Mention It All - Pump Rules Rewind Ep. 4: Vegas With a Vengeance

Episode Date: June 9, 2023

On this week’s VPR rewind, the crew (minus Scheana) heads to Vegas for Stassi’s birthday. Jax stows away with the guys, while the rest of the group isn’t thrilled with Frank’s last-minute invitation. Back at SUR, scheduling problems create the perfect soap opera dramatics. Check out our latest promo codes here: https://betches.com/promo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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It's time for a little in-person spring treat. It's time for a trip to Ross. Work your magic. Hey everyone, welcome back to the Mentioned All podcast. I'm Dylan Hafer and here for another Pump Rules Rewind Friday. I'm with Sammy, of course. Hey, Sammy. How's it going? Hi, Dylan. I am incredibly excited because we're going to meet a legendary character, an iconic Bravo persona. The Avengers of Sir are assembling rapidly. It is season one, episode four, Vegas with a vengeance. If you're tuning in for the first time on our Pump

Rules Rewind series. We're rewatching season one with a new episode dropping every Friday so you can catch up, watch along with us if you want. But if not, just strap in for a good time because we're headed to Vegas. We are going to Vegas with a vengeance. Vegas with a vengeance. That sounds like the name of like a wrestling tour or something. Vegas with a hundreds.

It should be. Or like the hangover. The five, the fifth hangover. So we're headed to Vegas. And most importantly, we are going to Vegas. for Stasi's 24th birthday. It's like a tradition. They do it every year.

Stasi's birthday, of course, you know, one of the, in the hall of Vanderpumpurals fame, Stasi's birthday. The bank holiday, pretty much. It's a bank holiday, but it is, sir is not closed, and that is causing problems, because Stasi has to prioritize who she invites when, because the first round of invites is all her favorites, so they can request off at Sir. And then the second round of invites is the people, she doesn't actually want to come.

So they ask Lisa if they can get off of work and Lisa says no. So I'm like, why don't you just not invite those people? Right. Like, who is going to polish the glasses? Who's, sir? Right, like, Sheena's obviously not invited. Tina's going to be there. Our girl, Laura Lee.

She's working at Sir. Her voice is a little annoying. She don't wants those shifts. She's gone. Sheena needs the shifts. She wants at least five ships a week, as we know. Lisa might have to throw on a dress. start waiting tables. It is all hands on deck over at Sir. Oh, yeah. I do like we get the,

we get the footage of like the Sir second string that we saw a little bit last week, Jen and company asking if they can get off. And Lisa's like, no, no, no, no. Because like Stasi suspended, but, you know, I'm losing Katie. I'm losing Kristen. I'm losing blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. All her best servers. So the second string, they have to work Saturday night. So they're going to go to Vegas Sunday morning. I guess this trip goes through to Monday, but it's just like so funny that these like alternate team of friends get to go, but only for the last day. Right.

Like who wants to go to Vegas on a Sunday morning? I'm sure the flight was cheap. I'm sure. Did they fly or did they drive? I can't remember. Well, I don't know. We know the driving situation for the initial group that goes because Frank's presence is causing a lot of angst among the group on this trip because basically nobody, aside from Stasi,

wants Frank to be there. They are all pretty much team Jacks. And Jacks, of course, is going to make a surprise appearance in Vegas. He was formally uninvited, but that is not going to stop him. So Stasi is in the car with Frank. Katie and Kristen are in a car together. And then all of the guys, Tom, Tom Schwartz, Peter Madrigal, his big. moment probably ever on Vanderpump Rules and Jacks are in a car together. So we have three cars driving across the desert. What could go wrong? Oh my gosh. The conversation between Stasi and Frank in the car, he's so obviously like hustling her to stay away from Jacks. Yeah, it's a little, it's a little tough. You start to see very quickly. I mean, even in last week's episode, we see that Frank is

