This week's episode of The Real Housewives of New Jersey was hard for the Giudice family.
Teresa was confronted, and the girls watched their uncle blame their father for everything that's gone wrong.
Joe Giudice probably won't be appearing on The Real Housewives of New Jersey anytime soon, what with having been deported to Italy and all.
But when it comes to the drama surrounding the show, Joe is a bit like Michael Corleone in The Godfather II:
Excuse her, everyone.
But Gia Giudice has a lot to say about you may have just witnessed on television.
After years of unpredictable drama and non-stop insanity, things are finally beginning to settle down for the Giudice family of Real Housewives of New Jersey fame.
Joe has settled into his new life in Italy; Teresa is dating Luis Ruelas; and the kids are coming to terms with being members of a trans-continental family.
Go ahead and say what you want about Joe Giudice.
No, really. Go right ahead.
Well, it's the end of an era in the Garden State.
No, Bruce Springsteen hasn't dissolved the E Street Band -- but one of Jersey's most famously dysfunctional couples has finally, officially called it quits.
Gia Giudice has come a long way from the young girl viewers met a long while back on The Real Housewives of New Jersey.
And this is exactly why some fans are now worried about the 19-year old.
Gia Giudice has a new look and a new man...
... but same support as always from her polarizing mother.
Fresh off a controversial nose job, Gia Giudice has gone ahead and doubled down on her new penchant for plastic surgery.
Indeed, the 19-year old just announced on Instagram that she's undergone her second medical procedure in as many weeks.
In the very famous play Hamilton (maybe you've heard of it, or even seen it), Lin-Manuel Miranda famously raps:
"I'm only 19 but my mind is older."
Just a couple of weeks ago, Joe Giudice was reunited with his beloved daughters in Italy as they visited him for the holidays.
On Wednesday, he posted a heartwarming, moving tribute for Gia's 19th birthday.
Reunited... and it feels so good?
We can't say for certain.
“The comeback is always greater than the setback.”
That's one of the cringe-inducing aphorisms that Jersey Shore star Mike Sorrentino took to spouting in the months before his prison sentence.
As you've likely heard by now, former Real Housewives of New Jersey star Joe Giudice is being held in an ICE detention center, where he currently awaits deportation to Italy.
Giudice's appeal was denied last week, which means it's looking more likely than ever that he'll be shipped off to the country where he was born, but knows very little about.
Just a few months ago, it looked like Teresa Giudice was deep in denial about Joe's deportation.
Now that the season is upon us, she can no longer ignore her husband's fate.
Joe Giudice is facing deportation next year -- as soon as he gets out of prison.
Though Teresa Giudice has honored him with a photo and his family has vowed to fight deportation, it's an uphill battle and he's expected to lose.
Last week, Joe Giudice's family responded to the stunning news that he will be deported upon his release from prison.
Daugther Gia issued a desperate plea, urging her incarcerated father to fight this deportation order with an enthusiastic appeal.
We often mock Teresa Giudice and members of her family.
It's typically for good reason, too.
There's nothing like your firstborn's major life milestones.
Even reality TV moms get excited when their daughter goes to prom.
