90210 : “Model Behavior”
Season 1, Episode 6
September 30, 2008
In the aftermath of the play, Adrianna is upset that Annie took her role and denies that she does drugs. Her little plot with Ty involved at the hotel gets Annie to tell the guy she never wants to see him again. Meanwhile, Annie’s dad wants Adrianna and Annie to stop bickering over the role and just get along, telling Annie to hang out with Adrianna and try to make friends. She does, eventually inviting her to come assist with her mother’s first big photo shoot at a fashion show. Once there, a girlfriend of an agent who was brought to the play by Adrianna’s mother approaches Annie, telling her to audition for a low-budget scary movie she is producing. Annie mentions she only was the under study for Adrianna, getting Adrianna into the audition too. This makes them friends, at least for now.
Meanwhile, Naomi is still desperately trying to get her parents back together. She keeps thinking that if she forces them to the same place at the same time they will just figure out how they miss each other since they went to bed together that one time. Her first attempt is to invite her dad and the other woman to dinner, and then try to sabotage the relationship by saying that he is a workaholic and that her dad slept with her mom. She even gets an extra ticket for her mother to the fashion show, then calling her dad with a 911 emergency to run there, without telling the other one. They both just take it out on her when they realize, and tell her how much they are not getting back together. Ethan tried to warn her real life was not like the Parent Trap, and she chose not to listen.
Brenda (now almost a teacher), Ryan and Kelly are all friends and worried about Adrianna. Ryan still would like to date Kelly, but it seems less and less likely to happen as Dylan calls her at school and wants to see her and Sammy, and tells him he doesn’t want her to wait for him. Ryan and Brenda then go to the fashion show to make sure Adrianna is not doing drugs, making a big scene that eventually makes her think that the principal was using Annie as a narc. Annie and Adrianna weren’t getting along anyway when she told Annie about lying to her about Ty.
Navid feels like a third wheel when Dixon and Silver start dating. Instead, he wants to get set up with someone, first suggesting Annie. Dixon and Silver try to make it less weird for him by bringing him to the fashion show too, and he meets a few girls that like Persians. Silver gets approached by a gross older dude who wants her to do modeling, then tries to hit on her. She basically tells him off and Dixon and the guy get in a fight.
In the end, Naomi and Ethan break up for good, Kelly leaves for two weeks with Sammy to go see Dylan, leaving Silver alone in the house. Annie tells Ty she just wants to be friends, and Adrianna gets into a sketchy car after asking for a guy that “doesn’t work for him anymore” from the guy in the car. She still buys and does drugs on the spot.
The Serena Also Rises
After four weeks of back and forth with Dan and Serena, the two finally parted ways episode to discover who they are without each other. In last week’s episode Serena moved to the top of the class, dethroning Blair as queen of the school and her first action as commander was alienating her ex, Dan, from the rest of the student body.
Fashion Week in New York City brings to the city the best designers, the best models and the best competition. Eleanor gave Blair the privilege to set the seating arrangement for her fashion show. Blair reminded her mother that Serena and she would again be backstage with her at the show, as they have traditionally done in the past. We all know traditions change and with last week’s power shift it wouldn’t be long before they did.
Little Jenny Humphrey played a big role this week as her internship at Eleanor’s would finally pay off during this busy and exciting week for fashionistas. But Jenny makes time for her designer dreams by ditching school and lying to big brother Dan about it.
Seems that Bart Bass is still traveling around the world and leaving his lonely wife, Lilly, to attend to the décor of their new home together. Lilly appears in higher spirits compared to last week when we found her on Rufus’ doorstep trying to restart a friendship that Rufus said ended the day she walked down the aisle with Bart. Lilly will be all right though as long as she has a joyful relationship with her children after last year’s shaky reunion.
At school, Chuck tries to take another path back to Blair’s heart by propositioning her to help make her “Queen B” again. Blair turns him down but she’s going to need some kind of reinforcements as her second row seats to Eleanor’s fashion show don’t beat Serena’s new friendship with young, socialite Poppy.
Dan finds himself in trouble with his writing again when he goes to see his editor. Dan’s trying to find material to send with his application to Yale’s English Department. His editor advises him to reach out of his comfort zone, learn something new and find someone not like him. That look in his eye shows Dan knows just who to ask.
You guessed it – Chuck Bass. Dan tells him he needs a little adventure in his life not revealing the urgency for his new story. It’s time to experience the life of Chuck Bass, hope you’re ready Dan.
With only a few days until the show, Eleanor is running around her studio frantically, making sure all her designs are Waldorf standard. She also has to deal with her daughter’s seating chart not being up to par according to Laurel. “Kirsten Dunst. So 2007. Her rehab stint barely made the radar.” Not to worry, Little J knows some girls with clout – Serena and new friend Poppy.
When Blair gets wind of this seating chart change, it only lends fuel to her fire. Already upset with her posse’s infatuation with Serena and Poppy, Blair jumps into revenge mode when her housekeeper tells her Miss Jenny made the switch to put Serena in the front row. Back from the break, Blair confronts Eleanor about the seating change. Blair explains to her mother that Serena wouldn’t approve but apparently she already agreed via a conversation Eleanor had with Lilly. Looks like that backstage tradition just went down the tubes for S and B.
Just why didn’t Jenny learn from her mistakes of last year? Blair quietly reminds her of the past and B’s got leverage when Eleanor informs her Little J supposedly has an independent study. Blair informs her mother that it’s very strange for a 10th grader to have an independent study. This point brings me back to reality that Jenny is just a lowly sophomore even though her actions this season and the end of last season make her look 20.
To start the night, Chuck takes Dan to a bar and orders three shots for each of them. Dan, hesitant at first, agrees to the drinks and takes that leap “down the rabbit hole.” Pushing Dan’s limits, Chuck encourages washing down a pill of ecstasy with one of his shots. He takes the pill to go all in.
Serena, still not comfortable with her new title, informs her mother that Poppy’s publicist has the two girls seated front row at Eleanor’s show. She realizes how upset Blair will be if she doesn’t watch the show backstage together but Lilly and Poppy do their best to convince her to take the seats. Poppy talks her into it with passes to the Mark Jacobs’ after party with enough for Blair to tag along. Serena seems comforted by this notion but we all know Blair Waldorf doesn’t tag along.
With her leverage, Blair crosses the bridge to make a pit-stop at the Humphrey household. She informs Rufus that his daughter has missed 10 days of school on account of mono. Rufus sees right pass the charade but does know his daughter’s not sick. Time to check in on Little J.
