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Previously on The Real Housewives of New Jersey.

Today I'm an honorary Italian.

That's right, honey.

Tourist, baby.

My husband, like, I do get upset.

He should have been putting me and his four daughters first.

I wanted to surprise you. I bought this place.

You don't go by a restaurant and not tell your wife.

I judge my friends on the way that they treat me. But Ziggy, Hitler would have

not killed me. Does that make him a good person?

Hitler's name should not come up in a conversation.

You're anti -Semitic. That is bullshit.

I have my reasons to feel the way I do, and Hitler was just a trigger word for

me. You know, I don't want to fight. I just want to say this. I would never

that would hurt you to the core. I'm sorry.

Do you genuinely feel I'm anti -Semitic?

I don't think that you're anti -Semitic. I do definitely think you're anti

-Ziggy.

Look loyalty up in the dictionary, and you'll find my face.

The only life I envy is my own.

I bring the power, the pigtails, and the party.

My motto is, know your worth.

Leave the rest to your plastic surgeon. If you're not about the namaste, get the

hell out of my way.

Gorgeous out.

So nice outside.

I can see you're opening bills. Your favorite.

Fine. Actually, your package came from Italy.

Oh, my God. Let me check it out.

Despite the drama between Siggy and Margaret, the trip to Italy was amazing.

This is all me right here. It is all you.

How adorable is this?

I love that.

Touring the showroom in Milan has opened the doors to so many other contacts

overseas, and that's going to give me an edge over the other boutiques in

Jersey. Very excited about them. Right.

You.

Hey.

Came from the restaurant.

Hi. What's up, Liz? How are you?

How's it going?

Good. I just got one thing from Milan.

How cute is this?

So you went all the way to Milan for that?

No. How did I know you were going to say that? I'm just asking. Whatever.

Before I left for Milan, Joe and I got into an argument about, you know, how

much time I'm going to be able to be putting into this restaurant.

Big businesswoman now, going to Italy a week before the grand opening of the

restaurant. Like, are you kidding me, man? I needed help.

I think going to Milan made me realize that I don't love serving food.

I love dressing people.

Besides the fact that, you know, Joe, Teresa, and I argue every time we get

that restaurant together.

I'll be the hostess.

Really, bitch?

Yeah, I don't want to cook. I already warned him I'm not doing this. Okay, but

then would you be a waitress if you had to?

No.

Family and business, it's one of those tricky, tricky things, and it's a huge

reason why I'm so not into the restaurant.

I'm at this restaurant. I'm going nuts.

I've never done this before. Do you throw great parties? Let me know.

Okay. I have, like, 15 different style pizzas, two pasta stations. Like, we're

going to cook it right there. I like it. Good idea.

I mean, actually, I've been thinking that, like, you really do give me my

with Envy.

I don't want to sit here and tell you how to plan your whole grand opening.

So I'm going to back off you a little bit.

So basically, you deal with Envy and I deal with Gorgas.

That's not fair.

She just wants to focus on Envy. That's not right.

We're a team. If I need your help, we focus together.

I get it. This is what you love.

Well, have a nice day and sell a lot of clothes and maybe we'll see each other

home.

Oh, my God.

I thought I was trying to not be so bossy.

He'll be fine.

Hi, girl.

Hi. I haven't seen you girls since I've come home from Italy.

Hey, people. Hello, JoJo.

So what was going on here? We met with Concept One for the luggage.

We're getting the gold glitter.

No freaking way. No way.

Yeah. So that's good. You did the luggage. What else? We did a full new

for Walmart.

Laundry, storage hampers, wash bag.

We updated the packaging, which looks fabulous.

All right, so that's good. You guys got a lot done. I mean, I didn't get as much

done. We got to go to the shoe factory.

But I think we need to work with a larger factory.

Unfortunately, the main focus of the trip became the fight between Siggy and

It was very disturbing.

She called me an anti -Semite.

