What I Watched Today

(rambling, random thoughts & annoyingly detailed recaps from real time TV watching)

 

General Hospital

Since it’s week two from hell, I missed the very beginning again, but also again, nothing crucial to the plot.

Nina tells Jax, in regard to Obrecht getting arrested, is she disappointed? Yeah. Is she surprised? No, but what she is, is done.

Jordan puts on her gun, when there’s a knock at her office door. She opens it, and Harmony is there. She tells Harmony she has no time, but Harmony says she’ll want to make time. It’s important. Jordan says, sorry. Police business, and walks past her. Harmony looks miffed.

At the MetroCourt, Curtis tells Portia that he wants to talk about Trina. He has questions, and thought she might be ready to give him answers.

Cameron and Trina kiss. They break apart, and Cameron stammers. Trina says, she never thought… Josslyn comes out, and says, one good thing about going to school online is, she can reschedule her tutorial. She sees them several feet apart, looking weird, and asks what she missed.

On the phone, Ned says the documents are sensitive, and he wants to stick to a hard copy. He sees a great future with this company. He’ll send a courier. He calls to Brook, but hears a her desk phone ringing. He looks out, and she’s not there.

She’s at the MetroCourt, having a drink, and surrounded by shopping bags. Maxie and Lulu come in, and Lulu says, someone did some shopping. Did Brook charge it to the family account or use her trust fund? Either way, it must be nice.

Sasha tells Chase, Michael’s best shot when petitioning the court, is to show he can provide a better stepmother than Nelle will ever be a mother. Michael says they already went over why marrying her won’t work. The doorbell rings, and Michael opens it to Willow. She says Chase told her about Nelle. What can she do to help? He says they were just strategizing, and all ideas are welcome. Chase hugs her, and says he’s glad she made it. She says she’s guessing Nelle had her visit and left, and Michael says she’s lucky. She says, no argument there, and Sasha says, everything is okay. Or It will be, thanks to Willow. Willow asks what they want her to do, and Sasha says, marry Michael.

Brook tells Lulu that Nikolas would buy her anything she wants. Or did he fail to live up to her moral standards, like Dante? They both disappointed her. It must be lonely being up on the pedestal by herself. Lulu moves toward Brook, but Maxie gets in between them. She says, amusing as this is – and it is entertaining – their table is ready.

Portia says she remembers that Curtis was always straight to the point. So instead of him asking questions, she’ll just give him answers. He’s clearly done the math. Trina is the correct age to be his daughter, but she’s not. Taggert is Trina’s father.

Jordan approaches the warehouse, and sees a phone on the ground. She picks it up, and recognize it’s TJ’s. She hears someone, and wheels around, her gun ready. Harmony asks if she really thought her son would be there.

Brook gets a call from Ned, asking where she is. She says, lunch, and he tells her, come back now. She says, calm down, and tells the bartender to put her order on the ELQ account. She leaves, and Lulu wonders if the diva is in trouble. Maxie says, she could be, but she doesn’t care; she was talking. As she was saying, she needs some super serious life-altering advice. Lulu asks, what’s up? and Maxie says she loves her job, but some days, she wants Nina’s job, and some days – some weeks – she’s doing Nina’s job. You’d think Nina would thank her, or at least notice. She was gone for about thirteen weeks, and who was there to pick the pieces up? Her. It’s not that she doesn’t love Nina, or doesn’t want to help, but there’s nothing wrong with hearing job well done. Lulu says Nina probably has no idea how dissatisfied she is. She needs to talk to Nina. Maxie says, she will, tomorrow, but Lulu says right now, before she talks herself out of it. Maxie says she needs to prepare what she’s going to say, and Lulu asks how worried she is about rocking the boat. Maxie says Nina is James’s aunt, and now that Obrecht is in jail, his closest relative on his father’s side. Lulu asks what the problem is, and Maxie says she doesn’t want work to come between them. Lulu says, it already has. She has to push her thoughts out of the way, and talk to Nina. It’s the only way she’s going to know where she stands.

