BY: POPCULTUREKELLY
Welcome back to your favorite Married To Medicine recap! I’m so sorry I missed last week’s recap. The feeling of being sawed in half by my lower back going out prevented me from recapping. Thanks to our recap queen Tamara, I’m recovering and back to dishing on our fave Atlanta docs.
We begin with the gang arriving in Mexico for the couple’s trip. Heavenly and Daddy win a dance off for the penthouse suite. I do think Contessa and Scott should have won, but I digress. Everyone has a gorgeous room so they all are winners. Dang, Simone booked Quad’s room practically on the other side of the resort! Simone says it’s so Quad can have quality time with herself. I think it’s more that Simone can have quality time away from Quad. Everyone gets all dolled up for dinner, except for Mariah who is ill.
Dinner With A Chance Of A Huge Disagreement
After a super sketchy ride to the restaurant, they arrive safely to mixed drinks and a gorgeous setting. They are celebrating Cecil and Simone’s 23rd Anniversary. Jackie recorded Michael and Myles giving their parents cute congratulatory messages. Contessa asks Buffie how she’s liking the group trip so far. Buffie takes that as an opportunity to air her feelings to Jackie. She tells Jackie that she didn’t appreciate Jackie putting her on the spot about being infertile. Jackie says she didn’t mean to embarrass or hurt Buffie.
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Toya points out the obvious that Jackie should have asked Buffie if she could use her as an example. Jackie insists that she used herself and Buffie as examples of infertility to help the women out there struggling. I get Jackie’s point because I truly don’t think she meant harm. However, she should have asked Buffie if she was comfortable sharing that information. It is up to Buffie if she chooses to share her story or not. Jackie doesn’t see it that way. She is LIVID. There’s a new Jackie in town and she is hell bent on making dinner in paradise awkward as hell.
Everyone is super uncomfortable. Heavenly pipes up to defend Jackie. Buffie loses it and tells Heavenly to shut the hell up! Buffie can dish it back to Heavenly, make no mistake! Contessa takes Heavenly to the bathroom to calm down. Toya wishes that she changed places with Mariah, who is most likely eating dinner in peace. Dinner finally arrives. It doesn’t get less awkward. Simone asks Buffie’s husband David for conflict resolution. He explains that people have to understand others perspectives in order to resolve a conflict. He is absolutely right. Hopefully Jackie was able to receive that.
Broke Down And Over Heated
The next day, the couples discuss the Buffie/Jackie argument. Most seem to be on Buffie’s side of the argument. Jackie is tired of apologizing as she feels that her kindness gets taken for weakness. She will make it right with Buffie in private, though is the last stop on the apology tour. After some 9am shots, the gang convenes to a van for a day of camel riding. It’s 103 degrees and they are crammed in a tiny ass van. Seemingly after they just start driving the van breaks down! I’m not even there and I can feel how much that sucks.
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It’s so hot in the van that they all get out and start walking back to the hotel. They walk on the side of a freeway which is freaking Toya out. It seems to be a fairly quick walk back to the hotel thankfully. Safe in air conditioning and with alcohol, everyone is happy again. Except Heavenly. She’s pissed that Daddy is drinking. Heavenly sends Jackie over to ask him to stop drinking, which is a hard NOPE from Daddy. Daddy gonna drink if Daddy wants to drink. Heavenly sulks in the corner.
Bathing Suits And Messy Bootz
They move down to the pool where food and drinks are served. My broken back and I are so jealous of them right now! Oh Lord, Simone has a learning exercise for the group. This is messy, messy, messy. One question aimed for Contessa and Scott is “do you need your spouses permission to change careers”? Contessa feels that it’s a double standard with men and women changing careers. The wives support their husbands but the husbands don’t support their wives. Heavenly says that if she were to change careers, Daddy would support her as a husband should. But, Contessa says that not all husbands do that.
Later, in their joint talking head, Contessa tells Scott that he’s allowed to change careers. Contessa truly feels that Scott flat out doesn’t support her. Scott looks so hurt and walks off the set. Contessa begins to cry. She is yet again alone. This is some deep shit. It makes me so sad that they both are so hurt.
On next week’s Married To Medicine recap: More Scott and Contessa fighting. Quad and the ladies girl talk. The men get revenge for the Sip N’ Paint which puts Daddy in tits view with a stripper. Heavenly doesn’t react well to that news. Thank you all for reading. Can’t wait to hear your opinions in the comments!
Hi Kelly, I am glad you are feeling better. Dr. Jackie was clearly in the wrong disclosing Buffy’s problems with infertility. We did find out it wasn’t a doctor/patient conversation that led Buffy to disclose the info. If it had been, Jackie would have broken the law — nationwide. Jackie’s reaction was unacceptable and Heavenly was worse. Seems Jackie FINALLY got it. Between that and not letting Curtis be in charge of the kitchen remodel when he is the one who uses it, I am not solid with Jackie this season.
