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RHONJ: Teresa Checks In, Season 1, Episode 2–Mr. Mom for Shore

August 20, 2026

It’s July 2015, five months before Teresa comes home and eight months before Joe has to leave for prison. Joe is doing Milania’s hair and tells us he feels closer to the girls now that Teresa is gone. Nothing says “bonding with your children” quite like a prison sentence forcing you to learn how to do a ponytail.

Melissa picks up the little girls for pedicures with Antonia. She tells us she wants to visit Teresa and e-mail her, but Teresa hasn’t put her on the list. So much for that family reconciliation. Apparently even prison has a guest list.

Joe Gorga and Joe Giudice get together to work out, and, miraculously, they don’t fight for a change. Anything for a paycheck, right?

Milania and Antonia are adorable together, and Melissa tells us it’s important to her that they have time together. The Joes hit the gym, and we get that interspersed with Melissa and the Giudice girls at the salon.

Gabriella has taken on a lot of chores since Teresa left. She is the quiet one of the four girls, but she is a dark horse, that one. I feel like she is quietly taking notes on everyone and will eventually have a very long list of grievances.

Joe Gorga says he doesn’t think he could care for his kids on his own the way Joe Giudice is, and Melissa is worried that Gia has taken on too much for a girl her age. It’s actually pretty sad to see how much responsibility the older girls have had to absorb while Teresa is away.

Then Joe Gorga starts asking Joe Giudice gross questions about phone sex and masturbation. This is his sister’s husband, and it is gross. I like it better when they fight.

Joe Giudice, who isn’t allowed to drive because of his DMV charge, shows us his bike. And his helmet. I die. It’s amazing. Nothing says “Joe Giudice has been forced to stop driving” quite like Joe Giudice proudly presenting his bicycle and helmet like he just bought a Ferrari.

And then James Leonard is there again! He somehow has Teresa’s diary, and even Joe Giudice questions why the hell he has it. James explains how bad things are in Teresa’s prison, and Joe looks genuinely pained listening to him. He also seems to be in complete denial about the gravity of the situation, repeatedly insisting that prison is basically like “camp.”

Sure, Joe. Camp. With bars.

Joe cries some more, and it’s hard to watch. James Leonard seems almost determined to make him cry by talking about Teresa. I don’t trust this guy. There is something about a lawyer sitting around drinking wine while making a grieving husband cry that just does not sit right with me.

Teresa and Joe are also in complete denial about the little girls not really understanding where Teresa is. Joe just wants to make every day count with them and spend time together making memories, which is actually very sweet.

James helps himself to some wine, because apparently this is just another Tuesday at the Giudice house, and we cut to Joe making dinner with the girls. The Gorgas are coming over to celebrate the end of the school year.

They immediately get into a fight over which plates to use, because of course they do. Gia makes sure they use the plates Teresa prefers. Even with Teresa in prison, nobody is risking getting yelled at over the dishes.

Everyone arrives just as Teresa calls. Melissa puts on her best performance, fake crying through her fake lashes and saying, “Hello.” She tells us she is moved by hearing Teresa, but I am not buying it. These two hate each other. You cannot convince me otherwise.

It’s taken six months for Joe Gorga to be approved to visit Teresa, and he admits that it hurts. Six months! Whatever their issues are, that has to sting.

They all sit down to eat some amazing-looking food, and Nono gives a toast. They make plans to head down the shore for the Fourth of July. Joe is limited because he doesn’t have a license, so Melissa offers to help with the driving.

Nono can’t even bring himself to go visit Teresa in jail and see her there. That one really gets me. I can’t imagine how much Teresa must have missed him during this time.

It’s another day, and lawyer James Leonard is back at the Giudice house. At this point, I assume James just has a room there. And naturally, it must be time to eat.

Joe is trying to sell their shore house, and they discuss some of the other issues he is facing, including the threat of deportation. James asks if Joe thinks Teresa would go with him to Italy in the event that he is deported, and Joe says, of course she will.

Oh, Joe.

Teresa is going to change A LOT while you are away. Brace yourself.

We get some scenes of the girls talking to Teresa on the phone. She tells them she has had to lay low in jail because there are actually helicopters trying to get pictures of her. Imagine being in prison and still having to worry about paparazzi.

They head to the shore, and on the way they pass Fort Dix, where Joe will be in jail in just a few months. He is going away for three years, and that’s no joke. Joe actually calls Gia over to point it out, and I think that is weird. Why would you want your kid to notice that? “Hey, Gia, look! That’s where Dad is going to spend the next three years!”

