Monday, August 22, 2016

The Real Housewives of New Jersey Season 7 Episode 6 Recap: Ankle Monitor Blues

So Sunday on The Real Housewives of New Jersey Season 7 Episode 6, Teresa Giudice sought to free herself from a huge burden, forever.



Of course, if you watch The Real Housewives of New Jersey online, you know ALL the drama doesn’t necessarily revolve around Tre. 


Most of it, yes. But not all.


And we will get to her family issues momentarily, we assure you. No RHONJ recap could possibly be complete without that component.


There was just more to it last night, with the seventh season’s primary antagonist getting into it with pretty much anyone she could. 


For instance, on The Real Housewives of New Jersey Season 7 Episode 6, Melissa Gorga was pretty fired up at Jacqueline Laurita.


“I’m f–king pissed you called my husband,” Melissa said of Jacque bringing Joe Gorga into their “chick fight,” as she eloquently put it.


She said Joe never told Teresa that Jacqueline wasn’t a good friend, but even if he had, she should have called her, not Joe, to discuss.


Yep. Total chick fight.



Jacqueline responded, “I’m supposed to just take that your husband was talking s–t about me to my friend after all the s–t I did for your family?”


“I tried to put you guys together a million times!” Laurita added, referring to Teresa and Melissa, who once fought exactly like this now.


Poetic, almost.


Jacqueline also said that Teresa brought up Joe first, so he was fair game in this discussion, but both then agreed to not discuss Tre.


Probably smart.


We’ll discuss her, though, as there’s a lot to talk about, specifically the tension in her household between her daughters and their father.


Ready for this?


After Joe cut Teresa’s ankle bracelet off, he announced a family meeting to hopefully cut through some of the lingering issues as well.



The girls vented their frustrations with Joe calling them fat, Teresa being on her phone all the time, and the meeting itself being “annoying.”


You know. Standard stuff.


In typical fashion, Teresa would not admit any sort of wrongdoing, and said easing up on her “work responsibilities” really wasn’t an option.


She did organize a family outing to celebrate Milania’s 10th birthday at an indoor skydiving park, which was great, for the most part.


The part that wasn’t great? Milania talking about going “real” skydiving next year, and realizing Joe would be at “camp” for that milestone.


As for new cast members Siggy Flicker and Dolores Catania, they were also struggling to reshape some of their family dynamics at home.


How did that go?


Follow the links above to watch the full episode in its entirety and see how it played out for the newbies and old pros of Bravo alike.