Why? What is wrong with her? I don't even know how it's possible.

By the end of the trip, she apologized.

Was it sincere?

I felt I had to force it out of her.

But listen, I'm not somebody who holds a grudge. We'll have to see her at

Gorga's restaurant opening. We're all going.

So I just want to drop it because I can't focus on that nonsense. I only

focus on positivity, right? Got to do it.

You know what the big good news is? We're throwing the birthday gala.

Oh, my God.

I'm all about the dancing.

All right, let's go look outside because we're going to walk the property, see

where we should be having this party. You've got to clean up all that shit.

What shit? Joe, I can't do this anymore. It's wonderful.

Let's just go.

Go, go, go.

You're crazy.

First of all, all this shit, your gas cans and all this, it's got to go in the

garage. Anyway, so we'll have the cocktail hour out here.

Everything will be great.

There's going to be all past hors d 'oeuvres, he said, with the gorgeous

that are like topless.

Girls? The men will be.

Think out here, we're going to have all the disco balls in there. It's like the

graveyard of disco balls. I grew up on disco.

I am obsessed with it, and my first rated R movie was Saturday Night Fever.

the age of, like, seven, you know, Marge Sr.

crazy takes her daughter to an R -rated movie. So Studio 54 is the perfect theme

for Marge.

I am all about that. It's back for a new era. It's back for a new era. Where?

Got it.

Seriously? We're going in. Thanks, I'm a flower.

All right, so we're going to start?

Yeah, you're going to do hair and makeup. Hair and makeup. This is my

these are the props in here. Perfect.

Okay. Let's do it.

Let's do this.

Are you excited for today?

Yeah. So this is for? It's a new book. We're shooting the cover. Ooh.

Love it.

Oh, hi.

How are you? Hi, gorgeous.

So, Teresa, you're excited. How much longer do you have?

The deadline's two weeks.

Oh, it's going to definitely be number one.

How are you feeling after, like, Milan and everything? Where's Margaret?

I feel like in life you can have relationships with people. Certain

not going to mesh with you.

But I'll try to, like, get into a good place with her.

I don't forgive easily, but I've got to move on. Life is too short.

So let's agree to disagree because we share a friend, and we will treat each

other with kindness and respect moving forward.

But anyway, I don't want to talk about Margaret anymore. We came here to talk

about Teresa and his book. Did you talk to Joe about it or no?

No. I'm going to see him on Sunday. Good.

Yeah. When you see him, are you going to have, like, an honest, like, talk with

him and tell him everything you're going through?

In a way, it's like I can't really just tell him, you know.

Tell him exactly how I feel.

Siggy's been trying to get me to open up about my feelings about Joe now for a

while. You're allowed to be mad at Joe.

I'm telling you to dig deep and spill it all out.

In my book, I'm really honest about the anger I have about Joe.

I talk about how Joe still hasn't said, like, I'm so sorry for, you know,

putting you guys through all this. And I want him to take full responsibility

for it.

All right, Teresa, are we ready? Yes, I'm all done.

Great.

Let's go, tree!

My favorite thing is the meatballs and spaghetti. This is her home life. This

exactly what it is.

All right, I'm dressed.

This looks great.

I mean, seriously?

Okay.

Nice back, Teresa.

That is the nicest back. Wait, stay like that.

This weekend will be the first time I'm seeing Joe since my mom passed away. And

I want to tell him everything that I wrote in the book and tell him how I

Perfect. But I am nervous because writing it down versus looking him in

is totally different.

A little smile in the eye. There you go.

I mean, if he doesn't apologize to me, it's like, where do we go from here?

I like that one. It's very strong.

And my arms look good. Yeah.

That was fun.

Coming up. Do you think there's ever a chance that the kids would ever speak to

me again? For a long time, you were a great mother to the kids.

But you chose a different life.

Road trip. Taking too long to get out of the house.

Frank, let's go.

I'm coming.

Ready? Bye, doggie.

