01x03 - From One Queen to Another

[bunniefuu]

[Lisa Vanderpump] Previously on

Vanderpump Villa

[people cheering]

[guest]

Oh, what is this?

[Lisa]

It is a secret proposal.

We need to make sure

everything goes perfectly.

[mischievous music playing]

No one is talking to you,

you dumb [bleep] b*tch.

- Shut the [bleep] up.

- Stop. Whoa!

- Shut the [bleep] up.

- Whoa, whoa!

Do not touch anyone.

- Listen, you're-you're an idiot.

- End of the story.

[Stephen]

Eric, what are you doing?

[Lisa] Eric, you didn't

quite handle

things the way

you should have done.

I think she's testing me

just as much as

I'm testing my team.

[Lisa] We've been preparing

for this wedding proposal.

There's no room for error.

[grand music playing]

- Will you marry me?

- Yes!

[group cheering]

Thank God for my staff.

Thank you so much for

pulling it together.

I see some hope for this group

and for my Chateau.

[Hannah] It just kinda made me

feel uncomfortable

with your legs wide open

right in front of Marciano.

If any girl sits next

to Marciano,

she's gonna start sh*t?

Like, Gabriella was like,

literally sitting down,

like, open legs and

you didn't say anything.

I didn't see that.

Let it go. You had

your legs open,

made me feel uncomfortable.

Move on.

[Hannah]

She calls Gabriella out.

She's not even [bleep] involved!

[Gabriella]

We need to just get it together

before the next guests

roll around.

[Hannah] You're acting like a

fake-a*s [echoing] b*tch!

[tense sting]

[intriguing theme

music playing]

♪♪

You had your legs open.

So it's Hannah,

the police of justice.

- But you did, though. Own it.

- I'm talking to Gabriella.

- Own it. Own it.

- I'm sorry.

Hannah, you're just

like, [bleep] going crazy.

It's called being [bleep] real.

How old are you?

You're acting like a fake-a*s

b*tch to me.

- [Marciano] No! Yo.

- [Priscila] b*tch?

- Hannah. Han! Dude.

- Fake-a*s b*tch.

- I've said sorry three times.

- [Priscila] Fake a*s b*tch? For what?

- I said sorry three times to you.

- [Marciano] Let's go,

let's get out of here. Get out.

Come on, let's go.

I feel offended because

I feel like she picked it

on me to be in a fight.

- [plucky music playing]

- Hannah, wait a minute.

You cannot be that insecure.

[indistinct arguing]

But, lo and behold,

she is that insecure.

[Emily] What is this about?

What happened?

She's-She's [bleep] stupid.

Hannah is the definition

of making a mountain

out of mole hill.

Every little thing. It's like,

"Oh," like, "Bye Hannah."

[mock screaming] "Why did you say bye

to me like that?!"

[normal]

Like, what the [bleep]?

Any little thing, she boom.

'Cause Priscila's

legs were open?

Worry about your big-a*s

mouth being open.

Shut the [bleep] up. [laughs]

[Marciano] You could've just

dismissed the whole thing.

- No. Stop. I wanna be off camera.

- Don't go this way. Don't go this way.

- Stop. Stop.

- [Marciano] Dude. This is so stupid.

No, you're a piece of sh*t

and don't have my back.

- [dramatic music playing]

- What are you talking about?

How do I not have

your back, dude?

When it comes to Hannah,

I'm not a big fan of her yelling at me

and I'm not a big fan

of her accusing me

of things that

I haven't done yet.

That being said,

I know that stems from a lot of

past history with me.

I still wanna be with her,

but it doesn't mean

it's gonna work.

[Hannah] You don't even check on me,

you're a piece of sh*t.

If I'm having a meltdown, like,

why is it like I'm drama

and everything?

It just makes me feel

like I'm not

as important to him

and he doesn't care.

I'm gonna start crying.

[voice breaking]

'Cause he didn't [sighs]

[normal] 'Cause he like,

dismisses all of my feelings,

Marciano does.

There's nothing

I can do about that.

[Emily] It's their drama

trickling into our problems.

Tomorrow's a new day.

We have new guests coming.

I'm done with the subject.

[Eric] Lisa told me

I have to step it up.

Eric, I think you dropped

the ball on many parts.

I can always improve.

I'll admit that.

Knowing that the guests are

arriving tomorrow,

this is ridiculous.

If there's a problem,

I need to correct it now.

[uplifting music playing]

God, I don't know how

you guys drink whiskey.

Ugh. It doesn't leave me with as

big of a hangover or anything.

Come here, boys.

I wish I had a carrot for ya,

but you know what I got? A kiss.

- [donkey brays]

- [Eric laughs]

[Andre] Do you know how

to, like, do the drapes?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Andre]

What about fold the pillows?

- Fold the pillows?

- [Andre] Ah. See, you said yeah.

- Fluff the pillow.

- That's how I know you wasn't listening.

[all laugh]

The fussing, the fighting,

I'm-I'm tired of it.

That's why I like hanging

out with Grace and Emily.

They're so cool, and they like

I don't wanna say they

remind me puppies or nothin'

'cause I'm not calling them dogs,

but like, they're just so cute.

So what are y'all doing,

your hobbies?

[Emily] I'd say my more hobby

is probably just exercising.

- [Andre] Really?

- I like more cardio stuff, yeah.

- I do art. Like, I like to paint.

- [Andre] Really?

[Grace] People throw all kinds

of sh*t out, right?

So like old furniture. And I'd pick it up,

put it in my car,

bring it home, and then fix it up,

and like, paint it,

and then sell it on Facebook.

[chuckles]

I really needed to make money.

[Andre]

That's actually pretty cool.

This is definitely a really

important experience for me.

I mean, I don't live,

like a very secure life.

