The Mexican adventure continues for the ladies of Little Women: LA, with part two of Briana Renee’s bachelorette party melting down into a pile of broken friendships – and swimming with dolphins! The tension between Terra Jole and Briana still hangs thickly, metaphorically symbolized by the torrential rain pouring down during the ladies’ hike on Day 3.
Although Terra claims she wants a friendship with Briana again, Briana is wary of her motives. Briana is also exhausted from Tonya Banks’ lecture about her “not looking happy” as a newlywed. But how exactly is Briana supposed to look when she’s endlessly being browbeaten about her marriage by her frenemies? It’s all just too much.
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To lift their sagging spirits, Jasmine Sorge’s cousin, Victor, has brought some pedi-cabs out for their amusement! Given the ladies’ run-ins with wheels this season (dirt bikes, roller blades, fortune…), let’s just hope no one ends up in a Mexican hospital at the end of this! Elena Gant is relieved for the ride because momma-to-be is not about to walk through this rain forest one second longer. The ride seems like a ball, and Christy McGinity Gibel feels like the vibe of the trip may be changing. With Matt lurking in the bushes not around, the group can bond with Briana on better terms.
After their ride, the crew saunters over to a rock pile (okay, it’s more of a formation, but whatever!) to chat. Briana confesses to Jasmine she was pissed about the little stripper last night (who was THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!), but she’s over it now. She also feels a fake energy from the group, who are there to support her – but not her marriage.
New girl Ali joins their convo to tattle on Tonya and Terra for telling her that what Briana fears is basically true. Briana would like to invite everyone to the wedding, but she’s not sure how realistic that is now. While Elena and Christy seem like they’re honestly trying to make an effort with Briana, Terra and Tonya may be fronting. Vowing to confront the entire group about their true feelings, Briana gets her “I’m fierce!” bad-itude on (for the thousandth time) and says they need to step up and back their sh*t up, or “shut the f*k up forever!”
The ladies head to the Coba pyramid next, the tallest Mayan ruins structure in the Yucatan. And the future site of Briana’s #FierceFrontation. Victor warns the group that they can climb at their own risk, but people have been known to tumble down. OMG. Terra, Tonya, and Jasmine try their hand at scaling the 100-foot beast, but only Terra tries for the top. She doesn’t give up, even when her eyeballs start experiencing their own heartbeat. And she makes it! Wooooohoooo!!! Good for her, seriously. She feels a major sense of personal pride and accomplishment on behalf of anyone who feels hamstrung by a perceived disability. Love this!
Back at the bottom, Christy tells the group that she and Todd are pursuing adoption. Which sends Briana into an insanely hypocritical hissy fit over Christy making Briana’s bachelorette party all about her. Hmmm. Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury, I present evidence archive #132: recorded footage from a mere season ago when Briana announced her SECRET MARRIAGE to the group in similar fashion at Elena’s bachelorette. Guilty! Of course, Briana doesn’t reflect on this troublesome fact for a moment.
Doubling down, Elena decides it’s time to share her big news too. She’s pregnant, and she’s having twins! Yes, we all know (and so does Terra), but the rest of the group erupts with shock and squeals with glee at Elena’s news. Everyone seems thrilled for her, except Christy, who is now having her own pity party, table of one. Why did Elena have to steal her thunder!?
Christy silently seethes, knowing that her adoption storyline has just been usurped by Elena’s actual pregnancy. She’s also probably regretting letting us all see that up-close-and-personal gyno visit from last season, given how things have panned out! #WasItWorthIt? Nope. Uh-uh. (I, personally, am STILL recovering from that.)
Briana seems truly happy for Elena, but she does shut down the celebratory mood by telling the ladies she can’t figure out who’s here to actually support her (and, presumably, Matt). Terra says she’s straight up her for Briana, but when it comes to Matt, it’s still a No Bueno. She’s seen too much manipulation and arrogance from Matt to even begin accepting him.
Terra asks Briana straight up: Would she have even invited her if Jasmine hadn’t suggested that the whole group come? Briana admits she wouldn’t have. But now she wants to move forward. Really, Briana? These ladies are here supporting you, despite their better instincts. And you just admitted you weren’t going to invite them anyway, but did in an effort to “rebuild.” They feel how they feel, but their actions are speaking for them. The same is true for you. And you just can’t have it both ways.
Sick of Christy trying to play both sides to the middle, Little Boss calls her out on not wanting to attend this trip either. But Christy just shrinks into the corner, quietly bemoaning her loss of a viable storyline. Ali is on the hot seat next for talking smack behind everyone’s back. She feebly tries to defend herself, but is no match for Terra’s full on verbal assault, in which she demands Ali just go home.
Changing her mind mid-meltdown, Terra decides to peace out, walking off in a huff. She’s followed by Tonya, who Jasmine yells at on the way out: if Tonya doesn’t want to be here than she won’t be invited to the wedding either! Ahem. Who died and made Jasmine Briana’s new “handler,” by the way? She’s like the resident emotional bouncer on this trip. (And super depressing party planner, to boot.)
