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This is the way the show ends, not with a bang but with a whimper.
It seemed … the same.
That is the game we were playing.
Yes, that is the low-down, dirty game that has becomeTheReal Housewives of New Jersey.
I dont know when it started.
Was it when Teresa and Melissa finally decided to stop pretending they liked each other?
Was it when Teresa couldnt understand Jackies analogy?
Was it when Marge threw Danielle Staubs husband in the pool?
Was it when Danielle pulled Marges ponytail?
Was it when Siggy flickered?
Was it when Teresa went to jail?
Was it when Teresa accused Melissa of being a stripper?
Was it when Caroline Manzo told Danielle Staub she was a garbage clown?
Did it start when Dina Manzo found out aboutCop Without a Badge?
Was it the table flip?
Maybe from the very beginning, the game was too cutthroat, too tawdry, too violent.
Melissa responds, Knock it off?
Youre the queen of this shit.
Yes, the game onNew Jerseyhas gotten disgusting.
She did it, she says, to confirm the Bo Dietl of it all.
She says she invited Dolores, but Dolores said she didnt want to come.
As soon as that leaves her mouth, Dolores calls her a lying cunt.
Its so odd for Dolo, usually so calm, to get so upset aboutthis.
Yes, I get it, but the activation seemed unwarranted.
Most of the men are supportive, offering clothing advice and pep talks.
I hope Margaret and her family suffer.
Who wants people to suffer?
Luis says he wants Marges family to suffer as their children have suffered from what shes done.
Heres my biggest question: What exactly has Margaret done to Teresa?
What is she accusing her of?
What are the specifics, and how did the family suffer?
It all rings hollow.
Yes, Marge plays dirty, but suffering?
Its a malapropism just like Teresa would use, further proof theyre sharing their sole remaining brain cell.)
Everyone arrives in slow motion showing off their outfits.
Way to immediately bring it all down to your level, Tre.
This is when Jen Fessler leaves and the whole evening turns to shit.
Next, we turn to Teresa and Marge.
Teresa says she has nothing to say to Marge because she deals in facts and Marge is a liar.
Teresa keeps saying she has proof against Margaret, that she talked to Luiss ex.
What proof does she have?
That Marge was subpoenaed?
That is no proof at all.
There is no proof, and if there was, Teresa would have shown it.
Also, I ask again, proof ofwhat?
Marge cops to talking to the ex.
What came out of those conversations that hurt Teresa or her family?
Marge says that she never even talked to this woman; she only sent her a few DMs.
Melissa points out that they all hear from all sorts of people all the time.
Melissa recounts talking to Luiss niece from his first marriage, who warned her against Luis.
I mean, this shit happens all the time.
Teresa and Jen Aydin met with Marges ex-friend Laura.
They talked to John Fudas ex.
Marge hasnt done anything that they havent done.
Still, Teresa keeps talking about things that are proven, but offers no substantiation.
They are proven because she says they are.
Case M-er F-er closed.
Finally, Marge just blurts it out: Jackie had Luiss ex over to her house.
This wasnt quite a RealityVonTease moment, but it was sure close.
That is where this game began: with Teresa.
As Melissa said, she is the queen of this shit.
By the end of the sit-down, we havent learned anything new except that Jackie talked to Luiss ex.
Again, I dont see what the crime is here or that anything happened because of it.
Is there anything that came out of their meeting that ended up on the show?
Did Jackie take any of the information she got anddoanything with it?
Give them all the electric chair.
Teresa and Melissa still hate each other.
Teresa and Marge still hate each other.
Jen and Danielle still hate each other.
Nothing has moved, nothing has changed.
People just dont know how to stop hating, Dolores says in confessional.
It just built up.
And everyone cuts so deep.
Thats the problem: Everyone started cutting so deep in a way to win.
After everyone left, Dolores sat by herself in the ruined Mosaic Room and picked at a free dessert.
It was 5:18, and the train would come by any second.
She could see it now, losing its blurriness in the distances.
Bllllllaaaaaaarrrrrrrrr, the train roared as it grew closer.
Blllllllaaaaarrrrrr blllllaaaaarrrrrrr, again.
