The Real Housewives of New Jersey
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It is the first To Be Continued in a long time that is worth it.
However, I want to focus on Melissa talking about her daughter, Antonia.
(Melissa says, Antonia doesnt want to listen to anything I say.
Welcome to parenting a teenage girl.)
What Im really going to remember from this scene is Jen and Margarets meeting at the very beginning.
This is the perfect setting for such a discussion.
I dont drink coffee, but Margaret orders a black coffee and proceeds to drown it in Snickers-bar-flavored Coffee-Mate.
I didnt even know such a thing existed.
I was unaware that this was a possibility.
Their discussion consists of two top-tier Housewives operating at peak capacity.
As Jen explains herself, she tells Margaret, You said you didnt hurt me.
Margaret was wrong and regrets her choice.
She says she needs to know that Bill is with her.
Even when she gives him a script, he cant play his role.
She wants him to fight for her with the group; his solution is to never see them again.
Instead, she works on comforting her.
She tells Jen that her marriage was already broken when she cheated on her husband.
She says that she feels horrible for what she did.
And I believe all of that.
Im hopeful but skeptical that this will really take.
She doesnt come right out and say it.
Its shockingly subtle for Jen, something that her plastic surgeries could never say.
He even stops by Franks office to chat to him, but hes not talking to Dolores.
She finally talks to him, and she says it went badly.
I think she would go for it, but hes playing these crazy games instead.
Jackie hears from the eating-disorder clinic, and they want her to go inpatient.
Jen says, I know what I need.
Um, no, you dont.
If you did, you would have done it already.
Listen to the experts.
Eating disorders are so often about control, and here she is trying to control the whole situation.
Still, shes not taking it.
Heres what I hate about Teresa.
She says, True friends, they dont question anyone.
That is not how that works.
Blind loyalty is not how a friend should operate.
She also says that Luis doesnt have to prove himself to anyone.
No one can make her do anything because they all know there will be absolutely no ramifications.
This is what is ultimately making her boring to watch.
There is a certain comfort that comes with being around her.
Know what the comfort is?
She says of Traci, I dont even know you.
Why are you antagonizing my boyfriend?
Antagonizing is the most complicated word that Teresa knows.
