BY: Hello all!! We are here for another week of our favorite ladies in medicine and I hope you all are safe with the hurricane and gas explosions here in Mass. We open at Contessa’s house where she is worried sick about her father who is very ill. He has Crohn’s disease but she is afraid that her dad is sicker than he is letting on. Scott tells Contessa about the party and informs her about Toya’s messy call out. Contessa is pissed and can’t believe Toya is so petty when her dad is so sick.
Jackie and Heavenly go paintballing and invited Quad. They discuss how Quad is on social media with her other friends but can’t be bothered with them. Quad texts Heavenly mid conversation and bails out on paintball. Heavenly is mad and hurt but is more than happy to take it out on Jackie. The two of them have fun, especially Jackie who Heavenly surrendered to!
Simone is teaching her son Michael how to drive. He is learning on an “old” Jaguar which I can’t relate to even a little bit. They get back to the house and they discuss the situation with Cecil. Michael is happy they are working on things. Michael took the separation hard and it seems that he blames Simone more than Cecil. It’s nice to see a parent and child talk through issues and I feel like no matter how you feel about Simone and Cecil, they’ve raised good kids.
Contessa’s family is sitting around the kitchen table and her dad looks frail. They discuss his health and from the information her dad is giving her, it seems he may have cancer. He has refused treatment but he’s not in pain. They both end up in tears and despite Contessa’s fears, her dad is willing to fight and be there for her and his grandkids. They hug and I’m a crying mess. Contessa this season is, to me, the heart and soul of this show. She has amazing strength and courage,and for her to overcome her childhood and forgive her dad who was absentee tells me she also has amazing character. I will shout it from the rooftops how much I love her and I sincerely pray her dad is ok.
Mariah’s daughter Lauren is cleaning out her closet and is getting rid of her designer “baby” clothes. Lauren is small for her age and will be starting high school (that doesn’t seem real!). They have a birth control talk and Lauren is not ready for any of it.
Eugene and Toya look at a gorgeous home with a movie theater and spiral staircase-oh Lord here we go! Eugene says they paid off the IRS and saved some money so now they want to find their “forever” home. It’s a 2.9 million dollar home and their budget is a million. I’ve seen some growth here because TOYA tells Eugene that they can’t go over budget again and recreate old problems. She feels that having Eugene home and happy is more important than getting a home so over their budget. In this scene I am proud of Toya. This scene. She still has a lot to make up for with how she was to Contessa last week!
Heavenly prepares for her crab boil and dang it looks good!! She invited Quad and is nervous about Contessa and Toya seeing each other after Toya’s stupidity at the party. Alaura drops all the crabs on the ground which might be a foreshadow to tonight’s festivities. Simone is wearing her special “keepin it 100” shoes which are lucite with a hundred dollar bill in it. Super classy. She’s hurt by Quad and feels that they had a real friendship in the past and is now ghosted by Quad. Contessa arrives and tells the ladies about her dad’s health and how she’s upset by Toya’s messiness. And she looks STUNNING in this scene. Toya comes next and it’s awkward. They discuss Quad and Contessa feels that they should be supportive of her and her decision to back off from the group. Quad arrives and greets everyone in a surfacely-warm way. Very pageanty. Simone comes for Quad immediately and heads are gonna roll.
Simone wants to be caught up on all Quad’s news and Quad is not biting or owning up to backing off from the group. Toya chimes in to chastise Quad and Contessa leaps on her immediately saying that it’s a double standard because Toya hasn’t reached out and asked about her dad. Ugh Toya! Simone pounces on Quad and says that she doesn’t know why Quad is even there when she feels superior to to all of them. Quad asks Heavenly if it’s an ambush but Heavenly says it’s just how they feel. Toya comes over to ask why she’s upset and Quad tells Toya she’s not doing well then walks off crying. Contessa makes Heavenly go after Quad with her and Contessa hugs her and holds her while she cries. Mariah comes out to bring Quad her purse and Quad doesn’t thank her properly I guess? Quad told Mariah to put the purse int the car and Mariah tells her not to talk to her like that. They start screaming in each other’s faces. Quad runs into the house and Mariah goes after her trying to de-escalate the argument.
