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I’m struggling to see why she seems to be the centre casting of this show.. would love to know the lore

No conspiracy. Just baffled. It’s so tragic for them all to pass away in their 30’s.. so close together.

After the last episode of Felipe pretty much outing himself as a one and done kind of guy, it makes so much sense that after they slept together in the previous weeks episode her anxiety took over and had to sleep away from him in a different room. Her body knew before she knew that this guy is not a trustworthy person to have feelings for. A good reminder to trust your gut always!

Lala's role in The Valley is to be a truth teller at all costs. It may come off like she has no story of her own so she gets involved with other people drama, but I think she's giving us a lot of insight into her lived experience - its subtle, but it's definitely there - generally a person wouldn't be so outspoken, unapologetic or willing to go against the grain unless they had strong emotional stakes in what was happening in front of them. It's funny how the audience largely dislikes her yet all we've seen of her in VPR/The Valley is that if she isn't friends with someone it's usually because she decided that. Lala seems really well liked amongst the cast - she acts as free agent and can be a truly great friend to a person and ask for nothing in return - but you will only get her loyalty if you're honest and take accountability.

The absolute, lip smacking irony of Kristina getting butt-hurt about Katie coming back into Stassi’s life for a new show when Kristina was doing the same with VPR when it suited her - like launching her cosmetic products. Also I see she had a haircut and lots of of treatments, Charli Burnett really hit that dry ass hair nerve.

There I said it. Katie better of hooked up with him after her divorce.

How about we try and leave her some non-judgemental advice and lessons we learned from our own embarrassing experiences we had in our early 20's and tips on how to actually engage in self-growth. It might be more valuable than the constant stream of hate and internet bullying she is getting. Girls girls reveal yourselves.

There are so many posts dedicated to hating on Gen - please go there if you have nothing to offer the point of this post.

First of all, I think his professional background is in naval engineering - I find it so hard to believe any engineer would pursue the lowest ranking interior role.. unless he needed proximity to the Stews to stir drama between deck and interior.

2nd, he alway seemed to be present or close enough to catch conversations and information that was important to driving storylines.

3rd, he had zero shame or concept of confidentiality - always willing to ask the direct questions and spill the tea he had. He didn't behave like a real member of the crew, just a free agent on a mission.

4th, he didn't care at all about being fired. It was probably a price job and he finished ahead of schedule!

EDIT: Producer plant meaning he was actively taking instructions from producers on what questions to ask, what information to share and with who, possibly even being told where in the boat he needed to go as they were actively monitoring footage from static cameras and camera operators. This is not the same as casting.