Close Encounters

**Close Encounters** is the fourth episode in Season 8 and the seventy-fourth episode overall of *Reality Redemption*. It first aired on September 2, 2025, to an audience of 8.44 million viewers.

## Summary

Madison is seen phoning her lawyers and she comes out confiding in Olivia about what she is going to do next. Shocked about Mandy’s behaviour the previous night, Olivia angrily says that after spreading rumours, Mary and Mandy both need to leave. She says she expects Joyce to tell the girls to leave. She explains that she has told some of the girls and that Madison deserves to know the falling-out she had with Mary over their online days and why that meant that a friendship wasn’t feasible. Olivia checks with Madison if it’s ok that she visits the girls trip at a later date, as ‘work calls’. Naturally, the two joke and the trip half-leader says ‘of course’. They end the conversation with Olivia gushing over “two of my besties are couple goals and vibes!”. Angela is next up and reports to the two girls that Mary had asked her to come up with a false narrative that the girls were taking drugs and that she wanted it reported to the tabloids. Shocked, Madison tells Olivia not to worry about the drama and to head home. She reveals that she’ll confront Mary at the booked restaurant that evening, ‘Fine Dining’. Olivia informs the girls that she is leaving but will return later in the trip and says goodbye. Despite not talking, Olivia hugs Mary and whispers: “We’ll talk when I get back”. They both nod at one another. Mandy pulls Sarah along to a local cafe, insisting they dissect the previous evening’s events. The former apologises and Sarah asks some questions, confused about how Mandy knew about her and Madison’s kiss, to which she admits she ‘peered through’. The pair agree they’ll never be firm friends but they should move on for the sake of the group. Back at the villa, Sarah brings Mandy a new white dress as a peace offering. The girls all prepare for dinner at a booked restaurant and head there by taxi. Gasps are heard as Madison confronts Mary over Angela’s comments: of which, she vehemently denies. Furious, Mary lashes out at Angela and accuses her of being fame-hungry and making up lies. When the restaurant asks Mary to leave, Mandy follows her out. The rest of the girls discuss the legal battle between Madison and Mary, with the former giving an insight into all the drama and says that it’s ‘almost over’, with her winning. The girls head back to the villa and as the girls return, they see Mary, still up. Madison goes over and discusses their legal battle, as the rest of the girls head to bed. Saying she’s almost won, according to her lawyer, Mary, a little tipsy, just laughs and says she ‘fucking wishes’. The trip half-leader says that she’ll let Mary and Mandy stay because ‘I am a good person’ but that if they both blow their chances, she’ll ask security to remove them. Mary reminds her that technically, it’s Joyce, since she organised the majority of the trip and lies that Joyce said so herself. As the pair grow closer to yet another altercation, Sarah interrupts them and takes Madison to bed.

## Main Cast

* Mandy Alexander
* Sarah de la Cruz
* Madison Graves
* Joyce Gunvalson
* Hulla Phoon
* Mary De La Wary

### Recurring Cast

* Olivia Grayson
* Angela Hermes