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Season 6.
A new housewife steps into a cast reshaped by one high-profile exit, and Season 6 has to prove the group still holds together.
A rhythm worth tracking.
Season six brings in Mia Thornton as a new full-time housewife after Monique Samuels doesn't return, holding the cast at seven. Filmed over the first half of 2021, the season gives the newcomer room to find her footing among five returning housewives who already know each other well. A four-part reunion — the longest yet — closes out twenty-two episodes.
The #05 slot.
Slot #05 of 10 in the Real Housewives of Potomac Editor's Canon. Season six lands mid-canon because it's a transition season doing transition-season work well, not brilliantly. Mia Thornton joins as a new full-time housewife after Monique Samuels doesn't return, and five returning housewives — Gizelle Bryant, Ashley Darby, Robyn Dixon, Karen Huger, and Candiace Dillard Bassett, plus Wendy Osefo from the season before — give her room to find her footing. Filmed over the first half of 2021, the season closes with a four-part reunion, the longest format RHOP had used to that point, and the extended runtime pays off given how much the cast has just shifted. It's a competent, well-cast season that hasn't yet had the chance to build the kind of unbroken continuity that ranks above it.
2 moments, no spoilers.
- New face · Mia Thornton joins
Thornton steps into a cast of five returning housewives with established history. Watch for how the show handles introducing a newcomer to a group that's already spent two seasons together.
- Reunion · a four-part special
Season six's reunion stretches to four parts, the longest reunion format the show had used to that point. Watch for how the extra length changes the shape of the conversation compared to earlier, shorter reunions.