I'm just getting back from an opera bootcamp in Los Angeles (where I had NO television ...

), so I'm just getting a chance to watch all my DVR'd shows.
I still think Melissa is doing her best to try to help bring the family together, but she ain't no fool either. She had to give Teresa a hard time, because Teresa didn't even seem to care about the family during last season. I still say Teresa's renewed attention to "family" involves the fact that her "family" has been casted on the episode WITH her. Now, all of a sudden, EVERYthing is about "family" these days.
Now that Melissa and Teresa have talked, my hat's off to Melissa for getting the attorney, who was suing the Giudices, thrown out of the party. But even in that, she could've been even more shady about it, but she wasn't. I think she handled it in a very diplomatic way. That's my opinion, and I honestly believe that Melissa is a genuine person.
As for Caroline throwing Kim "G" out, ... I don't know. That was long overdue. How the hell she got into the party (with a BODYGUARD, no less) is beyond me in the first place. If I'm invited to a party, I need not go at all if I'm concerned about having someone protect me. That makes NO sense.