not like the most, you know, stable, great guy to, to, you know, pin your whatever to. But this week, it really is, it's coming through more and more that they've been together for all of maybe a week or two. And you're starting to see this kind of like manipulative boyfriend shit that it's just not, it's not a great look. And it doesn't feel like it's an upgrade from Jacks in any way. But Stasi is, you know, staunchly believing this Vegas pregnancy. rumor that Frank has spread throughout the group. Everybody else seems a little bit skeptical. Sandoval, Katie, and Kristen all aren't sure they believe it. And the way Stasi has really is riding hard for Frank because she's like, Jax is a piece

of shit. What more proof do you need? It's like the pregnancy test. What more proof do you need? Like there isn't any proof right now. Like there's Frank's side of the story and our belief that maybe Jacks is a piece of shit. But like there isn't any proof. Right. And there's also this dynamic that like Frank sort of befriended Jacks a little bit. Like they were friends. And then he basically like stole Scassie out from under Jacks kind of very quickly. One moment that I thought was really funny when they were in the car on the way was that Sandoval goes, anyone who would ditch their friends for vagina, that's like, and Schwartz goes, that's a red flag. It's like, oh, the two of you.

Meanwhile, Kristen is also like, whatever happened to chicks over dicks? I'm like, yeah, what did happen to that? Yeah, Kristen. Stasi's like, I can't not have a date on my birthday, which I mean, like, whatever, okay. Yeah, we've definitely seen Stasi mature in her relationships throughout the seasons. I will say that. Yeah. Katie and Kristen, I think it's a little, it's a little cringe how much they're like campaigning for Jacks.

But at the same time, I think they are. a little bit in terms of Frank looking out for Stasi because they're like, you know, he's saying all this shit about Jaxx. He obviously wants to get in your pants. And in Stasi's response, so a lot of people want to. That is a classic season one, Nastassia. That was amazing. She really is just so, her lines are just, they're epic.

Okay, I think that Kristen and Katie would maybe not be riding so hard for Jacks if. Frank were an actual upgrade. Yes. It's like whoever were in Frank's place were an actual upgrade. But because they're like, you're invested in this relationship, why would you go be with like someone who's no less of an asshole? Right. Rather than like stay with the one, the asshole you know.

Well, and I think also they are this kind of like trio of couples when Stasi and Jacks are together. So whether or not that relationship is extremely healthy or, you know, like, can't Katie said last week, whether they're going to get married and have cute babies and be Barbie and Ken, at the very least, when they're together, the friend group is more intact. And it's, I mean, it's good for the show, but also it's less of a headache in terms of like, who do we invite to what? And, you know, we've all had breakups happen within our friend groups.

It's easier when people are getting along. Yes, definitely. Plus, they're all filming. So I imagine that that, this is the first time they're filming. They're like navigating that question. So. Yeah. Well, and I mean, just thinking about filming logistics, it's interesting to pull back a little

bit and think about Jack's coming on this trip to Vegas. Of course, there is the authentic aspect of he's not over Stasi. He thinks Frank is a piece of shit. He wants to go to Vegas to win her back. But from a production level, it's like, we want the whole cast to be on this trip. And like, maybe it's not going to happen for Sheena because she genuinely isn't friends with any of these people yet. But Jacks is kind of an integral piece of the puzzle, and the Vegas trip is better with him

on it. Definitely. I mean, we got the most legendary moment, arguably of season one, in this episode. And also, if Sheena were in Vegas, then we wouldn't have been introduced to Laura Lee. So I think we can be pretty happy with how things, you know, shook out in this episode. Right. We need, like, one pair of combat boots on the ground at Sir, and then the rest of the troops can be in Vegas.

One pink power ranger on the ground. RIP to Sheena's acting ambitions. But Jax has a really prominent flower arrangement sent to Stasi's hotel room when she arrives with Frank. And I mean, that is like, it's pretty bold. It's pretty ugly if we're being honest. And Katie and Kristen come in the room and they're like, oh, that's sweet. That's kind of sweet, right?

And Stasi's like, guys, really? Yeah. Stasi was like mad about it. He's trying to ruin my romantic weekend way with Frank. Like whatever. Jacks is going to be Jax. But then this is when he's in the guy's room and this is, have I done drugs? Yeah.

Have I had sex with a prostitute? Yeah. Have I done shitty things? Sure. Have I got a girl pregnant in Vegas? Yes. But it was three years ago before I was even with Stasi. Not a few months ago, like Frank said.