Left in the carnage are Christy and Briana, who remain to hash it out. Christy wants to support her, but she still has issues with Briana’s lies and delusions. Christy denies thinking Briana is lying now, but does admit she still doesn’t like Matt. She thinks Briana is as “happy as she can be,” which is a safe and terrible answer. But she hopes to be at Briana’s wedding anyway. Briana needs to think about whether Christy is wedding-worthy though.
Tonya stomps through the forest, muttering how she doesn’t want to go to no wack-ass wedding anyway! She’s also wondering how deluded Briana must be to think that, just because they are all on this trip, they suddenly approve of d*ck-pic-sending Matt? Plus, she vents with Terra, what’s up with that turncoat, Christy!? One minute, she’s on their side, the next minute, she’s doing a 180 – just to secure a wedding invitation! To Tonya and Terra’s credit, they have (in their totally inappropriate manner) told Briana their honest thoughts about Matt, and their marriage, from the very beginning. But here Christy is, flip-flopping more than Donald Trump’s hair in a windstorm, says Terra.
It’s the ladies’ last day in Cancun. So, time to swim with dolphins! Terra, Tonya, and Elena have a ball kissing the dolphins, and Tonya even braves a ride on one. They laugh and, mercifully, refrain from talking about the Briana drama for a hot second.
After they dry off, the short moment of peace is shattered when they launch into it. Elena thinks Briana is happy, and that Matt is the one making her happy. But Terra and Tonya have turned their wrath on Christy at this point, pissed primarily about Christy’s betrayal – at least, that’s how they see it. Bottom line: Terra says they need to make their amends tonight, or go their separate ways. For good.
Getting their minds off of yesterday’s fight, Briana and Jasmine dance around in sombreros at a local tourist trap. Which Jasmine refers to as “authentic” Mexican culture. Okaaaaay. They, of course, rehash the argument at the ruins, which Briana is still hoppin’ mad about. To her, Terra and Tonya are like little whiny babies who won’t ever accept or listen to her.
Breaking down in tears, Briana says she’s utterly exhausted from the incessant arguing with them. And yeah, I understand her point. The ladies need to back off, or Briana needs to accept that they may never like Matt (or the fact that she’s estranged from her family). But something has got to give. I’M exhausted just watching it! (Aren’t we all!?)
Back at the resort, Ali and Christy dish over non-alcoholic drinks. Christy smirks, asking how Ali fared after her first experience of getting screamed at by Terra. #ItWon’tBeTheLast #TerraFied! Upset about Terra throwing her under the bus with Briana, Christy doesn’t trust Terra anymore. And she doesn’t think Terra and Tonya even want to be friends with Briana. She does though, and seems prepared to do whatever it takes (including suppressing her icky feelings of Matt-hatred) to get the job done.
Behold: the Last Supper of this Cancun mess is upon us! The ladies small-talk for a few minutes while Terra and Tonya mean mug in the corner. Jasmine then stirs the poop, sharing that she wished everyone could have bitten their tongues on this trip. Elena astutely points out that it was none other than BRIANA who brought the whole issue up though, asking everyone at the ruins to speak their truth. (Thank you, Elena!) And, Terra points out, Briana shouldn’t bring questions up she doesn’t want a truthful answer to.
Trying to poke the hornets’ nest once again, Ali stands up to announce that this whole group does nothing but trash talk each other. This, Ali, will win you no friends here! But it might win her a spot on the show, which may be what she’s vying for. Hmm. Promptly ignoring Ali, Terra launches into Christy’s hypocrisy, which Christy defends as loyalty to Briana. Then the group erupts in their classic scream fest we’ve all become numb used to by now.
Briana yells for the group to STOP! But Terra will not be stopped. She calls bullsh*t on Briana wanting to make amends with anyone. Briana tries to calmly placate Terra with the slow, “okaaay, okaaay” move, but Terra erupts. “If you’re going to talk to me like a two year old, then you’re a b*tch!” It bothers Terra that Briana is letting Christy back into her life, but not her. “Why are you okay with Christy and not me?” demands Terra. Furthermore, why is Briana okay with Christy hating her husband, but not Terra hating her husband?
Briana claims she didn’t know Christy still hated Matt. Oh, Briana. The compartmentalization in your brain is an enormous castle with many tiny dungeons. In tears (of anger, hurt, frustration?), Terra demands to know why Briana can’t accept her friendship on the same terms as Christy’s. Is it just because Christy has turned into a yes-ma’am? It seems so.
Briana says she just wants the group to move forward. But Terra is jealous of Christy because she’s gotten an apology from Briana, while she hasn’t. Wait – that’s not entirely accurate. But, it’s apparent Terra assumes it is. Briana just thinks Terra is trying to sabotage the only friendship on the mend now: hers and Christy’s.
That may or may not be true, but Terra is certainly not ready to rebuild anything right now. And neither is Briana, who finally tells a foaming-at-the-mouth Terra to “Just get out!” So, Terra does, yelling all the way, “Good luck with your wedding that no one wants to go to!”
The group sits in silence for a beat, taking this moment in. Has the gauntlet been thrown? Are Terra and Briana done forever? Briana says she is.
TELL US: IS CHRISTY LYING TO BRIANA TO GET BACK IN HER GOOD GRACES? WILL TERRA AND BRIANA EVER MEND THEIR FRIENDSHIP?
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