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ShowsReal Housewives of AtlantaSeason 13
COVID-delayed, socially conscious, lower in energy

The Pause

A December premiere — first in franchise history — and a season that reflects its moment. Two major cast departures, a New Orleans trip, and a more socially conscious register than RHOA usually carries. It is a careful season in a year that required care.

Filmed
Atlanta, Georgia · New Orleans, Louisiana
Atlanta, Georgia · New Orleans, Louisiana
Premiered
Dec 6, 2020
Bravo · December 2020
Episodes
21
Format
Atlanta social reality
Two departures; first December premiere
Cast size
5 players
Five full-time Housewives
On this page
  1. 01The take
  2. 02The shape of the season
  3. 03Where it sits in the canon
  4. 05Adjacent in the canon
  5. 06Also appears in
01The take

The Pause.

The show in pause mode — present and considered, but operating below its usual pressure.
02The shape of the season

A rhythm worth tracking.

Season thirteen is a COVID-era season and carries that context's shape. Two significant cast departures left the group smaller, and the season's register — more socially conscious, more domestic, more deliberate — reflected both the cultural moment and the adjusted configuration. A December premiere, first in franchise history, signaled the disruption. New Orleans was the travel highlight. The season has real sequences and is never cynical, but runs well below the intensity that defines the show at its best.

03Where it sits in the canon

The #14 slot.

Slot #14 of 15 in the Real Housewives of Atlanta Editor's Canon. The seasons on either side show what I ranked it against.

No spoilers. Every page is reviewed before it goes live.
06Also appears in

Cross-references.

Real Housewives of Atlanta — Editor's CanonEditor's Canon · #14
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