My random thoughts on Selling the City.
The "Selling" Cinematic Universe expands
Here we are with yet another Selling show. In the franchise so far, we have the O.G. series Selling Sunset, which is still a great watch, even if last season was a mess. We briefly had the gone-too-soon Selling Tampa. And we have the best of all them, Selling the O.C., with its insane gay swinger rumors and an alleged affair that involved Brittany Snow.
And now we have Selling the City. It is set in New York City and without the Oppenheim brothers and their cadres of ditzy blondes and psychotic brunettes. Did we really need another Selling show? Probably not. Is this one good? Well, it’s ranked fourth in the franchise for me, but I also watched it all in one day? The lead, Eleonora Srugo, is certainly no Chrishell, but a group of entertaining women surrounds her. Steve, her boss, is also one of the finest men I’ve seen on these shows (who I thought was named Sean most of the series because he looks like a hotter version of messy Sean from Selling the OC), so I’d watch just for him. Compared to another recent Netflix real estate show set in New York, I’m more excited for a second season of Owning Manhattan.
But the finale of this series has my interest piqued enough that I’ll watch a second season. There’s not much in-depth shit to say about Selling the City, so here’s every note I scribbled down while watching all eight episodes.
Coi Leray’s song “Players” introduces the show and I sent my friend a text asking if this show has a bigger music budget. My friend: “How much could a Coi Leray song cost…”
Eleanora’s1 veneers are kicking her ass. She is struggling to speak in every scene.
I’m friends with Mark, one of the gays shopping for a home, who climbs into the bathtub. He and his boyfriend broke up and the boyfriend crashed out, making a series of TikToks about their breakup. Yikes…
The restaurant 53 is good as hell, my friends and I ate there before seeing Renaissance the Film. I’d be pissed if my co-workers had a lunch there and disinvited me!
Not the girls drinking La Gritona Reposado Tequila at work… is this Bushwick…
Jordyn, who dated Trevor Noah, accused him of stealing her material for The Daily Show after they met on Twitter. Now girl… produce the tweets. I know they were dry.
Eleanora loves helpful advice: “I’ve never said GIVE INCHY, but I would love for someone to tell me it’s Givenchy.”
Every episode at least one person says, “I thought Eleanor and Jade were friends.” These bitches are not friends!
Every outfit on this show is insane and no one in NYC dresses like that… it works on Selling Sunset because people in LA do dress like that.
Is Steve light-skinned… 🥵
He lives in Greenwich, CT? Oh, he’s just white.
Eleanora is afraid of bees… “a wasp could kill you if it stings you seven times.” Huh???
Taylor, a liar, is going through great pains to explain why lying by omission isn’t a lie. Eleanora: “Manslaughter isn’t intentional murder.” Okay!
Taylor does NOT like her husband. Why are they trying to have kids?
You can’t say “step into” in real estate listings anymore because woke.
Abi thinks one of the Powerpuff Girls is named Alex… in what world…
Abi says one of the Powerpuff Girls is “definitely a Scorpio.” First of all, they were all created at the same time from Chemical X.
“I’m a guy, I don’t do the ladies who lunch thing.” Justin, I promise you no one in this office would qualify as a lady who lunches.
Justin also doesn’t seem to be on their team at all but he works out of the office because he used to fuck Eleanora. “Used to.”
“Quite frankly” isn’t being aggressive in an e-mail, it’s passive-aggressive.
I zone out during a 20-minute monologue from Eleanora about how hard she works. She cries about moving to New York for the first time. She still has the blanket she slept on for six months because she didn’t have a mattress. Damn girl… not even a sleeping bag…
Gizelle pronounces Houston Street wrong and she just learned what TriBeCa means. Girl, you’re from Jersey, not Idaho!
Michael B. Jordan is looking for an apartment on this series too. How many women across the franchise has he fucked??
Jordyn, who doesn’t want to be known only for dating Trevor Noah, says “Dealing with celebs is my specialty.” 🤡
Eleanora meets with the chairman of Douglas Elliman. Did he wanna be on camera that badly…
Thank God for the scene where Sean and Justin bro out and play basketball shirtless at the courts on West 4.
Eleanora thinks the perfect man is out there for her. “What if he’s allergic to cats?” “A REAL MAN LOVES PUSSY!” She was hella proud of that one…
Justin picks a fight with Gizelle for no reason. He needs to stay out of women’s business…
Justin’s birthday is a bunch of people singing karaoke at a country western bar I didn’t know existed.
Peter hates being on TV or hates Taylor. Either way, divorce him.
Justin hops on the mic and shouts “Clear eyes, full hearts, can’t lose!” I don’t like that straight men have taken that back. This is for Friday Night Lights the TV show fans, all of which are women and gay men.
The women are always walking a full block (to get the shot of their outfits) when they enter a building. Are they taking a subway or a car? And if it’s a car why aren’t they being dropped off in front of the building?
Straight people LOVE taking shots.
Oh, Abi is with the shits… she bum-rushes Jade and exposes her for hating Eleanora off-camera. I think everyone on the show is aware of this? These women are not friends!
Jade goes on a rant, screaming “fuck Netflix” and “If this airs I will sue everyone’s ass!” Why are the Selling women always threatening to sue… let’s read some contracts, ladies…
Abi exposes Jade for saying Abi looks old. Jade says, “You know what? You DO look old!” Abi cries and says, “I didn’t think she’d say it to my face.” Baby, you begged her to say it. This is New York!
I think I love Jade now. A real ass hater! It’s very early Selling Sunset to save the big fight until the last episode. I hope season two is better!
I thought this woman’s name was Eleanor for a good six episodes.
When you said Sean is the finest men on these shows, of course the first thing I did was google "Sean, Eleanora's boss". I'm guessing you're aware by now that Sean is actually Steve and not her boss.
He was on Million Dollar Listing NYC for a couple of seasons. And, yes, the finest man on all those shows.
I was waiting for you to talk about Steve and wondering if I zoned out during Sean’s screen time