Nina tells Jax, she feels sorry for Obrecht, but she did it to herself; unlike Michael or Willow. She didn’t get along with Willow, but now, when she thinks about what Willow is going through… He says, Nelle has a lot to answer for, and she asks how Josslyn is dealing with all of this. Jax says, she’s doing fine. Wiley’s situation hasn’t affected her, but being under house arrest is another story. Carly is home schooling her until Sonny figures out what to do about the latest threat against his territory. Josslyn has less than a year and a half before she goes to college, and he didn’t want it like this. Nina takes it that he has a contingency plan, and he says he does. He’ll tell her about it, after he speaks to his daughter.

Chase says he doesn’t want to speak for Willow, but she tells him to go ahead. He says, absolutely not. Willow says Michael, and Sasha are together. Why would he marry her? Sasha says, Michael has to marry the right person, and Willow took on the world for Wiley. At every turn, she put Wiley first. She went to jail, and has spent Wiley’s life so far acting as his mother. Why stop now?

Portia tells Curtis, she became pregnant after Taggert came back from an undercover assignment. Curtis says, Trina is a wonderful young woman, and Portia says, but he’s relieved she’s not his? He asks if that makes him horrible, but she says, it’s understandable. He says he didn’t really know Taggert, but one thing was clear; he and Trina loved each other. Portia says, they absolutely did. Taggert was a terrific father, even after the divorce. She was in a bad place when she met Curtis. It’s no excuse. She shouldn’t have let him believe she was single, and doesn’t blame Curtis for breaking it off after he found out the truth. He says it was messed up the way he did it. He should have been kinder, and regrets that. She appreciates it, but says, a clean break, no matter how painful, was the best way. It was such a long time ago, and he found his way to the right person, so there’s that. Curtis says, Jordan is a remarkable woman.

Harmony asks if Jordan can point her gun somewhere else, and Jordan says, where’s her son? Harmony says, they moved him hours ago. Did she think Cyrus would allow her to find him so easy? Jordan says Harmony is right; she wasn’t thinking. Harmony says she wasn’t. She was thinking like a mother, not a cop. Jordan asks if Harmony can at least tell her if TJ is okay. Harmony says, as far as she knows, he’s safe – for now – but she wants to tell Jordan what Cyrus wants in exchange for her son’s life. Jordan points her gun at Harmony again, and says maybe Harmony will take her to her son in exchange for hers.

Chase says he knows Sasha’s heart is in the right place, but does she hear herself? Sasha says, it makes sense. Chase says Michael is with Sasha, and everyone will know he and Willow aren’t together. Sasha says, it wouldn’t be first platonic marriage for the sake of a child. Willow asks where she would live. Would she move in there? Sasha says Wiley has to have a stable home environment, and Michael asks if Sasha would move out. She says there would be a change in their situations until it’s over. Michael says that could take months, and Chase says, or years. Nelle isn’t going to give up. It won’t work.

Maxie goes back to the office, and Nina says, her timing is great. She needs an article from the July issue, and asks Maxie to get it for her. Maxie says, no. She can’t get the article for Nina. That’s something her assistant needs to do. Nina says her assistant is out on an errand, and Maxie is the creative director. Maxie says, it’s not her job to fetch for Nina. Nina says, she didn’t mean… and Maxie says, but she’s been doing it anyway, for years. She did it when Nina was in Tunisia, and when her life fell apart because of Valentin. Maxie literally lived there. She had a cot and a toothbrush in the office. She spent nights away from her son. Nina says she had no idea, and Maxie says, of course (🍷) she didn’t. By the time Nina got home, the magazine came out on time and under budget, but it was on Maxie’s back. Nina says she can’t imagine doing it without Maxie. That’s why she’s the creative director. It’s under editor-in-chief, with no space in between. Maxie asks why she does so many jobs and just gets paid for one? Something has to give, and it can’t be her. Not anymore.

