The behind the scenes footage is fantastic. There is so much drama and stories to tell this could have been an additional 50 episodes. Which is what blows me away...with that much raw material to work with, somehow the production team felt the need to take conversations out of context and combine video/audio from unrelated weekends to fabricate "Housewives of ____" drama. It's completely unnecessary and speaks to the lack of creativity, let alone honesty. I get why Max V didn't want to participate because of the lack of integrity in production. And, that's a loss since he's such a huge contributor/personality. Without embellishing anything or misleading people, you could have told 10's of intriguing stories. Mostly good work (and I still marathon watched it), but disappointed that this historic season could have been so much more.