Television can teach you things. Just like 'Jersey Shore' is teaching us -- Well, we're still not sure what we're learning from that show, but 'Russian Dolls' (Thu., 10PM ET on Lifetime) is teaching us about Russian culture.

This week we learned that you do not discuss a man's financial situation. Anna cracked a joke at Eddie's expense that he didn't have any money, after he said he'd put his money on Anastasia in a fight between the two women.

"Believe me, I got more money than you, you fake model," he said. "Your little modeling school with twelve-year olds is nothing." Anna runs a modeling school, so Eddie's digs hurt her particularly hard and she left in tears.

Apparently it was also a big deal that he went out and apologized, because apparently Russian men don't do this? Anastasia thought Anna should be very grateful that Eddie apologized, but Anna wasn't having any of it.

They did reconcile later at her fashion show. The fact that he went there, possibly legitimizing her enterprise, probably went a long way toward helping soothe that wound.

Russian culture or not, Eddie's vicious attacks after an obvious joke were excessively harsh. He admitted he was insecure, as is Anna, which explains the severity of his counter-attack, but doesn't justify it.