{"id":336769,"date":"2026-03-19T03:36:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T03:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/336769\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T03:36:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T03:36:09","slug":"southern-hospitality-season-4-episode-2-recap-shaken-not-stirred","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/336769\/","title":{"rendered":"Southern Hospitality Season 4 Episode 2 Recap: Shaken Not Stirred"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome back to our Southern Hospitality<\/a> Season 4 recap! Last week, Maddi, Brad, and Mia agreed to move past their issues, but Emmy is still on the outs. This week, more talks went down, Joe goes back to his roots, and a new beef shakes things up. Here\u2019s everything that happened in Southern Hospitality Season 4, Episode 3: \u201cAn Olive Branch, Served Dirty.\u201d<\/p>\n

What Went Down on Southern Hospitality Season 4 Episode 3?<\/p>\n

\"SouthernPhoto Credit: Stephanie Diani\/Bravo<\/p>\n

The episode picks up with Mia\u2019s quick voice-over about what happened in the first two episodes. It ends with her revealing that she and Maddi squashed their beef and she\u2019s now single and ready to mingle.<\/p>\n

Cue: Justin! He\u2019s flirting and teasing Mia. He admits that he\u2019s not typically a home-wrecker, but if he had had the chance to wreck Mia and Troy\u2019s home, he would have. It looks like he\u2019s in full pursuit mode despite \u201cdating\u201d Jordyn. Who needs these pesky labels anyway?<\/p>\n

Maddi also takes the opportunity to talk to TJ (without her PowerPoint<\/a>, thank goodness). Luckily, the conversation goes well. Both of them apologize and agree to move forward. However, TJ\u2019s not ready to move on with Emmy just yet as he and Brad still have some serious issues with how Emmy portrayed them.<\/p>\n

Emmy learns that words matter and hers are coming back to haunt her<\/p>\n

\"SouthernPhoto Credit: Paul Cheney\/Bravo via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Justin proposes a toast to Brad and Julia. He also says it would be great if everyone could squash their beef and enjoy the summer.<\/p>\n

Emmy knows that the possibility of that happening isn\u2019t likely and jokes that if everyone can make amends, she\u2019ll break her two-year wellness sobriety and take a shot. On that note, the discussions start.<\/p>\n

Emmy tries to gloss over all the drama by saying everyone made mistakes. Brad\u2019s not having that. He brings up the fact that she said he made her feel \u201cunsafe,\u201d<\/a> and everyone cringes.<\/p>\n

Emmy tries to justify her feelings by saying that she never said he was dead to her, so his text to her \u201cscared her,\u201d but Molly shuts that down immediately by saying she heard Emmy say it<\/a> through their shared hotel wall.<\/p>\n

Even Mia and Michols get in on it and remind Emmy what that type of harmful verbiage can do in their town. Emmy admitted that it was not the right word to use, but that her emotions and anger got the best of her.<\/p>\n

Then we switch to TJ, who got heaps of hate thanks to Emmy and Will basically co-signing him as a predator when they went on a podcast. He\u2019s still upset, and Emmy admits that she didn\u2019t know what to say at the time.<\/p>\n

Even Molly has beef with Emmy for liking an inappropriate fat-shaming IG comment. All the roosters are coming home to roost. Eventually, Emmy throws her hands up and says she\u2019s sorry. In the end, Emmy apologizes again to Brad, and he reluctantly agrees to try to move forward.<\/p>\n

Alcohol to the rescue: Here come the body shots at Folly Beach<\/p>\n

\"SouthernPhoto Credit: Elizaveta Braginskaya\/Bravo<\/p>\n

Emmy takes a shot with everyone in the hopes of starting a new and better chapter. And that\u2019s not the last of the alcohol for the evening.<\/p>\n

The crew heads to a bar to do body shots. TJ does one off Michols, and the pair have more than just a quick kiss at the end of it. Emmy was scandalized because the Michols is significantly younger than TJ.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Justin\u2019s not missing his shot (thanks, Wayne Gretzky). He goes for it with Mia. He may have spent a bit more time than necessary at her belly button, but she didn\u2019t mind the view.<\/p>\n