So he is twisting this story to make me sound like a piece of shit. And it's like, I mean, if you believe, I don't think Jacks would like admit to this stuff if he didn't feel like this was true and real and like clearing his name. But, you know, it's a little bit like too little too late because Tassie has already decided that he's, you know, the worst person on the planet. I agree. And I also think that Frank would twist this information he has about Jackson. to momentarily win Stasi over just to like screw them up enough, even if he is lying because she doesn't, she doesn't know about it. But also like the whole thing was that the whole thing that if I'm her that I'm especially

mad about is that he did it while he was with me. Right. Not that he did it in the past and I didn't know. Yes, that would be unsavory, but would she have been crying on the floor unable to serve crispy chicken if she had found out that it had been three years ago? Well, maybe she would have because we all saw how Kristen last week responded to the hooker twin. Right, okay.

But to the mind of a rational person. Like, so, yeah, I do think that she'd be mad, but he weaponized it in a way that was like really fucked up in my view. I also think it's important to the structure of the show that none of these people are capable of sitting down and taking a breath and having an adult conversation because the fact that this rumor was first unfurled by a drunk-ass-frank at supper club and then communicated to Stasi who then left the club with Jaxx but then by the next morning thinks he's horrible and then they don't have contact in the episode except Stasi telling him to come get his shit after she's

drank his crystal and left cigarettes in the bottles and then now he is stowing away on this trip to Vegas so he can surprise her while she's there with her new boyfriend and win her back. Like, if they just, you know, sat down face to face and had a talk and he was like, yes, this happened, but it was three years ago. And I think Frank is using this information against to turn you against me. Like, that would, that's the missing piece of the puzzle that, you know, for our reality TV enjoyment, thank God it's missing. But like, in terms of real life personal dynamics,

It's like you guys have one conversation. Right. Like, why didn't he just say that immediately? Why didn't he say that to her immediately? I also don't understand. So he goes back with Stasi in the morning. I assume he leaves in the morning because he goes on photo shoot. And then in that time, Stossie finds out and gathers this like gaggle of fluff friends, I think Katie calls them later.

and they all console her? How are they all there so quickly? I don't know. I mean, they've mobilized really quickly because, of course, they're coming to Vegas the next morning. But I thought they had to work, and that's why they couldn't come. They're coming on Sunday, Sammy. So I think they must go to Vegas on Saturday, which is weird, but maybe it's cheaper. Kristen says it's a splurge.

It's a splurge, but it's worth it. Maybe the hotel. Right. They're going to Chippendales in the Hummer limo. of course we get a lot of the straight men just being absolutely appalled that they have to sit through a Chippendale show. Schwartz is like fake retching like he's going to throw up. Peter is being hit on by the woman next to him who is convinced that he is like a secret dancer in the show which was so funny. He kind of has that look.

Oh like right. Like hot question mark but like. In a Chippendale's way. A little bit like sleazy. Like he would put a lot of oil on his body for fun. All the like social cues are telling you that he's hot, but then you don't actually think he's hot a little bit. It's like the sorority effect. You know what I mean?

Where it's like, I think this is a scientific thing where it's like one girl, every girl makes the others look hotter. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. That's what I think Peter is experiencing. Right. It's like, okay, like, if you squint, if you squint, sure. No offense. I like Peter. I actually think he's the most, let's say, shoot, kill, fuck, marry, whatever on the whole cast. Like, probably marry Peter. Okay. Because just most stable. Okay. Speak your truth. Speak your truth. I don't, I don't know. They go to this restaurant for dinner afterward. It's super nice. It's super fun. Peter did tell Jacks not to show up until after dinner, which, you know, again, good, good guy, Peter.

out for everyone's enjoyment. That's exactly. He's like, whatever shit is about to go down, we need food in our stomachs first. But so Jacks does eventually roll up in his chunky cream, buttoned down, cable-knit sweater, the most important outfit that has ever been worn. The sweater that launched a sweater line that never actually launched. She by Shiree, but Jacks. Literally.

the beer cheese also never launched. Who knows? Things go south immediately upon Jack's arrival. I mean, he and Frank are having words. Everybody's kind of trying to shut Frank down more than Jacks almost because we know how they feel about Frank, but then Schwartz gets involved. And, you know, in sort of the midst of the melee, he says, fuck you, bitch, to Stasi, who then throws the drink in his face.