You ready, Frank?

Yes. Are you excited for the college tour today?

I'm pretty excited.

So, Frankie, let's talk about Sacred Heart. Yes.

What are you looking for? What would sell you on this school?

I just want an aggressive finance program.

I'd like to see their business school, what it looks like.

What's our other options?

School -wise?

Yeah. University of Florida.

University of Miami.

Rutgers.

It's up to Frankie.

Guys, this is nice. I like this.

What, the bridge?

No, it's like a family trip. When was the last time we did this together?

Like the bridge walls.

This is a proud moment. We got the kid this far.

What happened between Frank and I had nothing to do with our kid.

So we parented together whether he was there or not. Frank came over every day.

Frank was very much a part of everything.

And it wasn't easy.

It was not easy.

But we've held it together as much as we could as any divorced couple could.

They're just looking like a college up here, I think.

Hello, Sacred Heart.

Frankie. It's very hard to leave you.

Come on, Frankie. Come walk between us.

We're embarrassing them.

Hi, guys. Welcome to Sacred Heart University.

Are you guys here for a tour?

Yes. I'm Frank. Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you guys.

Whenever you guys are ready, we can head out on tour.

I'm ready.

I'm ready. I'm ready to start crying in two seconds.

No, I'm not kidding.

I am not ready for an empty nest, and it's really starting to hit me. The

day, the kids weren't home, and I looked around, and this extreme sense of

loneliness and emptiness came over me.

As a freshman or sophomore, are you able to have your car here?

Freshman year, you can't. That's okay, Frankie. I'll come every day for you.

Thank you, Mom.

It's going to be an empty nest now.

Total. Total.

It was a terrifying moment for me, and I don't get scared of anything.

So up ahead is the finance lab.

Oh, my God, look at that. Wow.

Frank, you stand there. So if you make your first million, I can show you the

picture again. I didn't get to go to college, and all I've worked on for the

kids was their education.

My whole life is these kids.

It's like a hotel.

This is a sophomore dorm. All right. So we're going to see a mail room.

Come on in.

This is nice.

Oh, wow. This is so nice.

So the dorm will come with the full set of furniture. You know, you bring your

bedding, you bring the food.

But everything else, the TV.

I think mommy's going to start crying.

I fight it, I do.

Come up and just visit me. I'd love for you to surprise her.

Frankie, I think you're going to be okay on your own. I think you'll be just

fine on your own. I'll be fine.

Let's take it outside.

So what do you think?

I was not expecting to like it this much at all.

Or for it to be this nice.

Mom, what do you think? It offers everything you could want. It's so much

opportunity here. And it's only an hour and a half away from home. I'm a little

concerned. Why?

Because now we got three months, he's gone.

Yeah. I mean, I'm stuck with you, just me and you in the house.

You know?

Yeah. What does that look?

What does that face? What? Are you upset about that?

No, I just didn't know if that was a look of disgust you just gave me or

Seriously. Okay?

All right.

Anyway,

it was a great trip.

Thank you, Dad. I was very, very happy. Love you. Love you.

Love you, son.

Here, I brought you some bagels.

Oh, thanks. All right.

You want coffee? I got an espresso machine.

How do you like it?

You talking to me?

As opposed to who else?

Hey, Margaret, you know, I've known you to talk to yourself.

Oh, okay.

You know what, Jan?

Cut the shit.

My ex -husband, Jan, and I are much better friends than we are a couple. We

married 17 years, and when we were married, we were a little bit the

What are you doing the rest of the day?

Maybe I was about to hit golf balls, and I'm playing golf tomorrow, so I don't

want to do that.

Okay. So we'll see.

He likes me much better being friends with me. We're good in small doses

together. Large doses, not so good. You want some?

You know what? Yeah, I'll have a little piece. All right.

So who are you bringing with you to my birthday party next week?

I'm not going to bring anybody.

Really? Well, you'll have a good time. You know, I was hoping to talk to you

about the kid.