So it's really [bleep]

weird being here.

My dad's a pastor.

I live in Florida now,

but I'm from North Carolina.

I grew up in a cabin

in the middle of the woods.

When I went out into

the world on my own,

I realized, like sh*t,

[chuckles] I'm poor.

I would love for this to,

like, open a door.

I don't wanna scrub

toilets forever.

A lot of my tattoos are, uh,

middle of the night,

late night decisions.

Uh not very many of them

have very much meaning.

[Andre] You know,

I'm gonna get y'all two.

- What do you mean?

- Okay. [laughs]

I think Andre's really cute.

He's got a really

great personality,

but I don't want to, like,

come on too strong or anything.

I think I'll want to have a

conversation with him

if I have enough drinks

in my system.

Uh, my favorite drink

is a vodka sour.

I have no [bleep] clue.

[production crew

and Grace laugh]

Vodka and, um, sour.

[laughs] I got you.

[energetic music playing]

Where are the knives?

[utensils rattle]

- My big vag*na's dry. Dry.

- The Sahara Desert.

[Telly/Gabriella laugh]

[Marciano] I have to talk to Hannah

before the guests arrive.

At the end of the day, we

both know we have a job to do.

I'm the lead server. I cannot

mess up again with Lisa.

[Hannah] I'm not doing another

fight with you right now.

[Marciano] That's why, like, I'm trying

to have a civil conversation

- away from all that bull

- [Hannah] I'm just annoyed

'cause I just don't feel like

I'm vibing with anyone.

I just have you.

Like, I know I can trust you

and I can rely on you.

But I feel like other than that,

I don't have anyone else either.

[Hannah] I'm actually extremely

confused right now.

When somebody shows

you who they are,

it's very hard to

trust them again.

So it scares me, it does.

But I love him.

So are you saying you're

apologizing?

You know I hate having

any sort of argument with you,

like, at all, because

it-it just never turns out well.

We have to be rock solid.

Okay, but we're not togeth

Like, that's another thing.

- Oh, my God, dude.

- What?

- That has nothing to do with it.

- Okay. Then

Like, what does that

have to do with anything?

[Hannah] Okay.

Maybe France will change him.

Maybe.

Yeah, I don't even know what

you're talking about right now.

[snickers]

[Marciano]

You've gotta be kidding.

- Yeah.

- Yeah, but wait, no, no.

- I wanna speak before Chef.

- [Stephen] Oh God.

Please. Okay,

we're just gonna do this.

[deep breath]

There is nothing that

Eric can say

that will be useful.

I'm super nice, but I have

extreme nasty side as well.

I am the chateau manager,

and it's been an observation

period.

- Stop talking.

- What the [bleep] is wrong with you?

You had your legs open.

The observation period is over.

I was never in the military,

but this is gonna be run

like a military operation.

I've sat back, of course,

'cause I wanna get to know

everybody and see their skills.

Now, I can make a decision

moving forward.

This is how we operate

in a normal restaurant.

I've been in the

service industry for

frickin' 15-plus years.

[Caroline] Really? This is what

Eric cut off the chef to say?

Eric is definitely a

a strange

We all have different skills,

but you have to respect

everyone.

I run a big business in LA.

This is nothing to me.

Are you okay?

Like, this dude does not know

what the [bleep] he's talking about.

I'm confident, I know what I do.

Everybody has an opinion,

but guess what?

I have a way of doing

things as well.

Everybody's gonna be operating,

has a role and a task.

Okay. Morning, darlings.

Yes, good morning, Lisa.

Good morning.

We'll continue our meeting,

okay?

Am I interrupting?

But no-no more fun and games.

This is for real, okay?

And you will see the

nasty side come out.

- What?

- [plucky music playing]

Oh, we're just giving

a team meeting. Sorry.

[Lisa]

Please take a seat.

Eric is berating the staff.

No, no, no, no.

I was actually coming in with

a really positive attitude

because the last guests,

you guys handled it brilliantly.

But there are a few things

that can make us better,

so I'd like to go

over that, okay?

The guests talked about

seeing a couple of you

in an altercation going

backwards and forwards.

She's bitching all day

I'm just being [bleep] real with you.

[Hannah]

Everyone said that you

[Lisa]

They felt the atmosphere.

You know if there's

tension around.

But you have to keep

it behind the curtain.

Backstage.

- [inspiring music playing]

- Outside is our theater

where we entertain and

everything runs smoothly.

Do we agree?

- [staff] Yes.

- [Lisa] Yes, okay.

That's what I like.

We have our second group

of guests coming today.

So our guest of honor,

her name is Harlan.

And the marquee event is

the Butterfly Rebirth.

[lively music playing]

She's calling her party

The Rebirth Ball

to commemorate her

facial feminization surgery

and her full transition

to female.

Amazing.

- [Lisa] It is amazing.

- Yeah.

It's very important to me

that I support

the LGBTQ community.

You know, in France though,

we're pronounced, [in French] "LGBTQ."

[in French] "LGBTQ."

Sounds so much better.

[all laugh]

It's about her moment

to celebrate,

and I want to have that

feel-good energy.

And I know I have

the perfect group of people

to help me do it, right?

- [staff agreeing]

- [Lisa] Alright.

Let's bring this home.

[energetic upbeat

music playing]

[Caroline] May I have

a little talk with you?

I wanna talk about this

meeting this morning,

'cause I think it's

important that,

you know, we accept everyone.

You can give rules,

but you can't give orders.

We're not in a military.

Eric tried to find a way

to be a strong leader.

I didn't like how Eric

cut off the chef

when he had something really important

to say at the staff meeting.

Before I came here, I said,

"We need to run this

like a military."

Actually I said, "We're going to battle.

We're going to w*r."