I didn't actually recall why Stasi threw the drink in his face and watching it back, I'm like, oh, he deserved that. Totally. I mean, Schwartz and throwing drinks a long history. And I would say that he, it's interesting that you forgot that because I did too. And I think that that sort of like supports the way he's been seen in the show, which is that he can really get away with quite abusive behavior. Right. And yeah, like, the fact that he called her a bitch is just why? Well, right.

Like, out of all the chaos that's happening in that scene, Stasi is really kind of just a bystander. Like she's the, she's the object of a lot of the angst, but she's not really like an active participant in this situation to the level that Frank and Jacks and even Sandoval. I mean, they're out in the parking lot and Sandoval like rips off his shirt and he's just wearing his like jeans like just running around like looking for something to do, looking like this kind of like coyote that hasn't had a meal in a few days. Like he just is like looking to sink his teeth into something. And it's like, sir, what are you doing? Like put your shirt on. Go sit down. Have a drink of water.

At the very least like Frank and Jacks have something to fight about. Sandval it's like get a life. Go away. And Schwartz, like, they're all feral. Stasi was literally just screaming, like, it's my birthday. Like, stop ruining my birthday. I mean, that's just all very her. But the rest of them are, like, in a Renaissance painting of, like, fighting about all,

they don't even know what I think they're fighting about. Like, why is Schwartz screaming at Stasi? It doesn't really make any sense. Well, I thought it was interesting, something that they don't, that never really gets unpacked. But Kristen, in the midst of this, also accuses Frank of, sleeping with Stasi while she was still with Jacks, which like, I don't know why that would be, like, hurled at Frank, but then you would never question Stasi about cheating on Jacks. Like, that seems like it would be a bigger conversation. Right.

I don't really understand. Yeah, that was glossed over. When Jacks yells at Frank, enjoy the taste of my dick. You're a punk. It's like, this is too much for me. Too much. When he was screaming, you're a punk. He was like, you're a punk.

You're a punk. You're a punk. No, pawn. You're a pawn. Oh, pawn. Pawn. Wow. Pawn.

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Great brands, great prices. that's why you wreck. In the last two episodes at Supper Club when Jacks showed up, and then tonight when he showed up in Vegas, he's always chewing gum in these scenes. And I'm like, I don't know, I don't know what that means, but it's... Lockjaw.

Sir. Sir. What's going on? I mean, they're all very... Activated. Something. They're under the influence of society. Something. Definitely alcohol and probably not it. Probably that's not it.

As Taylor Swift would say, something stronger than the drink in the bar. God, I hate myself. Okay. Swiftie Sammy has entered the chat. It's really just been consuming me for the past few days. But I'll get over it soon. Okay. I mean, do you? The next morning, things have really devolved. But the second string of Serer servers is in town having brunch with Stasi. And it is like, it actually is so funny to watch Stasi at brunch with these people. And she's like, oh, my God, last night was so crazy. I'm so glad you guys are here now. I want all the drinks. I can't believe that my real friends acted like such psychos.

But now I have you Randos here to fill in the gaps and make things better. And Kristen and Katie and them don't even know that these people were coming to Vegas. Oh, no. But the funny thing is that, okay. It was weird, first of all, to see Kristen, Sandoval, Katie, and Schwartz all waking up in a hotel room together in two, like, queen-sized beds. Just that was, that was epic as an image. We got to post that on the feed. But also, Stasi basically uses them as like a thirst trap to send to Kristen and Katie a photo of her at breakfast with the fluff friends.

And it's like, you're so obviously, like, use it. Even if she did want to go to brunch with them, it's like you are going to send this to, because they didn't have Instagram stories, I guess. They couldn't just, that's the subtle way to do it. Wow. No Instagram story. Right, because they would have just seen it on her story, but instead she had to text them and they're like, oh, she's awake and they're like, she's at brunch.

