Episode Report Card Lady Lola: C | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Fabu-lash Out
By Lady Lola | Season 3 | Episode 19 | Aired on 10.09.2011
Back at Teresa's, Jacqueline brings out the book, and Teresa fulfills Lauren's prophesy re: the "one-sixteenth Italian" remarks. Teresa points to a "great" picture of her and Caroline as if that makes up for anything. Jacqueline thinks Teresa should have let Caroline in on the supposed joke. Teresa claims she called Caroline, but Caroline didn't call her back. Jacqueline has little patience for Teresa's defensiveness and her insistence that her snide comments are funny.
Back at the Manzos, as anyone could have imagined, Caroline has finally gotten steamed because of Teresa's pot shots at Christopher. Don't mess with a mama bear, Tre. And back to Teresa's, where Teresa tells Jacqueline that Caroline and Chris are "too sensitive." She has the nerve to say, "Now I'm kind of getting mad. If you're going to nitpick every little thing, then you're never going to have any friends in life." I'd argue that if you're going to be a backstabbing hag, then you're not going to have any friends, Teresa. Jacqueline interviews that Teresa obviously views loyalty differently than she does and calls the remarks about Caroline "a slap in the face." And that's where the story ends for Jacqueline, save for her follow-up card: "Ashley still lives at home. She has no job and legally changed her name to Ashlee. Jacqueline continues trying to keep the peace with her family... and her friends."
Teresa bemoans everyone's lack of humor and shouts, "What is this world coming to?" She likens herself to a modern Lucille Ball. Then what happened? "Teresa's second cookbook spent one week on the NY Times bestseller list. Amid allegations of fraud, Joe abandoned his multi-million dollar bankruptcy filing. Teresa is now working to pay back her debts." What is this world coming to indeed.
Back at the Wakiles, Kathy shakes her head while Rich notes how many bridges Teresa has burned. The title card tells us, "Kathy is still stirring things up... in the kitchen. With Rich's deep wallet, she hopes to bankroll a dessert company. Kathy vows never to use the word 'unattended' in Teresa's presence again."
At the Gorgas, Lysa tells Melissa to keep the peace. We learn, "Melissa's single 'On Display' reached #14 on iTunes Dance Chart. Joe is determined to make Melissa a rockstar on stage and in the bedroom. She recently celebrated baby Joey's 1st birthday with her in-laws... Teresa did not attend."
Caroline says she's been nothing but a good friend to Teresa, even when Teresa has stepped out of line over and over again and threatened to bring down Caroline's reputation with her. She calls Teresa out for being a self-serving, ungrateful phony. As Teresa hangs up her family portrait, Caroline says being Italian is first and foremost about loyalty and trust. By that definition, Teresa is less Italian than supposedly one-sixteenth Caroline and her clan. And what's next? "Caroline hopes to take her radio show to the Big Apple. And she has some advice for Teresa... learn the recipe for friendship."