America is home to many horrors, many of which are located right in The Valley. Bravo’s psychological thriller is back and more upsetting than ever, proving what The Real Housewives of Orange County has already made abundantly clear: The suburbs are a highly concentrated bed of evil. Behind each white picket fence and “gather” sign is the most despicable couple you’ll ever meet.
Whether it’s Jax Taylor and his estranged wife Brittany or dueling divas Jesse and Michelle Lally, The Valley is a constant display of the evil that ensues when single life ends and marriage begins. It’s proof that holding onto the tenuous Vanderpump Rules ties for as long as we did was futile. Season 2 of The Valley immediately lobs viewers into a vicious reality, showing Jax’s trip to rehab amid a severe drug addiction, a bipolar disorder diagnosis, and a compulsive need to make good TV.
When in doubt, Jax will blow up his life and those of seven unfortunate others just to give us gluttonous pigs something to talk about. Before filming even began, Jax threw a fit when Brittany sexted a friend of his, throwing a table and injuring Brittany in the process. No one can say he acts psychotically just for the cameras.
He’s unhinged in every moment, and his borderline abusive tactics have slipped right into actively abusive territory. He will surely “RAWT IN HAILLLL” as Brittany hexed him many times before, but that doesn’t negate that he’s the beating heart of the Vanderpump univer.
