Episode Report Card Lady Lola: D | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT A Crazy-Ass Merry-Go-Round
By Lady Lola | Season 3 | Episode 21 | Aired on 10.23.2011
A viewer asks whether Caroline has truly cut the apron strings with her sons. She admits she helps with "stupid things" like groceries. As someone who just received a FreshDirect order tonight, I would not classify that as a stupid thing, but okay. She insists she doesn't pay their rent. Apropos of her mothering skills (including but not limited to her ability to understand Christopher's "Cajun" speak), we look back at Caroline's transition to radio as well as her confrontation with Kim G. Caroline says it was a shitty situation, and she's worked through it. Because there's not enough drama, and the spotlight hasn't been on her for a few minutes, Teresa inserts herself in the conversation and makes some big, nonsensical deal about how she had Caroline's back with Kim G. Caroline dismisses this, and it's a total nonevent because Teresa is being a crazyface. Moving on!
More talk about the Manzo kids -- Lauren's weight issues, Albie's serious personality (he's running for Deputy Sheriff of Hudson County -- Albie's got a gun!), etc. Andy doesn't shy away from discussion of Albert's firing as Commissioner of the Water Commission. Caroline makes some explanation about how it stemmed from an apartment above The Brownstone that Albert uses as a crash pad after long nights, but they don't really go fully into. I've never heard of it, which is probably more telling of how little the tabloids care about the Manzos than anything else.
Andy reads a viewer e-mail that basically tells Caroline to STFU. She admits her opinions can seem abrasive at times. "Very, very often," she says, "I feel like I'm on a crazy-ass merry-go-round that doesn't stop." (Quote of the night!) Andy says that some viewers see Caroline's advice as unsolicited and asks Teresa if she agrees. Teresa says the only area that she really didn't want to hear Caroline's two cents was concerning her family.
Andy brings up the current rift between Caroline and Dina and wonders if that makes Caroline a hypocrite. Caroline says she would do anything for her sister, but that Dina has been led to believe things that aren't true by "a good friend that likes to talk" about Caroline and Jacqueline. At which point she very pointedly and specifically looks over at Teresa: "I'm looking at you." Caroline says she has e-mails as proof. Cue split screen. Teresa says, "Bring it, baby!" Melissa can't help but ask, "What's happened to her?" There's a lot of back and forth. Caroline admits she and Dina aren't speaking. Melissa points out that Dina and Teresa weren't speaking six months prior and that she talked about hating Dina. Teresa acts disbelieving at this and insists, "I'm as real as they come." Melissa: "Maybe if you keep saying it, it'll come true." Clearly no one in this room believes Teresa's "real"-ness.