This week in The Real Housewives of New Jersey, the title of the episode is “All the Bats Are Dead!” Let’s practice swinging and play ball, shall we?
Teresa visits Louie’s therapist, whom he has been seeing for six months, to discuss what is going on in his life. She talked about Louie, who had encouraged her to seek counseling and to use flashcards with pictures. Louie is a therapist, and the therapist has clearly been drinking the cherry Kool-Aid. The production shows us footage where Teresa has disappeared, and now, he plans to become a better communicator. Teresa claims to be hurt by Joe not coming to the housewarming party. This therapist is so pro-Louie, I feel like she’s going to crawl out from under her desk!
Teresa shared how her father and brother stopped talking over $200. Papa Gorga doesn’t tell him that he loves her until Tre tells Gia to show her love to grandpa. Teresa is upset because her family went to Antonia’s birthday party and Antonia didn’t show up to Milania’s Sweet 16 because she had a cheerleading competition. Teresa is afraid of Joe’s temper, and she remembers being afraid of her father, and he was poisoned. The therapist says moving is an option only if things don’t change.
Margaret He had surgery and shared that he had to break his arm again. They still need poor Joe B. to clean up her pipe, but he found he could because he was a plumber. Jennifer F. visit Marge, who proudly shows off the arms of her beautiful hair. Margaret indicated she was going to the baseball game, but she was only going to be a cheerleader. Jennifer F. said that Jennifer apologized for her actions. He also shames Marge for her reaction and lets her know that she is not good.
Jennifer his children have cleaned the house. He didn’t want Bill to make nice with Marge at the game. Jennifer shares with Bill what Marge said about being disheveled drug addicts. He claimed to use marijuana while the children were sleeping and could not accept the label. Jennifer thinks Marge is an evil mastermind and everyone is afraid of her. He should watch the old season from RHOM to see how Lenny and Lisa interact. Bill looked like Lenny did, and we all know how that turned out!
Dolores had Paul admiring her waddle as she walked. She fell in the shower, and Paul thought she cushioned her a*s saved her fall. Dolores’ father Lawrence comes over, and Dolores shows how difficult it is to get her father’s approval because he likes to clean the gun when he meets Dolores’s suitors. Paul had to do the procedure on his heart because there was no rhythm. He will not participate in the game as he has to take care of his health issues.
Dolores walks with Lawrence, and they talk about her relationship with Frank. Lawrence said she drove the bus alone throughout her relationship. Dolores has to give herself credit for doing everything when Frank gets weird (sorry, I hate that vulgar reference, but for some reason, it applies to what Frank is looking for on the Shore) while pretending to work. . Dolores admits that she doesn’t talk to Frank like she used to.
Joe, Frank, and John do some batting practice with the ladies. Melissa didn’t want to ruin her face after her 17 nose job. He wasn’t used to big balls flying in his face – just small ones. Frank whines that his family dynamic is different, and he is sad that Paul has moved on. Frank and his girlfriend Brittany think that Paul is also insecure around Frank. Melissa points out that Jennifer took Marge’s comment about Melissa hitting the ball player and walked away with them. He believes that Jennifer is on a revenge-on-Marge tour.
Rachel mention how Teresa told him to keep Marge close. Melissa thinks that Teresa is fake because she has made Marge. She thinks Louie told Teresa not to let Marge show the truth about her by being friends with her anymore. Melissa thinks Louie is charming and manipulative. Rachel will make up her own mind and not be swayed by this nonsense.
We’ve come to Dolores’ charity softball game, and it’s amazing that they raised $180k last year. Dolores is selling her husband’s calendar at the event. Evan and Jackie show up for a movie, and she gets excited when she sees Evan’s picture on the calendar. Frank and Brittany arrive, which makes me wonder if they’re going to check their performance this season since we know that their husbands are being paid for this franchise.
Danielle shared how Teresa told her to keep an eye on Marge. The production pulled out the archives of Tre-Kong raging to show that he was not clean rampaging through Jersey. Jennifer and Bill arrive when Marge lets Danielle know that Jennifer is a mess and lets loose.
Teresa, Gia, Milania, and Louie arrive, and Joe avoids his sister and Louie. Marge will be greeted by Bill, much to Jennifer’s annoyance. Jennifer reflected on when they were at Tiki last year, and she wondered if little Joey could catch the ball. Jennifer and Rachel talk about Olivia wanting to be a therapist. She is angry that Olivia has the belief that she should be a therapist because she is so disturbed by Bill’s cheating.
Danielle brags about his skills after he can catch the ball. Teresa screamed as the ball was thrown in her face and couldn’t get past first base. He should be used to sweating balls on his face… Dolores points out that Paul can’t come because he needs a heart procedure. Frank blathers about losing his relationship with Dolores. He doesn’t like change – except when it comes to women, then change.
At RHONJ the kids have to save the day and play because the adults lose to the doctor. Teresa, Gia, and Milania interact with little Joey. Gia, who is considered a housewife with her ITM, thinks so Melissa and Joe that put a wedge between him and his cousin. He didn’t even notice at this point that Louie had become one to divide and conquer. At RHONJ The crew won the game and raised $200k for this very worthy cause.
Jennifer and Bill meet a therapist named Judy, who looks like she just got pulled out of the senior center to make a movie. He shared how Bill believes the key to a healthy relationship is not talking and brushing things under the rug. Jennifer told her therapist about Bill’s infidelity from 11 years ago. At that time she was pregnant with her fourth child.
Jennifer chose to forgive Bill and pretend it never happened. He thinks he’s dealing with this in a healthy way until Marge walks out on Bill. Jennifer was furious that this was revealed, and she had to tell her older children what had happened. Olivia sees it on TikTok and wants to know if everyone is lying.
Bill was the only one who pushed his children to excel. She thinks that the children believe that Mom is the perfect person because she doesn’t push them. Bill believes that some kids need micromanagement to get the most out of it. Jennifer overhears this comment and is angry that Bill is criticizing her parents. He felt that he was an involved parent and the only employee of the Aydin family.
Bill mentions that his job is very stressful and he comes home from work exhausted. According to Jennifer, Bill went straight to the pool house three hours before coming in for dinner. Side note: I remember from the previous season that Marge suggested something happened at the pool house…
Judy knew that Jennifer needed to feel that she was not a subordinate, but an equal partner. He also felt that Jennifer was lonely. Jennifer admitted that she would have checked if he wasn’t there to support her. Judy wants to see you again so he can get another day pass with a stop at Walmart on the way back for other therapies…
Next week, they go to the Shore. Jackie calls Danielle the “cleaning aisle Snooky,” who keeps the fight focused on the clothes she pulls from the hamper. Have a Happy Wednesday, and see you tomorrow RHOM!
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