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Season 11.
The leanest ensemble in years, made up almost entirely of the show's longest-tenured names.
A rhythm worth tracking.
Season 11 airs in the immediate aftermath of the prior season's headlines, with Raquel Leviss not returning to the cast. Lisa Vanderpump, Tom Schwartz, Tom Sandoval, Ariana Madix, Katie Maloney, Scheana Shay, Lala Kent, James Kennedy, and Ally Lewber make up the returning core, with Brock Davies back in a recurring role. Nineteen episodes work through SUR's hierarchy with a noticeably smaller, more veteran ensemble than the seasons just before it.
The #10 slot.
Slot #10 of 12 in the Vanderpump Rules Editor's Canon. Season 11 ranks tenth as the season that follows the prior year's headlines rather than the one that generated them. Raquel Leviss does not return to the cast, and the season carries on with a noticeably smaller, more veteran-heavy core — Lisa Vanderpump, Tom Schwartz, Tom Sandoval, Ariana Madix, Katie Maloney, Scheana Shay, Lala Kent, James Kennedy, and Ally Lewber, with Brock Davies back in a recurring role. Nineteen episodes work through SUR's familiar hierarchy with fewer moving parts than the seasons around it, which reads as stability after a genuinely disruptive stretch. It's a leaner, calmer season than most of this canon, and that's mostly to its credit.