Chef Caroline is

a beautiful woman,

and I know she has

a heart of gold,

but honestly,

I don't give a sh*t if the staff

doesn't respect me

right off the bat.

I don't give a [bleep].

I have a game plan,

and I'm gonna stick to it.

If they walk away from anything

you said, then we are [bleep].

I'm eating. Me and Andre

are talking, hanging out, and I'm like

starting to smell something.

I'm like looking at the

oven and I'm like,

"That croissant is burning.

I can smell that thing."

I saw Caroline put the

croissant in the oven,

and then she disappeared.

She's a chef!

How do you forget

about something

you throw in the oven?

Hey, dumb dumb.

You forget anything

in the oven upstairs?

- You don't remember?

- Oh sh*t.

[Marciano] Yeah, yeah.

"Oh sh*t" is right.

Yo. What the [bleep]?

[Caroline] Did you take it off

or do I have to go?

[Marciano] We just turned it off

real quick. We didn't take it out.

[Hannah]

That's not good.

So you left it there?

[Marciano] Yeah, well I

just turned the oven off

'cause there's a-a huge

cloud of smoke came at us,

- and it was too hot.

- Okay, can you handle it or?

[Marciano] No, that's your sh*t to handle.

I'm not doing your sh*t.

[Caroline] What do you mean

that's my sh*t to handle?

[Marciano] You put it in there.

You almost burned the house down

you can handle it.

[Caroline]

Marciano can be so rude.

We are so busy in the kitchen.

We are still preparing

for today's event,

and this guy comes

up in the kitchen

to tell me about

burnt croissant?

He's on a break so maybe he

could help out a little bit.

Marciano, really, get your

sh*t together. Come on, man.

♪♪

- [fire alarm beeping]

- Ahh!

[Emily]

Oh no. [laughs]

- [tense music playing]

- [alarm continues beeping]

What are you doing?

You drop the [bleep].

You can leave it right there.

It's on a nice napkin

and everything for her.

If she's gonna tell me

what to do, not happening.

If I'm gonna take it out,

I'm gonna take it out,

but I'm gonna put it somewhere.

I'm gonna put it

on your bed and that's it.

That's what you get.

You wanna be a

[bleep] smart-a*s? Sorry.

[Hannah] It's a

[bleep] croissant.

Let it go.

[dramatic music playing]

He put it on your bed. I'm like,

"Take it off her [bleep] bed."

- Come on.

- Tell him to [bleep] off.

What in the whole world?

Why don't you just

turn off the oven,

show that you can be

a man of the house?

So you put this on my bed?

- [Marciano] Yeah, I put it on your bed.

- You're so childish right now.

Oh, sh*t.

You wanna act like a man?

- You wanna tell me I'm childish?

- You wanna act like a man?

- And now you act like a baby.

- Get outta my room, please.

- Right now. I'm asking you

- But right now, you're acting like a baby.

Okay, so I'm not here

accusing you,

saying anything mean to you.

- Thank you. Thank you.

- But, okay. I appreciate you.

You wanna call me names,

thank you. Don't touch me.

- This is not your house.

- Please, just get out.

Okay, you're right.

Exactly. I took care of it.

Don't worry about it. Peace out.

- Thank you. Goodbye.

- [fire alarm continues beeping]

[Andre] Uh, I can,

I can take that for you.

- [laughter]

- [Gabriella vocalizes]

It looks like a big turd.

- [fire alarm beeping]

- [Eric] Beep, beep, beep.

The guests are coming.

Chaos is erupting.

There's burnt dough.

Our uniforms smell like

who knows what?

- [fire alarm continues beeping]

- Somebody take the battery out.

Is this a premonition

or a prelude?

Are we going down

in flames today?

[echoing laughter]

[energetic upbeat

music playing]

I hold professionalism

to a very high standard

and Caroline,

you suck at your job.

You could've burnt

the [bleep] house down.

You cannot [bleep] do that sh*t.

Let alone as a chef.

He put it on my bed,

like so proud of himself.

You took it out of the oven,

you did something great.

Be happy. You saved everyone.

You're the savior of

the house. Great.

[Anthony] I'm like, "Okay, do I

say something? Do I let it go?"

But, I'm just here to do my job.

That was funny as hell.

I'm sorry.

It was unnecessary.

Now everything's a reason

for a drama.

Like, we fight even

over a croissant.

Like, chill out a little

bit and have fun

and just, like,

get the show going.

♪♪

[Marciano] I'm gonna go

get the champagne.

- [Gabriella] Let's go team.

- [Lisa] Okay, giddy up, everybody.

[insect buzzing]

No, no. I don't do that because

that's [bleep] gross.

[Lisa]

They are here.

- It's still in there.

- I can't see it.

Now, pull yourself together.

Everybody, stop messing about.

[Telly gasps]

[Lisa] No, just stop now.

What? Is there a bug in it?

- Not anymore.

- What it was?

- Yep.

- Problem solved.

[Lisa] Don't serve them

that glass of champagne.

[staff greeting guests]

- Bonjour, Harlan.

- [overlapping greetings]

Welcome to Chateau Rosabelle.

- [Harlan] Hello, so nice to meet you.

- [Harlan/Lisa] Mwah! Mwah!

- Welcome. Welcome, all of you.

- [staff] Hi.

[Harlan] Me and my friends are

here to celebrate

my facial feminization surgery,

which is a major step

in my transition.

[Lisa]

Please, take a drink.

[Harlan]

It's only recently that I felt

like myself,

like as a transwoman.

Oh, this is, like,

everything I dreamed of.

It feels really surreal

that this is all for me.

That's good.

Uh Le Gardenia.

This is the Le La

La Gardenia right?

Right here on the left?

You're asking me that?

Yeah, no, I'm getting the

names confused.

Go ahead.

