The Real Housewives of New Jersey series has arrived at its final destination, the Rails Steakhouse in Towaco, NJ. During the Season 14 Finale, this heavily divided cast gathered at Rails to break bread. Instead, a glass broke, and the servers had to sweep up shards amidst the chaos in their private dining room. This week, RHONJ Season 14, Episode 14, aptly titled “Off the Rails,” aired, showing that a divided cast works best. Settle in with your charcuterie boards as we sigh deeply, recapping everything that transpired during the Real Housewives of New Jersey Season 14 Reunion Watch Party at Rails.
The RHONJ Season 14 cast arrives and divides at Rails
After last week’s showdown, the gracious team at Rails Steakhouse shockingly agreed to one more filming date. This time, since this cast loves to hate, hate, hate, they smartly provided two private dining rooms. As black SUVs begin pulling up, headlines detailing their canceled reunion appear.
Room number one fills up with Margaret, Melissa, Rachel, and a gladiator-like Danielle. Room number two gets Teresa, Aydin, and Jackie. Switzerland Dolores gets to enter both rooms, but she starts things off in room number two, as expected.
Teresa knows Fessler has pulled away from her as of late. Margaret must be to blame, she notes. A “happy” Dolores admits she hasn’t even watched this season.
Danielle tells her room that after filming, she and Teresa made plans. But then, Teresa posted an image of their cast, complete with scratched-out faces, including Danielle’s. Therefore, Danielle has taken “a step back” from Teresa.
In her room, Teresa notes that Danielle spoke poorly about her, which explains why Danielle received her scratched-out treatment.
Meanwhile, Fessler is held up “behind the truck” in traffic.
Jennifer Fessler arrives, ready to rumble
Fessler finally arrives, heading into room number one. Danielle greets her hotly. Before she can even sit, Danielle asks Fessler how she now feels about riding hard for Aydin this season.
But Fessler is quick on the uptake, as always. “I think you need to calm down. I just got here, [and] I don’t have to sit in a room like this with snakes.” Instead, she “can go sit in another room with” nicer snakes, Fessler retorts.
Fessler then accuses Danielle and Rachel of not warmly welcoming her. Rachel interjects, explaining, “I turned around and said, ‘Hi. How are you?'” Fessler snaps back, saying, “Oh, I’m sorry. I should have kissed you.”
But then, Fessler thankfully takes her foot off their necks, admitting she “regrets defending Jen Aydin” in her fight with Danielle. Danielle thanks Fessler, who then also makes peace with Rachel. All is well in room number one.
The Real Housewives of New Jersey cast weighs in on the first half of the Season 14 Finale
The Season 14 Finale begins airing. Marge’s dog, who just traveled over the rainbow bridge, is shown, creating a bittersweet millisecond. Danielle calls Teresa a loser in several scenes, and finally, Marge’s house appears, showing Marge, Dolores, and Fessler chatting over terrible wine.
Dolores again calls out Margaret’s narrative of not inviting her to the Season 13 “Reunion review” meeting. Teresa looks on in shock, noting that she’s “never seen” Dolo “that mad.”
Melissa and Danielle are shocked as well. As for Marge, she doubles down, adamant that she invited Dolores. But Teresa believes Dolores.
Wanting to check on Margaret, Dolores heads into the other room. The ladies greet her warmly, and Dolores backs down from her disagreement with Marge. “I made a bigger deal of it than it was,” she admits. Dolores then heads back to her original room.
In the next scene, we revisit Rachel hosting Danielle and Melissa at her house. “Shut up, Satan,” Aydin quips, watching Danielle happily greet Rachel. Both rooms watch as these three start discussing Teresa’s summit.
As for Luis saying that he hopes Marge’s “son suffers,” Dolores tells Teresa that Luis will get a lot of grief over this line. Teresa does not care, but Dolores holds firm. “No kid should hurt,” she stresses, as Teresa grows heated, asking Dolores to stop sticking up for Margaret.
“I’ll make sure he says sorry,” Teresa finally relents. The other room, however, stays horrified.
The Real Housewives of New Jersey cast weighs in on the second half of the Season 14 Finale
The ladies finally reach their last supper at Rails while dining on their charcuterie plates at, you guessed it, Rails. The moment that Aydin body-shames Nate appears as Melissa jokes in real-time about how she likes “being a whore.”
Fessler asks Danielle if she regrets lunging at Aydin. “I regret not killing her,” Danielle responds, which, yikes. After a few words of encouragement from Fessler, Danielle finally admits that she should have used her words.
Teresa and Aydin beg Margaret through the television to “own” her takedown of Luis. We then see Marge throwing Jackie under the bus. Teresa is still not mad at Jackie.
Jackie points out that while she did speak to Luis’ ex, so did Marge. Jackie also reveals she “never leaked” the warrior video, nor did she ever “air to the world” anything Luis’ ex said.
Their Season 14 Finale video ends, leaving both rooms free to process everything they just saw. Fessler only regrets her purple confessional eyeshadow. Danielle regrets letting Aydin in her house. Aydin still wants nothing to do with Danielle.
Rachel wishes she exposed Luis more. Melissa “couldn’t be happier” that this series is over. Everyone mostly agrees, but Dolores still has hope, as always.
Oh. Rachel is pregnant. The ladies in room number one embrace her as the credits roll on the Real Housewives of New Jersey series.
Real Housewives of New Jersey Season 14 is now streaming on Peacock.
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