Gia admits that all of the girls except Audriana pretty much know the truth about what is going on with their parents. So much for keeping the kids in the dark.

They arrive at the shore, and we get some scenes of them having fun there in the past, including some really cute shots of the kids. It’s nice to see them looking happy and carefree for a minute.

Joe Gorga gets choked up talking to the camera, and you can tell the whole situation is really getting to him.

Teresa calls again while they are barbecuing. Her minutes run out while she is talking to Gabriella, and it is genuinely sad. Melissa cries some more, because apparently we are doing this again.

Joe tries to explain to the kids that next year he won’t be there for the Fourth of July. Audriana immediately pipes up with, “Daddy, don’t go,” and it is the saddest thing ever.

He is going to be gone for three years and miss a huge chunk of this little girl’s life. I am a daddy’s girl myself, so this one really gets to me. I feel terrible for her.

Back in North Jersey, Teresa calls and asks to talk to Joe without the girls around. Milania is drinking coffee. Lol. Anyway, Teresa explains that she asked Gia to tweet something for her, and when the prison staff saw it, they thought Teresa had a phone in jail. The whole place got searched. Teresa doesn’t want Gia to blame herself for any of it.

These are things that kids shouldn’t have to worry about.

Joe rides his bike, and I love this for him. He skips the helmet this time and goes to meet up with a friend who has done some time. They have an old-school sit-down at Angelo’s in Little Italy.

True story: I went into this place once at a quarter after twelve. They opened at twelve. I walked in, and five guys were sitting at the bar. One turned around and said, “We’re closed.” I asked no questions and never went back.

Anyway, Joe is super positive about doing time. He thinks he’ll be fine and insists he never tried to break the law on purpose. He is mostly worried about how he is going to keep himself busy in jail. And, of course, James Leonard is at the dinner. This guy never misses a meal.

Joe’s biggest concern is missing his family while he is in prison. He just wants to get his time over with and move on with his life.

We get a caption telling us that two months after this episode was filmed, the Giudice shore house was repossessed by the bank. So much for that.
RHONY, Season 7, Episode 1–The B is Back

August 20, 2026

We are coming off a few seasons without Bethenny, and it has been a mess of new girls, contrived fights, and tossed legs. I remember her return and what a big deal it was. People were ready for it. A reader recently e-mailed me to tackle this episode, and I am excited to do so. It has a nice mixture of old and new bullshit to excavate and unravel, so let’s do it.

We start with Bethenny pulling up to the Essex House Hotel with her dog, Cookie, and one of her assistants. She has been living in hotels while her seemingly endless divorce drags on. Her ex has her old apartment in Tribeca, so she has been in transition for two years. She calls herself a homeless person, which takes some nerve when you are arriving at the Essex House with an assistant and a dog.

She also tells us she is relieved her talk show was canceled. Her hotel suite looks great, so I’m a little confused about why she keeps bouncing from hotel to hotel. Can’t she just stay in one place while her new apartment is being renovated? She’s rich. She should make it happen.

She tells us about her brand and how scattered she feels, which seems to be the general theme of Bethenny’s life right now.

We see some shots of Kristen at home with her husband and kids. Her husband, Josh, is being a more hands-on dad. Meanwhile, their son is starting their two-year-old’s bath. Um, no.

Kristen, Carole, Heather, and Luann meet for dinner. They are getting ready to visit Luann’s new house in the Hamptons that weekend. Ramona and Sonja will also be there, although Luann isn’t on great terms with either of them, especially Sonja. Heather also has beef with Sonja.

All of the women are concerned about Sonja’s drinking and say they are done enabling her.

We cut back to Bethenny, who is still talking about how busy she is. She reminds us she is a working mom. She is so busy she forgot to have her very expensive pants hemmed. Her outfit is still super cute, though.

Luann comes to visit. I don’t recall these two being friends. We see some flashbacks of them fighting over the years, but all seems well during the current scene. They catch up a bit and wax poetic about loves lost, and I remind myself that just a few years later, Bethenny will be screaming “Slut!” in Luann’s face. See the Bezerkshires recaps.

Bethenny and Luann discuss Sonja and Luann’s relationship with her, as well as Ramona, who is going through the Mario breakup shit. Bethenny hasn’t really had contact with any of the women the last few years since leaving the show after Season 3.