Really? Yeah.

We do a lot of reflection when you're 50. I want my relationships to be good.

Do you think there's ever a chance?

that the kids would ever speak to me again. That's it. Is there ever... Hey,

there's always a chance.

Ever since Biggie's retreat, I've wanted to bring it up to Jan. I want

everything to make up with my kids. I want them to take me back. Miss them.

Miss them is not even the word.

I think your ex -husband, he's the key.

I think somehow, say, listen, I'm dying inside.

Can you please help me mend with the children?

What are you upset for?

Because you know I wish things were different.

Margaret. Margaret, Margaret, Margaret, Margaret.

The truth is, who can I discuss it with besides you?

You're right.

You're the only one that lived it.

Look, it's a shame, but, uh, Margaret.

I mean, don't you wish things were a little different? Oh, absolutely.

But, uh, for a long time, you were a great mother to the kids, to my kids.

You had a great relationship with them.

But you chose a different life.

That's the way it is.

I'd be lying if I said I didn't give a shit.

I resent what you did, but I don't hold it against you.

Listen, Jan, I made mistakes. I'm not denying it.

I, like, raised the kids since I'm a young girl.

I raised them since I was 24 years old. They were young at 8, 14, and 16.

I just feel shit that they don't talk to me. I'm not saying I didn't fuck up.

I absolutely take responsibility for the decisions I made when I left Jan for

Joe. I hurt my husband. I hurt my kids. I'm devastated, and it sucks, and it

sucks. The situation sucks, and regardless of that, we're not together.

obviously still my family. I can understand why my children are upset and

Their birth mom had not lived with them when they were much younger, so the two

mom figures in their life have divorced their fathers, and that cuts them.

Really deep. I'll just put it this way. I'm never giving up.

That's not me. You do what you feel is best for yourself.

When you do see the kids, I hope you do tell them that I think of them and that

I'm emotional. Yes, yes, yes. And I love them, you know? Yes, yes, yes.

I'm just like, you know, I just want everything to be good.

It is. It will be.

I hope this conversation made you feel better.

No.

I mean, at least I got it out. I feel a little better.

I don't charge much for these sessions, by the way.

Coming up.

Do you think David appreciates you?

Because I made the mistake of not appreciating you.

All right? And I regret it.

Relax. Relax.

We have to walk her slow because her leg hurts. I don't know what's wrong with

her leg. What are they building over here? Is it a house for sale? I don't

Will you buy it? We could all live on the same block.

I'm going to get an eviction notice on my bedroom door. No, you're not. No,

you're not.

Frank and Ellie are still on a break.

And not everyone gets their relationship.

I always said, Frank, you can come back whenever you want.

I didn't know he meant it like this.

It's very simple.

My ex -husband lives back home.

He needs me right now.

And having Frank back in the house is very nice because he fixes everything,

helps me with the dogs. He's good company.

It's kind of nice.

I thought when you told me I could come back whenever I want is maybe to see,

hey, you know, what's up?

But instead, now you ask me to come back whenever I want so you can stay by your

boyfriend's house more often.

All right.

Well, how else do I get to see him if I don't go there after 9 o 'clock? You're

right. David delivers women with high -risk pregnancies, so he's always on

24 -7, and it's causing some tension in our relationship.

I think she's fighting with David.

I'm not fighting with David. Mommy's been home four nights in a row now.

I would like for him to try to make some more time, but I don't think that he

can. Did you talk to him about this?

No, because I don't know really how to approach him. He's got to understand how

you feel, though. I don't know if he could do much more than he's doing.

Like, if something bothers me, I put my feelings aside, and I never address it.

Do you think David appreciates you?

Because I made the mistake of not appreciating you.

All right? And I regret it.

So, all right? Listen, these are things I think about. Now that I'm back home, I

get, like, these flashbacks.

All right?

I do. Honestly, I feel bad about some of these, you know?

Don't feel bad. You did everything.