Josslyn leads Cameron and Trina in a study about A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and says, compare Helena to Hermia. Anybody? She gets silence, and says she’ll start. They’re both women in love who are willing to risk their reputations by running away with the men they love. Cameron and Trina don’t say anything, and Josslyn asks, how are they different? Trina? Trina says, Hermia has more confidence, and Helena is more… Or is it the other way around? Their names both start with H and end in A, so… Josslyn says, Cam? and he says, one of them is tall, and the other one is short. Josslyn says, what is it? What’s going on? Clue her in. Something is obviously wrong. Cameron says, nothing is wrong. He just doesn’t feel like English. Trina says, her neither. She’s going. Josslyn says, don’t leave. They can pick something else, all right? Cameron says, whatever she wants, but Trina says she needs to be alone, grabs her stuff, and heads for the door. Jax is there, and asks if she’s okay. She says she’s fine, and jets. He says Trina doesn’t appear fine, and Josslyn says, she’s going through a lot. Jax asks, how about Cameron? He and Trina went through quite an ordeal. How is he coping?

Harmony tells Jordan, she doesn’t know where TJ is. Cyrus will only tell her if he wants Jordan to know. Jordan can kill her, but it will just be an inconvenience to Cyrus for a hot five minutes, and he’ll send a replacement. Jordan suggests they team up, and work together to finish Cyrus, but Harmony asks, how? Jordan says, play along until the find a moment, and take it. Harmony says it’s very cinematic, but she loves Willow too much to risk it. She’s begging Jordan for both their sakes, do what Cyrus asks. It’s the only way she’ll see her son again.

Harmony says, Cyrus has an important shipment coming in. It’s going to enter the city limits around 11 o’clock. Jordan says, and he wants her to look the other way. Harmony says he wants her to divert police attention elsewhere, so they get through with no trouble. Jordan says that’s what she thought, and Harmony says he’s not asking her to kill a witness; it’s just traffic. It means seeing her son alive and well. Don’t wait too long to give him an answer. Harmony walks away.

Brook goes back to the office, and tells Ned she’s there; what’s the emergency? He says, it’s hard to concentrate on a meeting when the phone is ringing off the hook. She tells him, that’s what voicemail is for, and he says, that’s what an administrative assistant is for. Clients prefer a human voice. She says she needed to get lunch, and he tells her not to leave her desk unmanned. He has an important conference, and has documents he wants treated with great care. He doesn’t want some temp to see them; that’s why he hired her. She says she gets it, and he tells her that he wants them signed, sealed, and delivered by courier. They’re for her eyes only. Can she do that? She says, of course (🍷). He gives her the documents, and goes back in his office. She says, well, desk, since we’ll be spending more time together, it’s a new day;  come my way. She fixes up her desk, including putting out a fancy paperweight from one of the shopping bags, does her makeup, and says, voila!

Lulu talks to herself, saying, okay. Brook’s career is shot, and she knows Brook can’t have a job, so let’s see what she’s up to on Facebook.

Curtis says Portia has her career on track, and she says she’s thinking of transferring to GH from Mercy. They’re looking for a new GP. He says, GH is a great hospital, but maybe he’s biased. Trina walks in, and says, what the hell is this? Portia tells Trina, lower her voice. Trina says her father is dead, and her mother is having coffee with the guy who didn’t save his life. Curtis thinks maybe it’s a good time to get going, and Trina says, that’s what cowards do – they run. Portia apologizes, and Curtis says, it was good catching up; he’ll see her around. When he’s gone, Portia say she knows Trina is upset, but being in pain doesn’t give her the right to give other people pain. Trina says she doesn’t want to hurt other people. Just Curtis.

Cameron says Josslyn is super supportive, and he and Trina have been leaning on each other. Josslyn says it doesn’t feel like it’s actually helping, and Jax says, sometimes the only way out is through. Think about when she lost Oscar. Josslyn says, they were there for her, every step of the way. She wants to be there for them now. Jax says they need a safe place to grieve. That’s what friends are for. Cameron says he might have kissed Trina’s safe space goodbye, and Josslyn asks what he means. He says, nothing; it’s stupid. He’s got to go. He leaves, and Jax asks if Josslyn wants to go after him, and she says she thinks that’s the opposite of what Cameron wants. Sometimes you need to be alone to think about what you need.