As a manager, Eric kind of

gets on my nerves a little bit.

As chateau manager,

you should know what rooms

the guests are staying in.

[chuckling] I think

it's so ridiculous.

Oh, yeah, I keep getting

confused. That's Gardenia.

[lively music playing]

Guys, amuse-bouche

on the table, please.

For Harlan, our first

event we're gonna do

is the Reflections Dinner.

We have a beautiful

setup outside

and everyone is getting

a message and a mirror.

We can kinda cheat

the napkin a little bit,

just so it's off to the edge,

you know what I mean?

- [Priscila] Eric is changing Lisa's plan.

- [Eric] There you go.

I I'm definitely having

anxiety about that,

but I'm just gonna

make sure I do my job right

and that Harlan's happy.

You can still keep

the napkin on the plate.

Priscila and I are not

talking to each other,

but we work together so, I mean,

we can't hate each other all the time.

Even though I hate

Sagittarius's,

and I forgot Priscila was one.

So, it's unfortunate.

Are you guys ready to sit?

[Harlan] I think

we're ready, yeah.

[Hannah] Yes?

Right this way.

- [Harlan] Oh, my God. Thank you.

- [guest 1] That's cute.

This is called a

Reflection Dinner.

[guest 2] Wow, are these mirrors?

That's cute.

We're looking at ourselves.

We're saying, "I'm beautiful,

I am amazing

and I'm exactly who

I'm supposed to be."

[guest 3]

Yeah, I'm gonna cry.

We do have a little note.

Mine says, "I got the power."

"I see love."

Mine says, "I see confidence."

- [guests] Ooh!

- Periodt!

This event is so beautiful.

It's something that

I feel close to my heart

just being simply a

g*y guy in today's society.

I actually was one of the first

openly g*y members

in the Air Force.

What I've learned from

that time is simple things

like constantly adapting,

being resilient.

I grew up in a traditionally

Pentecostal Christian household.

There was one point that I thought I would

never get to come out.

So having a group like this

where everybody gets

to just celebrate being their most

authentic versions of themselves,

it's exciting, and I get to

celebrate that with them.

[upbeat music playing]

[Anthony] Tonight, we make

your special favorite dish,

chicken pasta.

We'll start with

a small arancini.

After that, we have a

summer salad with pear.

Hope you enjoy and

I will see you soon.

[guests] Thank you.

[Harlan] So good. Are you

enjoying your evening?

Yes I am.

You guys are really fun.

- [guest 1] Are we fun?

- Yeah. [laughs]

[guest 2] No, we are.

I-I can tell, like,

the energy and the vibe

that you guys are giving.

I'm like, I'm so excited

to party with you guys.

[Harlan]

It's good vibes, yeah.

Honestly, like, sometimes

I feel like more relatable

to the guests then to

my own coworkers.

I came all the way from Brazil.

You're Brazilian. You're

basically superhuman.

Ah, don't make me cry.

- [Harlan] It's true.

- Thank you.

- You know it's true.

- Oh, thank you. I appreciate you.

She talks a lot. It's like [babbles]

Trying to be known.

It's like, babe, everybody knows

you're standing there right now.

You're good. We can all see you.

[guests chattering, laughing]

[intriguing music playing]

Honestly, if you guys want

to do dessert somewhere,

let me set up a spot for

you first of all.

We can even do it

around the pool if you'd like.

Lisa said dessert's

supposed to be at the table,

but sometimes,

you can bend the rules.

My saying is

don't ask for permission,

ask for forgiveness.

[Stephen] We're doing dessert

somewhere else?

[Eric] We're here to provide

a really great experience.

If they want to experience

something else, why not?

So wherever they want to

eat dessert, go for it.

Get some dessert forks

and stuff maybe ready,

but we can pull it off

the table if you want.

We need napkins too.

[distorted] We're not gonna

use the same napkins.

Make the square one's

fine for dessert.

This is Lisa's vision

that Gabriella and I

were put in charge of executing.

And it seems like Eric

is trying to take over

and turn it into Eric's

Definitely not a vision,

but Eric's something.

I

I can't even, I have no words.

[Hannah] Are you good?

You look stressed.

I don't believe anybody

else in this group

is called event coordinator.

[dramatic music playing]

I feel like it should have been

run by me before it's

you know.

- That's why I came to you.

- No you didn't. You said,

"We're doing it,

have it prepared."

- It's a little, you know, overstepping.

- Right, well

Leave your emotions at the door.

I'm focused on outcomes

and success.

Lisa told me one thing,

make sure that the guests

have a good time.

- [dramatic music playing]

- [guests laugh]

- [Stephen] I have stepped up repeatedly.

- I know you

- You're doing a great job.

- [Stephen] Please don't tell me to step up

because there's a reason

that I'm here

and it's not because

I don't step up.

It's because I have stepped up.

- I agree.

- And I don't want them to hear this.

But I'm getting annoyed.

I don't wanna play this

alpha-male bullshit.

As the manager, this is

your opportunity to grow

and prove that that's

the title for you

and he's just not doing it.

I think everybody's

doing great today.

And I went for

the manager position

and if you're gonna take that

position and I don't get it,

I expect you to step up.

He says, "I interviewed for

the chateau manager position,"

- and then

- [bell dings]

I get it.

I'm sensing a little jealousy.

Lisa gave me the job

that Stephen wanted

because I'm good at what I do.

Well, everybody's respecting

me today.

The only person who's

not is you.

- Don't tell me I'm disrespecting you.

- No, I get it.

I'm coming to you out of

respect for your position.

But let me tell you my side now.

Everybody's respecting me today.

- Okay.

- Okay.

Lisa hired me for the position.

You do your job and

I'll do mine.

It is what it is.

They're working for me.

- They're working for Lisa.

- [Eric] And me.

