Before the rustic adventure, Teresa and Melissa have their highly-anticipated showdown at Jacqueline's house. The ladies bicker over who values family more, who hurts who more, yadda, yadda, yadda. One of the worst (or best, if you also live to watch the Housewives fight) arguments was about how Teresa behaved when Melissa used the same photographer for Antonia’s Christmas picture that Teresa used for Gia. However, the person really at fault was the photographer for not already knowing about their beef. The nerve!

Thankfully, as the personal jabs intensify, Jacqueline comes to the rescue with a plate of cookies. Sure enough, the ladies eventually hug it out. Although judging by every single past episode of the show, it’s safe to assume that this will not last long. Also, Melissa said in her interview that a little voice in her head is telling her to not trust Teresa. Is this the same voice that tells her to wear those hats all the time?

Providing some much-needed comic relief, Teresa, Caroline, Jacqueline head up to the Catskills with their entire families. Everyone seems excited about cramming together in the cabin for the weekend, but Jacqueline knows things may go sour when they realize there are only two bathrooms. No matter, because everyone copes with "roughing it" by getting drunk. Very, very drunk.

Thankfully, the Guidices make time for some romance. While Joe drunkenly makes pasta, Teresa playfully suggests she's “going to lick Joe’s ass tonight.” He later calls her into bed by saying, “Come here, you dirty slut.” Teresa also gets turned on by watching Joe knead the pizza dough.

Meanwhile, Caroline is probably regretting coming to the Catskills.

As if things could not get more uncomfortable, Teresa gives a demonstration of Joe’s cock ring, and the couple reminisces about the first time they had sex, which happened in the very bed they are in now. Not only do they talk about it, but they demonstrate the positions they used and everything. We can only guess that Caroline's getting hot or counting down the minutes until she goes home.

What goes great with heavy drinking? Guns. The guys decide it’s a great idea to practice their shooting skills from the cabin deck, in an activity Teresa calls “ski shooting”, and then Miss Thing tries it herself. Caroline, who seems to be babysitting everyone for the weekend, urges her boys not to play with guns, not to walk across frozen rivers, avoid riding on the quads, and basically eschewing all the fun activities one can do in while stuck in the Catskills. Of course, she had a friend in high school who got decapitated while quad riding, but the boys want her to be the fun parent for once.

Afterwards, the ladies go into town for some shopping. Of course, because the Catskills are not located in Teresa’s neck of the woods, some of the locals give her weird looks. Perhaps it’s because she is dressed head-to-toe in a trendy, furry Native American/Eskimo get-up. “Some of the these people are looking at us like they’ve never seen a Bloomingdales," she snipes. Caroline, who's looking sicker and sicker, does not look amused.

That night, the boys decide to pound a few drinks and go ride four wheelers in the forest. At night. In the dark. After drinking.

The trip concludes with a trip to the local bar, where (almost) everyone sticks out like a sore thumb. Caroline silently reflects on all the fun she’s had this weekend.

Oh, Melissa and Kathy were in the episode, too. They were making plans for Kathy’s new catering business. Try not to get too excited!

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.