Quad slams the door on the cameras but when Heavenly opens the door to her salon (!!) they both seem a lot cooler. The rest of the ladies eat the food because hello, crab boil! Quad is hurt that the other ladies (especially Simone) attacked her when Simone knows how hard it is having marriage problems of her own. Quad says they aren’t sisterly and Heavenly goes OFF. She says they are all sisterly, Heavenly chased her down the driveway which is SISTERLY DAMN IT! Heavenly screams and screams and walks out of the house telling Quad to leave and go see her real sister friends.
Pheeeeew that was a lot!! Thank you all for reading and I look forward to your comments! See you next week when Jackie FINALLY comes to the party to bring some peace to the group and hopefully the screaming stops a little bit =)
I kind of get how the ladies feel about Quad. She really puts a spin on every situation making herself either the hero or the victim. When she can’t be one of those she can’t be bothered. Remember Heavenly talking about finding the grave of her father-in-law and what did Quad do? Asked for ketchup. The scene wasn’t about her and she didn’t care.
I agree. I truly do hurt for Quad but I can totally see where the ladies are coming from.
I hurt for Quad too. She truly doesn’t see her own part in any situation.
She really doesn’t and its a huge releif to hear that you’re safe, as are the dogs and your grandbaby =)
Thank You! I really appreciated being able to come here and check in.
Did you make it home OK?
I am home Spunky!! Have my dogs back too. Haven’t yet seen my grandson but have talked to him. It’s still raining and they’ve asked everyone to stay off the roads unless you have to go somewhere. It’s really pouring.
Glad to hear you made it home safe.
Thank you!
Happy for you and your family and your dogs (who are family too but get their own mention because … well … dogs). Stay safe and dry!
Thanks! It’s supposed to stop raining by noon today.
Glad you’re home safe with your dogs….just from a TT reader.
Me too.! I was afraid to ask about the dogs. So happy to hear this.
Mercedes on Shahs named her dog Toya, hehehe. Idk why that tickles me
And guess which is the biggest bitch!
The ladies are all mad at Quad because she’s not showing up to film or talk about her life, but getting paid handsomely. Why Shah’s got upset about Asa. Quad is faking this hurt over her marriage for a storyline. She is the biggest housewife phoney IMO.
I think Quad really only likes people who flatter her and blow smoke up her a**.
I agree but have a bleeding heart so I do feel for what she’s going through. She needs to film and be 100% honest in order to get paid. It really is unfair to the rest of the ladies.
Yes, agreed! Especially after seeing Jackie expose her situation. Quad thinks she’s better than everyone, and it should be optional.
Quad’s been crying over her marriage for over a year. She has been planning the divorce for some time, it appears. She is IMHO looking for the popular vote for when she is litigating the divorce. It’s easier for her to spend time with her talk show friends, who won’t challenge anything she says.
Agree that she is a phony.
I also had the impression that these women feel Quad has used them and the show to get a position on the talk show ( I know little about Atlanta TV and have no idea whether that is daily, a weekly segment, whatever, but she seems to spend a great deal of time there, and thinks it is helping her”career” more, apparently) She appears to spend much more time on that set, with those women, etc. It reminded me that she climbed over and used Mariah to get access to MtoM, as well ;these women just were not as aware of that. Now Mariah made al her own mistakes on MTM, but Quad certainly never went out of her way to be anything but negative and critical of Mariah, which I found disturbing at the time. She literally climbed over her.
Now she has as little use for these women, and plays the victim card to exit quickly, easily. They do need to call her bluff.
This thought passed my mind also. Just feels like deja vu. SO now the women know what Mariah was talking about and how she felt. She brought all of them together but they all flocked to Quad and pushed Mariah aside. Now Quad is pushing them aside to get to be on a bigger platform that is Sister Circle
You might be on to something. What comes around goes around, but with these ladies it’s hard to pin point who started the fire.
I agree with Heavnely, SHAME ON Dr. JACKIE FOR NOT BEING THERE!!! none of that foolishness would have went down in front of her if she wasn’t off making a living for herself delivering babies!!
On a more serious note:
I can see both sides to this confrontation. Personally, I lean on Quad’s side because I’m not much of a sharer when I’m really going crazy stuff. That being said, I look back on my life in many of those awful situations and wish that I DID share with my close friends more often, so I can also understand the other ladies’ frustrations.
I just wish they would be more sympathetic. They may be going through similar experiences but everyone reacts differently. They shouldn’t take it so PERSONALLY.
