While last season’s breakout star Jessel Taank sounded ridiculous in the season opener for noting that she’s never used the city’s public transportation system — and for hosting a Clueless-themed party featuring multiple costume changes, none of which related to the iconic film — she has shared more of her personal story so far. It could not have been easy trying to speak to her husband, Pavit, about her desire to have a daughter as he focused more on taking pictures of hot honey fried chicken for Instagram. 

Erin Lichy has been open about her mother’s cancer and her husband Abe’s neglect to share important financial information. (It did take a minute for her to get to the point, though.) 

There are some interesting personal scenes to be found in this season of RHONY, but those alone are not enough to make a compelling show. Besides, although some of the cast members are sharing, the rest are withholding.

Much as I enjoy Lyons on the show, I understand why some fans can’t get over how she has a partner who refuses to film. I would counter that by saying, even with that omission, Lyons comes across as less curated than some of her co-stars. It’s difficult enough to debate which of the cast on a reality show is hiding more of their real lives than the other. 

Ultimately, the biggest issue plaguing the new RHONY is that it remains obvious that they are co-workers cosplaying as friends.

One incident highlighted that dynamic this week when Brynn Whitfield, a biracial woman from the Midwest who admittedly did not grow up with her Black family, absurdly lectures Ubah Hassan, a Somali Canadian model, about not perpetuating the angry Black female stereotype on camera. 

Is Hassan a hothead on the show? Perhaps, but she’s not the only one. I know Bravo purposely wanted to have a multicultural cast on its revised RHONY, but for all the ignorant and/or insensitive comments Ramona Singer ever said on the show, at least the woman entertained as part of the cast.

While the arguments on the show have been less serious than this one, most of the drama has been just as stupid and unenjoyable. You can only find so much entertainment value in co-workers grabbing drinks and arguing about nothing. 

We’re almost at the halfway mark of the 15th season, so maybe there is still time for the show to pick up steam.

If it doesn’t, though, it might be time for the reboot to be rebooted.

That’s not to say the entire cast should be given the heave-ho, but for the sake of good television, we need the rebooted RHONY to feel like any  Housewives show we love.

Housewives should not be putting me to sleep anytime, much less when I need them the most.

This article originally appeared on HuffPost.