Tom Schwartz and Raquel Leviss Continue Their Alleged Romance on New ‘Vanderpump Rules’

After last week’s epic pool-party fight that ended with Katie Maloney desperately calling an Uber, the Vanderpump Rules gang finally heads down to Mexico this week to celebrate Scheana Shay and Brock Davies’ wedding.

Of course, on this utterly loveless show, the two’s actual nuptials are the least important part of this already dysfunctional trip.

Before the wedding festivities begin, though, there’s still some business to take care of in L.A., like another Schwartz & Sandy’s menu tasting (yawn) and a “tea party” at Lisa Vanderpump’s house that’s actually a surprise bridal shower for Scheana. But first, we get another scene of James Kennedy ranting about his ex-fiancée, Raquel Leviss.

As Raquel and Tom Sandoval’s scandalous affair—and, according to reports following the recent taping of the show’s cast reunion, perhaps even current relationship—continues to drive the news cycle, VPR fans both casual and dedicated are tuning in to the show in huge numbers, hoping for hints of gossip related to the controversy. Wednesday night’s latest episode offered plenty of drama when it comes to the complicated relationship dynamics between the tangled webs of parties involved—including not just Leviss and Sandoval, but their respective exes including James, Tom Schwartz, and Ariana Madix.

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If it hasn't already been proven, James is clearly not handling his ex-fianceé’s rise to main-character status well. During a chat with his father, Andros, the DJ nearly breaks the fourth wall, declaring that he “was here first.” Andros echoes that Raquel is on “his [James’] turf.” (Gross.) We can assume James’ head will explode when Being Raquel Leviss inevitably airs on Bravo in the fall.

At Schwartz & Sandy’s, the Toms are still *drum roll please* not ready to open! At first, it seemed like Greg, their business partner, was purposely stalling to collect rent money and possibly audition for his own Bar Rescue show. But in this scene, we see Schwartz give their manager Brett a drink menu that has neither cocktail names nor prices on it, and I have to wonder what these two are doing from 9 to 5 every day.

On camera, at least, they’re stuffing their faces with possible menu options, and Katie surprisingly scores an invite to this second round of tastings. (Greg said the first round was too dive-bar-y.) Katie and Schwartz have made up because Katie’s obsessed with having an amicable divorce, even though they couldn’t even have an amicable marriage. Everyone oohs and ahhs over crab beignets and lobster corn dogs.

Ally Lewber, James’ girlfriend, manages to escape from James’ grip for a lunch date with Ariana, Scheana and Lala Kent. Of course, no one really spends time getting to know Ally because Lala has to have the last word with her fight with Raquel from last week. Unfortunately, all she can do is slut-shame Raquel for wearing a bikini to a pool party. Scheana also talks about her wedding plans, which, as of this scene, don’t include the newly initiated Ally. Afterward, Ariana informs Scheana about a “tea party” Lisa’s hosting at Villa Rosa.

Then, we have an emotional scene with Lala, which are always hard to digest earnestly, but especially seconds after she said Raquel “looked like a prostitute.” On top of that, she’s having a heart-to-heart with Brock, who she had beef with last season after (rightfully) revealing his sketchy past to the group, including a domestic violence charge. Lala apologizes for how she handled the situation, even though it’s the only morally correct thing she’s done in the past four seasons.