Friends with Benefits Southern Hospitality style<\/p>\n

\"SouthernPhoto Credit: Casey Mathewson\/Bravo<\/p>\n

After a fun night at Folly, everyone\u2019s back to work. Justin admitted to spending more time with Mia after the body shot and that they have a date. This didn\u2019t sit too well with Jordyn, who confronted him about it (but still spent the night).\u00a0<\/p>\n

It looks like Justin is getting to enjoy his friends with benefits<\/a> while still pursuing Mia, whom he dubbed the \u201cfemale version of him.\u201d Wow, talk about self-love.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, another friends-with-occasional-make-out-benefits is TJ and Michols. Lake senses a bit of awkwardness and \u201csexual tension\u201d with the pair at work, but TJ brushes it off and says why can\u2019t they just be friends who make out?\u00a0<\/p>\n

Joey Bottles makes his triumphant return to King\u2019s Street<\/p>\n

\"SouthernPhoto Credit: Stephanie Diani\/Bravo<\/p>\n

Joe is dead set on proving to Leva he is worthy and decides to go back to what he does best. He takes Justin and Brad for a walk with him down King\u2019s Street to meet all the people and invite them over to Republic.<\/p>\n

From tourists to bachelorette parties to friends out on the town, he has a Pied Piper vibe as he brings the crowds back to the bar, much to Leva\u2019s delight.<\/p>\n

She admits that he\u2019s done a great job that night but she reminds him that what she needs is consistency. He doesn\u2019t just need to bring in the crowds, but also be there for shifts not off somewhere<\/a> with Maddi, plan events, go to meetings, etc. She needs to see this for the next six to eight months.<\/p>\n

The olive branch is not all it\u2019s cracked up to be for Emmy<\/p>\n

\"SouthernPhoto Credit: Terry Kuzniar\/Bravo<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been one year since Molly ditched her useless ex so she\u2019s celebrating with all her girls and gays. Lake came over early to help her get ready and tell her that Emmy won\u2019t be making it because Molly didn\u2019t invite her and \u201cextend the olive branch\u201d personally.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Molly\u2019s not phased. She doesn\u2019t think Emmy was sincere in her apology anyway. She thinks that if she had invited her, she still wouldn\u2019t have come.<\/p>\n

And speaking of olive branch, Emmy may have extended one to Brad, but she definitely wasn\u2019t sincere with TJ and Molly. And this is proven when she chats with her friend on the phone and essentially admits she just apologized to get them to \u201cleave her alone.\u201d<\/p>\n

She then doubles down on the TJ beef. She admits that she doesn\u2019t think he\u2019s a predator, but she does think he is being inappropriate<\/a>, going after drunk straight men. Uhm, she may need a refresher on the definition of predator.<\/p>\n

Molly\u2019s girls and the gays\u2019 night is filled with pajamas, cucumbers, and tension<\/p>\n

\"SouthernPhoto Credit: Bryan Steffy\/Bravo via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Molly\u2019s party starts off with a bit of tension (and a bunch of \u201csalty\u201d cucumbers thanks to Michols). Maddi shared that Grace ambushed her over the dress code before she arrived. Grace was peeved that no one told her it was a pajama party.<\/p>\n

It seems like Grace has a problem with Maddi in particular since it was Molly\u2019s party, but Maddi got the heat for not telling her about the pajama theme. This later proves to be true when Grace tells Maddi to shut the f*ck up and that she\u2019s annoying. That may have been the alcohol talking<\/a> but it did seem a bit harsh.<\/p>\n

Grace admits that she\u2019s mad at Maddi but doesn\u2019t want to talk about it in front of everyone. Eventually, she admits that she thinks Maddi is not a reciprocal friend. From Maddi\u2019s POV, Grace blames her for everything.<\/p>\n

And there it is. When one beef is squashed, another rises up to take its place. Hopefully, we\u2019ll find out more next week.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Southern Hospitality<\/a>\u00a0airs Thursday nights at 9\/8c on Bravo. It streams on Peacock.<\/p>\n

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