Spoiler alert! This story reveals who received HGTV’s The Flip Off Season 1. In the event you haven’t watched the finale, which aired March 5 on the 2025 TV schedule, you possibly can stream it with a Max subscription.
The homes have been offered, ROIs calculated and a winner declared on the HGTV actuality competitors present that pitted Christina Haack in opposition to her ex-husband Tarek El Moussa and his spouse Heather. I used to be intrigued by The Flip Off‘s awkward premise of the ex-spouses going head-to-head, and after watching the six-episode season, I’m comfortable to say I actually loved it — particularly how Haack and Josh Corridor’s breakup performed into it. If The Flip Off returns for a second season, although, I feel there’s one massive change they’d should make.
I Suppose Josh Corridor’s Surprising Exit Ended Up Being The Greatest Half Of The Flip Off
Going into the sequence, I used to be casually acquainted with Christina Haack and Tarek El Moussa. I watched little bit of Flip or Flop again within the day however by no means tuned into their spinoffs like Christina on the Coast or The Flipping El Moussas. As for Josh Corridor, I knew nothing of him, however let’s simply say I used to be immediately turned off when he mentioned within the season premiere that his spouse was pissing him off, so I used to be on the identical web page as different followers who celebrated Corridor’s exit.
In reality, I feel the best way The Flip Off dealt with the sudden curveball of Christina Haack’s divorce — and selecting to proceed with out Josh Corridor — caused a number of the finest moments of the sequence to this point. It wasn’t the mud-slinging and delicate jabs made at his expense, both. It was the extra healthful moments that received me over.
Christina Haack and her first ex-husband shared a very uncooked second within the first episode, when Tarek El Moussa took duty for the ache he’d induced her up to now, and she or he apologized for her half of their cut up too. Haack mentioned within the finale:
The whole lot that occurred with Josh, it really introduced Tarek and I nearer collectively. There have been so many issues he and I by no means bought to say to one another. So many regrets that we each have, and we have been in a position to have the closure that we by no means had earlier than.
Her most up-to-date breakup additionally helped to fix her relationship together with her second ex, Ant Anstead. Whereas I can perceive why Tarek El Moussa was so pissed off with him giving Christina that win in “The Ex Issue,” Renée Zellweger’s boyfriend was giving full Mark Darcy “simply as you might be” vibes along with his speech about all the time being related to Christina by means of their son and the way they might all the time be on the identical group. Anstead introduced that spherical’s winner by saying:
My dad and mom raised me in a method that claims when you recognize who your loved ones are, you persist with your loved ones. No matter guidelines, no matter efficiency, after I left the home this morning, Christina had already received.
Oh my god, why am I getting choked up?
Going into The Flip Off’s premiere, there have been questions on who would exchange Josh Corridor as Christina Haack’s companion, and I really love that she didn’t recruit anybody else. That was an enormous enterprise, and she or he did it throughout a very tumultuous time in her life. It despatched a powerful message about her energy and resilience and never needing a person to get the job finished. It sounds prefer it was an empowering expertise for her, too, as she mentioned:
This has been a really troublesome previous few months. I’ve realized that I must decelerate, not be round somebody who’s placing me down and simply being way more comfy in my very own pores and skin. I’m proud that I completed this with no companion and made a very nice revenue.
She’s all the time bought her eye on the underside line! That mindset, in fact, signifies that an ethical victory isn’t sufficient for this house-flipper, and she or he has made it identified she’s down for a rematch.
If The Flip Off Season 2 Will get The Inexperienced Mild, Christina Haack Wants A Companion
The credit hadn’t rolled on Season 1 earlier than Christina Haack was throwing down the gauntlet for Season 2. She mentioned she needs a rematch, and ensures a win subsequent time round. If and when HGTV provides her that likelihood, I’m hoping they make one massive change — Haack must discover a companion.
I do know it’s unusual to say that the very best a part of Season 1 was that she was in a position to full the flip in opposition to one ex whereas going by means of a divorce from one other (any person cue up “I Can Do It With a Damaged Coronary heart”), simply to show round and say that subsequent time she shouldn’t go it alone, however hear me out. She proved she will be able to do it by herself, however she deserves to not should.
I’m not saying that Christina Haack must discover a fourth husband and even that she ought to recruit her present boyfriend Chris Larocca. Many followers urged she may group up with James Bender, a designer she’s labored with rather a lot on HGTV for tasks like Christina on the Coast and the Barbie Dreamhouse Problem. There’s additionally Cassie Schienle, Kylie Wing and Michael Lange, who all pitched in at completely different factors to assist her on The Flip Off.
The very fact is, The Flip Off Season 2 would want to degree the enjoying subject. No one would need to see one other spherical of Tarek and Heather Rae El Moussa double-teaming their competitors. Josh Corridor’s sudden exit served the present properly for Christina Haack’s story, and loads of shade thrown his method, however to proceed on that route could be an excessive amount of. I’d relatively hold the concentrate on the blended household. As Tarek mentioned within the finale:
This entire problem of flipping a home in opposition to one another type of modified all of our lives, and the children are doing higher than they’ve ever finished. I simply really feel like we’re lastly at peace as a household. On all sides.
It’s a must to love that. Tarek and Heather El Moussa could have received the vast majority of the challenges and are available in with the upper return on funding, however you completely can’t say Christina Haack misplaced. If there’s a Season 2, I will likely be tuning in. If you wish to rewatch Season 1, all six episodes can be found to stream on Max.