Maxie says she loves Nina, but she can’t continue to allow Nina to take her for granted. Nina says Maxie is 100% right. Maxie is her parachute, her backbone, her savior. Maxie trained her. When she started, all she knew was what looked good on her. Maxie is the reason Crimson is thriving, and it’s shameful that she hasn’t acknowledged it before this. She suggests they put their heads together and reexamine Maxie’s role. She wants to give Maxie a new title, and a salary equal to what she contributes. Maxie says Nina would do that? and Nina says Maxie deserves a raise, a promotion, and a new title. She deserves everything and anything she wants. Let’s make it happen.

Jax tells Josslyn, it takes a while to process trauma and heal. Josslyn says, Trina and Cameron will get there, but he says he was referring to her. How would she like to go to a place where she doesn’t have to worry about dodging bullets? She says, yes please. Where is he thinking? He says, Lady Jane’s house. They haven’t been there in a while. She says, Australia is on fire, but he says, not everywhere, and they’re contained. Maybe they can help out with animal rescue, or volunteer at a shelter. She asks if he talked to her mom. She swears they’re having the same conversation as she and Carly had. Carly asked if she wanted to go to Australia, and part of her does, but the bigger part wants to stay there. It’s her home. Her family and her life are there, at least until she goes to college. She doesn’t think he wants to leave either. If she can choose, she chooses to stay there for lot of reasons.

Brook makes a video, and says, hey, fans and followers. She’s on a small hiatus from her performing career, and thought she’d show them the other half of her life with an up close and personal tour of her desk. It’s a tastefully corporate, visually stunning dive into the family business. First, see the efficient, sleek company phone. It’s standard for an office, but she intends to update the hold music, and maybe get something more ergonomic. Organizing is a big skill of hers, and when she does have papers on her desk, they’re held beneath this fun and stylish paperweight. (You know what’s going to happen, right?)

Willow says she loves Sasha, but her idea… Chase thinks the word she’s looking for is insane. Sasha says, Wiley needs all their help, and Michael says, Nelle created the lie that started all this first. They can’t lie to rectify it. Sasha says, it’s not the same thing, but he says, close enough. They promised to do everything to protect Wiley, but they didn’t promise to do anything dishonest. Sasha says she’s sorry Willow lost her son, but her bond with Wiley is real. Wiley loves her like a mother, and she thinks Willow loves Wiley the same way. Willow says she does, and she’d do anything to protect Wiley, if she thought it would work. Sasha says, it can, but Chase says, it’s too much to ask. He’s sorry he came down hard on Sasha, but it’s not happening. Michael says he’s sorry he can’t ask Willow to marry him, but he can offer a consolation prize; a visit with Wiley. Willow says she’ll gladly take him up on it. Michael says Sasha is welcome to join them, but Sasha says her phone has been blowing up; she thinks it’s Lucy. Chase says he’s got to get back to the station. He’ll see Willow at home. Michael and Willow go to the nursery, and Chase asks Sasha, what the hell was that? She says, the best way to keep Wiley safe. They agreed. He says they agreed to lean on each other, not come up with the craziest idea he’s ever heard. She asks if he’s got anything better. He stammers, and says, Willow can’t marry Michael. She loves him. She says, you know who else Willow loves? Wiley.

Jax goes back to Crimson, and Nina asks how Josslyn is. He says, good. He offered for her to go to Australia for a few months, but she made it clear that her life is there in Port Charles. It would have just been temporary until Sonny’s mob war is over. She says she wants Josslyn to be safe, but she’s glad he’s not going anywhere. He says, him too, and they kiss. He asks if she’s ready to wrap it up, and she says, almost. There’s something she’d like to discuss with him. She thinks he’ll love it.

When Jordan gets back to her office, Curtis is there. He says she doesn’t seem happy to see him. She says she’s always happy to see him, but a drug lord is starting a war in her city, and she doesn’t know how to stop it. He asks if that’s why she’s amped up; she couldn’t make it better? She says she needs to stop it, and he says she will. He knows his wife, and she’ll get this done. She says she’s glad he’s there, and he says, of course (🍷). He’s kind of wonderful. She says he is, but it’s pretty obvious he didn’t stop by just to check on her, and he says he can’t put anything past her. He knows she has questions about his connection to Portia, and he wants to give her answers.

Ned asks if Brook got the documents sent off; they haven’t gotten them yet. She says she handled it as entrusted, and he asks what she means. She says she handled it, but when he’s gone, she puts the documents in an envelope.