I think the REAL tea is that they’re feeling some type of way about Sister Circle and Quad seemingly choosing them over her original friend group.
If Jackie was there she would have put that nonsense to bed right quick!!! Oh yes I think they feel like Quad is talking to/filming with Sister Circle and icing them out. Quad can show up for her new friends and film but not for the ladies.
I’m just finishing watching tonight’s episode. (West coast) OK. I’m having to try soooo much to not dislike Simone even more. She’s so grating with her voice & escalation. Ugh. I’m now a BIG fan of Contessa too. Quad…what happened to her little dogs? I just think that’s a relevant question. They were central in her life. I think that I saw them in the first episode when she was in the separate bedroom. I’ve seen some of the confessionals with Curtis & Jackie. Curtis seems a little full of himself. A real turnoff. Also he told the guys they needed to give Greg support like he’s done kind of group leader now. I still would rather see Jackie happy and living a full life moving on….Curtis has a long way to go earn any kind of place. I’m just sayin’.
Quad’s dogs were there in the first episode but they haven’t filmed at her house so I’m guessing that’s why we don’t see them? Yeah I’m not sure why Simone was so extra last night but it was rough to watch lol. I see what you mean about Curtis but I love Jackie so much that I want it to work because she wants it to work. I hope Curtis changes his ways for real because we cannot ever see Jacke devastated again. It was too much
Its hard for me to watch Simone… she seems very selfish and its all about her. She took up nearly half the reunion with all the ladies comforting her and trying to help her and Cecil and the woman still isn’t living with him. Girl bye! Quad is Quad but I’d still take her over Mariah, Toys and Simone. I do feel sorry for Quad. Her business is out for all to see and I’d be in distant as well with this group. They only want the dirt but aren’t there for true sisterhood. Just because Toys wants us to know every detail of her sex life doesn’t mean others want to share all nor should they have to and I really don’t want to hear it. It makes me vomit in my mouth a little. See I over shared there. One last thing if Mariah had slapped my arm I’d have to throat punch the bitch…
Curtis is a grown man that was given permission from his wife to find his happiness on freaking television. Jackie accepted what they went through and they are back together. The first 3 episodes last year was full of the entire group stating how disappointed they were that Jackie and Curtis was breaking up which means they had a positive influence on the couples. Also, Curtis has asked Jackie to slow down working and spend time with him. That’s all Curtis has ever said the entire time of the show. Nobody supported Curtis with Jackie and Quad had the biggest opinion so now she wants sympathy cause the man she thought she had whipped isn’t so whipped! Quad used Mariah to meet male accomplished men and like so many do, she was in the front of the women last year and now she’s placed far back cause she wants to be discreet with her problems yet she can talk about everyone else. What happened to the puppy line?
What happened to the puppy line indeed! I forgot about that!!!!
Cecil is no longer working??? Did I get that right? Anyone know why? What does he do all day?
I missed that-when did they say that?
When Simone is taking to get son Michael about the status of the family relationships
Please comment this seems significant
Significant because it further demonstrates that Simone is probably the only one that blames Cecil for their marital problems. Even her son mentioned her name first regarding the marriage issues and had to be prompted by Simone to include his father.
hahaha Kate I think she just wanted to make sure Michael was ok-in her Simone way. I think she bears some guilt in Michael taking and from my interpretation taking Cecil’s side, so this was her way of trying to get him to talk about it. It is significant and I think it was a mom trying to reach across to her teen son.
Cecil retired last season, before what he saw as an inevitable layoff. He was an IT Manager. He is freelance investing (remember the 25k Simone keeps harping about?) and helping to develop Apps.
I am not a big Toya fan (never have been really). She is so self-centered. Contessa is a mom and works outside the house, and now has her dad to deal with. I know Contessa could have been a little less dismissive of Toya, but I totally understand her frustration — she is dealing with life and death issues with her dad (who clearly looks very ill), along with her feelings of abandonment by him and Toya is carrying on about one guest not coming to her, I mean Eugene’s, party? Toya was way out of line making a public scene over it, especially when Contessa’s DH made the effort to attend.
Toya is very petty and not too smart IMO. I think she might be jealous of Contessa’s achievements.
I agree. I love Contessa! She’s definitely got a full plate I don’t know how she does it.
Contessa is great and made a great point about meeting friends where they are, showing compassion. Quad does not have to respond how her “friends” thinks she should respond.
