Episode Report Card Potes: B+ | 1 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT Dancing in the Dark
By Potes | Season 4 | Episode 19 | Aired on 09.16.2012
Cut to the younger Manzo Hoboken apartment. Caroline, Albert and Lauren are coming over for brunch. Lindsey fries some ham, which is apparently a big deal since she doesn't really cook. Caroline tells us that in her day it was taboo to move in with your boyfriend. Instead, you got married young, soon grew to hate each other, had serial affairs and became bitter alcoholics. Ah, the good old days! And she's still worried about Albie getting distracted from his "job."
When the non-fun Manzos enter the Hoboken pad, all Caroline can do is complain about the food smell. Soon enough, though, she is charmed by her male progeny and their egg sandwiches. Christopher tells us that since Lindsey moved in, Albie is much happier, and that benefits everyone. Caroline talks about how the Albie of yore could have never imagined the wild success he has now, what with his beautiful...apartment and blossoming...career. Poor Lindsey.
Caroline then kind of mentions that Christopher is okay too, in a second-favorite child sort of way. And then Lauren announces that the old Chateau salon will be the new Caface. She's got a lease and everything. Caroline continues to try to convince us that her kids actually work for a living, and then Albert theorizes that once he retires and has to spend time with Caroline, he might actually hate her. At least someone on this show has self awareness!
It's then time to catch up with Kathy and Rich, who are meeting with reps from the Bindi company about desserts something or other. Remember her dessert tasting thing and the guy who showed up? It's that. (And look, if Real Housewives of New Jersey wanted coherent recaps, they should have never let this get to episode 19.) Rich promises not to say anything, so we all know how that will go. Kathy and Rich shake hands with owner Attillio Bindi, and Kathy pulls out a big mock-up ad for "Dolce della Dea," which means "Goddess Sweets." Rich insults/jokes with Attillio, and then after Kathy brags that all 700 of her dessert samples went at the previous event, he points out that it's not all that challenging to sell out of free stuff. Why do these women drag their jackhole husbands everywhere with them? Perhaps it's the innate instinct for self-sabotage.
Kathy tells the Bindi guys that her favorite parts of dinner are the appetizers and desserts. She makes the mistake of calling dessert the "happy ending," and of course Rich can't let that one slide. And if you ever thought Rich was marginally less grody than either of the Joes, this one is for you: "To be honest with you, my favorite dessert is Kathy. It tastes like fish, and she gets it done." Were there ever more romantic words for a man to say to a woman than, "It tastes like fish"? In any case, Bindi is not scared by Rich, and they say they'd be happy to work with Kathy. So, look for your Kathy-inspired fish desserts coming soon!