Portia tells Trina, take a deep breath. Trina does, and Portia says, there you go. Does she know why she can do that? Why she can breathe at all? Trina says, because Curtis saved her life? Portia says she knows it’s easier to be mad at Curtis than angry at her father for dying. Curtis was honoring her father’s request to keep her safe. Trina says, so everything she does from now on, it’s because of Curtis? and Portia says, it is. That’s why she should reconsider the way she’s treating him. Trina asks why Portia cares if she hates him, and Porta says, for one thing, it’s not good to hate; Portia doesn’t want that for her, and her father wouldn’t either. Trina wonders if Portia wants her to forgive Curtis for her father’s sake, but Portia says, there’s nothing to forgive. She and Curtis were friends before Trina was born, and he’s an honorable man. More than she knows.

Curtis tells Jordan that he and Portia were involved seventeen years ago. She didn’t tell him that she was married, and when he found out, he got out. Maybe not as kindly as he could have. He hadn’t seen her until Taggert’s sendoff. She says, Trina is just the right age to be… and he says that’s exactly why he went to see Portia; to get answers. Jordan wanted the truth, and Trina is not his daughter. Jordan says, thank God. Trina is a great kid, but… Curtis says he hears her. Even before he went to see Portia, he made a deal with himself to tell her the truth, no matter what he found out. It’s what they promised. No more secrets. She says she loves him, and appreciates him telling the truth. Her phone dings, and she says, sorry. He says, go save the city, and she says she’ll do her best.

Nina tells Jax that Maxie has been doing heavy lifting lately. She’s been running the magazine when Nina hasn’t been around. With everything she’s been going through, it’s been several months. Jax says, Maxie has made a considerable contribution, but Nina says, that’s an understatement. Maxie has gotten no credit, from Nina or in print. She doesn’t know that Nina appreciates her, because Nina’s been taking her for granted. Maxie is the heartbeat of Crimson, and she needs to make it right. Jax asks what Nina proposes, and she says she knows the budget for this year is locked in, but she did some figuring. If he approves the amount, she can give Maxie what she wants; a raise, a promotion, and a title apropos to what she does. Nina can adjust it with the budget for next year. Jax says he hates to disappoint her, but no.

Maxie tells Lulu that she totally underestimated Nina. She was amazing, and completely understood. Lulu is glad, but says, you never know with Nina, and Maxie asks if she’s suggesting Nina is unpredictable. She said she’d do everything in her power to get Maxie a higher salary, and her own office; she needs her own space, and deserves it. Lulu’s phone dings, and she says, oh my God. Maxie is never going to believe what Brook posted on Facebook.

Michael thanks Willow, and asks if she’s okay. She says, is he? Sasha is his girlfriend, and she just told Willow to marry him. Michael says they were tossing ideas around. It’s an insane idea, but he gives Sasha credit for originality. Willow tells him, they keep saying they’d do anything to protect Wiley. Marrying him would certainly do that, and he says it’s okay if she doesn’t want to. He doesn’t either. She says he’s so sweet to say that. He says he and Wiley know she’ll be there when they need her.

Jordan calls Mac, and says she wants to move the team around. They can’t get complacent. She wants him to pull the team to cross points on the west side; spread their eyes around. Let her know when he’s done it. She hangs up, and looks at TJ’s picture on her phone.

Tomorrow, Jax explains to Nina why he can’t give Maxie the money, Sonny tells Jason to keep looking, and Brando meets Spinelli.

The Real Housewives of New Jersey – The Reunion: Part Three

Or as I like to call it, thank God it’s over.

Marty arrived, to be supportive of Danielle. He thought she was ganged up on last year. I empathized with Danielle when she had to give Fendi liquid medicine, as I’ve dealt with many a lock-jawed dog.

