Total Divas Island - Total Divas recap for October 17, 2018

At SmackDown Live in Ontario, California, Paige is heckled by "fans" who ask if there will be a sequel to her "home movie" that was leaked onto the Internet. Meanwhile, Lana is frustrated with not being in a storyline after making pitch after pitch to WWE creative, and Rusev asks her to stay positive.

At Nia Jax's new house, Nattie visits Nia. The house is Nia's first house on her own, and she needs a little help getting things set up. She sets it up as a housewarming party, and Trinity and Lana also show up. Lana plans to take the opportunity to collaborate with everyone else to make herself more identifiable on the SmackDown Live roster.

At Brie and Bryan's house, Brie and Nikki try to set up their office when Paige calls. Paige says she will be in the area for the next few days and wants to know if they want to hang up. Brie and Nikki are ecstatic at the idea as Paige says she wants to get caught up on things. Brie hopes to have more of a "rock 'n roll weekend" compared to the awkward tea time that they had the last time they all got together.

At Nia Jax's house, Nattie is trying to build a bookshelf, but has problems with the instruction. Meanwhile, Naomi is not happy with the idea of having to do work at Nia's house, and Lana has no idea what to do. Nattie feels Nia's heart is in the right place, but she does not exactly want to be a part of this. At the same time, she does not want to hurt Nia's feelings.

At Brie and Bryan's house, Paige shows up. Even though it is outside of her comfort zone, Paige is enjoying her SmackDown Live General Manager role. She tries to take the opportunity to learn things from Brie and Nikki so she can be taken more seriously. Brie and Nikki also show off the home office.

At Nia's house, Nia finds out everyone has left and that nobody is answering her phone calls back, and has to do everything herself. Meanwhile, Lana, Trinity and Nattie all went to a hotel to sleep, and on the way to a shopping trip, Lana tries to bounce ideas off of Nattie to become more noticeable on WWE programming to see what sticks.

Brie, Nikki and Paige hang out in San Diego and head to a dive bar called The Tipsy Crow to play pool and have a good time.

Nattie, Lana and Trinity go shopping to try some character ideas for Lana. Lana notices that nobody on the women's roster has full, light pink hair, and buys some hair color, knowing that she will probably get in trouble if WWE does not like it.

At Nia's house, Nattie, Trinity and Lana make up with Nia. As Trinity helps Nia paint the walls, Nattie helps Lana color her hair light pink. It doesn't work out very well, and when Nia finds out what is going on, it gets very awkward.

Paige asks Brie and Nikki for advice on how to deal with criticism, and opens up not people calling her nasty things, having private things being leaked onto the Internet and contemplating suicide. Brie and Nikki open her up to looking at things in more of a positive light.

At Nia Jax's house, Lana is still in the shower as Nattie learns what "balls deep" actually means. As Lana gets her hair dried, Nia finds pink hair color on her bathroom wall. An irritated Nia and the rest of the women almost butt heads, with Nia saying that this home is a dream of hers after living modestly throughout her life and everyone else saying that they were not expecting to be put to work when they showed up, and just want Nia to be honest. Nia proposes that they all leave the house and go have some real fun after learning to appreciate what she has managed to do on her own.

Brie, Nikki and Paige find a business where people pay to smash cars to let loose some anger and stress.

Nia Jax, Nattie, Trinity and Lana head to a resort in Orlando, Florida. Backstage interview Dasha Fuentes is also there. Everyone also has fun at the pool, but Nattie tells Lana that her hair looks like "dusty, dingy pink." Lana storms off and heads into the family restroom where Trinity is, and Nattie has to follow her to apologize for being brutally honest. Lana wants to not look like everyone else, but everyone has to remind her that her spirit makes her unique and that nobody else has come out on a tank at WrestleMania. Lana decides to go back to being blonde, then everyone has fun at the pool again.

Backstage at SmackDown Live in Baltimore, Maryland, Paige is able to enjoy being on shows more often after her talk with Brie and Nikki. Meanwhile, Lana talks with Vice President of Talent Relations Mark Carrano, who tells her that she is back on television.

One week later, Lana finally appears on television along with Rusev and Aiden English.

Bonus clip: Lana asks Naomi for inspiration.