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Is this all forVanderpump?Whats going on?
Would football be as fun to watch if the opposing team were watching with you?
I expect a big turnout, but even Im stunned by the size and devotion of the crowd.
Weve all come here for that mostYoung Life, youth-pastor-y of feelings: fellowship.
Yeah, this is all for the reunion, I tell the would-be patron of this bar.
The line is superlong, and isnt moving, Im sorry.
Do you work here?
I only realized when I went out the door whatVanderpumpvillain Id accidentally dressed as tonight, sans white nails.
No, Im a reporter.
This is my Tom Sandoval cosplay.
Okay, wow, now Im scared of you.
There is no room for camp appreciation of Tom Sandovals fashion choices at Junkyard Dog tonight.
This is a Team Ariana affair.
This is a die-hards only zone.
Pretty much everyone I interact with on a daily basis is aVanderpumpfan, Riley Hamilton tells me.
The pods producer was the first to suggest the watch party for the first reunion ep.
It was a smaller affair, in the bars back patio.
Intimate, is how one person described it to me.
The next week, the bar reached capacity.
I was just doing this for Riley, says Junkyard Dogs Thomas Hobbs.
He said hed bring in like 30 people.
Hobbs looks around at the mass of Bravo fans in his bar and exclaims a somewhat overwhelmed Bro.
He says this set of watch parties is the first reality-TV programming the bar has put on.
Given the turnout, it probably wont be the bars last.
Not to rain on his parade, but the furor surrounding Scandoval feels one in a million.
Its hard to explain to other people, the boyfriend says.
Theyre like, They cheat all the time.
Why is this different?
But it does feel different this time.
The guy is so conniving.
Everyone else is so dumb, they get caught immediately.
And now that hes caught, all his transgressions are coming out.
His girlfriend calls it a perfect storm of events.
Im seated next to a mother-daughter duo whove come up from Long Beach for the spectacle.
The mom is a patron ofTurtle Time, and she DMd Riley about when to come.
Thats how I got a seat at all, she says.
To be honest, I wish Id come sooner.
These people are longstandingVPRfans, and Mom has even met Tom Sandoval.
She says he smelled normal.
I told him, Youre my favorite … couple, she says.
Andy Cohen speaks in an echo, as each TV is timed just slightly off.
But the entire bar is immediately locked in.
The crowd yells in support of Scheana in her restraining order trailer.
They boo Tom Sandoval and Raquel Leviss.
after the first thing Raquel says.
When Ariana calls Raquel subhuman, people shout the line along with her.
And when the Uber One Good As Gold ad comes on, the whole place is awake with song.
Its a tent revival during the Great Awakening.
We are the ones who are Good As Gold.
Shes gotta be on beta-blockers, the woman next to me speculates.
Welcome, Lisa, where have you been?
the same woman says when Lisa calls out Raquels conversation with Ariana about her and Sandovals sex life.
I mean, Lisas never going to miss an opportunity to criticize a woman, I retort.
Okay, good point.
This is that fellowship I was looking for.
We hash out what weve just seen during commercial breaks, pausing only to applaud Arianas Bic razor commercial.
The whole bar is yelling, and clapping back at Sandoval.
When the show cuts back toKen Todds now infamous pot-stirring, the entire bar goes wild.
By the time we get to the big twist in the last five minutes, everyone is exhausted.
Everyone except one woman, who is having a personal conversation with Raquel through the TV.
She is sitting, but she is heated.
she hollers at Rachel, begging her to tell the truth for once.
She breaks away from Sandovals coaching and gives what she says is a fully honesttimeline of the relationship.
I fucking knew it.
Some people stay for Lalas appearance onWatch What Happens Live, whileothers close out of their tabs.
People hug good-bye, either to the people they came with or new friends they made along the way.
We all fucking knew it.
But doesnt it feel good to be fucking right?
