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\n\tViewers of The Valley<\/em> campaigned for Jax Taylor to be faraway from the show\u2019s call sheet last yr after displaying disturbing behavior on and off screen. But now, with the arrival of the series\u2019 junior season, some watchers are singing a distinct tune.<\/p>\n \n\tAt the middle of season two\u2019s storyline was a domestic incident that occurred between Jax and his wife, Brittany Cartwright. Within the series premiere, the previous couple recounted a moment where Jax got indignant and flipped a coffee table, which bruised Brittany\u2019s knee. At the primary Valley<\/em> reunion, Brittany alleged Jax broke her Stanley cup, phone, laptop and threw her right into a bush, though he denied her claims.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tThen got here the announcement many Bravo viewers were waiting for<\/a>: Jax was to step away from The Valley<\/em>, to give attention to his sobriety, mental health and coparenting with Brittany.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tJax\u2019s behavior on season two didn’t make the choice shocking to those watching the show, and it was somewhat paying homage to his firing from Vanderpump Rules<\/em> back in 2020. Last yr, Valley<\/em> viewers flooded Reddit<\/a> and TikTok<\/a> arguing for his removal from the show for season three. Now this yr, as the most recent installment hit Bravo slightly over a month ago on April 1, The Valley<\/em> has faced a wave of criticism for its content, and in some instances, the shortage of Jax within the solid.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tBrittany\u2019s impending divorce is addressed on The Valley<\/em>, however it shouldn’t be the show\u2019s center point. As a substitute, the previous Vanderpump<\/em> star is in her first relationship post-Jax, which has, in real-time, already dissipated.<\/p>\n \n\tZack Wickham and his boyfriend Benji Quach have moved in together. Michelle Saniei and Jesse Lally are still working on getting divorced, and the latter\u2019s partner, Lacy Nicole, has finally agreed<\/a> to film. Jasmine Goode and Melissa Carelli are planning their wedding. And Lala Kent and Tom Schwartz are there, too.<\/p>\n \n\tWhat’s on the core of season three is the struggles Kristen Doute and Luke Broderick are facing after welcoming their first child. Luke\u2019s comments about his fianc\u00e9e not wanting to be intimate after recently giving birth and navigating postpartum have particularly resulted in backlash<\/a>. Nia Sanchez also just had her fourth child, and the fallout from her husband, Daniel Booko\u2019s, intense season two conflict with Janet Caperna, is the underlying tension of The Valley<\/em>\u2018s plot.<\/p>\n \n\tWith Jax gone, Janet assumes the villain role imposed upon her by most of her castmates. Lala often acts as a bridge between Janet and the remainder of their co-stars, though Nia, Danny and Kristen are stubborn in not pursuing any type of relationship with Janet after she said Danny \u201csexually assaulted\u201d Jasmine Goode\u2019s partner, Melissa Marie, at an event that was not filmed.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tTheir feud leaves The Valley<\/em> in a clumsy position, reawakening a trope (or a storyline, one could call it) that has turn into all too common on modern reality television shows; that of castmembers refusing to film with other castmembers.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tIn return, viewers have deemed<\/a> season three \u201cboring.\u201d That, coupled with two women who’re being candid of their struggles with postpartum having to navigate criticism from their partners, has left a really sour taste within the mouths of the audience.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tSome have pointed back to the shortage of Jax, a known pot-stirrer across his eight seasons on Vanderpump Rules<\/em> and two-year run on its spinoff, for why season three of The Valley<\/em> could possibly be missing an added flair.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cI actually tried this season however it\u2019s boring. I literally fell asleep last time while watching,\u201d one Redditor wrote<\/a> online. \u201cNothing is occurring. It\u2019s only a bunch of 40 yo individuals with boring lives and youngsters. Like who wants to observe this? And sorry not sorry however it got even worse since Jax left.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tLeslie Ye<\/a>, a reality TV TikTok creator, argued in a recent video that The Valley<\/em> doesn\u2019t necessarily need Jax Taylor on its solid, but they need a Jax Taylor figure on the series to maintain it afloat.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cYou could have to have someone who\u2019s willing to go there with each and every body on the solid. And unfortunately, nobody really appears to be willing to,\u201d she said. \u201cWhether it\u2019s that they care an excessive amount of about their relationships with the opposite people on the solid, or they\u2019re too fearful of the fans, or they only don\u2019t want the noise, no one really looks as if they\u2019re clocking into work this season.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tYe continued, \u201cAny individual must step up. Any individual must say, like, I don\u2019t care that there\u2019s all this shit in my backyard; I\u2019m gonna indicate everybody else\u2019s crap, because that\u2019s the job that I signed as much as do. And unless anyone does that soon, this show is either gonna get canceled, or they\u2019re gonna must bring Jax back since it\u2019s not giving Bravo. It\u2019s not even giving TLC, because they\u2019re just giving nothing. They\u2019re doing absolutely nothing with the screentime.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n