Welcome back to the Southern Hospitality Season 3 recaps! Last week, Emmy had the meltdown to end all meltdowns. She was set off when Siobhan accused her of using store credit to purchase the girls’ new dresses, charging them full price, and pocketing the difference. Will was no help, and even Siobhan and Molly felt sorry for Emmy. Meanwhile, TJ and Michols made up. But he and Joe remain at odds.
What happened on Southern Hospitality Season 3 Episode 3, “Wylin at Lake Wylie?”
This week, the Republic staff deals with the aftermath of Emmy’s meltdown. TJ fills in for Mia, who’s at Miss World boot camp. Emmy insists everything with Will is fine. Will comes clean to Brad and TJ but Emmy is still in the dark. The group heads to Lake Wylie to celebrate Lake’s 22nd birthday. Here’s what went down in “Wylin at Lake Wylie.”
Joe and Maddi’s beach house dreams
Joe and Maddi discuss their future when her parents put them on the spot. Her parents like Joe much more than her ex Trevor. Maddi claims she’s not ready for marriage. And doesn’t have a five-year plan. She takes things one day at a time due to her sobriety. She would say yes if Joe proposed. But only so he doesn’t feel embarrassed. Joe is ready for marriage, and is all in with Maddi’s dream to live at the beach. For now, Maddi’s parents suggest he build her a sandcastle.
Emmy unpacks her epic meltdown
As they grab smoothies, Emmy admits to Michols that she could’ve toned things down a few notches. Michols informed her he filled in Lea and Leva. Naturally, Leva finds this unacceptable and suggests Emmy might need some time off. The only reason she and Lea give Emmy grace is because she’s typically a great employee. Emmy apologizes and promises not to do it again. Just when things seem settled, however, Emmy demands an apology from Siobhan. She also says she felt bad for Will during all this. Michols asks, “Why are we worried about Will?” and lets out a heavy sigh. “If anything you should be mad at him for adding fuel to the fire.”
Michols recalls the first time he met Will, while at the bar with Maddi and Siobhan. Michols claims Will called Emmy boring because she doesn’t drink anymore. And said he hated the way her body looked now. And that he’s miserable in their relationship. It all lines up perfectly with what Siobhan told Molly last week. Michols adds, “Emmy’s not in this blissful relationship that she thinks she’s in.” At the time, he told the others not to say anything. But it obviously spread, or as Michols puts it, “grew legs and it’s running.”
Get to know Southern Hospitality Season 3 newbie Lake
Brad and Lake went on their first date. They continue flirting at work, with Lake roasting his shirtless mirror pics. Brad gushes that he’s never met a girl like Lake, while she swoons over his abs.
This week, we learn that Lake is an artist who graduated from Parsons and the Leo Marchutz School of Painting and Drawing. Like many artists, she’s now figuring out how to make a living from her art. “Only Fans it is…just kidding!” she jokes.
For her 22nd birthday, Lake invites her Republic friends to her mom’s house in Lake Wylie. The house is so special to her family. In fact, she’s named Lake because she was conceived at Lake Wylie! Joe jokes if she has a brother named Dam. Her mom emphasizes that it’s fine if Lake has a few friends at the house and keeps it low-key.
We also learn that Lake identifies as sexually fluid. From an early age, she had crushes on other girls. She also tells Brad that she’s a “lover girl” no matter what gender identity. As she puts it, “I identify as ‘for the people.’”
Emmy returns to Republic
Emmy returns to Republic that Thursday, intending to prove the work meltdown was a one-time thing. She quickly goes up to Siobhan, who says she regrets bringing up the dress issue. They hug it out and agree to move on.
Emmy emphasizes to Brad that she never acts like that. He agrees and wonders aloud if it has to do with her and Will. Emmy, of course, denies this. Brad says, “We all know Will has been talking sh*t behind her back.” He literally had clients come up to him to try and get Will to stop. “Clearly, everything is not fine, and we can see it,” Brad adds. It doesn’t help that Emmy appears to be on the verge of tears, even as she claims she’s feeling better. TJ and Brad are unconvinced.
Meanwhile, Lake tells Michols that Molly filled her in on Will’s comments. He knows it’s time to tell Emmy.
Will comes clean-ish
Emmy has Maddi over, who brings non-alcoholic wine. Considering they fell out over her own relationship drama last year, Maddi feels a certain way about knowing Will talks behind Emmy’s back.
Meanwhile, Will gets drinks with Brad and TJ. Joe feels left out, and wants to move forward with TJ “for the good of the family.” Will feels caught in the middle.
When TJ brings up Emmy, Will says they’re better when he’s not in school (by the way, he’s in the top 10 percent of his class). Will says stress can cause him to “project things onto the relationship.” Brad and TJ ask Will about his drunken anti-Emmy comments. “Did it happen? Yeah,” Will admits.
He blames feeling “self-conscious that I wasn’t the boyfriend I needed to be.” TJ thinks it’s a lie. Will says felt the back room of Republic was a safe, familiar space to vent. But Brad claims Will made similar comments at other King Street bars. While TJ understands needing to vent, it’s hard for him to listen to Emmy plan her wedding and future with Will while knowing about this. Will continues to downplay it. TJ feels like he’s at a press conference, not talking to a close friend.
Will claims “literal studies” show venting about your spouse is good for your mental health. “I’m happy that I worked through those emotions because I think it made me more resolute in my feelings about Emily- err, me and Emmy,” he says as he heads to Emily Emmy’s apartment. Intrigued by the NA wine, he says he might need a break from drinking. He claims TJ just wanted to talk about Joe, but stumbles when asked what Brad had to say. Maddi leaves, and Will gives the blissfully unaware Emmy a foot massage.
The Southern Hospitality cast heads to Lake Wylie
On the way to Lake Wylie, Joe reminisces about the time he spent at lakes when he was a counselor at a YMCA Christian camp. “Before I was Joey Bottles…I was Joey Bibles,” he says. It’s where he learned to talk to girls and their parents. And brought him closer to God. “Maybe I need to bring Joey Bibles back, ’cause Joey Bottles is exhausting,” he jokes.
Michols asked to room with TJ. But TJ doesn’t know if it’s a flirty move, or Michols trying to avoid Emmy. Emmy is mad that Michols doesn’t want to room with her. It leaves Emmy rooming with Siobhan and Molly. She can tell something’s up because it wasn’t that long ago that Michols was avoiding TJ.
Everyone is blown away by how gorgeous the lake house is. Lake explains that her family is very successful. As in, they own law firms, a hair care line, an MMA company, an education fund, and three dental practices.
What really happened between TJ and Joe?
TJ admits to Maddi that things between him and Joe are much deeper than the Luann thing. A producer asks about something from years ago. Joe slept in the same bed with TJ and said he cuddled TJ like he would a girl he was hooking up with. TJ admits that the intimate moment caused him to wonder if Joe was actually attracted to him. As he admitted to Joe last summer, he fell in love with his best friend. TJ thinks that Joe always knew this, and it gave him an unfair upper hand in their friendship. Next week, it looks like they’ll have to talk this out.
Southern Hospitality airs Thursdays on Bravo.
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