Let’s talk about Kandi and the Gang! Season 1 Episode 2: Recap and Review! If you missed last weeks episode. Check out Kandi and the Gang Episode 1!
We meet Patrick and Melvin!
Patrick and Melvin. Both are Kandi’s cousins. Patrick is the manager of the OLG parking lot. He is Aunt Bertha’s grandson. During Patrick’s one on one interview. He said he wants to be the next Kandi. He wants to take care of everyone in the family.
10.00 for parking at the OLG!
I was shocked that Patrick’s job even existed! Parking manager but then to find out that Kandi is really charging $10 to park and eat at her restaurant! People also have to wait hours in line! Deal with a rude hostess… inconsistent food! And sometimes the power goes out! Kandi I know you’re about your coin but Kandi you’re wrong for this!
Meet Melvin!
Then we are introduced to Melvin he is Kandi’s cousin and godson. Interestingly, he is also a manager….the kitchen manager. Apparently, At times, Kandi feels like Todd is too hard on him. Todd doesn’t think he is too hard on him. I wonder if Todd thinks that Kandi helps her family too much!
Why does it matter to Todd if Kandi paid for her cousin to attend culinary school if I was a multimillionaire I would be paying for my cousins school to and helping out my family anyway I could!
Patrick and Melvin!
Patrick and Melvin are like brothers and grew up together. They are very close. They even live together.
Patrick was also known as a Casanova. He was quite the ladies man until he met his cougar Safari! She is only 30 years old. So I don’t know why he considers her a cougar. 😂😂😂😂😂
Dom’Unique and Brandon!
Dom’Unique and Brandon go on their first date and it was obvious that this was not their first date. I think they did this date scene for the camera. Her passion is dancing. Dancing is first and the OLG is second! She is grateful to Kandi for all of the opportunities she helped her with in the dance world but her lifelong dream is to dance for Beyonce on tour one day. Her big break was when she was hired to dance in Kandi’s dungeon tour.
At the end of the date Brandon tried to kiss her but she wasn’t having it. She doesn’t believe in kissing on the first date. Okay domique!
Dom’Unique, Torin and Shawneca
Dom’Unique and Shawneca meet up at Torin’s place. I guess he was working with a small budget! No lunch was prepared. All he had was some cheese and crackers! He the ladies that he wasn’t paid for putting together the recent reunion event for OLG. That explains why he didn’t prepare lunch. lol
Anyway, says he doesn’t mind because he’s been in talks to return to OLG. He left because he felt overworked and under-appreciated. He feels that things will be better the second time around. Well, if Kandi and Todd didn’t offer to pay him for the recent reunion event. It looks like they are still under appreciating him. Kandi and Todd where is Torino’s check? However, Torin should have asked Kandi or Todd what the budget was for the event! It is strange to me that he was expected to put that event on for free.
So then they discuss Shawndreca’s love life. Dominque doesn’t want to talk about her recent date with Brandon which is odd because it seems like everyone already knows But Torin doesn’t see the big deal because multiple employees at OLG have dated.
Kandi’s cousin Kim!
Melvin FaceTimes Kandi and Todd while he’s at Aunt Bertha’s place cooking. The Food he cooked looked so good! They talk about Kandi’s cousin Kim. Kim is Aunt Bertha’s daughter! Apparently she was a manager at OLG back in the day. However she went left not under the best terms. She claims that Mama Joyce cursed her out.
Kandi plans intervention!
Kandi is hoping to stage an intervention. So the ladies can hash it out and Kim can return. If Kim does return, she going to be manager number five! There are two many managers and not enough workers. Why so many managers? How much are you paying all these managers?
Mama Joyce, problem with Kim was when Kim left, she asked which employees were leaving with her. That is what really pissed mama Joyce off.
Brian’s first day back at the OLG!
It’s Brian’s first day back. He used to be a bartender but now he’s a server. He has a tense conversation with Phillip. It was hard to watch! And Phillip lets him know that if he gets off track, he will be checked. So Phillip is really getting on my nerves. Phillip is aware that Brian did what he wanted to do when he worked there. But he’s not having it. Phillip’s attitude is really bothersome and it’s really annoying the staff!
Phillip is so rude to his staff!
He was so rude when Shawndreca invited him and everyone else out for drinks. I mean I understood why he doesn’t want to hang out outside of work but his tone…the way he says things. My god! I would quit if I had a boss like him. Phillip did say it’s unprofessional to go out drinking with the staff during his green screen interview. And I agree with Brian….Phillip is an “a*shole.” Yes he is! He is not a team player! He comes off as a bully too.
Phillip and Felipe!
