Episode Report Card Potes: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Stabellini
By Potes | Season 4 | Episode 18 | Aired on 09.09.2012
There are lots of crazy nutty people at the party, and plenty of vows to get drunk. Teresa tries to replace Juicy's red wine with a glass of Fabellini, but he's having none of it. So supportive! How wonderful to have a partner who will be your champion in every endeavor, and not an embarrassing albatross whose sole benefit seems to be garnering public sympathy. Teresa tells us that she didn't invite Caroline to the party for obvious reasons, and also didn't invite Jacqueline because Jacqueline "hurted" her for no reason. I mean, with the sequencing of events, who knows? But Teresa says that she doesn't hold grudges, but things will never be the same. She adds that you can't stab somebody and try to bring them back to life. They're already dead! Unless it's a zombie who is heading to Franklin Lakes RIGHT NOW to make a light meal of all the Housewives brains. I mean, that's best case scenario and probably more than we dare hope for. But, fingers crossed!
We then cut to a pair of hooker heels meandering down the road. It's DINA MANZO! Yes, THAT Dina Manzo! Before she even gets inside she trips and falls on the carpet, and then the step and repeat signage falls over. Well, that's quite a comeback! Dina, like, kind of broke her ankle. Is it an omen? Whatever. It's so great to have her back! And looking great, mind you.
We then cut to Caroline's Sirius radio show. It turns out that the whole family is going to be on the air with her, talking about raising kids and dealing with siblings and disowning your simian friends. She requests callers, which the Sirius producer promised would be instantly forthcoming. But then there are no calls! She couldn't have arranged at least a couple of ringers? Caroline starts blathering on about being proud of her kids or whatever, and then Al mumbles something meaningless. It turns out that Al and the kids are very terrified, to the point where Caroline is kind of embarrassed of them. Caroline soon takes a break, and in the 90 seconds she has, the producer tells her that calls are not coming in, so she's going to have to ask viewers specific questions related to advice. Caroline is all, "Actually working was not part of the deal." Whoops!
And now back to the Fabellini party. Dina enters the party proper, and gives Teresa a big hug. Jacqueline thinks it's fine that Dina went to support Teresa, but also a little odd given that she's stayed away from her own family (read: the Bravo cameras) for so long and missed her nephews' launch party and the holidays. It's also odd, she thinks, that Dina and Teresa have gotten closer just as the shitstorm between Caroline and Teresa exploded. Whatever the reason, I don't care. Dina is such a fabulous bitch, it almost hurts to look at her. Teresa tells us that her true friends will always support her and not get jealous, and she knows that she can always count on Dina. She recounts to Dina the epic fight in Napa, and how Caroline was offended about the "joke" in the cookbook. We cut to Caroline, who says that Teresa is on a mission to drive a wedge between her and her family members, especially Dina. I don't know. I think Caroline probably does just fine in that area all by herself. Teresa tells Dina that blood is thicker than water, and Dina replies, "Unfortunately not always. I used to believe that, but that's not always the case." Ouch! And also I wish they would give more dirt on their feud. So close-lipped when it counts, those Manzos! Teresa asks Dina if she thought the cookbook thing was offensive, but before we get her answer we cut to...