You know? You made up for a lot.

Do you think we did things different?

That things would have ended up different with me and you?

I say to Frank, our divorce saved our marriage.

I think that the timing for us was off.

Frank wasn't the guy who was going to come home and be excited about a crying,

colicky infant.

Frank needed to grow on his own, and he's a different man now, a man that

his family and enjoys his children.

You know, you were not ready to settle down.

And what are you going to do if David says that to you?

I can't give you more time.

Then I'll have to figure out what I want to do.

This is the second half of my life. I got to figure out what I want to do with

it and who I want to spend it with.

You'll never be alone because you always got me, you know?

Oh, thank you. That was such a nice walk. We should make a habit of doing

That was nice.

Hi, honey.

You call me?

All right, that's fine. Love you.

I love you. All right, bye.

Yes, honey?

Where did you put my phone holder?

I don't know. Look around. It's a green makeup case.

I did.

Hello?

Hello? Oh, my God. She definitely hung up.

I did a tree pose.

That's a good idea. And everybody calls you tree, so there you go. Exactly.

What are you doing now? I'm on my way to Danielle's house.

What are you doing? Going to have lunch or something?

No. Remember at the retreat, she kept saying that her kids were bothered by

I said to her. I'm harboring a wound that's really open still.

And it's really open for my kids.

Calling me a prostitution whore in front of them.

It rocked my world.

So I'm going there to go meet with her daughters, and I want to apologize to

them, you know?

Yeah, that's awesome. But I'm, like, a little nervous, Melissa. Like, I don't

know how they're going to take it. I think just taking accountability for the

things that you said will be good for both of you. Just relax and good luck.

I'll talk to you later. Bye.

Oh, my God.

Coming up.

The bullying and everything was so bad. I literally told the kids, pack a bag,

we're moving.

Oh, my God.

Gorgeous. Hi, honey.

Thank you. Thank you, honey.

Are you nervous? You're not nervous, are you?

Yeah, a little.

I made some hot tea.

Danielle and I have gotten to a good place, but it is hard to know that my

actions have affected her kids.

They've been sitting on it for a long time, so I don't know how they're going

take it.

I'm really appreciative that you were willing to do this when I brought it up

the retreat. That was really hard for me to ask because nobody wants to open up

stuff, and especially when it's kids.

Yeah. Are they both here?

Christine is not willing to sit down.

Oh, okay.

She's still hurt from the whole thing, and she's like, no, absolutely not. I

don't believe anybody's changed.

But Jillian's really good at listening.

But when it's her turn to speak, she likes to be heard.

How old is Jillian?

Jillian just turned 19. Wow, so they're both old. Yeah, Christine is 23.

Yep. But see, they're two different people.

Can the universe erase prostitution horror from memory cells?

No. I can't make it right for my kids. I've tried.

Hey, Jillian?

Yeah? Teresa's here.

But now that Teresa and I have reconnected, I feel like it's not my job

that anymore.

I feel like she really needs to make it right.

Hi. Hi.

Come on.

You can sit over next to me, baby.

I'm glad that you're meeting with me. You know, I'm a little nervous.

I, you know, it's been a while. It's been like a long time, like 10 years.

Yeah.

Prostitution whore! You are f***ing gay!

19 times!

Well,

you know, I've had a lot of time to think.

A lot of things happen in my life, like, you know, not good things. And when I

was, um, I hate to even say that word, I was in jail.

So... I really wanted to reach out to your mom to let her know that, you know,

like, sorry about what happened years ago.

Because, you know, it must have been hard for you guys.

But, I mean, if, you know, if you want to ask me anything or, you know, I'm

to whatever.

When I first heard that you were going to yoga together, I called her and I

flipped down on her. I was like, what are you doing?

I was like, you're getting yourself into all this stuff again that, like, we

spent so many years getting out of. She was like, no, like, she's changed. And I

was like, okay, well, I was like, I hope you're right.