[dramatic crescendo]

- [rooster crows]

- [lively music playing]

♪♪

[Eric humming and whistling]

[Eric]

Today is a new day.

I was shocked about yesterday,

but I'm gonna step up even more

and show Stephen why I'm

the manager of the Chateau.

How's everyone feeling today?

- Can I jump in?

- [staff groans]

- Okay, I'm on the clock.

- [laughter]

Don't throw up. Don't throw up.

Don't throw up.

I need compassionate hugs.

- [Telly laughs]

- We love you.

[curious music playing]

Last night wasn't what

I was hoping for,

but I'm hoping that today,

I can somehow get

on the same page with Eric

because there's a lot to do

and I gotta make Lisa proud.

I wanna have a great, great day,

so Eric, my only

Dude, you're gonna do

a [bleep] awesome day.

My only request is once it

comes into event coordinator,

- just bring me into the picture.

- Yeah.

If they wanna do something

that changes the event,

come to me first before saying,

"Yeah, let's do that."

[Eric] We got what, four events

today, so it's on you, baby.

We have two events.

Alright. Hey I'm-I'm excited

for you. I'm excited. [chuckles]

[dramatic music playing]

[upbeat music playing]

The theme of today's breakfast

is floral and fun.

We are going to be serving

our orange hibiscus spritz.

[Gabriella] After we get these people

set up for breakfast,

we have their lilac lunch.

And tonight,

it's Harlan's Rebirth Ball.

Lisa has perfectly

curated all these events.

It's gonna be epic.

♪♪

Lisa wanted the breakfast

out on the gravel,

but as a curator,

sometimes you need to wiggle

and think outside of the box

to make sure

everything is perfect.

Where would you like to eat?

The terrace gravel?

Or under a beautiful pine tree?

I know Lisa has everything

perfectly curated,

but honestly, I don't

wanna eat breakfast

in gravel on the terrace.

♪♪

- Yeah. That's way better.

- [Gabriella] Wait. No, no, no. I

The only reason why this

I don't love this

is because we have to

set up for the lilac picnic

We cannot move breakfast there

because I am an event

right there.

- What time is that at?

- which is at 1:30.

Oh, we got time.

This is only 10.

This breaks down just

This is Lisa's decision.

It says it in black and white

on an itinerary

and you're deliberately

just going against it.

But I'd rather him take

the blame for this

when the conversation is

gonna be brought up with Lisa,

'cause quote-unquote,

"He's the chateau manager."

- [Eric] Yeah, there we go. There's a spot.

- [Gabriella] Okay, I'm done.

[lively music playing]

[Anthony] Look at that.

That's 'cause they all the same.

And this one is special because

it's avocado eggs

plus one poached egg.

[guests exclaiming]

- [guest 1] I don't know which one I want.

- [laughter]

[guest 2]

So much concentration.

[Lisa] It seems such

a lovely mix of

characters and

personalities in her group.

Mm! That's like sex

in the mouth. Mm.

But I really want to

understand Harlan's story.

- Oh, please sit.

- Ahh. Thank you.

How has it been?

[slight chuckle]

It's been so spectacular.

Has it?

I feel like I'm getting

to celebrate something

that really should be

celebrated as a milestone

in someone's life who's

a transwoman.

You know,

facial feminization surgery

is probably the biggest step

of my entire transition.

All I see is a very

lovely woman.

Thank you. [chuckles]

[Lisa] I don't think

anybody really realizes

the extraordinary journey

that some people have to take

just to live their

authentic life.

What do you think would've

happened with your life

if you hadn't kind

of been authentic

and you hadn't

committed to this?

I always thought about,

like, my life as a man

and it was just kind

of unbearable

because I was like,

"That makes no sense.

That's not me,

that's not who I am."

And that's really what

made me come out.

[Lisa]

What do you regret then?

- [gentle, solemn music playing]

- I regret not coming out sooner.

I regret not shouting

down that voice in my head

that said I would

lose everything.

Because I didn't lose anything.

In fact, look at

everything I've gained.

Like, I gained

this gorgeous, like,

chosen family of q*eer people

that I share everything with.

Like, I share my whole

life with them.

And, um [deep breath]

[voice breaking] I just like,

I never thought

I would have that,

and I just love them all so much

and I'm so glad that they're

here with me to celebrate this.

Moving through the world

as a transwoman,

it's really hard

and it's easy to feel

ugly a lot of the time.

So to have someone, like,

celebrate my beauty

and things that I see in myself

and that all my friends

see in myself, [sniffles]

It just feels, like,

really special

and it feels like it should

be celebrated.

I'm going to see you later

looking beautiful. I know you will.

[chuckles]

[upbeat music playing]

[Gabriella] Over here,

there's enough space.

Now we are putting together

their lilac lunch.

Lisa knows exactly

the color scheme Harlan likes.

This makes me nervous.

[chuckles]

The lilac lunch and breakfast,

I think that it's a

little problematic

that they're in the same place.

Let Eric do what Eric does,

I guess.

♪♪

Everything's okay?

Looks really good.

Each gathering

has to be different.

[Caroline] This toast is

a lavender honey burrata.

And it has to feel like

it's been lovingly curated.

With all my other businesses,

I cannot be at the Chateau 24/7.

So, if there's any

kind of event,

if it's in my establishment,

I have to have my eyes

on everything.

So I have to check everything

and normally, I find something

that's not quite correct.

Where did they have breakfast?

They had breakfast

right over there.

[Lisa] No, it was supposed to

be on the gravel here.

I want to know who's

changing my plans.

Eric.

[Lisa]

I think everything through.

It feels too similar to

have it both under the tree.

- [Stephen] Mm-hmm.

- One was supposed to be on the gravel

and this is the lilac lunch.

It's all thought through.