First, we return to Chuck and Dan in the back of the Bass limo. Dan’s feeling very good in his drunken stupor and Chuck satisfied with his entertainment for the night drops Dan off on hooker’s lane nowhere near Brooklyn. With no shoes for the walk home, Dan does have quite a few story ideas now.
Rufus goes to Eleanor’s studio to find Jenny working late. He drags her out of the studio while Blair watches on. The next morning at breakfast, Jenny tries to convince her father she was keeping up with her homework and that the truancy would only last through fashion week. Certainly not a good enough answer for Rufus. He informs her that he called the headmistress and Jenny now has a meeting with her on Saturday afternoon, the day of the fashion show. The meeting could be Little J’s last shot at not being expelled but only fashion is on the mind of the up-and-coming designer.
Serena comes over to Blair’s home to invite her to the after-party but Blair won’t have any of it. Serena’s fear of leaving Blair backstage alone without consulting her came true. The confrontation broke their friendship further as Serena told Blair she would take those front row seats and enjoy them thoroughly (obviously out of spite at that time).
Dan is one step closer to writing the perfect story for Yale. Only problem, he is going to have to write it from his nemesis’ point of view, Charlie Trout (very creative with the fishy last names). Dan needs to find the humanity in Charlie (Chuck) and that comes with finding his most kept secret. Cutting up this Bass could get messy.
Little J goes to the school for her meeting but Laurel is calling her non-stop to get to the fashion show immediately. Jenny makes a choice and appears to ditch the headmistress for the show. Wait until Rufus finds out.
At the show Serena finds her seats have been moved to the back row. It looks like Blair’s been playing a little musical chairs but Jenny sees the commotion and comes over to the defense of Serena. Eleanor walks up to solve the problem moving Serena’s seats back to the front, shooing Blair backstage and moving Jenny up as her helper for the show. Blair taking a backseat to Miss Jenny with her mother won’t sit well with B.
I think we’ve found the human side of Chuck. He sits alone in the club, on the phone with his father who’s just gotten back into town. He wants to have a drink with his father but Bart isn’t interested, blowing off his son to take another call. Dan shows up just as Chuck hangs up and challenges him to show the true-life of Chuck Bass. Round 2 – DING!
Just before show time, Blair’s planning her next attack on Jenny. She slyly tricks one of Eleanor’s assistants into giving up Jenny’s job orders – shuffling the models up to the runway. What could Blair have in mind?
Back at the club, Dan asks about Chuck’s childhood. Why does he find himself at the bar alone every night and not with spending quality time with dear old dad? Chuck avoids the question and walks up to the bar to pick up, what he thinks is, a hooker. Turns out the girl’s boyfriend was in the bathroom and doesn’t like what Chuck was insinuating by giving his girl cash up-front. Just as the boyfriend is about to punch out Chuck, Dan steps up and clocks the boyfriend.
Rufus returns home to see Jenny’s not there and sees a message on the answering machine. It looks like Jenny did take that meeting but her situation is out of control. He looks down to see the advertisement for Fashion Week and we all know where he’s heading next.
Rufus might have more to worry about as we find Chuck and Dan in jail. Dan knows his chances of getting into Yale probably ended tonight with an arrest on his record. Chuck has a more positive outlook on the situation taking pride in the fact that his father will have to call the lawyers to get Chuck out of this mess. Then the humanity starts to seep out of Chuck’s closed exterior. He reveals to Dan that Bart’s always hated him mainly because he thinks Chuck killed his beloved wife. Chuck’s mother, Bart’s wife, died in childbirth and Bart never got over it. Are Chuck and Dan forming an unlikely friendship?
We find Bart home again, his first appearance this fall, with his new wife welcoming him home. He says he has a gift for her and Lilly thinks it’s a piece of artwork that she was trying to get a hold of. It’s only another piece of fine jewelry but Bart does know where the artwork is. It seems he found it when he had a private investigator look into Lilly’s past. Not a very trusting man.
Emergency! Emergency! The models go missing, no thanks to Blair, and Jenny has to find replacements for Eleanor’s show. Jenny keeps her cool after she finds out Blair sent them home after she told them they had been overbooked (B’s right on one thing, no one said models’ were the brightest in the bunch). Little J walks out to the front of the runway to enlist Serena and her socialite friends to don Eleanor’s designs for the fashion show.
Backstage, Serena again finds a reason to try and back out of a situation that could further deteriorate her relationship with Blair. Poppy tells her that she’s more beautiful than Blair and she needs to stop holding herself back. Well that’s really laying it all out on the table. Serena still doesn’t want to hurt Blair but Poppy assures her Blair will be supportive. I think we all know Blair won’t be supportive and switches the dress Serena’s suppose to wear with Jenny’s after-party dress. Not only will this mess up her mother’s show but also get Jenny in trouble with Eleanor for slipping her own designs into the show.
As Serena struts her stuff down the catwalk (no need for Tyra’s confirmation here), Jenny asks why Blair is still trying to ruin her life and why she just doesn’t take her throne back. Blair tells her she can’t and J realizes this whole setup is about Serena. Another character’s true humanity starting to show, as Jenny tells Blair that she’s earned everything she’s achieved when Serena simply breezes through life.
Collecting his possessions from the officer, Chuck mistakenly gets Dan’s items but doesn’t return them back immediately when he sees Dan’s notes on him. He sees Dan’s been writing down what he thought would be kept in confidence.
Bart turns over the secret file to Lilly. Lilly tells him she’s not ashamed of her past anymore and wants her children to know who she really is. Only one item in the file does seem to shake up Lilly as she questions Bart where he got it.
Eleanor finds Jenny backstage and rips into her about switching the dress. Laurel runs up to tell Eleanor that Jenny’s dress was a smash hit. Jenny tells Eleanor she can take credit for the dress as an apology and although tentative at first, she accepts the offer. In the end, Blair stands up for Jenny telling her mom that it was Jenny who saved the show in the first place.
Jenny finds out a “crazy man” is outside trying to get into see her, says he’s her father. Jenny knows that it is Rufus but tells the woman to send the man away. Jenny’s definitely not getting brownie points at home tonight.
Busy with Jenny (so it appears later), Dan doesn’t call Rufus but his editor to come bail him out of jail. Luckily the charges against Dan were dropped but Dan’s tells the editor he’s not going to use Chuck’s secret. The editor is quite disappointed in the young writer but Dan has another story idea – to write about his nasty and inconsiderate editor.
At the after-party, Eleanor lifts a glass to Jenny for her heroics of the night. Rufus shows up just in time to witness the toast and Jenny sees him out of the corner of her eye.
