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Sweet Life: Los Angeles, Season 1 Episode 1 Recap “Sweet Life”

Here’s Celebrity Myxer’s recap of Sweet Life: Los Angeles Season 1 Episode 1 “Sweet Life” After revealing her plans for an upcoming “Black Is Back” event, Tylynn rallies Bri and Amanda to integrate Cheryl – who’s long been coupled up with Jerrold – into their girl gang. Meanwhile, Jerrold and Jordan’s squad, aka The Wood, hassles new member P’Jae about his crush on Bri. While the crew gets ready for a night to remember, can they disentangle the situationship drama looming over the single members of the group?

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Issa Rae Executive Produces “Sweet Life: Los Angeles” HBO Max’s New Unscripted Reality Show.

Sweet Life: Los Angeles,” follows a group of 7 Black friends on the come up in South LA. Specifically, the neighborhoods of Inglewood or “The Wood,” as the group calls it, Ladera Heights, and Watts. The group – and their partners and friends, are all around their “quarter-life mark” and as the music (Gang Slide by BLXST) fades us into the first episode, a voiceover states the friends are “growing up and glowing up,” while still working to hold each other accountable. These are real friendships, one’s that require honesty even when it’s hard, but Black excellence is the goal – and that’s worth working for. 

While we meet loads of people in the first episode, let’s get introduced to the original seven. Some have been friends since childhood, and some are new to South LA. 

Tylynn, an event planner who’s in her first serious relationship since high school with boyfriend Jaylenn, wants to see what LA has to offer besides just the party scene and draw inspiration for her beautiful events. Her Black is Back event at the end of the episode is awe-worthy and the backdrop for some drama between several other friends. 

Briana, who at one point self-described herself as toxic, is a medical account specialist but wants to break out into something more creative and flexible. She’s in a love triangle with two other friends in the group, but says’s she is “single, very single.”

P’jae, who is new to the group and “the Wood,” is a music manager who is very much on the come up – and who denies feelings for Briana, although he can’t deny once hooking up with one of her friends (or the way he looks at her at Tylynn’s party). 

Jordan, CEO of a fashion label (Hypeland) who runs his business with his mother, and who has a complicated relationship with Briana which comes to a head at the Black is Back party. 

Amanda, a PR consultant who is also in her first relationship with new boo Rob, and who takes Tylynn to trap yoga on the beach in the first episode. 

Jerrold and Cheryl, who have been together for 8 years. After meeting sophomore year of high school and manifesting Jerrold into her life, Cheryl is ready to take the next step, while Jerrold isn’t ready yet. 

In “Sweet Life: LA” episode one, Briana and P’jae chill one on one, prompting others in the group to think they’re more than friends. After denying anything more than a friendship with P’jae to Tylynn, Cheryl, and Amanda on a girl’s night out, Briana admits that she and Jordan were hanging out for a bit before she found out he had been hanging out with her friend Rebecca (Becky) six months earlier. She found it shady that he hadn’t let her know and cut him off. Tylynn admits that her relationship with Jaylenn is going well, and Cheryl starts to feel insecure after finding out that Tylynn and Jaylenn moved in together after a year and a half. While she and Jerrold are still living apart, after 8 years! 

When Tylynn invites all of her friends to a Black is Back event, celebrating Black excellence and their recent successes, Briana thinks the party is a perfect time to ambush Jordan. Knowing that both Jordan and P’jae will be there, she invites her friend Becky and the two of them ask Jordan to apologize for not telling them he had seen them both. Becky also apologizes to P’jae for seeing him after seeing Jordan…and not telling him. Jordan takes Briana off to the side and after some flirting, tries to sneak her outside for a kiss. At that moment, Tylynn calls for a group photo, and the whole group gets together to celebrate, blocking Jordan’s opportunity and leaving us on a cliffhanger. 

Issa Rae executive produces what is sure to be one of the most exciting unscripted reality series of the year. Calling the series one of her “favorite shows” and responding to the love for her “new best friend group” on Twitter, Issa continues to prove Sweet Life’s very first line: “South LA breeds excellence.” If you loved “Insecure” prepare yourself for the wild ride that is “Sweet Life: Los Angeles.”

Catch 3 episodes of “Sweet Life: Los Angeles,” on HBO Max right now, and stay tuned for weekly recaps of every episode, right here on Celebrity Myxer.

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Sweet Life: Los Angeles Season 1 Episode Guide

Season Episode Title Air Date
1 9 “TBD” September 2, 2021
1 8 “TBD” September 2, 2021
1 7 “TBD” September 2, 2021
1 6 Once Upon a Time in Sexico August 26, 2021
1 5 Moving In, Moving Out, Moving On August 26, 2021
1 4 A Seat at the Table  August 26, 2021
1 3 You Got Me F**ked Up August 19, 2021
1 2 Good Vibes Only August 19, 2021
1 1 Sweet Life August 19, 2021
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