Southern Charm Season 10, Episode 8 Recap: Trouble In Paradise

Southern Charm Season 10, Episode 7 ended with Jarrett "JT" Thomas inserting himself into Taylor Ann Green and Salley Carson's ongoing feud about the former's boyfriend, Gaston Rojas, who Salley also happened to date and say the L-word, too. JT, wanting to be a good and honest friend, told Taylor that Gaston was a well-known "cheater," which caused Taylor to storm out of his event space. It also really pissed off Craig Conover, who had wanted to give his friendship with JT another chance.

Fans also got to see a tidbit of JT and Venita Aspen's relationship, which viewers have been waiting to see, as the trailer suggested that the two are interested in one another. Craig and Austen Kroll's relationship is still up in the air, but here's hoping the former friends come to some sort of resolution.

Madison LeCroy Tries To Convince Craig Conover To End His Dudevorce With Austen Kroll

Southern Charm Season 10, Episode 8 opens with Madison meeting up with Craig to get some answers. First off, she wants to know why Craig is being friendly with JT (who came after her marriage with bizarre allegations in Episode 2), and secondly, why he wants to further himself away from his former friend, Austen.

Craig appears to be done with JT after the other night at his event space. And, he might be done with Austen, too. However, even Madison feels bad for her ex, which certainly means a lot. While she tries to convince Craig to get over their falling out and mend their relationship, the pillow maker still doesn't see how he can.

The men are simply not seeing eye to eye.

Madison and Craig dined at Frothy Beard Brewing Company, in Charleston, South Carolina.

"Look, I feel like he takes our friendship for granted," Craig tells Madison. "If he continues to play victim in this, all he's doing is pushing me away."

"We're strangers."

Venita Aspen Admits She Has Feelings For JT Thomas

The next scene takes us to JT's apartment, where he calls his mom. He doesn't understand why he caught so much flak the other night. Honesty is the best policy in JT's eyes, but timing is also so, so important.

Fans finally get more mention of JT's relationship with Venita, all thanks to the former's mom: "...And your fiancé, Venita?" JT's mom spills that Venita messages her from time to time, and seems to genuinely like her for her son. "She's a tiger," JT's mom gushes.

"Since I've known Venita, there's always been chemistry, but like, we don't ever really address it because it's just, we have this, this friendship," JT says in a confessional.

We then see Venita at her home preparing a snack for her guest, Leva Bonaparte, and preparing to spill her guts about JT.

"Yeah, I have a crush on Mr. JT."

"He's kind of like me, but a boy," Venita says in a confessional. Speaking to Leva, Venita admits that she never told JT her true feelings, but the two are planning on having dinner in the near future.

A brief scene sees Molly and Salley sharing drinks at Bevi Brewing Company in Charleston, SC, where they discuss everything from ankle fat removal to Molly being the perfect woman for Shep.

Shep Rose's "Stalker" Girlfriend

Shep meets up with Austen and admits that for two days, his girlfriend, Sienna Evans, left him on read. He reveals that he was "spiraling," not hearing a word from her. Shep then reads Austen a very long text message thread he had sent Sienna which detailed him telling her he loved her and how he was planning out their future together.

Shep is extremely hung up on Sienna, but she eventually messages him and asks him for "space." While Austen gives him some solid advice about giving her the space she needs, it doesn't seem like Shep is willing to wait that long. Clearly, Shep really, really likes Miss Bahamas, but their long-distance relationship is a struggle.

Austen then gets an unexpected call from Craig, who wants to hang out after not seeing one another since Salley's house-warming party, which was two weeks ago. All Austen wants is his friend back, even if that means starting from the beginning. He even looks overjoyed that Craig phoned him.

The next scene takes viewers to Miss Patricia Altschul's historic Charleston home where Madison meets her in her pajamas for what is certainly going to be a gossipy sleepover. Of course, it wouldn't be a Miss Pat sleepover without champagne and caviar.

Madison informs Miss Patricia that while speaking to Shep's girlfriend, she disclosed that her grandmother is a huge fan of Southern Charm. But, that raises red flags with Madison suggesting that Sienna might have ill-intentions.

Here comes Miss Patricia with the tea: her son, Whitney Sudler-Smith informed her that Sienna had messaged him on the celebrity dating app, Raya, before reaching out to Shep. However, Whitney refuses to tell Shep. Now that Madison knows this about Sienna, all hell is about to break loose.

"As far as I'm concerned, it screams ulterior motives to me."

Both Madison and Miss Pat conclude that Sienna might just be a Southern Charm fanatic or "stalker" as they put it.

Craig And Austen Reach An Impasse, Venita Gets A Bomb Dropped On Her

Will this meet up finally see Craig and Austen hash out their issues? Right from the start, it doesn't look good, as Austen is shocked to see Craig bringing Shep along. Craig just wants a mediator, however.

"I want to be good with Craig, I don't want to be at odds. It feels like Craig and I have been skirting around the issue for far too long, and let's just cut s*** and f***** talk," Austen states in a confessional.

Craig starts the conversation by wanting to buy Austen out of the podcast and is willing to give him $30,000 to do so. But, this isn't what Austen wanted to hear—he came to mend their friendship, not talk business.

The men go back and forth, but finally, find one thing in common: both their feelings were hurt. Craig admits that Austen hurt his feelings when he came over to his house and told him he wasn't being a good friend. Meanwhile, Austen felt hurt when Craig "diminished" their friendship to just being "drinking buddies."

While it almost sounded like Craig was going to meet Austen halfway by designating more time for their friendship, he took it all back in a split second.

For viewers interested in where Craig, Austen and Shep got their large tray of oysters, the men met at Holy City Brewing in Charleston, SC.

In the last and final scene, Venita has her one-on-one dinner date with JT. It's pretty obvious that she's crushing on JT hard. In a confessional, she reveals that she began to develop feelings for JT when the cast were in New York City for the Season 9 tell-all. Venita was in a relationship with her boyfriend, Manny, at the time, and she moved on from those feelings. That is, until she and Manny split.

JT is the first to admit that there is "chemistry" between him and Venita, and she agrees. She tells him, "I had a feeling it was there, but I didn't think that you would actually like say it." Venita grins from ear to ear now that she knows his real feelings towards her, but he ends up dropping a bomb—he's "seeing someone."

While they both admit that they do like one another, JT would never cheat on someone. Still, it's extremely off-putting, as the two had been flirting nonstop.

Can Venita get a break this season?

Season 10 of Southern Charm airs on Thursdays at 8 p.m. ET on Bravo and streams on Peacock the following day.