It’s the finale this week on Southern Charm Season 10, Episode 15, “Arrested Development.” Last week, Craig and Austen started hanging out again. But Austen could see the cracks in Craig’s relationship with Paige. Madison got great news that Brett is cancer-free and planned to throw a Summer Soiree with Ryan. Meanwhile, Ryan claimed he heard from their mutual barber that JT called Venita “some Black girl.” JT denied it, ranted about the snakes in the group, and told Venita he had to see her.
What happened on Southern Charm Season 10 Episode 15?
This week on the Southern Charm Season 10 finale, Venita hears JT out and stays on his team. Madison and Ryan hold their Summer Soiree at a prison-turned-party venue. Sparks fly between Molly and Shep when he invites her as his date. Craig gives his side on the breakup from Paige.
JT and Venita talk it out
JT asks Venita to come meet him. On the way over, Venita expresses that she’d even be annoyed with JT calling her “some girl” who likes and is chasing after him. She has a name, after all, and JT likes her as well. But she doesn’t buy Ryan’s story, saying it’s “not JT.”
When she meets with JT, she emphasizes that it doesn’t sound like something he would say. He does admit that he maybe called her a “beautiful Black woman.” But he denies saying “some Black girl” or that she was “all over him” either. Venita’s mainly mad at Ryan for trying to start something, and plans to confront him at his event. Venita and JT hug it out, but jokingly agree to “leave room for Jesus.”
Shep asks Molly out
Shep and Whitney meet for a “snacky-poo.” Whitney urges Shep to stop pining over Sienna and bring a date to the Summer Soiree event. He mentions Molly, and Shep says she’s “sweet” but he doesn’t want to mess with her head. However, she has only had sex once in two years, so maybe she’s just looking for casual fun. Shep asks her out and she agrees.
Craig and Paige fall out of sync
Craig drives Paige to the airport and bemoans that she can’t stay another day. They remember a time when she did decide to stay. Paige also says that Southerners are so chatty on flights. She prefers being in New York where she can order something to her door without interacting with people.
Paige also realizes that she’s super busy over the next weeks, going from LA to Italy to her tour. As we know from Summer House this season, Paige’s busy schedule is a major issue for Craig. When he asks when he’ll see her again, she jokes “Never, this is the last time you’re going to see me and you don’t even know it.” Even though it’s a joke, Craig says this airport drop-off feels different.
Southern Charm Season 10’s Summer Soiree
Craig and Austen hang out before the finale event. Austen says that Taylor told him Salley mentioned him yelling “Show us your boobs!” in the Bahamas. Taylor sees this as Salley trying to sabotage Austen’s relationship, but he thinks she’s projecting. Speaking of Salley, she heads over with her boyfriend Andrew, who says he’d rather just hang out with … Craig.
Shep picks up Molly and admires her ballsack door knocker (a gift from her brother). She feels like she’s getting picked up for prom, and it’s a bit weird. So soon after his Sienna heartbreak, she’s not expecting anything more than a fun time.
At the party, all the guys (and Leva) ship Shep and Molly. Taylor thinks she can do better. Patricia says she wants to hold up a red caution sign to the girls entering the group. Leva remarks that she loves to hear the “nerds” flirting. Later on, they have so much fun dancing Molly’s shoe flies off. They have chemistry for sure!
Salley and Taylor’s feud rages on
Salley confirms to Austen that the boobs comment was no big deal. If anything, she brought it up as a joke because she’s getting her implants out. Salley pulls Taylor for a chat. Since they agreed to keep each other’s names out of their mouths at Salley’s housewarming, she’s confused why Taylor said that to Austen. Taylor makes excuses, arguing she didn’t know Salley said it maliciously. Salley asks why she involved herself. Taylor just walks away, which Salley notes happens every time. Later, Rodrigo proposes a toast to them dating each other’s exes. Salley says she got the better deal, only for Taylor to say that a second later, with Salley firing back that she said it first.
Venita confronts Ryan
Venita admits she goes out of her way to avoid confrontation but wants to talk to Ryan. So she has Leva with her. But this ends up being a bad call, as Leva sort of dominates the conversation. They get into it when Leva accuses him of piling on JT without checking the facts. Then Rodrigo comes in. Ryan waves off Rodrigo, who tells the others he doesn’t like Ryan running his mouth. Venita asks Leva to leave her one-on-one with Ryan.
He says he was trying to warn her because he knows how she feels about JT. He admits it may not have been JT’s exact words, but also points out that the barber may have backtracked on the phone with JT to keep him as a client. Venita is friends with Ryan but feels torn because he’s in the anti-JT club. Madison says she’d take Ryan’s word over JT’s and doesn’t see anyone making that up. Venita thanks her for her support despite her stance on JT.
The bromance is back, but what about their romances?
Shep hugs Craig and Austen and tells them he loves them (although he admits that isn’t always true). Craig asks Austen about his girlfriend Audrey. He hasn’t heard much about her. After all, he and Austen haven’t been on good terms since he and Audrey started dating. Craig also says he’s “99 percent confident” he’ll propose to Paige in 2024.
Shep and Molly, sitting in a tree …
The whole group watches Molly and Shep flirt. Salley gushes that she “LOVES this for Molly.” She says it’s a better fit for Shep than Sienna because, well, Molly actually likes him. Craig says he texted Shep to make out with her. Just then, Molly makes a move and kisses him. The others cheer, which Molly gives the finger to. Shep tells her she’s a really good kisser, and they kiss again. Madison says it’s exactly what they both needed – “fireworks!”
Producers inform us that two hours later, Molly’s dry spell ended. And that two months later, Venita and JT began dating … until … he went public with his girlfriend. Venita unfollowed JT, and they haven’t spoken since. And five months later … we hear the podcast clip of Paige announcing her and Craig’s breakup.
Craig gives his side of the breakup
We cut to January 2025, as Craig confides in Shep and Austen about his breakup from Paige. Craig insists they had a great Thanksgiving together. However, she called him a few weeks later with the “We need to talk.” He said it was “calm” and that she told him she needed to find herself. The first people he wanted to tell were Austen and Shep. But the news couldn’t get out yet, and he was worried it would if he told Austen. He also didn’t want to say anything because “I didn’t want it to be real.”
“She asked me to buy her a ring and I did,” Craig claims. He tells them that over the summer, he went to New York and designed a ring. Only for Paige to express she wanted to back off an impending engagement. In hindsight, he feels that was a sign. Also, he offered to move to New York and raise their kids there, but she worried he’d resent her for it. Craig laments that they had such a rare connection, were best friends, had a great sex life, and everything. “It’s weird to mourn someone who’s still alive,” he says. We’re sure to hear more of Craig’s side of the breakup at the Southern Charm Season 10 reunion next week.
Southern Charm Season 10 continues with the reunion next Thursday on Bravo.
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