Toya’s house is ostentatiously noveau riche. Waiting for ustom furnishings because regular isn’t good enough for (her) the house. Then we see photos that look like digital print on foamcore. Classy…
Hi Nanette, thank you!! I have a hard time with this because I do love Jackie. She’s not perfect but I really don’t think she’s a monster either. With Curtis, I feel like that is residual feelings from when he cheated. She’s showing she’s in control. With a Buffie, she may truly have felt that since she’s so open, Buffie is too. I was horrified for Buffie when that happened and even more so when Jackie just shut her down at the dinner. Buffie deserves a sincere apology so hopefully she gets one. Haha Toya. I enjoy Toya and her lack of budget awareness but you are so, so right ? Hope you and yours has a wonderful Thanksgiving!!
Jackie was absolutely wrong. And instead of apologizing , she gets indignant and offers that passive aggressive apology. Buffie was right, I winced with her when Jackie did that. I’ve always wanted kids and never had them, so I get it. For the last couple of seasons, I haven’t been a Jackie fan. She is a mean girl in sheep’s clothing. She thinks she’s above being called on the carpet.
Shell ❤️ I’m so sorry. Thank you for your comment. I was horrified for Buffie and still am after that dinner. I hope Jackie gives her the sincere apology she deserves.
Gurrl Yesssss Speak The Truth! You hit the Nail Nail Right on the Head!!
What Jackie did is one of the most cruel actions I’ve ever seen one person do to another on a Bravo show. And that’s saying something. The apparent lack of remorse afterward makes it even worse, but it’s not at all surprising.
Maybe Jackie should be given some time off from reality TV to focus on her career as an author. ??
I don’t understand how Jackie and her delivery of what she said, doesn’t see her actions as out of sorts… She put Buffie on Front Street, basically. Yes, she should have asked permission before outing Buffie’s private info. It is really that simple.
Jackie was so wrong. Never seen that girl before not even when her husband cheated. Cruel just cruel.
I am trying to justify in my mind how Jackie could do that but it’s hard. Buffie deserved better that’s for damn sure. If Jackie had shown remorse at dinner, I think that would have been something. It’s so hard because I do love Jackie. She’s not perfect but with all she’s been through, I admire her strength and her heart. But her heart was absent when she did that to Buffie 🙁
Problem is that Jackie likes to appear as though she is perfect… above the drama, peace maker, voice of reason. Bravo always did a good job editing her that way. It what makes her famous. I think she is a lil fake, 2faced and hypocritical. Anyway, that fact Heavenly felt that Jackie should not be called out is ridiculous. She is advising Buffie on how to handle Jackie for what?
I love this show. Unlike other shows they show more “reality”. I think Jackie got caught up in the moment and I don’t think she meant harm. She should have acknowledged her mistake though. I feel for Contessa but couldn’t have they hired a nanny to help temporarily??? Instead she is spending $15K for a birthday party I love Toya’s house! Her and her husband are such a cute couple.
Kelly, I’m sorry you’re going through that! And you have little ones, right?
Am I the only one who is really feeling Buffie?
Does Simone REALLY expect anyone to believe her rationalization for Quad’s room location? Simone has been petty since day one, but she is getting worse.
It probably doesn’t help that everyone worships Jackie. Simone is a bit insecure with a side eye of petty! Quad walking all that way holding on for dear life to the valet had me rolling!
I’ve never understood the love for Jackie. That nice nasty attitude has been there from day one – just like Lisa Vanderpump. Jackie enjoys either playing savior or playing victim. Last night she played victim when she could’ve played human and sincerely apologized. The funny thing is I don’t think she meant any harm in what she said about Buffie. But that doesn’t matter. She caused harm and should’ve owned it in a mature way. Jackie’s problem is that she thinks she’s beyond reproach. The group is going to realize Mariah was right about Quad and about Jackie.
Heavenly deserved every bit of Buffie’s rage for saying Buffie had to have done something to Jackie.
Thanks for the recap Kelly!! I hope you are on the mend!
Jackie was wrong — I agree. I think she is harboring fury over Curtis’ infidelity still and is lashing out. I also think her ego has gotten ahead of her. She is not the queen like she acts.
Conetessa and Scott are so painful to watch. It looks almost unrepairable after all they are saying to each other in public and privately.
I love Daddy.
I think all the guys are better than their wives. I like all the husbands. I can’t say the same for the wives.
Fyi, I grew up with Cecil, we lived near each other and attended junior high and high school together (Westchester High class of 84). Everybody loved Cecil in school. We are still friends to this day. Btw, Cecil is a really good guy what you see is not an act. He of course will not spill any tea about the show to me.
