Butas gripping as this was to watch on TV, the real drama was unfolding off-screen.
You know that it’s (almost) time the Season 10 finale airs on May 17.
Paige visited him in Charleston occasionally,noticeably annoyed at times, and beginning to withdraw.
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In the shows finale, Craig is fresh off a relationship-ending phone call with Paige,allegedly blindsided.
It seems likeshe loves him, but understands being with him is no longer sustainable.
In the south, the most cutting insults are delivered in dulcet tones.
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It tore the show apart.
Both Bravo stars have shared their side of the breakup story.
By contrast, onVanderpump Rules,Scandoval was framed in stark black and white.
Its a completely morally unchallenging narrative without any ambiguity or complexity.
And in real life, things rarely, if ever, work the way this breakup did.
No one really profited or suffered to any extreme.
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Its a more complex narrative to navigate as a viewer because of its realism.
No reality television moment could ever come close to thepop cultural frenzyof Scandoval.
For months on end, fans were fed updates in real time.
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