Can Vanderpump Rules Recover From Tom Sandoval’s Redemption Arc?

Throughout this season of Vanderpump Rules, Ariana Madix was, as she puts it, “the final boss” in her ex Tom Sandoval’s “video game of redemption.” Alas, when Sandoval approached Madix at a cast event in San Francisco during the season-11 finale, it was game over: She walked off, refusing to talk to him. “Whatever it is Tom is trying to get from me, it’s not for me,” Madix says. “It’s for him.”

The idea of redemption — earning it, granting it — has been central to this season of Vanderpump Rules...