Blair looks in the back to talk to Serena and apologize for the dirty trick she pulled. Serena’s mad about Blair’s attempted sabotage and admits that she’s been holding herself back to not outshine Blair. Blair’s taken aback and can’t believe the words coming out of S’s mouth. It’s only one more step on Serena taking on full power of her crown.
Rufus pulls Jenny out of the party and updates her on her new life consisting only of bread, water and school. Jenny wants to focus on fashion like Rufus did with his music when he was young. Jenny makes the mistake of almost upstaging her father on their talents and Rufus catches her before she says it a loud. Jenny then tells him that she told the headmistress that not only does she want to focus on design but that she’s not coming back to school at all.
The night closes on Lilly accepting Bart’s necklace, a sign that she’ll submit to his power. Last, we see Blair watching Serena and Poppy pose for the paparazzi before getting into their limo. Two women, used to asserting their independence and power, now find themselves lost among the crowd.
Next week’s a repeat so see you in two weeks.
One Tree Hill – “You’ve Dug Your Own Grave, Now Lie in It”
Suspense and success are common themes on this week’s One Tree Hill.
Lucas has to go to New York to see the final product of his new book and that means coming face to face with his ex-fiancé Lindsey. He hasn’t told her about his engagement to Peyton, but he intends to do that when he sees her in New York. Nathan gets a call from a D league basketball team that is interested in meeting with him. Jamie exclaims “It’s the NBA” and we see a smile come across Nathan’s face that hasn’t really been there since the big Raven’s win in season four. Meanwhile, Nanny Carrie is digging a grave in preparation for Dan’s death and is keen on Jamie’s return.
Haley gets a call from someone who claims Dan is at the hospice and with only hours to live. Haley is torn as to whether or not she should take Jamie to see him. She wants to talk to Nathan about it, but he has left to talk to the D league recruiter so she decides to leave him a voicemail telling him to call her back. Of course we all know Dan is not at a hospice and Nanny Carrie’s plan has been set into motion.
Peyton continues to speak with Mick which makes her happy because he knows about her mother Elle. She wants to hear more about her dad; Mick says her parents fell in love at first sight. When she asks him why he thought her parents didn’t keep her, he noticeably slips by saying “we”. Peyton is now sure that this is her father, although he has still yet to admit it, and invites him over to her house for dinner to talk more about her family. He accepts.
Brooke continues therapy and admits feeling empty since she signed over the company to her mother, as though now she has no purpose in life and she’s “failed”. She feels even more defeated when a group of movers come and start to pack all of the clothes in the shop to bring back to New York. She’s afraid because everyone is moving forward and she feels like she isn’t. The therapist puts it into perspective and tells Brooke she’s a bright, intelligent girl and she’ll figure it out. Meanwhile, Sam, the girl who stole from the store and Brooke gave clothes to, comes into the store just before the movers come and wants to return the clothes. When the movers begin to pack things into boxes, Brooke, who initially would not give her the return, gives the money to her because the company is officially no longer hers.
Nathan meets with the basketball recruiter who ends up telling him that he wants him in a coaching position and isn’t interested in Nathan playing on the team. He tells Nathan that his playing days are over, but he should consider coaching. Nathan is discouraged but tells him he’ll talk to his family and think it over.
Lucas meets Lindsey in New York and as he begins to tell her about the engagement, she tells him she doesn’t want to get into an emotional discussion with him. Later when the two are in a marketing meeting and they’re reviewing Lucas’ book tour dates, he realizes he can’t make the Chicago date. He won’t give the reason specifically in the meeting and Lindsey pulls him into her office to discuss it. It finally comes out that the reason he can’t make the Chicago date is because it’s the day of his wedding to Peyton. Lindsey of course is a bit shocked and quickly just says she’ll get the date switched. She’s short with him and simply says she always knew this is what would happen. Lucas sees her in the bar later and apologizes for how things happened. Lindsey, with tears in her eyes simply says, “I was always pulling for the couple in the book.” She hands Lucas a copy of his book and later Lucas notices on the inside cover she wrote a small message telling him she’d miss him and always love him.
The climactic moment of the episode, and the moment we’ve all been dreading or possibly waiting for, comes as Haley pulls her car up to Nanny Carrie’s house. She tells Jamie to wait in the car and when she goes inside, she discovers Dan. She unties the straps on his wrists, but Nanny Carrie comes from behind and hits her on the head which knocks her out. Nanny Carrie then proceeds to go to the car and tells Jamie to open the door. Jamie won’t do it, “my momma told me not to”, and Nanny Carrie, getting frustrated, brings a sledge hammer to break the window. At this point, Jamie has escaped the car and is running toward a cornfield. A game of cat and mouse ensues as Nanny Carrie pursues Jamie in the cornfield, all the while saying she’s “his momma now.” Somehow Haley is revived and is able to grab Jamie in the cornfield and tells him to be quiet. Unfortunately right at that moment, Nathan calls Haley’s cell phone which helps Nanny Carrie find where they are. Both Jamie and Haley begin to run quickly out of the cornfield. Just as Nanny Carrie is about to catch them, Deb appears out of nowhere and smashes a bottle in her face. Deb found out Haley and Jamie was there because she saw a picture of Nanny Carrie and realized it was a trap. She proudly claims the bottle she hit Nanny Carrie’s head with was the bottle she saved for the day Dan died. As the two talk, Nanny Carrie rises and is about to hit them with the sledge hammer, when Dan appears on the porch and shoots her in the stomach. His only response? “God I hate the woods.” Dan, once the villain, becomes the hero.
Meanwhile, Brooke is eating at a diner and goes to pay when she’s told the check has already been taken care of. She finds Sam and thanks her. Sam says it was Brooke’s money anyway that paid for the meal since she used the money from the returned clothes. The two seem to form a bond. Later a shot shows Sam sleeping in the backseat of a car, suggesting the girl is homeless.
The final scene has Nanny Carrie somehow alive again, lying on the ground, telling Dan she isn’t dead. The speech seems ridiculous, Dan is still holding the gun, and he reminds her of the night in the hotel room when he promised her what he’d do to her if she ever came near his family again. She lays there laughing and Dan rightly shoots her again and the episode ends. Here’s hoping she’s finally dead!
90210 – “Wide Awake and Dreaming”
Episode 1.5 – September 23, 2008
This whole episode is centered around the school musical finally happening, and what seems like everyone’s virginity or lack thereof. The episode starts with Annie’s dad (the principal) finding her and Ty making out back stage during a rehearsal. He decides that he has to give her another version of “the talk”, only this time about Beverly Hills versus Kansas. He doesn’t want Annie to end up pregnant, because he fathered a child in high school with Naomi’s mother. Of course, Annie gets embarrassed and goes to her mom, who tries to talk to her dad but too has her concerns. Meanwhile, Naomi is telling Annie that Ty “does everyone” and that she is not the only one he has pursued. He later tells Annie he got them a hotel room at the Roosevelt Hotel where the play’s after party is being held, more or less telling her that they will be having sex.
