HOUSEWIVES PHOTOCAP: Dirty Jerzey Edition

Well, ladies and gentlemen, after many marvelous weeks in the big city, the Real Housewives franchise has headed back to the ‘burbs for its third spin-off, The Real Housewives of New Jersey, and I gotta tell you: it’s showing lots of promise. So far, I don’t really hate anyone yet, and while Danielle seems like a perfect candidate for Internet wrath, I had to respect the way she told off her would-be suitor, saying he should never talk to her again before adding “Or DIE!” Can we really hate that? I’m not sure. I also really liked the Manzo sisters, Dina and Caroline. The former mom (a.k.a. the blonde one) won a place in my heart when she told her daughter, “Don’t be terrible.” The latter mom earned my adoration simply by being maternal (although, I was not a huge fan of her apathy towards college education). Still, I could listen to that promo of her leaning forward and saying, “Let me tell you a something about my family. WE ARE AS THICK AS THIEVES!” over and over again.
Caroline’s kids seemed amusing too, even if the daughter did spend half the episode traipsing around in some sort of pseudo kimono gettup that made her look at times like a butterfly and at other times like a Golden Girl. As for Caroline and Dina’s sister in law Jacqueline, she seemed sweet and likable, but I fear that she will become either boring or very annoying. Then again, it’s hard to say where things will go. I thought Kim seemed cool after the first episode of Atlanta. Anyway, who’s left? Ah, Teresa. Like the others, she seems fine now, but her penchant for marble columns — not to mention her overbearing stage mother habits — gives her plenty of potential to turn awful. For now though, I am happy with all the wives, and I’m just more than a tad bit excited to see where this franchise will take us.
After the jump, a photocap (furnished by the few pics Bravo has posted on its site).

“Why, Mother, why???”

“Cheers to friends. May they last forever!”
Danielle: “Or DIE!”

“Let me tell you a something about my son: I killed his first three girlfriends.”

“Listen, I am your mother! You may be only two years younger than me, but I AM YOUR MOTHER!”

“I wish these weights would talk dirty to me. I would fuck them so hard. AND THEN KILL THEM!”

“Let me tell you a something about my entryway: it’s only made for families that are as thick as thieves!”

“Just so you know, I put our master toilet on top of a marble column.”

Teresa: “I don’t see any marble columns. What sort of hell whole is this???”
Jacqueline: “You’re supposed to be looking at Danielle’s bubbies.”
Teresa: “Oh, so that’s what those are? I thought I was staring at two oranges in a leather sack.”

What did you think about the premiere? Who do you like? Dislike?