While Caroline serves up advice on her new radio show, the Gorga siblings table their issues in a sit down that opens fresh wounds. Kathy gets in Melissa's corner, and Jacqueline mediates when round two of this family face off brings Teresa and Melissa to the Laurita doorstep. 

The holidays in New Jersey are off to a less than peaceful start when tensions brew between Caroline's children and Kathy and Melissa find out if they have what it takes to be more than Housewives. Jacqueline's holiday party sets the stage for new friendships between Melissa and the other ladies. Teresa and Joe try to keep the flame alive behind closed doors, while their financial woes play out in public.