Episode Report Card Potes: A | 14 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT All Work and No Play Makes Joe a Dullard
By Potes | Season 5 | Episode 7 | Aired on 07.14.2013
And then for a gratuitous moment we join Caroline at Lambert Castle with Albert. Al's dad apparently helped to build a park at Paterson Falls, where there is also a footbridge. There is some more talk about Al's dad, who died when Al was 23, and how Caroline thinks that all of Al's workaholic tendencies are to impress his memory. Al wants Caroline to walk over the footbridge to honor his father, even though she's afraid of heights. She sort of scampers across, then tells Al that this is the beginning of them doing fun things together. After having been married for 100 years, it's nice that they finally got the opportunity to do one fun thing. Al talks about how he can't retire since they need the money, obviously because none of their kids have real jobs and he's still supporting them, and the sister with a pet pig. Caroline really just wants him to take a few days off now and again, which honestly doesn't seem like it's going to happen anytime soon.
Then we take a few gratuitous moments with Jacqueline, whose dog Santino has started to poop on the deck. It's a metaphor! Chris comes home and wants a snack, and instead Jacqueline talks to him about how she has no time for Teresa and her drama. It was like a kick in the stomach when Teresa accused Jacqueline of ruining the Gorga family, she says. Apparently, she fired off an impulsive tweet to the tune of, "When u argue w/ a moron, u become a moron. U have 2 rise above & remember who & what is really important in life. Some things don't matter. Let it go." Obviously everyone assumes that the moron is Teresa, though when you look at the totality of this cast the options are manifold. For his part, Chris is very glad that they're not on the retreat.
Speaking of The Overlook, the party bus arrives. Richie jokes that "numbnuts" will have an evening gown on. Is he talking about Shelley Duvall? They knock on the door and Teresa answers very sweetly, leading Melissa to call her a happy witch and then an evil stepsister. So, things are off to a good start. Teresa is surprised that Caroline and Jacqueline aren't coming, because she is, in fact, delusional. Kathy explains that it wouldn't be good for them to come, and besides Jacqueline is having a hard time with Nick. If she's so busy with her autistic child, says Teresa, then how does she have time to tweet that Teresa's a moron? Kathy is like, "…FOCUS." She doesn't think the tweet was great, but also doesn't want to get in the middle of it. Melissa claims that she doesn't even look at Twitter, and Teresa goes on and on about how she wants them to bring it up to Jacqueline. How many episodes do you think will be spent arguing about this tweet? I can't wait! Teresa gives a tour of the hotel, and everyone complains about how hot it is in the creepy rooms. For so many reasons, this is not the advertising opportunity that Sun Castle Resort expected.