Episode Report Card Potes: C | 13 USERS: B- YOU GRADE IT Penny Lame
By Potes | Season 5 | Episode 12 | Aired on 08.18.2013
Melissa confronts Penny about whether or not she was talking shit about her, and Penny doesn't seem to give a rat about who knows that she talked shit about Melissa. Teresa then asks Penny to confirm whether or not the two of them are friends, and Penny says that she knows Teresa and is great with her, but they don't talk on the phone or anything. Teresa takes this as vindication of…something. I don't even know what. And then Penny goes on about how she only responded to questions about Melissa after the In Touch article came out because she was asked. Melissa is still like, "Who is this bitch, and why is she talking about me"
She starts to ask Penny about these so-called questions, and Teresa jumps in to again reiterate that she and Penny are not friends. O…kay. So then Melissa wants to know what these questions were, and who was asking them. The questions had to do with Melissa's past, but Penny won't give up who asked them. And then Teresa keeps interrupting about the friend thing, and to confirm that she never met stripper-gate main player Angelo before the night of the Posche fashion show, and Melissa finds it all quite suspicious. Penny tells Melissa that Teresa has nothing to do with this, then tells Teresa to go tend to her guests. Teresa clearly doesn't want to leave, and Joe interviews that Teresa is trying too hard to make herself look innocent, which in the end makes her look guilty.
Teresa doesn't leave, and Penny still won't divulge who was asking her questions about Melissa. Is the answer "Andy Cohen"? Melissa tells Penny to stay out of her marriage, then takes her leave. Teresa then gives Joe and Melissa shit for not believing that she had nothing to do with the Posche show, and then scampers off feeling great about herself. That really did nothing to clear Teresa's name, and in fact I think everyone -- including me -- is more suspicious of her now than ever. Well done!
Next week: With her name "cleared," Teresa is excited to go off to Arizona. Richie complains about his vacation room, and a bat tries to attack Albert. Oh jeez and then everyone cries as part of some group therapy or spiritual exercise.
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