With the play, Brenda Walsh, Kelly Taylor and English teacher Ryan is worried about her lead Adrianna who is showing up late to practice and generally acting weird. It is later revealed her mom is extremely critical on her and even tells her she is bringing agents to the opening night of the play. Adrianna was previously revealed as at least trying drugs, and it comes to a head here when she is found the opening night of the play backstage and obviously out of it by stage manager Silver. Brenda has no choice but to give the role to Annie (as if we didn’t know). Adrianna later gets back at Annie by showing up at Ty’s hotel room and telling him he saw Annie making out and leaving with Ethan after the play, and when Annie shows up being in a towel and saying Ty asked her to show up “too”, and he was currently in the shower, making her leave in tears. In reality, the shower was running but empty, Ty no where to be found.
Silver and Dixon finally act on their feelings for one another and kiss at the end of this episode. They get along better when Dixon helps Silver by running the lights at the play. He gave Annie the condom in his wallet he has had for 4 years because she asked, definitely not looking ready but trying to be prepared to have sex with Ty. She bumps into Ethan right afterwards, getting into an awkward situation with him telling her to save herself for someone who cares about her, not Ty Collins. She says she already tried that, obviously meaning him. He is already back together with Naomi.
Meanwhile, Naomi’s neediness has come to a head, trying to push her parents back together when it is obvious it is not working. Her dad has moved out to the beach house with his mistress Gail, and her mother has been in bed doing nothing for a week. She finally forces to them together to talk, which they do more fighting before ending up all over one another. When it is obvious to everyone but Naomi they are getting a divorce, it is when her mother is throwing out or donating all of her father’s expensive suits. Try as much as she wants, they are not going to end up back together.
Gossip Girl – “The Ex-Files”
Episode 2.4 – September 25, 2008
by Emily Morgan
Did you all feel that? It was a shift in power on the Upper East Side. At the end of Monday night’s episode, the Queen B lost both her title and her royal suitor. Who or what brought her down? Many forces worked against Blair Waldorf tonight to overthrow her from the throne.
No better time to start a revolution than the present and today the present is the first day of senior year. The Bass house started the day with a hearty breakfast and pleasant conversation about Lilly and Bart’s honeymoon (Bart could not attend the family table because he was still on business in Beijing). Serena seemed a little too intrigued with her mother’s rendezvous with her new step-father, for me but Chuck put an end to that conversation. He made the announcement to his new family members that Serena and Dan had officially broken up, again. Lilly wasn’t even aware that they had gotten back together after her wedding last spring.
On the other side of the East River, Rufus and Dan discussed the break-up. Dan avoids the conversation when he confronts Rufus about his girlfriend sneaking out early that morning. Rufus goes silent know his son’s caught him in the act and tells Dan not to discuss it with Jenny. Little J walks into the room just after and informs her father that she does not want him to drop her off at school today. Jenny wants to get through school without being a project for Blair and her posse.
I refer to Blair’s girls as a posse because we don’t really know their names. We just know they’re at B’s beck and call and that’s all that matters.
Speaking of Blair, she’s holding underclassmen interviews on the front stairs of the school for girls who could one day become a part of that posse. Chuck, always nearby, hands off a file to Blair for a new student that may not be on her radar yet. How kind of Chuck? Is he moving on and trying to be Blair’s friend?
Upon arriving at school Serena spots Dan in the hall but avoids making eye-contact with him and makes a quick getaway down another hall before he sees her. I can’t imagine these two playing hide-and-seek from each other all year long.
Nate decides to show up late for the first day of school as he’s off in Brooklyn searching for Vanessa. He’s still stunned she told him to stay with the Duchess Catherine. Vanessa tries to break off their friendship easily by saying they were never friends in the first place. Ouch V! You know you love N, you could be less harsh to him.
Hide-and-seek continues between D and S when Dan, not so smoothly, is hiding behind Jenny’s locker in the underclassmen hallway spying for Serena. On the way back to his side of the building he runs into, literally, the new girl Amanda. The two get to talking just as Blair and Serena are making their way into the courtyard to see them. Dan moving on throws a wrench into Blair’s orders of who ever dates first wins and that should be Serena not Dan Humphrey.
And could our new girl Amanda be Chuck’s new student? It appears so, as Blair keeps her file on top as a “person of interest.” Blair feels Serena should be concerned for D’s new development considering Amanda is “Dan with boobs.”
At the gallery, the Duchess makes a visit to Vanessa to give her the hush money, 5000 dollars exactly. V doesn’t seem to be interested but doesn’t make any motion to throw the check out or tear it up.
The game of hide-and-seek finally comes to end when Dan notices Serena across the courtyard and gives her an awkward wave. The awkwardness continues as the two attempt to have a conversation without it becoming another argument. Dan requests to fast-forward the relationship past the post break-up stage and onto a mutual friend relationship. He starts with an invitation to lunch but has to quickly cancel on account of he offered to have lunch with Amanda that afternoon. Amanda shows up to spoil the small reunion. Dan introduces Amanda to Serena and she acts as politely as possible to Dan’s new friend. Not off to a great start for Dan and you can’t blame Serena as she’s becoming deeply hurt as the episode unfolds.
Lurking in the shadows of this uncomfortable situation is the always shady Chuck. As Serena exits, Chuck pulls out his cell to send a picture of the new couple, Dan and Amanda, to Gossip Girl. Quite a coming out party for the couple.
Lily, without her new husband, shows up at Rufus’ gallery. Lilly wants to catch up with old flame and appears desperate to do so. She agrees to go to Repo-man with Rufus an act she hated when they were dating long ago. Just how lonely is Mrs. Lilly Bass?
Looking to put things back in order, Blair offers a lunch invitation to new girl Amanda in order to break off the lunch with her and Dan. B warns Amanda that boyfriends are not reliable and she should stick with her girlfriends for constant support. Serena’s still not cool with Blair’s idea but B tells S it’s for her own good. We all know where lunch can lead for a young girl and boy: “Lunch, as in the meal before dating.”
Well, Vanessa didn’t tear up that check or throw it away. Instead she brought it back to the source. A good thing too, because when Vanessa waits for the Duchess she peaks into a bedroom to find the Duchess and her step-son Marcus (Blair’s royal boyfriend) making out. Perfect opportunity for V and she’s takes full advantage whipping out her phone to capture the two in the act. Now she has ammunition to get Nate off the hook and perhaps back into her life.
