Melissa helps Joe get ready for his big dinner with Teresa. Joe makes Teresa tell him exactly what she has done to ruin their relationship. Of course, the conversation quickly turns to the topic of Melissa. After a few minutes of bickering, Teresa agrees to have a sit-down with her sister-in-law. And right after the sit-down with Teresa, the Gorgas and Wakiles have dinner at their friends’ house, where they discuss -- gasp! --the situation with Teresa.

Jacqueline comes over to Teresa’s to talk about the confrontation with Joe and to figure out what to do with Melissa. Jacqueline offers to let them use her house, allowing them to have a neutral place to settle their differences.

Caroline is approaching her first day at New Jersey 101.5, and she's got a case of nerves. She stumbles through her introduction, but when the calls come in, she handles it like a natural. The callers confide the ugly details about family feuds, and a few of them are identical to the problems Teresa and Melissa have with each other. Teresa, Jacqueline, and Kathy are all tuning in, and Kathy even cracks a smile while listening to the show.

Teresa comes over to Jacqueline’s, where Caroline is visiting. They discuss the upcoming meeting with Melissa, and Caroline advises Teresa to "put your big girl panties on and get over it” before heading out to avoid the inevitable shouting match between Teresa and Melissa. Jacqueline says to the camera, “I’m not letting either of them out of the house until they hug it out!” That’s a very ambitious statement, Jacqueline.

Of course, the episode ends on a major cliffhanger: we only get to see the ladies greet each other at the door! But after weeks of anticipation, we’ll finally get to see them sit down and talk about the importance of family and, of course, attack each other. In the preview, Melissa tells Teresa to back-off by saying she's in no position to talk about money with her current financial situation. Yikes.

Karen Malmquist is a junior at La Salle University, and the head writer and star of In Other News, a comedy series airing in Philadelphia.