Why is he changing things?

Why would you try and fix

something that's not broken?

[Stephen] It's not broken.

I 100% agree.

Well, something might be broken.

Eric's confidence is

tipping into arrogance.

He didn't handle

the first night very well

and now him changing my plans?

- Can we talk?

- Sure, let's go.

I think we're gonna need

to have a heart to heart.

I'm not happy.

You know why I'm not happy?

Why?

[tense music playing]

Because you changed my plans.

I have this whole thing

thought out.

It's all bespoke.

It's all curated.

- The dishes, the napkins, the placement.

- Mm-hmm.

And they were supposed

to have their breakfast

- On the terrace. Mm-hmm.

- on the terrace,

and you moved it onto the lawn.

- Yes.

- Why would you do that?

Because now they're gonna

have three experiences

on the lawn in the same place.

I think everything through.

- I understand.

- It's not your job to do that.

- I understand. I understand.

- But why would you change everything?

I just thought it looked nice.

- That's not what you do.

- I get it. I know, I just, it

What's happening right now

is my inner, like,

curator and everything

is coming out and I really,

if it was me

Well sit on your [bleep]

inner curator.

- I know, I know, I know.

- I make the decisions here.

I know, I know, I understand.

- Do you see?

- I know. Yes, yes.

Sometimes, I just get

caught up in the moment

and maybe I took it too far.

I may have messed up big time.

- Yes.

- I know what I'm doing.

That's not what it

was supposed to be.

I get it. I understand.

I understand.

- I'm sorry. I won't do it again.

- Do you?

- I will not do it again. I

- Please don't change it.

I will promise you right now,

I will never change a thing again.

- You don't ever have to have

- So where are you having the ball tonight?

You Right outside

under the trees.

[dramatic orchestral

music playing]

- The ball?!

- In the garden.

Oh in-in the ballroom,

of course.

- In the ballroom. Yes, yes.

- Oh, good. I thought you changed it.

Yes, no I didn't change it.

I'm sorry. And never again.

I promise you.

[Lisa] You're right never again.

[Eric] I promise you.

You know, all I'm doing

is really trying my best

to make the best

experiences for this guest.

But I know I'm in good hands

and I just have to

let my ego down

and let the pro do her job.

[quirky music playing]

And I promise

I'll never do it again.

That's it. Let's move on.

- Have a good day

- [Lisa] Who are you talking to?

- [Eric] Myself.

- [Lisa] What?

Myself. Myself.

- [Lisa] What do you mean, you're talking

- I'm talking to myself.

- What? You're talking to yourself?

- Yeah, I do that often.

- What are you talking about?

- I was just talking to myself.

- What were you talking to yourself about?

- I just said

I said I will never

do that again to myself

and I'm gonna let the

pro do her job.

- You said that to yourself?

- Yes.

- Do you have to talk yourself?

- Your best interest.

Honey, just a heads up.

If somebody comes along

and sees you sitting there

talking to yourself

- Yes.

- I'm not judging you

- Yes.

- but people might think

you're batshit [bleep] crazy.

Maybe. I'm a little crazy.

In a good way.

I'm good I'm a good

Good way crazy.

Stephen is gunning for my job.

I know he's the one

who told Lisa

that I moved breakfast.

What a tattletale.

If you wanna talk sh*t about me,

you better be prepared.

This is Gabriella's

and Stephen's day.

So let's see how they perform.

- [Hannah] Are you good?

- This is their last chance.

Hell yeah, I'm good.

You know what? I don't need to

be doing everybody's job.

- You know that's a problem.

- [Stephen] It's actually our event.

I'm not doing everybody's job.

If it's our event,

then step it up.

[Stephen]

I'm gonna grab the guests.

Eric, what are you doing?

I'm so confused.

Like, legitimately, like, did you

have a drink before this?

Did you, like, take something?

[Eric] Idiots.

I'm mind blown.

[Eric]

[bleep] ridiculous!

- Hello.

- Hey, everyone.

[Stephen] Eric. I just don't wanna have

a conversation right now.

I think this is your

over-the-top.

[Priscila] Double fisting.

I'm not doing your job.

You didn't assist me at all.

[indistinct chatter]

[Stephen] What are

you doing then?

[Eric] I'm not doing your job.

I'm hearing some kind of

negativity coming from Eric.

[Eric]

You need to do your job.

What on earth is going on here?

[dramatic music playing]

[intense music playing]

[Eric]

I don't wanna hear it anymore.

Okay, we have guests

right around the corner.

I don't wanna hear you're

not on the clock anymore.

I have a partner out

there struggling.

I've been here since 10 working.

I just don't know what

Eric is talking about.

He is just raging right now.

- So get it done.

- I'm not struggling.

Go out there and help

your partner.

[Stephen] I don't know

how to respond.

I'm genuinely trying

to figure out

what's going through his mind.

I come to his kitchen

three hours

before my shift starts.

Eric and Stephen having

a complete meltdown.

They better get their

sh*t together

because they are not gonna

ruin Harlan's special night.

Look, I don't have time

for this. Move on.

- Like I did today?

- I worked 16 hours yesterday.

Okay, you need to calm down.

- I worked 16 hours today.

- Guests are here.

- I don't wanna hear anything.

- Guests-Guests are here.

Let's sort this out later, okay?

Okay. I don't wanna talk to

you Stephen, go do your job.

- I was doing my job.

- [Eric] Okay, well, make it happen.

[Lisa]

Let's talk about it later, okay?

Alright, lunch is gonna

be served in a minute, okay?

Are you okay? Thank you.

[lively upbeat music playing]

Cheers to those who wish us well

and those who don't

can go to hell.

[guests] Yeah.

[glasses clinking]

[Gabriella] Stephen's arguing

with Eric constantly

and I-I have no time to waste.

