The stress of keeping up those lies is poison.

Every lie we tell is one step closer to the grave.

Last season,UnREALseemed to mirror the slow-moving trainwreck of itsBachelor-esque show-within-a-show,Everlasting.

UnReal, Ep 302 “Shield”

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You want me to say it?

(Luckily,UnREALappears to havea bit more securitythan that.)

For that to be true, past cannot be prologue.

In any case, she does maintain her honesty tour even as she reacquaints herself withEverlastings landscape of lies.

Jeremy, Chet, Quinn, and Rachel come together to hash things out.

(The story remains, according to Quinn, that the crash was an accident.)

That probably wont work well for Rachels honesty tour.

So thats that for cleanup before long, were off to the races.

She tells Rachel hes a cruel sight gag and demands production replace him with someone real.

Quinn doesnt stand for this, storming the set and peeved by Rachels attempted honesty.

I told Rachel I have to have a backup guy, Serena firmly tells Quinn.

Now you oughta get me one.

She then heads out with Owen, the fireman, to play a little hooky.

), but she seems to connect with Owen more, away from all the craziness.

She admits to being overwhelmed and confesses, My life is a lot more boring than people think.

Owen responds by revealing his military service in Fallujah.

Quinn is loving it in the control room; Dr. Simon less so.

Shes clearly had way too much to drink, he says.

Im not comfortable with this.

But the fun doesnt stop there.

I dont even use emojis.

(Theres also a new, cloying product placement element thrown in, courtesy of the ever-hacky Chet.)

Serenas choices are all expected, until she surprisingly cuts Norman, who scuttles away in a huff.

This isUnREAL, of course, so its no surprise that we ends things on a little cliffhanger.

I dont think shes got it anymore, she says, devilishly.

But if theres one thing weve learned, it wont be easy to cast Quinn aside.

Quinn requests that the line be slotted into the episode, and she smiles.

She knows shes good, and she wont apologize for it or back down.