The Hills: New Beginnings' pandemic bubble led to a more raw and vulnerable Season 2

Variety

The cast being in such close proximity to each other resulted in them growing closer while intensifying the tension between them, says executive producer Alex Baskin. “They were centrally in each other’s lives, where ordinarily during filming, the rest of their real lives continue while we’re making the show,” says Baskin. “There was no ‘rest of their real lives’ to continue, so this is really about the collision of the group. And that’s why I think that things develop quickly and intensely this season, just because the conditions forced that to happen.”