Chuck, continuing his “kindness” streak, alerts Dan that Amanda will not be joining him for lunch. Before he can confront Serena, Blair and the posse luncheon with Amanda, Vanessa calls on him for guidance about what she just witnessed.
Enjoying a light sushi lunch, Blair explains the ground rules to Amanda about dating. According to B, Amanda is not allowed to date Dan because Serena dated Dan. The old, you don’t date your friend’s ex. Not sure if that rule applies here but for Blair to look after her friend Serena it does. Serena doesn’t feel s uneasy with the situation Blair is creating and goes to look for Dan to apologize.
Not knowing the plot Blair is planning to sabotage him innocent Dan recommends Vanessa call Blair to deal with the Lord and Duchess problem. B does have a stake in this affair and we all know she took care of Georgina pretty well last season (although I’m still waiting for G to claw her way back into the City from boot camp).
Serena catches up with Dan later to apologize for pulling Amanda away from their lunch earlier. S informs him that it was all Blair’s doing but Dan doesn’t believe her. It’s no wonder this relationship keeps breaking since the trust is not strong with these two, especially young Mr. Humphrey.
Amanda finds Dan later and makes up for missing their lunch by asking him out. Looks like Amanda works quickly and knows what she wants and when.
Vanessa takes Dan’s advice and goes to see Blair about the photo she captured. Blair’s obviously distraught over her boyfriend having a physical relationship with his step-mother. Blair tells Vanessa not to let anyone find out about this affair and promises she’ll take care of it.
A good first date in high school is usually a movie or the local coffee shop. Amanda takes Dan to a hot nightclub where the likes of Chuck and Blair’s posse usually dine. The posse spots Dan on his little date and the phones come out again as pictures are sent to Gossip Girl.
Jenny, apparently waking up to the news on Gossip Girl, slams a pillow on Dan’s bed to wake him up the next morning. Little J pleads with her brother that he needs to apologize to Serena for jumping into this relationship so quickly. Chuck wakes his step-sister up to show her the footage of Dan’s date on Gossip Girl. This only feeds the fire that is growing in Serena.
That morning at school, Dan waits for Serena so he can apologize. Serena doesn’t have time for apologies as Dan has embarrassed her too much in the past 24 hours. She realizes the two are going to date other people. She thinks the only way to preserve any part of their dwindling friendship is to go on a date with him and Amanda. In the words of Dan, “This shouldn’t be awkward at all.” Of course not.
At another not so awkward date, Lord Marcus and Blair sit down at a local café for morning breakfast. Blair quickly makes Marcus aware that she knows about his fling with the Duchess. Right then, the Duchess also joins them for breakfast after Blair called her to discuss an exit strategy. The book has shut on this storybook couple about a Lord and his maiden but I’m sure she’ll find someone else to tease Chuck with. But wait, who was that peeking in the window before the Duchess showed up? Vanessa doesn’t seem to trust Blair with the Duchess “Destruction Plan.” V, we know Blair can’t always be trusted with being a friend but when it comes to destroying a common enemy she’s game. Vanessa takes off to speak to the Duke with her own plan.
The date begins with some intelligent conversation on Dan and Amanda’s favorite authors, something Serena has no comment on. Serena excuses herself and goes to the bar for something to take the edge off this unpleasant evening. Once again, Blair’s posse is there to “save the day” as they bring Serena in reinforcements for the date, to be more specific one very hot lacrosse player. S is back in the game and “ready to play.”
After having a couple drinks with her new friend, S invites the lacrosse player back to the date with Dan and Amanda. Dan sees what Serena’s doing and pulls her aside to talk about what’s happening. Serena lets Dan know that asking Amanda out really hurt her. Dan counters with the fact they were already broken up but Serena needed Dan to suffer through the break-up a little longer than he planned. The two finally decide to stay away from each other for awhile but awhile is never long for these two.
Does Chuck have a twin because he seemed to be everywhere tonight? After Serena tells Dan he better leave the restaurant, Chuck advises Dan to stay and get a look at the “real” Serena.
Blair continues to damage control when she informs Nate that he’s off the hook with the Duchess. She reveals the Lord and Catherine’s affair and tells him she’ll keep quiet if Catherine pays the restitution for Nate’s father. All appears well again until Blair’s phone rings with Catherine on the other end. Vanessa talked to the Duke and completely ruined Blair’s agreement with the Duchess. Vanessa is just not the scheming type and should leave it to the pros.
Lonely Lily shows up at Rufus’ house this night for a movie night. She’s brought his favorite wine but even that won’t coax Rufus into bringing Lilly back into his life. Rufus can’t be friends with Lilly right now because it’s too easy to fall into their old patterns. He informs her that she made the choice to walk down the aisle with Bart and she’ll have to live with that choice. At least until she inevitably files for divorce and comes running back to Rufus.
Vanessa tries to calls Nate but Blair finds her first. B notifies her that she had everything handled until Vanessa talked to the Duke. Does this mean Nate has to continue doing “favors” for Catherine?
The date from hell continues at the restaurant. Chuck’s gathered B’s posse together and a few moments they’ve thrown some type of chemical in Amanda’s hair that makes it fall out. Dan runs over to help her. Serena also sees the dramatics and rushes over. Of course, Dan believes Serena is guilty of these shananigans and Serena denies her involvement. Dan tells S that she needs to take a look in the mirror to see who she really is. With this statement, Serena declares power over the posse with a tongue slashing. “Never again. From now on everything goes through me.”
Mission accomplished . . . Chuck.
That’s right the plan from the beginning was a Bass concoction. The new girl arrives, small talks with Dan, asks Dan out, belittles Serena and then gets her hair burned off. Apparently that last one wasn’t part of the plan but Chuck compensates her with a hearty payment as she’s off to a beautiful girl’s academy upstate.
It’s finally Nate’s turn to be mad tonight (did he go to school over these two days?). He confronts Vanessa about not coming to him in the first place and shoots back the line she used earlier on him, “We were never really friends in the first place.”
An emotionally exhausting episode for Blair as she lost her boyfriend and behind the scenes lost her place as number one in the school. Serena’s leading the pack now and Blair realizes this was all Chuck’s plan in the first place.
At least people are still talking to Blair, as Dan’s been completely alienated from his peers. Queen S is in power and now no one’s safe.
One Tree Hill – “Bridge Over Troubled Water”
Episode 6.4 – September 22, 2008
by Barbara Ghilardi
Lucas opens this week’s One Tree Hill with the following: “The hardest part of saying goodbye is having to do it every single day.”