Because it's a lot to deal with, with people talking about you and stuff like

that. And I, like, still get it to these days. Like, I'll get, like, random

messages and stuff like that saying that, like, I'm just like my mother

me names that I prefer not to use. And, like, when the whole, like, flipping the

table and everything happened, it kind of just cascaded into, like, other

things.

People, even when I was in elementary school, would say stuff to me.

The bullying and everything was so bad.

I literally told the kids, pack a bag, we're moving.

That was the beginning of a really rough time for my kids and I.

Wow.

I have daughters, too, so that's why I would never, you know.

Like, I know you were nine at the time, and I have little ones. Like, my little

one's seven.

So I would never want, like, I never wanted to hurt you in any way.

I mean, yeah, I feel horrible.

I didn't know that I caused Danielle and her daughters all this time.

But I'm glad she voiced how she felt to me, and I want to make it better.

I don't know why things happen in life. I mean, if I could take it back, I

would.

Sometimes in the heat of the moment, you don't think.

But the words came out of my mouth. The actions was my doing.

I take full responsibility for what happened. And, you know, I'm truly

I do accept your apology.

It was years ago. I'm just happy that everything's better now and that we

move on from it. And I hope that Christine can kind of get on board with

too. But it's a little harder for her. I totally understand.

I'm glad you took the time to meet with me. I really do. It makes me feel good

inside. This makes my heart amazingly happy.

I am so proud of Jillian and Teresa.

Thanks, honey.

I think this is a big step to help begin the healing process from the past.

Years ago, I could never say sorry. But now I learned, like, it's okay to say

sorry. Yeah, and I appreciate you sitting down and talking about it. I

it's, like, not the easiest thing to talk about.

When your mother told me, I was like, you want me to do what?

Coming up. When I'm angry, Daddy, she brings out the worst in me. Look what's

happening to you.

She has succeeded in turning you upside down. Stop with your attitude.

I'm not listening to your attitude. I'm not listening to your attitude.

You better change your tone of voice, girl.

Let's get those tables. Throw them down in the lawn area.

Oh, my God.

Just chop it up real fine. Real fine. Then put it back in.

Guys, it's a disaster today.

Melissa's late.

You got it? So we got to step it up.

Okay? I am so stressed out.

Teresa's not around. She's running late. Melissa's running late. I've never

owned a restaurant before.

Nice.

Right.

What Melissa really doesn't realize, when she was acting all high and mighty

that she wanted no part of the restaurant, that it really hurt me.

But I'm not going to let her see me split.

I look good.

I brought some outfits for you to give me a hand on. Okay,

sparkles? No.

You're not an aging stripper.

Seriously? Marge Sr., we are going to a casual restaurant opening, and she

thinks she's going to an audition for Being a Vegas Showgirl. What shoes are

going to wear? I have my Jimmy Choo's black.

I figured if I have to go off on Siggy, I can look hot.

Martin, you're not going to have to go off on her, okay? You know why? Because

the truth is she sent me a nice text message this morning. Did she? I sent

my party invite. She was like the second one to reply. Really?

Danielle wrote, OMG, so fun. I'm totally in, honey. And then Siggy wrote, love

the invite. Can't wait to celebrate in Little Dancing Girls.

Wow. So, I mean, maybe she's just like, listen, I'm the one who has to get over

it. We're not going to talk about it. We're going to stay nice and calm and

just. You want the truth? I just want to go there and act like it never

happened. You know.

Tonight's not about us. It's about the fabulous Gorgas and their restaurant

opening. Listen, I'm going to tell you what you're going to do. You're not

to have any cocktails.

One glass of wine is not going to kill me. You'll get diarrhea in the mouth.

I'll do my best. I'm dead serious. I will take you in the cankle. I am not

to tolerate this.

Boo -boos.

Charlie, I'll be right back.

Daddy, look, I still got my skills from waiting tables.

Here it is.