Delores wondered if Juicy Joe was speaking better to Teresa, and Teresa said he was. A viewer asked how much money he cost Teresa in legal fees and back taxes, and we found out it was over a million. He also said if it wasn’t for the show, all of this wouldn’t have happened. Apparently, he’s still not taking responsibility for his own actions. Melissa said he looks at it like Teresa ruined his life. Teresa didn’t think Joe was going to ask for spousal support, and Melissa agreed, but said her husband was of the opposite opinion. Joe #2 joined the group again, and said he thought Teresa should sign the divorce papers immediately. He’d looked the other way regarding Joe #1’s treatment of Teresa during there marriage, saying he didn’t think it was his place to interfere, unless there was physical abuse. Teresa said she wanted more for herself too, and Melissa said Joe #1 was still arrogant, and she was livid over his treatment of Teresa in Italy. Teresa shrugged it off, saying she was used to him. Andy said, if ICE saw his attitude, why would they help him? and Joe #2 thought he should be more humble. Teresa said she felt bad for him, since he only knows one way to express himself; the hard way. Joe #2 said he’d basically stayed out of it because Teresa didn’t want him to interfere. He said he might not like Joe #1, but still feels bad for him.

We went down the Memory Lane of Joe #1’s case, ending with him going to Italy. Andy wondered what the chances were of Joe winning his appeal, and Teresa said, not a lot, and it breaks her heart for her daughters. Milania was probably the most affected, but Gia is also seeing a therapist. She said she and Joe #1 could get through anything – they’re adults – but she hated that the kids had to. Punishing the kids wasn’t fair. Agreed. She told Andy that Joe was in Mexico on a guys fishing trip, and he was also working. Joe #2 thought Joe #1 was going to go after Teresa’s money, and if Teresa found the perfect guy, it would trigger him to be spiteful. Melissa looked sick during this discussion. Teresa admitted Joe #1 wanted to have sex with her in Italy (which seemed pretty clear when we saw that episode), but Adriana wanted to sleep with her, and was a good c*ck block. She said everything changed after she lost mom; she was resentful. Joe #2 thought the convictions played a part in their mom’s death because of the stress. Delores told Teresa to let someone else do her dirty work, and just sign the divorce papers. Andy believed Teresa had a great love waiting for her.

Danielle refused to come out unless she sat next to Andy, and said she didn’t have to come. Andy came back to the dressing room, and she said she needed to be heard. He said that’s why she was there, and she said she wanted to sit next to him because the last time, she couldn’t hear. Every time he said her name, no one would shut up. He said Teresa and Marge were on either side of him, and he wasn’t putting her next to Teresa, since the last time, he got pushed. We flashed back to that, and he said he wasn’t putting her next to Marge either because of the hair pulling. She said she deserved the same respect leaving as she got when she came. She wanted to make sure she could speak, and Andy told her that she could do that no matter where she was sitting. It was her call, and he hoped she decided to join them. On stage, Marge said Danielle was such an a-hole. She could feel the Danielle drama. Danielle told Marty that she was sorry she brought him into this, and Andy told the others to try not to interrupt too much, which I was sure would be an impossibility. He said he wanted Danielle to leave feeling she was able to have her say. The executive producer told Danielle, if she was ready, she had to go out now.

Andy welcomed us back, and Danielle decided to join them. Andy told Marge that he’d been surprised that she got into it with Teresa, and Marge said she was disappointed and devastated that Teresa kept defending Danielle. Teresa said she felt like she was being asked by everybody to make a choice. They were all telling her to stay away from Danielle, and she’s a grown woman who can make her own decisions. Well, we see how well that’s worked out. Danielle hadn’t done anything to her. Marge said they were judging Danielle by her behavior toward everyone else. She judges people by their character. She doesn’t like Jennifer, but knows Jennifer has a heart of gold. At the core, they’re all good people. Teresa said, when her mom was sick, Danielle called every day. Andy asked where Teresa and Danielle stand now, and Teresa said they hadn’t spoken since going to the Shore. Andy asked Danielle how the cooking thing was going, and she said it was an emotional rescue for her. We found out she’s still living with Marty, while she’s working on buying him out. Andy brought up her engagement to Oliver, and said he was hoping she’d be a duchess, but Danielle said Oliver wasn’t well, and in the end, she had to take care of herself, and not other people.

