Season 6 opens with Teresa and husband Joe in the midst of a legal battle and trying to keep their family together. Also: Tension mounts at a harvest party. Dina Manzo returns to the show; Amber Marchese, Nicole Napolitano and Teresa Aprea join the cast.

Joe and Melissa focus on a new business involving a cutting-edge trash truck. Elsewhere, Teresa works on her dessert line, but a taste test turns bitter when she breaks down under the weight of her family's issues; and a rumor flies about Nicole.