As a casual viewer of this show who hasn’t seen every episode from the beginning I believed the Jackie facade. I never in a million years would have thought Jackie of all people would not be capable of apologizing appropriately for hurting someone and exposing their private matters in a large public group setting. This is Nene Leakes level of horrible behavior.
And Buffie is still pissed. Not a good look for Jackie. She needs to see the error of her ways. I couldn’t believe Curtis telling Jackie she learned not to be so friendly right away. THAT’S what she learned from Buffie’s painful admission? He had a chance to say, babe, you effed up. A good man would, right? Maybe he feels insecure. . . .
I think Dr Jackie mentioned Buffie’s infertility because she knew that infertility was apart of Buffie’s storyline on the show. So from her perspective Dr Jackie was caught off guard that she was being questioned for mentioning it. I think that’s why dr Jackie got so mad – she can’t defend herself because that would be breaking the 4th wall. Now if I’m wrong and Dr Jackie was just blasting ppl’s personal business than, yeah she was dead ass in the wrong and should apologize to Buffie.
Currently the only couple not suffering from fame, insanity and delusion is Toya. I say that because she is real in her reality. Lots of people live beyond their means and reckless. She pretty much occupies her time spending her husbands money ( with a side of what she earns from the show). She basically just doing what people do spend spend spend for no reason after getting out of debt. Everyone else is making up storylines and faking the funk while trying to be a superstar nut. Lately I would just rather watch Toya mess around doing absolutely nothing in her closet that Quad the Fraud hacking away at a brain cell with her attempt to be relevant. Jackie trying to overcome being a successful doctor and to in the mud with the whine. Contessa trying hard to get a storyline about not being supported by her husband yet he allows them both to look stupid on tv for cash. Simone I just dont understand I need to remind myself smart people often have zero common sense, and ghetto can come out even in the educated. Buffie well she just likes money and feeling money makes her exceptional. It’s a lot of wasted education going on in this show. These poor couples ….yeah right. Andy knows how to edit the black shows to reflect just how inferior they are to his other shows.
While Andy Cohen has ZERO to do with the editing of this show or any other show, and is not even an honorary producer on this show, PRODUCTION does tend to treat the black casts very differently. This is exactly the reason that I have not really watched much of this show. Did we really need another Atlanta show with all the low class fighting? I was hopeful that the DOCTORS would be more civilized than the random wannabes that were cast for RHOA. And for a while it seemed like they were, but clearly they were pushed to act more like Nene Leakes and that is sad. I hope the money was worth it.
Sorry TT, but in my book no one is lower in class and actions than Teresa G and DAnielle Staub. Vicki G is a close second and at least a tie with NeNe along with Kelly.
I was mostly referring to Jackie’s inability to deliver a sincere apology. Even if she didn’t feel Buffie was owed an apology, she sure added insult to emotional injury. You would think Jackie would be above that.
Aha, well I know see where that makes perfect sense. God knows NeNe wouldn’t know a sincere apology if it ripped off her weave.. I am very disappointed in Jackie. I would believe that maybe she was embarrassed or surprised but the look on her face told a very different tale.
I think what left a bad taste in everyone’s mouth, is Jackie’s response to Buffie at dinner. Anyone can have a lapse in judgement from time to time, even Jackie (the Queen of Gravitas), however, how could she sit there and just dismiss the feelings of someone she hurt, offer up that so-called apology, and then try to flip the script by saying “Oh… so we’re not friends now?” Because some wants her to run it by then before she puts their business out there? What does that have to do with anything? I think Buffie hit it right on the nose about Jackie. Everyone puts Jackie on some pedestal, so in her own mind she can do no wrong to others, because she thinks she’s some angel. To me Jackie is no better than the rest of them.
I love me some Toya. To me, she seems like the only one who has some sense. The rest of them ( minus the husbands), get on my last burnt nerve.
I wasn’t surprised at Jackie’s visceral reaction to Buffie’s pain. Most narcissists are unable to display or feel empathy for others. Jackie conflated a number of things in an attempt to justify her actions. The issue was simply this: her public comment that Buffie was infertile, hurt Buffie’s feelings. The reasonable thing to do is to sincerely apologize and ask for forgiveness. Whether Jackie meant harm or was trying to relate is completely irrelevant. Like her or not, Mariah saw “this new girl” in Jackie long ago and was right. I have always been indifferent toward Jackie and never understood the adoration of others. I could do without her on the show.
Thank you PopCultureKelly for the recap, hope you’re on the mend and get plenty of help (code for: Please don’t try to do everything! It’s ok to ask for help or defer family occassions to another location, especially this time of year!) if you need it, just ask! I suspect you’ll be more than pleasantly suprised by love and support…eh hmm…it won’t be like you would do so just accept that!?
I haven’t watched last week’s episode so I’ll wait to comment too much on Dr. Jackie but I suspect I will agree. A person states they’re embarrassed about a private situation and that they’re very uncomfortable now because of such a public disclosure, um who wouldn’t feel horrible and humbly apologize?
