Episode Report Card Potes: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Stabellini
By Potes | Season 4 | Episode 18 | Aired on 09.09.2012
And then we're in Washington D.C. with the Wakiles, who are touring the University of Maryland with Victoria. The poor tour guides have to deal not only with Bravo cameras, but also Richie's jokes about Women's Studies and Kathy's questions about how and when they learned to do laundry. Victoria seems to be having a fine time until she sees a teeny tiny sample dorm room. Kathy thinks this might convince her to stay close to home. Plus all the free desserts and family feuds!
For her babysitting endeavors, Melissa has taken the kids to get manis and pedis. I hate to admit it, but it's all pretty cute. Gabriella and Antonia are into the pre-pedi foot soak, but contrarian Milania says that it's itchy. Melissa waxes poetic about how nothing can replace having a sister or a cousin, and buys each of the girls a bracelet that says "love" to drive that point home. She gets one for herself and Teresa. I wonder if it's big enough for one of them to choke the other, or at least damage a windpipe?
Back in D.C., the Wakiles are touring around and seeing all the monuments. Richie talks about how his parents came to this country how many ever years ago, and made sacrifices for their new lives. He doesn't want his kids to be afraid of new opportunities. Kathy is starting to realize that college will be a great opportunity, and blah blah blah, is standing behind Victoria no matter how many miles from home she wants to go. God, this is so boring. I never thought I'd say this, but can someone fly Teresa to D.C. so Kathy can bring up the toast again? Or maybe they can argue over some recipes?
And then it's time for Caroline's Sirius show. The whole Manzo family accompanies her, of course, and everyone is impressed at how lovely the Sirius offices are. Caroline clarifies for us that this is not a joke. She goes for modesty but winds up speaking a profound truth when she says: "I have absolutely no clue why people are drawn to what I have to say. I'm sorry, I don't. I'm Caroline. Nothing great going on here." The entire Manzo clan meets with a Sirius producer, who looks awfully uncomfortable when the kids start talking about how they always thought Lauren was fat. Al looks like he might fall asleep. Nothing great going on here, indeed.
And then it's Fabellini time! Theresa wears a simple sequined dress with a magenta boa. Juicy offers to hang his nuts out for the photographer. So... this is not a real event. Juicy is clearly wasted already, and yells, "Let me get a Fabellini bottle before I fab yo ass, bitch." Not that I need to tell you this, but that doesn't even make any sense. It turns out this is an intimate party with close friends and family, including Juicy's maybe-twin brother, Pete. But then it seems like it's actually pretty packed. I don't know. Jacqueline tells us she wasn't invited to the Fabellini party. She's okay with that, but also not okay with it. You know Jacqueline, all sensitive and expecting her friends to actually be friends.