Dolores Catania and Jenn Fessler are planning a girls’ trip to the Berkshires in hopes of resolving some issues between the ladies. Dolores found a house with a guest house in the back that sleeps two, so she’s planning on having Teresa Giudice and Jennifer Aydin stay there.
They’ll do some team-building exercises, go through a corn maze, and have a picnic on a farm. Sounds so wholesome.
If this doesn’t work, Dolores doesn’t see the friend group ever getting back together. “I’m keeping my expectations low,” Jenn tells Dolores.
Margaret Josephs finds out about Teresa Giudice’s plans
Margaret Josephs and Jenn meet up for coffee. Jenn informs her that Teresa is having her and some other girls over because her lawyer has “court findings” on Margaret.
“I think that’s disgusting that anybody would go there to listen to an attorney that would try and bash me,” Margaret says. She asks who else Teresa invited.
“I think Danielle, Jen Aydin, Dolores, Jackie,” Jenn answers. Margaret is livid that they would all go just so Teresa’s lawyer can talk smack about her.
Jenn sees how upset Margaret is and texts Teresa that she can’t go. “Stop being a little puss,” Margaret tells her.
The RHONJ househusbands are divided too
Melissa Gorga’s husband Joe Gorga is having a guys’ night at his house complete with steak and lobsters. The ones who show up are Joe Benigno, John Fuda, Frank Catania, and Jeff Fessler. Nate Cabral is avoiding drama has an “event” that night and Evan Goldschneider has his kid’s tournament he has to go to.
John comes in wearing red pajamas, which is obviously a dig at Luis Ruelas telling Gorga that he wears his father-in-law’s pajamas at night to make Teresa’s dorters feel safe.
Meanwhile, on the other side of town, Luis is hosting his own get-together with Bill Aydin and Paul Connell.
He has a nice surprise for them, which is pretty creepy. He takes Bill and Paul to his man cave/recording studio and has them record a “devotional” message to their ladies.
Luis goes first and says, “Hi babe, this is your husband Louie,” as if Teresa won’t know who he is. “And I want to take this moment to let you know that I absolutely appreciate and love you very, very much.”
He says some more cringey things that are too cringey to write down. He claims he did not rehearse his speech. Paul and Bill look like they want to barf and laugh at the same time.
They both make their own messages which will hopefully never see the light of day.
John Fuda is allergic to medical help
The guys are doing shot after shot at Gorga’s house. It looks a lot more fun than Luis’ dinner until John starts having an allergic reaction to something.
Joe Gorga goes to check on him and starts putting ice on his head like that’s going to help. He might as well tell John to walk it off.
Joe Benigno is the only reasonable Joe at the party and says, “You got to go to the hospital right now.” John thinks Italians don’t need hospitals and says he’s good.
“It’s anaphylactic. He’s got to go,” Joe Benigno says. Joe Gorga has no idea what that means. “He’s not going to be able to breathe. He’s having an allergic reaction,” Benigno explains.
Melissa Gorga comes downstairs with a bottle of water, which is just a melted form of ice. “It’s ana-f*cking-phylactic,” Benigno insists. “What’s that mean?” Melissa asks. The Gorgas are in trouble if anyone near them is allergic to anything.
During this medical emergency, Joe Gorga thinks it’s fitting to pee in the bathroom in front of everyone. Ew. Hopefully, he washed his hands afterward.
The EMTs come and they give John some oxygen. They ask if his lips are usually that swollen and after some Benadryl, they think he’ll be okay.
Teresa Giudice’s reveal falls flat
Teresa’s lawyer James Leonard has come over to tell her friends about what Margaret has done to her. Danielle, Jackie, Dolores, and Jennifer are the only ones who are still precariously hanging onto Teresa’s corner.
“We need it to make sense because you’ve been alluding to something for the past few months and we’re only getting bits and pieces,” Jennifer says.
James tells the ladies, “There is someone in Louie’s past that makes problems in Louie’s existing life.” They ask if it’s Luis’ ex and James says he can’t say her name because of legal issues. But just assume that he’s talking about her.
He says that in 2021, they found out that the ex was talking to Margaret and Louis subpoenaed her to go to court. Margaret denied the subpoena and supposedly threatened to expose the information that Louis’ ex had on him and Teresa.
“This will make your f*cking head spin,” Teresa says. “Louie is not allowed to speak about her, she’s not allowed to speak about him. So she gets out her information through Margaret.
“This is not a jaw-dropping revelation,” Dolores tells the cameras. “Teresa has been questioning this for years.” Flashback to Teresa accusing Margaret over the last couple of seasons.
In a last f*ck you, Teresa gets a flower delivery and it looks like a big funeral arrangement. She reads the card which says, “Dear Teresa and James, Sorry for the loss of your dignity. Love, Love, Love, Marge.”
Margaret: 1, Teresa: 0.