We get Ramona next, and she is meeting Sonja for lunch. Ramona tries to open up about her divorce, but Sonja really doesn’t allow her to do so. She makes it all about herself and goes on a very Sonja-style tangent about her own divorce a hundred years ago.

I tune Sonja out here. Ramona’s hair looks good. Actually, so does Sonja’s.

They switch to discussing the upcoming Hamptons trip. Sonja is nervous because of her strained relationships with the women.

Carole meets with her editor, who reminds her she is late with several of her deadlines. Carole is super blasé about this, and she annoys me here. Plenty of writers would kill to get the kind of contract she is probably getting, and she totally blows it off. There’s nothing like independent, generational wealth to kill motivation.

Her editor reminds her that this is a legal contract, and the bestselling author seems genuinely shocked by this information.

Next up, we have Ramona visiting Dorinda. They are old friends and spend some time discussing Ramona’s divorce. Dorinda is much more empathetic than Sonja and actually listens to her. Ramona’s hair looks really good again. There is nothing like a divorce to get you a glow-up. I looked great after mine.

Back with Bethenny, she is again surrounded by assistants, talking about how busy she is and how many fabulous events she attends. She says she is immune to the press and anything they say about her, and I guess she would have to be at this point.

Dorinda hangs out with her daughter, Hannah, and shows her some shoes she bought. They play-fight over Hannah’s spending and Dorinda’s boyfriend, John. It isn’t terribly interesting.

At Sonja’s townhouse, she has interns scattered all over the place. Oh, her tooth keeps falling out, but she has an intern for that. She has been very busy, she tells us. Too busy to keep track of her teeth.

She tells us she is finally out of her lawsuit and sold a house in France. She is doing great, but the details of the lawsuit are all over the news, and she doesn’t feel supported by the other women.

She has a gold facial to relax and gossips with the facialist about how mean the girls are to her. They don’t take her businesses seriously.

Nobody does, Sonja.

Dorinda visits her boyfriend at his high-end dry-cleaning business. We get some shots of fabulous and expensive-looking clothes, and Dorinda is in heaven just looking at them.

Bethenny meets up with her friend and realtor, Frederik, from Million Dollar Listing: New York. She whines on and on about being homeless and calls him a “spoiled queen.” It’s nasty. They check out some rentals, and she is rude to Frederik and the other broker. Somehow, they end up discussing butts and penises. I’m pretty sure Bethenny brings them up.

Then she cries some more. Like, in a car, on a street, where she is probably driving by actual homeless people, she calls herself homeless again. She wants a real home for her daughter, and I get that she craves stability, but she is far from homeless.

Then she cries that she wants another baby and is running out of time. She is really going through it. One thing at a time, girl. You just came back on the show. Slow down.
RHONJ, Teresa Checks In, Season 1, Episode 1–Tre of Life

August 20, 2026

I’m going way back into the fossil record for this one. Teresa Checks In is one of those Housewives relics that is surprisingly difficult to find without handing over money, so I figured I’d do the work for you.

The first episode starts with flashbacks of press coverage and interviews about Joe and Teresa’s sentencing. We begin on June 18, 2015, six months into Teresa’s prison sentence.

We see the opulent gates to her sprawling house and hear Joe Giudice yelling for Gabriella and Milania. The girls are sliding down the banister in the foyer, and this is before breakfast. Joe clearly loves his kids, but he also seems a little overwhelmed by their energy.

In his interview, Joe says it’s been the hardest year of his life. His father passed away, Teresa is in prison, and now he is caring for their four daughters. He reminds the girls that later in the day, they are having a memorial for his father, and it is also Gia’s eighth-grade dance.

The kids seem sad, and Joe is clearly missing both his wife and his dad. He is trying to put on a brave face for the girls and reminds them to always be nice to each other.

Audriana says Milania is not always nice, and Milania says that is because Audriana gets on her nerves.

These kids crack me up. I am the youngest of three sisters in an Italian family, and this resonates. There is apparently no amount of family tragedy that can stop sisters from finding a reason to annoy the hell out of each other.

Gia gets up later than the three littles, and Joe immediately teases her about the pimple on her face. Gia tells us that, jokes aside, he is doing really well caring for the girls. She clearly misses her mom, though.

Joe sends the girls off to the store and immediately gets to work prepping the house for the memorial and getting everything ready for Gia’s dance pictures. He is even buffing the marble floors. Geezus. This man is trying to run the household, raise four daughters, prepare for a memorial, and apparently maintain the marble like he’s being graded on it.

