‘In The City’ Premiere Episode Addresses ‘Summer House’ Scandal As The Bravoverse Expands

SPOILER ALERT: This post contains details about the Summer House Season 10 finale and the In the City Season 1 premiere.

Bravo extended the Summer House universe with one of the most seamless transitions into a spinoff series since The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and Vanderpump Rules crossover.

Summer House ended its tenth season with Kyle Cooke and Amanda Batula addressing their marital woes and agreeing to separate for a couple of weeks to reassess their marriage.

As Amanda and Kyle drove out of their Hamptons vacation house and into the city, the transition was seamless and cinematic. In the City was supposed to be a completely different show when the cast filmed it last fall. However, earlier this year, a scandal broke out, derailed the series, and forced production to address it in the premiere episode.

It was not a secret that Kyle and Amanda were not on good terms in their marriage, and In the City was going to continue to chronicle how the estranged couple handled their differences. Things quickly evolved when Amanda and Summer House co-star Westling Wilson confirmed their relationship, to the surprise of Amanda’s husband, Kyle, and the rest of the cast.

To bridge the gap between when In the City takes place (Fall 2025) and the present time, Bravo filmed a scene between Amanda and Kyle addressing their current status.

In an emotional heart-to-heart, Amanda tells Kyle, “I gave our relationship everything I had because I wanted the relationship to work so badly, and the idea of not existing with you in my life was so impossible for me to wrap my head around. It’s what made it so hard to call it quits, which is why it got so messy, because I was afraid that once we ended things, we would just be out of each other’s lives forever, and I couldn’t handle that.”

Kyle said that he could “pinpoint” instances during the summer and fall where he realized that Amanda “wasn’t just one foot out” of the marriage but “fully out the door.” The graphic designer said she “was tired” and “had nothing left in me to fight” but said she “was still trying to give it everything I had” to save the marriage.

Things get intense when Kyle asks, “Can you honestly say, though, that, right through Thanksgiving, for that matter, even if it was an emotional affair with West…”

“Nothing was happening!” Amanda claps back with tears in her eyes, adding, “I was so committed to you throughout the whole thing, and all I wanted was to make it work and for you to question my faithfulness in any capacity — really hurts because that’s not the type of person that I am.”

Amanda throws out that Kyle cheated on her while they were married, and there’s a video to prove it.

“I know you’re not a bad person,” Kyle says. “I think you were reckless and thoughtless, if I’m being honest. But in all of this, I’m still trying to be a good friend to you.”

Kyle adds that he is not being nice to Amanda during this whole situation because he hopes to “rekindle things,” but because he still cares for her.

“I care about you in the same way. We love each other because there’s a version of each of us that we both fell in love with for a reason,” Amanda says.

Kyle then delivers a hard blow, saying, “Just makes me so upset. Someone else gets the version that I fell in love with.”