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Morocco, cast change, no safety valve

The Moroccan Arc

RHONY at full operational pressure. A Morocco group trip strips away the city's social scaffolding and pushes the cast into close quarters with no escape. Dense, committed, occasionally exhausting — exactly what the format looks like without a safety valve.

Filmed
New York City · Marrakesh, Morocco
New York City and Marrakesh, Morocco
Premiered
Apr 7, 2011
Bravo · April 2011
Episodes
22
Format
NYC social reality
Cast change · international group trip
Cast size
6 players
Cindy Barshop joins the cast
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 Moroccan Arc.

Not the show at its most precise. The show at its most committed.
02The shape of the season

A rhythm worth tracking.

RHONY at full operational pressure, with a group trip to Morocco stripping away the city's social scaffolding and pushing the cast into close quarters without escape. New cast member Cindy Barshop brings productive friction by not quite fitting the existing dynamic. The season is dense, occasionally exhausting, and exactly what the format looks like when it operates without a safety valve. The show at full volume.

03Where it sits in the canon

The #04 slot.

Slot #04 of 5 in the Real Housewives of New York City 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 New York City — Editor's CanonEditor's Canon · #04
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