I got you a water just in case you get something to eat.

Okay. How is everything going?

I'm not complaining. My health is okay, and God has been good with me.

Mommy tells me that your classes are closed. My two classes are closed.

She just brought over meatballs for Sophie and Joshua.

She's a very good cook, very good cook.

I have to watch my weight because the food is so delicious.

What's the name of your class now?

The Holocaust and History of the State of Israel.

Very nice, Daddy. Yeah. As you know, I just got back from Milan.

Yes. Beautiful city.

Italy's got a lot of history.

That's the beauty of the country.

Beautiful. I want to get your opinion about something that's been going on

that's been very upsetting to me.

Oh, yes? What?

I introduced a girl to my other friends, but every time I'm with her, she rubs

me the wrong way. She hasn't been kind to me. That's how I feel.

She called me soggy flicker when I was crying, almost making fun of me like a

mean girl. Well, there are people like that.

There was a fashion show to raise money for two boys who died. I have a friend.

You've never met her. Her name is Kim.

And Kim asked Dolores and I if we would walk during the fashion show to raise

money.

Dolores and I were arguing with Teresa and Melissa because Teresa and Melissa

are not a fan of Kim D. You know, Kim D has said a lot of nice things about my

friends, especially Teresa.

And Margaret was like, I don't really understand why are you and Dolores even

walking this fashion show? She should have minded her own business. But to me,

Daddy, she said right in my face, Hitler would not have killed me.

Does that make him a good person?

What did she mean by that?

Because they don't like Kim D. We shouldn't walk in a charity event. So

your question now? My question is, is I took it very, very offensively because

not only am I the daughter of a Holocaust scholar, my father's also a

It is never appropriate to reference Adolf Hitler's name when the discussion

not about the atrocities of the Holocaust. It's very strange that she

a comment like this. So stay away from her.

That's the way you should handle her. But, Daddy, I don't understand her.

I don't think it needs so much philosophizing. Yeah, but, Daddy. From a

point of view, there's never an appropriate time to mention Hitler.

But you can't avoid it because when you talk about that, you have to mention

him. Correct. But he was not an appropriate person.

And she has to apologize for that.

Okay. Well, she did apologize.

Okay, fine. So let me just tell you what happened. At that point, I was so

angry. I said maybe you're an anti -Semite. No. I don't want to accuse her

that. Well, hold on. I want you to know so you don't get upset with me. Wait,

wait, wait. Let me finish.

I don't know about her personal feelings, so I'm not so sure that she is

-Semitic or not.

When I'm angry, Daddy, she brings out the worst in me. So the best way to

that is not to get in any conversation with her at all.

Because she's going to drive you crazy, and then you're going to find yourself

saying things that later on you may regret that you said.

Okay? Look what's happening to you.

She has succeeded in turning you upside down.

My father's right. I admit it. My behavior has been over the top, and I

cool around her. I don't want people like Margaret to hold a single ounce of

power over me.

Be nice and polite, but don't get into any discussion about anything.

Okay. Just keep your distance from her.

All right.

There she is. Hi.

Hi, honey.

Can you do something, like help set something up? Yeah, fine. What do you

me to do?

All right, good.

Everything looks so delicious. I designed this cheeseburger pizza.

That looks phenomenal.

It is, yeah.

See, it's all coming together.

So stop stressing.

Where's your wife?

Oh, no.

See, she goes, listen, I do envy.

You do this.

Why didn't you say that from the beginning?

We're going to do what we got to do. We'll make the best of it, all right?

Hi.

You're late. I mean, really?

Nobody's here. I'm here. We're good.

Yeah, okay.

So what is this that I hear that you don't want to be part of the business

anymore?

I didn't say that. That's what Joey said. I'm like, really? Joe, what are

saying? I said I don't want to boss him around.

Listen, don't change in your tone now.

Listen, this is a family restaurant, so you need to take it serious.

