The Kids Are Not All Right: A Real Housewives Of New Jersey Recap
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The Kids Are Not All Right: A Real Housewives Of New Jersey Recap
THE NEVER-ENDING HOLIDAYS ARE FINALLY OVER FOR THE Real Housewives of New Jersey. For Teresa, now's time to get the family back on their feet. The Giudices all get together to take family photos for Teresa’s new cookbook, Fabulicious.
(Really? That’s the name?). The girls are all miserable, and Audrianna keeps losing her headband. The whole thing is just a giant ball of stress. The photographer decides to shut everything down for an hour so the kids can rest, and then the shoot finally resumes.
Chris is working at the Wicket Wolf bar in Hoboken, and makes a joke that the OnDemand bill has to be paid somehow, and that Toy Story's not gonna pay for itself!” The Lauritas arrive to see Chris work, and Jacqueline slips outside for a moment to sneak in Ashley’s father, who is visiting all the way from Texas. After seeing her dad sit down next to her at the bar (where she is not being served), she finally shows emotion! Her stepmother is also there, and Jacqueline explains that she and Chris have a really good relationship with Ashley's dad and stepmom, and that they have been talking about staging an intervention of sorts. This is going to get ugly.
Melissa gets together with her sisters and she tells them about the playdate with Teresa. When she mentions what Teresa said about her singing, they tell her about a recent trip to see a medium. The medium told them that the ghost of their father said that Melissa is "going to be big" in whatever she does.
Ashley tells her mom that she is thinking about moving to California, because she wants a "fresh start" where she can "just be." Ugh. Be what, exactly? Jacqueline has confirmed that Ashley is not in school, after not doing well with community college. As of right now, Ashley only "works" at an unnamed place of business up to four hours a day. Oh, and she has no idea what she wants to do, but knows she likes makeup. Oh, Ashley…
Kathy takes Victoria shopping for winter formal dresses, and decides it’s time to have the "boy talk" with her in the middle of the store. It's clearly a little awkward for the 16-year-old, who just wants to wear a pretty dress, but thankfully she doesn’t seem to have boys on the brain. She's only 16, after all!
Melissa has K-Mack and the rest of the Soul Diggaz over to get started on recording On Display. This should be good. She gets a little flustered and off-key at first, but, much to my disappointment, did not pull a Countess LuAnn, and actually sang somewhat well. Looks like Joe's time and money spent making the at-home studio will not be put to waste, but my dreams of ironically blasting On Display in the can have been shot-down.
Lauren, Chris, Albie, Greg, Jacqueline, and Caroline take a kickboxing class, and Caroline is clearly not feeling it. While it is serious business for Lauren, as she is trying to get in shape, watching Caroline try to hit and kick the punching bag is nothing short of hilarious. She eventually gives up, and parks it on a nearby couch, watching everyone else laugh about Greg's balls.
Jacqueline, Chris, Matt (Ashley’s father), and her stepmother meet Ashley for lunch to discuss her future. Jacqueline says she feels that Ashley doesn’t respect her, and Ashley tells her that she’s doing really well for 20, since she doesn't have a kid, like her mother did when she was 20. Obviously upset, Jacqueline storms off, and the rest of her parents hang back and tell her that she needs to show some respect and learn when to stop talking. Chris leaves to comfort Jacqueline, and Ashley’s father and stepmom try to talk some sense into her. Although she is tearing up, it's doubtful that anything is seeping into her head under that fedora of hers.
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.
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