Quad has been setting the stage for this divorce since last year and for upward mobility since she met Mariah.
However, I don’t think she expected the infidelity and subsequent embarrassment when her husband’s cheating became public.
I am fortunate that my friends don’t expect me to cater to their expectations when I am going through difficulties.
What about a pleasant greeting and a hug? “We missed you , what can I can do to help?”.. With these ladies, I wouldn’t be around them either.
They are screeching banjees (sp).. (except for Contessa–who can do no wrong and I loved when she said “Toya’s bulls–t celebrations”)
Specifically, celebrating “mediocrity”????
Y’all know my love for Contessa knows no bounds but even if Toya had come for someone else like that I would still call it petty and stupid. And she doubled down on it by not apoligzing when she saw Contessa! I can’t understand that but the celebrating mediocrity comment is reason 5,678 why I love her!!!
I agree. Toy is petty and not too smart but I don’t think she’s jealous of Dr. Contessa. Toya is waaay too self-absorbed to recognize anything outside of herself which includes her husband, her kids, her party, her rented house, etc., etc. Only reason Contessa popped on Toya’s radar was b/c Contessa didn’t go to HER party.
Dr. Contessa is a no-nonsense gal, so throwing a party b/c you paid your bills is just ridiculous.
@ Bosandi-I totally agree with you.
Cecil isn’t working, he did say something about layoff last season, plus that $20.000 he took from their acct and i aint hear nothing about that business yet this season, no wonder simone don’t want him near her, especially if that was not the arraigement in the begining of the relationship. he might just be a moocher living lavishly off her for way too long. Come to think of it he does film a lot not doing much and i never hear him or her talk about his job.
Cecil isn’t working, and it is very significant.
It has appeared to me that SImone swallows a good deal about Cecile without saying much, and then blows on issues that may not be the real issue. One of those is his career choices and money. They seem to spend it-Mazeratti, Jaquar, two homes- and I think he was an IT guy, so he probably earned a very good buck but not as much as she- while she worked the equivalent( and still does, I think) of two jobs ,he one, and now he is not working.
Then he took and invested the 25-which appears to be gone but who knows- .
All the stories here (MTM) are interesting- including the two homes where the women are docs and the men are not. In each home there are many personal challenges that have yet to be resolved. Men married to successful women are very threatened and must be quite successful and self confidant to be able to handle even the pressure they put on themselves, let alone what society does. Cecile seems lovely in many ways but appears to have struggled here. I find it hard to believe his confidence can improve if he is neither working nor running a successful charity. I think both Simone and Jackie are so busy, trying to run businesses , while also being the doctors to their patients, and Simone a Mom, that we can understand why they might expect their husbands to think about and try to understand them on occasion. But truth be told ,they are also wives, and have partners that need them too, yet have much more time on their hands than the women do. The women owe it to their marriages to somehow find time to focus on the mens’ needs, yet of course the men must do the same. It takes sharing, honesty, a real effort to think it through and discuss it all, to handle all this successfully- and it will take a generation or two for hard working successful couples to find the balance- but it is doable. But he has to work at it too. Not just retire and play golf.
IN the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s, I used to hear” behind every successful executive man is a hard working woman at home making his life work”. Now who is at home behind every successful executive woman?
@talkthetruth – I know Cecil personally. We have been friends since Junior High. Yes, we do still keep in touch. We see each other when he comes to LA. That being said, Cecil is not a moocher. He financially supported them both when Simone was in Medical School. Also he has worked ever since high school. Cecil is one of the good guys. He is will liked and loved by everyone who knows him.That is all that I will divulge about his personal life.
Ummm allow me to hand you a napkin for the tea you just spilled! Thank you for saying that, I have always liked Cecil and I do hope he and Simone can work out their issues. I think he comes across as a good guy and they are both clearly devoted parents.
Contessa is everything this season so far. However, I have to give a shout out to Heavenly’s daughter last night when Simone came around to that back yard and asked what they were doing and she looked at Heavenly and asked “what do you want me to say” as Heavenly was picking the crabs up off the ground. She truly made me laugh out loud!
Hahaha that was good!!
All I can say is it’s gonna be another good season. God Bless Heavenly with her ever going spiritual journey. I’d really love to see her just humbly stop the talk and show by the walk. This week she tried, sort of, but the spilled crab said it all.