Right. She would have had a way to upload it on Facebook for them to find out that she would stossy went to brunch without them. Wow. That cuts deep. Sandoval says, Jacks was literally foaming at the mouth last night. And Schwartz says, I know. wiped it.

Schwartz looks so young. They all look so young. They do. I mean, Tom Sandoval looks really different. Like, I think partially it's his haircut, but also just like the styling, the grooming, the, the facial work that they haven't had done yet. Yeah. They haven't, you know, done everything they've done to themselves. I love this scene that we get cut in where Lisa and Ken at Villarosa, blissfully ignorant.

of everything that's happened in Vegas are sitting down in their home movie theater to watch Pandora's wedding video. And this is so, so staged where they're like, oh, it's so beautiful. Oh, it's the perfect day.

And then the phone rings. And she's like, I'm not going to answer. And he's like, you should answer. And she's like, Katie. Katie's like,

Lisa, you're never going to believe what happened. Katie's a bitch. Franken Jacks are crazy. And Lisa's like, I don't want to get, I don't give a fuck. Just don't let it affect the workplace.

Yeah. That seems to be Lisa's line, like, all the time. And also, Lisa favors Stasi kind of openly. Yes. So I don't really know what was, what the point of that call was, but, you know. Right. She's like, well, she's like, well, if you can't work with Stasi, then that's going to be a problem for you. That seems to be the only thing that's, like, established is that, like, Stossie's staying.

Stossie's staying. Sheena is really proving herself. And Kristen is a good waitress, but a bad person. That's like Lisa's three talking points. Exactly. And the boys are just innocent no matter what. They're innocent no matter what, except for if Frank and Jacks can't coexist, what of them will have to go? Yes.

And same with Kristen and Tom. Same with Kristen? I mean, there's going to be some tough decisions that are going to have to be made. But back in Vegas, Kristen and Katie decide to make one more last-ditch attempt to salvage the birthday weekend. They go to this club where Stasi is with the B-listers of Sir. And I mean, I don't really know like what they were trying to do. Like I don't think Kristen is good at showing up somewhere and just like saying happy birthday and then not making it weird.

Right. She claims that they just walked in and gave her a hug and said like happy birthday. But it also seemed like Kristen was trying to be trying to reconcile in that moment as the music was blaring. And there's like a pole next to you. And I just don't think Stasi, I think Stasi probably was more excited to reject them. Right. She tells them off, it's her birthday, she doesn't give a fuck, so they go outside, they're like smoking their Sigs and like complaining about Stasi, she comes out to talk to them,

it all goes poorly. It is, it's another example of like if they had just met up for like coffee and actually talked through things, that might have gone better. but like meeting Stasi out at the club to like try and yell at it, yell across to each other about what happened to the night before. It's like just, just talk about this when you're back in L.A. Right. It's not happening right now.

It's just, it's not happening. Figure it out later. She goes skinny dipping with the B-List crew. And she's like, it's my birthday in my birthday suit. And I'm with my favorite people in the world who are never going to see again after the next two episodes, probably. Exactly. It makes me wonder, like, when they were filming, were they maybe, was there maybe, like,

more footage of, like, that side of sir? And they were, they picked this side because it was more interesting. I don't know. I don't really believe that they would do, like, that much extra work to cut half of it. I believe that Stasi was, I believe that this was a developing situation. And they were kind of like, okay, who can we get with Stasi? Because, like, Stasi needs some friends when she's not talking to any of her actual friends. But it looks like, based on the preview for next week, it looks like Stasi and Sheena might have an unexpected little connection.

So I'm excited to talk about that. It's like Blair and Serena making amends halfway through season one. Wow. How powerful. Blunts and brunettes. What a time to be. A brunette and a blonde with an unbreakable bond. Perfect.

This has been so fun. I am loving this series. And I hope everyone else is too. We will be back next week with another episode. In the meantime, don't forget to rate, review, and follow the show so you don't miss a thing. You can follow us on Instagram at Bravo by Betches. And until next time, be cool. Don't be all like uncool.

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