Meanwhile, Teresa is e-mailing everyone like crazy from jail, trying to run the house from her cell. Joe says she is basically staying in a low-budget spa, and that he hates to even use the word “prison.”

I think Joe is kidding himself a little.

I’ve been to plenty of low-budget spas, and here’s the thing: if you don’t like them, you can leave. Like, any time. Prison, not so much.

Teresa calls every day, but she has limited minutes. She can, however, e-mail as much as she wants, so apparently the prison phone system is where they draw the line but Teresa’s inbox is basically unlimited.

Joe says he cries every day since Teresa went away, and that the kids are what keep him going. He misses having Teresa around the house, which is actually pretty sad. Even Joe seems a little lost without her.

Then the Giudices’ creepy, greasy lawyer, James Leonard, comes by the house with pictures of Teresa in jail. He has really insinuated himself into this family. I even remember him being the Gorgas’ lawyer back in Season 3. This man has made himself a permanent supporting character in the Giudice/Gorga cinematic universe.

Teresa’s parents come by, and it is so great to see them. I really miss their scenes, especially now that they have both passed away. They always brought such a sweet, genuine energy to the show.

I can’t figure out why James Leonard is there asking so many questions, and honestly, he bothers me. Is he getting paid for being on the show? I bet he is. Sketchy. He has really inserted himself into this family, and I’m still not entirely sure why he is suddenly such a major character.

Over at the Gorgas’, they want to support Gia for her eighth-grade dance and feel left out. Things are still tense between them and the Giudices. They say they want to “do more” for Joe, which I’m sure means they would like to have more opportunities to film this spinoff while RHONJ is on pause waiting for Teresa to get out of jail.

Melissa and Joe, we see you.

Gia gets her makeup done for her dance and gets a text from Melissa. She says she doesn’t see them much and isn’t totally comfortable with them, which makes sense given everything that has happened.

Then Teresa calls, and Joe is incredibly sweet to her. It may be the sweetest I have ever seen him be to her. He doesn’t call her a bitch once.

The girls love when their mom calls, and they say the phone calls, e-mails, and visits really help. Gia takes the phone and immediately starts breaking down over how much she misses her mom. Teresa is concerned right away that Gia is going to ruin her makeup and tells her not to cry.

Nono quietly walks away, and it breaks my heart.

Whatever you want to say about Teresa and the choices she made, it is really hard to watch her parents suffer because of the consequences of her crimes. They clearly adore their daughter, and watching them deal with all of this is just sad.

Gia explains that her youngest sisters think Teresa is away doing work for a book, but she knows all the details about their case and their sentences. She has clearly had to grow up a lot faster than she should have.

James Leonard says Teresa is a rock, and once again I find myself wondering why exactly this man is here. Is he the family lawyer? Their emotional support lawyer? Their unofficial sixth family member? I have questions.

We focus on Gia for a while and how the situation with her mom has forced her to mature quickly. Meanwhile, Milania tries to steal the spotlight a little bit, because of course she does. It makes me miss my sisters. Joe tells Milania this isn’t about her.

She says, “Everything is.”

Lol.

Then Gia comes down the stairs fully dressed for the dance, and she immediately goes over to hug her Nono. Joe Giudice is absolutely beaming with pride. He gives Gia a box of roses that Teresa sent for her, and it is a really beautiful moment.

Joe, his brother, and all of the kids and cousins plant a tree in memory of Joe’s dad. We see old scenes of his dad, and Joe explains that his death was very sudden. He wonders if the stress of the court case could have contributed to his dad’s death, and I don’t envy him having that thought in his head. That is a very heavy burden to carry.

Then, because this is the Giudice family, we go from grief to the pre-dance party, which is absolutely incredible. There is food spread throughout the entire house. It looks like they are hosting a wedding, not sending an eighth-grader to a dance.

Joe wants to inspect Gia’s date, naturally. Milania, meanwhile, is not impressed. She doesn’t like the kid’s shoes. She doesn’t like his tuxedo. She doesn’t like his earrings. Basically, she has reviewed his entire look and would like to speak to management.

Little sisters are fun.

Joe playfully teases Gia and her date, and the whole thing is actually really sweet. For all of the chaos happening around this family, you can tell how much Joe loves his girls and how proud he is of Gia.

Milania is still fixated on the date’s shoes and tells him to make sure he keeps his hands to himself.