I have to get sh*t done.

So, Lisa ordered

a big beautiful cake for Harlan,

so we have to go pick

it up from the bakery.

I'm gonna get things going and

make sure everything happens

in a timely manner.

We have to go pick up the cake.

I need a big man.

- [Andre] [laughs] There we go.

- [Telly] Are you for real?

Are you kidding me?

[bright whimsical

music playing]

[Gabriella] I don't know why

you're walking in front of me.

I'm first.

Oh. [laughs]

Andre, um

Andre's really, really kind

and, um,

he's very handsome. [chuckles]

There's certain people

when you just know that

they're good and you feel it.

And Andre's definitely

one of those people.

So yeah, we love Andre.

[Andre] It is hot.

- Look at how beautiful it is.

- Yeah. Just-Just relax a little.

[sultry music playing]

It is gorgeous.

Gabriella's not

necessarily my type,

but she's growing on me.

And yeah, I kind of got

a little thing,

but I feel like we both might

have a thing for each other.

[sultry music continues]

♪♪

- [car horns honking]

- [Gabriella] It's so cute here.

What is name for

the reservation?

- Chateau

- Rosabelle cake.

- Rosabelle cake? Yes.

- [Gabriella] Yes.

Look. It's that one.

[Andre] [laughs] Hoo!

- That's a lot of cake.

- Yeah, it's huge.

[lively music playing]

[Andre] Precious cargo

coming through.

[Gabriella] Perfect.

- [Andre] Thank you. Thank you.

- [Gabriella] Bye.

♪♪

Listen, when they come down,

I'm gonna look like

[bleep] model.

Tonight, we are going to throw

the rebirth party for Harlan

and we're all a part of it.

It's gonna be fun, amazing.

I think they're gonna be

ready to get [bleep] up.

So I wanna look my best tonight.

[Grace] I'm not used

to havin' all this on my face

and I don't like it.

[Caroline]

What's happening?

[Grace] Well now,

I'm gonna [bleep] it up.

- [gentle, solemn music playing]

- What's going on?

I don't love wearing

a ton of makeup,

but watching everybody else

around me, all the other girls,

everybody has their makeup done.

Everybody's, like,

really dressed up.

So I'm trying my best to,

like, present myself like,

as best as I possibly could,

but I feel kind of uncomfortable

and, um, I'm starting to

actually get emotional.

- What's happening?

- [crying] I don't know.

Yes, you know.

[softly] It's okay.

[gentle music playing]

- [Caroline] Aw.

- [Grace weeps]

[Grace] Me being the

youngest person here,

I want people to think that,

like, I'm hard

and I can handle myself and

carry myself and I'm confident,

but there definitely are

parts of me that are insecure.

My mom, she doesn't wear

a ton of makeup

so she never really taught me,

you know, how to put on

like a full face of makeup.

And so I've just kind

of always preferred to,

like, be myself

without all of it.

- It's stunning.

- [Grace sniffles]

[Grace]

[laughs] Okay, okay.

- [Caroline] At least that made you laugh.

- Yeah, that did it.

Alright, now I need

to go fix it.

I just cried half of it off.

- [Emily] Are you okay?

- [Grace] Yeah.

I don't, like, feel

awesome right now.

Why?

- Too much?

- [Grace] Yeah.

Yeah?

You look beautiful

though, I promise.

- Look how good you look.

- [Grace laughs]

No, I'm not even joking.

Look how good you look.

- [Emily] I-I'm more like, look how good

- [Hannah] Yeah!

[Grace laughs]

I know that Grace normally

is not like a huge

makeup wearer or anything

like that,

but being here and kind of like

in this environment

and everyone else is all

done up all the time,

it could be a little stressful.

I just want her to be

comfortable and be herself.

Okay!

[dramatic suspenseful

music playing]

- [Stephen] How does it look?

- [Hannah] It looks really good.

Do you have, um the-the?

- Yeah

- 'Cause look.

I'm definitely feeling

the pressure

because I know how

important this is to Harlan

and I want everything

to be perfect.

- [Eric] So this is the dry run?

- Yeah. Like, show her. Ooh.

- And then

- Oh, when we're up, like boom.

Okay, gotcha, instead

of just sitting down.

- Yeah.

- Okay, cool.

- So one and two

- You don't wanna hold her hand,

- you want her to be expressive.

- Okay.

One and two and three

and four and one, two.

- Alright, we'll back up.

- Three, four.

- Let her hand go. Perfect.

- Oh.

- Hey, this side?

- Ah, yes.

- Excellent.

- Inside or outside?

- Back hand, right?

- [Gabriella] Both.

[Eric] Whatever you

feel comfortable with.

- [Andre] Back hand.

- Okay, cool.

[staff chattering]

Right now, I am feeling that

I have more experience

and more know-how to be

the chateau manager than Eric.

I don't doubt Lisa's choices,

but I do want him to step up

and prove that he deserves

that title.

Oh! Goddammit, third time.

[Eric]

Stephen, he doesn't get it.

You gotta switch things up,

make things interesting.

And sometimes, you can

go off the book.

There might be some tension.

As long as the ship goes smooth

and the guests are happy,

it's okay.

It is what it is.

Oh, it looks so pretty.

There are crowns,

there's lots of red roses,

which is Harlan's

favorite flower.

The only thing I'm

concerned about is

that Harlan has

the time of her life.

What's happening at the

back of the house needs to stay there.

["Je T'Adore" by Kim

Petras playing]

I wanna love you more ♪

Than anybody before ♪

- Ooh, je t'adore, je t'adore ♪

- [guest exclaiming]

[people cheering and applauding]

Who is this gorgeous diva?

I've never seen her

come out in this way before.

