Why you want to watch season 2 of Selling Sunset

Mindless TV is sometimes really the only thing I feel like. Catching a bit of someone else's drama, a nice far-from-your-bed show but still addictive enough that you don't want to turn it off. And yes, you quickly end up with the reality series. Not a problem of course, but it is a problem if you've already watched them all in that category. Yes, even The Hills: New Beginnings I have already completely finished it and no, it absolutely doesn't compare to the original. Lauren Conrad is really the OG of The Hills and she was missed too much.

So I tried to get as close to that source as possible for that ultimate The Hills feeling. Well, just cruising around on Google and it quickly turned out that the solution was just put online right in front of me. Yes, Selling Sunset is really what you want to watch. Why does it come closest to the ultimate The Hills feeling? Well, the man behind both shows is Adam DiVello, also known as the king of scripted reality. He doesn't even call it reality anymore, but ‘docusoaps’. Sounds fancy, the shows are not, but that doesn't matter of course.

What makes Selling Sunset so delicious to watch? Season 1 has been on Netflix for a while and that was very fine to do. Standard formula: beautiful people, superficial drama, and good cat fights. This series revolves around the Oppenheim office, a real estate office in LA where these beautiful people try to sell the most beautiful houses in LA. So a lot of glamour and bizarrely beautiful houses. In season 2, they sell a house for 43 (!) million dollars. Hooooly guacamole, really such a bizarre villa high in the Hollywood Hills and I want to live there now, but I'm still about — let's say — 43 million dollars short.

But well, Selling Sunset is very pleasant to watch. It is striking that all those beautiful people are all white — in season 2, for the very first time, a woman of color has been added to the cast. And by very first, I mean really very first: that was not the case in Laguna Beach and The Hills either. They are not very diverse and all those women also look quite alike, but goodness gracious, it is so addictive. Christine and Chrishell (what kind of name is that?) who still can't stand or see each other. The former is throwing a real Botox & Burgers party by the way, but we won't see that until season 3 — which fortunately hasn't been delayed by corona.

Couple Mary Fitzgerald and Romain (yes, like the lettuce) Bonnet are so fascinating. So much botox, so much fakeness, and so much drama. I don't even care if it's all scripted or not, this drama is so delightful. By the way, Adam DiVello himself already said that he is trying the same trick from The Hills, but with a new group that is a bit older. So really: the same formula, different people. This is my ultimate replacement for The Hills.