremy was the too-nice-for-his-own-good guy who kept trying to pick up the pieces of Rachels life. This year, hes physically assaulting her. Infiltration has just turned everything upside down. Credit: Bettina Strauss The episode starts with Coleman and Rachel on top theyreEverlastings new power couple and enjoying every minute of it. Jeremy certainly is not… even though hes sleeping with Hot Rachel in a very public way. Real Rachel calls them out for it and finds a picture of herself that Jeremy uses for target practice....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 490 words · Alice Lewis

UnREAL recap: Insurgent

Would you rather watch ‘Everlasting’ or ‘EverBLASTING’? As far as I can tell, everyone is manipulating everyone. Romeo caught on to the world ofEverlastingpretty quickly. Credit: Bettina Strauss And the desire to create television for selfish purposes is what sets Quinn and Chet at odds in Insurgent. The connection will pick the winner. But a reality show cant serve two masters. Rachel tells Quinn she thinks this is a bad idea....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 473 words · Frederick Douglas

UnREAL recap: Treason

Like hurt, hurt. So hurt it could end his football career forever. So hurt that without surgery, one wrong move could paralyze him. Credit: James Dittiger Does that cause Rachel to contemplate ending the season of reality TV shes dreamed of? He needs surgery stat. Ever the manipulator, Rachel is able to spin this for her own gain. She says if he leaves the show now, everyone will know he lied to his team....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 566 words · Charles Lewis

UnREAL season 2 details on new love interests

The new suitor isnt the only new gent arriving whenUnREALs second season unspools on June 6. Well, love of sorts, Zimmer qualified during theUnREALpanel at Vulture Festival Sunday. Radys Coleman Wasserman is a new producer joining theEverlastingteam. Credit: Cindy Ord/Getty Images It could be like this really idyllic life. And, bonus, hes not afraid of her boss. And I love him. Getty Images (2) A lot, Zimmer chimed in sarcastically....

May 1, 2025 · 1 min · 128 words · Veronica Gill

UnREAL season 2 finale recap: Friendly Fire

They did it again This is the end. Not forEverlasting Jeremy made sure to take care of that but for a troubled season ofUnREAL. So… yay for consistency? Credit: James Dittiger But it wasnt all bad. So it was nice to see her returnandget a happy ending on a show where few people get that. (I wont lie I got goosebumps during that scene.) If he talks, they talk. No one does bragging quite like Quinn but she shouldnt speak so fast....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 503 words · Andrea Smith

UnREAL season 2 will be at 'the intersection of the men's rights movement and feminism,' says Sarah Gertrude Shapiro

Naturally, Shapiro and the writers arent taking the shows sophomore season lightly. When the series returns, itlltackle issues like race and feature new cast members. And [in] the second season, were really exploring race and masculinity. Credit: Joseph Viles/Lifetime; Todd Williamson/Getty Images And that is a big shift for us. And so its seeing the intersection of the mens rights movement and feminism. But the job descriptions have changed. Rachel is sort of doing Quinns job, and Quinn is doing Chets job because Chet has disappeared....

May 1, 2025 · 3 min · 558 words · Vernon Gordon

UnREAL season 2: B.J. Britt plays new suitor Darius Hill: Interview

Britt will play in-over-his-head pro football player Darius Hill in the second season of the acclaimed Lifetime drama B.J. Britt is here to find love. He steps into EWs confessional. Credit: Leon Bennett/BET/Getty Images for BET ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Production starts in March: How are you preparing? BRITT:Ive been doing my homework by watching the first season. People like to sweep these things under the rug, but this show hits them head-on....

May 1, 2025 · 2 min · 366 words · Margaret Crosby