This quote seems to carry over into each of the character’s lives. Nathan, Lucas, Skills, and Haley all find themselves picturing Q in the places where he would normally be. Haley and Jamie go to the cemetery to put flowers on Q’s grave. The viewer is informed it’s been 8 days and it’s obvious this last week has not helped to heal anyone.
While walking out of the graveyard, Jamie see’s Dan’s gravestone and is confused. Haley explains to him that Dan had it made in preparation for the day he would pass away. Jamie seems to understand, but again brings up the fact that he wishes he could visit his grandpa Dan. Haley gives in and they go to Dan’s house, only to find the door open and a stack of newspapers in front of Dan’s house. Haley seems to sense something is going on, and she asks Jamie to return to the car. Later she makes a phone call to the hospital and leaves a message asking if Dan is there.
Nathan, who in the last episode found out Skills and Deb are together, remains angry at his mother and tells her he wants her to move out. Brooke visits a therapist. When the therapist asks her who she thinks is behind the attack, and Brooke of course answers her mother Victoria.
A mysterious artist pops into Peyton’s recording studio, which turns out to be an idol of Peyton’s. He says he’s just stopping by to jam and really doesn’t have any material to write about. He tells Peyton he heard about her place from the CD she produced and…he knew her mother Ellie. He claims however that he does not know who her father is.
Nanny Carrie and Deb have a conversation on the playground, as Deb is confused about her relationship with Skills and what moving out might do to her relationship with Jamie. Nanny Carrie says if it were her, she’d do anything to stay in Jamie’s life and some people just don’t appreciate devotion. The real question is…why doesn’t Deb know what her grandson’s abductor looks like? Deb tells Skills she was kicked out of Nathan’s home and Skills asks her to move in with him. Deb decides that she needs to be with Jamie and tells Skills that their relationship has to end.
Brooke’s therapy session continues and we learn she went into business with her mother because she thought maybe it was the way to win her mother’s love. Finally the reason for the gun is revealed. Brooke says she doesn’t actually want to hurt her mother, but she has had thoughts of it. She says if her mother died, she wouldn’t miss her.
Haley breaks up a fight between two girls at school, one girl is Sam, the girl who stole from Brooke’s store. Haley tries to reach out to the girl but is rebuffed. Even when she brings clothes from Brooke as a gift to Sam, she rejects the gift, and it becomes clear that there’s more to this troubled girl than we are aware of.
Luke visits Q’s family and Q’s younger brother wants to know if he can be a Tree Hill Raven someday. It’s a cute moment and as Lucas embraces Q’s mom, Q’s death has created a relationship with his family.
Jamie asks Nathan why Deb isn’t around so much anymore, and says he saw Skills and Deb kissing. He tells Nathan he doesn’t mind them together and Nathan gives no response, just a look of frustration. Later, Skills tells Nathan Deb makes him happy and he hopes Nathan can learn to accept the two of them together.
The Ravens are back on the court and dedicate the game to Q. His jersey is displayed on the wall, and Lucas and Q’s mom give an emotional speech. Lucas tells the players to “let basketball heal you” because playing the game is what Q would have wanted them to do. Each member of the team has #44 near their heart in memory of Q. In a risky move, Lucas decides only 4 guys will play during the game, one of the spots being “reserved” for Q. The team does end up loosing the game, but it was a tough fight and they all decide to play with only four players for the remainder of the season.
Nanny Carrie somehow breaks into Nathan and Haley’s home while they are at the game and takes some of Jamie’s things so he will be “comfortable” when he comes to live with her. At one point, she picks up Chester, Jamie’s bunny, and talks to him saying she’d glad he won’t give her away, because if he could, she’d have to eat him to keep him quiet. Why haven’t the police taken this woman in yet?
In one of the best scenes of the episode, Brooke comes to her mother’s home and confronts her about the robbery and attack. Victoria claims she would never physically harm her daughter and says Brooke is just paranoid. Then Victoria begins to explain apart of the her own story we’ve never heard: Victoria never wanted children, instead wanted to have her own clothing line and company but Brooke’s father always wanted a son. When she became pregnant, Brooke’s father cheated on her. So when she had a girl instead of a boy, Victoria made sure Brooke’s father’s dream of a son never came true, just like hers. Now knowing nothing is her fault, Brooke, in one of her strongest moments, tells Victoria she’s giving her Clothes over Bros because she does not want to become her mother and so in turn is giving Victoria her the dream she always wanted.
Haley calls the hospital to find out about Dan, and is told he does have a heart but he has not answered any of the hospital’s pages. Nathan gives Skills the ok to date Deb and allows Deb to move back in with him. Brooke reunites with her real “family”, her friends and Peyton’s mysterious artist friend decides to stick around in Tree Hill, saying he’s become inspired to write some new music. Nanny Carrie kisses the photo of Jamie and says “see you soon baby” and Skills joins Nathan on the court to help him practice because Q no longer can. Will Brooke really lose her company to her mom and will Nanny Carrie successfully abduct Jamie? And by the way, where’s Dan? Until next week…
90210 – “The Bubble”
Episode 1.4 – September 16, 2008
by Caitlin Downer
Naomi’s problems with her father and his affair come to a head when she finds out the “other woman” Gail is moving to Beverly Hills, more specifically, her family’s beach house. She only finds this out after confronting Gail and finding out the other woman loves her father and it seems to be mutual. She also tells her mother which is not good for either of them, after they had to act like a family for the annual Christmas card photo shoot.
Meanwhile, she uses this hardship to at least apologize to Silver and ask her not to put it in her blog. In 8th grade, Silver’s parents were going through an affair and eventual divorce, and Naomi told everyone, the reason why they were no longer friends. While it mended fences, the jury is still out on whether those two will become friendly again. Silver seems to be doing better living with half-sister Kelly, even flirting enough with Dixon to ask him the question everyone wants to hear, “when are you going to ask me out?”
Speaking of Dixon, he got into a mess of his own this week. He borrowed his dad’s car to go to school and in doing so knocked off the side view mirror of an expensive German-made car of a fellow student. Instead of wanting to go through insurance, he gets a job at the Peach Pit to cover the repairs, eventually telling his father and getting the money, using his earnings at the job to pay back his father for the loan. He also gets to sit courtside at a Lakers game with the guy whose car he hit, so it all works out for him.
