She sets a date and goes to Caroline's house with a godawful basket and giant bouquet flowers. She begins to basically apologize and explain herself. Caroline clearly doesn't give a shit but she does back Teresa up a little bit and says that she felt bad for Teresa when she heard what was going on (when Kathy attacked Teresa's parenting).
Kathy grows some balls right before our eyes and says that she was upset with Caroline with the way she came in and made a judgement call. Hello??? It was Caroline's family's place of business. Of course she is going to tell people to calm down and take it elsewhere.
In interview Kathy is saying that she is a grown woman and she doesn't need anyone's approval or to win a friendship. The giant bouquet of flowers says differently.
At home, Rich feels bad for the way that Teresa treated his wife so he buys her a brand new car.
Caroline's sons are moving into their new apartment. Jacqueline has given them a couch for their new place and also...a stripper pole. Why did Jacqueline have a stripper pole??
Caroline is carrying the pole into the apartment and she says "This thing is going to make me throw up, that's all I know. It's choking me and it's itchy."
TOTALLY thought she was talking about the pole...but it's the feather boa around her neck.
Teresa is writing her second cook book and is having photos taken of the food. She's talking to a couple of people at the shoot and asking how they like the recipes. One says she likes it because there aren't any fancy ingredients. This is when Teresa says that in lots of cookbooks she read there were so many "ingredientses".
Yeah, we know what's going in their heads here.
For some reason at the photo shoot Teresa talks to her husband on speakerphone. He ran into her brother at the gym and the two of them talk about it, making everyone in the room uncomfortable. The photographer is thinking "Get the fuck off the phone and pay attention!"
Another day, Teresa, Caroline (with strangely slicked back wet hair) and Jacqueline go to a friend of Kim D's (the Posche owner) place to look at her clothes and see what they want before the new season's stuff comes out. Teresa tells the friend (Cynthia) that she used to be in the fashion industry too. She worked at Macy's. Oooh oooh...I used to be an opthamologist. I was a receptionist at an eye doctor's office.
Kim points out that now Teresa's job is taking care of four kids and Teresa throws in "And I'm an author." Oooh oooh...I used to be a journalist. I wrote a letter to the editor once.
Kim says "That's right. Writing her lil' recipes." Where did this condescention come from? Maybe she's becoming BFFs with Melissa.
Caroline and her wet head also becomes condescending with Teresa when she brings up Kathy visiting her. I sort of don't blame her because Teresa won't let Caroline finish a thought and she keeps throwing out there what "happened" at the fashion show. Caroline just wants her to listen. She gets through one complete sentence and Teresa starts yapping again.
Teresa explains that she has tried to get in touch with her brother via his best friend but that she has four kids, she doesn't have TIME to be chasing her brother around. She says this as she's standing in a store with a glass of champagne in the afternoon with friends gossiping.
Caroline suggests that Teresa write a letter because there is obviously an issue with communication. Teresa says "Not on my end." She's not listening again. If anyone has an issue with communication it's Teresa. Caroline looks like she's ready to strangle her.
At the Gorga household Joe comes home and isn't really talking to Melissa because she hasn't given him sex for a few days. She was tired from the fashion show and Joe thinks she needs to wake up to have sex with him. After she cooks, cleans and irons his clothes.
As they are eating together (just the two of them), their daughter comes in the room to tell them that Gino (her brother) spilled some water. Are they not eating in the same room? The kids have to eat separately?
Joe calls their daughter a cock block - well, Melissa says "blocker" but we all know that's what he says. He says that not having sex basically builds up "poison" in his system. Great. Now all I can hear is the guy on Howard Stern saying "Release the poison" to the girl on the Sybian.
Jacqueline is visiting a psychic. The psychic tells her that Ashley is very emotional right now and it is like she has constant PMS. Well, damn...I watched last season too so can you call me a psychic? I predict that Ashley will act like a spoiled brat who wants everything handed to her. That will be $400.
She also brings up Teresa and her family issues. She's clearly in the NJ gossip ring.
Another day, Teresa goes to Jacqueline's house to go through the letter that she's written to her brother per Caroline's advice. She "wrote" a rough draft on her bedazzled phone. If Solid Gold was still on the air, the dancers would have that phone.
She doesn't mention Melissa at all in the letter. Teresa feels that she's up to this point with them BECAUSE of Melissa. Jacqueline thinks she needs to mention her and take some responsibility but we all know Teresa isn't going to do that. She isn't listening to Jacqueline, in fact - she's rummaging through her purse as Jacqueline tries to give her advice.
Oh...she's looking for her phone because apparently it was ringing. She doesn't say anything to Jacqueline and just answers it. Ironically enough, as she was looking for her phone Jacqueline had been saying something about Teresa being self absorbed.
Teresa says that none of this is her fault and that it is hard to write this letter with Jacqueline because it has nothing to do with her. Oh Teresa, Teresa, Teresa. There is nothing going on in that little head of yours, is there?
Eventually Jacqueline lays on the couch with her son and Teresa frantically writes on shitloads of paper on the table.
It seems like it has taken all day and I feel bad for Jacqueline. She tells her that she's made the same point several times but Teresa just keeps writing, ending her note with the ever so passive aggressive "Your only sister, Teresa."
On the way to deliver the letter she says "I hope my brother changes...yada yada yada...he can't try to change me. I don't want to change him." When Jacqueline points this out she just gets a dirty look.
She leaves the letter on the door.
When Melissa and Joe get home, Joe makes Melissa read the letter out loud to him. Melissa wants him to talk to her and work things out. Joe doesn't want to make peace with the "new Teresa".
Next week is Thanksgiving. Mmm...turkey...and apparently lasagna with not fancy ingredientses like "come-in".
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