This kid.

And James Leonard is still there, eating and drinking. I have a feeling he is always the last one to leave when there is free food. He starts telling everyone about Teresa’s sentence and how Joe has to leave for prison right after she comes home.

He is a real fun guy to have at a party, huh?

We get some emotional scenes of Joe with his brother at his dad’s memorial. Joe breaks down and says that Teresa doesn’t deserve to be where she is. He looks absolutely broken, and it is hard not to feel for him. Whatever you think about the legal situation, watching this family deal with the fallout is incredibly sad.

We cut to Joe Giudice at a construction site, and Rosie, Teresa’s cousin, calls him. She wants to come visit.

Does Teresa’s family only show up when there is a camera, or what?

Joe and Rosie are actually really cute together, and it’s nice to see him having a little fun for once. He tells her that he can only visit Teresa every other weekend because he is also a convicted felon. The kids, however, can visit every week.

These are complications I am very grateful I do not have.

The next scenes are the day of Gia’s eighth-grade graduation, and the Giudice girls are fighting like only sisters can. They are slamming doors, yelling, and generally making the house sound like a small war zone. Joe is yelling and reminding me so much of my dad it hurts.

Milania has major attitude, naturally, because she is Milania.

Teresa calls, and the girls immediately start competing for time on the phone with her. She reminds Milania to be good, which I’m sure went very well.

Gia kind of rushes her mom off the phone because she has to get ready for graduation, and Joe immediately lays into her for not being polite to her mother.

Now he really reminds me of my dad.

I got away with a lot as a kid, but messing with my mother was a “no.” There were apparently certain lines you simply did not cross.

After the graduation, there is another banquet-style party at the Giudice house, because apparently no Giudice event is complete without enough food to feed a small wedding.

The Gorgas get even more screen time, but there is not a Wakile in sight. They appear to have gone extinct.

Joe Gorga tells us he thinks Joe Giudice is more humble than he used to be, but that he worries about his sister. Joe Giudice says he appreciates the Gorgas coming around and thinks it is good for the kids.

The Gorgas and Giudices are going to fight BIG time over these very scenes in the years to come, so it is interesting to see them all back together here. Knowing what is coming makes all of this feel like watching the calm before a very Jersey storm.

Joe Gorga still can’t believe Teresa is in jail. He explains that they grew up in a strict family and walked a pretty tight line, so seeing his sister in prison is still hard for him to wrap his head around.

In our final scenes of Episode 1, Teresa calls Joe and asks if he wants to have phone sex. Joe tells us he can’t even bring himself to sleep in their bed without Teresa and has been sleeping on the couch since she went away.

Teresa reminds Joe that he has to work on his abs while he is in prison, because apparently even incarceration is no excuse to let yourself go.

She tells him they will be married forever and grow old together, and despite everything that happened, I am sad for these two and their family. I can’t help it. Watching the kids deal with all of this is especially heartbreaking.

And with that, we are done with Episode 1.

Check back later for Part 2 as we continue digging up this Housewives fossil.
RHOC, Season 14, Episode 19–Some Fences Are Made to Be Broken, Key West, Part 3

August 20, 2026

We pick up in Key West where Vicki has, of course, injured herself. It’s the morning after, and Emily and Kelly are headed to the Hemingway House for some culture. I have skipped this both times I’ve visited Key West because I am cheap. I also don’t love tours all that much. A girlfriend of mine did have her son’s wedding there, though, and it looked very pretty, so apparently I am willing to appreciate it from a distance.

Anyhow, busted-up Vicki is regretting the drinks and the pool from last night. Meanwhile, the Tres Amigas don’t know who Ernest Hemingway is or why they should care about his house. Fair enough, I guess.

We get flashbacks of Vicki being loaded into an ambulance, and I start wondering how many ambulances this woman has been in over the course of her life. At this point, she should have frequent-flyer miles.

Kelly thinks Vicki does this shit for attention. I think she just drinks a lot.

Kelly is tired of being bullied, and the other women are tired of feeling like they have to pick sides. We also see the Conch Train! I have ridden the Conch Train. It’s not what you think. I was expecting something much more train-like, but apparently Key West has decided that the word “train” is flexible.

Braunwyn, Emily, and Kelly are at the Hemingway House, and Kelly is surprisingly informed about Hemingway. She actually reads, and that is refreshing.

We see some six-toed cats! Yay. They are precious, but watch out—they bite. So do the chickens, but that is a story for another day.

