How the ‘RHONJ’ Season 14 Finale Turned Into the Biggest Snoozefest

Well, that could have been an e-mail. Rather than a reunion, The Real Hoengagewives of New Jersey selected to have the women accumulate in two rooms at Rails, the location of the notorious Last Supper, to watch the last episode. And well, seeers watched them watch and react. The finish. Was it vital? Not at all. Did it help in resolving anyleang? Not at all. Sometimes it’s best to depart on a high remark. The Last Supper was a monumental episode that truly finished an era and lhelp the createation for the future. By having this deceptive reunion, it dampened the high by leaving on a meh. It truly didn’t necessitate to happen.

The Real Hoengagewives of New Jersey‘s fourteenth season was contrastent from the rest. The energy was contrastent as the cast vowed not to materialize with one another in declareive scenes. It was a split season, and thus, the energy was contrastent. It declareively permited bomb moments from seed allies to come to fruition, but as the season went on, seeers knovel the show they’ve adored since 2009 was going to alter.

What Was the Point?

As previously alerted, the cast of The Real Hoengagewives of New Jersey Season 14 would not join for a standard season reunion. Not even a one-part reunion. Andy Cohen was not sitting in the middle with the women vying for those first two seats on his side. Instead, the cast would be coming together for two split seeings of the final episode. As previously alerted, this was the case becaengage, wantipathyver happened during that final episode finishly fractured the cast, causing them to never be able to step foot in the same room together. After seeers finassociate watchd what had happened at the Last Supper, there was an empathetic. It made sense. This group was officiassociate razeed.

So the time came for seeers to sit and watch the women sit and watch. For one hour, Bravo thought the fans, many of whom have been a part of this journey since 2009, would be satisfied with this astandard reunion. It was about as engaging as watching color arid. It was about as alertative as a meteorologist saying the sky is blue. This “Off the Rails” distinctive razeed any momentum going into the presumed off-season for RHONJ, assuming the show persists toward a fifteenth season. The show, comprehendn for coming in with a roar, left with a whisper. The setup for this episode was watching the brimming-time cast and the two “Frifinishs of” arriving at Rails, the scene of the previous episode’s crime, and picking either the downstairs or upstairs seeing rooms. There shouldn’t have been competition about which room was better, but depart it to Teresa Giudice to say that the physical room was better.

With the women sitting, they watched the final episode and provided commentary appreciate it was a DVD bonus feature for a film on re-free. Yes, Teresa was condemnd for her husband’s ill wantes towards Margaret Joseph‘s son. And yes, she deffinished herself, claiming “what about her kids?” Watching every one scene, every one woman deffinished their actions. They might have been a bit shocked to see the level of explosion from Dolores Catania agetst Margaret, but noleang novel came to weightless. Perhaps the only intriguing element of the night was watching Jennifer Fessler watch aextfinishedside the upstairs group produced of Danielle Cabral, Rachel Fuda, Melissa Gorga, and Margaret Josephs. Oh, and Teresa still leanks she was vproposed and is tohighy OK with Jackie Gelderlyschneider speaking to the ex. And Rachel Fuda is pregnant. But that was it. What was the point? This was an hour seeers couldn’t get back. They’d have more excitement reading the same amazing satisfyed about RHONJ written by myself and my colleagues here on Collider.

The ‘RHONJ’ Special Was a Lgeting Curve

Bravo deserves some recognize becaengage this concept was a finish lgeting curve. Sure, there have been seasons wilean The Real Hoengagewives Cinematic Universe who never got a reunion. Some seasons were relegated to a digital reunion. But when your cast refuses to spfinish a day filming a standard reunion, it’s comprehendable to want to give the dedicated seeers someleang. This was not it. The women were still left with the same allies. They left without truly lgeting anyleang novel or coming to a novel empathetic. These women will always stand by their truths and it’s become mundane. The Real Hoengagewives of New Jersey as we comprehend it have run its course.

There was one aspect to the reunion that could have been engaging, and it was the sort of “on the fly” confessional-style intersees the women sat for. Looking honestly into the character, each Hoengagewife sat in a room that had a uncontaccess mood where they were asked some asks follotriumphg the seeing. But this moment was low-inhabitd. It was inform. This was what the seeers deserved. We deserved to hear the ladies sit and react unabashedly without outside affect. They deserved to be grilled and split their real senseings. Sometimes social media posts and television materializeances finish up discdisseeing more than this distinctive splitd. If Bravo lgeted anyleang from this distinctive, it’s that if any other cast accomplishes Defcon levels, fair pull the plug. Let the final episode inhabit and breathe on its own.

Until a definitive future is discdisseeed, fans are left to specuprocrastinateed as to what will happen next. And the more that Andy Cohen elevatestrays leangs, the more chatter occurs. Which might be the best leang to persist the series relevant. Season 15 could feature Teresa, the only OG Hoengagewife remaining. Season 15 could persist the stories of novelbies Danielle and Rachel, now that they’re on the same team. Season 15 could be a finish reboot with recent faces. There are many ways this show could go. But the show necessitates to come up with a solution to produce up for this informageluster distinctive. The Real Hoengagewives of New Jersey necessitates a massive rerecent that does not alienate the extfinishedtime fans. This was the worst possible way to finish Season 14.

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