I do want to see Toyas’s house and furniture, this is the fun stuff for me.
That picture of Heavenly and Daddy is good, Heavenly looks better than ever, I can do without all the rest of her immature attention needing performances…wasn’t she sipping Crown nonstop in her earlier seasons from her coffee cup? Let Daddy have a cocktail!
For Jackie (whom I adored in the past) to take one of the most painful and personally deeply hurtful things in another womans life and make it be a moment for her make it about her and think she wasn’t wrong is very disappointing. I don’t care whethere she meant it malicious or not, those words did not belong to her and should not have come out of her mouth Use her own journey and pain to help others and if Bubbie want to do the same that is her right to do it herself. This was very upsetting to me. I am not a Bubbie fan and thinks she could have definately toned it down a decible. But she wasn’t wrong. Heavenly needs to mind her own bees wax. She escalated the whole situation with her pot stirring mouth.
I absolutely LOVE the men on this show. They are so cute.
I pray Contessa and her hubs work it out. They are breaking my heart. It’s like they haven’t been listening to each other or speaking to one another at all. They have been through a lot and I want them to work things out
Pops, I hope you are feeling better . Back stuff sucks. I sent you a pm on the Twitter Lol. Wishing you and your wonderful family a beautiful N.E. Turkey Day. Big hugs
Unlike Jackie, I wasn’t going to tell y’all what was wrong with PCK. Because not my story to tell. But I really appreciated her recapping this week despite throwing her back out and being in a lot of pain. I would have covered for her last weekend but she hoped it wouldn’t last this long. I am appreciative of her recap despite not being fully recovered and hope she takes it easy for Thanksgiving.
I don’t think I outed her did I? Oh geez I hope not. She did a great job. It’s not easy when you are down and out to keep it real and alive. You have done it many times TT so you know . I hope you take it easy for T day as well. Have a blessed day.
Jackie made a statement this season or last season that made me understand her. She said, “a lot of people think we are God” when speaking about doctors. God complex. She’s nice because that gets her praise. But as soon as someone says she slighted them she will completely disregard them. Because people with a God complex don’t believe they are ever wrong. She did this with Mariah and now with Buffie.
First of all Popculture Kelly, Welcome Back! I truly missed you and am glad to see you back and on the mend.
Now to the meat. Y’all are KILLING ME about Dr. Jackie. Main thing to remember about Dr. J is she is a Type A personality. Second thing is she has a heart of gold. What we saw was her in survival mode. There were a few things going on there. One, Perfect Dr. Jackie got it wrong AGAIN! And this one was major because she realized she unintentionally used another woman’s infertility to hurt and embarrass that woman, when her intention was to use that information so other women wouldn’t be. Her attempt to normalize infertility had the exact opposite impact than she intended. She knows that pain and she inflicted on another woman, albeit unintentionally. This was her biggest gaff yet. So what we saw was her attempting to sincerely apologize but unable to fully cope with the impact of her faux pas at that moment. She was shutting down her own feelings while trying to do the right thing and apologize. Like she said to Curtis the next day, she’d make it right but in private.
Contessa and Scott are breaking my heart but that’s real life. It happens in some marriages so hopefully someone looking at this can grow from it. Scott bit off more than he could chew and she didn’t (still doesn’t) understand the impact of what her absence was doing to her kids. They need more marriage counseling and STAT!
I LOVE Damon and Eugene! Shining moments when “Daddy” said, Nope. Not today! Lol. And when Simone asked Eugene if he was able to settle Toya down and he shook his head as if to say, Now you know better so I didn’t even try. I ‘bout died laughing and rewound that several times.
And we all know Simone is Ms. Petty Labelle baby. Maybe Quad will call her Sister Circle to get her through the trip. And what the hell is a single woman doing in a couple’s trip anyway? They need to rename this trip.
It made my night to hear Buffie tell Heavenly to STFU! That was so needed over all these years and finally someone told her to STFU!!!
I thought Jackie was wrong for telling the roomful of people that Buffie was infertile — it was callous, painful to watch, and thoughtless — but I don’t think it was meant in malice. I was surprised that as a doctor she didn’t appear to be familiar with the word “discretion”.
I wasn’t surprised by Jackie’s reaction to Buffie at the dinner — I think she was embarrassed and then defensive–a normal reaction when somebody hurts your pride.
What Buffie could have done was taken Jackie aside and hashed it out privately. Jackie’s reaction may have been better. For some reason though, I’m just not a Buffie fan — her husband seems calm and very wise, very discerning.
I understand how Contessa feels, but I often wondered if there was a college she could have attended closer to home, or another alternative? I think she needs to let her argument rest, though — it has the potential to break the marriage — at least that’s what it looks like to me. She needs to find a way to resolve her feelings and move on.