Meanwhile, the Tres Amigas are going parasailing, and given Vicki’s broken foot, I just have to see this.

Vicki can’t even stand up without falling off her crutches, and it’s great. Shannon tries to demonstrate how to use the crutches correctly and promptly steps on Vicki’s broken foot. I die. What a shit show.

Kelly, Gina, and Emily go out on jet skis, and remember, Gina is afraid of the water. Like, really afraid. Which makes this a completely reasonable activity.

Meanwhile, the Tres Amigas and Braunwyn get on a boat for the parasailing, and they have to haul Vicki’s busted-up ass aboard. She wisely opts out of the actual parasailing and just hangs out on the boat. Smart girl.

Tamra and Shannon do the parasailing, and I do not like it. It looks scary and loud, and Shannon keeps shrieking.

Back to Gina, she sees a shark and freaks out like a buffalo chicken. She is really afraid of the water. Shannon is shrieking much louder, though, so at least Gina doesn’t have to take the title of Most Terrified.

Emily, Kelly, and Gina have lunch, and Kelly says that Vicki gets hurt so often she should be in a convalescent home. LMAO. Housewives really do have a way with words.

Tamra thinks Kelly needs shock treatment, and Kelly feels like Vicki hates her. We see old scenes of Vicki being a shitty friend to Kelly, and, honestly, I can see why Kelly feels that way.

Now all of the women are wondering if they will even be able to enjoy their dinner cruise that evening with the group this fractured. Because nothing says relaxing vacation like wondering which of your friends is going to start a fight on a boat.

On the dinner cruise, Vicki hands out custom hats she had made for everyone, with Kelly’s saying “Krazy AF.” Kelly says she won’t wear it and that Vicki is poking the bear.

It’s a formidable bear.

Emily tries to talk to Kelly about her anger. Emily thinks that she, too, is reactionary, like Kelly. Emily believes it is rubbing off on her daughter, Annabelle, and she hates seeing it. She and Kelly discuss going to therapy together to work on their issues.

Good for them.

Tamra and Kelly make nice again, and Tamra wants Vicki and Kelly to make up. It doesn’t happen. Kelly walks off. Vicki denies any fault in the situation, as Vicki does.

Vicki is the Ramona of the West Coast.

Next, we are back in the OC. Shannon and Tamra are preparing to host Vicki’s engagement party. Gina’s daughter wants to be Batgirl when she grows up. Me, too.

Tamra, Eddie, Braunwyn, and her husband go out to dinner. Braunwyn tries to prove how cute and flirty she is. Braunwyn is really annoying.

I am bored now that Vicki has stopped hurting herself and Kelly isn’t calling anyone a pig.

Shannon and her date arrive at dinner, too. They all gossip about Vicki and Kelly and agree they are both dirty and go low. This conversation is getting old.

Kelly goes to the batting cage with her boyfriend, Dr. Brian, and it’s really boring. He agrees that she should work on her anger problems, so apparently everyone in Kelly’s life has reached the same conclusion.

Kelly wonders where their relationship is heading and says she won’t move in with him unless they are engaged. She is also nervous about Vicki’s upcoming engagement party.

That’s about it.

I feel like this is a lot of filler leading up to the party.

We see Gina packing up her Coto house. She is downsizing. Her kids are very cute.

Filler, filler, filler.

She’s taken her extensions out, as per Kelly’s brutal suggestion. It looks better, but still not great. Gina’s current-day hair is better.

She calls her mom and says she and Matt have decided not to get divorced after all.

Well, that was a quick turnaround!

I don’t think it’s gonna go so well, unfortunately, but then again, hindsight is everything.

At Tamra’s house, we see her son Spencer, who is on the show for the first time in years now that he has turned 18. He has a lot of tattoos and piercings, and Tamra has some misgivings about them.

Her older son, Ryan, comes over to hash out some issues with Spencer. They have been trading insults on social media because Spencer called Ryan a racist. They all bicker a bit.

Spencer has just gone through a breakup and feels like Tamra wasn’t there for him. Tamra disagrees. Spencer is frustrated that the family can’t have deep conversations. He is over it.

So am I.

Kelly and Emily follow through on their plan to meet with a therapist for their anger issues. It goes well, but it’s one session, and I am not buying that it will change anything for either of them.

We do get some nice clips of them each being angry, though.

It’s not as much fun as the Key West scenes, but I will take it.