The big headline about season 6 of “Selling Sunset,” the real estate docusoap set amidst multi-million-dollar mansions in Los Angeles, was the departure of the long-time series villain, Christine Quinn. After five seasons of antagonizing doe-eyed heroine Chrishell Stause and systematically burning bridges with the rest of the Oppenheim Group — many of whom had been her friends for years — Quinn was finally pushed out. This left a gaping hole in the “Selling Sunset” lineup, and a big question: who would fill her antagonistic shoes?

In season 6, the show tosses in two new Quinn-esque agents to stir up drama. Between them, veteran O Group agent Nicole Young and newbie Bre Tiesi provide enough unwarranted friction with other agents (mostly Nicole) and panache (entirely Bre) to capably fill in the narrative void. Bre, previously better known as Johnny Manziel’s ex-wife and mother of Nick Cannon’s son Legendary, waltzes in with a Rolodex of billionaire and celeb clients; she also gamely beefs with Chelsea Lazkani over their realtor bona fides and Chelsea’s unsolicited opinions about her open relationship with Cannon. Nicole, a long-time member of the business and friend group, sets her sights on Chrishell’s good-girl image and is surprisingly successful at tarnishing it.

But in our eyes, season 6 marks the coming-out of another, greater villain — perhaps the stealth Big Bad of “Selling Sunset” as a whole. Yes, we’re thinking of Jason Oppenheim: twin, short king, cofounder, boss. After spending the first few seasons as mostly a background player, and then breaking out as a romantic lead through his season-long relationship with Chrishell, Jason has returned with a hot new girlfriend and an IDGAF attitude, leaving a trail of emotional and financial wreckage in his wake. His history of seriously dating women at the brokerage comes back to haunt him, but instead of handling it, he dumps it on his loyal bestie and lieutenant Mary and fucks off to Europe; while he’s on vacation, he also expects Mary to handle managing the brokerage, her own usual workload, and his personal condo-flipping project, leaving the poor woman a burnt-out husk. By the end of the season, we realized that Jason was really at the root of most of the really toxic drama at the Oppenheim Group, and he mostly gets to sit back and watch the women deal with the fallout.

In our latest episode of the pod, we discussed all of this, as well as Heather’s pregnancy persona, empanada entrepreneur Emma’s ability to slip in and out of drama, and Chrishell’s heel turn, and the Nick Cannon of it all. Hope you enjoy! xo

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