Dixon’s sister Annie has many of her own problems. She finally gets asked out by Ethan, only to ten minutes later get asked out by Ty after he bailed on her, to which she has to say no and possibly lose Ty. When Ethan is late (and eventually bails) on their date, Silver gives her the news that it is never over between Ethan and Naomi, and she should end the triangle and choose Ty. She does, but Ty at first spurns her advances since he has tried before. When she kisses him, it seems firmly settled on Annie and Ty. Good thing, because Naomi and Ethan end up getting back together at the end of the episode.
In news of the adults around West Beverly High, Annie and Dixon’s grandmother Tabitha Wilson, a former actress and current alcoholic, offers to take over directing the school musical Spring Awakening. She doesn’t stay long, because once Brenda Walsh comes on to help, she sees how negative she is being towards Annie and passes the reins to Brenda, a current stage actress in London and now doing a play in California. Brenda also speaks to Ryan, the cute English teacher, in his quest to get to know Kelly. He still likes her and wants to date her, but Kelly is unsure, using her son’s welfare as an excuse. At the end of the episode, Brenda says she is still hung up on Sammy’s father, revealed to be (stop reading if you don’t want to be spoiled) former high school boyfriend Dylan McKay.
One Tree Hill – “Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly.”
Episode 6.3 – September 15, 2008
by Barbara Ghilardi
Last night, for the first time, One Tree Hill had me crying.
As last week’s episode ended with Q’s fatal gun shot, this week’s began with a conformation from Lucas to Skills that Q has passed away. The scene cuts to the basketball court where Nathan is confused as to why Q hasn’t met him and Haley shows up, frazzled and red eyed with the news. Lucas and Skills break the news to the team, while Haley and Nathan struggle to let their young son Jamie know that his friend Q isn’t coming back. “So he won’t even be at practice?” Jamie asks. His small yet powerful expression upon hearing no shows even Jamie is going to have a tough time dealing with Q’s death.
Meanwhile, Brooke is having trouble dealing with the aftermath of her assault and story robbery. She begins to throw her clothing out of Clothes over Bros and when Peyton tries to give the clothes back to Brooke, she lashes out at her.
Haley can’t seem to find the words to address her class on the subject of Q’s death, and is met with the response “what is the point?’ from one of her students. Haley cannot think of a better answer than, “I don’t know.” Nathan goes through Q’s locker, Jamie looks at a board with plays, and we see Q’s name written with a blue expo marker all over the board. Jamie’s expression shows he’s slowly realizing Q would no longer be apart of these plays. As Nathan takes out Q’s jersey, Jamie asks if he can have it, and Nathan simply replies “I think he’d like that.” Even though it’s too big, it looks perfect on Jamie.
Dan is still under the wrath of Nanny Carrie, who claims to have an even better plan to steal away Jamie. She tells Dan that she is going to lure Jamie to Dan’s bedside when it becomes known that Dan is dying. Nanny Carrie pulls out Jamie’s handmade card to Dan, grinning as she explains she’ll have no getting Jamie to come see his grandfather. Next, she gets her hands on Dan’s gun because whoever brings Jamie will be killed by Dan, which actually means they’ll be killed by Nanny Carrie. All Dan really asks is why Nanny Carrie cannot have children and she gives no real response. At this point everyone’s probably thinking, because she’s crazy!
The episode continues its little side stories: we watch as Brooke looks into a mirror with words like revenge covering it and pointing to the places where her bruises are; Brooke’s retaliation is not yet complete. Deb comes to talk to Skills and tries to comfort him, but he seems to brush off her help. Dan tries to escape Nanny Carrie’s house and does get himself free and outside, but falls onto a grave and as Nanny Carrie screams “Get off my son”, she inflicts more pain on him. Later she puts flowers on her son’s grave, and we begin to understand the motive Nanny Carrie has to abduct Jamie: she wants to replace her son.
Nathan, Haley, Jamie, Peyton, Lucas, and Skills all go to Q’s house to visit with his family. Jamie has a touching moment with Q’s brother about the loss, both commenting on the fact that they want to be basketball players someday. When he’s about to leave, Jamie runs back to the boy and gives him Q’s jersey. Inside, Q’s mother expresses her thanks to the adults for helping her son, especially Haley who gave him motivation beyond the basketball court and into his studies.
Haley, in order to help her student’s grief, tells her students to write about Q, even if they did not know him very well. He eyes follow to Q’s desk where someone wrote “I miss you Q”. She grabs the marker and writes a quote from Les Miserables and encourages her students to write a message as well. A brooding girl in the back, who looks just like Brooke’s young shoplifter two episodes back, shies away from the project, but we come to find out she’s the one narrating the episode. Haley also notices the shirt she stole and makes a comment.
Brooke, who did not know Q personally, does make a stop at the Scott residence where Jamie hears Brooke say “life sucks then you die”. She quickly leaves the room and Haley comes outside to see her. Haley tells Brooke that she should go to a therapist if she needs help resolving some of her issues. Later, in probably one of the more touching scenes of the episode, Nathan comes to Brooke and tells her that if she needs help to work through her problems, she shouldn’t be afraid to ask for help. The always apparent similarities between Nathan and Brooke’s life are laid on the table and one can only hope Brooke will take him up on the offer.
The funeral closes out the episode – here comes the waterworks. Jamie, who originally was not allowed to come to the funeral, tells his parents he wants to go. It was adorable the way he held the box given to him by Q and the noticeable problem he had putting on his tie. Haley helps him straighten the tie and realizes that he should be allowed to say goodbye. At the funeral, the basketball team makes an entrance in their jerseys and Q’s brother, grabs Q’s old jersey, puts it on, and stands in the line up proudly. Deb grabs Skills hand, signifying their relationship and the look on Nathan’s face isn’t necessary a happy one. When the procession begins to break up, Jamie comes to the coffin and pulls out the cape he made for Q. Brooke comes to stand beside him, and once Jamie drapes the cape over the coffin, Brooke begins to cry. Jamie silently grabs Brooke’s hand in comfort; probably one of the most heart trenching moments of One Tree Hill.
Although Q was only on the show for a short period of time, he definitely grew on OTH fans. His character will definitely be missed. Until next week!
Gossip Girl – “The Dark Night”
Episode 2.3 – September 15, 2008
by Emily Morgan
Maybe I was out of it tonight (loads of homework!), but the first half of this show seemed dead to me. Chuck’s drowning his sorrow with a scotch on the rocks, Jenny’s running around with loads of fabrics in hand, Serena and Dan are still making out (which they’ve been doing since the end of the premiere) and Marcus shot down Blair to have sex. Not until the city went dark did the sparks really start fly.