[cheering and applauding

continue]

Ooh, je t'adore, je t'adore ♪

I wanna be your all ♪

[Lisa]

The room looks very pretty.

It looks like it's

fit for a queen

and Harlan's going to

be exactly that.

- Harlan, darling.

- [guest 1] You look amazing!

- [guest 2] Girl, it's sickening!

- You look absolutely fabulous.

[chuckles] Thank you.

This is your moment, for sure.

It's your

Butterfly Rebirth Ball.

This is a whole new chapter

of your life.

All your friends who love you,

your chosen family,

here to support you.

At first, I thought how

lucky you are to have them,

but now, I think you are

very lucky to have her.

- It's only fitting

- [Harlan chuckles]

that you should wear this

from one queen to another.

Thank you, Queen.

[people cheering]

I present my queen!

[guest] Yes!

- Ooh, je t'adore, je t'adore ♪

- Ooh, yeah ♪

Maybe do one more button,

Priscila.

Just one more.

- [Eric] Really?

- A little bit. Yeah.

There we go.

[Eric] Oh, you need me

to show it more?

- Oh, yeah. Oh, Rico Suave.

- Yeah Ah. Ooh!

[Hannah]

What happened with Priscila

- out about it!

- Why are you screaming?

She's not even [bleep] involved!

I'm just gonna ignore it.

We work together.

We're gonna get in

disagreements and everything,

so as long as she

can handle it and

then she can move on from it,

I think we'll be fine.

- Are you guys ready?

- [Eric] You want me to take three?

- No, it's fine. Yeah.

- [Eric] Are you sure?

- Let's go.

- [Eric] Hey, let me show you something.

- [Priscila] Don't teach us.

- [Hannah] I-I do this all the time.

And now Eric comes up and

tries to tell us how to hold plates.

We're good.

I know how to hold a plate.

I've been a server

for a while, but thank you.

- [Harlan] Hello.

- [Eric] How are you?

I'm great. I'm little tipsy.

How are you?

Hey, nothing wrong with that.

I'll be with you in shortly.

Hopefully if everything

goes well.

I'm focused on outcomes.

Everybody in this [bleep] house,

I'm doing all their g*dd*mn jobs

and I'm done dealing with

this [bleep] bullshit.

Lisa told me one thing,

make sure that the guests

have a good time.

I'll go out and show them

I'm good at what I do

and I'm proud.

I'm gonna take the lead and

I'm gonna get the job done.

- Okay, I got an idea.

- [Harlan] Oh, my God.

[Eric] We're gonna

get this party started.

[Harlan and guests laughing]

- [upbeat music playing]

- [laughter]

[Eric]

Dinner's going great

and now we're gonna get

this party lit on fire.

I got a blow torch

to this night.

♪♪

[Gabriella] After dinner,

we're all off the clock.

Honestly, my favorite

part of events is after

when you get to party with

the guests and have a good time

and just see everything

come to life.

[Andre] Uh, I thought I was at

a dance party, nobody's dancing.

♪♪

We gotta get it right.

- [dance music playing]

- [laughter]

[Andre] Yeah, man!

[people cheering]

♪♪

[Priscila] I like to

have a good time

and I wanna just not show

the "hard work" Priscila,

but the Priscila that is like,

"I'm [bleep] fun as [bleep]."

Making "her-story."

'Cause it's not "his" story

- It's her story.

- It's her-story.

- Oh, her-story! I get it, yeah!

- For the girls, yeah!

- [dance music continues]

- [guests laughing and cheering]

[insects chirring]

- [Grace] You didn't stay.

- [Andre] I came there.

I just was making drinks

and you saw me there.

You even gave me a hug.

[Emily/Grace/Gabriella giggling]

I love flirting.

- [bell dings]

- Okay?

I see right through her

St. Augustine eyes.

I love Grace.

Really, we're just getting

to know each other.

Alright, I can I

Maybe I can see something.

I'm about tired of you, okay?

[Grace] I told Gabriella that

I think Andre's cute.

I think Andre definitely

knows I like him,

but we'll see what happens.

I enjoy his personality.

Alright, I'm gonna go

to the bathroom.

- Will you come with me.

- Yes.

Definitely if Grace wasn't

in the picture,

I would consider Dre.

But I love Grace and

she wants Dre and I respect her.

[gentle music playing]

Hey, can I do a shot, please?

Why the hell do I have

to manage somebody

doing what they know is going to

get them fired from their job?

My team right now,

they don't respect me.

Then Lisa's up my a*s.

I don't know what to do

and I'm a little scared. I'm going

nervous. I'm going crazy.

[dramatic sting]

If you need alcohol that much,

I'm not gonna stop you.

Like, dig your own grave.

I'm gonna let you jump in it.

[dramatic music playing]

[Telly] [echoing] Oh, my God.

What are you doing?

[Lisa]

Next, on Vanderpump Villa

[group shouting]

This is what I was born for.

It's okay to drink like that

in front of customer?

You're kitchen, and we're table.

[dramatic music playing]

[Lisa] Eric, can you come see me

in my office?

Now, it's Lauren's

bachelorette party.

[Marciano] "Who do you think

does not deserve to be here?"

I'm gonna go with chef.

I hate the way that he

disrespects the chefs.

[bleep] you! And you're

30 years old, acting like

- [Marciano] Spoiled brat.

- a piece of sh*t!

[echoing] [bleep] you!

[playful music playing]

[Lisa] Who are you

talking to now? Yourself?

One of the guests.

Hello?

There's nobody there.

Eric needs to stop talking

to his imaginary friend.

[whispering] Have you seen

Eric talking to himself?

I have. I did. [chuckles]

g*dd*mn, the boy looks good.

Do you see him doing

anything else with himself?

Everything. Oh boy.

Let's go.

♪♪

[intriguing theme

music playing]

[music fades out]