Andy asked if Danielle and Marty were hooking up, but Danielle said they were just really good friends. Andy reminded her that she’d said Marty had been abusive, and she said abuse was a broad term, and she wasn’t willing to talk about it in a group that didn’t care. He asked how Danielle figured Marge was the cause of their divorce, and Danielle told him, had Marge not said the things she did, they might have worked things out. She said, Marge felt entitled to get involved, but Marge said Marty reached out to Joe #3. A viewer asked if Teresa regretted defending Danielle, and Teresa stammered for a while, then said Danielle proved everyone right. Danielle insisted she didn’t, and we flashed back to the ponytail pulling at the boutique, and Teresa’s subsequent tantrum. A viewer asked if Marge didn’t provoke Danielle, and Marge said she didn’t think something like that would happen. Danielle said anytime she did anything toward Marge, it was because she was reacting to something Marge did to her. Andy asked if Danielle had no remorse, and Danielle said Marge had been coming at her for two and a half years. She continually called Danielle a prostitute, and knew the name Beverly was hurtful. She doesn’t get to call Danielle a loose cannon and leave it at that. Andy questioned Teresa about encouraging Danielle’s hair pulling behavior, and she said she was caught up in the moment, as well as drunk. Andy read a tweet from Jacqueline, who said Danielle had wanted to prosecute her daughter for pulling Danielle’s weave a million years ago. We flashed back to that, and Danielle said she’d really been hurt, and ended up in the hospital. The circumstances were different. She didn’t provoke Ashley, but Marge had provoked her. Teresa claimed she hadn’t seen how bad it was, and wouldn’t have stood up for Danielle if she had. Marge said she’d never said a bad word about Teresa, and Teresa said she never meant to hurt Marge. Jennifer thought Teresa was mad because Danielle told on her, and Teresa said Danielle wasn’t a loyal friend for doing that. Danielle broke Teresa’s trust. Danielle said she didn’t think it would be a reason to end their friendship after all they’d been through. So in other words, it was all good for Teresa, and she would have remained friends with Danielle, if Danielle hadn’t mentioned Teresa’s part in it. Got it. Marge said, in re-watching it, she realized how violent it was, and it upset her all over again. Teresa told Marge she was sorry, and went over to hug her. She said she loved Marge, who had been there for her, and when she saw the show, she was horrified. She made a bad judgment call, and had gotten caught up in the moment. It was like what she tells her daughters; if you hang out with the wrong person, you do wrong things. Danielle said she was the same person who called Teresa when her mom was sick. Teresa stood up for her, then stabbed her in the heart. She’s been an OG, having started with the show, something Marge could never hope to be. Andy asked what she wanted to say on her way out, and she said she was graciously thankful for the fans. She learned that if you don’t fit in with a group, you should leave, but she’d thought over time it would work. She’d thought she was doing well, but apparently she wasn’t. Now she needed to figure out what makes her happy, and she couldn’t do it with these people, who don’t like her. Andy complimented her on having the strength to come to that realization. He had the feeling it wasn’t the end of them seeing her, and she said, probably not.

Andy said it had been ten long years, and how things had changed; the hair, the fashion, even their set. We saw clips from throughout the seasons, and Andy said Jersey girls get better with age. We flashed back to more clips – Rosie! – ending with, you’re husband’s in the pool. He asked if it was what any of them thought it would be when they signed up, and everyone said, no. To celebrate, they were creating a time capsule, and everyone brought an object that was dear to them to represent New Jersey. He intended to open it in another ten years.

Dolores brought a romance novel – Ex Without the Sex – that had a picture of her and Frank on the cover. Jennifer contributed her Sorry Not Sorry T-shirt, saying it was representative of New Jersey. Marge donated a pigtail wig, and Jackie brought a box of donuts, since everyone thought she didn’t eat. They each took one before she put the rest in the capsule, and Andy pronounced his choice, a gorgeous effing donut. Those should be pretty disgusting ten years from now. Melissa brought flash cards of Jerseyisms, like fuggedaboutit, down the shore, and you’s. Teresa put in a family portrait that included her mother. Andy sealed the capsule, and they toasted to what he hoped would be another ten years. He said, to family and Jersey, and finding Teresa a Jewish man.

And we’re out.

😴 Send Sleep Now…

Help. I’m being held prisoner in another dreadful week.

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