I liked seeing more of Jenny and Vanessa this week. At the top of the show we saw Jenny giving Vanessa advice on whether to call back Nate after he stood her up the other night. Jenny seems to be making a comeback to reality in these first few episodes, concentrating on her internship, mending her friendship with Eric and being supportive of her brother as he “gets back together” with Serena (more on that later). The good times don’t last long for Little J, though, as Eleanor Waldorf returns to see Jenny critiquing one of her designs. Definite no-no with Blair’s momma. Jenny has to clean out her locker but she’s not down and out as she’ll be the only person tonight saved by the blackout.
Somebody, please, get a therapist for Gossip Girl’s most straining couple, Dan and Serena. We should talk, let’s just make out, no we should really talk, no let’s just keep making out. At the beginning of the episode these two were planning to tell people they were back together. They didn’t get the chance to do that themselves when some random girl walks by, flips out the cell, clicks a pic and it’s off to Gossip Girl. This girl will probably never be seen again but she let a big cat out of the bag.
Both Serena and Dan got reminders that if they don’t talk over their issues, their relationship will not move forward together. Blair told Serena that if she and Dan stay together without working out their issues they’re fooling themselves thinking they’re happy. Dan’s reminded unconventionally by three up-and-coming socialites of why he broke up with Serena in the first place. Their arguments also gave a nice summary for those in the audience still trying to catch up with what happened at the end of last season with Georgina.
Now to the lonely boy, young Bass. We didn’t see him much this evening except when he made his move on Blair at the party. He did partake in one of the funniest conversations of the night with Serena. She takes notice as Chuck comes out of his room following a young Asian girl. Serena assumes Chuck’s back in the game but he says nothing’s happening. And it seems a lot is not happening between Chuck and the girls and Chuck in bed. Then came the best line of the night, the honors going to Blake Lively, as Serena tells Chuck, “You are not using Blair as sexual Drano.”
I said we saw more of Vanessa tonight and we did either by herself or with Nate. Vanessa still carries a torch for the young Archibald and Nate in turn, as he digs himself a hole with Catherine. Nate did find time to spend with Vanessa but Catherine was nearby watching. Nate starts to make promises we all know he can’t keep and even Vanessa is skeptical but takes his word. Nate calls a day after he invites V to Blair’s party to tell her he has to cancel (Nate gets the heads up from Marcus that the Duchess will be attending Blair’s party) but V, with the encouragement of Rufus, decides to go anyways.
Side note: I was very afraid that the writers would add some awkward sexual tension between Rufus and Vanessa but so far they’ve steered clear, thank goodness.
Finally the party came and along with it a New York City blackout. The location of everybody goes like this: Jenny’s stuck in Eleanor’s studio, with Eleanor; Dan and Serena are trapped in the elevator; Nate, Catherine and Vanessa are all lurking around; and Chuck’s on the prowl for Blair to . . . solve his problem. Nate intercepts Vanessa and takes her into a separate room to talk it out (finally a couple that can talk out their issues). Serena and Dan continue to try the silent treatment as a way to move through their problems. Chuck puts the moves on Blair but she turns him down although her grasping hand on Chuck’s hand tells another story. Chuck finds an in later when Blair invites Marcus upstairs for a romp in the sack.
Back at the Waldorf studio, it seems Eleanor is warming up to Ms. Humphrey as she admits that what Jenny said earlier about her designs was true and she needed to hear them. She realizes the need for a new look in her line.
At the party, Catherine searches for Nate and doesn’t find him but instead Vanessa. The two talk (not seen by the audience) but V later tells Dan that Catherine will turn in Nate’s dad if Nate doesn’t continue their relationship. V breaks up with Nate because she does love him. Upstairs in Blair’s room, Chuck “fakes” a British accent to dupe Blair into thinking Marcus has come for their date. I’d think that Blair would notice it was Chuck as she started to make out with him. Marcus thinks the same thing but gets Blair to admit that she did know. All she wants is for Marcus to “want her” and it looks like all is made up when he kisses her in front of all the party attendees.
Finally the lights go back on and when the dust settles: Dan and Serena are officially broken-up; the Duchess still has Nate under her thumb; Blair still has Marcus and Chuck has lost another round; Jenny is the only one coming out fresh as a daisy, as Eleanor hires her back after finding out who her father was (remember that awkward meeting last year when Rufus was kissing Lilly).
That’s it for tonight. Looks like Serena will go back to being a queen bee of the school and treat Dan as a second-class, Brooklyn citizen. We’ll see if she’s sincere about her threats.
90210 – “Lucky Strike”
Episode 1.3 – September 9, 2008
by Caitlin Downer
Mom (l.), Silver (c.), Kelly (r.)
Annie makes plans with Ty to go to see a new band at the pier for the following night (Friday). At the same time, Dixon makes plans with the rest of the lacrosse team to view the new James Bond film at Navid’s house since his dad “knows someone who did a little something on it.” Both of their nights come to a halt when they get home that night and their parents drop a bombshell of their own: they want to have family night by going bowling. The kids try to weasel their way out of it by saying no one does family night in Beverly Hills, but instead invite their friends along to come rescue them. Annie is meant to go out with Ty, but he ditches her. Dixon gets the boys of the lacrosse team to come and they end up all going to see the Bond movie anyway, with Silver and Annie in tow. At the end, the kids make their parents breakfast and prepare for the next family night. Maybe they can still have a little bit of Kansas in Beverly Hills.
Silver is shown as coming late to school and even going to a woman’s shelter and asking to stay. Dixon later finds her asleep in her car parked in front of their house. Turns out her mother is back in her battle with drugs and alcohol and ends up taking it out on her. Kelly later confronts her mother about the battle (Silver and Kelly are half-sisters) and takes Silver with her. The episode ends with them joining in on some ice cream with Kelly’s four-year-old.
Speaking of Kelly, she finally goes on a date with cute English teacher Ryan. After many blunders made by him, they eventually kiss and he even asks “are we dating” and the answer is, yeah looks like they are. Kelly is still shy about having her son meet new men, since the only one he has ever met is his father, a former boyfriend of Kelly’s from high school that she met up with and “had a night with” four years earlier and still wants to try to get back into his son’s life (Brandon or Dylan?)
Annie and Ethan
Naomi is pumped to go on her annual trip to Las Vegas with her father’s company. Instead, he gives her (and her mother) brand new cars but cancels the trip. When she goes to thank him and bring him food for “working late” she sees him kissing another woman. She tells her mother about it and finds out he has been seeing her for two years and she lives out of town and the mom is okay with it (she really doesn’t want to lose her lifestyle). Ethan comforts her in her time of need and even leaves the bowling alley with her, strengthening the love triangle between Naomi, Ethan and Annie.