I do take it serious. Stop telling me what to take serious. Seriously, you're

getting me annoyed. Stop. Stop with your attitudes. I'm not listening to your

attitude. I'm not listening to your attitude.

I mean, seriously, put Teresa and I together alone, and we're great. But put

three of us together, and I feel like they immediately gang up on me. You guys

are starting.

You get together, and you turn into two little kookies. We need to turn you into

a kooky. Everybody's a kooky. Turn your little kooky style.

Turn it off. Let's make pizza, guys. Seriously.

Change your tone of voice.

Can I have a glass of wine, please? Yeah, you better start drinking.

Wine. She wants wine.

She wants wine.

Coming up.

Nice to see you.

How are you?

Congratulations.

Thank you. You better eat.

Unless it says that I'm sexually frustrated.

Maybe I am.

Joe's been away a long time.

I share with my friends.

Oh, he's hard.

He's got ripples in his eyes.

It's like this one's her best friend, that one's her best friend, the guy at

supermarket, best friend, best person ever. I mean, everyone's her bestie.

You look so pretty, baby. Thank you. So pretty.

Teresa! Hi! Hi,

honey!

All right, good, good, good. If I didn't know better, I'd say Ziggy's trying to

avoid me, but I would take that over an ambush any day.

Did Ziggy get here yet? Yeah, she's here. She just got here.

Listen,

I'm not going to lie.

It's a little rude.

I've always been respectful of my friends' parents, but you know what?

me.

The last thing I want to do right now is stand next to these two and give a

toast. But even though they might not want to admit it, I am a team player and

I'm going to walk up with them and smile my ass off.

Now I'm three feet away from singing and she still hasn't acknowledged me.

Definitely purposely ignoring me.

We want to thank everybody for coming.

This is not just a restaurant.

As you know, we lost our mother two months ago.

Before she got sick, we always talked about opening up a restaurant. This is a

memory of her and to keep the tradition of our name and our food and our recipes

going forever.

As soon as Joe starts talking about his mom, I'm not mad anymore.

I love them. I love this family. And I'm proud that we did this restaurant for

her.

One thing that I've really learned in everything I've been through, that

need to communicate about anything big. My brother's an honest guy, but he

should involve Melissa in all the business decisions because they do

I just want you to know that you need someone to cover Envy.

sometimes I do forget that Teresa's husband's not here and I do know she

to spend time with her brother and I want her to do that. And if that means I

back up a little bit and, you know, take a couple less jabs from them, that's

like a bonus.

It would be nice if they met. I think you need to meet Siggy. I'm going to go

visit you.

Siggy, darling.

You'll be nice about it. Yes, I'll be nice.

I'll just say, we've had our ups and downs, but you'll say, you know what, I

hope you girls worked it out.

You'll say the right thing.

Can you come over for a minute? Can I meet Barbara's mom? No. Can I introduce

you? No, you can't.

I'm not going to go walk across the room to meet somebody's mother when I don't

even get along with the daughter.

I'm not going to go and be

ambushed once again.

The SIG ain't stupid.

what figgy this morning text me she's so excited to come to the birthday party

and then she comes here and obviously we're not made up i would never want

anybody in a room that's the bottom line but you know i don't rescind

invitations i actually have good manners but she better not get up for me not

that she could you know what i always try and take the high roads i don't get

on the season finale of The Real Housewives of New Jersey.

Wow! Yes, thanks.

I want to go to the prom with you. How do you like that?

Surprise!

I can't believe you got it made so fast.

I have to do it for you. It's your birthday. Like, come on. Am I so overly

excited that I have to be in Margaret's house?

You're apprehensive?

Are you guys excited to see Daddy?

If he doesn't...

apologize and do the right thing? I don't know, man. She might walk.

She sounds like she's going to walk. I never imagined a party like this. Oh, my

God. Wow, look how pretty.

You have a total Dr.

Jekyll, Mr. Hyde personality.

Oh, you're such a slob. I can't even speak to you.

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