Episode Report Card Lady Lola: D | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Overcooked Turkeys
By Lady Lola | Season 3 | Episode 4 | Aired on 06.06.2011
Elsewhere, Caroline travels with her husband and Lauren to Vito's house. She's looking forward to getting to know the Scalias as Lauren's potential parents-in-law as opposed to the parents of Albie's roommates. Lauren tells her parents that the Scalias are from Sicily, then assures us that his family isn't in the mob, nor are the Manzos. They pull up to the Little Italy deli, meet the parents, and reminisce over the first time they met. Apparently Caroline knew even then that Lauren was destined to be with Vito. As they tour the facilities and cut up prosciutto, Caroline says that core values are more important than financial statements. Albert tells the rags to riches story of how he came to own The Brownstone.
Over in Hoboken, the Manzo boys squabble over borrowed clothes as their third roommates cleans up. Bratshley arrives and explains that she is very close to the Manzo kids because she spent her first summer in New Jersey living in their house. Bratshley complains about how hard her commute to work in New York City is. Chris has no patience for the whining, noting that about literally millions of people commute to the city from New Jersey every day. Chris and Albie both did it themselves, in fact. Bratshley still thinks she can make it work to get an apartment in the city, but Albie predicts she'll realistically be back in Jersey in three months since she has no money. Bratshley threatens to start crying again because clearly that's been working since she was a baby.
The next day, Jacqueline and Chris note that Bratshley's room and the kitchen are mysteriously clean. Then the brat herself comes back in and announces that she's walked the dog. Jacqueline and Chris are stunned at this turn of events. Personally, I think the lady doth protest too much. We'll see how long this sudden change of behavior lasts. The parents agree with me and ask Bratshley about her motives. She claims she is thinking of ways to "improve herself," then tells them that she's giving up on living in the city and reformulating a more solid plan. She recognizes the reality that Jacqueline and Chris won't be supporting her in that way, even though she "just wanted to be Carrie Bradshaw." Apparently part of Bratshley's newly formulated plan is to sucker her parents into getting her a car if the Cheshire Cat grin she adopts after mentioning it implies anything. This cat certainly hasn't changed her stripes.
The next day, Teresa prepares for her "Friendsgiving" celebration. As she cooks, she is sad that her brother hasn't reached out to her since she wrote the letter. She wonders if they'll ever get back to where they were before Christening-gate 2010. As the girls get the table ready, she tries to teach them that Thanksgiving isn't about materialism and perfection as much as it is about family and friends. Of which she barely has any, including her husband, who is sleeping upstairs instead of helping her get ready.