Later we are introduced to the love in Phillip’s life. I’m not gonna lie. I was shocked that he allowed the cameras in his personal life. But I gotta say that these two are both fine and they look real cute together. Felipe seems very chill and calm! He seems to really balance Phillip. It was really nice to see him in another light. Phillip vents about work when he’s at home with his boyfriend Felipe. They are in a long distance relationship. They’ve been together for about a year and Felipe is from Brazil.
How Phillip and Felipe met!
Phillip explained how they met. He was visiting Atlanta and they just had an instant attraction to each other. Phillip shared that he lost his mother, and it’s nice to have Felipe in his life. Felipe is there for him. Phillip just wishes Felipe lived in Atlanta full time.
Staff go out for drinks!
While some of the staff were hanging out we find out that Brian and Torin hooked up in the past but they are like brothers now. In one on one interview, Brian said he could not keep dealing with Torin romantically because his thang thang was way too big!
Patrick and Shawndreca!
So Brandon, Shawndreca, Patrick, Torin, Brian, Rashard, and Dom’Unique are all out enjoying drinks. Patrick is not feeling all of the talk about the OLG! In a one one interview, Shawndreca said that her and Patrick had a thang for four months. But she felt that Patrick was too immature for her. This is the same Patrick that was known as Casanova but she moved on and found June. They have been engaged for two years.
The staff vent about work!
They talk about Phillip. Brandon feels like Phillip can be too harsh. The staff isn’t convinced that he will even last at OLG long because most usually don’t.
Shawndreca tells everyone that she is getting paid $12.00 per hour? Patrick gets annoyed because she is complaining about it! She talks about Family Dollar paying $18 to their staff.
Patrick is annoyed at the venting!
But Patrick is upset because all that talk seems disloyal to Kandi. I guess everyone doesn’t realize they need to be careful about what they say around him. He is Kandi’s eyes and ears. Just imagine Kandi is sitting right there if Patrick is sitting there!
The intervention in full swing!
Kandi holds an intervention to get her aunts, Mama Joyce, and her cousin Kim to talk things out. Kim is still upset about how things went down which led to her quitting OLG. She says the last time she spoke to Mama Joyce, she cursed her out and said that they need to get the OLG kitchen together because it is her “blank blank kitchen.” Mama Joyce gets upset! Start swearing and denies saying this.
I was laughing so hard at the scene of Kim strolling through her phone to find one of mama Joyce’s threatening facebook posts and she never found it! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Kandi tells Kim that she didn’t like that she asked the other employees if they wanted to leave with her after she quit OLG.
Aunt Nora ends up threatening Kim and saying she will beat her up because she heard what she said that day and Kim was not being honest. Of course she got all of her second hand information from her sister Mama Joyce. The entire Kim vs MamaJoyce/Aunt Bertha/Aunt Nora moment was hilarious.
Kandi calms everyone down and tries to get everyone to forgive each other and move forward. Kim then apologizes and but Aunt Nora does not appreciate the apology.
Aunt Bertha then encourages Kim and Nora to hug, but still Aunt Nora refuses to make up. Sadly, Kandi then realizes it’s not a good idea for Kim to return to OLG just yet.
Kandi meets with Patrick!
Kandi’s cousin Patrick and Kandi meet up. Patrick could not wait to rat out the staff. He tells her that when he went out with some of the other staff they complained about their pay and the food being not consistent. Patrick told her it was Shawndreca who said this. Damn Patrick! I’m disappointed! In a one on one interview, Kandi explained that Shawndreca barely shows up to work.
I’m actually wondering if she doesn’t showed up for work would you still be paying her $12! How much does the other hostesses get paid the ones that do show up and do a great job! Now that’s the question I want answered! Kandi feels like if she had an issue with her pay she shouldn’t be gossiping about it. She should be talking to the people that actually issue her checks.
I didn’t like it that Patrick ran back and tattled to Kandi! Here is some advice to the staff: don’t invite the family of the boss to any of your get outings! As for Patrick, people vent about their jobs with their coworkers all the time. It’s normal! It was very immature of you to run back and tattle to Kandi! What do you think is gonna happen when you vent to some of these coworkers?! They might just run it back to Kandi!
Torin and Phillip clash!
Some changes were made to the event space. Don Juan tells Torin to go check it out. When he gets to the space, he sees Phillip is sitting there. Phillip invites him to chat. Well, the conversation doesn’t go well. The chat was so ridiculous! It was like a pissing contest!
Torin thinks Phillip is arrogant and Phillip thinks Torin is unprofessional. So it’s clear these will be deep in drama. Torin did tell Philip that he answers to Kandi! I feel like Philip is definitely doing the most! He can be the manager without being so arrogant! I’m going to give this weeks episode of Kandi and the Gang a 8 out of 10! So that’s the review!
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