‘Real Housewives of New Jersey’ Is Dead After That Scandalous Finale
The Real Housewives of New Jersey is dead. Just like the rental home the ladies tried to visit for their canceled cast trip, the show is just rubble, the remains of what was once a signature Bravo franchise. At least it went out in spectacular fashion.
The Season 14 finale is the most intense and salacious episode RHONJ has aired in years. It’s a beautiful disaster that almost justifies the wildly uneven, narratively inconsequential season that preceded it. Almost. It’s nearly impossible to imagine anything beyond this. Then again, Pixar made Toy Story 4 (soon to be five!) and, somehow, Avengers: Endgame wasn’t the end of the Marvel experiment, so who knows?
The structure of the episode is classic, building up to a final group sit-down at the perfect setting: a rustic Italian steakhouse in the heart of Jersey. Although Dolores hopes the relaxing energy of the rustling train and exposed brick will bring good energy to balance out the toxicity emitting from the group, that’s nowhere near the case. In fact, the most beautiful thing about the finale is that just about every cast member is buried alive by the end of it, too deep into their own despair to even attempt saving face, leaving the show in such immense devastation that it actually feels Shakesperian.