The Real Housewives of New Jersey

- Season 9

(2018)

With less than a year left in Joe's prison sentence, Teresa comes into her own and decides to enter a bodybuilding competition; Margaret feels the effects of aging; Dolores struggles to forgive Frank; Melissa celebrates her birthday.

Dolores hosts a hatchet-throwing party, giving the ladies a chance to take out their aggressions; Teresa re-ignites the Gorga/Giudice feud; Margaret prepares for an important business trip as her mother gets ready for a facelift.

As tensions mount between Melissa and Teresa, all the ladies head out to a cattle ranch in Oklahoma; Jackie shares shocking personal details; Melissa reveals a family secret, leading Teresa to explode and forcing all the ladies to choose sides.

As their Oklahoma trip continues, the ladies compete in a cattle show; Margaret's husband takes care of an increasingly demanding Marge Sr.; Jennifer insults Margaret's friend, Polly, causing Margaret to lose her cool.

Teresa and Joe Gorga spar over their father. Jackie defends Melissa, igniting Teresa's famous temper and shocking the entire group with a surprising accusation.

While Dolores catches Frank in another lie, Jackie considers reconciling with her sister. With her wedding on the horizon, Danielle's bridezilla ways leads to an explosive confrontation.

Margaret's attempts to reconcile the group by hosting a brunch leads to an even bigger blow up. Teresa, Melissa, Joe Gorga, and Margaret head out to Danielle's wedding, but with tensions between Teresa and her brother at an all-time high, Melissa worries their family drama could ruin Danielle's special day.

Tensions between Margaret and Danielle rise as Danielle's wedding demands drive Margaret wild. As Jennifer's family celebrates her brother's engagement, Jackie meets with Dolores to try to understand what makes Teresa tick.

The feud between Teresa and Jackie threatens to upset little Joey's communion. Jennifer is offended when she discovers that Jackie has written an article about her family and Dolores enlists Margaret's help to plan an event for the homeless shelter she volunteers. Meanwhile, Milania expresses interests in a rapping career, as she copes with her detained father.

As Jennifer departs for Turkey to celebrate her brother's engagement, Danielle sends Margaret a text that could end their forever friendship. Dolores hosts a charity event for women in needs of pampering and Melissa finds out how Joe really feels about their daughter Antonia taking over the family business.

Jackie hosts a trip to a local vineyard for some much-needed bonding time. But when Jennifer attacks Jackie for writing an article about her family, Margaret gets involved and calls Jennifer's brother's fiancé a "mail order bride". Later, things start to heat up when Teresa throws a song release party for Milania.

Teresa's fitness competition is finally here, but not everything that glitters is gold when Melissa makes a surprising discovery about her parents' marriage. As the ladies take off for Cabo for some fun in the sun, tensions between Margaret and Danielle threaten to ruin the entire trip.

As the Cabo trip continues, Teresa reveals her true feelings about Joe returning home. Meanwhile, the ladies are forced to take sides when Margaret throws out shocking accusations about Jennifer while Danielle tries to get Teresa on her good side.

After a night of confrontations and one broken glass, the ladies come back home to NJ with a clear division between the group. As Margaret prepares for her Hospital Heroes event, Melissa continues to search for answers about her father, and Jackie's decision to reconcile with her sister comes to a head. The group looks to find its footing as Melissa, Margaret, and Dolores all try to convince Teresa that Danielle is no good.

Dolores makes an important decision about Frank. Melissa's search for her sister leads to a shocking discovery. Jennifer's anniversary party becomes the site of a final group showdown as the ladies try to convince Teresa to remove Danielle from their social circle.

Part one of the reunion kicks off when Margaret and Jennifer enter a heated game of words when they address their ongoing conflict this season. Jackie is in the hot seat when Teresa accuses her of having ulterior intentions about joining the show and makes it clear that she will never forgive what Jackie said about her husband.

Part two airs with Jackie and Teresa's argument boiling over. The reunion becomes a family affair when Joe Gorga joins Melissa on the couch to defend themselves against Teresa's accusations. Meanwhile, Jennifer is forced to defend her parenting and her marriage. Teresa shocks Andy and the ladies when she reveals her true feelings about Joe Giudice's deportation.

In the final part of the reunion, Teresa addresses the state of her marriage to Joe Giudice. Meanwhile, the husbands make a hilarious appearance when they join their wives, but the levity is short lived when Danielle arrives and her feud with Margaret escalates.