‘Southern Charm’ Exclusive Clip: Wait, Does Craig Conover Believe That Squid Are An Alien Species?

It’s been yet another tumultuous season of Southern Charm, filled with the kind of capital-d Drama — both on-screen and off — that we completely live for. We’ve only got two more episodes left in Southern Charm Season 8 (not including the reunion, which we generally hope is at LEAST a 3-parter), and this exclusive clip from tonight’s episode shows the group behaving … completely friendly with each other?

In last week’s episode, Shep and Taylor took the gang (minus Leva and Kathryn) to St. Simons Island in Georgia for what was supposed to be a relaxing “shrimping” excursion. After some heated doubles tennis and an overserved Craig explosion on Naomie at a local restaurant, things seemed anything but relaxing, though. Which is why this exclusive clip is bringing us joy this morning. Look, it’s Shep and Whitney and Naomie teeing it up on the golf course! Look, it’s the gang out trawling from shrimps like they’re Benjamin Buford “Bubba” Blue! (All of us who watched the preview for tonight’s episode, “Trawlin’ and Brawlin’,” know that this is merely the calm before the storm.)

But while things are still peaceful, let’s investigate Craig’s possible belief that squid (squids?) are aliens. When Venita picks up a translucent squid, Craig asks someone on the boat — it’s not totally clear who he’s asking — point-blank, “Do you think they’re aliens, or no?” The person answers, “I don’t think so,” which elicits a somewhat dubious, semi-sarcastic remark from Craig: “Well, that solves that.”

So wait, we need to get this straight. Has Craig gone full Ancient Aliens guy or what?

Even Austen seems to think Craig’s gone off the deep end. “Hi, my name’s Craig and I believe in aliens,” Austen says with a smirk. Good thing Shep took everyone to Georgia on this trip, and not Area 51! It remains to be seen how much Blink-182 Craig’s got in his Spotify rotation, but the next time we speak to him, we’ll be sure to get to his full thoughts on this conspiracy theory.

New episodes of Southern Charm air on Bravo every Thursday at 9/8c, and appear on Peacock the following day.