[PREVIEW] 'Summer House' Brings Us To 'In The City'

[PREVIEW] 'Summer House' Brings Us To 'In The City'

From Rich Text by Emma Gray

May 22, 2026 · 5 min

About this episode

The episode discusses the transition of characters from 'Summer House' to the new series 'In the City' and the unresolved storylines that follow.

After 10 seasons of anchoring "Summer House," it's time for the show's preeminent Peter Pan party boy, Kyle Cooke, to say goodbye. Kyle, along with his erstwhile wife Amanda Batula and longtime friend Lindsay Hubbard, are being shipped out from the Hamptons share house to the new Bravo series "In the City." On Tuesday night, Bravo aired a finale-premiere combo that saw Kyle, Amanda, and Lindsay closing one chapter and opening the next. But this transition didn't hit the way production clearly anticipated while filming last summer; there's no clean break, no bittersweet transition to a new era. Instead, there are dangling threads galore. We already know we're gearing up for a season of watching Kyle and Amanda's marriage fall apart, and their current storyline has far more to do with their "Summer House" ex-colleagues West Wilson and Ciara Miller than with their new "In the City" cohort. Despite the spanner thrown in the works, the "Summer House" finale packed a punch. Carl and Lindsay finally sit down and talk for the first time since their on-camera breakup two seasons ago (so that Carl can profusely apologize, of course). West explains to Ben that he knows Ciara couldn't handle…

People in this episode

Host: Emma Gray

Topics covered

  • reality TV
  • relationships
  • marriage
  • friendship
  • transition

Keywords

  • Summer House
  • In the City
  • Kyle Cooke
  • Amanda Batula
  • Lindsay Hubbard
  • Bravo
  • reality TV

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bravo

Books & works: Summer House, In the City

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